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Nine former Panthers athletes to be inducted in April
City College’s athletic department recently released the names of the 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees, a list that was diverse in sport and gender.
The new class of inductees contains four women and fi ve men who will join 86 other former Panthers athletes and three former Panthers teams in the ranks of the City College Athletics Hall of Fame. The past inductees date as far back as 1921 — the fi rst year of City College athletics.
“We’re coming up on 95 years that we’ve offered athletics,” said City College Athletic Director Mitch Campbell. “There’s a ton of athletes that have participated for us and it’s a big honor, and people are really humble and appreciative when they get the phone call.”
The City College athletics department has been inducting people into its Hall of Fame since 1996. The former players, coaches and administrators are selected by both the public and the Hall of Fame committee.
According to the athletics department website, a nominee must adhere to certain criteria to be considered. Some of the criteria include success at City College, at the four-year level and professionally, championships and service to school and the community.
The Hall of Fame committee — which comprises six City College coaches and Campbell — is headed by co-chairs Andrew Jones, head basketball coach, and Laurie Nash, head volleyball coach.
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“We will give out programs that will have the small biographies of them,” said Nash, “but I think the videos will give a glimmer of not just their athletic career, but also their personal life. So that’s what we’re trying to do this year for the very fi rst time.”
This year’s list of inductees include John Ming, a former wrestler who last competed for the Panthers in 1970 where he fi nished third at the state championships and set a record 28 falls in a year — a record that held for 44 years.
Lyndsey Klein, a former Panthers’ softball star, will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame Klein. Klein played for City College in 1997 and 1998 and earned All-American honors both seasons before transferring to UCLA. She holds three softball records at City College, won the 1999 NCAA Championship with UCLA and won the World Championship with Team USA in 2002.
Panthers’ softball head coach Tim Kiernan coached Klein in her years at City College and said he knew the athlete would be a great player once they met.
“I knew right away how good she was,” said Kiernan. “[After her years at City College] I only called two schools for her, UCLA and Arizona, and she chose UCLA where she became an All-American.”
The induction ceremony is open to the public and will be held April 17 at 6 p.m. at the Dante Club in Sacramento.
