2014 Inductees
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Katie Abbott Gardner - 2004 Westwood High School - Badminton Katie Abbott earned her Varsity letter all four years of high school. Katie and her doubles partner, Jackie Gonzalez, won the Arizona State Champions Doubles tournament their senior year. Together with her partner, Katie won the Dobson Invitational and the North Canyon Invitational. Katie was named twice the East Valley Tribune Badminton First Team. In addition to badminton, Katie was an accomplished basketball player. She received her 3-year Varsity letter, Gatorade MVP, Gatorade Will To Win Athlete, and All Region Defensive Team honors while serving as the team captain. Katie was a scholar athlete earning the Piper Jaffry Student Athlete of the Year and the Wend’ys High School Heisman Bronze Medal, all while serving as the Student Body President. Katie is giving back to high school sports as an assistant coach at Westwood and the head coach at Combs High School. |
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Jackie Gonzalez - 2004 Westwood High School - Badminton Jackie Gonzalez is the 2004 Arizona State 5A Badminton Doubles champion, with partner Katie Abbott. Jackie played three years at Westwood earning Scholar Athlete honors each year. She was twice the East Valley Region Champion in singles and doubles, two-time Badminton All-Star First Team, Dobson Invitational Doubles Champion, and earned 2004 State Runner-up Singles. Jackie continued her athletics with basketball earning the Gatorade Will to Win Athlete and East Valley All-Region Girls Basketball All Defensive Team honors. |
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Chelsea Goodman - 2004 Mountain View High School - Volleyball Chelsea Goodman graduated as the #41 Volleyball recruit in the nation. She trained with the U.S. Youth National Team while earning three-time Region Player of the Year and three-time First-Team All-State honors. Chelsea was the 2004 Arizona State Female Athlete of the Year and the 2004 MVT Female Athlete of the Year. She played at Brigham Young University receiving two-time All-American honors. Chelsea’s career at BYU included 57-career double-doubles in kills and digs setting a Mountain West Conference record, Senior Female BYU Athlete of the Year, three-time Academic All-Region which culminated with a NCAA D-1 Female Athlete of the Year nomination. She played professionally in Puerto Rico. |
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Dahlia Lockhart is a decorated champion in High Jump. She won numerous invitational meets including Glendale Invitational (5’6”), Chandler Rotary Club (5’6”), Dobson High School Mustang classic (5’8”), Great Southwest Track and Field Classic (5’8”), and a two-time Central Division Champion. In 1987, Dahlia was named McDonalds Outstanding Student/Athlete. That same year, Dahlia became the State High Jump Champion with a record jump of 5’10”. Dahlia was a four-year Varsity letter winner, USA Track & Field Jr. Outdoor Champion, TAC High Jump Champion, and named in Who’s Who Among American High School Students. Dahlia continued her career at University of Arizona. She was named 1988 Women’s All-Time All-Pac 10 Athletes (5’8 ¾”), Ranked 51st in the United States (5’11 ¼”), 1989 ranked 7th All-Time All-Pac 10 (6’0”), PAC 10 Championship Runner-Up (5’8 ¾”) and was the 1989 NCAA Champion (6’0”). |
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Jeri Cameron Vanyek - 1979 Westwood High School - Gymnastics Jeri Cameron competed on the national gymnastics Elite level during her high school years, winning the AAU All-Around Junior Olympic Champions and the Aloha GymFest Invitational All-Around. She competed for Arizona State University under the coaching of John Spini. She earned First Place All-Around at the All-American All Collegiate Classic (1980), WCAA All-Around, won all four events, and NCAA All-American in 1981. She was a member of the All-American Gymnastics Team in All-Around, Vault, Bars, and Floor. She was 1982 Most Valuable Gymnast for ASU, Competed for USA in the 1982 World Games Romania. In 1983, Jeri became the NCAA National Champion on the Uneven Bars, Second Place All-Around, and Fourth Place in Vault, Floor, and Beam. She received 1983 NCAA All-American honors for Floor, Vault, Bars, and Beam. Jeri is the winner of the 1983 Broderick Award, given to the outstanding collegiate women athlete from ten different sports. She was the 1983 Senior Athlete of the year for all sports. She is the first female gymnast inducted into the ASU Athletic Hall of Fame. |
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Lee Cummard - 2004 Mesa High School - Basketball Lee Cummard was named the 2004 Arizona Player of the Year, McDonald’s All-America nominee, named 2004 Region Player of the Year, and Gatorade player of the year. He led Mesa High to the 5A State championship, averaging 20.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists. He shot 56-percent from the floor and made 41-percent of his 3-point attempts. A multiple D-1 recruit, Lee continued his career at Brigham Young University receiving three-time All Mountain West Conference Player, MWC team honors, Co-Player of the Year, Associate Press All-American honorable mention, All-District honors from the NABC and USBWA, named to fourth-team All-American by FOXsports.com, and led his team in earning recognition in the top-25 rankings while becoming the first MWC team to achieve three-peat MMWC Championships. He concluded his college career ranked in the top-10 in eight MWC statistical categories and 10 BYU statistical categories. Lee went on to play with the Utah Flash and the Sacramento Kings summer league. He played with the Fos Ouest Provence Basket in France and Kyoto Hannaryz in Japan. He currently plays for Okapi Aalstar in Belguim. |
