2018 Rancho Cordova Sports Hall of Fame Inductees

2018 Rancho Cordova Sports Hall of Fame

The inductees were honored during the 2018 Induction Ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Rancho Cordova City Hall. The class includes eight female athletes – the largest group of women to be inducted in a single year.
Rancho Cordova Sports luminaries who were inducted with Fourth Annual Sports Hall of Fame include:
1984 Cordova High School Baseball Team

This outstanding Lancer baseball squad was 33-5-1 and was the top-ranked high school baseball team in California that year. Coached by Guy Anderson, the team swept up an armload of tournament championships and was ranked the fourth-best team in the nation in 1984, with several team members moving on to college and professional baseball. Team members included: Ron Buck, Zach Crouch, Scott Runge, Randy Veres, Anton Siegl, Mike Abercrombie, Dennis Raymond, Jake Anklam, Jeff La Marr, Jack McCauley, Damon Gil, Alan Orchard, Daniel Symons, Isaac Johnson, Ralph Brantley, Pat Kohles, David Taxara and Andrew Green. Jeff Kaut was the assistant coach.
Jeff Allen (Cordova ’76)

A Cordova High School football standout from the legendary 1976 Lancer football team and multi-sport athlete, Allen went on to play for UC Davis. In his final year with the Aggies (1980) he was winner of the Colby E. "Babe" Slater Award, awarded to the male athlete of the year. Allen was selected by the Miami Dolphins during the NFL Draft and played in all 16 regular season games in his rookie season at cornerback. He also played for the San Diego Chargers where he will be remembered for intercepting a pass from Terry Bradshaw intended for Lynn Swann in the Chargers' first round playoff win against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Dave Andreotti

A Mills Jr. High School teacher and cross country coach, Andreotti athletes went on to outstanding sports careers at Cordova High and beyond. Andreotti’s successful teams fill pages of early yearbooks with photos of young athletes grinning from behind a bank of trophies and piles of newspaper clippings chronicling a youth cross country dynasty which reigned in the Sacramento region throughout the 1970s.  
Paul Arellanes (Cordova ’79)

Named the 2017 Big 8 Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year, longtime American River College Coach Arellanes developed his soccer know-how on the fields of Rancho Cordova during the sport’s formative years. His father Robert is the founder of the Rancho Cordova Soccer Club, now the largest youth sport league in Rancho Cordova, and son Paul was one of the early beneficiaries. Arellanes played for Cordova High’s first ever soccer team, for Cosumnes River College (1978-80), Sacramento State (1981-82) and the State Champion Turn Verein Soccer Club (1985). He is a member of the Sacramento State Soccer Hall of Fame, was Men’s Soccer Head Coach at ARC from 1993-2004, and has been Head Coach of the Women’s Soccer Team since 2005.
John Barris

One of three honorees in the “Heart of a Champion” category, Barris has a long history as both teacher and coach at Cordova High School. A perennial favorite among students, Barris was also an avid Lancer sports supporter and track coach. Barris is credited for helping successfully campaign for the establishment of an all weather track at Cordova High School.  




Kelly Crawford (Cordova ’82)

An outstanding golfer and coach, Crawford’s playing experience includes two years at Sac State where she participated in the 1984 national championship, professional experience in the Ladies Professional Golfers Association, pro tours of Europe and Australia, and a year on the Futures Tour when she captured her first professional tournament championship. She has held coaching positions at Sac State, Portland State University, was the first head coach for women’s golf at UC Irvine and head coach for the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big 10. She is a member of the Sac State athletics Hall of Fame, the National Golf Coaches Association, and the United States Golf Association.
David Crouse (Cordova ’92)

A Lancer basketball star at center, 6’11” David Crouse went on to play for the USC Trojans and then a 12-year international career, playing in a dozen countries including China, Japan, Bosnia, Hungary, Belgium and the national team of Mexico.







