UConn alumnus Tom Penders is set for induction into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, the organization announced on Sunday, honoring a coaching career that spanned five decades. Penders is the uncle of current UConn baseball head coach Jim Penders.
Tom Penders will be the first UConn graduate inducted into the Hall of Fame, which includes the legendary Jim Calhoun, who was inducted in 2006 as part of the Hall’s inaugural class.
Penders attended UConn in the 1960s and had the rare honor of playing in both the College World Series in baseball and the NCAA Tournament in basketball.