2008 INDUCTEES
Name |
Year | Sport
|
Notes |
1975 Football Team |
1975 |
Football |
Metro Conference Title, Potato Bowl Winner, #2 National Ranking |
1975 - 76 Women's Basketball Team |
1975 - 1976 |
Basketball |
Southern California State Champions |
Melanie Clark |
1990 - 1991 |
Track and Field |
Two-time California State J.C. Heptathlon Champion, Women's Athlete of the Year (1990-91), Western State Conference Champion in 200 & 400 meters |
Sue Gossick |
1966 - 1967 |
Swimming / Diving |
1968 Olympic Gold Medalist (springboard diving), Pan American Gold Medalist (1967), LA Times Woman of the Year (1967) |
David Summers |
1951-52 |
Tennis / Basketball / Football |
Recipient of six varsity letters, tennis team captain that earned Metro Conference Championship and state championship |
Lazlo Tabori |
1967-1974 | Track and Field / Cross Country |
Coached seven individual national title holders, coached cross country teams to three state championships, (1968, 1969, and 1970), 1956 Olympian and third to break four-minute mark in the mile |
Richard Windham |
1954-1956 |
Football / Baseball |
All-Metro running back on a team that won the Orange Show Bowl, Metro Player of the Year in baseball (centerfield) |
Eric Yarber |
1982 - 1983 |
Football |
Community College All-American (wide receiver: 1982-1983), member of the 1988 Superbowl Champion Washington Redskins |
2007 INDUCTEES
| Name |
Year | Sport
|
Notes |
1955 Football Team |
1955 |
Football |
Metro Conference Title; Orange Show Bowl Champion |
1976 Volleyball Team |
1976 |
Volleyball |
State Champions (36-0), National Championship Contender |
Ed Austin |
1949 - 1951 |
Basketball, Football, & Track and Field |
Recognized as one of the great athletes in early Valley College history (Basketball 1949-50; Football; 1950 Track 1950-51) |
Jim Buffo |
1982 - 1983 |
Football (Linebacker) |
Junior College All-American |
Steve Brener |
1966 - 1968 |
Sports Information Director; Journalist |
Public Relations Director for the Los Angeles Dodgers; Established Brener, Zwikel, & Associates (Sports Public Relations and Marketing) |
Otis Burrell |
1963 - 1964 |
Track and Field |
Record Holder (Ninth American to Clear Seven Feet in the High Jump), Junior College All-American |
Jim Fenwick |
1991 - 1996 |
Football |
Conference Champion and Four Bowl Berths (1993-96, Consistent National Ranking (Number One in 1995) |
Fred Grimes |
1971 - 1972 |
Football |
Record Holder (LAVC and State) |
Cindy Schilling |
1974 - 1975 |
Swimming |
1974 National Swimming Champion (100 yard butterfly), Record Holder, AIA Junior College All-American (1975), Olympic Trials (1976) |
Southern California Orthopedic Institute (SCOI) |
1975 - Present |
Medical |
Consistent and Dedicated Medical Service to Monarch Athletics |
Dave Snow |
1978 - 1982 |
Baseball |
Consecutive Conference Titles, State Championship (1982); Overall LAVC Record: 156-41 (.792 record); Coached Long Beach State to Four College World Series Appearances; Olympic Baseball Coach for 1992 and 1996 teams in Barcelona and Atlanta |
Mike Wagenbach |
1968 - 1969 |
Track and Field |
Set Records in Mile, Three-Mile, and Medley Relay |
