Distinguished:
Tom Shea
Tom Shea graduated from DSU in 1972. While at DSU, he was an All-Conference and All-District baseball player. He was also a member of the Boot Hill Bowl Championship team. In 1972, he was the recipient of the Dusty Anderson Award. Shea took over the football head coaching duties at DSU from 1981-83 and coached baseball from 1979-1985. He was a three time SDIC Coach of the Year in baseball with his teams winning SDIC Championships in 1984 and 1985.
After leaving DSU, he went to Peru State in Nebraska where his team went on to win the 1990 NAIA Division II National Championship, and he earned NAIA Coach of the Year honors. During his tenure at Peru, he received Tri-State Coach of the Year honors in 1989 and 1990 and was named the Omaha Broadcasters Coach of the Year in 1990. He was also named Nebraska College Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1990. From Peru, he moved to the University of Mary where he complied a 28-9-1 record, advanced to the quarter finals of the NAIA Division II playoffs in 1993, and won the North Dakota College Athletic Conference in 1993.. Shea was inducted into the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame in 1991.
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