They will be publicly honored during halftime of the UH-Wyoming basketball game Jan. 18 at the Special Events Arena.
Durham was athletic director from 1968 through 1975, when most of the Rainbow sports went from a club to all-collegiate level. He hired football coach Dave Holmes, who has the best winning percentage in UH history, and baseball coach Les Murakami.
A one-time NAIA football coach of the year, Durham is also a member of the Linfield College Hall of Fame.
The 1980 Rainbows were one victory away from winning the NCAA championship before losing twice to Arizona.
Members of the team:
Riki Bass, Chuck Crim, Howard Dashefsky, Bryan Duquette, Jay Erdahl, Les Kakazu, Sam Kakazu, Wes Kimura, Alan Lane, Joel Lono, Wade Mauricio, Gordon Muramaru, Larry O'Connor, Mark Olmos, Greg Oniate, Kimo Perkins, Thad Reece, Scott Roberts, Glenn Silva, David Smith, Collin Tanabe, Eric Tokunaga and Kevin Williams.
Also, Les Murakami, head coach; Dave Murakami, Coop DeRenne, Jim Fujimori, assistant coaches; Carl Furutani, Ron Nomura, graduate assistants; Stewart Yamamoto, Eric Okasaki, student trainers; Renee Nishi, bat girl.
The University of Hawaii baseball program will honor former pitcher Derek Tatsuno and first baseman Randy Oyama this Saturday prior to its annual Alumni Game at Rainbow Stadium. 'Bows to honor Tatsuno, Oyama
They will be feted at Saturday's UHalumni game
Star-Bulletin staffTatsuno will officially have his No. 16 jersey retired. Oyama will have a bronze glove added to the Rainbow trophy case to honor his NCAA record of most career putouts. He had 2,070 in 270 games.
The varsity will take on the alumni in a doubleheader that begins at 4 p.m. Tatsuno and Oyama will be honored between the two games at about 6 p.m.
Tatsuno was tabbed by the media as the Pied Piper of baseball. Whenever No. 16 was penciled in as the starting pitcher, record crowds came to watch.
Before last season, the largest crowd to ever witness a regular-season game was 18,348 when Tatsuno led the Rainbows to an 11-1 win over Nevada-Las Vegas at Aloha Stadium on May 19, 1979. That figure was surpassed last May when 21,043 attended a doubleheader between the University of Texas and Texas Christian at The Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.
The southpaw still holds a slew of pitching records at the national level, including most strikeouts in a season with 234. He is tied for most wins with 20. Oyama, who like Tatsuno competed at Aiea High School, set his NCAA record between 1985-88.