2007 Hall of Fame

Augie Garrido - In 1973, Glacier Pilot's coach Paul Deese recruited an assistant coach by the name of Augie Garrido. Little did Glacier Pilots fans know at the time that they were witnessing a coaching legend, in the making. Garrido assisted again in 1974, and then became the Field Manager for the ’75 and ’76 seasons. In his four years with the Pilots, these teams place third at the National Tournament in 1973-75, and runner up in 1976. Garrido played college ball for the Fresno State U Bulldogs, and is only one of ten men ever to sign and coach in the college World Series. He then went on to sign a professional contract with the Cleveland Indians and played six years in their Minor League system before retiring to begin his coaching career. Augie has coached for the past 39 years in the college ranks. Those teams include San Francisco State, Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Illinois and he finished his eleventh year at the U of Texas, were he has lead the Longhorns to the college World Series five times in the last eight years, capturing the National Title in 2002 and 2005. Garrido is the first coach to lead teams from two different schools to National crowns and became the all-time Winningest coach in NCAA Division I baseball history, on June 9, 2003, when Texas beat then No.1 ranked Florida State in the NCAA Super-Regional. Coach Garrido lead teams to 5 National Titles, 15 Super-Regional titles, 12 Regional Titles, and 21 Conference titles. He was named National Coach-of-the-Year six times, and coached 75 players who played in the Major Leagues - 13 of whom were first-round draft picks. He is the Glacier Pilots all-time Winningest coach with a winning percentage of .702

Dan Boone - In 1974, Glacier Pilots’ fans were introduced to a sparky 5’7” 135 left-hander named Dan Boone. Dan’s record at Cerritos Junior College was 24-2 when Augie Garrido recruited him. Dan went on to play for Garrido at Cal State Fullerton where he became an all-American. He played 4 seasons - 1974, 1975, 196, and 1985 - for the Pilots, and holds more pitching records than any other Pilots pitcher. Some of those records include - most career games (54), most games started, season and career, most complete games (13), most career saves, most innings pitchers, season (84) career (269), most career wins, and most career strikeouts (214). Dan went on to pitch for “another team” in the Alaska League, for which Pilots fans have since forgiven him. Dan also went on to the Big Leagues, playing for then Coach Dick Williams. His pro-career includes stints with the Angels, Padres, Astros and Orioles.  Dan has fond memories of his baseball experience with the Glacier Pilots, including his house parents, Wanda and Jerry Beltz Of course, his fondest memory is meeting a local Anchorage girl by the name of Marge Moss, whom he later married.  Dan and Marge have three daughters, Bethany, Amanda and Brittany.

Janice Morisette Reeve arrived by steamship in Valdez, Alaska, in 1934 at the age of 23, seeking adventure. In 1936, she married the already legendary Bush Pilot Robert “Bob” Reeve. Bob nicknamed Janice “Tilly”, thus the woman known to Alaskans as Tilly Reeve became synonymous with enthusiasm and hard work. Active in her community, Tilly was Republican National Committee Woman in the 1950’s, life-long member of the Pioneers of Alaska, and served as Secretary and Treasurer of the family business, Reeve Aleutian Airways, and became Chairman of the Board upon Bob’s death in 1980. She was also the chairperson of the Anchorage Glacier Pilots baseball club for many years, and was one of the solid figures on whom Pilots’ Board Members could count, not only for her sound advice, but for her charity as well. Before Bob Reeve died, he asked Tilly to do two things 1) Keep the airline running and 2) make sure that the Glacier Pilots continue to operate. Tilly did just that. Bob and Tilly had five three sons and two daughters. Tilly will always be remembered as one of the matriarchs of the Anchorage Glacier Pilots. We know she is sitting in her heavenly box seat, enjoying watching down on each Glacier Pilots game.

William 'Wild Bill' Simpson first became acquainted with Pilots’ baseball in 1972 when he began taping the games while working as a camera man for KIMO, Channel 13, which he continued to do until 1975. He left Anchorage in 1975 to work on the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline, and then on to work in Dutch Harbor until 1984. He became reacquainted with the Glacier Pilots in 1989, when he bought box seat season tickets on the third base side!! He switched to his current seats above the Pilots’ dugout in 1990, and first became a Summer Parent in 1992 because of Tony and Connie Webb. They sat behind him in 1990 and ‘91 and were always talking to Colin Porter like they knew him. He asked them about that in the summer of ‘91 and they told him they “knew” Colin because they were his Summer Parents. He attended the summer parent meeting the next April and became hooked! Bill has served as a Summer Parent for 16 years, now, only to be rivaled by his fellow Hall of Famer, Sharon Woods. He has also served the Glacier Pilots in many other capacities: as a Director on the Glacier Pilots Board, coached at first base, and represented the Pilots at the annual Baseball Coaches’ Conference meetings this past January in Orlando, Florida. “Wild Bill” will always be known for his wonderful baseball quips that come through that legendary megaphone for all to hear, as well as those extraordinary cooked meals that many Pilots’ players have earned through his creative reward system.