Year Inducted – 2018
Chuck Crowder was a first-team All-American chosen by The Sporting News in 1998, a third-team All-American choice by the NCBWA in 1999, and a third-team selection by Collegiate Baseball in 1998. He was also a first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference choice in 1998 and 1999, Crowder also earned first-team freshman All-America honors by Baseball America in 1996 and was named second-team All-Atlantic Region by the ABCA in 1998.
Chuck is only the third Tech pitcher to ever record 10 victories in three seasons. Crowder ranks among the top-three in school history in victories (3rd, 33), strikeouts (3rd, 377), innings pitched (2nd, 346.2) and shutouts (T-1st, 3). He was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round out of high school, the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 1998 draft, and the Colorado Rockies in the third round of the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft.
Chuck played in the Intercontinental Cup with the U.S. National Team in 1997. He currently lives in Hoover, AL with his wife, Danielle, a former Tech volleyball player, and their three children, Charlie, Max, and Luke.