Hall of Fame

Sittichoke Huckuntod

  • Class
  • Induction
    1999
  • Sport(s)
    Mules Baseball
Sittichoke Huckuntod
Mules Baseball, 1988-90
Huckuntod enjoyed a spectacular three-year career with the Mules, earning first-team All-America honors twice and helping lead the team to three MIAA titles and three NCAA tournament bids. Born in Thailand, he came to Central Missouri after graduating as class valedictorian at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Mo. He was a three-year starter at second base and, despite standing only 5' 6" and weighing just 160 pounds, was one of the most feared hitters in Division II during his career.

He hit .314 as a freshman and earned the MIAA freshman of the year award. His sophomore season he hit .428 to earn a second straight first-team all-MIAA honor. As a junior, he led the Mules with a .475 batting average, was the MIAA MVP and set a Central Missouri and MIAA season record of 104 hits that still stands. That season he also established in just three years what were at the time the Central Missouri and MIAA career records for hits, runs scored and stolen bases. Although his career hits and runs scored records have since been broken (by four-year players), his career stolen base record of 121 still stands. His career batting average of .403 ranks second in Mules' history.

An excellent student as well as a standout athlete, Huckuntod culminated his Central Missouri career by being named the College Division Academic All-American of the Year for baseball in 1990. After completing Central Missouri's three-year pre-engineering program, he finished his collegiate career at Texas A&M University.



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