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59th Annual Sunland Park Racetrack & Casino Signature Showroom Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Program for the Price’s 2014 El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame Banquet Welcome . Kevin Lovell Presentation of Colors . Del Valle. High School Male Color Guard Pledge of Allegiance/Invocation . Armando Uranga President’s Message . .Ernest Barnard Polk INTRODUCTION OF THE 2014 INDUCTEES Gloria Estrada . Athlete J.P. Hayes . Athlete Larisa Ito Pitchkolan . Athlete Keitha Adams . Coach Bob Azar. Administrator Gene Semko . Official Larry Rodriguez . .Supporter of Athletics Gabe Nava. Posthumous DINNER DICK SHINAUT/JOHN BIRKHEAD SCHOLARSHIP IN KINESIOLOGY OR SPORTS STUDIES ON BEHALF OF EL PASO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME FOR UTEP Alyssa Cottman, Senior, Kinesiology Major THE EL PASO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME DONATED SCHOLARSHIP FOR UTEP Kelli Willingham,Women’s Basketball, Senior, Kinesiology Major PRESENTATION OF THE 2013-2014 MISS OR MR. ATHLETES OF THE YEAR Certificates presented by Mr. Kevin Lovell Ernest Barnard Polk . President Kenneth Owen . El Paso ISD Athletic Director Mike Williams . Ysleta ISD Athletic Director Ron Durkes . Socorro ISD Athletic Director Angela Glover . Loretto Academy Athletic Director Hampton Hurt. Cathedral Athletic Director David Rueda . Fabens Athletic Director Rene Aguilar. Clint ISD Athletic Director Outstanding Team Hanks Girls Wrestling Team Adrienne Holguin and Daniela Flores Coach Tony Carter Mr. Football ..................LeDerrick Wilson ........El Dorado........................Coach Jim Althoff Miss Volleyball .............Mariessa Carrasco........Chapin........................... Coach Joe Morales Mr. Cross Country.........Gerardo Escapita..........Jefferson ..................... Coach Alfredo Trejo Miss Basketball.............Laneah Bryan...............Franklin....................... Coach Marlee Webb Mr. Swimming ..............Leonardo Sanchez........Eastwood ........................Coach Steve Flato Mr. Wrestler ..................Isaac Jimenez...............Coronado ........................ Coach Aldo Meza Miss Softball .................Ariel Jae Blair..............Hanks.........................Coach Shelly Prather Mr. Baseball ..................Orlando Garcia ............Americas......................Coach Omar Garcia Mr. Tennis .....................Nathan Brown..............Coronado .....................Coach Jerry Pippins Miss Soccer...................Emily Alvarado............Home School ...... Coach Javier MacDonald Mr. Golf ........................Tanner Gore .................Coronado .................. Coach Robert Pounds Mr. Track and Field.......KeAndre Bates.............Burges...................... Coach Manny Herrera Price’s Creameries El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame (2014) High School Outstanding Student-Athletes of the Year presented by Wayne Thornton El Paso Independent School District Female Athlete of the Year Brianna Gonzalez Chapin Male Athlete of the Year Seth Gonzalez Chapin Ysleta Independent School District Female Athlete of the Year Kreola Moore Parkland Female Athlete of the Year Daniela Flores-Hernandez Hanks Male Athlete of the Year Nikko Castro Hanks Socorro Independent School District Female Athlete of the Year Olamide Olowe El Dorado Male Athlete of the Year Orlando Garcia Americas Male Athlete of the Year LeDerrick Wilson El Dorado County Schools Female Athlete of the Year Alyssa Hernandez Fabens Male Athlete of the Year Jose Erik Camacho Horizon Private Schools Female Athlete of the Year Gabriela Guebara Loretto Academy Male Athlete of the Year Mike Alcala Cathedral Hall of Fame 2014 Committee Members President. Ernest Barnard Polk Parliamentarian . .Ron Leiman ViCe President . Armando Uranga Coordinator of Student/Athlete ReCognition . SeCretary . .Dennis Devine . Wayne Thornton and Kevin Lovell Treasurer. Gary Crossland Web Page Coordinator . Ron Leiman and Christopher Lopez Immediate Past President. BruCe ReiChman Master of Ceremonies . Kevin Lovell TiCket Managers . BruCe ReiChman and Cindy Spitz Banquet Coordinator . Cindy Spitz DireCtor of ArChives . Manny Ontiveros Charter Member . Ray SanChez CARLOS AGUILERA RICHARD ESPER MANNY MORALES GAIL RUSSELL FRED ALBERS AL FRANCO MANNY ONTIVEROS RAY SANCHEZ JOE ANDERSON FRANCES GRIFFIN NORMAN PHILLIPS YVONNE SHINAUT BILL BARRY RAY GRIFFIN CAROL PITTENGER PETE SOLIS JR BENNY BROOKS HARRY GROESSEL SONNY PITTS CYNTHIA SPITZ ALBERT CAMPOS JR. ARMANDO ‘JEEP’ GUTIERREZ E. BARNARD POLK WAYNE THORNTON FELICIA CHAMBERLAIN CHARLES HILL LYNN POLK REYES TORRES ALFREDO CHAVEZ TOM HUSSMAN J. MICHAEL PRICE ARMANDO URANGA GARY CROSSLAND RON LEIMAN IRMA PRICE TRUMAN WILLS JAMES CROUCH KEVIN LOVELL PHIL PRIETO JESSIE YZAGUIRRE FRANK DEL TORO JAMES ARTHUR “FLIP” LYLE RUBEN RAMIREZ LUPE YZAGUIRRE DENNIS DEVINE JACK McGRATH BRUCE REICHMAN BOBBY ELLIOTT ANDY MORALES LARRY RODRIGUEZ PRESENTATION OF THE 2014 EL PASO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME HONOREES Athlete . .Gloria Estrada Athlete . J.P. Hayes Athlete . Larisa Ito Pitchkolan Coach . Keitha Adams Administrator . Bob Azar Official. Gene Semko Supporter of Athletics . Larry Rodriguez Posthumous. .Gabe Nava Well-known as “PRO” and became a pioneer, leader, and Girls’ Basketball Dream Team. deservedly so, Gloria Estrada is role model as a member of the Noted as a superb English teach- often deemed the greatest first-ever Lady Miner Women’s er and volleyball/basketball shooter in UTEP Women’s Basketball team in 1974. coach at San Elizario, Fabens, Basketball history and one of Estrada played during an era and Canutillo High Schools. the best athletes of her time. with minimal media attention, Estrada is the only local coach to Famed UTEP coach Don statistical evidence, funding, take her teams to the Texas State Haskins once said, “If I had a and scholarships. She and her Volleyball 3A Final Four on two shooter like Gloria Estrada, we teammates simply played for separate occasions in 1984 and could win the WAC Champion- the love of the game, compet- 1990. ship.” She routinely played ing in the 14-team Intermoun- Her parents are Andres and against reputable former UTEP tain Conference under coaches Maria Luisa Estrada. Siblings men’s basketball players. Don Lewis and Carol Ammer- include David, Norma, Tommy, A 1973 graduate of Fabens man. Bertha, Ernie, Andy, and Alicia. High School, Estrada averaged In 1998, Estrada was Gloria Estrada was recently 38 points per game, shot 86% honored as one of six players inducted into the UTEP Athlet- Gloria Estrada from the free throw line, and named to El Paso's 25-Year ic Hall of Fame in 2013. Athlete graduated 3rd in her class. She Silver Anniversary High School J.P. Hayes came to El Paso NIKE/Nationwide/Web.com no one else had noticed. His and UTEP in 1983 as a lightly Tour events. He played in all honesty cost him a chance to recruited high school golfer four majors and as of 2014 had play that season as a regular from Appleton, Wisconsin. He achieved more than $8 million PGA tour member. went on to achieve distinction in career earnings. J.P. won two J.P. has made El Paso his as a Wisconsin State Amateur PGA tour events: the 1998 home and is the proud parent of champion and a key contributor Buick Classic and the 2002 12-year-old Hank and on two NCAA tournament John Deere Classic. 10-year-old Maggy. He’s served qualifying Miner teams under In November 2008, J.P. drew as a motivational speaker for the coach Cricket Musch. Long- international tributes for self-re- UTEP and state championship time El Paso Country Club porting accidental use of an Cedarburg, Wisconsin High professional and El Paso Athlet- unapproved ball. Two strikes of School golf teams. J.P. is ic Hall of Fame member Bill the ball led to his disqualifica- considering a return to profes- Eschenbrenner helped develop tion from the second stage of sional golf to include a possible J.P. into a touring professional. the PGA Tour Qualifying run at the Champions Tour From 1989 to 2012, J.P. played School. J.P. called officials from when he becomes eligible in J.P. Hayes in more than 400 PGA and his hotel room for a mistake that 2015. Athlete Larisa Ito Pitchkolan began country. Larisa has demon- Chicago marathon in 2009 one her love of running at the age of strated versatility in running month shy of her 40th birthday. 10 under her first coach Sam distances from 5ks to the mara- Larisa has won the El Paso Walker. From there began her thon. Larisa has run 21 mara- Marathon 4 times in a row from journey from running sprint thons with plans to continue 2009-2013. Larisa has contin- relays and 800 meters to running more. In all 21 mara- ued running through various running marathons. As part of thons, Larisa has qualified for phases of her life, including the Pacesetters track club, the Boston Marathon. She has school, career, and most impor- Larisa was part of a team run the Boston Marathon 5 tantly, raising her beloved placing 4th in the 4 x 800 meter times. In 1997 and 1998, Larisa children Alisa, Stephen, and relay in the Junior Olympic was the second female and first Caroline. Larisa is married to National Championship in female finisher, respectively, William Pitchkolan, her biggest Seattle, Washington. She ran from Texas in the Boston Mara- supporter. Larisa was born and cross country and track for thon. Larisa won the Bataan raised in El Paso, Texas. Her Coronado High School, where Memorial Death March Mara- parents are Maria del Carmen the girls’ team qualified for thon on 3/29/2009. She ran her Ito and Cruz Ito. She is the Larisa Ito Pitchkolan regionals and state in cross personal best of 3:05:57 in the youngest