Hall of Fame
William Jeffrey Booker ’82 was a member of the Ferrum College class of 1982 and a starting third baseman in 45 of 45 baseball games * All Western Region X Baseball team with a .355 batting average, 39 runs scored, 10 doubles, 7 home runs, 33 RBIs, and a .579 slugging % * went on to play baseball at * played two years with the Waynesboro Generals and Staunton Braves in the Valley League * competed in the Jayhaw League after fielding for the 1984 national team of Athletes in Action, which toured Korea and Taiwan * UVA honored Booker in 1995 with the Baseball Memorial Trophy as a “Gentleman, Scholar Athlete.” * second team All-ACC and led the conference with a .436 batting average * earned All-State and All-Region as a designated hitter * batted .324 while playing in 40 of 42 games for the Staunton Braves in 1995, team won the regular season title and went 6-0 in the playoffs to win the league championship * began his professional banking career in 1986 in Charlotte, North Carolina * coached Senior Little League and American Legion baseball * currently resides in Gastonia, North Carolina, where he spends time coaching his three children’s baseball, basketball, and soccer youth teams and where he and his wife continue to build their marriage on a foundation of faith and are elders in their church * formerly an assistant superintendent in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools and now works as the deputy superintendent for the Gaston County Schools * serves as board chairman of the Barnabas Center YMCA of Gaston and the Gaston County Economic Development Commission
