Lou Caracci
Lou Caracci was a three-sport athlete in high school, who went on to star in both football and baseball at Kent State University.
At Kennedy Christian High, he was a member of the football, wrestling and baseball teams and was named the school’s “Male Athlete of the Year” his senior year, 1977-78. He was a three-year letterman in football and was the first KC player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season (1039). He kicked a career-long field goal of 46 yards and held eight individual school records upon graduation. He tallied 101 points.
In baseball he was first-team All-Mercer County Athletic Conference his junior and senior seasons as pitcher and first-baseman. He was 5-0 pitching as a sophomore. He had two career no-hitters and the team was the Mercer County champ in 1978 and District 10 runner-up.
At Kent State, he was all-Midwestern Athletic Conference Honorable Mention as football place kicker in 1981 and had a career long field goal of 46 yards. He was a three-year letter winner for the Golden Flashes.
Lou was a four-year letterman at Kent in baseball and all-MAC 2nd-team in 1982, the year he hurled a no-hitter against Bowling Green.
He began his baseball career in Little League and led Hickory Volkswagen to the Mercer County LL Championship in 1973. He was a member of the Senior Division All-Star Team from 1974-76 at ages 13, 14 and 15. He helped D’Onofrio’s to the Hickory JV League title in 1976.
In 1977, he helped Hermitage G.M. win the Valley Varsity League and the Western Regional Championship where he was named the MVP.
In 1979, he led Campbell Memorial of the Youngstown B League to the state championship and pitched a no-hitter in the first game of the state playoffs.
He was first team all-state and named MVP. Playing in the Youngstown B and AA leagues from 1979-82 he had a pitching record of 40-3. He has played baseball in North Carolina with the 38-and-over wood bat league and with the 28-over National Red Sox club. He coached the sport at various levels.