Rawley Bishop (2021) - Hall of Fame - Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

Rawley Bishop

Induction:
2021

Bishop remains one of the top all-around performers on the baseball diamond in Blue Raider history more than a decade after his senior season in 2009. A two-time All-Region and All-Sun Belt performer, Bishop leads the career list in five categories at MT, including RBI, runs scored and total bases. He's no. 2 all-time in home runs behind his former teammate Bryce Brentz, who was inducted into the Blue Raider Hall of Fame in 2020.

Bishop caught onto the surprise a tad bit earlier than the other inductees on the Zoom because helped with Brentz' surprise last summer. But the emotion on his face was evident when asked for what this moment meant to him.

"It's a little bit more difficult on this side than it was the previous time," Bishop said. "I'm just so appreciative and extremely honored to be included with all of these great athletes."

He was joined on the Zoom by Volunteer State Community College Head Coach Jim McGuire, who was an assistant at Middle Tennessee when Bishop and Brentz formed a top-tier one-two punch.

"That combination hitting back-to-back in the lineup, and what kind of production they had," McGuire said. "It was pick your poison throughout that entire lineup, but particularly when you got to those two guys."