This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles profiling the 2017 inductees into the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame.BUTLER TWP — A letterman in football, track and basketball at Knoch High School, Jeff Woller’s alma mater did not yet offer his best sport.Baseball.“I missed that by a couple of years,” Woller said.No matter.The college scouts did not miss Woller’s abilities on the mound.“I pitched for Saxonburg in legion ball and (College of Wooster) coach Tim Pettorini saw me in a game at Pullman Park,” Woller recalled. “He talked with me after the game and gave me a shot.”Woller went on to a stellar career at Wooster (Ohio) and in the Eagle County League. His pitching exploits are landing the 1988 Knoch graduate in the Butler County Sports Hall of Fame.Woller will be inducted during the BCSHOF’s 52nd annual banquet April 29 at the Butler Days Inn.“It’s an incredible honor,” Woller said. “I feel very fortunate to be recognized for my experiences from so long ago.”Woller has not played baseball since 2000. He pitched for Wooster from 1988 through 1992 and in the Eagle County League from 1990 through 2000.He had a couple of surgeries during his career, including rotator cuff surgery in the middle 1990s.“I pitched through pain my last couple of years,” Woller admitted. “But I was able to pitch a little longer because of those operations.“Life changes ... I got married, had a family. My baseball days were over.”But they were pretty impressive.While with Wooster, Woller led the North Coast Atlantic Conference with 67 strikeouts in 1992 and in strikeouts per nine innings at 10.34.He led the NCAC with a 2.26 earned run average in 1991.He pitched in the Division III College World Series in Bristol, Conn., as a freshman.He pitched a no-hitter with 10 strikeouts for Saxonburg in legion ball.With Saxonburg in the Eagle County league, he pitched a 2-0 shutout of Butler with 16 strikeouts and a 6-0 shutout of Gibsonia with 17 strikeouts.“I was never a real big guy,” said Woller, who was 5-foot-10, 180 pounds when he pitched. “I didn’t throw the ball extremely hard, but I had good control, a decent slider and could put the ball in spots.“My father used to tell me that hitting was all about timing and pitching was all about throwing off that timing. That’s how I approached the game.”Tom Woller coached his son through Little League and Pony League. His brothers played baseball with him through those younger years as well.“I always had great family support,” Woller said. ‘My mom and dad followed me everywhere when I pitched in college. They never missed a game.”Woller was a Saxonburg teammate of Rick Schnur — a fellow 2017 Hall of Fame inductee — Curt and Des Schnur, forming a formidable mound rotation in the Eagle County league.“We never ran short of pitching,” Woller said. “We had great players on those teams.”Working as a guidance counselor, Woller was an assistant baseball coach at A-C Valley and Knoch for a few years.He and wife Susie have three daughters — Libby, 14, Annie, 9 and Zoe, 5.“Libby takes dance classes and Annie is playing softball,” Woller said. “I spend my time helping out and supporting them now.”Tickets for the April 29 HOF banquet are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. Ticket outlets include Parkers Appliance in Chicora, Bill’s Beer Barn, Moses Jewelers and Snack-N-Pack in Butler, Saxonburg Drug and Maddalon Jewelers in Zelienople.