John S. Mast of Millersburg, Ohio, graduated from Bluffton in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in art. A four-year letter winner in baseball, Mast earned all-district honors twice. He is Bluffton’s career leader in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. He also leads Bluffton ballplayers in triples and ranks sixth all-time in doubles.

While on campus, Mast was the intramural sports director for two years, a member of the senior art show and the 1987 May Day king. Mast continued to play ball after graduation, participating on a team that won Class C slow-pitch softball titles at the United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) state and national levels, as well as the Amateur Softball Association world title in Atlanta, Ga., in 1987. He was named Most Valuable Player of the USSSA nationals that year. From 1984-90, Mast played with the Akron AA Amateur League. He was a two-time all-star and was named co-MVP in 1989.

Mast has been a graphic designer at Graphic Publications Inc. He is actively involved in his church’s worship team and Sunday school, and has been a Vacation Bible School director. He coaches his children’s baseball, soccer and fast-pitch softball teams.