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TO THE 28 th INDUCTION CEREMONY OF THE SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME
Twenty-eight editions. One hundred twenty-six inductees. The celebration continues! Tonight, we are proud to induct four remarkable individuals into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame for their athletic achievements and their contributions to our community. The inductees hail from the upper echelon of collegiate, professional, Olympic and international competitions. Although different sports in different eras, they have made a lasting impact both on and off the field of play. The Inductee Class of 2023 are an NCAA & World Cup Champion and US Sports Envoy Ambassador, Lorrie Fair, NHL all-time great & Mr. San Jose Shark, Patrick Marleau, All-Star Major League pitcher, Dave Stieb, and MLS All-Time leading scorer, Earthquakes record holder, Chris Wondolowski. In addition to honoring these elite athletes, the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame is committed to supporting local sports at all levels. Tonight, the Hall of Fame will also recognize our High School Athletes of the Year, from Archbishop Mitty McKenna Woliczko and Danny Scudero Jr. Our Amateur Athletes of the Year are from Stanford University, Rose Zhang and Tommy Troy and the Northern California Special Olympics Athlete of the Year Mathew Francavilla. Our special evening would not be possible without the generous support of the sponsors, contributors and event partners who are both pillars of the community and champions of this event. In particular, the San Jose Sports Hall Fame would like to give an extra dose of appreciation to the SAP Center staff for sharing their beautiful building and making it possible for us to hold the celebration.
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THE 28th ANNUAL INDUCTION CEREMONY MASTER OF CEREMONIES Randy Hahn Robert Braunstein 2023 HONOREES HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES OF THE YEAR McKenna Woliczko – Archbishop Mitty High School Danny Scudero Jr. – Archbishop Mitty High School AMATEUR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Rose Zhang – Stanford University Tommy Troy – Stanford University SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Mathew Francavilla 2023 SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES Lorrie Fair Patrick Marleau Dave Stieb Chris Wondolowski
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Archbishop Mitty High School
Archbishop Mitty Athletics has a deep history of producing athletes who have gone on to be recognized as some of the best to ever play their respective sports. McKenna Woliczko might be next. In her first season of high school hoops, she led Mitty girls’ basketball team to WCAL, CCS and NorCal titles followed by a state championship appearance. At 6’2, Woliczko averaged a double-double (20.4 PPG., 10.2 RPG.) and her consistent stellar performances earned her first-team all-state honors as a freshman. She became a national phenom garnering the attention of every major NCAA Division I women’s basketball program – receiving more than 25 scholarship offers from top programs including Stanford, South Carolina and Tennessee. The accolades don’t stop there as Woliczko was just as impactful on the softball diamond. Her .429 batting average and team leading 23 RBIs contributed immensely to a 21-5 overall record and 9-1 WCAL Co-Champions campaign. Her success as a dual sport athlete earned state and national recognition as the CalHi Sports State Freshman Athlete of the Year and a Max Preps National Athlete of the Year Finalist. Most recently, Woliczko continued her dominance on the global stage as a member of the U16 USA Basketball Team at the 2023 FIBA U16 Women’s Americas Championship. Her 14 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals in the final versus Canada led USA to the gold medal and she was named to the All-Star Five as one of the top five players in the tournament. Fun Fact: McKenna’s parents both played collegiate sports at the University of Pacific. Her mother, Erica was a star catcher on the softball field and her father, Aaron played on one of the most successful basketball teams in the history of the program. Both have been honored by numerous Northern California sports hall of fames as individuals and team members.
