cal sports quarterly - fall 2007

THE EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE MULTI-MEDIA RIGHTS HOLDER FOR MANY OF THE COUNTRY'S PREMIER COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC

PROGRAMS, WITH THE CAL BEARS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST!

PUT YOUR COMPANY IN FRONT OF COLLEGE FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH ISP SPORTS & CAL SPORTS PROPERTIES

SOLLY FULPVICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER

ISP SPORTS & CAL SPORTS PROPERTIES(510) 642-8714 [email protected]

fall 2007 1

CONTENTsfall 2007

fEaTURESSamE EnginE, nEw whEElS 6Each year of Jeff Tedford’s tenure as head coach of the Golden Bears, the Cal backfield has churned out a 1,000-yard rusher, starting with Joe Igber in 2002 and continuing through Marshawn Lynch last season. This fall, senior Justin Forsett steps into the starring role and hopes to continue a tradition of running backs who can pile up the yardage.

CElEbRaTing SUCCESS 12Having added an impressive 13 national titles to its coffers during the 2006-07 campaign, the Cal Athletic Department is planning its next National Championship Week celebration and wants everyone to see that the Golden Bears know how to throw a party. This year’s festivities run Sept. 17-22 and feature a wide array of events that honor the best of the best.

looking baCk: ‘ThE Play’ 25 yEaRS laTER 24Kevin Moen was proud to graduate on time in May of 1983 with a degree in history after lettering in football from 1979-82 and winning three out of four Big Games. But the memory that stands out most occurred during the final seconds of his final season as a Golden Bear – a little bit of magic called “The Play” that will live forever in the annals of American sports.

EndURing CommiTmEnT 28Shellie Onstead has been affiliated with Cal field hockey for nearly 30 years, but her family’s association with the school dates back more than half a century to when her father, Sheldon, was a member of the Golden Bear diving team in the mid-1950s. Now entering her 13th season as head coach, Onstead has made the field hockey program a virtual fixture among the nation’s top 20 teams.

hookER STayS on PoinT 30Courtney Hooker’s many athletic interests have ranged from ballet to basketball to fencing, but the All-America defender has managed to stay on point with her chosen sport – soccer. During her first three seasons with the Bears, the senior has developed into one of the top players in the collegiate game and been invited to national team camps the past two years.

dEPaRTmEnTSlETTER fRom ThE diRECToR of aThlETiCS 2

SidElinE REPoRT 3

whERE aRE ThEy now? 16

SEaSon PREViEwS 18

aThlETiC dEVEloPmEnT 20

bEaR baCkER SPoTlighT 22

aCadEmiC aChiEVEmEnTS 34

6

28

24

30

SPORTSQUARTERLY

12

2 Cal SPoRTS qUaRTERly

Dear Friend of Cal Athletics:

when Amanda Augustus joined our department to lead our women’s tennis program back in July, she joined a grow-ing list of former Golden Bears who have returned to

their alma mater as head coaches. As I stated when she accepted our offer, there is no doubt her undergraduate experience gives her the understanding of what it takes to succeed at the highest level in both the classroom and on the court at the University of California.

That intimate knowledge also serves three of our other teams, which have been guided by Cal alumni for more than a decade each. Field hockey coach Shellie Onstead, who is profiled later in this issue of the Cal Sports Quarterly, has been affiliated with the Uni-versity for almost 30 years, while rugby coach Jack Clark first suited up for the Bears as a football lineman in the mid-1970s, and men’s tennis coach Peter Wright was Cal’s No. 1 singles player in the 1980s.

The common denominator among these coaches is their sense of loyalty to Cal. They had an incredible educational experience and gained an innate sense of the Cal athletic fabric to pass along to the next generation of Golden Bears. They each have a deep-rooted interest in seeing their programs – as well as the overall Athletic Department and Uni-versity – thrive, not only from the team standpoint, but also in the development of their student-athletes so that they ultimately attain the same allegiance and respect for their alma mater.

Loyalty in Cal Athletics is an ideal that extends well beyond the alumni who have re-turned as coaches. The sacrifices that every one of our coaches and staff regularly make aid our student-athletes in all facets for their collegiate experience. In turn, a special bond develops that can last a lifetime.

Among our Bear Backers, ticket holders and followers, loyalty is expressed through your years of devotion to Cal Athletics and the principles it upholds. Your support – both with your enthusiasm and generosity – has enabled our department to positively affect thousands of students over the years, instilling in them the values that they will forever carry with them.

As we embark upon the new athletic seasons, we do so with our annual feeling of excitement and anticipation that the fall brings, and a sense of loyalty that benefits each one of us.

Go Bears!

Sandy Barbour

Director of Athletics

fall 2007

aThlETiC adminiSTRaTionaThlETiC diRECToR:Sandy Barbour

dEPUTy diRECToR of aThlETiCS:Steve Holton

dEPUTy diRECToR of aThlETiCS/Swa:Teresa Kuehn Gould

SEnioR aSSoCiaTE ad/ inTERCollEgiaTE SERViCES:Foti Mellis

aSSoCiaTE ad/hUman RESoURCES & finanCial SERViCES:Dawn Whalin

EdiToRial STaff349 Haas PavilionBerkeley, CA 94720

EdiToR:Herb Benenson

ConTRibUTing wRiTERS:Scott Ball, Dean Caparaz, Chris DeConna, Anton Malko, Tim Miguel, