HAMMOND, La. – Paul Guillie, a former student-athlete and assistant baseball coach at Southeastern Louisiana University, is set for induction Thursday into the College Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2025 class in the museum's annual Night of Champions ceremony in Overland Park, Kansas.
 
A first baseman for the Lions' 1982 squad, Guillie hit six home runs in 30 games. He served as a member of head coach Danny Dufreche's staff during the 1983 season, starting his officiating career the next year.
 
The New Orleans native umpired games for the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Southeastern Conference and the Sun Belt Conference during his career. He also served on the umpire crew for 19 NCAA Regionals and 14 Super Regionals, along with the 2001, 2004, 2006 and 2010 NCAA DI College World Series.
 
Guillie currently serves as the coordinator of baseball officials for several NCAA DI conferences, including the Southland, SEC, Southern and Ohio Valley.
 
Highlighting the 2025 class are five Golden Spikes Award winners (Kip Bouknight – South Carolina; Mike Loynd – Florida State; Phil Nevin – Cal State Fullerton; David Price – Vanderbilt; and Stephen Strasburg – San Diego State) and eight other players, including former Southern Cal star Mark McGwire. Strasburg (2009 National Pitcher of the Year) and Price (2007 Brooks Wallace Award) join Alex Gordon (2005 Brooks Wallace Award) as previous CBF Award winners to also be selected for the Hall of Fame.
 
The class also includes six coaches, including three coaches who have won national championships (Clint Evans – California; Ray Fisher – Michigan and Ray Tanner- South Carolina). Rounding out the class are a long-time umpire (Paul Guillie) and a former college baseball player and contributor to college baseball (Scott Boras).
 
Guillie will be the 13^th umpire inducted into the Hall of Fame.
 
"This year's class includes legendary players, iconic coaches, a revered umpire, and – for the first time in Hall history – a sports agent whose impact helped define the modern era of college baseball," CBF Board of Trustees Chairman Craig Ramsey said. "From game-changing players to pioneering leadership, their achievements capture the spirit and evolution of college baseball. We are especially proud that this class honors contributions from every division and aspect of the game – including our first sports agent inductee – whose behind-the-scenes efforts helped elevate college baseball as a pipeline to greatness."
 
The 18th induction class will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire on February 12, 2026 in Overland Park, Kansas, the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The event will serve as the ceremonial start to the 2026 college baseball season, which begins on February 13, 2026.
 
Along with the Hall of Fame inductees, the Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire will celebrate the winners of the 2025 College Baseball Foundation awards including Roch Cholowksy, UCLA (Brooks Wallace Award); Jake Knapp, North Carolina (National Pitcher of the Year); Evan Dempsey, Florida Gulf Coast (John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year); Brad Neffendorf, LSU Shreveport (Skip Bertman Coach of the Year) and Larry Lee, Cal Poly (Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence). Alex Lodise, Florida State (Dick Howser Trophy) and Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina (Buster Posey Award), will also be recognized as recipients of awards affiliated with the College Baseball Foundation.
 
To be eligible for the College Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, players must be out of college for 15 years and have completed one year of competition at a two-year institution in the CCCAA, NJCAA or a four-year NCAA (Division I, II or III) or NAIA institution. Ballot-eligible coaches must be retired for two years or be active and no less than 75 years old.
 
Each year, more than 200 representatives nationwide vote on the College Baseball Hall of Fame induction class. The voting body is comprised of national and regional college baseball media, active and retired coaches, former players, former inductees, college baseball historians and members of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) collegiate baseball committee. The College Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 2006. Since that time, 175 players, coaches, umpires, administrators and contributors have been selected for induction.
 
THE 2025 COLLEGE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME CLASS
Players

• Gene Ammann, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1968-70
• Kris Benson, Pitcher, Clemson University, 1994-96
• Kip Bouknight, Pitcher, University of South Carolina, 1998-2001
• Hubie Brooks, Shortstop, Mesa College/Arizona State University, 1976-78
• Gene Hooks, Third Baseman, Wake Forest University, 1947-50
• Mike Loynd, Pitcher, Florida State University, 1984-86
• Mark McGwire, First Baseman/Pitcher, University of Southern California, 1982-84
• Phil Nevin, Third Base, Cal State Fullerton, 1990-92
• David Price, Pitcher, Vanderbilt University, 2005-07
• Earl Sanders, Pitcher/Outfielder, Jackson State University, 1984-86
• Mike Stenhouse, Outfielder, Harvard University, 1977-79
• Stephen Strasburg, Pitcher, San Diego State University, 2007-09
• Joe Thomas, Pitcher/First Baseman, Marietta College, 1994-97

 
Coaches

• Norm DeBriyn, Coach, University of Arkansas, 1970-2002
• Clint Evans*, Coach, University of California, 1930-54
• Ray Fisher*, Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach, Middlebury College 1907-09/1910 (Third Baseman/Pitcher/Coach) / University of Michigan / 1921-59 (Coach)
• Les Murakami, Coach, University of Hawai'i, 1968-97
• Ray Tanner, Coach, North Carolina State, 1988-96/University of South Carolina, 1997-2012
• Jerry Weinstein, Coach, Sacramento City College, 1975-98

 
Administrators / Builders / Umpires

• Scott Boras, Agent, University of the Pacific, 1972-74
• Paul Guillie, Umpire - 1990-2014/SEC Coordinator of Baseball Umpires - 2014-current

 
_{* To be inducted posthumously}
 
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