# National College Baseball Hall of Fame

The National College Baseball Hall of Fame is an institution operated by the College Baseball Foundation serving as the central point for the study of the history of college baseball in the United States. In partnership with the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library located on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, the Hall of Fame inducts former collegiate players and coaches who have met selection criteria of distinction. On January 23, 2024, the College Baseball Foundation announced it would open a physical hall of fame in Overland Park, Kansas, in the Museum at Prairiefire.

## History

The College Baseball Foundation was formed in 2004 as a non-profit organization, with the dual aims of continuing the Brooks Wallace Award and creating a national college baseball hall of fame. The inaugural Wallace Award was bestowed in 2004, but the inaugural Hall of Fame induction class was not chosen until 2006. As of 2006, organizers hoped to have a permanent building constructed by 2008. As of January 2013, the Foundation had raised approximately $7 million of the $13 million goal, after receiving a $5 million grant from the Moody Foundation. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held in June 2015 in Lubbock. In April 2017, the Foundation announced that it would no longer pursue constructing a museum in Lubbock.

## Inductees

The 2006 inaugural class for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame consisted of five former coaches and five former players. Annually thereafter, through 2016, additional players and coaches were enshrined. In May 2017, organizers cancelled that year's annual “Night of Champions” induction ceremony.
Key :
| † | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |

### Players

| Year | Inductee | Position(s) | University |
| 2006 | Will Clark | First baseman | Mississippi State |
| 2006 | Bob Horner | Infielder | Arizona State |
| 2006 | Brooks Kieschnick | Outfielder | Texas |
| 2006 | Brooks Kieschnick | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2006 | Dave Winfield$^†$ | Outfielder | Minnesota |
| 2006 | Dave Winfield$^†$ | Pitcher | Minnesota |
| 2006 | Robin Ventura | Third baseman | Oklahoma State |
| 2007 | Jim Abbott | Pitcher | Michigan |
| 2007 | Pete Incaviglia | Outfielder | Oklahoma State |
| 2007 | Fred Lynn | Outfielder | Southern California |
| 2007 | John Olerud | First baseman | Washington State |
| 2007 | John Olerud | Pitcher | Washington State |
| 2007 | Phil Stephenson | First baseman | Wichita State |
| 2007 | Derek Tatsuno | Pitcher | Hawaii |
| 2008 | Steve Arlin | Pitcher | Ohio State |
| 2008 | Eddie Bane | Pitcher | Arizona State |
| 2008 | Floyd Bannister | Pitcher | Arizona State |
| 2008 | Neal Heaton | Pitcher | Miami |
| 2008 | Burt Hooton | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2008 | Dick Howser | Infielder | Florida State |
| 2008 | Ben McDonald | Pitcher | Louisiana State |
| 2008 | Greg Swindell | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2009 | Joe Carter | Outfielder | Wichita State |
| 2009 | Darren Dreifort | First baseman | Wichita State |
| 2009 | Darren Dreifort | Pitcher | Wichita State |
| 2009 | Kirk Dressendorfer | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2009 | Barry Larkin$^†$ | Shortstop | Michigan |
| 2009 | Keith Moreland | Third baseman | Texas |
| 2009 | Rafael Palmeiro | First baseman | Mississippi State |
| 2009 | Rafael Palmeiro | Outfielder | Mississippi State |
| 2009 | Todd Walker | Second baseman | Louisiana State |
| 2010 | Alan Bannister | Shortstop | Arizona State |
| 2010 | Eddy Furniss | First baseman | Louisiana State |
| 2010 | Don Heinkel | Pitcher | Wichita State |
| 2010 | Dave Magadan | First baseman | Alabama |
