Washington State University Athletics

Scott Hatteberg spent three seasons (1989-91) in a Cougar uniform before embarking on an 18-year professional career. An All-State baseball player out of Yakima, Wash., it didn’t take long for Hatteberg to make an impact for the Cougars. As a sophomore in 1990 he led the team in hitting (.381), along with hits (88), total bases (145), slugging (.628) and tied a conference record with 29 doubles. He earned first-team All-Pac-10 North honors and was the Region VII Selection Hitter award recipient as Washington State’s everyday catcher, where he formed the battery with another WSU Hall of Famer, Aaron Sele. The summer before his junior season he was selected for Team USA and toured Europe with a Pac-10 All-Star team, where he hit a team-best .467. His junior season he hit .365 with 21 doubles, tied for fifth on WSU’s single-season list and captured Pac-10 North MVP honors, first-team All-Pac-10 accolades for the second-straight season, and was named to the ABCA All-District second team. He was selected No. 43 overall by the Boston Red Sox in the 1992 MLB Draft. He spent 14 seasons in the major leagues, seven with Boston, four with Oakland and three with Cincinnati, retiring in 2008 with career totals of 1,153 hits, 249 runs, 249 doubles, 106 home runs and 527 RBI. He was one of the featured players in the hit movie, Moneyball.