Mike Stenhouse has hit home runs on the field and in the world of public policy—and now, he’s headed to the College Baseball Hall of Fame. The Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity is celebrating its CEO’s induction into the 2025 Hall of Fame class, honoring a standout collegiate career at Harvard and a life of leadership beyond the diamond. From Ivy League slugger to MLB veteran to free-market policy champion, he’s crushed fastballs, challenged the status quo, and now he’s earning one of college baseball’s biggest honors.

“Today, I am honored and humbled. Honored with the greatest athletic recognition of my career. But more importantly, humbled to be in the company of such stellar contributors to the great sport of college baseball. God has truly blessed me with careers in America’s two favorite pastimes – baseball and politics,” said Stenhouse.

A former Major League Baseball player for the Montreal Expos (1982–1984), the Minnesota Twins (1985), and the Boston Red Sox (1986), Stenhouse has led the Rhode Island Center for Freedom & Prosperity since its founding. His induction reflects both his outstanding athletic career at Harvard University and his continued contributions as a leader.

He played three seasons for the school’s baseball program (1977–1979), was a two-time All-Ivy Leaguer, and hit .475 as a freshman in 1977—second-best in NCAA Division I that year.

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.

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.

The 2025 class will be honored at the 2026 Night of Champions on February 12, 2026, in Overland Park, Kansas, the home of the College Baseball Hall of Fame.

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 also selected for the Hall of Fame.