David Gassman

1971 graduate of Dakota State University. He was named SDIC All Conference in baseball from 1969-1971 and NAIA All District from 1970-71. In 1971, Gassman received the Dusty Anderson Memorial Award and Outstanding College Athlete of America. His college pitching record in three seasons at DSU was 20 –6.
Gassman has played amateur baseball for 30 years and has managed amateur baseball for 19 years. He has more victories and strikeouts than any player in the history of SD amateur baseball. He has 333 career wins and 5,201 strike-outs, along with 37 state-tournament wins. In 1994, he became the first state amateur pitcher to reach 5,000 strike-outs. 

In 1975 and 1979, Gassman was named the most valuable player in the South Dakota state tournament. He has been named to the SD Baseball All Tournament team twelve times in twenty years. His teams won the State Championship in 1966, 1975, and 1979. They were runner-up in 1986, 1990, and 1993. In 1988, he was a member of the South Dakota Over-40 National Championship Team. 
He also coached football at Scotland High School, coached football and basketball for two years at Canova and also taught at Philip.