EST. 1988 . . . "From a Silver Past to a Golden Future - - We Honor Excellence" . . . Welcome to the El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame web site as we continue from a Silver Past into our 31st Year of Existence . . . Our web site has over 1.325 Million views and we thank you . . . For Thursday October 18, 2018 we continue our El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame "Top 10" Honorees Roll Call: Class of 2016 Honoree Victor Maldonado who was the MVP for his Irvin High School Baseball team, umpired National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), Independent Professional Baseball for the American Association League, National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), NCAA Division I and Division III play and in 2016 he was designated as a standby Umpire for the El Paso Chihuahuas in AAA Pacific Coast play and El Paso Baseball Hall of Fame Inaugural Class of 1988 Honoree William C. “Nemo” Herrera who coached Bowie High School to El Paso’s first High School State Baseball Championship in 1949, named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor and 4 different Halls of Fame . . . "Thank You" for your continued support!
Leo Caraveo
President
Robert “Bob” Aguirre
Vice President
Raul Real y Vasquez
Treasurer
Dana Eisenga
Secretary
William C. “Nemo” Herrera
Inducted in Hall of Fame Original Class of 1988
Coached the Bowie Bears to El Paso’s first High School State Championship in 1949
Coached baseball and basketball in Texas for 43 years
Coached Jim Ochoa and Nolan Richardson and many other players who went on to star in high school, college and professional baseball
Became Coronado High School’s first baseball coach and won the District title the first 2 years the school was eligible to compete
Recognized for being “strict but fair” and always “stressed discipline and respect for teammates and opponents”
School named in his honor in El Paso Texas
Named to Texas High School Coaches Hall of Honor
Member of the Texas Athletic Hall of Fame
Member of the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame
Recognized by players and opponents as a “hell of a man and a hell of a Coach”