HONOREES: 2023 High School Athletes of the Year
MCKENNA WOLICZKO
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Archbishop Mitty High School
The climb to the top of the Central Coast Section was nothing short of amazing for Danny Scudero Jr. and the Archbishop Mitty football team. After an abbreviated 4-game sophomore season and a 1-9 record during his junior year, Mitty and Scudero began their journey to one of the greatest single season turnarounds in CCS history. The senior wide receiver led the Monarchs to nine wins and a deep playoff run where they finished as the Division 1 CCS runner-up. Even more surprising than the Cinderella season, Scudero had never played tackle football at any level and just started playing the sport as a high school sophomore. Fast forward to a breakout senior year where Scudero caught 60 passes for 982 yards and 13 touchdowns, also running for 309 yards and three TDs. On defense he had 4.5 sacks and an interception that he took back for a touchdown and provided a spark on special teams with 16 kickoff returns, gaining 506 yards and scoring two TDs. Scudero’s natural ability to juke past defenders for touchdown catches and take game breaking kick returns to the endzone earned him the West Catholic Athletic League Player of the Year and the Bay Area News Group Santa Clara County Player of the Year. In the spring, Scudero went to bat for the Mitty baseball team and was the starting centerfielder. In 2022, he was named WCAL First-Team All-League for a Monarchs team crowned CIF NorCal Division II Champions. Scudero’s well rounded athletic and academic achievements grabbed the attention of the Sacramento State football program where he currently plays NCAA Division I football. He recently made his freshman debut for the Hornets and is making a direct impact as a kick returner on special teams. Fun Fact: Scudero competed internationally representing the USA at the Partille Cup in Sweden. Amongst 25,000 participants, he was chosen to give the opening ceremonies dedications.
HONOREES: 2023 High School Athletes of the Year
DANNY SCUDERO JR.
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HONOREES: 2023 Amateur Athletes of the Year 10
ROSE ZHANG Stanford University
Following the most decorated amateur career in the history of women’s golf, the Stanford sophomore concluded her amateur golf career by becoming the first woman to win back-to-back NCAA individual titles. Rose’s career highlights as an amateur golfer are unmatched in the history of the game. Though she only spent two years at Stanford, her 12 career titles — the last one was the NCAA — broke the record previously held by Tiger Woods, Patrick Rodgers, and Maverick McNealy. She tied the Pac-12 record set by Lorena Ochoa at Arizona, and this was accomplished in only 20 tournaments, and she not only won the NCAA individual title, but she led Stanford to the 2022 NCAA team national title. The record setting sophomore twice set the NCAA single-season scoring average record, with a 68.80 sophomore-season scoring average and 69.68 freshman average as well as the NCAA career scoring average record with 69.24 average in 62 career rounds. Rose has set the standard for amateur golf by dominating the sport like another Stanford icon, Tiger Woods had accomplished during his time on the Farm. Rose was a two-time First-Team All-American, a two-time WGCA Golfer of the Year and a twotime Annika Award winner. Her 8 victories in 2022-23 were accomplished in just 10 events. She concluded the 2023 golf season by capturing the Pac-12 individual title as well as becoming the Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion. FUN FACT: On April 19, 2023, Zhang reached 136 consecutive weeks as the world’s leading female amateur golfer, surpassing the previous record of 135 set by Leona Maguire of the Republic of Ireland in 2018.
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Stanford University
When he was younger and playing in travel tournaments, Stanford infielder Tommy Troy enjoyed getting to spend time in the Phoenix area. And after the Arizona Diamondbacks made Troy their first-round pick with the No. 12 overall selection in the 2023 MLB Draft, it looks like he will be playing a lot more games in the Valley of the Sun. Troy is the first Cardinal player to be drafted in the first round since Nico Hoerner was selected 24th overall by the Chicago Cubs in 2018. Troy wrapped up another stellar season as a junior in 2023, helping to lead the Cardinal back to the College World Series for the third straight season. The native of Los Gatos, Calif. batted a team-best .394 with 76 runs scored, 17 doubles, four triples and 17 home runs to accompany 58 RBIs. An All-American according to the ABCA and Perfect Game, Troy won the 2023 Pac-12 batting title after hitting .404 (78-for-193) during the regular season and compiled a team-best 34 multi-hit games while hitting safely in 47 of his 58 games played this year. Troy earned MVP honors in the Stanford Regional, thanks to a ridiculous .571 average and 11 RBIs during the regional’s five-game stretch. As a standout high school player in Los Gatos, Calif., Troy set his sights early on attending Stanford. Just as he did at Los Gatos High School, Troy showed his ability to raise the play of those around him by leading the Cardinal to three straight College World Series berths. Troy was a contributor in the decorated Stanford program from day one, starting 39 games his freshman year. He appeared in at least 49 contests each of his three seasons as a Cardinal, posting improved batting averages, hits, runs and home runs each year. FUN FACT: Tommy Troy did not start taking baseball seriously until he was 12 years old. But just two years later, he was representing his country on the diamond. In 2016, he was selected to compete in the USA Baseball 14U National Team Development Program.
