McHENRY — Longtime Southern boy’s basketball coach and former Garrett College head coach Tom Bosley will be inducted into the Garrett College Athletic Hall of Fame, as announced on Monday.
Bosley joins five baseball players, Mike Johnston, Tobi Stoner, Mark Deutsch and Ron Kaufman, and Tim Bishop along with men’s basketball’s Mike Saturday and the late women’s basketball head coach Thea Garland as the Class of 2024.
“It’s a great class,” Garrett co-Athletic Director Eric Hallenbeck said. “Bishop, Deutsch, and Kaufman kind of got the ball going here in baseball. Tom Bosley was a high school legend who’s done so much for the community, and Thea was a tireless worker whose players loved her.”
Bosley played for the Lakers from 1972 to 1974, then coached Garrett to a 51-35 record from 1982-85.
He then spent 27 seasons leading the Southern boy’s basketball program, retiring after the 2022-23 season.
Bosley earned 424 victories leading the Rams, along with seven 20-win seasons, five area championships and four state tournament appearances.
Four players under Bosley earned area player of the year honors.
Brett Rice went back-to-back in 1991 and 1992, Dennis Tressler won in 2003, Tyler Rodeheaver shared with Allegany’s Justin Copman in 2018, and Isaac Upole earned it in 2022.
In 2022, Bosley was named the head coach of the East team of the McDonald’s All-American Game, the nation’s most prestigious high school all-star basketball game.
Joining Bosley in the Class of 2024 are five baseball players, four who went on to play affiliated baseball.
Johnston had a 2-2 record with a sterling 1.36 earned-run average in 1998 during his only season with the Lakers.
Johnston played in a combined 25 major-league games for the Pirates in 2004 and 2005, finishing with a 0-3 record and 5.70 ERA.
He posted a 29-23 minor-league record and is the second known player with Tourette Syndrome to play in the majors.
Stoner had a nine-year minor-league baseball career and also played briefly with the New York Mets during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. He finished his major-league career with a 0-1 record and 3.97 ERA in five games.
Deutsch, who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1978, was the top pitcher for the Lakers in 1975 and 1976, helping GC to a 53-14 record.
Deutsch went on to play two years for Davis & Elkins College, and was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.
Deutsch went 4-0 with a 3.18 ERA in 1978 with the Cubs’ Gulf Coast League franchise.
Kaufman helped the Lakers go 27-9 in 1978 before pitching four seasons (1981-1984) in the minors. He finished with a 19-14 record, a 3.72 ERA, and 36 saves.
Tim Bishop, who was the career home run leader when he left Garrett College, is currently fifth all-time in homers at Flagler (St. Augustine, FL) College and was a member of the Saints’ 1980s All-Decade Team.
Saturday at one time held GC records for points, rebounds, field goals, single-season points and made free throws. He was Team MVP in both 1974-75 and 1975-76.
Garland was Maryland JuCo Coach of the Year in 2005 and guided the Lady Lakers to a region championship and a seventh-place national finish in 2008. That 2008 team, which finished 23-4, also won the Betty Jo Graber NJCAA Sportsmanship Award at the 2008 national tournament.
Nina Garland will be representing her late sister in accepting Thea Garland’s Hall of Fame plaque.
Two members of the Class of 2017, Mike Nagle and Robert “Cat” Whitfield, who were not able to attend previous Hall of Fame inductions will also be recognized.
Nagle played for the Lakers in 1982 and 1983, was all-region and all-state in 1983, and struck out a then-school-record 15 batters in his final postseason start. He was drafted in 1983 in the 25th round by the Atlanta Braves.
Whitfield played in 1975 and 1976, claiming team MVP and defensive player of the year in 1976.
He was MVP and all-conference first team at Alderson-Broaddus University in 1977, joining their Hall of Fame in 2005.
Drafted in the 21st round by the Baltimore Orioles in 1977, he played six years in the minor leagues.
The Class of 2024 will be inducted on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. during a dinner in the Edwards Community Aquatic & Recreation Complex (CARC) gymnasium.
Tickets are $25 and may be purchased by contacting Hallenbeck (eric.hallenbeck@garretttcollege.edu; 301.387.3331).
The Alumni Weekend activities include an alumni baseball game and a men’s basketball team intra-squad scrimmage, both at 11 a.m. on October 19th.