Growing up as a technically homeless kid in Rancho Cordova, Andrews had an outstanding high school basketball career, graduating in 2003. He went on to basketball greatness as a power forward at Bradley University and professional basketball, including an international career and as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers.

A four-letter Cordova Lancer athlete in football, track, wrestling and swimming, Bailey was was a standout on he legendary 1975 Lancer football team and a 4-year starter for Cal Berkeley.

A Cordova High School multi-sport athlete in volleyball, track and field and more, Bowles Brown participated in the State Track Meet in 1979 and went on to play middle linebacker for the three-time National Champion Sacramento Sirens Women’s Professional Football Team.

A Bantam weight MMA fighter, George cut his teeth on the mats of Cordova High’s wrestling program. He had an illustrious 10-year career and was the subject of an award winning documentary titled “Occupation: Fighter.” Now retired from MMA, he continues in the sport of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a 3-time World Champion in that sport.

Nickerson was a Cordova High School standout who went on to become a Stanford All American in the discus. As of 2013 her record 1985 throw still ranked as the third best in Stanford history.

A Cordova High School baseball star who went on to become a MLB outfielder for the Chicago White Sox.

Cordova 1979 grad who went on to earn All American status at Sacramento State and professional soccer for the Sacramento Knights, San Francisco Blackhawks, and is considered to be a Rancho Cordova soccer pioneer.

A Cordova State Meet wrestler who went on to UCLA, making it to the NCAA wrestling championships in 1975.

A decorated Cordova multi-sport athlete, Puhr went on to have a distinctive softball career at Sacramento State. A promising sports career was cut short by a brain tumor at a young age.

A Cordova High volleyball standout who went on to star for Sacramento State (1980) and was inducted into the Sacramento State Hall of Fame.

A multi-sport Cordova High School athlete, Sedillo began training for boxing with his uncle Bobby Sedillo, a Golden Gloves Champion. Mike Sedillo went on to a 20-year distinguished career, retiring with a 33-21-2 record with 18 KOs. He is a 2014 inductee into the California Boxing Hall of Fame among many other honors in the sport.

A California rugby pioneer, this Cordova High School graduate was selected to the Northern California Pelican All Stars and Pacific Coast Grizzlies Rugby Teams 1981-87. He went on to be selected to the United States National Rugby Team 1983-87 and participated in the first World Rugby Cup in 1987. Today he is president of the Lancer Rugby Club. 

An extraordinary Rancho Cordova distance runner who took up the sport late in life, Shipman has been running for 40 years. She has completed 24 CIMs, 80 marathons and 75 ultras, plus more than 1,000 5K and 10K races. She ran the Boston Marathon and is a 2016 inductee to the Sacramento Running Association Hall of Fame with a distinguished race regimen that continues today at age 75.

Cordova High School Lancer standout quarterback who went on to be an NFL QB for the New York Jets and later coached the two-time state high school football champion Folsom Bulldogs.

Three sport Cordova High School letterman who went on to MLB and pitched for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals. 

Four-time All American High School Swimmer at Cordova High School who went on to University of Missouri. It is believed Yantis would have gone on to the Olympics had the US not boycotted the Moscow games of 1980. His sports career yielded a distinctive military career.

Respected Cordova High School football and wrestling coach, he was the Alabama State hurdle champion and a Rancho Cordova Sports Club pioneer.

Beloved Mills Jr. High football coach, Brown was also a World War II hero. 

Johnson put Rancho Cordova on the international sports map by founding and nurturing “Eppie’s Great Race,” which has allowed thousands of Rancho Cordova amateur athletes to experience the thrill of competition while raising more than $1 million to support adaptive sports programs in Sacramento County.

Russell was a legendary Cordova High school nurse who was considered an outstanding asset in the building of Cordova’s sports dynasty by applying her medical training and extraordinary volunteer services.