Eliseo Pompa
Inducted 2007
Hometown: Mission
High School: Mission High School
Professional: Montreal Expos organization, Mexican Leagues
Best Known for: Coaching – Baseball
Pompa was a standout high school athlete in multiple sports and has become one of the Valley's greatest baseball coaches.
Pompa played football, baseball, basketball, and track at Mission High in the late 1960s, made All-State on offense and defense for Coach Lum Wright's football title team of 1968, and was named TOPPS Baseball All-American.
Pompa was drafted by the Montreal Expos and advanced to the AAA level at Winnipeg, later starring in the Mexican League in 1973-74 and playing for the original RGV Whitewings. While a player for the Wings he earned a college degree and started a new path.
He began coaching in 1976 and has been head coach at Sharyland, Mission, and most recently, McAllen High. He is nearing the 500-win mark and his 2010 group set a school record for victories (35) and was ranked first in the state at one point.