Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Merila
The source found by Rlendog tipped the balance for me.  I've added it and a couple others to the article.  Merila was a truly elite player at the collegiate level.  He not only was an All-American (probably sufficient in and of itself under ) and the Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year, but he set multiple Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball batting records, including single-season batting average (.452), career batting average (.392), and career walks (187).  He was likely on his way to an MLB career, but he was stricken with a brain tumor at the end of his senior year.  Even so, his truly elite college career is enough.  There is abundant significant coverage, including feature stories in mainstream media publications, including the ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', and in an authoritative book about the history of Minnesota Golden Gophers sports. Passes both  and 
— User:Cbl62, 14:55, 12 May 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NCOLLATH||WP:GNG||WP:NCOLLATH (Wikipedia:Notability)