HONOREES: 2023 Amateur Athletes of the Year
TOMMY TROY
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HONOREES: 2023 Special Olympics Athlete of the Year 12
MATHEW FRANCAVILLA Special Olympics
Mathew was born May 31, 1988 to his parents Matt and Leslie and was raised in Sunnyvale California. Speech came late for Matt, but it didn’t stop his ability to communicate. He is the youngest in his family, with an older sister Megan, brother in law Glen and niece Morgan. Family is important to him, and he never misses the opportunity to enjoy a gathering with extended family, especially with his cousins. From a young age Matt has shared his family’s love for car racing. Whether attending a professional race, an autocross with the family race car or enjoying a televised race of any kind, it fostered a love of anything with a motor. Matt has always loved sports. His favorite teams are the 49ers, Giants, Warriors and Sharks. He has great knowledge of all the players and rarely misses watching or listening to a game. His wardrobe reflects the sports season, only wearing the appropriate shirts and sweatshirts for whichever sport is currently being played, often with shoes to match the team’s colors. As a young child and school age student, Matt wanted more than anything to be part of a sports team. He would shoot hoops on the driveway and toss a ball at a net for hours at a time. Unfortunately, his disability and a hip injury prevented him from participating in sports in school and that was difficult for him. But all that changed in 2010 when he met a Special Olympics athlete in his postsecondary program at school who invited him to a Special Olympics event. That one invitation altered his life forever. He started that summer with softball and fell in love with the Special Olympics. It became what he loved to do. His love of competing continued that first year with basketball, floor hockey and swimming. He later added bowling and flag football and has never missed a season in 12 years. He has made many friends, enjoys the camaraderie with the athletes and coaches and loves the community that he is so lucky to be part of. His hope is that someday he will be invited to the USA Games or World Games and plans to continue competing for many years. Fun Fact: Matt has participated annually in the Polar Plunge to fundraise for his favorite cause, earning over $1000 each year.
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Congratulations 2023 San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Athletes
SPECIAL ISN’T WHAT WE ARE. IT’S WHAT WE DO. Special Olympics NorCal congratulates 2023 San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Athletes. We are honored to share the evening and thank the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame for recognizing the accomplishments of Special Olympics athletes in our community.
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INDUCTEE: LORRIE FAIR
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Lorrie Fair started playing AYSO soccer as a grade schooler in Los Altos. She immediately fell in love. However, Fair never could have imagined that her passion for the game would one day take her literally around the world, fill her trophy case with hardware from all levels of her sport and earn her an appointment as a U.S. State Department envoy to help connect people of different cultures through the doors that futbol can open. As well as winning a national title with her Sunnyvale Roadrunners club team, Fair received All American honors for her stellar seasons at Los Altos High. College scholarship offers abounded. She enrolled at the University of North Carolina to play for legendary coach Anson Dorrance, who made her a centerpiece of three NCAA championship teams over the next four years. Dorrance still marvels at Fair’s relentless intensity. “Lorrie treated the warmup like a game,” Dorrance says. “She was going to have a perfect first touch even in the warmup.” “Perfect” is a hard standard to reach. Fair kept reaching. She was named Honda College Soccer Player of the Year in 1999—the same year that she became the youngest player on the USA National Team roster for its Women’s World Cup triumph. Her subsequent 10 years in a USA uniform included 120 caps and two Olympic medals. She played every minute of the 2000 Games in Australia. She finished her playing career with pro clubs in the USA, France, and England before accepting the State Department invitation to serve as an international envoy on diplomatic goodwill missions to support healthful lifestyles. Fair has also worked with actress Charlize Theron’s Africa Outreach Project to promote health education of the continent’s youth. FUN FACT: Lorrie’s twin sister, Ronnie, excelled for Stanford’s soccer program and earned a callup to the national team roster in 1997. That year, in a game against England at San Jose’s Spartan Stadium, Lorrie and Ronnie took the field together. It was the first time that sisters had ever been on a pitch simultaneously for the US Women’s National Team.
