PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania baseball team is excited to announce this year's Dinner on the Diamond and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Saturday, October 28!
Please join the W. Joseph Blood Head Coach
John Yurkow, your 2023 Ivy League Champion Penn Quakers Baseball team, alumni and families for a special evening to benefit the program which includes the induction of six Quakers into the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame.
Prior to the dinner, an Intrasquad Scrimmage and Alumni Game will take place at Tommy Lasorda Field at Meiklejohn Stadium. That evening, all guests are welcome to attend a cocktail hour and dinner at the Coach Dave Micahnik Fencing Center located in Tse Sports Center. Cocktails will start at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will follow at 6:30. All proceeds directly support Penn Baseball.
To purchase tickets, see sponsorship opportunities and more, visit
www.alumni.upenn.edu/BaseballDOD2023. Registration for the event will close on Wednesday, October 25th at 11:59 PM EST. For all inquiries, please contact Courtney Konowal from the Penn Champions Club by calling at 215-898-9231, or via email at
ckonowal@upenn.edu.
We are pleased to announce the six new inductees to the Penn Baseball Hall of Fame:
Kyle Armeny C'08
Honorable Mention All-Ivy 2007
Single Season Record Standing
10th Walks
Penn Career Record Standing
5th Home Runs; 12th RBI's; 9th Total Bases; 10th Games
Walter O'Malley Award winner (MVP) 2008
Penn Captain 2008
Austin Bossart C'15
1st Team All-Ivy 2014, 2015
Honorable Mention All Ivy 2012
Ivy League Player of the Year 2015
Penn Career Record Standing
7th Games
Walter O'Malley Award winner (MVP) 2014, 2015
Doug Glanville Award (Defense) 2014, 2015
Penn Captain 2013, 2014, 2015
5 Year Professional Career- Phillies & Mets
Tom Butler W'75
Penn Career Record Standing
4th Earned Run Average
Career 12-9 2.77 ERA 165 IP
6-3 with 1.70 ERA for 1975 25-9 team (2 of 3 losses were 1-0 losses to future Major Leaguers-Jim Beattie and Bert Roberge)
4-1 with 1.89 ERA (5th in league) for 12-2 1975 EIBL Champions
Member of the Penn Baseball Sports Board
William Gordon C'10
Honorable Mention All Ivy 2009
Penn Single Season Record Standing
7th Home Runs; 4th RBI's
Penn Career Record Standing
8th Games; 1st Total Bases; 7th Hits; 8th Run; 3rd Home Runs; 2nd Doubles; 1st RBI's
Penn Captain 2010
Member of the Penn Baseball Sports Board
Tim Graul C'17
1st Team All-Ivy 2016 (DH), 2017
2nd Team All-Ivy 2016 (C)
Ivy League Player of the Year 2016
Blair Bat Winner 2016
Penn Single Season Record Standing
2nd Doubles; 8th Total Bases; 7th Hits
Penn Career Record Standing
6th Doubles
Walter O'Malley Award winner (MVP) 2016, 2017
John Harwood Award winner (Offense) 2016, 2017
Penn Captain 2017
Greg Zebrack C'12
1st Team All-Ivy 2011, 2012
Penn Single Season Record Standing
7th(tie) Doubles
Penn Career Record Standing
6th Slugging
Walter O'Malley Award winner (MVP) 2012
John Harwood Award winner (Offense) 2012
Penn Captain 2012