2026 Night of Champions Celebrating the 2025 Hall of Fame Class
Be a part of this year’s Night of Champions!
Please join us in honoring this year’s newest Hall of Fame Class at the 2026 Night of Champions.
This year’s celebration will be held February 12, 2026 at the Overland Park Marriott. Please select your ticket choice below!
The cocktail reception will begin at 6pm, followed by Night of Champions celebration at 7pm.
Presenting Sponsor
Prairiefire
Event Sponsors
Dale Ancell, College Baseball Foundation Board of Trustees
Kansas City Royals
Willard & Pat Walker Charitable Foundation
Table Sponsors
Athlete Network
Blue Valley Recreation
Carrie Bingham
Scott Crossett
Mike Fiore - College Baseball Foundation Board of Trustees
Integrity 9 Sports and Entertainment
McCown Gordon Construction
Tom Jacobs - CEO/Executive Director, College Baseball Foundation and College Baseball Hall of Fame
Gary Millender
NAIA
Craig Ramsey - Chair, College Baseball Foundation Board of Trustees
Red, White, and Bluma
Gene Stephenson and Jana Howser Stephenson, College Baseball Board of Trustees
Scott Tabor
Anthony Thomas
Matt and Lori Tritz
Team RI for Sten
Visit Overland Park
Larry Wallace, Brooks Wallace Award
Xibitz
Arizona State University
Clemson University
Harvard University
Harvard Baseball Teammates Class of ’80
Jackson State University
LSU Shreveport
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
University of Michigan
University of the Pacific
San Diego State University
University of Southern California
University of South Carolina
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest University
George H.W. Bush Award Dinner honoring Forrest Hoglund
Celebrate Forrest Hoglund, University of Kansas legend!
Please join us in honoring University of Kansas’ Forrest Hoglund, this year’s recipient of the George H.W. Bush Award, presented by the College Baseball Foundation.
The reception will be held April 14, 2025 at the Sheraton Overland Park Hotel in Overland Park, Kansas.
Schedule of Events
Cocktail Hour - 6:00pm-6:45pm
Doors Open - 6:45pm
Dinner & Celebration - 7:00pm-8:30pm
TICKET OPTIONS
About the George H.W. Bush Distinguished Alumnus Award
The George H.W. Bush Distinguished Alumnus Award is given to a college baseball letterwinner who has distinguished himself in life after college baseball.
The award is named after its inaugural recipient (2014), George H.W. Bush, who after playing for Yale from 1946 to 1948 went on to be elected the 41st President of the United States. It is formally called the George H.W. Bush Award for Distinguished Service. To be eligible for the award, an individual must have earned a varsity letter in intercollegiate baseball competition.
Bush, called "Poppy" by his teammates, played first base for the Yale teams that played in the first two College World Series. He also served as the team captain for the 1948 squad. Bush was the 41st President of the United States of America.
Previous Recipients:
2014: George H. W. Bush (Yale)
2015: Dr. Bobby Brown (UCLA, Stanford Tulane) & Roger Williams (TCU)
2015: Vin Scully (Fordham)
2016: Dr. John Olerud (Washington State)
2020: Judge Thelton Henderson (California)
Table Sponsors
Tom Jacobs, CEO/Executive Director – College Baseball Foundation and Hall of Fame
University of Kansas Athletics
The Hoglund Foundation
Prairiefire
Visit Overland Park
Populous
McCown Gordon
