The Hall of Fame is proud to announce the Class of 2009 who were inducted during the Annual Banquet on Sunday, June 7th, 2009 at the Ventura Beach Marriott Hotel.   

Cher Glass - Volleyball Coach at Nordhoff High School.

Don Carey – National Senior Champion bicyclist.

Martin "Tuck" Mason - Cross Country/Track Coach at Oxnard H.S. and Ventura College.

Jon Mack – Championship Football Coach at St Bonaventure and Ventura College.

Denise Ball Dearborn  – CIF, NCAA Champion, Olympic Trials Runner and now Youth Track Coach in Moorpark.

All five Inductees are outstanding examples of dedication to personal achievement.   The three coaches have mentored teams in Football, Volleyball and Track and Field.  They have won CIF championships, Western State Collegiate championships and California State championships.  All have established dynasties at their schools.
The two athletes have accumulated school, county, state or national records in Track and Cycling. 

ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

Ventura County high schools, community colleges and California Lutheran University are represented at the Banquet by a male and female Athlete of the Year chosen by their administrations.   The STAR sports reporters then vote for four consensus County Athletes of the Year from this pool. The Hall of Fame Athletes of the Year are highly athletically and academically accomplished young men and women.   The biographies of last year’s athletes are available on this Web site.