Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
Freddie Hailey - Baseball - (1984-87)
All-Star outfielder on Western Carolina's 1984-87 baseball team that won four Southern Conference Championships and played in three NCAA tournaments. At the time of his induction, was the ONLY baseball player in WCU and Southern Conference history to be named all-conference for four seasons. He ranked in WCU's all-time top 10 in base hits, RBI, triples, and stolen bases and batting average and owns three seasons and three-game bests and made only three errors in four seasons. He led the Southern Conference in hitting as a freshman and was among the leagues top five hitters in each of his four seasons. He collected 10 hits in the 1987 NCAA Midwest regional when WCU defeated Big Ten and Southeastern Conference champions and finished 28th nationally.