George C. Wallace Community College Baseball program from 1974 to 1990 under the leadership of Alabama HOF member head coach Sammy Frichter.
This page is designed specifically for the members of the Wallace College Baseball Family from 1974-1990 coached by Sammy Frichter. Our goal is to provide a forum where we can communicate and interact to remember the great times we all had at Wallace. We also want to be able to keep up with all the players and their families and support each other as we did when we were together at Wallace. We enc
04/04/2024
Govs Family….Steve Lively, 1988 and 1989 (State Champs) team member passed away last week. He was an awesome guy and will be missed. His daughter Sydney posted the message below. Please keep her in your prayers. I will try to provide more info as it becomes available.
It is with great sadness that the Govs Family remembers Paul Grover who lost his courageous 6 year long battle with cancer yesterday. Paul was a part of the 1988-89 Govs baseball team and a great guy who loved baseball, https://www.facebook.com/paul.grover.773?fref=ts
As previously mentioned Mike Henry's (1989 Govs) father recently passed away. Please keep the family in your prayers. The particulars for the ceremony are as follows:
Oliver Henry Jr.
Hines Chapel A.M.E. Church
912 Dellwood Ave. Dothan, Al.
11:00 A.M. Monday 1/26/15
Visitation
Unity Funeral Home
Sunday 4-6 P.M.
Coach Frichter just called and gave me the sad news that Mike Henry's Father passed away today. Please keep Mike and the entire Henry Family in your thoughts and prayers during this tough time. I will get more details for everyone but we will be sending flowers on behalf of the Wallace Governor's 1989 State Championship Team. You may want to reach out personally to Mike to offer condolences.
At Coach Sammy Frichter's HOF Celebration today in Dothan, AL. Michael Gray, Jr. presents the 1989 State Championship Game Ball (Final Out), signed by the players to Coach Frichter.
01/19/2015
The whole time we were at the Celebration today for Coach Frichter, my little girl Hannah Gray, age 9 wanted me to "take her to the field" that we played on. So when we got ready to leave, I told her we would go see the field. I took her to our dugout and all around the infield an pitcher's mound. When we got to second base I told her that I stood on this spot many times while playing at Wallace. Much to my surprise, she asked me, "Daddy, can we get some dirt." Wow, I thought this was pretty cool coming from a 9 year old. So, we got some dirt! My kids had an awesome time and learned a lot more about their Daddy than they knew. My older child Emmilee, age 14 asked me, "Daddy, was that cat food story really true"?
01/19/2015
Photos of the Wallace College baseball players who made it happen in 1989 winning the Alabama JUCO State Championship while finishing second in the Regional Tournament, one game shy of the JUCO World Series.
01/19/2015
Coach Frichter gave a wonderful talk this afternoon that included great stories but most of all he gave us his heart. The most important thing I got out of his talk was that he was all about "Serving Others". What more is there for any of us to do in this life. And look at the rewards!
A final note, Frichter's speech today was recorded and I had plans to post it here. However, it is way way too long and will take hours to upload.
If anyone has suggestions of how to set-up this page better please reach out. I will be trying to learn more about how to make this page function so that we can fill it up with great memories and use it as a tool for upcoming events.