TEMPE, Ariz. - Sun Devil Baseball legend Barry Bonds will be inducted into the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame on July 3, the Hall announced Wednesday.
Bonds when the 2016 class was inducted on June 29 d Bonds will join Texas' Keith Moreland, Miami's Ron Fraser and Louisiana State's Todd Walker in the 2016 class, which will be introduced July 3 during a ceremony at the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby Park on ESPN2 in Omaha, Neb.
Bonds was a two-time member of the All-College World Series in 1983 and 1984 and was named a CWS Rosenblatt Legend in 2010. A Second-Team All-American and two-time All-Pac-10 honoree at ASU, he tallied 45 career home runs, tied for fourth most in school history, and his 438 career total bases is the ninth-highest mark at ASU.
Bonds followed his successful collegiate campaign with one of the greatest professional careers of all time. A first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985, he played a total of 22 seasons for the Pirates and San Francisco Giants and finished as the sport's career leader in home runs with 762. He tallied seven National League Most Valuable Player awards, including four straight from 2001-04, was a 14-time All-Star and an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner.
Fellow Sun Devil Baseball legends Sal Bando and Bob Horner are also members of the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame. Bando was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 1965 College World Series after he helped lead ASU to the first national championship in school history, and Horner, the first-ever Golden Spikes Award winner, led ASU to the 1977 National Championship.
The Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame has been established to celebrate college baseball's rich history by recognizing legends who have made their mark in Omaha. Inductees into the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame were selected because of their outstanding contributions to college baseball, specifically through extraordinary performances on the game's biggest stage: in Omaha. Finalists and winners were selected by a committee comprised of college baseball experts.
Bonds when the 2016 class was inducted on June 29 d Bonds will join Texas' Keith Moreland, Miami's Ron Fraser and Louisiana State's Todd Walker in the 2016 class, which will be introduced July 3 during a ceremony at the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby Park on ESPN2 in Omaha, Neb.
Bonds was a two-time member of the All-College World Series in 1983 and 1984 and was named a CWS Rosenblatt Legend in 2010. A Second-Team All-American and two-time All-Pac-10 honoree at ASU, he tallied 45 career home runs, tied for fourth most in school history, and his 438 career total bases is the ninth-highest mark at ASU.
Bonds followed his successful collegiate campaign with one of the greatest professional careers of all time. A first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1985, he played a total of 22 seasons for the Pirates and San Francisco Giants and finished as the sport's career leader in home runs with 762. He tallied seven National League Most Valuable Player awards, including four straight from 2001-04, was a 14-time All-Star and an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner.
Fellow Sun Devil Baseball legends Sal Bando and Bob Horner are also members of the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame. Bando was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 1965 College World Series after he helped lead ASU to the first national championship in school history, and Horner, the first-ever Golden Spikes Award winner, led ASU to the 1977 National Championship.
The Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame has been established to celebrate college baseball's rich history by recognizing legends who have made their mark in Omaha. Inductees into the Omaha College Baseball Hall of Fame were selected because of their outstanding contributions to college baseball, specifically through extraordinary performances on the game's biggest stage: in Omaha. Finalists and winners were selected by a committee comprised of college baseball experts.