Former Wolverine Zahn to be Inducted into Maryland State Athletic HOF

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Sept. 27, 2011

GLEN BURNIE, Md. -- Former University of Michigan baseball player (1966-67) and coach (1996-2001) Geoff Zahn, who was born in Baltimore, Md., will be inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 10. Zahn, who had a 13-year Major League career with four teams, is one of seven athletes who will be inducted in a ceremony in Glen Burnie, Md.

Zahn was 12-2 in his two seasons on the mound for the Wolverines, setting the then-career winning percentage record of .857. In 1967, Zahn was 9-1 with a 1.19 earned-run average and shared the Ray Fisher Award as Michigan's co-Most Valuable Player. He also earned second team all-district in his junior year.

Zahn signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in January of 1968. He spent six seasons in the Dodgers' farm system before earning the Dodgers Rookie of the Year award in 1974. He played for the Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs, the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels in his 13 seasons, going 111-109 with a 3.74 ERA. He was selected to the Sporting News All-Star team in 1982, going 18-8 for the Angels and finishing sixth in the Cy Young balloting. He also was the 1983 Angels Pitcher of the Year.

Zahn was the head coach of Michigan from 1996-2001. He guided the Wolverines to a Big Ten regular-season championship in 1997 as Michigan was 36-22 overall and 17-9 in conference. Zahn and the Wolverines then won the Big Ten Tournament title in 1999, defeating Minnesota, 12-11, in the championship game. U-M went on to play in the 1999 South Bend Regional, going 2-2 in that tournament.

Zahn joins former NFL punter Sean Landeta, former NBA All-Star Sam Cassell, former world heavyweight boxer Hasim Rahman, PGA pro golfer Fred Funk, X-games gold medalist Travis Pastrana and former three-time All-American and Olympian Tara Heiss.