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Hall of Fame highlights great athletic tradition
by Alex Leon, Office of Communications, Marketing, and Foundation |
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On Saturday March 20, as their images flash on two large screens and a room filled with friends and family applaud their accomplishments, Julie Flynn, Wally Ritchie, Bill Reinhard, Mike Hull and the 1984-85 men’s basketball team will take their places among the best athletes and supporters of athletics that Glendale College has ever produced.
The occasion will be the third annual Glendale Community College Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony and banquet in the J. Walter Smith Student Center, starting at 5 p.m. with a reception followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and the ceremony at 7 p.m. Begun in 2002, the hall of fame honors former athletes and teams who achieved excellence through competition, coaches who have made a difference in the lives of their athletes and supporters of the athletic program. Flynn, the 1979 state champion in the women’s shot put for Glendale, was nominated for outstanding athletic achievement, as was Ritchie, who was an all-state pitcher for the Vaqueros in 1985 before pitching in the major leagues for several years. Reinhard was nominated for his longtime meritorious contributions to the college as a coach and men’s athletic director and Hull, who was an All-Western State Conference football player in 1963, was nominated as a pillar of achievement. Hull later played in two Rose Bowls at USC and was a first-round NFL draft choice in 1968 and played in the 1973 Super Bowl. The 1984-85 men’s basketball team coached by Brian Beauchemin won the Inland Valley Conference title and advanced to the state playoffs in Fresno that year. &
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