MCC Baseball will honor former Highlanders David Van Horn and Greg Dennis with a jersey retirement ceremony on Feb. 8.

WACO, Texas — McLennan Community College (MCC) Baseball will honor two former players this February by retiring their jerseys.

The college announced it will honor former Highlanders David Van Horn and Greg Dennis with a Jersey Retirement Ceremony at Bosque River Ballpark on Sunday, Feb. 8.

The ceremony will reportedly begin at 12:30 p.m., with the Highlanders taking on Iowa Western Reivers afterwards at 1 p.m.

Dennis was a two-time all-conference and all-region selection who helped lead the Highlanders to a third-place finish in the 1982 JUCO World Series and the national title in 1983, when he was named to the all-tournament team, MCC said.

During the 1982 season, Dennis set program records for games played at 65, hits with 93, fewest strikeouts with only 10 in 167 at-bats, errors with only one and assists at 167. He also earned First-Team All-American honors, according to MCC.

After his time at MCC, Dennis played one year at Florida State and Baylor before being drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 37th round of the 1985 MLB Draft. Dennis spent one year in the minor leagues before returning to MCC to serve as an assistant coach, the college said. 

Dennis reportedly went on to be the head coach at Collin County Community College for 14 years, and now coaches at Chattanooga Community College in Tennessee, where he has coached for the past 23 years.

Van Horn was a member of the first Highlanders team to reach the JUCO World Series in 1980, MCC said, and made a return trip to Grand Junction in 1981. He reportedly earned all-conference and all-region honors playing third base, and was named the Region 5 Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American in 1981.

After his time at MCC, Van Horn transferred to the University of Arkansas and was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 10th round of the 1982 MLB Draft.

Van Horn spent three years in the minor leagues before returning to Arkansas to serve as a graduate assistant coach for four years, according to MCC. He then served as head coach at Texarkana Community College, Central Missouri State, Northwestern State and Nebraska before becoming head coach at Arkansas, where he has led the team for 24 seasons.