Ugo Eke (St. Francis ’06)

A track standout who first gained notice at Rancho Cordova’s St. John Vianney School and later at St. Francis High School, Eke was a UC Davis track standout, setting records in the 200 meters, an all-time record in the 400 meter dash, as well as three of the five all-time records in the 4x100 meter relay set in 2007. Davis’ female track athlete of the year in 2011, she missed qualifying for the US Olympic team for the 2012 Games in London by 0.02 seconds in the 400m event. She turned to her family roots and represented Sierra Leone at the London Games, and again at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Thelma King

One of the three “Heart of a Champion” inductees, King is a longtime girl’s soccer coach in Rancho Cordova who influenced hundreds of girls to get in the game during 35-plus years as a school district employee and coach. Coaching recreational, select and Cordova High soccer teams beginning in the 1970s and into the new millennium, this exceptional athlete and mother of five is remembered for her devotion to teamwork, positive thinking and honoring the game, shaping the lives of hundreds of Rancho Cordova girls who were represented in this nomination.  
Angie Matheu (Cordova ‘00)

A multi-sport athlete and one of the most successful female swimmers to emerge from Cordova High, Matheu was a record-setting swimmer and student leader at Cordova High, American River College and the University of Nebraska. At Cordova, Matheu set records in the 100 butterfly, 50 and 100 freestyle, backstroke and relays. She led American River College to a fourth place finish at the California State Championships in 2001 and 2002 and was selected as the Athlete of the Year in 2002. At Nebraska, she was a team captain and sprint, breast and fly specialist.
Lee McFann (Cordova ’68)

A Cordova High School multi-sport athlete, McFann went on to an Air Force career which included navigation training at Mather AFB and eventually rose to the top command level during a stellar Air Force career. Honored among the “Heart of a Champion” inductees, McFann played both baseball and basketball for the Lancers, before moving on to Chico State, followed by Vanderbilt University. This highly-decorated three-star general and command pilot completed an exemplary career which included being Chief of Safety for the Air Force, staff duties for the Joint Staff and two combatant commands, retiring in 2010 as a Lieutenant General. 
Hub Morphew  

Cordova High School Boys Head basketball coach throughout the 1980s, Morphew coached his 1984 team to a championship season before moving on to American River College where he mentored title teams during the 1990s. He was inducted into the 20th La Salle Club Coaches and Officials Hall of Fame in 2014. 




Brysun Stately (Cordova ’05)

Brysun Stately brought acclaim to Cordova High when she won the CIF state pole vault title and high school All-America honors in 2005. Stately was a four-time pole vault All-American and is UCS’s all-time leader in the women’s pole vault. She competed three seasons for USC and one for Nebraska. Stately set the USC record in pole vault with a clearance of 14-0 in 2010, and owns the USC indoor record of 13-5.75 set in 2006. She finished in the top 10 in the country at the NCAA Outdoor Championships three times -- in 2006, 2007 and 2009. 


Laurie Gallagher Towne (Cordova ’92)

A multi-sport athlete at Cordova High lettering in volleyball, basketball and softball, Towne has played or coached sports her entire life. At Cordova she was an All-City pick for softball and basketball and Cordova’s Female Athlete of the Year in 1992. She went on to play softball for UC Davis, lettering four years and gaining Academic All Conference, All Conference Utility Player, All NCAC, and Team Captain honors in 1996. She was a season leader in RBIs and led her team to 3rd place in the Nationals for Division II in 1993 and 1996. She has worked as a PE teacher and coach at Cordova High and Mills Middle School for the past 20 years.
Stacy Winchester York (Cordova ’82, Deceased)

A multi-sport Cordova High athlete, Winchester was part of title teams in volleyball and softball before heading to Consumes River and becoming MVP of the Big Valley Conference volleyball champs. She moved on to Sonoma State and led her team to the NCAC title – the school’s first women’s title -- and first team honors. She coached volleyball at Consumes River, Cordova High and Elk Grove before losing her life to complications of fibromyalgia. An accomplished youth bowler, she recorded numerous games above 200, including a personal best of 275.
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