Induction Year: 2004

Born: July 31, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois.

Hamilton High School, Los Angeles 1960
Santa Monica City College 1961
UCLA BS 1964 MS 1967

CAREER
Played Varsity Baseball at UCLA 1961-64
Teacher at Channel Islands High School from 1974-1996
Varsity Head Football coach 1967-1996
Varsity Assistant Baseball coach for nine years

ACHIEVEMENTS
Channel Islands Baseball won nine League titles and one CIF championship during his coaching tenure
Coach Gershon ranks third in career wins in Ventura County High School Football
He was the fastest coach to reach one hundred wins in Ventura County
Three teams won eleven games in a season
Channel Islands had twelve CIF playoff appearances

Three CIF semi-final appearances
CIF Runner Up 1987
The Raiders were Marmonte League champions six times

COMMUNITY
Coach Gershon’s teams were always distinguished by both their football skills and their sportsmanship
To acknowledge this fact the Ventura County Coaches Association designated the annual county sportsmanship recognition as the Joel Gershon Award
Coach Gershon was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.

Born: March 2, 1965 in Simi Valley, California

Royal High School 1983
University of Idaho BS 1988
California Lutheran University 1993

CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
All Marmonte League 1st Team selection all three years at Royal*
Royal High School was Grade 10-12 at that time.
Captain and MVP 1983
Voted Most Dedicated Player 1981, 1982
Most Valuable Player of the Buena Tournament 1983
Ventura County All Star Team 1983
All Tournament Team recognitions 1980-83
All Ventura County 1st Team 1981
All CIF 1st Team 1983
All State 1st Team 1983
All American Honorable Mention 1983
Royal High School Athlete of the Year 1983
Full scholarship to University of Idaho 1983
Paula has the distinction of being the first player, male or female, to score 1000 points at Royal (before the introduction of the three point shot)
Total career points 1062 in three year period

Selected to All Marmonte League 1st Team in Softball 1983

Earned four Varsity Basketball letters at University of Idaho 1984-1988
Voted Most Improved Player 1984
All Conference Tournament Team 1984, 1987
Voted Most Inspirational Player 1986, 1987
Member of NIT Champions 1986
Team Captain 1986 1987

COACHING
Paula and her husband Dennis Shearer were co-Head Varsity Coaches at:
Royal High School 1988-94
Louisville High School 1994-98 making the CIF playoffs all five years.

COMMUNITY
Conducted Basketball clinics and camps for youth coaches and players through the Simi Parks and Recreation Department.
Member of the Sierra Club and active with the Outdoors Club
Long-time volunteer with the Hospice of the Conejo, helping the terminally ill and their families.

Born: March 6, 1953 in San Pedro, California
Died January 25, 2004 in Moorpark, California

Hueneme High School 1971
Ventura College 1973 AA
CSUN 1975 BA
Azusa Pacific University 1979 MA

CAREER
Assistant Softball coach at Ventura College 1974
Coached Gymnastics for one year at Adolfo Camarillo High School
Taught Physical Education at Simi Valley High School 1975-2003
Coached Junior Varsity Volleyball at Simi Valley High School 1978-1998
Varsity Softball Coach at Simi Valley High School 1981-2003
Co-Athletic Director at Simi Valley High School 1997-2003
Coached numerous Ventura County All Star Softball games
Member CIF Softball Coaches Advisory Committee

ACHIEVEMENTS
Coach Manlet’s Varsity teams were either Marmonte League Champions or Runners Up 13 out of 22 years.
Simi Valley won six Marmonte championships and seven second-place standings.
The Pioneers appeared in 16 CIF Playoffs
CIF Runner Up 1992
CIF Champions 1993
Overall coaching record: 415 wins with a .710 winning percentage
Voted Marmonte League Coach of the Year by her peers six times
Selected CIF Coach of the Year 1993

COMMUNITY
Conducted Softball Clinics for youth coaches and players through Simi Parks and Recreation Department
Ran Softball Clinics at California Lutheran University
Played third base for numerous Fast Pitch Softball teams in Tournaments all over North America
Event Organizer for Simi Valley Special Olympics
Top fundraiser for the annual Simi Valley Relay for Life Cancer Walk
Inaugural annual Suzanne Manlet Memorial Softball Tournament held at S.V.H.S. March, 2004.

Born: December 14, 1964 in San Jose, California

La Reina High School 1983
Long Beach state BA 1988 MA 1996

CAREER
All Tri Valley League 1st selection four years at La Reina
Team Captain 1981, 1982, 1983
Tri valley League MVP 1982,1983
All CIF First Team Selection 1981, 82, 83
CIF Most Valuable Player 1983
All 2nd Team 1983
All American Honorable Mention 1983
National Catholic Player of the Year 1983
Scored 1818 points in high school in 110 straight Varsity games
Full scholarship to top-ten Long Beach State University

All Tri Valley League 1st Softball Team selection 1981, 1982, 1983
All CIF 2nd Team 1981,
All CIF 1st Team 1982, 1983

Varsity Cross Country at La Reina
Tri Valley Champions twice
Ran 7th and 2nd in CIF Finals

Two year Volleyball player at La Reina
Played Varsity as Freshman in CIF playoffs 1979
All Tri Valley League 1st Team 1980

Earned four Varsity Basketball letters at Long Beach State University 1983-7
Starting point guard 1985, 1986, 1987
Team Captain 1986, 1987
Led 49ers to NCAA Final Four 1987
Named to Western Regional All-Tournament Team

COACHING
Assistant coach at Santa Clara University 1988-9 and Long Beach State 1991-4
Varsity Coach Woodrow Wilson High School 1989-91, 1994-8
Head Coach Cypress College 1998-present

ACHIEVEMENTS
Coached Wilson H.S. first league championships 1997,1998
CIF second place champions 1998
Twice selected Moore League Coach of the Year
Century Club High School Coach of the Year 1997
Twice selected to coach Double Pump North/South All Star Game
Led Cypress College to five Southern Playoffs Elite Eight 2004

COMMUNITY
Long Beach State Athletic Foundation Board
Long Beach Century Club
Women’s Sports Foundation
Woman’s Basketball Coaches Association

Born: March 31, 1913 in New Jersey
Died: January 15, 1968 in California

Boys Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1931
RCA Institute, N.Y. 1932
Pratt Technical Institute, N.Y. 1934

Bob Simmons came west to California in 1937 and settled in Santa Paula. He began competitive target shooting with both pistol and rifle in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Starting in 1940 he won hundreds of medals as he progressed through local, state, regional and finally, national matches. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s Bob participated in the National Championships held annually at Camp Perry, Ohio. Camp Perry has been the home of the National Matches, considered America’s “World Series of Shooting Sports”, since 1907. By 1950, Bob was a member of the California State Pistol and High Power Rifle Team. In 1956 he set a national accuracy record for four-man team pistol competition. He scored 1156 points out of a possible 1200. He was captain of California’s pistol team in 1960 and a member of the eight-man High Power Rifle Team, which won a gold medal in 1966. He was also awarded a Distinguished Medal in rifle shooting. Bob was an adventurous type; he enjoyed acting and flying. He flew solo in a Piper Cub across the U.S.A. in the 1940s.

COMMUNITY
Bob earned his degree in Radio and Sound Engineering in 1934 and after moving to California, opened up Bob Simmons Radio and T.V. in Santa Paula. He was an active member of the community and coached pistol and rifle target shooters for many years. His four children still live in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.