Ed “Butch” LaMagdelaine was a workhorse pitcher for the powerful Westfield State baseball teams of the late 1970s that posted an aggregate record of 119-43-1 and qualified for four NCAA Tournament during his four years. 

LaMagdelaine still holds school records for most games pitched in a season (15) and career (43), and most relief appearances in a season (11) and career (22). His career totals include a 21-7-1 pitching record, 103 strikeouts, and an earned run average below 3.00. 

The Holyoke native was a team captain in 1979 and an All New England conference second team selection in 1978, the same year he threw a no-hitter in North Carolina vs. Division I Campbell College. LaMagdelaine also had two other memorable pitching performances: he threw complete games in a 14-inning 1-1 tie vs. Siena College in 1976 and 12 innings in a 2-2 tie vs. Springfield in 1977. 

LaMagdelaine also participated in intercollegiate volleyball for two years and was a standout athlete in Westfield State’s highly popular intramurals program, winning the Superstars competition during his freshman and sophomore years. Following his graduation in 1979 LaMagdelaine continued to play baseball in the Tri-County League and was the winning pitching for BG Mechanical of Holyoke in the 1985 league championship game. 

LaMagdelaine moved to North Carolina in 1991 and lives in Charlotte, where he is a sales, service and installation manager for US Environmental, a water purification company. He and his wife, Ellen (Case), a 1986 Westfield State graduate, have son Shawn.