Pete Dunn was born on June 26 and would go on to mold the Hatters into a baseball power. He led Stetson to 17 NCAA Tournament berths and nine conference regular-season or tournament championships, including an Atlantic Sun tournament title win during his final season in 2016.
“His baseball intelligence is unmatched,‘' Stetson infielder Colton Lightner told the Sentinel in 2017. “He did a lot of thinking for us in the dugout, so we are going to have to bring that on our own a little bit.‘'
“He taught me the mental side of catching and how you have to be authoritative,‘' Hale said.