HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2025!
Sam Arminio, a 1995 graduate of Coker, was a two-year member of the Cobra baseball team. Arminio helped lead the Cobras to a 48-12 record in 1994, including the 1994 Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament title, the NAIA Mid-East Regional Championship and a spot in the NAIA World Series. The right-handed pitcher earned All-
American honors in 1995 finishing the season with 87 strikeouts, and he is ranked No. 3 at Coker in career earned run average with a 2.72 ERA over two years. He is a member of the All-Time Coker baseball team. One of his most memorable games was when he threw a complete game shutout against TCU who was ranked No. 6 in Division 1 Baseball in 1994. Following his career at Coker, Arminio spent five seasons playing professional baseball in the Reds Organization in the Texas-Louisiana Independent League and the South Atlantic League. He went 24-21 in his professional career with a 4.25 ERA, 188 strikeouts and 10 complete games. Arminio was inducted into the Hamilton Catholic- Notre Dame-Badin Athletics Hall of Fame in Hamilton, OH in 2012. A native of Hamilton, Ohio, Arminio and his wife Lindsay have four children.