Chapman University

A brilliant season on the mound in 1984 for the Panthers turned August into a national star and top Major League prospect. The right-hander won 16 games for Chapman that year and earned Chapman's Hertzog Trophy awarded to the team's most valuable player. He was also named CCAA Male Athlete of the Year and earned All-America honors. In addition, August was named to the U.S. Olympic baseball team which competed in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

He was a first-round draft pick by the Houston Astros (selected 19th overall) and spent four seasons in the big leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1988-91 where he won 34 games and finished fourth in the AL Rookie of the Year voting in '88.