Lyle Overbay, University of Nevada, 1996

Photograph of Nevada baseball player Lyle Overbay. Overbay was an outfielder for the Wolf Pack from 1996 to 1999. Over his four seasons at Nevada, Overbay played in 209 games, scored 243 runs, drove in 257 runs, totaled 309 hits including 62 doubles and 39 home runs, and posted a .358 batting average. Overbay was a first team All-Big West selection in 1998 and in 1999. In 1999 Overbay was named an All-American by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball Weekly, Louisville Slugger, and College Baseball Insider after scoring 76 runs and driving in 88 runs with a .420 batting average. Overbay was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 18th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft and was inducted into the Nevada Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.