Five National Players Of The Year And A Trio Of National Championship Coaches Headline The 2025 College Baseball Hall Of Fame Class
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- The College Baseball Foundation (CBF) has announced 21 standouts who will be inducted as part of the 2025 class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The class is comprised of players, coaches and other builders of the game – all who have positively impacted college baseball.
Highlighting the 2025 class are five Golden Spikes Award winners (Kip Bouknight – South Carolina; Mike Loynd – Florida State; Phil Nevin – Cal State Fullerton; David Price – Vanderbilt; and Stephen Strasburg – San Diego State) and eight other players, including former Southern Cal star Mark McGwire. Strasburg (2009 National Pitcher of the Year) and Price (2007 Brooks Wallace Award) join Alex Gordon (2005 Brooks Wallace Award) as previous CBF Award winners to also be selected for the Hall of Fame.
The class also includes six coaches, including three coaches who have won national championships (Clint Evans – California; Ray Fisher – Michigan and Ray Tanner- South Carolina). Rounding out the class are a long-time umpire (Paul Guillie) and a former college baseball player and contributor to college baseball (Scott Boras).
“This year’s class includes legendary players, iconic coaches, a revered umpire, and – for the first time in Hall history – a sports agent whose impact helped define the modern era of college baseball,” CBF Board of Trustees Chairman Craig Ramsey said. “From game-changing players to pioneering leadership, their achievements capture the spirt and evolution of college baseball. We are especially proud that this class honors contributions from every division and aspect of the game – including our first sports agent inductee – whose behind-the-scenes efforts helped elevate college baseball as a pipeline to greatness.”
The 18th induction class will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire on February 12, 2026 in Overland Park, Kansas, the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The event will serve as the ceremonial start to the 2026 college baseball season, which begins on February 13, 2026. For more information and to reserve your tickets, please visit 2026 Night of Champions.
Along with the Hall of Fame inductees, the Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire will celebrate the winners of the 2025 College Baseball Foundation awards including Roch Cholowksy, UCLA (Brooks Wallace Award); Jake Knapp, North Carolina (National Pitcher of the Year); Evan Dempsey, Florida Gulf Coast (John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year); Brad Neffendorf, LSU Shreveport (Skip Bertman Coach of the Year) and Larry Lee, Cal Poly (Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence). Alex Lodise, Florida State (Dick Howser Trophy) and the 2025 Buster Posey Award winner (TBA) will also be recognized as recipients of awards affiliated with the College Baseball Foundation.
“We are beyond excited to welcome the 2025 Hall of Fame Class as we continue our planning for what will become their ‘home’ in Overland Park, Kansas in the College Baseball Hall of Fame,” CEO/Executive Director of the CBF and College Baseball Hall of Fame Tom Jacobs said. “This is another stellar class that represent the absolute best of college baseball. We look forward to celebrating and honoring their accomplishments as well as those of our CBF award winners at the 2026 Night of Champions. We hope you will join us for their special evening!”
To be eligible for the College Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, players must be out of college for 15 years and have completed one year of competition at a two-year institution in the CCCAA, NJCAA or a four-year NCAA (Division I, II or III) or NAIA institution. Ballot-eligible coaches must be retired for two years or be active and no less than 75 years old.
Each year, more than 200 representatives nationwide vote on the College Baseball Hall of Fame induction class. The voting body is comprised of national and regional college baseball media, active and retired coaches, former players, former inductees, college baseball historians and members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) collegiate baseball committee. The College Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 2006. Since that time, 175 players, coaches, umpires, administrators and contributors have been selected for induction. Click here for a full list of College Baseball Hall of Fame classes.
The CBF has partnered with global design firm Populous to design the permanent location of the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Overland Park, Kansas. The partnership teams the College Baseball Hall of Fame with one of the most renowned global design firms to construct a dynamic showcase of college baseball within a community they both call home. In addition, the Kansas City metro area is also the location for the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The addition of the College Baseball Hall of Fame will further embed the deeply rooted connection between Kansas City and America’s favorite pastime.
The CBF has launched a fundraising campaign for the construction of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. All donations to the College Baseball Hall of Fame are tax deductible. The College Baseball Foundation (CBF) is a 501(c)(3) organization. For those interested in making a donation to the College Baseball Hall of Fame, visit the CBF website.
THE 2025 COLLEGE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS
Players
· Gene Ammann, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1968-70
· Kris Benson, Pitcher, Clemson University, 1994-96
· Kip Bouknight, Pitcher, University of South Carolina, 1998-2001
· Hubie Brooks, Shortstop, Mesa College/Arizona State University, 1976-78
· Gene Hooks, Third Baseman, Wake Forest University, 1947-50
· Mike Loynd, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1984-86
· Mark McGwire, First Baseman/Pitcher, University of Southern California, 1982-84
· Phil Nevin, Third Base, Cal State Fullerton, 1990-92
· David Price, Pitcher, Vanderbilt University, 2005-07
· Earl Sanders, Pitcher, Jackson State University, 1984-86
· Mike Stenhouse, Outfielder, Harvard University, 1977-79
· Stephen Strasburg, Pitcher, San Diego State University, 2007-09
· Joe Thomas, Pitcher/First Baseman, Marietta College, 1994-97
Coaches
· Norm DeBriyn, Coach, University of Arkansas, 1970-2002
· Clint Evans*, Coach, University of California, 1930-54
· Ray Fisher*, Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach, Middlebury College 1907-09/1910 (Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach) / University of Michigan / 1921-59 (Coach)
· Les Murakami, Coach, University of Hawai’i, 1968-97
· Ray Tanner, Coach, North Carolina State, 1988-96/University of South Carolina, 1997-2012
· Jerry Weinstein, Coach, Sacramento City College, 1975-98
* To be inducted posthumously
Administrators / Builders / Umpires
· Scott Boras, Agent, University of the Pacific, 1972-76
· Paul Guillie, Umpire - 1990-2014/SEC Coordinator of Baseball Umpires - 2014-current
