2025 Price Hill Baseball Oldtimers
Hall of Fame And Scholarship Awards Dinner
Wednesday May 7, 2025
The Farm - 239 Anderson Ferry Rd.
Doors Open at 5pm, Program begins at 6pm
$50 per person
Tables of 8 and 10 are available through
Vern Hettesheimer
3979 Hedgewood Dr
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
Phone 513-313-9814
Master of Ceremonies: Sports Writer/Talk Show Host Chick Ludwig
Guest Speaker: Dennis Janson, Sports Anchor, 1968 Elder Grad, Price Hill Baseball Alumni
Dennis Janson
2025 Hall of Fame Inductees
Terry Cook
Terry was a top-notch pitcher. He was a hurler for the 1969 Budde Post Legion State & Regional Championship team which finished 4th in country. He pitched for the Western Hills Mustangs compiling a 14-2 record with a 0.86 ERA in his two varsity seasons. Terry was voted 1st team PHSL for the efforts in his senior year of 1971. Terry attended Junior College in Missouri where he finished with a combined record of 16-2 and a 1.50 ERA. He was a Missouri Junior College Conference 1st team selection. This got him into Northeast Missouri State University where his record was 6-2 with a 1.65 era. The Missouri Independent Athletic Association elected him to their 1st team. Fun fact: Terry was the Commissioner of the Soft-Tip Dart League in Hilliard, Ohio for over twenty years! He passed away in September 2022.
Jim Janszen
Jim played baseball in Cincinnati for over 40 years. Beginning at Our Lady of Lourdes to Elder then Xavier University. As an adult, he played softball for Empress Chili and several other teams. As a Knotholer, he once stuck out 14 of 15 batters. A member of the Elder graduation class of 1973, Jim was the team captain and shortstop on the Panther’s State Championship Team his senior year. During the summer, he played for Joe Hawk and helped Bentley Post win State and Regional titles.
Moving on to Xavier, Coach Bill Wolff utilized Jim as centerfielder where one year he was 80 for 80 on fielding attempts! His batting statistics as a Musketeer were .286, 100 RBIs, 13 HR, 31 doubles and 12 triples. In his sophomore year, Jim was 2nd in the nation for number of triples.
As a softball player, Jim participated in the Cincinnati Major League for a couple of seasons and traveled throughout the Midwest. His softball team also won the Class B Championship 2 years in a row. He coached the OLL Tigers, the West Stars and Centennial Youth Baseball. One of his teams won the 12 year old National Tournament at Disney World.
Retired, Jim and his wife have 3 children and 11 grandchildren. He spends time travelling, golfing at Miami View and chasing his grandkids.
Tom Kilgore
Tom Kilgore was an All-League, All-City, All-State catcher for Oak Hills. The Highlanders were the 1981 state runner-up with him behind the plate. Following his senior year in 1983, he was selected to play in the All-Ohio Mizuno Baseball Series. In the summer, he played for Budde Post, where they were State Champs in 1982. A two-time all-league performer in soccer, Tom is the leading scorer in Oak Hills soccer history.
Attending Ball State University, he was on the Mid-American Conference Teams in 1985, 86, and 87. Tom was the Captain of the 1987 Cardinals squad. After graduation, he came back to town and coached Budde, guiding them to a 5th place finish in 1987 and the American Legion National Championship in 1988. Tom was awarded the National Coach of the Year that same season.
Tom was a graduate assistant at Ball State for a year then took the reins of the Muncie Chiefs of the Great Lakes Collegiate League. Returning to Greater Cincinnati in 1990, he joined the baseball staff at Milford High School where he would remain until 2022; the last 23 years as head coach. During Tom’s tenure, the Eagles were 10 time league champs, multiple year District and Regional champs as well as State runner up in 2002 and 2003. He was the league Coach of the Year 9 times, the 2002 Enquirer Coach of the Year and the 2003 Ohio Coach of the Year. Tom also coached at Summit Country Day for two seasons. He taught over 200 collegiate players and 40 pros including 9 that played Major League Baseball. He is a member of the Milford High School Hall of Fame.
Mark Naehring
Mark Naehring was drafted in the 3rd round of the 1977 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox. He played in their AA and AAA programs and was the Knoxville Sox MVP. His 1978 team won the Mexican League and finished 3rd in the Caribbean World Series. Was traded to the Orioles where he finished his professional career.
It all started for Mark at LaSalle. As the Lancer shortstop, he was All-City and All-State while leading Cincinnati in hitting with a .489 mark in his graduation year of 1974. He was a member of the Storm Club for three seasons. Attending Miami University on a full-ride, he achieved 1st Team Honors in the Mid-American Conference three times. His senior year, he was named to the Sporting News 1st Team and toured South Korea and Taiwan with the US National Team. Mark spent many years in the food business and lives in Port Saint Lucie, Florida.
Mark Thompson
The things Mark has accomplished in his sporting life are almost unfathomable. And almost all of it happened in Price Hill. He was a 3 year baseball letter winner at Western Hills. The 1980 PHSL Player of the Year, 1st Team All-City and Mizuno All-Ohio. That same year, he was 1st Team All-League and All-City in soccer. In the summer he played for Storm Club and Miller Stockum American Legion teams. Suiting up for Glenn Sample at UC, Mark was a 4 year letterman while pitching for the Bearcats.
Mark joined the coaching staff of his high school alma mater and stayed 5 years; which included the 1986 State Championship squad. In 1990, he travelled the two miles down Glenway Ave. and began coaching at Elder. In his 35 years guiding the Panthers, they’ve won 670 games, 14 district titles, 6 regional crowns and two state championships. Mark was voted the GCL Coach of the Year 11 times, the Cincinnati Coach of the Year 4 times and was the Regional and State Coach of the Year in 2005. He is a member of the West Hi Hall of Honor, the Cincinnati Public Schools Hall of Fame and the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. We are so happy to add the Price Hill Baseball Oldtimers Hall of Fame to Mark’s long list of accolades.
Mark taught at Westwood Elementary for 39 years, retiring in 2024.
2025 Gallagher Award Winners
Jaden Walpole - Elder
Trey Hummel - LaSalle
Tyler Adamson - Oak Hills
Peyton Schnitzler - Western Hills