Wall of Honor Inductee - 1996

William Reifsnider
Baseball
BS, Political Science, 1990

William "Bill" Reifsnider played first base for the Buccaneers from 1987-90. He played in 178 games and totaled eleven career records and five single-season records. His career batting average of .359 is tops in Barry University history. His other records include career hits (231), career runs (130), career RBI's (145), and career doubles (63). He hit over .300 every year, including a personal best of .397 as a senior. It was during his senior season that he set a Barry record with 25 doubles and was named to the SSC All-Conference Team. Reifsnider set records for on-base percentage (.509) and walks (39) as a freshman in 1987.

His excellence both on the field and in the classroom earned him a distinguished NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the Woody Hayes National Scholar-Athlete Award in 1990. He is the only three-time winner of Barry's Male Scholar/Athlete-of-the-Year Award (1987-88 through 1989-90), and the only player to also simultaneously earn the Barry Male Athlete-of-the-Year Award. He was Barry's first Rhodes Scholar Candidate in 1990. Reifsnider was named GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American in 1989.