TOWSON, Md. – Former Towson University baseball player John Schuerholz was a unanimous selection to the 2017 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday in a vote by the Today's Era Committee.
 
Schuerholz was selected on all 16 ballots and will be inducted alongside former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig.  The duo, along with selected members from the Baseball Writers Association of America, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 30, 2017.
 
"I'm speechless almost," Schuerholz said on a conference call with reporters. "What a remarkable honor and I'm so very, very proud to have received the call and the invitation to join baseball's Hall of Fame."

Schuerholz was a three-sport standout at Towson, earning all-conference honors in both baseball and soccer.  He graduated from Towson in 1962 and was inducted into the Towson Athletics Hall of Fame in 1974.
 
After graduation, Schuerholz spent three years as a junior high teacher before joining the Baltimore Orioles organization in 1966 as a personal assistant to Orioles director of player development Lou Gorman. 
 
Schuerholz would follow Gorman to the expansion Kansas City Royals two years later.  Schuerholz would be promoted to farm director in 1975.  The following year he was promoted to director of scouting and player development before being named the Vice President of Player Personnel in 1979.
 
After taking over as the Royals General Manager, Schuerholz guided KC to the 1985 World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.  Following the season, Schuerholz was named the Executive of the Year by the Sporting News.
 
Schuerholz took over as general manager of the Atlanta Braves in 1990 and helped guide the Braves to an unprecedented 14-straight division titles from 1991-2005. 
 
The Braves captured the 1995 World Series and Schuerholz became the first baseball executive to be the general manager of world championship teams in both the American League and National League.
 
After 17 years as the Braves general manager, Schuerholz took over as the team's president following the 2007 season.  He held that position until March 31, 2016 when he transitioned into his current role as vice chairman of the organization.