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PATRICK
At age 17, Patrick Marleau was drafted by the San Jose Sharks. He didn’t take off his skates for the next 23 seasons. This is how someone ends up playing more games than anyone in National Hockey League history. That feat was just as impressive as it sounds. He endured minor and major injuries, great victories and tough losses, long plane flights and short bus rides. He helped earn two Olympic gold medals for Canada and a 2016 Stanley Cup Final appearance in San Jose. Marleau persevered through it all to lace up his gear virtually every night. After those 1,779 regular season and 195 playoff contests--all but 190 of those games with the Sharks--Marleau exited the ice owning virtually every San Jose offensive record. His 590 goals and 641 assists were not the only reasons that the franchise made Marleau the first Shark player to have his uniform number permanently retired. While wearing his No. 12 jersey, he also led the team to 17 postseason appearances and four Western Conference Finals, aided by Marleau’s multiple hat tricks and series-clinching goals. “Patrick is one of the most iconic players in San Jose history as well as one of the most respected veterans in the NHL,” said former Sharks general manager Doug Wilson when he signed Marleau to a 2020 deal that brought him back to San Jose after brief stints in Toronto and Pittsburgh. That deal allowed Marleau to be wearing Shark teal on April 19, 2021, when he surpassed Gordie Howe as the NHL’s all-time regular season games played leader, a record previously thought to be unbreakable. Asked once to describe his playing philosophy, Marleau said: “I just keep putting in the work, going to the scoring areas and hope good things happen.” For 23 seasons, many good things definitely did.
INDUCTEE: PATRICK MARLEAU
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FUN FACT: When a teenaged Marleau showed up in San Jose as a rookie in 1997, the Sharks Ice facility on South 10th St. consisted of two ice sheets. Today, it has six sheets of ice and is the largest such complex in California.
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INDUCTEE: DAVE STIEB
DAVE DAVE STIEB
Dave Stieb’s journey toward Major League Baseball pitching dominance had a unique South Bay beginning. He was a hard-hitting outfielder at Oak Grove High School and San Jose City College. Stieb then left the area to play at Southern Illinois University, where he was pressed into duty as an emergency reliever. Scouts observed his strong right arm. They took note. The Blue Jays selected Stieb in the fifth round of the 1978 MLB draft and told him his quickest path to the big leagues would be through his powerful right arm. Stieb took that path and blossomed into a seven-time All-Star, a Toronto sports legend and the most valuable pitcher of the 1980s according to statistical metrics. But numbers don’t tell the entire Stieb story. Opponents remember his intense mound demeanor and his ability to make the big pitches when it mattered. Former teammate Pat Hentgen called him “one hell of a competitor, a furious competitor.” Former Oakland A’s third baseman Carney Lansford, another San Jose Sports Hall of Fame inductee, said that Stieb owned “the nastiest slider I ever saw.” Stieb’s excellence, however, frequently floated under the radar. As an expansion team, however, the Blue Jays were not always capable of giving him great support. Yet he posted winning records for losing teams while helping build Toronto into a contending team and eventual World Series champion. In 1990 Stieb posted a no-hitter against Cleveland after flirting with several others in previous seasons. It remains the only no-hitter in Blue Jays history. Stieb finished his MLB career in 1998 with a 176-137 won-loss record and a 3.44 career ERA, securing him a worthy induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. His hometown of San Jose honors him with the same status in tonight’s ceremony. FUN FACT: Stieb still owns Toronto Blue Jays franchise records in career victories, complete games, innings pitched, shutouts and Wins Against Replacement (WAR).
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CHRIS
The Earthquakes have showcased fantastic offensive stars during their 50 years in San Jose, including renowned global icons such as George Best, Eric Wynalda and Landon Donovan. But on Major League Soccer’s all-time scoreboard, one man’s name stands above them all: Chris Wondolowski. Over his 14 seasons in San Jose, “Wondo” accumulated a resume that is unlikely to be matched. An East Bay native who stood out at De La Salle High School and then at Chico State, Wondolowski was a 2005 draft pick of the Earthquakes. He moved with the franchise to Houston a year later and was part of two MLS championship teams but was traded back to San Jose’s reconstituted Quakes in 2009. The following years were the most dynamic and productive that any MLS player has ever produced. Wondolowski, unleashed to generate attacking opportunities, earned multiple scoring titles and All-Star selections. In 2012, he was named league MVP when he notched 27 goals as San Jose posted its bestever regular season. He retired in 2021 with 171 goals in 413 career MLS games. Internationally, Wondolowski logged 11 goals in 35 games with the USA National Team and helped win a 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup championship. In 2014, he became the first player of Native American heritage to play for a USA World Cup team. His work ethic and stamina were legendary. Fans at Paypal Park responded to Wondolowski’s determination with love and standing ovations. Former teammate Shea Salinas understood why. “I think San Jose is a hardworking area,” Salinas once said. “I think Chris embodies that perfectly. He loves working hard, loves having a good time. And I think San Jose really relates to him in those aspects.”
