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College Baseball Hall of Fame Announces
2007 Class
Hall of Fame Week Ceremonies to Coincide
with 4th on Broadway Festival, July 2-4
College Baseball Hall of Fame
LUBBOCK, Texas–The College Baseball Foundation
announced today the names of eleven collegiate baseball legends, which join
four veteran candidates that will comprise the 2007 Induction Class into the
new College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas. The announcement comes
after the conclusion of an intensive voting process that began with nominations
in January and three elimination ballots.
The Class of 2007 includes legendary coaches Jim Brock of Arizona State, Chuck "Bobo" Brayton of
Washington State, Bibb Falk of
Texas, Jerry Kindall of Arizona
and Dick Siebert of Minnesota, in
addition to standout former players Jim
Abbott of Michigan, Pete
Incaviglia of Oklahoma State, Fred
Lynn of USC, John Olerud
of Washington State, Phil Stephenson
of Wichita State and Derek Tatsuno
of Hawai'i.
Four veteran selections previously announced will be
celebrated and officially inducted with the Class of 2007. This first-ever
Veteran Class of pre-1947 candidates includes legendary players Christy Mathewson of Bucknell, Lou Gehrig of
The collegiate legends will be officially enshrined during a
three-day celebration of college baseball in July, which will feature the theme
'The Past Meets Present'. The CBF will kick off the festivities on Monday, July
2rd with the Mayor's First Pitch Breakfast/Opening Ceremonies and Alumni Golf
Tournament, followed on July 3rd by the fourth annual Brooks Wallace College
Baseball Player of the Year Award dinner to be held at the United Spirit Arena,
on the campus of
"After getting off to a successful start with our first
class of inductees, the entire community is working to top last year's
ceremonies", said CBF Chairman/CEO John Askins. "We are honored to be
involved with some of the greatest names in baseball history, especially those
that worked to make the collegiate game a fan friendly, enjoyable experience.
Their legacy will live on through the Hall of Fame." Over 300 candidates
were originally submitted for consideration by universities and CBF members. In
conjunction with the Society for the Advancement of Baseball Research (SABR),
the ABCA Veteran and CBF Historical Committees comprised the CBF Research
Committee, which was charged with evaluating nominees worthy of official
consideration. A complete list and short
biographies of the 2007 Hall of Fame Inductees are available at: www.collegebaseballfoundation.org.
Players are eligible for the College Baseball Hall of Fame
ballot 5 years after the student-athlete's final collegiate season, not to
include any active player or coach on a professional baseball team roster.
Former players must have completed one year of competition at a 4-year
institution, and must have made an All American team (post-1947), or an All
League team (pre-1947, or have earned verifiable national acclaim).
Coaches are eligible after ending their collegiate career,
not to include an active coach on a professional baseball team. They must have
achieved 300 career wins, or have won at least 65% of their games. Players and
Coaches are also evaluated for their citizenship both during and after their
active careers. Those candidates named to the official 2007 ballot, but not
selected for induction to the Hall of Fame this year, will become holdovers and
automatically appear on the ballot for the next three years. The 90-member CBF
Hall of Fame Voting Committee, which chose these elite individuals, was split
into eight committees of ten members, in addition to all previous Hall of Fame
inductees. Persons assigned to the ABCA Veteran, ABCA Active, National,
Historical, NCBWA, Former Players, National Media and Regional Media Committees
comprised the total voting group. Each committee member was chosen to achieve a
balanced representation from around the country--Far West, Northwest,
Southwest, Mountain, Mid-South, South, Southeast,
The Veteran and Historical Committees research and nominate
individuals each year from the pre-1947 era and recommend Veteran Candidates
that are voted on during the fall. A complete list of names for the Hall of
Fame Voting Committee is available on the College Baseball Foundation website.
"The thought that our voters put into this difficult
task has been commendable," said Askins. "The history of college
baseball predates 1900, so to create the comprehensive record of the sport for
the first time is a huge undertaking. From the worldwide feedback we have received
we realize that this is going to be a very successful and gratifying project to
nurture and watch grow over the years. It is an undertaking that seems to have
happened at the right time to be tremendously successful" The upcoming
schedule and location of events, information regarding the sale of tickets, and
exact times and dates for clearances around the country on Fox College Sports
and Fox Sports Network, will be updated on the CBF website (www.collegebaseballfoundation.org)
as they are made available.
2007 Calendar Of Events
Monday, July 2nd 7:00am
Mayor's
First Pitch Breakfast/Opening Ceremonies
Hall of Fame Alumni
Golf Tournament
Tuesday, July 3rd 6:30pm
Brooks
Wallace National Player of the Year Award
United Spirit
Arena, Texas Tech campus
Wednesday, July 4th 9:00am Fourth
on Broadway Festival Parade
Hall of Fame Fan
Fest
Official 2006
College Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies
For media information contact:
John Askins—(832)-418-1055 jaskins@...
Accredited media members may contact Mr. Askins to schedule
individual interviews with the Inductees.
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