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Jon Baker excelled in golf twice winning the high school Arizona State Champion title. In his early career he earned Future Masters Champion, Overall Junior Amateur Winner of the Andy Bean World Pro Jr, and was Voted Outstanding Junior in the country by Golf Magazine for five years in a row. Jon is a four-time Divisional Champion for high school, voted Outstanding Athlete and Golfer of the Year by Phoenix Gazette, won the Basha’s Southwest Arizona Open Professional and Amateur divisions, Phoenix Thunderbird Champion, North South Jr. Champion, Donald Ross Junior Champion, PING Junior Champion, Karsten Junior Invitational Champion and the Tournament of Champions. He attended Brigham Young University where he placed Third in the USA Japan Intercollegiate Division, was a Western Amateur Sweet 16 finalist, and Utah Amateur medalist. As a professional, Jon played on the PGA Hogan Tour, California Golden State Tour, Arizona Desert Tour, and Canadian Tour. |
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Julia Leddy - Mountain View High School 1999 - Volleyball Julia Leddy, a two-year Varsity Letter winner in volleyball, was named First-Team All-Region, Arizona Republic High School Athlete of the Week, Team MVP, Tournament of Champions All-Tournament Selection, and All-Region honorable mention. She holds the school record for single-season kills, blocks, and hitting percentages. Julia continued her career at ASU and was seventh in the PAC-10 with a .328 hitting percentage as a sophomore. She was team captain, First-Team PAC-10 All- Academic, named All-Tournament at Phoenix Airport Hilton/Sun Devil Challenge, Tournament MVP at the Red Raider Classic and the UNLV/Hard Rock Thanksgiving Classic, All-Tournament Team at the Carolina Classic, PAC-10 Honorable Mention, and Second-Team Verizon Academic All-District. She held the ASU single-season hitting percentage record at .367, and ASU career leader with a .342 mark. She recorded double-digits in kills in 14 of ASU’s 26 matches and as 32 in her career. |
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Bruce Cooper is a graduate of Mesa's Westwood High School. Cooper was a two-sport athlete at Westwood playing both football and basketball. Cooper's biggest impact regarding high school athletics came years after graduation. Cooper has worked covering high school athletics for over twenty-five years as a member of the media with KPNX-TV and AZcentral sports. Through his passion and effort he has helped raise attention and bring exposure to Arizona's high school athletic programs. Cooper is a staple of the highly acclaimed, award winning "Friday Night Fever" high school football show. It gives him great pride and joy to hear Arizona being mentioned in the same sentence as California and Texas when it comes to top high school producing talent in the west. |
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Coach Steve Crook - Volleyball Steve has been coaching volleyball in Arizona since 1978. He led Tucson’s Catalina High School to the final four as a student teacher. He coached six NJCAA All-Americans at Central Arizona College while finishing four-times as ACCAC Runners-up. He was named 1989 ACCAC Coach of the Year. Coaching at Westwood High School saw his greatest success. His teams had 431 wins, won the 1994 State Championship, two-times Runner-up, four-times final four, and he helped 60 athletes land college volleyball scholarships. He was named Coach of the Year four times, and a finalist for National Coach of the Year. Coach Crook founded Club Red Juniors Volleyball and coached/directed the club for 18-years. The club helped land over 100 girls scholarships to major D-1 schools. Crook was named Arizona Region Club Director of the Year and honored by USA Volleyball for Meritorious Service. Currently he coached the 13-and-under girls East Valley Juniors Volleyball Club to a National Runner-Up Finish. He recruited 20 male athletes to compete in the inaugural season of the Benedictine University Men’s Volleyball. He continues to serve as the Junior Tournament Coordinator for the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball and received the Arizona Region Salute Award for lifetime achievement. |
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1994 Red Mountain High School Wrestling Team Team Members: Bart Powell-State place 3rd, Mike Gutknecht-State Runner Up, Mike Myers-State Place 5th, Clint Seibel-State Runner Up, Ryan Andrews-State Place 3rd, Bruce Walag-State Champion, Jason Tice-State Champion, Royce Johnson-State Runner Up, Blake Longacre-State Runner Up, Mike Coutu-State Qualifier, Kelvin Aponte-State Qualifier, Jay Bracamonte-State Qualifier, Chance Lipsky-Two Time State Champion, All-American, Kris Bailey. Assistant Coach Lee Peebles, Head Coach Nick Karanitnos-Coach of the year-1994, Arizona High School Coaches Hall of Fame-Inductee 2008. |
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1994 Mountain View High School Boys Track - State Champions Coaches:
Robbie Robinson, Mary Morris, Kayle
Haws, Mike Jackson, Joe Sullivan and Joe Felix |
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1994 Mountain View High School Girls Track - State Champions Stacey Smith, Robyn Coons, Kristen Haymore, Ali Wood, Monique
Hyatt, Jackie Cartwright, Lashunda Tipppet, Amy Allen, Emily Cardon, Linnea
Thomas, Beth Higgenbotham, Kristi Mechelke, Summer Decker, Holly Smith. Coached
by Mary Morris Robyn Coons--Shot Put, 40'3 1/2" |
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1994 - Westwood High School Volleyball State Champions Laurel Matheny, Tara Brinkerhoff, Jenny Hallett, Jill Montague, Shauna Farnworth, Sandy martin, Tina Cluff, Stephanie, Martin, Shauna Wampler, Sandra Molina, Cari Brinkerhoff, Tracey Kelley |
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1994 Westwood High School Boys Cross Country - State Champions “This is our finest championship” – Coach Kyle Sawyer |
