Northwestern State University of Louisana

Malcom “Deacon” Lewis was a baseball and football performer for Northwestern in the mid 1960’s. On the gridiron, he was a three year starter, quarterbacking NSU’s undefeated 1966 team. He was voted Gulf States Conference Back of the Year in 1966 and led the league in scoring. Northwestern was ranked as the No. 1 team in the nations during the 1966 undefeated season.  Deacon played baseball in 1966 and 1968, in 1966 he posted a win/loss mark of 6-2 with a 2.39 ERA while leading the GSC in strikeouts (67 in 60 innings). He completed six games that year in nine starts. In 1968 he went 6-1 on the mound with a league leading .59 ERA and batted .313.