AUSTIN, Texas – Former Texas Baseball great Jim Gideon will be inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the 2020 class, the hall announced Thursday. This year's class will be inducted as part of a virtual College Baseball Night of Champions ceremony later this month.
A two-time first team All-American, Gideon led Texas to the 1975 National Championship with a stellar 17-0 record and 1.80 ERA. The 17 wins that season are tied for the fourth-most by a Texas pitcher in a single season. The year prior, in 1974, Gideon won a Longhorns record-tying 19 games.