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HUSKY HALL OF FAME Class of 2021

Jon Brockman, Men’s , 2005-2009

Claire Carter, Women’s Tennis, 2001-2004

Eric Drew, Men’s Tennis, 1996-1999

Gregg Alex, Ralph Bayard, Harvy Blanks, Lamar Mills & Carver Gayton Football, “1969 - The Five Who Dared”

Jake Locker, Football, 2007-2010

Kristen Rivera, Softball, 2002-2005

Marques Tuiasosopo, Football, 1997-2000

Craig Waibel, Men’s Soccer, 1994-1998

UNIVERSITY OF DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • , Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Men’s Basketball, 2005-2009

• Four-year starter from Snohomish, Wash., where he was a Mc- Donald’s All-American at .

• Still holds the Washington -season (391) and career (1,283) rebounds records. Career total ranks No. 4 in Pac-12 Conference history, while his 724 boards in conference play are most ever.

• 1,805 career points are fourth-most in Washington history. Had 96 career double-digit scoring games, second most in school history.

• Led the Pac-10 Conference in rebounds three seasons in a row (2007-2009). Led the UW in rebounding and field-goal percentage for four seasons in a row, and also led Huskies in scoring in 2007-08.

• First-team all-conference selection in 2007 and 2009, and a sec- ond-team selection in 2008. Also named first-team Pac-10 All-Fresh- man in 2005-06.

• Won the Tom Hansen Pac-10 Medal as the UW’s top senior, male student-athlete for the 2008-09 year. Also three-time team MVP and four-time winner of the basketball team’s 101 Club Scholar-Athlete Award.

• Three-time team captain who helped lead Washington to the NCAA Sweet 16 as a freshman and to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as a senior in 2009.

• Selected by the Portland TrailBlazers in the second round (38th overall) of the 2009 NBA Draft.

• Played for the and the for a total of three seasons before playing professionally in France and Germany.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Claire Carter Women’s Tennis, 2001-2004

• Four-year letterwinner from Nottingham, England, U.K.

• UW’s only four-time All-American, she burst onto the scene as a freshman in 2001 with a 32-9 singles record. 32 wins remain the UW single-season record.

• Reached the NCAA singles round of 16 as a freshman to earn her first All-America honor.

• Played in the NCAA Doubles Championships three times with three different partners, twice reaching the quarterfinals, in 2002 with Darija Klaic, and again in 2004 with Dea Sumantri.

• Carter’s 93 career doubles wins remain a UW record, and she finished in the top-10 in the ITA doubles rankings in 2003 and 2004.

• Washington has two NCAA Quarterfinal appearances in program history, and Carter was a freshman on the first team, in 2001, and a senior on the second team, in 2004. Prior to the 2001 team making the Quarterfinals, the Huskies had never gone past the first round.

• Finished all four seasons ranked in the top-60 in singles, and was ranked 32nd in the final poll in both 2001 and 2004.

• Went on to serve as an assistant coach at Washington in 2005-06, before moving to the Bay Area where she worked as a tennis pro.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Eric Drew Men’s Tennis, 1996-1999

• Four-year from Woodinville, Wash.

• Became Washington’s first NCAA singles semifinalist in over 40 years when he made a run to the semis in 1999, earning All-America honors.

• Also earned All-America honors in doubles as a senior, pairing with Robert Kendrick, as the two finished the season ranked 13th, the highest year-end doubles ranking in UW history.

• Finished the 1999 season ranked 20th and also had year-end rank- ings in 1998 (33), 1997 (90), and 1996 (64).

• Also made the semifinals of the 1998 Pac-10 Championships.

• An All-Pac-10 first-team selection in 1999 and a second-teamer in 1998.

• Still ranks 8th in school history with 86 career singles wins and 7th with 72 doubles wins.

• Helped the Huskies qualify for the NCAA Championships all four years, and helped provide big challenges to home favorites UCLA (2-4) and Georgia (3-4) in the second rounds in 1998 and 1999.

• Currently serves as a volunteer assistant coach for the Huskies under Matt Anger.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Gregg Alex, Ralph Bayard, Harvy Blanks, Lamar Mills & Carver Gayton Football, “1969 - The Five Who Dared”

• During the 1969 football season, four Black members of the Wash- ington football team – Gregg Alex, Ralph Bayard, Harvy Blanks, and Gregg Alex Lamar Mills – were suspended after refusing to pledge personal loyalty to head football coach . In the face of racial tension and adversity, the young men stood by their actions, believed in them- selves, and stayed committed to an intense personal sacrifice for the greater good.

• Later that week, before departing for a road game at UCLA, remain- ing Black members of the team travel party got off the buses carrying the team to the airport as a show of solidarity. Ralph Bayard

• Assistant coach Carver Gayton, a former UW letterman and first Black coach in program history, resigned to show solidarity with the players.

• Under pressure from the public and campus groups, three of the four players were reinstated to the team just before the final game of the 1969 season, the Apple Cup vs. Washington State. In that game, Bayard caught two passes to lead the Huskies to their only Harvy Blanks victory in a 1-9 season.

• Despite all of the adversity that they faced, all five of these men went on to distinguished careers outside of football. Bayard, who earned a PhD from the UW, eventually returned as an assistant athletic director in the 1990s. He has spent much of his time since then working in the child welfare field. Alex, who has run an addiction treatment facility, served 13 years as a team chaplain for the Husky football team and Lamar Mills was key in supporting UW players after the devastating injury to Curtis Williams in 2000. Mills became an attorney in Seattle, focusing on public defender work, while Blanks, who had been injured at the time of his suspension and who was never reinstated, earned a master’s degree from Cornell and became an actor, director and playwright. Gayton earned his bachelor’s, master’s and PhD from UW. He’s worked as an FBI agent and had a long career at Boeing, among many other pursuits. Gayton has been an advocate for education reform and has served as a keynote speaker on that subject all over the world. Carver Gayton

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Football, 2007-2010

• Four-year letterman from Ferndale, Wash. Two-time team captain (2009, 2010) and two-time winner of the UW’s Guy Flaherty Most Inspirational Award.

