He won the 1988 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a senior at Stanford University.
[citation needed] He is one of three players from Stanford University to win that award.
For the remaining two seasons of his career, he played for the Arkansas Travelers, being used almost exclusively as a reliever.
[1] Plemel teamed up with fellow baseball players Jack McDowell and Wayne Edwards to form the band V.I.E.W.
Plemel served as the bassist, while Edwards was the drummer and McDowell was the lead singer.