Al Beitler, Greenbelt, Md., was a member of the Bluffton baseball team from 1973-76. Beitler was a pitcher at Bluffton and holds the second highest batting average for a season for his performance in 1976 when he went 17-34 (.500) from the plate. Beitler earned first team All Hoosier-Buckeye Conference honors and was named to the NAIA All-District Team.
He graduated in 1976 with a 3.9 GPA, was nominated to the Phi Delta Society and named the Most Outstanding Sociology Major his senior year. Beitler received his master’s degree in peace studies from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in 1982 and his master’s of social work in 1995. He has worked at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va., as the minority achievement coordinator.
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