West Virginia University Athletics

Mark Landers, one of the top first basemen to ever play at WVU from 1991-94, earned All-American honors and was the 1994 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.
           
In his senior year, Landers batted .416 with 91 hits, 19 home runs and 81 RBI. He ranked 11^th nationally in RBI and slugging percentage and 20^th in batting average. Landers had three five-hit performances, the most by any Mountaineer. As a junior, he led WVU in batting average (.376), hits (68), home runs (10) and RBI (59).
           
In 1994, he earned All-America second team honors by the ABCA and All-America third team honors by the NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball. Landers was the Atlantic 10 Tournament MVP, All-Atlantic 10 First Team Selection, All-East Region First Team and All-ECAC First Team. At the time, he was one of only five Mountaineers all-time to be named National Player of the Week (Collegiate Baseball: May 16, 1994).
           
Landers led the way in 1994 with a then-school and Atlantic 10 record 40-win season and guided three WVU teams to Atlantic 10 postseason tournaments and one NCAA Tournament.
           
Landers still holds the school record for home runs (19) in a season (along with Jedd Gyorko). At the end of his career, he held the school record for most hits (91) in a season, doubles (57) in a career, RBI (81) in a season, RBI (167) in a career, total bases (170) in a season and extra base hits (89). He had 61 career multiple-hit games in 193 games played and finished with 32 home runs.
           
The Charleston, West Virginia, native tallied 1,465 career putouts and held the school records for fielding percentage (.997) in a season and in a career (.987) when he left WVU.
           
Landers had six RBI on four different occasions and had two home runs in games against George Washington and St. Bonaventure (twice).
           
He finished his career starting 189-of-193 games played with a career .341 batting average.
           
Landers, who attended Capital High, was drafted in the 28^th round by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1994 MLB Draft.
           
He graduated from WVU with a bachelor's degree in education and currently lives in Deland, Florida, with his wife of 29 years, Brandy and son Davin (22).