Hall of Fame
Eric Owens played baseball and football at Ferrum, where he was a first team All-American in baseball player 1991 and 1992 and led his team into the NCAA Regionals three times, including a pair of South Regional runner-up finishes in ’91 and ’92. He was the 1992 Dixie Conference Player of the Year. He left Ferrum the owner of seven school records, including marks for career batting average (.430), stolen bases (68) and triples (18), batted over .400 in each of his 3 seasons at Ferrum College. He is Ferrum’s first and only NCAA Division III Player of the Year, earning the award in the spring of 1992.Owens was scouted and signed by Bo Trumbo of the Reds his junior year at Ferrum. He is currently playing Right Fielder for the Florida Marlins. Previously, he led the Padres with 171 hits, 53 multi-hit games and 29 stolen bases (tied for 8th in the N.L.) in his second season with the club ... tied Ryan Klesko for the team lead with 145 games played and his 87 runs scored were one fewer than team leader Klesko. Owens finished 2nd in the N.L. with 139 singles. Appeared in 68 games (61 starts) in right field (.286, 2 HR, 17 RBI) ... played 65 games (45 starts) in left field (.266, 2 HR, 18 RBI... played 34 games (32 starts) in center (.349, 2 HR, 16 RBI) ... played one game at second base. Owens has made 91 starts in the leadoff position and hit .272 (106-for-389) with 4 HR, 27 RBI, 57 runs and 14 stolen bases. He did not commit an error in 321 outfield chances and has not made an outfield error since July 21, 1999 at San Francisco, a span of 184 games ... last made an error from a corner outfield spot on August 3, 1997 vs. SF, while playing left field for Cincinnati ... led the league with 310 ground balls. Led the club and was tied for 12th in the NL with 53 multi-hit games, including 43 two-hit games, 8 three-hit games and two 4-hit efforts
