Hempstead, NY - Each week, leading up to the 2019 Hall of Fame Dinner on June 17, GoHofstra.com will feature one of the five individuals and one team being inducted in the Class of 2019. Today the 1960 Hofstra University Baseball Team is featured.

The Hall of Fame Golf Outing and Dinner will take place at the Huntington Crescent Club. Dinner and golf reservations, as well as sponsorship opportunities are available online. You can also contact the Athletic Development Office at (516) 463-4919 or prideclub@hofstra.edu with additional inquiries.

"The 1960 Hofstra Baseball team is one of the best teams in our program's history, and their accomplishments, as a team and individually, are as impressive today as they were 59 years ago. I am extremely happy they are getting the recognition they deserve by being inducted into the Hofstra Athletics Hall of Fame." - Hofstra Baseball Coach John Russo

The 1960 Hofstra Baseball Team posted a 16-3 record and won the Metropolitan Baseball Conference for the first time since 1951 with an 11-2 mark. Their .842 overall winning percentage is a program record. 



The then-Flying Dutchmen received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament but had to decline the invitation due to final exams that were taking place the day of the first game.

Coached by Jack Smith, Hofstra finished the season receiving votes from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper to rank No. 24 in the nation.

Team members are Bob Ainbinder, Brant Alyea, John Ayres, Edward Burfeindt John Canzanella, Lawrence Dauch, George Dempster, Dennis D'Oca, Joel Gewanter, Dan Gwydir, Jack Hilderbrandt, George Hvidsten, Tony Major, Bill Martin, Arnie Moi, Joseph Mondello, Andrej Muccillo, Carl Peck, Jerry Rosenthal, Jim Sharkey, Bill Stetson, and Robert Stoors.



Dempster, who served as a team captain, was an NCAA District II All-Star selection at catcher while D'Oca finished the season with a 9-0 record. Alyea went on to play Major League Baseball with four teams between 1965 and 1972.  



Hofstra, which had a school record 10-game winning streak, posted wins over Towson, Baltimore, Adelphi, CCNY twice, Fordham twice, Brooklyn twice, C.W. Post, NYU, St. John's, Wagner twice, Manhattan, and Kings Point. Hofstra's only losses were against Manhattan, Army and St. John's.