No OBU baseball team had ever made it to the NAIA World Series before 1989. Daryl McCollough had modest success for the Bison in the previous two seasons. And then came the break-out year.

McCollough emerged as the team’s leading hitter and led the Bison to the promised land. He led those 1989 World Series Bison with a .418 average with 89 hits – the fourth-highest single season total.

He was All-District and honorable mention All-America.

Today, his 215 hits and 178 runs scored over his career stand the test of time as second in all-time in both categories.