2019 College Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees

Eight new members were inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame on Nov. 1-2, 2019, in the annual celebration of the greatest players in past and present college baseball.

College Baseball's Night of Champions in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, honored these men for their addition to the Hall of Fame: Florida State coach Mike Martin, who is the winningest coach in college baseball history; Cal State Fullerton pitcher Mark Kotsay; Texas third baseman/outfielder; Florida A&M outfielder Andre Dawson; Southern California pitcher Wally Hood; NCAA Director of Championships Dennis Poppe; Seminole State coach Lloyd Simmons and Ferrum College pitcher Billy Wagner.

Jon Bible - Umpire

National Coordinator, NCAA Division I Baseball Umpire Program, 1990-96
Seven NCAA Division I College World Series
Over 25 Division I Regionals and Super-regionals
Southwest Conference, Big 8 Conference, Big XII Conference, 1974-2016
Numerous Division II, III, NAIA, JUCO playoffs
Eight SWC tournaments
12 Big 8 Conference Tournaments
Conference Umpire Coordinator
- Southland Conference Umpire Coordinator - 2003-2011
- Western Athletic Conference Umpire Co-Supervisor - 1997-2000
- Southwest Conference Umpire Supervisor - 1990-96
- Lone Star Conference Umpire Supervisor - 1996-99

Dave Chalk - Texas / 1969-72

First-team All-American in 1971 and 1972
Third-team All-American in 1970
Four-time All-Southwest Conference selection
Named to the '72 College World Series All-Tournament Team
Played entire career in the wood-bat era, finishing with a career batting average of .362, a school record at the time
Posted a career slugging percentage of .569
Hit a career-best .405 in 1971
Led teams to four consecutive SWC championships and three CWS berths
Drafted in the first round by the California Angels in 1972 - spent nine years in major leagues with California, Texas, Oakland and Kansas City

Andre Dawson - Florida A&M / 1973-75

Hit .352 as a junior in 1975, earning All-Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference first-team honors
As a sophomore in 1974, finished third in NCAA Division II with .41 doubles per game and 10th in slugging percentage
Earned All-SIAC second-team honors in 1974
Led team in hits, doubles, home runs and RBIs in 1974 and 1975
Led team in runs scored in 1973 and 1974
Led team in stolen bases in 1974
His FAMU squad collected a huge victory in 1974 against the University of Miami Hurricanes, which finished their season ranked second in the country and participated in the College World Series.
During his three years at Florida A&M, Dawson-led squads registered big wins in three of the four games played against the perennial national power Miami Hurricanes, and the Rattlers' doubleheader sweep of Miami in 1973 was one of the highlights of his college years.
Selected by the Montreal Expos in the 11th round (250th player overall) of the 1975 Major League Baseball
Inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 2010

Wally Hood - Southern California / 1947-48

Named first-team All-American in 1948
Posted a 21-2 record while leading USC to the 1948 national championship
Pitched the opening game of 1948 College World Series at Kalamazoo and threw a four-hitter as USC beat Yale 3-1
Beat Baylor twice in the 1948 Western NCAA championship in Denver
Unanimous choice for the 1948 All-California Intercollegiate Baseball Association team with a league-best 1.54 ERA, appearing in 10 conference games, throwing 82 innings.
Had an 8-2 record in 1947
Named to the 1947 All-CIBA team with 4-0 record in conference games

Mark Kotsay - Cal State Fullerton / 1994-96

Named College Player of the Decade for the 1990s by Baseball America magazine
Won 1995 Golden Spikes Award
Won 1995 Smith Award, given to Division I National Player of the Year
Shared 1995 National Player of the Year honors from Collegiate Baseball magazine with Todd Helton
Named to College World Series Legends Team in 2010
Two-time first-team All-American ('95 & '96)
Career batting average of .404 with 259 hits, 60 doubles, 11 triples, 45 home runs and 216 RBIs to go along with 40 stolen bases
Led 1995 Titans to the national championship in dominant fashion, winning their final 18 games of the season, including an 11-5 win over Southern California in the College World Series final. Had two home runs, 5 RBIs and pitched the final five outs in relief.
He led the 1995 CWS with a .563 batting average
Owns the record for the all-time CWS career batting average (.517) and slugging percentage (1.103).
The only player to ever hit two grand slams at the CWS
Named Most Outstanding Player of 1995 College World Series
Twice named to College World Series All-Tournament Team
Posted a 2-1 record with 11 saves and a 0.31 ERA in 21 appearances, striking out 27 in 29 innings in 1995

Mike Martin - Florida State / 1980-2019

Finished his coaching career with a record of 2,029-736-4, the only coach in college baseball history with 2,000 wins
Seventeen of his teams advanced to the Super Regionals in 21 years since the format was established
Seventeen of his teams advanced to the College World Series
His teams won at least 40 games and made the NCAA Tournament in all 40 seasons as head coach
NJCAA All-American player at Wingate (North Carolina)
Starred in center field for the 1965 Seminoles College World Series team
Served as an assistant coach at FSU from 1975-1979 under coaches Woody Woodward and Dick Howser
In 2005, the field at Dick Howser Stadium was named in his honor

Dennis Poppe - NCAA / 1974-2013

Served as tournament director for the College World Series for 27 years
Retired as Vice President for Championships in 2013
College World Series grew into a major national event during his tenure
Served as the primary liaison to the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee
Served as liaison to the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee, the American Baseball Coaches Association and USA Baseball
Plaza outside the southwest corner of TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha named in his honor

Lloyd Simmons - Seminole State (Oklahoma) / 1976-2001, 2012-16

Winningest coach in junior college baseball history with a 1,804-378 record as the head coach at Seminole (Oklahoma) State College
Led his teams to an unprecedented 13 trips to the NJCAA World Series, where they returned home as runners-up four times
His teams won 16 NJCAA Region II titles and 13 NJCAA District championships
Produced 41 NJCAA All-Americans, and more than 200 of his former players signed professional baseball contracts, with 43 of those playing in the major leagues
Served as assistant coach of the USA Team Tour of Japan in 1983 and coach of the USA Olympic Trials in Homestead, Florida, in 1994
Honored as Coach of the Year by the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association eight times in his career
Inducted into the NJCAA Hall of Fame in 1997
In 2004, became the first college coach to be inducted in the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame

Billy Wagner - Ferrum College / 1991-93

Earned first-team All-American, All-Conference, All-State and All-Region in 1993
Compiled a career record of 17-3 with a 1.63 ERA
Holds the Division III career records for strikeouts (327 in 182.1 innings) and fewest hits allowed per nine innings (2.22)
Holds the NCAA single season records for strikeouts per nine innings (19.1 in 1992) and fewest hits allowed per game (1.58 in 1992)