Jay Teagle III ’74 came to Franklin & Marshall during the era when the NCAA first allowed freshman to play as members of the varsity team. With that fourth year of eligibility, Teagle certainly made the most of his opportunity as he became one of the first four-year starters in Diplomats' history alongside teammate Clint Lynch. During those four seasons, Teagle dominated the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) as a three-time all-conference performer who additionally served as a team captain alongside Lynch in his senior season.
By the time Teagle finished his Hall of Fame career with the Diplomats, he had set new school records for games played (65), runs scored (47), doubles (18), triples (6), total bases (130), and slugging percentage (.500). All of these statistics came against challenging opponents as Franklin & Marshall played a number of Division I programs, including Duke, Wake Forest, Massachusetts, Penn, and many more in addition to the traditional MAC schedule. Playing with a wooden bat throughout his career, Teagle had a particularly strong senior season in which he batted .422 while scoring 17 runs and driving in 14 more during his 19 games played. During his historic 1974 campaign, he additionally set the school's single season record for slugging percentage (.672) and on-base percentage (.519), with those statistics still ranking among the top six single-season performances in program history over 50 years after his graduation.
After graduating from F&M, Teagle joined the General Electric Company as a member of its extensive MBA Financial Management Program. With a strong background in manufacturing finance, Teagle worked for General Electric from 1974 through 1987. After his career at GE, Teagle held numerous leadership positions included chief financial officer, vice president, and controller at Encore Paper Company, Serotta Sports, Tyco Healthcare (now Covidien), and Nomaco. While working with the Encore Paper Company, he earned a master’s in business from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1995 and retired from The North Carolina Biotechnology Center in 2018.
