Cedric Landrum was a four-year baseball letterman at UNA from 1982-85 and became the first Lion baseball player to make it to the Major Leagues. While at UNA, the Sweetwater, Ala., native set an NCAA Division II national record with 69 stolen bases in 1985 and helped UNA set what was then a Division II national record for a team with 260 steals. He helped lead UNA to its first-ever Gulf South Conference baseball championship in 1984 and to its first-ever NCAA regional tournament the same year. He also led the way as UNA went 46-11-1 in 1985 and made another trip to the NCAA Division II regionals.
He was selected All-Gulf South Conference, All-South Central Region and second-team NCAA Division II All-American in 1985. His school records include five runs scored in a single game against West Alabama in 1985, eight at bats in a game against Grand Valley State in 1985, most stolen bases (69) and steal attempts (75), and most runs scored (79) in 1985, and most career runs scored (197) and career stolen bases (150 in 167 attempts). In 1985 alone he led the team in hits, runs scored, home runs, triples, doubles and stolen bases. His career numbers at UNA are 540 at bats, 184 hits, 197 runs scored, 108 runs batted in, 32 doubles, 12 triples, 101 bases on balls, 291 total bases and 163 games played. In his first five seasons in the minor leagues he averaged 50 stolen bases per season. He won the American Association (AAA) stolen base title in 1990 and was leading the league in thefts again in 1991when he was called up to the Major Leagues by the Chicago Cubs.
In all, he led four different minor leagues in steals and led the Cubs in steals in his rookie season. He was later traded to the New York Mets and returned to the major leagues in 1993. At the time of his induction, Landrum was working as a hitting instructor in the Montreal Expos organization with the club's West Palm Beach team in the Gulf Coast League.
