Kelvin Torve - Inducted 2024

Kelvin Torve attended Rapid City Stevens and graduated in 1978. He lettered in basketball and football during his last two high school years. As a senior, he was first-team All-State in basketball and was also named the Rapid City High School Athlete of the Year for his outstanding football, basketball, and Post 22 baseball careers.

Torve played college baseball at Oral Roberts University. In his freshman year, he set ORU records for the fewest strikeouts (5) and the most home runs (7) by a freshman. He was a three-year letterman and was named to the Sporting News All-American 2nd Team as a junior. He was also named to the 1981 Baseball Federation All-Star team that same year. He finished his college career with a 0.349 batting average, which ranks fourth all-time at Oral Roberts.

In 1981, the San Francisco Giants drafted Torve in the second round (36th overall). He played thirteen years of professional baseball with the Giants, Orioles, Mets, and Twins organizations, reaching the major leagues with the Mets and Twins. Torve concluded his career with two years in Japan for the Orix Blue Wave.

After working and coaching baseball in North Carolina for twenty-five years, Torve moved back to Rapid City in 2016 and became the Post 22 Hardhat head coach in 2018. Post 22 won three state championships during his tenure. Torve was inducted into the Oral Roberts University and Rapid City Officials Sports Halls of Fame.