Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
A native of Denver, Steinke was an exceptional baseball player for the Eagles in the mid-1970s. He ranks second in career base hits with 118, second in career doubles with 24 and is the leader in career triples with seven. He had a .430 batting average in 1976, when he had 43 hits in 100 at bats, and had a .322 career batting average.
Steinke has worked at the Port of Long Beach, one of the two busiest seaports in the nation, since 1990. He was the properties director the first five years, became the deputy executive director in 1995 and was promoted to executive director in 1997. The port encompasses about 3,000 acres, has 350 employees and handles merchandise worth $100 billion annually while accommodating ships from around the world.
He also received the college’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2000.