INDUCTEE: CHRIS WONDOLOWSKI
CHRIS WONDOLOWSKI
FUN FACT: Wondolowski’s youth soccer club, the Danville Mustangs, also produced one of his future Earthquakes’ teammates, Nick Lima, who now plays for Austin FC in MLS.
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SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME MEMBERS 1998 Hal Davis – Track & Field Pablo Morales – Swimming L. T. “Buck” Shaw – Football Coach Debi Thomas – Figure Skating Bill Walsh – Football Coach
2002 Dennis Awtrey – Basketball Ed Burke – Track & Field Betty Hicks – Golf Carney Lansford – Baseball Craig Morton – Football
1999 Millard Hampton – Track & Field Claudia Kolb – Swimming Pat Malley – Football Coach Patty Sheehan – Golf
2003 Anne Warner Cribbs – Swimming Becky Dyroen-Lancer – Synchronized Swimming Andre Phillips – Track & Field Billy Wilson – Football
2000 Don Bowden – Track & Field Jack & John Elway – Football Francie Larrieu Smith – Cross Country Charles “Chuck” Taylor – Football
2004 John Brodie – Football Amy Chow – Gymnastics Kurt Rambis – Basketball Pat Tillman – Football
2001 Joe Leonard – Auto Racing Ernie Nevers – Football John Ralston – Football Coach Dave Righetti – Baseball Carroll Williams – Basketball Coach
2005 Brent Jones – Football Barbara & Kathy Jordan – Tennis Benny Pierce – Football Coach Ken Venturi – Golf
2006 Jennifer Azzi – Basketball Bill McPherson – Football Coach Walt McPherson – Administrator & Coach 2007 Brian Boitano – Figure Skating Bert Bonanno – Track & Field Coach Kim Oden – Volleyball Bud & Ralph Ogden – Basketball Mark Spitz – Swimming 2008 Dick Gould – Tennis George Gund III – Hockey Margaret Jenkins (In Memoriam) – Track & Field John Oldham – Baseball
2012 Steve Bartkowski – Football Brandi Chastain – Soccer Roger Maltbie – Golf Willy T. Ribbs – Auto Racing 2013 Frankie Albert (In Memoriam) – Football Gary Cunningham – Baseball Coach Paul Child – Soccer Tara VanDerveer – Basketball Coach 2014 Julie Foudy – Soccer Owen Nolan – Hockey Steve Schott – Baseball Dick Vermeil – Football Coach
2009 Bob Murphy – Stanford Broadcaster Ron Calcagno – St. Francis High School Football Coach Sheryl Johnson – Field Hockey Ronnie Lott – Football
2015 John Carlos – Sprinter Chris Carver – Swimming Coach Jeff Garcia – Football Mani Hernandez – Soccer
2010 Arturs Irbe – Hockey Bruce Jenner – Track & Field Keri Sanchez – Soccer Dave & Mark Schultz – Wrestling
2016 Mike Bruner – Swimmer Raymond Townsend – Basketball Aly Wagner – Soccer Doug Wilson – Hockey
2011 Rudy Galindo – Figure Skating Art Lambert – Water Polo Dan Pastorini – Football Peter Ueberroth, Olympic Leader – Baseball Commissioner Kristi Yamaguchi – Figure Skating
2017 Ken Caminiti (In Memoriam) – Baseball Dwight Clark – Football Mark Marquess – Baseball Coach Jack Roddy – Rodeo Danielle Slaton – Soccer
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE INDUCTEES!