• Led Washington to its first winning season and bowl-game berth in in eight years in 2010, when Washington avenged a loss from early that same season with an upset win over Nebraska in the 2010 Holiday Bowl.

• Played in and started 40 games as a Husky. Rushed for 1,939 career yards, easily the school record to this day. Also passed for 7,639 yards and 53 .

• His 7,639 career passing yards were second-most in UW history at the end of his career, and still rank No. 4. His 53 TD passes were also second-most at the time and currently fourth-most.

• Ranks third in UW career history with 9,578 yards of .

• Rushed for 986 yards as a redshirt freshman in 2007, the school record for a QB. Also rushed for 29 career TDs, most ever by a quarterback and tied for fifth-most overall.

• 2007 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year.

• Quarterbacked UW to memorable upset victories over USC in back-to-back seasons in 2009 (at ) and 2010 (in Los Angeles), as the Huskies won each on last-second field goals.

• Selected by the as the eighth overall pick of the 2011 NFL Draft. Played four seasons for the Titans, starting a total of 23 games at quarterback, before retiring after the 2014 season.

• Led Ferndale High to the 2005 2A state title, finishing the season with a 14-0 record. Passed for 1,603 yards and 25 touchdowns while rushing for 1,339 and 24 scores, earning Parade All-America. Also a standout baseball player who was drafted by the Angels in 2006.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Kristen Rivera Softball, 2002-2005

• A four-year letterwinner from Perris, Calif.

• Washington’s only four-time All-American, she was a second- team selection as a freshman in 2002 and a first-team honoree in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

• Also a four-time, first-team All-Pac-10 selection and the four-time winner of the UW’s MVP award, sharing the honor with a teammate as a freshman.

• Played in the NCAA Tournament in each of her four years, reach- ing the Women’s College World Series in both 2003 and 2004.

• Remains the only Husky to ever win the Pac-10 or Pac-12 Player of the Year award, winning that honor twice, in 2004 and 2005.

• Tied for the national lead in home runs in 2003, with 25, still the Washington single-season record. Owns three of the top-nine, single-season home runs totals in UW history.

• Still holds the UW career records for home runs (79) and walks (180); ranks second in career slugging percentage (.773); and ranks third in career RBI (223) and career on-base percentage (.523).

• Still owns UW single-season records for walks (68) and on-base percentage (.593)

• Shares UW record for single-game homers (3, vs. Purdue, 2003).

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Football, 1997-2000

• Four-year letterman quarterback from Woodinville, Wash.

• Led Washington to an 11-1 season, the Pac-10 championship, and a win over Purdue in the 2001 Rose Bowl. Also helped lead the Huskies to bowl games in his other three seasons. The first UW true freshman ever to start at quarterback (1997 vs. Oregon).

• Finished eighth in the voting in 2000, when he was Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and Rose Bowl MVP.

• The first player ever to for 200 or more yards and pass for 300 or more in the same game, a feat he accomplished in a win vs. Stanford in 1999, despite briefly leaving that game due to injury.

• Set UW career total offense record with 7,374 yards (5,879 passing and 1,495 rushing). Passed for 33 career TDs while rushing for 21 more.

• Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft and played eight seasons in the NFL with Oakland (2001- 06, 2008) and the (2007).

• Has coached at Washington, USC, UCLA and California in the Pac- 12 and is currently at Rice. Served as UW’s interim head coach for the Huskies’ victory over BYU at the 2013 Fight Hunger Bowl in San Francisco.

• Inducted into the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in 2019.

• Selected by the out of high school in the 1997 Draft.

• Father, Manu, played football at UCLA and in the NFL. Oldest sister, Leslie, was a standout volleyball player and now a long-time assistant coach at UW; brother Zach played football at UW; brother, Matt, played Major League Baseball; and sister, Ashley, played soft- at Washington.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com Craig Waibel Men’s Soccer, 1994-1998

• Four-year letterman (1994-1995, 1997-1998) defender from Spo- kane, Wash.

• Helped lead Washington to NCAA Tournament appearances in 1995, 1997 and 1998.

• As a professional, won four MLS Cups (one each with L.A. Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes; two with Houston Dynamo), four West- ern Conference titles, one Supporters Shield and one Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

• Played in 156 career matches in MLS, currently the third-most ever among UW men’s soccer alumni.

• Undrafted by the MLS out of college, Waibel signed with the A-League Seattle Sounders, playing for them in 1999, and earning a call-up to the MLS Colorado Rapids in 2000.

• Selected in the third round of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft by the San Jose Earthquakes, but was later signed by L.A. Galaxy, for whom he played from 2001-2002. Went on to play three seasons for the Earthquakes (2003-2005) before spending five years with the Hous- ton Dynamo (2006-2010), making 80 appearances for Houston.

• Following playing career, was an assistant coach at Michigan, Washington, and Real Salt Lake before moving to the front office, taking the job as RSL technical director in 2015.

• Was quickly named Real Salt Lake’s general manager in 2015, a role he held until 2019.

• On April 1, 2021, was named sporting director for the Seattle Sounders.

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Graves Building Box 354070 • Seattle, Washington, 98195-4070 • www.GOHUSKIES.com