Hall of Fame
Josh Anderson, the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2003, has played for four major league teams since he was drafted after his junior season at EKU by the Houston Astros in the fourth round of the 2003 draft. He has played in 179 games for the Astros, Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers and most recently, the Kansas City Royals, compiling a .272 career batting average. He played in 118 games this past season, splitting time between the Royals and the Tigers and hit .240 and had a team-high 25 stolen bases which ranked him 15th in the American League in steals. In 2008 before his call up to the majors by the Braves, he had a 27-game hitting streak at AAA Richmond, the longest streak in Richmond Braves’ history. Anderson was Eastern’s first ever, first-team Louisville Slugger All-American after leading the nation with 57 stolen bases and batting .447, third best in the country as a junior. A first team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection as a sophomore and a junior, Anderson was a second-team all-conference choice as a freshman. He holds five EKU records, including single-season marks for runs (80), hits (106), singles (74) and stolen bases (57), and a career record for stolen bases (119). He and his wife, Heather, have one son, Easton, and reside in Eubank, Ky., in the offseason.
