Induction Year: 2022

Down by 17 points at half time to Big Ten rival Michigan State on September 23, 2006,
Notre Dame needed big plays. Terrail Lambert answered the call with the game-winning and
game-saving plays.

The St. Bonaventure High graduate’s 23-yard interception return for a touchdown with 2:53 left in
the game gave Notre Dame a 40-37 lead. He sealed the victory with a second interception in the game’s final seconds. The performance earned Lambert the “Game Ball” by the Masters Football
Coaches.

Lambert was a three-year starter for the Irish, recording 115 tackles, including 79 unassisted, and four interceptions. In his four-year collegiate career, Notre Dame played in three bowl games:2006 Fiesta Bowl, 2007 Sugar Bowl and 2008 Hawaii Bowl.

Lambert’s skills as a defensive back had attracted section, state and national attention during his
three seasons at St. Bonaventure. As a senior, Lambert not only made the All-CIF-Southern
Section Division IV team as a defensive back, he was also selected to the first team offense.

In St. Bonaventure’s run of two section titles and a runner-up finish from 2002-04, Lambert made
three All-Ventura County teams as well as three all-state selections. His high school football
career ended with an appearance in the 2004 U.S. Army All-American game. Lambert ranked
85th on ESPN’s list of top 100 high school prospects.

After winning the 2004 CIF Division IV 100-meter title, Lambert placed second at the State Track
and Field Championships, clocking the third-best performance in County history with a time of
10.53 seconds. To date, no other Ventura County sprinter had finished as high as second in the
boys 100 at the state meet.

Lambert signed contracts with six NFL teams during his pro career.

A resident of Rancho Cucamonga, Lambert is a firefighter with the Los Angeles City Fire
Department. In his off time, he trains athletes in the Inland Empire and Oxnard.

When the Ventura County Basketball Association bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award to
Henry Lobo in 2011, it recognized the defensive innovator who resurrected the Oxnard High
program.

Oxnard had 10 losing records in an 11-year stretch, including a 3-21 record in 1990-91, prior to
Lobo being hired.

Full-court pressure. Half-court traps. Anything that could create havoc to opposing defenses.
Lobo-coached teams were known for the intensity it brought from the opening tip to the final
buzzer.

By his fourth season (1994-95), Oxnard had its first winning record since 1984-85.
The Yellowjackets would never have a losing season again under Lobo, posting eight 20-win
seasons in a 10-year stretch.

At Oxnard, Lobo won nine Pacific View League titles, losing just five times in 94 league games
from 1998-2008. His teams had three PVL winning streaks of 13 games or longer, not including a
stretch of 40 league wins in a row. The ‘Jackets made 13 postseason appearances under Lobo’s
watch.

Often placed in the section’s highest playoff division, Oxnard advanced to the semifinals twice,
losing to eventual champion Eisenhower, 71-62, in 2002-03, and to Thousand Oaks, 56-55, in
2005-06.

Lobo retired after the 2007-08 season with a 300-148 record. He was a three-time county coach
of the year and was the Los Angeles Times Ventura County coach of the year in 1999. The CIFSouthern Section named Lobo as a “Champion of Character” award winner in 2017.

Since retiring as head coach, Lobo served as an assistant coach for the Oxnard program.
He has taught for more than three decades with the Oxnard Union High School District, working
with at-risk students for 20 years. Additionally, Lobo has run basketball camps and programs for
Oxnard youth.

He and his wife Maria are the parents of daughters Isabel and Danielle.

In the early days of girls’ high school sports in Ventura County, Lynn was one of the brightest
Stars.

Lynn was a member of Ventura’s first three girls‘ varsity basketball teams. Those three teams
had a cumulative 46-2 record. Ventura lost in the 1975 CIF Division 4A section semifinals. Team
captain as a senior for the 1975-76 season, Lynn helped Ventura become the county’s first girls’
basketball section champion, beating its five opponents by an average margin of 25 points and
completing the program’s only unbeaten season at 23-0. She was a first-team All-CIF selection.

Lynn was also the captain of the tennis team and earned first-team Channel League selection in
1976.

