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Lowell Alumni Association
Spring 2005
June 11th Sports Banquet To Honor 21 Greats By Terence Abad ‘76 The Lowell Sports Foundation has selected another outstanding group of Lowell athletes and coaches who will be honored at the fourth Lowell Sports Hall of Fame banquet, to be held on Saturday, June 11th at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The banquet not only celebrates the accomplishments of these outstanding members of the Lowell community but also raises funds to support all of Lowell’s 26 sports teams. Thanks to the success of previous banquets and other fundraising efforts, the Lowell Sports Foundation has provided nearly $50,000 in equipment, uniforms and transportation services to Lowell athletes over the past few years, roughly matching the amount provided by the school district. This year’s 21 inductees span almost 60 years of Lowell sports history, ranging from the exploits of football stars Carlos Monsalve and Leon “Lee” Valianos that helped Lowell to three consecutive football championships in the late 1920s to Mitchell Jee’s three tennis singles titles in the early 1980s. LSF President Dave Hagerman ‘72 notes that, for the first time ever, two brothers will be inducted at the same banquet. The famous Rubin twins, Stan and Steve of the class of 1960, will be recognized for their football accomplishments at Lowell, where they have the unique distinction of being the only brothers to be named to the same All-City first team (in 1959). Two other inductees will be joining their older brothers in the Lowell Sports Hall of Fame, with Erik Gilberg ‘75 taking his place alongside
brother Mark ‘71 (both basketball stars) and Mitchell Jee ‘84 joining brother Mark ‘73 (both Lowell tennis greats). The LSF has yet to induct any pairs of sisters, but three outstanding female athletes will be enshrined in the Lowell Sports Hall of Fame this year: Reva Saper ’46, an outstanding golfer who has been the Lake Merced Club champion several times; Olive (formerly Diane) Gong ’80, who won all three distance events (880, 1-mile and 2mile) at the 1979 and 1980 All-City track meets; and Heather Logas ‘96, a city fencing champ. Two other inductees had particularly notable post-Lowell sports careers, with Bill Cowden ‘38 parlaying his high school success into an NCAA championship with the 1942 Stanford basketball team and Stefan Wever ‘76 pitching his way to the major leagues with the New York Yankees. In addition to the Lowell athletes being honored this year are two great high school coaches. The late Jim Livingstone ‘39, a long-time Lowell counselor, achieved great success as Lowell’s tennis coach, winning the AAA tennis team title 14 times in 15 years. And Bob Troppmann ‘41 is being inducted in recognition for his legendary career as football coach at Redwood High School in Marin, where the football field bears his name. Given all these great Lowell personalities and the elegant setting of the Fairmont Hotel, this year’s banquet promises to be a very special evening that also supports a great cause.
2004 Donors Eduardo Ramos Philip Russell Kayo Shibano Tammy Truong Vivian Tse Kamau Washington David Wen Mary Wong
1997 Diane Ayerdi Edison Cayabyab Lillian Chan Katherine Chan Ellen Chiang Lauren Choi-Dea Joshua Chuck Gabriel Chui Nathan Dias Zevi Gutfreund Alan Ho Lisa Hong Anna Iversen Getchell Ivy Lau Orlando Leon Annabelle Louie Michelle Mayumi McDevitt Edward Park Emily Price Benjamin Reichardt Christian Reichardt David Scotton Matthew Tsang Karen Wong Angela Yee Heather Zemansky
1998 Saro Chahenian Flora Chan Melinda Chung Louella Dichoco Marina Gendelman Jamie Hui Leslie Lau Alicia Louie Lenette Lu Cristina Mitra Jeanne Ng Sarah Soule Alexis Wallace Manda Wong + Brendan Wong April Yee
Michael Yee Jessica Yip
1999 Sara Carbone Michael Chan Stephen Feyer Linda Fung Gabriel Gilder Barbara Hou Carol Hung Lauren Keane Yu Hsuan Lee Katrina Leung Bonnie Li Sophia Lin Honore Louie Audrey Lui Peter Mak Noriyuki Oshima Anna Pignataro Samuel Segal Heidi Shadel Aleksandr Smirnov Linda Trinh William Wong
2000 Lewis Abra Martin Baca Danielle Broude David Chen Stephanie Gee Raymond Ho Lily Ho Alexander Ip Gregory Krimer Lily Lathrop Jennifer Louie Lindsay Morrison Megan Morse Alexander Ness Jessica Schmidt Paulo Serna-Bustamante Elizabeth Topliff Derek VanOrden Jackie Woo Alvin Yee
2001 Katie Atherton Deniz Efendioglu Bronwen Konecky Jarrett Liang
For ticket information, contact the Lowell Sports Foundation at lowellsportsfoundation@yahoo.com or (415) 781-6777, ext. 3 Be sure to provide your name and mailing address.
2005 Lowell Sports Hall Of Fame Inductees Loren Baker ‘48
Heather Logas ’96
William Cowden ‘38
Carlos Monsalve ‘29
William “Jerry” Dowd ‘35
Alex Montes ‘63
Randy Gaynor ‘69
Stan Rubin ‘60
Erik Gilberg ‘75
Steve Rubin ‘60
Olive (formerly Diane) Gong ‘80
Reva Saper ‘46
Bert Horn ‘40
Herbert Suhr, Jr. ‘47
Mitchell Jee ‘84
Mike Susoev ‘76
Kenneth Leslie ‘44
Robert Troppmann ‘41
Tommy Lew ‘42
Leon “Lee” Valianos ‘29
James Livingstone ‘39
Stefan Wever ‘76
continued from page 23 Ileana Neves Sarah Pearce David Wong Danny Yip
2004 Expenditures – $495,000
2002 Michael Dean Kameela Din Alisa Farenzena Janet Fung Benjamin Kantor Claire Koenig Justina Louie Xi Wang Melinda Yee Jeffrey Yu
2003 Lesley Benedict John Dufour Erol Efendioglu Darius Gilder Leslie Kurkjian Marc Kurose Rene Pena-Govea Anna Reichardt Malachi Rose Aaron Trinh Karissa Yee
2004 Evelyn Bohan Erin Calhoun Stephanie Chansin Cristen Dawson Jacqueline Duong Allyson Gee Kate Hahner Derrick Hui Monika Lewis Honrado Lopez Annie Pham Joshua Scheiman Corliss Sio Andrew Slater Leo Vrana Zachary Williams Robyn Wong
Scholarships $40,000
Newsletter/ Office $49,000
Development $58,000
Grants $125,000
Budget Crisis $223,000