Hall Of Fame

The CBF has inducted 18 classes into the Hall of Fame representing 196 of the college game’s greatest players, coaches, umpires and contributors, and recognizes the following award winners on an annual basis: Brooks Wallace Award (Most Outstanding Shortstop), John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award, Pitcher of the Year Award, the Skip Bertman Coach of the Year Award, the George H.W. Bush Distinguished Alumni Award, and for the first time in 2025, the Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence. Seventy-two recipients of these awards have been recognized over the past 20 years. Read more about the 2025 Class here.

Past Hall of Famers

Players

Coaches & Administrators

Umpires

Hall of Fame Timeline

2004 College Baseball Foundation established

2004 Brooks Wallace Award created - Player of the Year

2005 The Board Votes to create the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

2006 The Inaugural class is inducted

2009 Pitcher of the Year Award created

2009 Brooks Wallace Award renamed - Shortstop of the Year

2010 The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year award created

2011 The Black College Legends & Pioneers Committee created

2014 President George H.W. Bush lends his name to the Hall of Fame building

2017 Relocation committee established to find new home for the Hall of Fame

2018 Hall of Fame establishes National College Baseball Day

2019 College Baseball Foundation Establishes Inaugural All-America Team

2024 Announcement that the College Baseball Hall of Fame will establish its physical location in Overland Park, Kansas

The College Baseball Foundation Awards

  • The Pitcher of the Year Award, college baseball's version of the Cy Young Award which was created in 2009, is given annually to the nation's top collegiate pitcher.

  • The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to honor the nation's most outstanding shortstop. It is a tribute to Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977-80 who passed away at age 27 after a courageous battle with leukemia.

  • The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award is presented annually by the College Baseball Foundation to honor the nation's top combo pitcher-position player. Olerud, who was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, was a standout pitcher and first baseman at Washington State University from 1987 through 1989.

  • The Skip Bertman Coach of the Year Award, named after legendary Louisiana State head coach and National College Baseball Hall of Famer Skip Bertman, who coached the Tigers from 1984 to 2001. This award honors the nation's top coach from any level of college baseball.

  • The George H.W. Bush Distinguished Alumnus Award is given to a college baseball letterwinner who has distinguished himself in life after college baseball.