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Photo caption: LSF Hall of Fame inductee Randy Gaynor '69 (far left) celebrates,
along with Lowell teammates (from left to right) Steven Williams, Paul Ramirez,
Mike Adelson, Jeff Layne (foreground), Jeff Beaver, Chris Stevenson and Tom Boyd. |
The latest Lowell Sports Foundation Sports Hall of Fame Banquet, the fourth and best yet, was held this past June 11th at the Fairmont Hotel and set records for both attendance and financial support to Lowell's athletic program. Nearly 400 alumni and friends gathered to remember and celebrate the accomplishments of 22 great Lowell alumni, ranging from Carlos Monsalve and Lee Valianos, both from the class of 1929, to Mitchell Jee '84 and five outstanding student athletes from the classes of 2004 and 2005.
Local television and radio personalities, Mike Sugerman and Janice Wright, parents of a former Lowell athlete, again emceed the event. Many of this year's inductees, including Randy Gaynor '69 and Mike Susoev '76, were joined by large rooting sections, but the overall favorites seemed to be the Rubin twins, Stan and Steve, from the class of 1960.
Stefan Wever '76 had one of the best lines of the evening, explaining that he had been allotted only two minutes to speak, representing one minute for each inning he pitched in the major leagues as a New York Yankee. (Best sports trivia of the night also involves Wever who, until the Yanks obtained Randy Johnson, had been the tallest Yankee in history.)
Special thanks to LSF President Dave Hagerman, event planners (and Lowell alums) Gary Weiner and Linda Noack, Lowell Athletic Director John Donohue and the entire LSF organization for putting on another truly memorable gathering of the Lowell tribe.
CORRECTIONS
In the last issue of the alumni newsletter, we made a few mistakes in our list of the past Lowell Sports Hall of Fame inductees. Our most sincere apologies to these alums and their friends:
Gary Shemano '63
SF Prep champion golfer; qualified for two National Junior Championships while at Lowell; four years on the USC golf team; played in 9 British Amateurs
Betty Mae (Cohn) Spiegelman '43
Multiple tournament champ at Golden Gate Tennis Club while a student at Lowell; Paige Trophy winner for girls singles at age 18; 1943 SF tennis doubles winner
Ken Flower '49
NorCal Prep Basketball Player of the Year; Collegiate All-American
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