Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame

Welcome to the third annual induction ceremony for the Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame. It is our goal to recognize those young men and women who, while students at Los Gatos High School, distinguished themselves as outstanding athletes. It is the hope of this committee to create a Hall of Fame that will honor the accomplishments of past Los Gatos High School athletes and also serve as a source of community pride. It has become an impossible task to recognize all the athletes worthy of this honor in the first few years or even in the first ten years, so the committee asks for your understanding and help. Tonight each of you will be given a Hall of Fame ballot. Please take the time to nominate any athletes who you consider worthy of entry into the LGHS Athletic Hall of Fame. The committee will evaluate and discuss the accomplishments of each and every nominated athlete whose name we receive. We will add that person’s name to the growing list of outstanding athletes who will continually be considered. Next year we hope to recognize ten more athletes and continue to balance gender and era and cover the entire spectrum of sports competition throughout the decades. To be selected to the Hall of Fame, a candidate must receive 75% of the votes from the standing committee. This committee is dedicated to recognizing those athletes who clearly displayed greatness on the playing fields. We do not wish to insult any former athletes, but hope to continue the level of excellence that this current group typifies. Any suggestions for improvement can be sent to the Los Gatos Athletic Association and will be gladly received by the committee. Tonight our inductees will be recognized with a magnificent trophy, a banner to be hung in the school gym and a Hall of Fame Plaque with their names engraved to be mounted in the lobby of the gym. We plan to begin shortly after tonight's proceedings with the selection of next year’s class of inductees. The guidelines established by the committee require that 10 years pass from graduation at LGHS before a candidate becomes eligible for consideration. We hope to make the announcement for the Hall of Fame class of 2007 at the Alumni Reunion Football Game in October and honor the group at a Dinner in the spring of 2007. So please sit back and enjoy the accomplishments and feats of some of the greatest athletes in the long and storied history of Los Gatos High School. Los Gatos High School Hall of Fame Committee

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Induction Dinner – May 6, 2006

Evening’s Events and Timetable

5:30 PM

No Host Cocktails

6:30 PM

Hall of Famer’s Photo Shoot

7:00 PM

Dinner

8:15-10:00 PM

Introduction of 2006 Hall of Fame Inductees

Don Panighetti

1947 FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL,

TRACK

Was all SCVAL in football his senior season despite playing the first 5 games with a severe ankle sprain and missing the last 4 games after

an emergency appendectomy Was Football MVP his junior year gaining all

SCVAL honors Led the Varsity basketball team to three league

titles playing center. Chosen all SCVAL Was baseball teams best pitcher and also

played shortstop Led the track team to the SCVAL

championship throwing the Discus, Shot Put, and running the low hurdles

Los Gatos High School’s “Outstanding Athlete” award is named in his honor

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Larry Rugani

1958 FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL,

TRACK

Named All-League in Football both his junior and senior seasons as quarterback, halfback,

and linebacker In basketball he was All-League and either first or second in league scoring all 4 years of high

school Was MVP and team captain his junior and

senior year in basketball Played 4 years of baseball as a pitcher and

third baseman, although a broken ankle shortened both his track and baseball seasons

his senior year In track, he ran the sprints and was a high

jumper, twice finishing 3rd in the SCVAL

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Jim Wanless

1961

FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

All-League quarterback in football. Named Team Captain his senior year

Three-time team captain of the basketball team. Was also named MVP and was an All league selection his senior year in basketball

Was an All League shortstop his senior season in baseball

Played 3 years of varsity baseball Was 1961 winner of the Panighetti Award and

was named a National Scholar Athlete Played both football and baseball at Occidental

College where he was all conference in baseball 2 years and a member of that school’s

Hall of Fame having played on “The best Football team in school history”

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Tom Robak

1970

FOOTBALL, WRESTLING

Won league wrestling title all four years and undefeated all four years in league matches

Placed third in CCS as a sophomore and won CCS titles as a junior and senior

Placed third in Northern California as a sophomore and won the Nor Cal title as a

junior In 1969 he won the United States Junior

Olympic championships Attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on a

wrestling scholarship All League linebacker in football. Team

captain his sophomore year and his senior year.

