GERRY CUEVAS
GERRY CUEVAS
Inducted in 2011 Product of El Paso baseball community from youth through high school Played youth baseball in Frank Manning League for Joe Gomez Played secondary and high school baseball for Coach Tom Carillo and Coach John C. Miller Three year letterman for Coronado High School earning All District and All City honors in 1987 and 1988 Batted .407 his senior year for Thunderbirds with 9 home runs and 30 RBI Named 1-5A District MVP Co-Selection of El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame first ever President’s Award in 1988 Played 4 years at Northwood University where he was a member of 2 conference championship teams in 1990 and 1991 Named to NAIA District 4 team as a Senior During his 4 seasons at Northwood, he batted .320 with 21 home runs and 105 stolen bases Represented Mexico in international competition Participated in XVI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y Del Caribe in 1990-1991 on the Mexican Olympic team In 1990, he played in Los Juegos de la Solidaridad in Monterrey Nuevo Leon In 16 games, as a lead off batter he hit .326 with 5 RBI, 6 SB, 1 HR in 16 games In 15 games as a lead off batter he hit .298 with 8 RBI, 8 SB, 1 HR in 15 games in the X Copa Intercontinental IBA in Barcelona Spain in 1991 In 1994 he signed a one-year contract with the Industriales de Monterrey of the Liga Mexicana Member El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Board of Directors