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Ryan Anthony - San Jose Giants Sal Martinez - The Farmers Union Nikky Arnold, Michelle Beck Jamaal Mayo - San Jose State University San Francisco 49ers Colleen McDonald – Iron Man Group Randy Beltran, Sense Spa Dr. Pam Mehta Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Resilience Orthopedics Kevin Bernal - Axe-Men Throw House Justin Nguyen Phan - Sharks Ice San Jose Madison Bernstein Ibeth Obledo - Sharks Ice San Jose Earthquakes Ron Olander – Olander Company Whitney Bronson Vince Otoupal – Santa Clara University Golden State Warriors John & Debbie Poch Cathy Domanski San Jose Sports Authority Nor Cal Special Olympics Hem Raju - San Jose Hilton Jill Egi & Carolina Data Alyssa Ramont – San Francisco Giants Vine Hospitality Brendan Rawson - San Jose Jazz Beronica Espinoza Dream Inn Santa Cruz Brian Risso & Severin Madsen, Stanford University Dr. Steve & Melanie Fahringer The Good Feet Store Ashis Roy – The Inn at Saratoga Jon Gundersen Eva Salazar - Golden State Warriors San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Lisa Sanders – Hotel Valencia Staci Gustafson - Santa Clara University Stephanie Sanders James Hamnett & Chelsea Wagner Shadowbrook Restaurant Sharks Sports & Entertainment Sarah Sed - Axe-Men Throw House Catherine Hendricks - San Jose Hilton Danielle Slaton – Bay FC Will Hunter – Pac-12 Conference John Southwell - San Jose Marriott Sydnie Jones – Lululemon Coach Tee – YBX Studio J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines Tim Walsh – Acrisure Michelle Le - AC Marriott Hotel Rusty Weekes Nicole Lecheler San Jose Arena Authority Silicon Valley Capital Club Curtis Wiggington - Oakland Athletics Bob Leininger Visit San Jose San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Winchester Mystery House Cheyenne Loftus Santa Cruz Warriors 24
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SPECIAL THANKS Honorable Mayor Matt Mahan & the City of San Jose Mayor Mahan’s Staff Members Michael Lomio, Tasha Dean & SJPD Robert Biebel Event Management San Jose Sports Authority Charlie Faas, Chairman John Poch, Executive Director Darren Centi, Director of Events Chase Lazarus, Event Specialist Ginna Baldassarre, Auction Director, Adobe Robert Braunstein, Cal-Hi Sports Bay Area Dan Brown, The Athletic Mark Purdy, SJSHOF ‘21 SAP Center at San Jose Staff James Hamnett, Chelsea Wagner Linnie McIntyre & the SAP Center building staff Gordan Kalinic, Marie “Toni” Flores & the staff of ARAMARK Media Partners Kirk Reynolds, SC Consult The Mercury News Bud Geracie, Sal Pizzaro, Curtis Pashelka & Darren Sabedra San Jose Earthquakes Ryan Negrette San Jose Sharks Scott Emmert, Jim Sparaco & Dan Rusanowsky Silicon Valley Business Journal Kevin Nguyen KTVU LaMonica Peters, KRON Erin Wilson, ABC-7 Chris Alvarez, NBC Bay Area Anthony Flores & Telemundo Max Cordeiro Terrell Llyod, Director of San Francisco 49ers Photography Services HOF Vendor Partners Amy Blach, AMB Designs Glenn Karren, Design Signs Dan Gordon, Gordon Biersch Brewing Company Leann Sirkin, Flair Design + Photography Jeri Ng, Only the Best Joan Escover, JP Graphics Bert George, Ruben Orozco & JC Hayes, Joseph George Wines Shawna Futagaki, Flower Divas
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Honoree Liaisons Maria Cresswell, Toronto Blue Jays Michael Beaubien & Jed Mettee, San Jose Earthquakes Cathy Domanski & David Solo, Northern California Special Olympics SAN JOSE SPORTS Tyler Geivett & Brian Risso, Stanford University AUTHORITY
Thank you, especially, to the Inductees, Honorees, your family and friends for making the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame an enduring source of civic pride.
