A 10-year veteran of professional baseball, Castle played for the Washington Senators, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. A designated hitter, first baseman and outfielder, he had a .308 batting average in his first year in the majors.

As a high school star, Castle led Coldwater High to a state baseball championship in 1968. He earned 13 letters in three sports ­ football, basketball and baseball.

He attended Northwest before finishing his degree in business at Delta State University.

Former inductees of the Northwest Sports Hall of Fame will be present to welcome Castle and three other new inductees at the annual banquet, which begins at 6:30 p.m. at DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven.

Tickets for the event are $25. The deadline for reservations is Monday, May 17.

Tickets are available at Northwest-DeSoto Center at (662) 342-1570; Lafayette-Yalobusha Technical Center in Oxford at (662) 238-7952; or by calling the Alumni Affairs Office on the Senatobia campus at (662) 560-1105.