Bio

Terry Jorgensen played baseball for the Titans from 1985-87 and concluded his career as one of the most dominant hitters in UW-Oshkosh and NCAA Division III history.

Jorgensen played 117 games during his three years at UW-Oshkosh, leading the Titans to one national championship, three conference titles and an overall record of 109-15. The Luxemburg native hit .445 playing for UW-Oshkosh with 41 home runs, 32 doubles, 164 runs batted in and 150 runs scored. In 12 NCAA Division III World Series contests, Jorgensen hit .460 with five home runs and 23 runs batted in.

Jorgensen's name is typed often in baseball record books compiled by the NCAA Division III. He currently ranks second in career slugging percentage, 14th in career batting average and 18th in career home runs. In UW-Oshkosh annals he ranks second in career batting average, fourth in career home runs and fifth in career runs batted in.

As a freshman in 1985, Jorgensen impacted the UW-Oshkosh baseball program immediately and the results were NCAA Division III and WIAC championships for the Titans. Jorgensen hit .418 during his rookie season with 12 home runs, 13 doubles and 50 runs batted in to gain NCAA Division III All-America second team accolades. During the Titans' winning effort in the NCAA Division III World Series, Jorgensen was named the event's most outstanding player after recording 11 hits in 20 at-bats, two home runs, nine runs batted in and six runs scored.

Jorgensen continued to terrorize opposing pitchers his next two seasons, hitting .462 with 15 home runs, 50 runs batted in and 52 runs scored in 1986 and .458 with 14 home runs, 64 runs batted in and 53 runs scored in 1987. He gained NCAA Division III All-America first team mention after both of those seasons.

Following his junior year in 1987, the Minnesota Twins selected Jorgensen in the second round of Major League Baseball's Amateur Draft as the 29th overall choice. After two years in the minors, Jorgensen appeared in his first major league game for the Twins during the 1989 season. He also appeared in major league games for the Twins during the 1992 and 1993 seasons, with the latter including a spot on the opening day roster. Prior to his retirement from baseball in 1995, Jorgensen played in 93 major league games, totaling one home run, 21 runs scored, 19 runs batted in and a .240 batting average.

Today, Jorgensen resides in Luxemburg, where he teaches physical education classes and coaches baseball at Luxemburg-Casco High School, his alma mater. Jorgensen, a 1998 graduate of UW-Oshkosh, and his wife, Roxie, are the parents of five children.