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THE SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME
EXTENDS A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE SAN JOSE ARENA AUTHORITY FOR THEIR COMMITMENT, DEDICATION AND PARTNERSHIP FOR ALL 28-YEARS BOARD OF DIRECTORS VINNI WALIA, BOARD CHAIRPERSON TRACI FERDOLAGE, BOARD VICE CHAIRPERSON BILL EKERN, BOARD TREASURER MIYUKI ONE BEAR, BOARD SECRETARY JOHN ALBERS, BOARD MEMBER ROSSMERI ALFARO, BOARD MEMBER CYNTHIA BOJORQUEZ, BOARD MEMBER MARTIN FLORES, BOARD MEMBER DOLORES MONTENEGRO, BOARD MEMBER KYLE NELSON, BOARD MEMBER GEORGE SANCHEZ, BOARD MEMBER RUTH SHIKADA, BOARD MEMBER RUSTY WEEKES, BOARD MEMBER EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS MICHAEL LOMIO, MAYOR MATT MAHAN’S OFFICE DOMINGO CANDELAS, SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL DAVID COHEN, SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL NANCI KLEIN, CITY MANAGER’S OFFICE EXECUTIVE STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: CHRIS MORRISEY ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER: SHELLY WANG CITY ATTORNEY LIAISON: CAMERON DAY
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SAN JOSE SPORTS HALL OF FAME BOARD OF DIRECTORS KEN BIRDSALL DAN BROWN ANNE WARNER-CRIBBS BRUCE EDWARDS CHARLIE FAAS
Hillhouse Construction The Athletic Class of 2003 Inductee, BASOC March Development San Jose State University
JON GUNDERSEN
United Mechanical
STEVE HALLGRIMSON
Berliner Cohen, LLP
JAMES HAMNETT
SAP Center at San Jose
BRAD KROUSKUP
Toeniskoetter Development
BOB LEININGER YUNG LING
Burr Pilger Mayer, Inc.
MARK MARQUESS
Class of 2017 Inductee
MATTHEW MARTINUCCI LARRY MCGOVERN
Visit San Jose & Team San Jose Heritage Bank of Commerce
DR. PAM MEHTA
Resilience Orthopedics
JED METTEE
San Jose Earthquakes
LINDA MORASCH
Ponderosa Homes
CHRIS MORRISEY
San Jose Arena Authority
RON OLANDER
The Olander Company, Inc.
VINCE OTOUPAL
Santa Clara University Athletics
BILL RING BRIAN RISSO DANIELLE SLATON
Ring Family Foundation Stanford University Athletics Class of 2017 Inductee, Bay FC
LARRY STONE
Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office
DAWN SWEATT
Berliner Cohen, LLP
MARIE TUITE CATHY DOMANSKI
Tuite Consulting Special Olympics Northern California
TIM WALSH
Los Gatos Insurance Services
DUSTIN WARFORD
Heritage Bank of Commerce
RUSTY WEEKES
San Jose Arena Authority
JOHN POCH
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DARREN CENTI
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The mission of the San Jose Sports Authority is to establish San Jose and the South Bay as a premier center for sports on the West Coast; to improve the quality of life in Greater San Jose by increasing the City’s economic development, visibility, and civic pride through sports. In 2023, San Jose became the first city to host both the USA Figure Skating Championships and the USA Gymnastics Championships in the same calendar year! A testament to our partnerships with the City of San Jose, SAP Center at San Jose, Sharks Ice, Tech CU Arena and Visit San Jose.
The San Jose Sports Authority. We bring the CHAMPIONS to you!
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The San Jose Sports Hall of Fame is a community initiative of the San Jose Sports Authority
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Victor Arrañaga, Jr.* Jamie Breslin Anne Warner-Cribbs Devora “Dev” Davis Andy Dolich Charlie Faas*, Chair Pam Foley Al Guido Staci Gustafson Erik Hallgrimson James Hamnett* Will Hunter Rikhi Jain Jeff Konya Matthew Martinucci Lally Narwal Jared Shawlee John Southwell* Larry Stone Dawn Sweatt Dustin Warford Aaron Woliczko Geri Wong Blage Zelalich*
HP Inc, Manager of State & Local Government Relations Stanford University, Sr. Associate Athletics Director Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee (BASOC), CEO San Jose City Council Member, District 6 Dolich Consulting San Jose State University, VP/CFO San Jose City Council Member, District 9 San Francisco 49ers, President Santa Clara University, Deputy Director of Athletics Cushman & Wakefield, Vice Chairman SAP Center, Director of Booking & Events PAC-12 Conference, VP Operations Meta, Sr. Director Global Scaled Creator Partnerships San Jose State University, Director of Athletics Visit San Jose, Sr. VP National Sales Roku, Director of Product Marketing San Jose Earthquakes, President San Jose Marriott, General Manager Santa Clara County, Assessor Berliner-Cohen, LLP, Partner Heritage Bank, EVP Community Business Banking West Coast Conference, Sr. Associate Commissioner Newmark City of San Jose, Office of Economic Development *Denotes member of the Executive Committee
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TH E
2023 INDUCTEES Your contributions to Bay Area sports have earned you a spot among the greats
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