Honored in 1970 by the Santa Clara Valley Sportswriters as the Outstanding Wrestler of

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Rick Bauer

1973

FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL

In football, he was the starting varsity quarterback for three seasons

In basketball he was a varsity starter for three seasons and was twice chosen MVP of the

basketball team Chosen All League his junior and senior seasons in basketball while averaging 19

points and 21 points per game He was a pitcher and leading hitter on the varsity baseball team for three seasons

In baseball, he was the varsity team MVP and chosen All-League his sophomore, junior and

senior seasons He compiled a career pitching record on the

varsity of 31 wins and 7 losses Still holds the LGHS team record for most

pitching wins in a season with 14 Los Gatos High School Athletic Hall of Fame

Tiffiny Silveria Gillingham

1986

TENNIS

Won the League singles title all four years at Los Gatos High School.

Was MVP of the Varsity tennis team all four years at Los Gatos High

Was the first Los Gatos High School female athlete to win a CCS individual championship

and did it her sophomore year Won a second CCS championship her junior

year and was a CCS finalist her senior season Compiled a .726 winning percentage as a Varsity tennis player at the University of

California - Berkeley Played professional tennis and in 1991 won the

Stead Open in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

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Mike Scialabba

1986

FOOTBALL, WRESTLING

Was 1st team All-CCS and 1st team all Northern California linebacker his senior year of football Was co-MVP of the team and co-MVP of the

league his senior year of football Led Wildcats to a CCS Football Championship

his senior year Was a four-year Varsity wrestler at LGHS

Finished 2nd in the league his sophomore and junior years wrestling

Won League and CCS championships at 189 pounds his senior year wrestling while

compiling a 31-2 record Played college football at San Jose State where he started 32 games and led the

Spartans to a 9-2-1 record and a #20 ranking in the final UPI poll his senior year

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Kim Hay Rogowski

1994

TRACK, BASKETBALL

Was CCS Champion in the 100 meters her senior year when she led the Wildcats to a

CCS Team Championship Was MVP of the Track team three times

Was a member of the 4X100 and 4X400 CCS champion relay teams her junior year

Set a school record in the 100 meters that still stands today, as well as the school record

4X100 relay, a league record in the 100 her junior year and was league champion in both the 100 and 200 her junior and senior years

In basketball she was the team MVP and captain her junior and senior seasons

League MVP and All CCS in basketball while setting the school record for 3 pointers.

Was a three year starter and team’s leading scorer both her junior and senior seasons

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Jeremy Barth

1995

FOOTBALL, SOCCER, BASEBALL

Was first team All League in football both his junior and senior seasons

Was 1st team all CCS and MVP of the De Anza League his senior year of football

Was a four year varsity starter in soccer and led Los Gatos to it’s first ever CCS

championship. Was first team All League both his junior and

senior seasons in soccer Was the starting catcher on the varsity

baseball team his sophomore and junior years Was honorable mention All State his senior football season when he was second in the

state in scoring with 25 touchdowns, 43 PATs and 4 field goals for 205 total points

Was LGHS Outstanding scholar athlete 1995

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Shannon Sullivan

1995

VOLLEYBALL, FIELD HOCKEY, BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL, TRACK

Played on a total of 14 Varsity teams at LGHS

Was an All League Field Hockey player her sophomore year, the only year she played

Was a Varsity All League player in basketball and softball all 4 years of high school

In softball was an all CCS selection 3 times In basketball she was all CCS her junior and

senior seasons Was twice chosen Female Athlete of the year

at LGHS At West Valley College, she played softball and

was a National JCAA All American Was 2nd team all Big 12 Conference while at Oklahoma State on a team that finished 3rd in

the Women’s Softball World Series

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