Induction Year: 2003

Born: June 5, 1962 in Oxnard, California

Graduated from:
Channel Islands High School, 1980
Pepperdine University, 1992

PLAYING CAREER
High School:
1978: Member, CIF-SS 2A championship team
1979 & 1980: First team All-Marmonte League, All-CIF and All-Ventura County
1980: Ventura County Player of the Year
1980: Member, Southern California All-America team

College:
1981: WCAC Freshman of the Year
1982: Team was WCAC champions, ranked No. 15 in nation
1984: First-team All-WCAC
1984: Honorable mention All-America

Professional:
1984: Drafted by NBA’s Portland Trailblazers
1984-92: Played in European professional leagues

Born: March 13, 1945

Graduated from:
Cleveland HS, Reseda, Calif., 1963
Pierce JC, Woodland Hills, Calif., 1965
Humboldt State University, Arcata, Calif., 1970

ATHLETIC CAREER
High School
1962: Los Angeles City cross country champion

Junior college
1963-65: Four-time All-America in track and in cross country

College
1969-70: Four-time NCAA All-America in 3-mile, 6-mile and cross country
1969: NCAA 3-mile champion
1970: Member of world record 10-man, 24-hour relay team; second in his first marathon run

POST – SCHOLASTIC
1971 : AAU All-America; won Western Hemisphere Marathon in state-record 2:15:21 time
1972-82: Participated in, set records in and won many other AAU events, marathons and California Fireman’s Olympics competitions

COACHING
1975: Head Ventura College women’s track and field team

COMMUNITY
1976: Opened The Athletes Foot in Port Hueneme, the first specialty running store in Ventura County
1979: Became member of Channel Coast Officials Association

HONOR
1983: Inducted into Humboldt State University’s Athletic Hall of Fame

Born: June 28, 1947 in Hollister, California

Graduated from:
Hollister High School, June 1966
Gavilan JC, Gilroy, Calif., Jan. 1969
CSU-Chico, June 1971
CSU-Chico, June 1972 (credential year)

COACHING
1971-72: Started soccer program at Chico HS
1972-74: Head varsity and JV boys soccer coach at Baldwin Park HS
1974-79: Head varsity and JV boys soccer coach at El Monte HS
1973-93: Head boys varsity soccer coach at Simi Valley HS
1993-2000: Head varsity girls and assistant varsity boys and head boys soccer coach at Royal HS
2000-present: Head varsity girls soccer coach at Grace Brethren HS

ACHIEVEMENTS
Player
4-sport varsity letterman in high school
4-year MVP in track in high school
6-sport letterman in junior college
1968 Gavilan JC Athlete of the Year

Coaching
Athletic Director at Simi Valley HS
Coached football, track and field, baseball, softball and soccer, winning 13 league soccer championships. Had 2 appearances in CIF-SS finals, 2 in semifinals and 4 in quarterfinals
1990 and 1991 California Soccer Coach of the Year
1990 NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year and finalist for National Coach of the Year
Marmonte League soccer representative
President, Ventura County Soccer Coaches Association
Member CIF-SS Soccer Advisory Board
Member National Soccer Coaches Association of America
Member Southern California Soccer Coaches Assn.
Staff member of AAF/CIF Teaching Partnership for Coaches

OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Organizer of numerous soccer camps and clinics
Football official, Channel Coast Officials Association
Associated with various amateur and professional soccer teams, leagues and organizations
Associated with 1984 U.S. Olympic Games and 1994 men’s World Cup and 1999 women’s World Cup
NSCAA Regional Representative for Women’s Coach of the Year
NSCAA High School All-America committee
NSCAA High School Long-Term Achievement Award subcommittee

Born July 10, 1917 in Ventura, California
Died: 1999

Graduated from:
Ventura High School, 1937

ATHLETIC CAREER
Amateur
Basketball and baseball player at Holy Cross School, Ventura Junior High School and Ventura High School.

Also played on Ventura College, city and semipro baseball teams when he was a senior in high school.

Professional
1938: Began minor league baseball career with St. Louis Cardinals organization. Played first base for Sacramento (Calif.) Solons, Midland (Texas) Cardinals, Decatur (Ill.) Commodores, Houston (Texas) Buffs over 7 years.

1945: Played for New York Yankees organization with Kansas City (Mo.) Blues, also in Mexico and at Binghamton (N.Y.) Yankees.

1946 & 1947: Played with an independent team, Sherman-Denison (Texas) Twins.

ACHIEVEMENTS
1936-37: Ventura County high scorer in basketball; effort remained a county record for many years.

1938: As a rookie, honored with a “Jake Suytar Night” in Midland; played all nine positions in that game, a league first. Was 1 for 5, with five putouts, 2 assists and 0 errors in a 15-7 loss.

1938: Selected as rookie as West Texas-New Mexico League All-Star Game first baseman.

1949: As a veteran near the end of his career, honored with another “Jake Suytar Night,” this time by Sherman-Denison Twins.

Note: An injury in 1942 ended what experts calculated as a “can’t-miss major league career” for Suytar. Nonetheless, he played minor league ball the next eight years.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
1973-75: Coached Oxnard Petticoat League team.

Born: Jan. 20, 1926 in Hamtramck, Michigan

Graduated from:
1943: Cass Technical HS, Detroit, Mich.
1949: Compton JC, Compton, Calif.
1951 : San Jose State University, San Jose, Calif.

PROFESSIONAL
1951-1952, then again 1966-1969: Ventura County Star-Free Press: Sports columnist and writer as well as news columnist and reporter.

1952-87: Sportscaster with Ventura County radio stations KVEN, KQIQ, KUDU, KSPA, KMIX and with a cable television station. Covered Ventura County high schools and Ventura College games in football, basketball, baseball and track and field as well as Little League baseball. Traveled to game locations from San Francisco and Sacramento to San Diego. Radio coverage also included broadcasting Ventura’s Class C minor league baseball teams, the Ventura Yankees, Ventura Braves and Channel City Oilers.

HIGHLIGHT
1968: Broadcast coverage of the USA-USSR dual track and field meet in Los Angeles.

One of the USA athletes was double Olympic gold-medal winner Mike Larrabee of Ventura who won the 440-yard dash.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
1954-55: Helped organize a Knights of Columbus Council No. 2498 youth basketball program that proved so successful that it became the model for
the Ventura Youth Basketball Association that continues play today.