Scott, Amanda

2008 SOFTBALL INDUCTEE AMANDA SCOTT Amanda Scott threw twenty-four no-hitters and sixty-two shutouts in eighty-one victories, striking out 1,051 batters. And that was just her record at Clovis High School. By the time the college scouts came calling for the young phenom, Scott had decided to stay close to home and signed with Fresno State…

Neufeld, William

2008 TRACK & FIELD INDUCTEE WILLIAM NEUFELD Born third in a family of nine children in the Ukraine at the turn of the 20th century, William Neufeld moved to the United States and blossomed into a world-class performer in the javelin and other throwing events. His father, a Mennonite minister, eventually settled the family in…

Mehas, Peter G.

2008 COMMUNITY LEADER INDUCTEE PETER G. MEHAS The Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame president for 15 years at the time of his induction, Mehas’ professional and civic career is a notable example of applying the lessons learned in athletics to other endeavors. Under Mehas, the Hall of Fame expanded on its mission of honoring the…

Goodwin, Tom

2008 BASEBALL INDUCTEE TOM GOODWIN Tom Goodwin won an Olympic gold medal for the USA’s baseball team while excelling as a Fresno State Bulldog, and went on to a fourteen-year professional career. At age twenty, he was the youngest member of the USA team that took the top prize at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. “It…

Fraley, Bob

2008 COACHING-TRACK & FIELD INDUCTEE BOB FRALEY Bob Fraley coached track and field at Fresno State for twenty-eight years, mentoring forty-four All-Americans, winning a slew of awards and saving the program from the budget ax by coaching without pay. He gained a world-wide reputation as a pole vault expert and launched the Run for the…

Baker, Stephen

2008 FOOTBALL INDUCTEE STEPHEN BAKER The two most skilled positions on any football team are unquestionably quarterback and wide receiver. The passer must be able to guide the ball accurately to his target like threading a needle. The receiver must become a contortionist, leaping and diving, necessary, to collect the ball. The two players greatly…

Angelich, Lee

2008 COACHING-BASKETBALL INDUCTEE LEE ANGELICH In his second year at Kerman High School, Lee Angelich did everything but blow up the footballs. He coached football, basketball, baseball, track, and also drove the bus. Angelich later focused on basketball, coaching the sport for sixteen years at Kerman, Fresno, and Porterville High Schools. Angelich’s sixteen-year basketball record…

1998 Fresno State National Championship Softball

2008 SOFTBALL TEAM INDUCTEE 1998 FRESNO STATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SOFTBALL Fresno State University’s 1998 Women’s Fast-Pitch Softball team set a record that will stand forever as the first Bulldog squad in any sport to win a Division I National Championship. Soundly defeating the Iniversity of Arizona Wildcats, the stellar squad won big at Don E.…

Vukovich III, Billy

2007 AUTO RACING INDUCTEE BILLY VUKOVICH III When Billy Vukovich III was fifteen years old, he announced to his parents that he wanted to drive race cars for a living. It was not a surprising goal: he was the son of racing champion and veteran Indianapolis 500 participant Bill Vukovich, Jr. and the grandson of…

Martell-Taylor, Wendy

2007 BASKETBALL INDUCTEE WENDY MARTELL-TAYLOR A quick 5-foot-4 point guard with a flair for big plays, Martell led Fresno State women’s basketball team to prominence in the 1980s, as the Bulldogs won 81 of 118 games during her four seasons. She was a hit the moment she stepped into the South Gym following a standout…