NASHVILLE, Tenn. — David Price (2005-07) is one of 21 college baseball standouts to be inducted in the 2025 class of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, the College Baseball Foundation announced Monday.
The Golden Spikes Award winner led Vanderbilt to the SEC regular season and tournament titles in 2007 before being selected by the Tampa Bay Rays as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 MLB Draft.
In 2007, he went 11-1 with a 2.63 ERA and 194 strikeouts over 133.1 innings, Vandy’s season records for both punchouts and innings pitched.
The southpaw swept the top national awards. Price was the consensus National Player of the Year and a consensus first-team All-American. He won the Dick Howser Trophy, Brooks Wallace Award and Roger Clemens Award and was the SEC Pitcher of the Year.
The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native finished his career with 441 strikeouts, the most by a Commodore. His 155 strikeouts in 2006 rank fifth in school history.
Price earned All-America honors in 2006 and was the National Pitcher of the Week three times. He received Freshman All-America recognition in 2005 after posting a 2.86 ERA over 19 appearances with 92 strikeouts.
Price went on to enjoy an illustrious MLB career, winning the 2010 Cy Young Award and the 2018 World Series. He was selected to the MLB All-Star Game five times in his professional career.
The 18th induction class will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions presented by Prairiefire on Feb. 12, 2026 in Overland Park, Kansas, the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame.
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