One of the most prolific players of the Gene McArtor era in baseball at Ol’ Mizzou. Cypret, from St. Louis, earned all-America honors three times as a Tiger shortstop. He was a third-team selection in 1975, received honorable mention in ‘76, and was the first-teamer in 1978. He was the all-Big Eight shortstop in 1976-77-78. Cypret hit .356 for his career and held the school career marks for hits (253) and runs batted in (181) until 1998. He signed with the Houston Astros in 1978, and after his professional baseball career joined former Tiger assistant coach Bob Todd on the coaching staff at Kent State, and later followed Todd to Ohio State where the Buckeyes won 15 Big Ten Conference championships during their tenure.
