Phil Bradley, a former MU star in football and baseball, will join the softball team as a volunteer assistant  to work as a hitting coach and with the team’s outfielders.

Bradley was an outfielder on Missouri’s baseball team. He was awarded All-Big Eight, All-District and All-America honors in 1981 while hitting .457 on the season. He was named the 1980 Big Eight Tournament MVP after helping the Tigers to the conference title. Bradley holds school records for career walks and on-base percentage.

He also quarterbacked the football team from 1977-81 and led the Tigers to three bowl games and was a three-time Big Eight Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Bradley set Missouri records for passing and total offense and played in two all-star games after his senior season.

After graduation, Bradley was selected in the MLB draft by Seattle and played with the Mariners through 1987. Bradley was named to the 1985 All-Star Team and hit a career-high 26 home runs that season. During his major league career, he also played with the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles and Chicago White Sox. Currently, Bradley is the special assistant to the executive director for the Major League Baseball Players Association.