The University of Tulsa baseball program started in 1948 and Bud Bloomfield was their first player to make it to the Major League level (Barney White was their first Major League alumnus, but he played football and basketball for Tulsa). Names that appear on the chart above in bold print are in the University of Tulsa Hall of Fame.

The official site of the University of has many Golden Hurricane "traditions" including their alma mater, their fight song and the history of their team name:

"A Hurricane in Tulsa?

The origination of The University of Tulsa nickname - Golden Hurricane - came in 1922. A new football coach, Howard Acher, came to town and inherited a slew of nicknames dating back to 1895.

Past Tulsa teams were referred to as Kendallites, Presbyterians, Tigers, Orange and Black, and Tulsans. In the fall of 1922, the team nickname was "Yellow Jackets," which was apparently due to the fact that the team was wearing new black and yellow uniforms instead of the traditional orange and black.

The team opened the season and it was apparent that Tulsa was going to have a great year, and trying to seize some publicity for his team, Acher wanted to find a new nickname quickly.

After a remark was made in practice one day about "roaring through opponents," and because of their new jersey colors, he thought of Golden Tornadoes. However, he quickly found out that the name had been taken by Georgia Tech a few years earlier. From the tornado, he evolved meteorologically to the hurricane. A few days before the team left for a game against Texas A&M, Archer asked the squad to vote on the name, and thus "Golden Hurricane" was born."

Source: Traditions (link) webpage on University of Tulsa Site

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