NEIBA HALL OF FAME

HALL OF FAME and AWARD NOMINATION Form

NEIBA members in the ABCA Hall of Fame

NEIBA HALL OF FAME

2024 Class
Bill Currier - Vermont/Fairfield
Fran O'Brien - M.I.T.
Joe Walsh - Harvard/Suffolk
Jack Vallely - Curry

2021 Class
Mike Stone - UMass
Dennis McManus - Plymouth State
Frank "Porky" Vieira - New Haven

2020 Class
Barry Rosen-Merrimack/St. Anselm/Tufts
Neil McPhee - Northeastern
Bob DeFelice - Bentley

2019 Class
Ed Flaherty - Southern Maine
John Casey - Tufts
Bruce Wheeler - UMass Dartmouth

2018 NEIBA Hall of Fame Class
Bill Thurston - Amherst
Bill Holowaty – Eastern Connecticut State
Pete Varney – Brandeis

2017 Class (The Inaugural Class)
Archie Allen - Springfield
John "Tinker" Connelly - Northeastern
John Winkin - Maine
Andy Baylock - UConn
Dick Bergquist - UMass
Jack Butterfield - Maine
Jim Stone - UMass-Lowell
Joe Zavattaro - North Adams State

Hall of Fame Process
Nominations are currently being accepted for the NEIBA Hall of Fame. Nominations can be submitted via this form:
Click here to make HALL OF FAME AND AWARD NOMINATIONS

NEIBA HALL OF FAME CRITERIA

To nominate a person for consideration to the NEIBA Hall of Fame some or all of the following criteria must be met. All nominations will be considered by the NEIBA Hall of Fame Committee.

1) Has coached and completed at least 15 years of active service within the NEIBA.

2) Has made professional and personal contributions to the organization (i.e. Served as a committee member, clinician, or held office with the association).

3) Has contributed significantly to the advancement of College Baseball in New England.

4) A person of high moral character and ethical standards, who has demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities and excellence throughout his career.

5) A person inside or outside the association can be considered by exhibiting extraordinary contributions to the betterment of New England College Baseball.

6) If candidate proceeds further into nomination process a minimum three letters of support may be requested if not submitted with original nomination.

7) Nominees must be unanimously approved by the Honors Committee (nominees must receive 60% of the vote of the HOF commitee to be selected for induction).

Hall of Fame inductees Ed Flaherty, John Casey, and Bruce Wheeler at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Conn. on May 31, 2019.