Lubbock, TX - The College Baseball Foundation would like to thank the many schools that have sent memorabilia to the College Baseball Hall of Fame for the 2008 season. The 2008 showcase of the collected memorabilia will travel throughout the United States through the course of the year, and then become a permanent fixture in the College Baseball Hall of Fame. A list of several items collected through the 2008 season follows:

1. This is the bat signed by Georgia Southern University Baseball Players who hit 14 home runs, an NCAA Record, in their game against Columbia University, March 15, 2008, at J. J. Clements Stadium.
2. Indiana State junior Brady Shoemaker used this bat to hit two grand slams, a first for Indiana State, in a 12-8 victory over Illinois State May 17, 2008. His performance tied a school record with three home runs in the contest and set a new school record with 10 RBIs in the game during the record setting day.
3. This baseball is one that was used by San Diego State sophomore pitcher Stephen Strasburg, who struck out over 23 batters in a one-hit complete-game shutout of the University of Utah on April 11, 2008 (final score 1-0).
4. This hat (autographed) was worn by Eric Beaulac of Lemoyne College who pitched a nine inning no-hit game on May 10, 2008, against Rider University in a 1-0 Dolphins victory. He gave up only two walks while striking out nine batters in his first career no-hitter.
5. This hat was worn by Larry Hays, Texas Tech University Coach, during his 1500th collegiate win—a 10-5 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on April 2, 2008. Hays became the fourth baseball coach in NCAA history to reach 1,500 wins.
6. This was the first pitch baseball used in the April 16, 2008 game between Northern Illinois University (NIU) and Notre Dame. The game benefited the victims of the February 14 campus shooting at NIU, which took the lives of five students and wounded 16 more. The Chicago White Sox hosted the event by allowing the use of its home field-- U.S. Cellular Park.
7. This baseball is one that was used by University of San Diego junior pitcher Brian Matusz, who struck out 16 in a March 22, 2008, game against Harvard University.
8. This bat and hat were used by junior David Anderson of Coastal Carolina University to hit three home runs in a May 10, 2008 17-8 win against High Point University, thus becoming the first Chanticleer to hit three home runs in a game in the school’s Division I history. He went 4-5 with three home runs, three runs scored and seven RBIs. He hit two more homers in the third game of the three-game series.
9. This baseball is one that was used by University of Central Florida (UCF) sophomore pitchers Mitch Houck and Austin Hudson, who combined for a no-hitter in a 6-0 victory over Wagner College on March 17, 2008. It was the first combined no-hitter in UCF history.
10. This bat and scorecard document junior Florida State catcher Buster Posey’s record setting performance in the May 12, 2008, 10-0 victory over Savannah State, in which he played all nine-positions and hit a grand slam homerun.
11. This game ball was signed by Coach Mike Martin of Florida State University when the Seminoles defeated Georgia Tech 17-8 on March 16, 2008, making him the 3rd coach in NCAA history to reach the 1500 win mark.
12. This bat was used by Scott Simon of Northern Illinois University in 2007 as he set the Mid-American Conference record for career hits."
13. Chris Richburg, junior left-fielder for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, became the fifth player in TTU baseball history to hit for the cycle on in a game against New Mexico State on April24, 2008.
14. These are the batting gloves San Diego State University sophomore Pat Colwell used in a 9-2 win over Utah on April 12, 2008, in which he became the first Aztec player to hit for the cycle. He completed the cycle with an inside-the-park home run and also scored five times in the game.
15. Freshman right-hander, Kyle Blair, helped lead University of San Diego to a 15-0 rout over the University of Hawaii as he set a new school single-game record with 16 strikeouts. He allowed no runs on only two hits in 8.0 innings of work to pick up his first collegiate win. Blair is now 1-3 overall, has a 2.49 ERA, and leads the team with 41 strikeouts. University of San Diego’s, Josh Romanski, threw his first collegiate no-hitter for University of San Diego to a 12-0 win over Harvard. He faced one above the minimum and had a season high 8 strikeouts. He also had a solo homerun in the game.