OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University's Keith Lytle and Chris Schroder will be inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2013-14.
Lytle has been recognized as one of the top hitting instructors in the nation during his 25-year tenure as OCU assistant baseball coach, while Schroder became a two-time first-team NAIA all-American pitching for the Stars.
With Lytle's aid, OCU has posted the most wins in the nation since 1991 (1,167), 12 consecutive 50-win seasons, 10 Sooner Athletic Conference titles and 12 trips to the NAIA World Series. The Stars were national runner-up three years in a row before breaking through to win the national championship in 2005. OCU set the single-season victory record in 2004 with 73.
Lytle will enter the NAIA Hall of Fame under the meritorious service category.
"No one has contributed more to our success than Keith," Crabaugh said. "He was my first recruit as a head coach and is still my best recruit to this day. I'm very happy for him, and I know the whole OCU baseball family is celebrating this much deserved honor."
His pupils have included seven national players of the year – Mario Delgado, Nick Klusaw, Ted Ledbetter, Allen Thompson, Kirk Walker, Brent Weaver and Miguel Beltran. Freddy Sanchez, the 2006 National League batting champion, blossomed under his tutelage and led the San Francisco Giants to the 2010 World Series championship.
Lytle joined OCU the same year Denney Crabaugh was named head coach in 1989. Crabaugh has consistently recognized Lytle as a key factor in the success of the Stars baseball program, which has gone 1,233-379-2 over the past 25 years. Lytle became the first OCU Athletic Hall of Famer who spent his time at the university as an assistant coach his entire tenure.
OCU has set the team national record for homers four times and consistently been ranked among the national leaders in most hitting categories. In 2003, he was named the AFLAC national assistant coach of the year.
Lytle has coached 122 future professionals, including 61 taken in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with OCU.
From 1988-1995, Lytle coached in the Shenandoah Valley League. He led the Harrisonburg Turks (Va.) to the league championship in 1991.
Lytle has experience coaching at the Triple-A level with the Texas Rangers organization. Lytle served three years as assistant hitting and first base coach with the Oklahoma City RedHawks. Lytle coached Nelson Cruz when he won Pacific Coast League most valuable player in 2008. In 1990-91, Lytle worked as a bullpen coach for the Oklahoma City 89ers.
Prior to coming to OCU in 1989, Lytle served as an associate coach at New Mexico State. Before that, he was a pitcher and first basemen for the Aggies. He graduated from New Mexico State with a bachelor's degree in education in 1986.
Lytle is married (Jane) with one son (Joe Jackson).
Schroder entered the OCU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008 after setting OCU's career earned run average record at 2.16 in 2000-01.
As a senior, Schroder went 13-1 with a 1.28 ERA and four shutouts, striking out 108 in 87.2 innings. He led the NAIA in victories and ranked second in ERA. Schroder was also an NAIA scholar-athlete.
As a junior, Schroder was 11-1 with a 2.67 ERA and struck out 102 in 87.2 innings. Schroder opened his junior year with a win over the University of Oklahoma. OCU won the Sooner Athletic Conference championship his senior year.
"If there was an important game we had to win, I wanted Chris Schroder on the mound for us," Crabaugh said.
Schroder became one of three OCU alums coached by Crabaugh to reach the major leagues. Schroder made his major-league debut with the Washington Nationals on Aug. 8, 2006 against the Florida Marlins.
With the Nationals, Schroder became the first relief pitcher in franchise history to strike out all six batters in one outing on Sept. 17, 2006 against the Milwaukee Brewers. He went 2-3 with a 3.18 ERA in 37 appearances with the Nationals in 2007, earning his first big-league win against the San Francisco Giants on Aug. 7, 2007 when Barry Bonds broke the career home-run record. He made four appearances with the Nationals this past year.
Schroder had been selected twice in the Major League Baseball first-year player draft. The Montreal Expos took Schroder in the 19th round with the 562nd overall pick of the 2001 draft, and the Cincinnati Reds selected him in the 46th round in 2000. He is the only OCU player to be selected twice in the MLB draft.
Before OCU, Schroder pitched his freshman and sophomore seasons at Seminole State. Schroder, from Okarche, Okla., made Oklahoma Coaches Association all-state as a senior.
The 2013-14 NAIA Hall of Fame inductees are: James "Jim" Poteet, Southwestern Christian (Okla.), meritorious service; Kevin Donley, St. Francis (Ind.), football coach; Tyler Emmert, Carroll (Mont.), football athlete; Bobby Davis, Tennessee Wesleyan, basketball athlete; Ralph Hodge, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), basketball coach; Stephen Jenkins, Evangel (Mo.), basketball coach; Jon "Rocky" Lamar, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), basketball coach; Benjamin "Ben" Zobrist, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), baseball athlete; Mike Renney, Simon Fraser (B.C.), softball coach; John Mason, Fort Hays State (Kan.), track and field athlete.
Since it was established in 1952, the NAIA Hall of Fame has welcomed just 1,172 members for an average of 19 inductees per year. The Hall of Fame consists of a division for each sport currently or formerly sponsored by the Association – with the inductees in each division broken down into three categories: athletes, coaches and meritorious service. The Hall of Fame also includes a separate division for general meritorious service to the NAIA.
The inductees will be recognized throughout the year at their respective NAIA National Championships, national coaches' association meetings or at the 73rd NAIA National Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

NAIA Hall of Fame Inductees
Oklahoma City University
Name, Sport, Category, Induction year
Kyle Blaser, men's golf, coach, 2012-13
Denney Crabaugh, baseball, coach, 2006-07
Brian Harvey, men's and women's soccer, coach, 2009-10
Ted Ledbetter, baseball, athlete, 2012-13
Keith Lytle, baseball, meritorious service, 2013-14
Jeff Maack, baseball, athlete, 2010-11
Phil McSpadden, softball, coach, 2007-08
Freddy Sanchez, baseball, meritorious service, 2011-12
Chris Schroder, baseball, athlete, 2013-14