2016 College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees

Braddy gets inducted

• Compiled an 824-546 record in 28 years at JSU
• Won 12 conference championships
• Teams advanced to the NCAA tournament three times
• Named NAIA District Coach of the Year twice and SWAC Coach of the Year eight times
• Sent 52 players to the professional ranks including Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd, Marvin Freeman, Wes Chamberlain, Earl Sanders and Dave Clark
• In 2003 became the first African-American to be inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame
• Inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame in 2005 and the JSU Sports Hall of Fame in 1985

DeSalvo gets inducted

• 53-6 career record (most career wins of any pitcher at any level of college baseball)
• His 603 strikeouts are the second most of any pitcher at any level of college baseball
• His 205 strikeouts in 2001 are most by any D-III pitcher
• ABCA Division III National Player of the Year in 2001
• National Pitcher of the Year in 2003
• Three-time first-team D-III All-American

Drew gets inducted

• Became the only player in Division I history to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases as a junior in 1997
• Hit .455 that season in 67 games
• Only the third player in NCAA history to record a triple-triple - 100 hits, 100 runs, 100 RBIs. Broke 17 FSU and ACC records, including season batting average, career slugging percentage and ACC season and career home runs with 59
• Named player of the year by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, The Sporting News and the ACC
• Won both the Dick Howser and Golden Spikes trophies
• First-team Freshman All-American in 1995
• Named first-team All-American by ABCA, Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA in 1996 and 1997. Also a first-team All-American selection by The Sporting News in 1997
• Also named to the College World Series All-Decade team and was eighth in Baseball America's collegiate "Player of the Century" poll
• Elected to FSU Hall of Fame in 2003

Garrido gets inducted

• Only coach in college baseball history to win more than 1,900 games
• First coach to lead teams from two different schools to national titles (Cal State Fullerton and Texas); first coach to win national titles in four different decades and one of only three coaches to win five or more titles (1979, 1984, 1995, 2002, 2005)
• Has taken 15 teams to the College World Series and has appeared in 32 NCAA Regionals
• Six-time National Coach of the Year (1975, 1979, 1984, 1995, 2002, 2005), seven-time regional coach of the year and eight-time conference coach of the year
• Teams have won 25 conference championships
• Became only the second coach to appear as both player and head coach in the College World Series in 1975
• Named one of three coaches on 2010 College World Series Legends Team
• Became the all-time winningest NCAA Division I coach with his 1,428 win on June 9, 2003
• Passed Gordie Gillespie (2009 National College Baseball Hall of Famer) to become the winningest college baseball coach at any level on March 25, 2015, with 1,894th career wins

* Active coaches age 75 years or older may be considered for induction

Monday gets inducted

• Played only one varsity season at ASU
• Named National Player of the Year by The Sporting News in 1965, while helping to lead the Sun Devils to a national title
• Hit .359 that season with a school-record 11 home runs and blasted two home runs during the College World Series to earn All-CWS team honors
• Also recorded 11 doubles and 12 triples that season
• Was the first player drafted by Major League Baseball, as he went No. 1 overall to the Kansas City A's in the first MLB amateur draft in 1965
• ASU retired his number in 1997

Paciorek gets inducted

• Considered one of the best all-around athletes in UH history
• Became the first first-team All-American in school history
• Named first-team All-American in 1967 and 1968 by both ABCA and The Sporting News
• Led the Cougars to the championship game of the 1967 College World Series by hitting .435 with 10 home runs in 32 games played
• One of only three Cougars to be named to the NCAA College World Series All-Tournament Team
• Selected to College World Series All-Time Team (1947-1970) as part of the 25th CWS celebration in 1971
• More than 35 years after his final game as a Cougar, his single-season batting average of .435 in 1967 remains the best in school history
• Finished his collegiate career with seven single-season school records and 10 career marks
• Was drafted professionally in 1968 by both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Dolphins
• In 1970, he became the first Cougar to play in the major leagues, where he spent a total of 16 seasons

• Retired as the winningest coach in Division II history with 1,308 wins in 40 years
• Graduated from Valdosta State after a four-year baseball career where he played third base and batted .316
• Was named head coach in 1967 and led the VSU baseball team through 34 winning seasons
• Won the Division II national title in 1979
• Teams qualified for postseason play in 25 seasons
• Took teams to DII national tournament eight times
• Won Gulf South Conference titles in 1995 and 2002 and divisional titles in 1983, 2001 and 2003
• Coached 28 All-Americans and 76 All-Gulf South Conference honorees
• Named ABCA Coach of the Year in 1979 and GSC Coach of the Year in 1995 and 2002
• In 2006 became the first and only active player or coach to be inducted into Valdosta State's Athletic Hall of Fame