Your L.A. Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame class of '11

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LAValley_1.jpgNearly 200 individuals, coaches and team members have been inducted into the Los Angeles Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame since it started in 2007.

A bunch more go in on Saturday during a ceremony at Monarch Hall on the LAVC campus. According to HOF committee member and nomination chair Brick Durley, the list for the fifth anniversary class includes:

a20791a12a296fb3dc2ef2_m.jpg== Doug Baker: The All-State shortstop for LAVC in 1980 and '81, he went on to play at Arizona State, was a rookie on the Detroit Tigers' 1984 World Series team and ended a seven-year MLB career with Minnesota. He also has World Series rings as a scout for the Florida Marlins and Chicago White Sox.

== Charles Lee: Set school records in the 100m and 200m when he starred for the Monarchs in 1996 and '97. Named the Valley College Athlete of the Year in '97, he transferred to USC and became an All American in 1998 and '99 in the 200m and 1600m relays, named the USC Track & Field MVP in 1999.

== The late Don McKenzie: A gold medal winner in the 100m breaststroke and the 400m medley relay in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City starred for the Monarch swim team in 1966 and '67, setting a national record in the 100 yard breaststroke (59:7), becoming the first Community College swimmer to break one minute in the event.. He later swam for the legendary swim coach Doc Councilman at Indiana University in 1968 and '69 where he was a Big Ten Champion and an All American. He is a member both the International Swimming Hall of Fame and Indiana University Athletic Hall of Fame.

== Wayne Quigley: One of the great running backs in Valley College football history, he earned All Metro, All American honors in 1967, team MVP, and set three school rushing records in the same year. He finished is college career with two years at the University of the Pacific in '68 and '69.

== Ted Calderone: Coming to Valley College from Polytechnic High in 1996, the World War II veteran coached winning programs in football, gymnastic and golf at LAVC, and was the men's Physical Education Department chair for eight years.

== George Goff: After a long career as the head football coach at Birmingham High, Goff arrived at Valley College in 1964 and spent the next 27 years as head football coach and athletic director.

== Gail Castro Malone: In 2003, she was inducted into the California Community College Committee on Athletics Hall of Fame and in 2007 was a member of the Los Angeles Valley College Hall of Fame Class as a member of the 1976 women's volleyball team. She was also a part of the 1996 Olympic beach volleyball squad.

== The 1968-70 Men's Cross Country Team: Winning three state titles, they were coached by Valley College Athletic Hall of Fame member Lazlo Tabori and George Ker.


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