GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Longtime Aquinas College baseball coach Terry Bocian is being inducted into the Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bocian coached the Aquinas Saints baseball team for 30 years, resulting in 30 winning seasons and 30 playoff appearances.
He was also an athletic director for the college, expanding the college’s program from nine sports in 1978 to 25 sports by the time he retired, according to college officials.
Bocian was instrumental in fundraising and planning of the Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center, the Alksnis Athletics & Recreation Building and the lighted, artificial turf of the Aquinas College Athletic Field.
He was also honored with the March of Dimes Warren Reynolds Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. His number 13 was retired in 2004.
Terry Bocian’s induction ceremony will take place on April 15 before the Lansing Lugnuts take on the Dayton Dragons at Jackson Field around 5:30 p.m.
