Tiger Sports Hall of Fame
Baseball, 1992-93
A native of Topeka, Kansas, Derek Pomeroy was a member of the Tiger Baseball team for two years from 1992 to 1993 after transferring from Barton County Community College. He was an All-RMAC and All-District selection in 1992 as a junior hitting .432 with 26 extra-base hits (16 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs) and 44 RBIs. His .432 batting average was just one point shy of the school record at that time and it led the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. He carried a 27-game hitting streak over into his senior year and went on to break the NCAA Division II hit streak record by hitting safely in 34 consecutive games, breaking the old mark by one game. The streak lasted from March 31, 1992 to March 17, 1993. His record stood for a year before it was broken in 1994 by a streak of 38. Pomeroy backed up his strong junior season by earning Mile High Intercollegiate Baseball League Co-Player of the Year honors as a senior with a .380 batting average, 13 doubles, 7 home runs, and 53 RBIs. He was also an All-Central Region selection that season. Pomeroy set the school record for career batting average at .405 in 1993 before that was eventually broken by two other Tiger Sports Hall of Fame members - Jerry Valdez in 1997 (.408) and Jeff Bieker in 2005 (.421). His .685 slugging percentage was second-best in school history at the completion of his career.