| 2010 | Dave Magadan | Third baseman | Alabama |
| 2010 | B. J. Surhoff | Catcher | North Carolina |
| 2010 | Rich Wortham | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2011 | Terry Francona | Outfielder | Arizona |
| 2011 | Danny Goodwin | Catcher | Southern |
| 2011 | Dick Groat | Shortstop | Duke |
| 2011 | Oddibe McDowell | Centerfielder | Arizona State |
| 2011 | Tim Wallach | First baseman | Cal State Fullerton |
| 2012 | Lou Brock$^†$ | Outfielder | Southern |
| 2012 | Nomar Garciaparra | Shortstop | Georgia Tech |
| 2012 | Tim Jorgensen | Shortstop | Wisconsin–Oshkosh |
| 2012 | Brad Wilkerson | First baseman | Florida |
| 2012 | Brad Wilkerson | Pitcher | Florida |
| 2013 | Sal Bando | Third baseman | Arizona State |
| 2013 | Tom Borland | Pitcher | Oklahoma State |
| 2013 | Ralph Garr | Second baseman | Grambling State |
| 2013 | Tino Martinez | First baseman | Tampa |
| 2013 | Roy Smalley III | Shortstop | Southern California |
| 2014 | Bill Bordley | Pitcher | Southern California |
| 2014 | Alex Fernandez | Pitcher | Miami |
| 2014 | Alex Fernandez | Pitcher | Miami Dade College |
| 2014 | Mike Fiore | Outfielder | Miami |
| 2014 | Mickey Sullivan | Outfielder | Baylor |
| 2015 | Joe Arnold | Pitcher | Miami Dade College |
| 2015 | Joe Arnold | Pitcher | Arizona State |
| 2015 | Lance Berkman | First baseman | Rice |
| 2015 | Al Holland | Pitcher | North Carolina A&T |
| 2015 | Mike Kelly | Outfielder | Arizona State |
| 2015 | Rick Reichardt | Outfielder | Wisconsin |
| 2015 | Frank Viola | Pitcher | St. John's |
| 2016 | Matt DeSalvo | Pitcher | Marietta |
| 2016 | J. D. Drew | Outfielder | Florida State |
| 2016 | Rick Monday | Outfielder | Arizona State |
| 2016 | Tom Paciorek | Outfielder | Houston |
| 2019 | Dave Chalk | Third baseman | Texas |
| 2019 | Andre Dawson$^†$ | Outfielder | Florida A&M |
| 2019 | Wally Hood | Pitcher | Southern California |
| 2019 | Mark Kotsay | Outfielder | Cal State Fullerton |
| 2019 | Billy Wagner | Pitcher | Ferrum |
| 2020 | Doug Ault | First baseman | Texas Tech |
| 2020 | Pete Barnes | Outfielder | Southern |
| 2020 | Rick Cerone | Catcher | Seton Hall |
| 2020 | John Deutsch | Infielder | Montclair State |
| 2020 | Gary Gentry | Pitcher | Arizona State |
| 2020 | Jim Gideon | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2020 | Roy Lee Jackson | Pitcher | Tuskegee |
| 2020 | Paul Molitor$^†$ | Infielder | Minnesota |
| 2020 | Jason Varitek | Catcher | Georgia Tech |
| 2021 | Rusty Adkins | Outfielder | Clemson |
| 2021 | Rusty Adkins | Second baseman | Clemson |
| 2021 | Tom Brennan | | Lewis |
| 2021 | Tim Burzette | | La Verne |
| 2021 | Rich Dauer | | Cal State San Bernardino |
| 2021 | Rich Dauer | | Southern California |
| 2021 | Todd Helton$^†$ | | Tennessee |
| 2021 | Terry Kennedy | | Florida State |
| 2021 | Gregg Olson | | Auburn |
| 2022 | Bill Almon | Infielder | Brown |
| 2022 | Casey Close | | Michigan |
| 2022 | Condredge Holloway | | Tennessee |
| 2022 | Ken Ritter | | North Central |
| 2022 | Rickie Weeks | | Southern |
| 2023 | Chris Bando | Catcher | Arizona State |
| 2023 | Ron Darling | Pitcher | Yale |
| 2023 | Ron Darling | Outfielder | Yale |
| 2023 | Mike Fuentes | Outfielder | Florida State |
| 2023 | Alex Gordon | Third baseman | Nebraska |
| 2023 | Steve Kemp | Outfielder | Southern California |
| 2023 | Russell Martin | Pitcher | Southwestern |
| 2024 | Roger Clemens | Pitcher | San Jacinto North |
| 2024 | Roger Clemens | Pitcher | Texas |
| 2024 | Jeff King | Third baseman | Arkansas |
| 2024 | Randy Ross | Shortstop | North Park |
| 2024 | Mike Schmidt$^†$ | Shortstop | Ohio |
| 2024 | Mark Teixeira | Third baseman | Georgia Tech |
| 2024 | Bill Thom | Pitcher | Southern California |
| 2024 | Murray Wall | Pitcher | Texas |

