Marce Wilson
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- Sport(s):
- Baseball
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- Years Played:
- 1994-95
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- Year Inducted:
- 2022
Marce Wilson was a two-year member of the baseball program at Bellevue. He came to BU after two years at Eastern Oklahoma State College and was a mainstay atop the Bruin rotation.
While at Bellevue, Wilson earned numerous individual and team honors, including being named first-team all-District in 1994, first team all-MCAC honors in 1995, and was the 1995 MCAC Player of the Year. The team competed in the 1994 Region III tournament before capturing the 1995 Region III crown and qualifying for the program's first-ever NAIA World Series.
Behind Wilson's pitching prowess, Bellevue won five-straight elimination games en route to the University's first NAIA National Championship with an 8-5 victory over Cumberland. That season, Wilson went 11-2 on the hill and struck out 128 batters in 121 innings of work while posting a 2.08 ERA. Following the conclusion of the season, he turned down a contract offer from the New York Yankees.
Among his stats from the 1995 season, his 18 starts are the most-ever by a Bruin in a single season, 121 innings pitched are still second all-time, 128 strikeouts are still the fifth-most all-time, 11 pitching wins are tied for sixth, and his 2.08 ERA is ninth-best among qualifying pitchers. At the time of his graduation, all five of those marks were single-season bests.
Wilson earned his degree from Bellevue before going on to earn a Master's from the University of Phoenix. He is currently the head baseball coach and a physical education teacher in the Murray (Utah) School District.
