Kansas State University Athletics
K-State Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 2016
- Class:
- 1976
As a four-year starter for the Wildcats, Steve Anson led the Wildcats in batting average in each of those years, won the Big Eight batting title in 1974 Â and was a career .349 hitter.Â
He helped lead the team to a program-record 31 overall wins in 1974, a record that was broken two years later when Anson and the Wildcats won 35 games in 1976.
Anson was selected as a member of K-State baseball’s All-Century team in the year 2000. He went on to coach for Washburn University for 35 years, winning 844 games before passing away in June of 2014.
Four-year starter from 1973-76… Member of K-State baseball’s All-Century Team… All-Big Eight First Team in 1974… Career .349 hitter… Never hit below .333 in any of his four seasons… Won the Big Eight batting title in 1974… Led Wildcats in batting average for four-straight seasons, the only player since 1960 to do that in school history… Also led the team in hits and triples four times, RBIs and doubles twice (1975-76), and home runs once (1975)… K-State record holder for career triples (19)… Also among the school’s top-10 for career slugging percentage (.561)… Helped K-State finish second in the Big Eight in 1974, winning 14 conference games, which until 2009 was the school record… Also helped lead the team to a program-record 31 overall wins in 1974, a record that was broken two years later when Anson and the Wildcats won 35 games in 1976… Went on to be the head baseball coach at Washburn for 35 years before passing away in June of 2014… Won 844 games with the Ichabods.
