Aurora University named Jim Schmid Field at Stuart Sports Complex in Aurora, Sunday, April 23.
Schmid, an Aurora native and legendary coach, took to the mound and threw out multiple ceremonial first pitches at 2:30 p.m. between games of a conference doubleheader with visiting Concordia Chicago. AU won both games, 11-1 and 15-9.
Schmid coached baseball at Aurora from 1983 through 1992. His AU teams won 67% of their games (245-122-2) and made it to the NCAA Division III Tournament five times, including the program’s first in 1987.
—Al Benson