Hall of Honor
Limon, a Lubbock native who graduated from Estacado High School, opted to attend Lubbock Christian instead of signing with the Cincinnati Reds, who drafted him in the 30th round of th 1982 Major League Baseball Draft, and that choice benefitted the Chaps for the next four seasons.Â
He got into the action right off the bat at Lubbock Christian, playing in 43 games and leading the team with a .413 average as a freshman on the Chaps' first-ever NAIA National Championship team in 1983, despite missing part of the season with an injury. He went on to play another 179 games in the next three seasons while earning his degree in education. For his career, Limon hit .373 with 63 doubles, 36 home runs and 197 RBI. Four of his home runs as a Chap were of the grand slam variety, which at the time of his graduation was tied for the LCU record.
After graduation, Limon went into the teaching and coaching ranks at the high school level, beginning at his alma mater, Estacado, where he coached the junior varisty baseball team and assisted with football while coaching. He received his first head-coaching appointment at Levelland in 1995, posting a 58-49 record in four seasons there and leading the Lobos to their first playoff appearance since 1975.Â
Limon spent more than 30 years coaching baseball and teaching at the high school level, including time at Estacado, Plainview, Midland Lee and Abernathy before coming back to the Chaps in 2019 to accept the job as LCU's new hitting coach, where he is still working today.Â
He was inducted in 1998, while the 1983 NAIA National Championship team as a whole was inducted in 2013.