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College Baseball Hall of Fame Inducts Six With ACC Ties in Class of 2025

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.
 
Inductees from the Class of 2025 with ties to the current Atlantic Coast Conference include Gene Ammann (Pitcher, Florida State, 1968-70), Kris Benson (Pitcher, Clemson, 1994-96), Gene Hooks (Third Baseman, Wake Forest, 1947-50), Mike Loynd (Pitcher, Florida State, 1982-84), Clint Evans (Coach, California, 1930-54) and Ray Tanner (Shortstop/Third Baseman/Coach, NC State, 1977-96).
 
Tanner was the 1990 ACC Coach of the Year, while Kris Benson was the 1996 ACC Player of the Year. Benson and Loynd combined to play 11 seasons of Major League Baseball, highlighted by Benson’s nine seasons with Arizona, Baltimore, New York (NL), Pittsburgh, and Texas.
 
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.
 
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).
 
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.
 
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
 
About the College Baseball Foundation
The purpose of the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) is to preserve, elevate, and advance the game; to inspire the next generation; to teach those who love college baseball about its rich history and traditions; to celebrate those who make college baseball special; and to honor those who have come before us, and built the foundation upon which college baseball thrives today.
 
The College Baseball Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. Support for the College Baseball Hall of Fame will help preserve the rich history of the sport for future generations. All donations to the College Baseball Hall of Fame are tax deductible and can be made via this link on the organization’s website.
 
The CBF presents the Brooks Wallace Award (Nation’s Most Outstanding Shortstop), the National Pitcher of the Year, the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year, the George H.W. Bush Distinguished Alumnus Award, and the Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence.