Andy Dillard

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Andy Dillard (born August 4, 1981 in Saltillo, Mississippi) is a former college baseball All-American, professional player and current coach.

Saltillo, Mississippi City in Mississippi, United States

Saltillo is a city in Lee County, Mississippi, located in the northern part of the Tupelo micropolitan area. The population was 4,752 at the 2010 Census.

Dillard attended Saltillo High School and Itawamba Community College before attending Delta State University, where he earned NCAA Division II All-American honors in 2002. [1] He also earned Player of the Week honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper at one point early in that campaign and also earned the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings South Central Region's Player of the Year honor, First-Team All-Gulf South Conference recognition and the Gulf South Conference Player of the Year award. [2] [3] He hit .433 with 154 total bases and 13 home runs that season. In 2003, he helped lead Delta State to the Gulf South Conference baseball title and was named to the All-GSC Tournament team. [4]

Itawamba Community College, formerly known as Itawamba Junior College, is a community college in the northeast of the US state of Mississippi It has three campuses, in Fulton, Belden, and Tupelo, Mississippi.

Delta State University regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States

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The third baseman later played professionally for the Nashua Pride in the independent Canadian-American League in 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he hit .283 with five home runs and 33 RBI in 78 games and was selected to start for the Canadian-American League All-Star team. [5] In 2007, he hit .190 with two home runs and eight RBI in 12 games. [6] He currently coaches the Tallahatchie Rascals in the Cotton States Baseball League. He has won 1 Cotton States league title.

Nashua Pride

The Nashua Pride were a professional baseball team based in Nashua, New Hampshire, in the United States, not affiliated with Major League Baseball. They played home games at Holman Stadium from 1998 through 2008, when they were sold and renamed the American Defenders of New Hampshire. In 2010 that team moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and became the Pittsfield Colonials. The franchise itself no longer exists, as the Colonials folded after the 2011 baseball season.

His father, Steve Dillard, played in the major leagues from 1975 to 1982 and his brother, Tim Dillard, pitched in the major leagues from 2008 to 2012. Another brother, Jeff Dillard, played in independent baseball in 2000.

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References

  1. ↑ Cotton States League bio
  2. ↑ Dillard gets national attention
  3. ↑ Delta State garners top honors
  4. ↑ Delta State wins Gulf South baseball title
  5. ↑ The Cabinet article
  6. ↑ Baseball-Reference.com
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