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CHS well represented at Hall of Fame Banquet Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table to honor Bryant, Craddock, Olmstead BY PETER DUGRÉ
Carpinteria High School athletes and the school’s former athletic director will feature prominently at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame Banquet on May 19 at Fess Parker Double Tree. Rick Olmstead, former CHS AD and Santa Barbara High School and SBCC volleyball coach, will be inducted into the SBART Hall of Fame. Additionally, three-year Warrior quarterback Ian Craddock will be honored as the Player of the Year for football from among all Santa Barbara area high schools. CHS junior Kelsie Bryant was tagged as the girls tennis Player of the Year for leading the Warriors to their second straight CIF championship.
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Warrior quarterback Ian Craddock (#9) will finish his senior year as the high school football Player of the Year.
Craddock named best footballer of 2013 season
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Former volleyball coach Rick Olmstead won a high school CIF title and SBCC state title as coach and will be inducted into the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame on May 19.
Rick Olmstead’s volleyball legacy reaches far and wide
As Santa Barbara High School’s first ever volleyball coach, Carpinterian Rick Olmstead wasted no time putting the program on the map. The burgeoning squad won the CIF title in 1978, soon after its creation. Karch Kiraly, widely known as the greatest volleyball player ever, played for Olmstead and the Dons during that title run and fondly recalls the coach’s influence. Olmstead then coached SBCC to a state title in 1983. His combined coaching record was 347-125. According to the SBART bio on Olmstead, Kiraly said: “I learned a ton from Rick Olmstead, an incredible coach,” Kiraly once told local sports writer John Zant. “I’ve written a few of his sayings up on the white board, like: ‘Excuses are like armpits; everybody’s got them and they all stink.’ Sometimes he used a different word from armpits. If we were not playing to the level he thought we were capable of playing, he would get us to realize that even if the other team wasn’t that good, we can’t lower ourselves. He’s been an influence in terms of trying to be the best prepared team.” Olmstead is well connected in volleyball circles and served as referee for approximately 1,800 college volleyball matches since 1975. He became a regular referee at pro beach volleyball events starting in 1985. A father of seven children, Ginger, Laci, Shawn, Heather, Nicole, Karalee and Brooke, Olmstead’s volleyball influence now has a place at Brigham Young University, where son Shawn coaches the women’s team along with assistant coach Heather, Rick’s daughter. Olmstead said above all, his greatest honor and feather in his cap was a refereeing experience at the 2001 NCAA championship in Long Beach. His son, Shawn, played on eventual national champion BYU. Even though the conflict of interest was glaring, all four coaches from the final teams wanted Olmstead as an official. “All four coaches trusted my ability and my integrity. That was a great honor,” Olmstead said.
Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Hall of Fame Banquet Monday, May 19, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fess Parker Double Tree Resort Student tickets $40; adults $50 • Sbroundtable.org
Leader of the high-octane 2013 Warrior football squad, quarterback Ian Craddock, will take the stage at the SBART banquet to receive his high school football Player of the Year honor. He accounted for 27 touchdowns, 49 extra points and six field goals as the team’s point scoring machine. Whether he was slinging the ball down field to his favorite targets or tucking it away and running, Craddock stymied defenses all season. In 12 games, he completed 106-of-159 passes for 1,663 yards. He averaged 139 passing yards per game and threw 15 touchdown passes to just six interceptions. He also rushed for 737 yards and 12 touchdowns. On defense, Craddock was a formidable free safety, intercepting five passes. As the team’s place kicker, he made all 49 extra point attempts. And he was 6-of-7 in field goals and booted a 47-yarder through the uprights. The senior’s numbers will be hard to match for any future Warriors.
Bryant shines as best high school girls tennis player
Kelsie Bryant outgunned 67-of-68 players who lined up on the other side of the net from her during Carpinteria High School girls tennis’s 2013 championship run. Her one loss was in a tiebreak during the CIF semifinals. Perhaps more amazingly, she only lost 12 games all season, a majority of which came in the one dropped set. Bryant captained the team, along with Natalie Saito, and instilled work ethic and dedication in her teammates, which enabled the repeat championship. Her dad and coach, Charles Bryant said, “Tennis, for the most part, is an individual sport, but high school tennis turns into a team sport, and I know Kelsie’s greatest victories were the team victories, specifically being in the CIF finals for three straight years and winning the last two.” Kelsie’s versatility allows her to adjust to any style of opponent, and in her junior season she came into true form as an allcourt player. Bryant, a noted good sport in both tennis and soccer, will also be honored as CHS’s Phil Womble Ethics in Sports Award winner at the banquet.
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Kelsie Bryant has posted two consecutive 67-1 seasons and team CIF championships. Now the junior will be recognized as the girls tennis Player of the Year.
Gordon, Galsterer to be honored academics
CHS seniors Hannah Galsterer and Duncan Gordon will gain recognition for their stratospheric grade point averages. Gordon, a football, basketball and baseball player will be honored as CHS’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Galsterer, a basketball and softball captain, will receive the Round Table’s Founder’s Scholarship toward her education at San Diego State University. Gordon will attend UC Irvine in the fall.
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