Concordia-St. Paul Athletic Hall of Fame
Dustin graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in business. He started every game of his college career in baseball from 1991 to 1994. He was named NCAA Small College All-American (‘91), Team Captain (’94), Team MVP (’94), NAIA All-District (’94) and was a finalist for Athlete of the Year (’94). Dustin has coached t-ball for his daughter Allyssa (7) and his son Tyler (4) for the last three years. He currently works for Modern Heating and Air Conditioning as a Project Manager.
In his career on the diamond, Dustin had two seasons hitting above .400, his first and his last. As a freshman, he hit .421 with power, hitting six doubles, three triples and five home runs in only 107 at bats. He scored and drove in 34 runs and stole ten bases. As a senior, Dustin hit .418 and finished his Concordia career with a .362 average. In 431 career at bats, he had 31 doubles, six triples and 12 home runs. He scored 117 career runs and drove in 90. He also stole 30 bases. He clubbed a career-best 13 doubles as a junior in 1993. Maybe as impressive as the huge hitting numbers was how hard he was to strike out. In four years with the Comets, Dustin only struck out 36 times, that’s nine times a season, less than once every four games. To go with his low strikeout totals, Dustin walked twice as many times as he struck out with 74 career walks and a .457 career on base percentage. He also pitched, too, with a 3-2 career record in 17 appearances in just over 30 career innings.
* - all records as of date of induction
