Seton Hall to Induct Four Baseball College World Series Teams into Hall of Fame in 2025 - Seton Hall University Athletics
South Orange, N.J. - Seton Hall Baseball has had four teams reach the College World Series, and now all four teams will be enshrined in Seton Hall Athletics ...
South Orange, N.J. - Seton Hall Baseball has had four teams reach the College World Series, and now all four teams will be enshrined in Seton Hall Athletics history. The 1964, 1971, 1974 and 1975 baseball teams that reached Omaha will be inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame on January 18, 2025, in an on-campus ceremony at the University Center Event Room at 12 p.m.
Following the ceremony, the group will be honored at Prudential Center, where the men's basketball team will play St. John's at 8 p.m.
Showing how potent and skilled this group of former student-athletes and coaches is, these four College World Series teams include 16 individuals who are already Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame inductees and 21 players who were MLB Draft selections.
Registration for the on-campus enshrinement ceremony is now open online, and tickets to the men's basketball game are available through Ticketmaster.
Inductee Biographies
1964 Seton Hall Baseball Team: Led by head coach Owen T. Carroll, the Pirates were 25-5 and won the NCAA District II championship by defeating La Salle in the semifinals and Ithaca in the final to reach Omaha. Six outs away from elimination at the College World Series, the Pirates scored 11 runs in the eighth inning (still tied for the most in one inning in CWS history) to defeat Texas A&M and stay alive, ultimately finishing tied for fifth in the nation.
1971 Seton Hall Baseball Team: Once again led by head coach Owen T. Carroll, the Pirates got off to a slow start to the season and was 14-12 heading into postseason, but, with excellent starting pitching behind them, they got hot at the right time, sweeping the NCAA District II regional with wins over Buffalo and Saint Joseph's (twice), allowing just three runs in the tournament, to claim the championship and reach Omaha, where they finished tied for seventh.
1974 Seton Hall Baseball Team: Led by Mike Sheppard, Sr., who was just in his second season as head coach, the Pirates ran roughshod over the Northeast region with a 30-8-1 regular season record before defeating Penn State, Saint Joseph's and St. John's in the NCAA District II Championship to clinch a College World Series berth. The Pirates hit over .300 as a team that season, their 33 wins set a new program record and they finished tied for seventh in the country.
1975 Seton Hall Baseball Team: Again led by Sheppard, Sr., the Pirates made it back-to-back trips to Omaha by going 28-8 in the regular season and then capturing the NCAA District II championship with wins over Penn, St. John's and Maine, which capped a 14-game winning streak. The Pirates staved off elimination in Omaha with an 11-0 win over Florida State, which featured Todd Heimer throwing a complete game shutout, currently one of only 85 ever thrown at the College World Series. The team, ranked No. 9 in the national rankings going into the tournament, finished tied for fifth in Omaha.
