• Mark Lockenmeyer - Class of 1977

    Football, Basketball, Baseball

    Presenter - Jack Hawkins

     

    Simply put... Mark Lockenmeyer was a living, breathing, and dominating definition of a student-athlete.  A three sport athlete at Manasquan, Mark could do it all.  In football, over four years he was a quarterback, linebacker, punter and a soccer style place-kicker (before that style had become commonplace).  His senior year, he passed for 11 TD's and led the Warriors to the "B" South title.  That year he also lead the team to  Manasquan's first ever football state-playoff game against Long Branch High School, led by future NFL Hall of Famer Sam Mills.  He was voted onto the All-Shore, All-Monmouth teams, as well as the All-Academic team.  At the end of his senior season, he was given the Peter Blocksom Roetzel Award as the school's most outstanding football player.

     

    In baseball, Mark was three year starting pitcher and played shortstop, outfield, and first base for Coach Jake Landfried.  He currently holds three MHS batting records (single season slugging percentage. 869, most career triples 11, and highest career BAVG . 422), and four career pitching records (lowest runs allowed 114, lowest earned runs 80, consecutive scoreless innings pitched 32, and consecutive hitless innings pitched 20).   He was an All-Shore, All-Monmouth, and All-State selection in his senior year, and was a two time NY Daily News All-Star at first base.  He was also selected as the Vernon King, Jr. Award recipient for the school's most outstanding baseball player.  

     

    Mark's dominance continued at Princeton University.  In football, he finished his senior season rated as a three-time ECAC Player of the Week, one of the best quarterbacks in the country, was honored with an All-Ivy selection, placed himself in the record books in 9 different categories, and until 2000 held record for most consecutive completions at 13.  As a result of his remarkable achievements, Mark was awarded the Caldwell Trophy for the greatest improvement in Princeton Football.

     

    As a freshman pitcher on the baseball team, he finished the season with an ERA of 0.33, setting the all-time Ivy League single season record which still stands today.  During his career he won the Kellogg Trophy for best freshman baseball player, the Coach's Trophy for the best sophomore baseball player, the Donovan Award for  the pitcher who leads the team in wins, ERA, and K's, as well as the Clarke Award for the Princeton player who achieves the highest score in hitting, fielding, and outstanding plays.

     

    At graduation, he was bestowed the highest honor a Princeton student-athlete can receive - the William Winston Roper Trophy awarded annually to the athlete of highest rank and sportsmanship.

     

    He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the Major League draft, and played 5 seasons of professional baseball in the Detroit and New York Mets organizations recording 26 wins, a 3.43 ERA, 25 complete games, 3 shut outs, and a 1.34 WHIP. 

     

    Following his playing days, he was the pitching coach on the Brookdale CC team that went to the 1986 Junior College World Series, and also served as a coach and competition manager of the United States Team Handball squad at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta.