Black Hills State University Athletics

Greg Deville, Class of ’77, was the starting catcher all four years he spent at BHSU. In 1977, Deville earned the top spot in the SDIC in batting average with a .514 batting average.

He was the area three NAIA batting championship in 1975 and also received the Rawlings-Adirondack “Big Stick” award and the Stan Musial sportsmanship award that year. He was named to the all-district team in 1976 and the All-SDIC team in 1976 and 1977. He had a .377 batting average and had 29 RBI in 1976. Deville was named to the honorable mention All-SDIC team in 1974 when he had a .487 batting average in SDIC in 1974. He recorded an incredible fielding percentage of over .990 for all four years.

Deville is now senior vice president of operations support services for Beech Street Corporation in Lake Forest, Calif. Early in his career he coached basketball at Spearfish High School.