Rob Dewolf, a 1986 Malone graduate (Communications), was a three-year member of the Pioneer baseball team. A 1981 graduate of Massillon Jackson High School, Dewolf went on to play six seasons of minor league baseball, advancing to the AAA level.Â
An outfielder, Dewolf joined the Pioneer line-up as a freshman in the spring of 1982 and made an immediate impact, helping Malone capture three consecutive Mid-Ohio Conference Championships and NAIA District 22 Titles in 1982 and 1983.
In 1984, his final collegiate season, Dewolf collected MOC and NAIA District 22 First Team honors. In just three years in a Malone uniform, Dewolf piled up 42 extra-base hits, 33 stolen bases and 59 RBI's. In June of 1984, he was selected in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Milwaukee Brewers.
Dewolf compiled a .277 career batting average with 116 stolen bases, 93 doubles, 22 triples, 31 homers, and 234 RBI's throughout his six seasons of professional baseball. In 1986, he batted .312 with 51 stolen bases in 135 games for the Stockton Ports, a single-A affiliate of the Brewers. Two years later in 1988, Dewolf put up impressive numbers for the double-A El Paso Diablos, batting .283 with 20 doubles, 52 RBI's and 16 steals.Â
Dewolf is currently a freelance writer and editor who retired in October of 2016 after working for 17 years at the Columbus Dispatch. Rob and his wife, Jami, reside in Westerville, Ohio. The couple has one daughter, Emily.
