Subject(s): Ron Fraser Sport: Baseball Location: Alex Rodriguez Park, University of Miami, FL Unveiled: 24/4/2015 Sculptor: Zenos Frudakis Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Plaque: RON FRASER 1933-2013 THE WIZARD OF COLLEGE BASEBALL. Ron Fraser served as University of Miami Head Baseball Coach from 1963 to 1992. His Hurricanes won 1,271 games, earned 20 consecutive NCAA Regional Tournament berths, made 12 College World Series appearances and won the 1982 and 1985 National Championships. Fraser was a visionary who led college baseball into the modern era with first-class stadiums, national television exposure, clever promotions and crowd-pleasing baseball. He was also a legend in international baseball, winning three European Championships and America's only World Amateur Championship in 1973. He coached the 1992 U.S. Olympic team and was enshrined in 11 halls of fame. Fraser was a civic and charitable champion of those less fortunate, touching countless lives and making a profound impact on the University of Miami and South Florida. This magnificent statue stands in grateful recognition of the life he lived, at the ballpark he built, for the University he loved. For as long as the game is played, Ron Fraser will be lovingly remembered as "The Wizard of College Baseball." Links: Sculptor Project