Her best sport, however, was softball. A shortstop and pitcher, Lynn was a member of three
Ventura teams that participated in the Miss Softball America National tournament. Ventura won
titles in 1974 and 1975, and placed runner-up in 1976. Lynn made the all-tournament team each
year and was selected as MVP in 1976.

Four decades after playing her last game for the UC Davis women’s softball program in 1980,
the four-time all-conference player still ranks No. 4 for career batting average (.377) and fifth for
career slugging percentage (.552). She missed most of the 1980 season while interning at the
National Institutes of Health at Bethesda, Maryland.

Lynn worked as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist from 1985-2004, and she married James L.
Losch in 1991. In 2000, Lynn was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer; after a 13-year battle
with the disease, she passed away in 2013. Lynn is survived by Jim, son Ryan Henry and his wife Cherise, and grandchildren Colton, Rhett and Remi Lynn.

On one memorable night, Kim Mortensen Newman cemented her place in the history of high
school track and field. It would be the defining moment in a remarkable three-week stretch of
distance running for the Thousand Oaks High senior.

At the 1996 CIF-Southern Section Divisional Track and Field championships, Kim created a stir
with one of the best distance doubles in meet history, winning the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 46.28
seconds, a Division 1 record that would last for 10 years, and the 3,200 in 10:03.11, which was
fourth on the all-time national list.

The best however, was yet to come. The CIF-Southern Section Masters track and field meet,
essentially a qualifier for the state championships, was held the following week at Cerritos College. The Masters 3,200 final on May 24 saw Kim’s eight-lap race end with a national record
of 9:48.59. It would remain the national record until 2019—an amazing 23 years.

Mortensen was not through. Returning to Cerritos College the next week for the state
championship, Kim nearly matched her national record, winning the 3,200 in 9:52.80.
In three weeks, Kim had produced three of the fastest national girls high school 3,200 times ever.

For her accomplishments, she was named as Track and Field News magazine’s Girls Athlete of
the Year as well as Gatorade Runner of the Year.

The prelude to her record-setting track and field season came during the cross country season
the previous fall. She shattered four course records – winning those races by 53 seconds or better – and tied one other.

After placing second at the state championship, Kim won the 1995 Foot Locker National
Championship, becoming the only Ventura County runner to win the girls title. Under the
guidance of Hall of Fame coach Jack Farrell, she won six section titles and helped Thousand
Oaks win two cross country team championships.

Currently, Kim serves as a Learning Specialist at Oaks Christian Middle School. She and her
husband Justin Newman are the parents of three children: Graham, Abby and Sawyer.

Mike Lieberthal is on a short list of Ventura County high school baseball standouts to be selected
as the state player of the year. For the Westlake High catcher, the 1990 season would culminate
a four-year career that would see him rewriting school records in numerous categories.

As a senior, Lieberthal had 43 hits, 43 RBIs and 13 home runs. Four of the home runs came on  a magical afternoon against Marmonte League rival Simi Valley. In that game, Lieberthal drove in a county record 10 runs with a grand slam, a three-run homer, a two-run homer and a solo home
run.

Capturing the attention of pro scouts, Lieberthal was the third-overall selection of the 1990 major
league baseball draft by the Philadelphia Phillies. His 13-year major league career began in 1994, batting .273 with 7 home runs and 23 RBIs in 50 games.

A two-time All-Star selection, Lieberthal’s best season came in 1999, when he averaged .300 with career bests 31 home runs and 96 RBIs. Behind the plate, Lieberthal was awarded a Golden Glove, committing just three errors and being part of 12 double plays.
Injuries cut short three seasons.

Lieberthal missed part of the 1997 season with a pelvic stress fracture. In 2000, an ankle injury
sustained in collision at home plate knocked him out for the rest of the season. The following
year, he tore his ACL and MCL in May and would miss the rest of the season.

Lieberthal returned in 2002 to average .279 with 15 home runs and 52 RBIs, winning the Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year award. He retired in 2007 with the Dodgers. For his career, Lieberthal averaged .274 with 150 home runs and 610 RBIs.

He was inducted into the So Cal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports
Hall of Fame. In retirement, the Westlake Village resident is involved with the Miracle League of
the 805, which gives children with handicaps an opportunity to play baseball on a field designed
for them.