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Former Cerritos College baseball player Darrell
Sherman, who still holds four single-season
school records, was recently named as the hitting
coach for Eugene, the Single-A affiliate of the San
Diego Padres. Sherman, who was selected by the
Padres in the sixth round of the 1989 amateur draft,
reached the major leagues in 1993 and appeared in 37
games for the Padres, hitting .222 with two RBI.
After being claimed by the Colorado Rockies in 1994
and the Seattle Mariners in 1995, Sherman finished
out his professional playing career in Mexico as an
all-star for three different teams, playing from
2000-2002 and then again in 2006. This will be his
first coaching assignment.
While with
the Falcons from 1987-88, Sherman set the school
record for most runs (74), walks (53), times on base
(134) and stolen bases (46) in his sophomore season
and was named 2nd Team All-American and 1st
Team All-South Coast Conference. He also batted .389
that year, as the team won the conference
championship. In his freshman year, he helped lead
the team to the conference and state championship,
with the win in the championship game being the
1,000th in school history.
After
playing for the Falcons, Sherman went on to Cal
State Long Beach, where he led them to an appearance
in the 1989 College World Series as the team went
50-15 on the season. Sherman was also a 1st
Team All-Big West selection his junior year and set
a school record (since broken) with 73 runs scored. |