### Head coaches

| Year | Inductee | University |
| 2006 | Skip Bertman | Louisiana State |
| 2006 | Rod Dedeaux | Southern California |
| 2006 | Ron Fraser | Miami |
| 2006 | Cliff Gustafson | Texas |
| 2006 | Bobby Winkles | Arizona State |
| 2007 | Chuck Brayton | Washington State |
| 2007 | Jim Brock | Arizona State |
| 2007 | Bibb Falk | Texas |
| 2007 | Jerry Kindall | Arizona |
| 2007 | Dick Siebert | Minnesota |
| 2008 | Bob Todd | Ohio State |
| 2008 | Gary Ward | New Mexico State |
| 2008 | Gary Ward | Oklahoma State |
| 2009 | Gordie Gillespie | St. Francis |
| 2009 | Ron Polk | Georgia |
| 2009 | Ron Polk | Georgia Southern |
| 2009 | Ron Polk | Mississippi State |
| 2010 | Bob Bennett | Fresno State |
| 2010 | Wally Kincaid | Cerritos College |
| 2011 | Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones | Grambling |
| 2011 | Bill Wilhelm | Clemson |
| 2012 | Ed Cheff | Lewis–Clark State |
| 2012 | Wayne Graham | Rice |
| 2012 | Wayne Graham | San Jacinto College |
| 2012 | Frank Sancet | Arizona |
| 2013 | Don Schaly | Marietta College |
| 2013 | John Winkin | Colby College |
| 2013 | John Winkin | Husson College |
| 2013 | John Winkin | Maine |
| 2014 | Demie Mainieri | Miami-Dade North Community College |
| 2014 | Gene Stephenson | Wichita State |
| 2015 | Larry Hays | Lubbock Christian |
| 2015 | Larry Hays | Texas Tech |
| 2015 | Bill Holowaty | Eastern Connecticut |
| 2016 | Robert Braddy | Jackson State |
| 2016 | Augie Garrido | San Francisco State |
| 2016 | Augie Garrido | Cal Poly |
| 2016 | Augie Garrido | Cal State Fullerton |
| 2016 | Augie Garrido | Illinois |
| 2016 | Augie Garrido | Texas |
| 2016 | Tommy Thomas | Valdosta State |
| 2019 | Mike Martin | Florida State |
| 2019 | Lloyd Simmons | Seminole State |
| 2020 | Jim Morris | Georgia Tech |
| 2020 | Jim Morris | Miami |
| 2020 | John Scolinos | Pepperdine |
| 2020 | John Scolinos | Cal Poly Pomona |
| 2021 | Robert Lee | Southern |
| 2021 | Danny Litwhiler | Florida State |
| 2021 | Danny Litwhiler | Michigan State |
| 2021 | Mark Marquess | Stanford |
| 2021 | Frank Vieira | New Haven |
| 2022 | Roger Cador | Southern |
| 2022 | Ken Dugan | Lipscomb |
| 2022 | Andy Lopez | Pepperdine |
| 2022 | Andy Lopez | Florida |
| 2022 | Andy Lopez | Arizona |
| 2022 | Art Mazmanian | Mount San Antonio College |
| 2023 | Pat Casey | George Fox College |
| 2023 | Pat Casey | Oregon State |
| 2023 | Jack Coffey | Fordham |
| 2023 | Mike Metheny | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| 2023 | Marty Miller | Norfolk State |
| 2024 | Wilbert Ellis | Grambling State |
| 2024 | Mike Fox | North Carolina Wesleyan |
| 2024 | Mike Fox | North Carolina |
| 2024 | Woody Hunt | Cumberland |

### Veteran players (pre-1947 era)

| Year | Inductee | University |
| 2007 | Jack Barry | Holy Cross |
| 2007 | Lou Gehrig$^†$ | Columbia |
| 2007 | Christy Mathewson$^†$ | Bucknell |
| 2007 | Joe Sewell$^†$ | Alabama |
| 2008 | Billy Disch | Texas |
| 2008 | Ownie Carroll | Holy Cross |
| 2008 | Jackie Robinson$^†$ | UCLA |
| 2009 | Branch Rickey$^†$ | Michigan |
| 2009 | Branch Rickey$^†$ | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 2010 | George Sisler$^†$ | Michigan |
| 2010 | Charlie Teague | Wake Forest |
| 2014 | William Clarence Matthews | Tuskegee Institute |
| 2014 | William Clarence Matthews | Harvard |
| 2021 | Frank Quinn | Yale |

### Executives

| Year | Inductee | Association |
| 2019 | Dennis Poppe | NCAA |
| 2020 | Everett Barnes | American Baseball Coaches Association |
| 2021 | Dave Keilitz | American Baseball Coaches Association |
| 2024 | Jim Paronto | NCAA |

### Umpires

| Year | Inductee | Association |
| 2020 | Randy Christal | NCAA |
| 2021 | Dave Yeast | NCAA |
| 2022 | Jim Garman | NCAA |
| 2023 | C.J. Mitchell | NCAA |
| 2023 | Tony Thompson | NCAA |

## Induction
### Criteria

Selection criteria and categorization has changed over time.
The original criteria, established in 2006, allow for recognition of:
* Coaches — eligible after ending their active collegiate career (and not actively coaching a professional baseball team) who have achieved 300 career wins or won at least 65% of their games.
* Players — eligible five years after their final collegiate season (and not actively playing professional baseball) who competed for at least one year at a four-year institution, and made an All American (post-1947) or All League (pre-1947) team.
* Teams — of "great achievement" at a four-year institution.
The top ten voter-getters were selected for induction to the Hall of Fame. Veteran and Historical Committees could nominate individuals from the pre-1947 era, however there was no differentiation in how approved nominees were recognized.
In 2009, a small school category was added, "featuring players and coaches from NAIA, NCAA Divisions II and III, and two-year colleges."
In 2011, a Legends and Pioneers Committee was created, "...designed to provide recognition to black pioneers in college baseball and to honor outstanding players and coaches whose careers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities began prior to 1975." Also, nominees would now be required to reach a threshold of votes, rather than automatically inducting the top ten vote-getters.
In 2012, voting was revised with five ballot categories: Vintage Era (pre-1964) players and coaches, small school players, small school coaches, 1964–2001 players, and NCAA Division I coaches.

### Ceremony

The induction ceremony for the inaugural class occurred on July 4, 2006. The “Night of Champions” was usually held the day after the Brooks Wallace Award winner was announced; the most recent induction ceremony was held in 2016.