Last week was the 25th anniversary of, literally, the most productive day at the plate by one player in NCAA history.

Yep, that’s right- the Marshall McDougall six-home run day was on May 9, 1999. Playing for Florida State against Maryland at College Park, McDougall went 7-7, hitting six straight home runs after a single in his first at-bat. Not surprisingly, FSU won the game, 26-2.

McDougall set NCAA records for single game totals of home runs (6), RBIs (16), and total bases, with 25. No one has broken the records, or even gotten close, in 25 years. He even hit for a home run “cycle,” meaning that he hit at least one solo, two-run, three-run, and grand slam home run in the wild game.

McDougall, who was drafted four times, finally signed with the Oakland A’s after he was picked in the 9th round in 2000. He was called up to the major leagues for a cup of coffee with the Texas Rangers in 2005, when he went 3-18 in 18 games. He played organized baseball until he was 29, and then kicked around the Indy Leagues for a few years until his retirement in 2012.

And why does this matter to this space? McDougall played in New Market in 1998. Coming from Santa Fe Community College at that time, he played in 14 games, going 9-40 overall that summer. He was one of two players from that team to play in the major leagues- the other is Lee Gronkiewicz, from Spartanburg Methodist, who appeared in one game for the 1997 Toronto Blue Jays. Gronkiewicz was the closer for New Market in the summer of ’98.