CHAPARRAL

The five individuals and one team that make up the inaugural class for the Glendale Community College Athletic Hall of Fame aren't short on accomplishments, both at the college and in the world of sports. But one thing they all share is that this college played an important part in their lives.

That common theme will be celebrated on Sunday, February 3, 2002 at 4 p.m. at the J. Walter Smith Student Center, when Cathy Ferguson, Donna Mayhew, Carl Boldt, Chuck Gibson, J. Walter Smith and the 1985 Football Team are honored as the first group enshrined into the hall of fame.

Mayhew and Boldt are being honored in the outstanding athlete category. Mayhew was the state champion in the javelin in 1980 and competed in the 1988 and 1992 Olympics. Boldt, a team member from 1951 to 1953, is still regarded as one of the best ever to play basketball for the Vaqueros. He later played on the undefeated 1956 NCAA Champion University of San Francisco team with Bill Russell.

Ferguson, a two-time gold medalist in swimming at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and a student-athlete at Glendale in 1966-67, is being honored as a pillar of achievement. Gibson coached the Vaqueros men's tennis team for almost two decades and was also a social science teacher for many years.

Smith has been a longtime supporter of athletics at the college, as a track and field coach from 1947 to 1954 and as the dean of student activities for 37 years until he retired in 1992. The 1985 football team won the Potato Bowl that year and finished the season ranked No. 5 in the nation.

Please call the Foundation office at x5199 for more information about attending the banquet and induction ceremony on Sunday, February 3, 2002.