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RON ALLEN (ZANE TRACE)

Ron Allen (March 31, 1964) is the current Head Baseball Coach at Zane Trace High School in Chillicothe, Ohio. Allen earned 10 Varsity letters playing Football, Basketball and Baseball at Minford High School as he was named All Southern Ohio Conference in each sport. Allen was inducted into the Minford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2010.

Allen played college baseball at Malone College in Canton, Ohio. He was inducted into the Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005. Allen, who was a four year starter at Malone, had a .354 career batting average with 28 Home Runs and 136 RBI. He had a 1.062 OPS for his career at Malone.

Ron Allen continued to play the game of baseball until 52 years old. Ron played for the Lorain Internationals and Pfleger Insurance Baseball Club after college. He continued his career in the Columbus Men's Senior Baseball League from 2001-2016. He was a member of the Columbus Pirates (25+) Wooden Bat Baseball team. Allen played in 476 games with the Pirates and hit .339 in his 16 years with the team. He had a consecutive game playing streak of 372 games.

Allen was unanimously elected to the Columbus Men's Senior Baseball League (CMSBL) Hall of Fame in 2017.

He graduated from Malone in 1986 with a B.A. degree in History with a teaching emphasis in Psychology. Allen has been a teacher for 33 years.

Personal Life
Ron Allen has a 15 year old son named Quinton. Allen has a younger brother (Todd) who also played four years of college baseball at Malone from 1990-1993. Ron's parents and sister are deceased. Rosena (Mother, 1978), Esta (Father, 2005) and Carie (Sister, 2002)

Allen enjoys watching baseball, pro football and sprint car racing. He also loves to go to the horse track. Allen is a long time Cincinnati Reds and Cincinnati Bengals fan. Ron enjoys traveling with Quinton or just being by himself.

Coaching
Allen has been involved in High School Baseball coaching for 30 years. He has been a Head High School Baseball coach for 28 seasons. Allen has a record of 512-270 overall. He has been the Head Coach at Zane Trace High School for the past 24 seasons. The Pioneers have a 465-224 record under his guidance while winning 16 Sectional Championships and 5 District Titles. Allen's teams at Zane Trace have reached the District Championship game ten times. His teams have also made it to three Regional Finals. The Pioneers won the Regional Championship in 2001 when they beat Gnadenhutten Indian Valley to get to the State Tournament. Allen's teams have won 20 or more games in a season 14 times since 2001. The Pioneers have won six Scioto Valley Conference titles in history of the school. All six SVC titles have come during Allen's tenure at ZT. Zane Trace joined the Scioto Valley Conference in 1970-71 school year. The Pioneers sadly did not play the 2020 season because of an overreaction by the state and national governments in the world. A virus that had no effect on the youth of the United States. The Pioneers would have had 11 seniors on the team in 2020.

Ron Allen was inducted into the Southeast District Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2014. He received 94% of the vote from other coaches as a first time ballot nominee.

Allen has also coached other sports: Assistant Varsity Football (2 yrs), JV Basketball (3 yrs) and JH Basketball (2 yrs).

Playing History
Minford High School (1979-1982)

Russell Glass (1981-1983)

Ohio Valley League (1980-1983)

Malone College (1983-1986)

Lorain Internationals (1986-1987)

Pfleger Insurance Baseball Club (1984-1985,1988,1990-1993)

Columbus Pirates (2001-2016)

Allen played in 1,107 baseball games from high school until October 2016. His lifetime batting average was .367 with 119 Home Runs. Ron Allen stepped to the plate 4,194 times from high school until he retired from playing in October 2016 at 52 years old.

Hall of Fame
Minford High School Athletic Hall of Fame (2005)

Malone University Athletic Hall of Fame (2010)

Southeast District Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame' (2014)''

Columbus Senior Men's Baseball Hall of Fame (2017)

Zane Trace Boosters Hall of Fame (2022)