The 55th Curbstone Coaches Hall of Fame banquet, sponsored by Briarfield Health Care Centers and Ed and Diane Reese, is set for Sunday, May 5 with 12 new members set for enshrinement during ceremonies at Mr. Anthony’s Banquet Center in Boardman.
Former NFL official and current national network television rules analyst, Gene Steratore, will serve as guest speaker.
Metzinger was born November 30, graduated from Ursuline High School in 1988, earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Cincinnati in 1992 and was drafted in the 43rd round of the 1992 MLB Amateur Draft by the Colorado Rockies.
A four-year letterwinner for the Fighting Irish, he was a two-time team “Most Valuable Player” honoree, two-time all-Steel Valley Conference selection and helped UHS to the 1988 OHSAA Class AA state championship.
He graduated as Ursuline’s leader in career wins and strikeouts and was inducted into the UHS Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.
He earned a scholarship to the University of Cincinnati where he was a four-year letterwinner (1989-92) for the Bearcats.
While at UC, he was a two-time team captain and as a senior was named to the all-Great Midwest Conference team.
At the time of his graduation, he ranked first all-time in Bearcat program history in complete games – he was tied with former Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants twirler, Bill Faul, each of whom completed 20 games of which they started – and was first and fourth in complete games in a season, completing 11 contests his senior season to hold down the top spot by himself, finishing eight starts as a junior the year before to tie for fourth with Bob Rechtin and Carmine Lemma.
His 101.2 innings pitched as a junior remains tied for third best for a single season, his eight wins his senior season is tied for third while his 15 starts in 1991 remains tied for fifth all-time.
He was third all-time – he is now sixth – in program history in career wins (18) at the time of graduation and ranked second all-time – he is now tied for third – in wins in a single season (9).
After he was drafted by the Rockies, his Minor League Baseball career included two seasons (1992 and 1993) with 42 total appearances for the Bend Rockies and Rockies-Cubs Rookie Class teams in 1992, and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, the Rockies’ Class AAA affiliate and Class A Central Valley Rockies of the California League in 1993.
His Minor League composite line reads 42 total appearances, 82 innings pitched and a 3-4 overall mark with a 6.15 earned run average.
He returned to the area and served as a baseball coach for his alma mater, UHS, from 1998-2015, helping them to the 2000 OHSAA state championship.
The Fighting Irish also won six regional championships, were state runners-up twice (2001 and 2006) and state semi-finalists on three other occasions (2003, 2007 and 2013) during his tenure with the program.
He currently resides in Poland where he serves as materials manager at Canfield Industries.
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