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The baseball facility at Westfield High School will be named the Rob Hahne Memorial Baseball Field, honoring a longtime coach whose work extended across youth sports and charitable organizations in Northern Virginia.

The Fairfax County School Board approved the name at approximately 1:30 a.m. July 17 during a lengthy meeting. The measure passed through the board’s consent agenda, and members did not discuss it publicly during the meeting.

Hahne died May 14 at age 57. He served for 10 years as Westfield’s head baseball coach and also led baseball programs at several other local schools.

Westfield Principal Meredith Norris called the memorial name a fitting recognition of Hahne’s contributions.

“Naming the field in his honor is the perfect tribute to a man who gave everything to our community,” Norris said. “It will serve as a permanent reminder to future generations of the community, integrity and excellence that Coach Hahne stood for every single day.”

Hahne’s connection to local baseball began well before his tenure at Westfield. He was a standout pitcher and hitter at Langley High School, played at Elon University and later coached at Langley.

His influence eventually reached teams and organizations throughout the region. Hahne was executive director of the Northern Virginia Baseball Travel League, which grew to more than 400 teams and was described as one of the country’s largest leagues of its kind.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he helped establish the Potomac League to give college-age players an opportunity to compete during the summer. He also chaired the Fairfax County Baseball Council and served on the boards of the Fairfax County Athletic Council, Fairfax County Sports Tourism Taskforce and Visit Fairfax.

Hahne was also a longtime member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and its Virginia affiliate. Together, those roles placed him in youth, school, college-age and civic sports programs across Northern Virginia.

At Westfield, administrators said his impact went beyond wins and on-field instruction.

“Rob taught his players how to be good athletes and good people,” said Isaac Bumgardner, Westfield’s director of student activities. “He showed them how to work hard, play fair and respect others.”

Hahne’s community work also extended beyond baseball. In 2010, after his son Kyle was diagnosed with leukemia, he founded Kyle’s Kamp. The organization has raised more than $2.4 million for philanthropic efforts, with much of the money benefiting Children’s National Medical Center and Inova Children’s Hospital.

The field name brings those parts of Hahne’s legacy together at the school where he spent a decade leading the baseball program. It recognizes his work with Westfield players as well as his broader involvement in travel baseball, regional sports leadership and fundraising for children’s health care.

The board’s approval establishes a permanent memorial at Westfield, though the item received no public discussion from board members before its passage on the consent agenda.