Slippery Rock University Athletics

George Spetar (1975) was a record-setting outfielder for The Rock baseball team. He garnered first-team Academic All-America, first-team Tri-State Baseball Coaches Association Select Team, first-team All-PSAC and NAIA District 18 honors as the captain of the team his senior season. Spetar set (at the time) SRU single season records in his senior season for home runs (6), RBI (36), runs (35), hits (52), and total bases (84). He also established new marks for career home runs, RBI’s, batting average, total runs, total hits, and total bases while also tying the mark for total triples.
 
After graduating from SRU, Spetar was invited to several pro baseball tryouts from the likes of the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and Pittsburgh Pirates. In his later years, he played on various slow-pitch competitive softball leagues in Dallas, Pittsburgh, and the Shenango Valley.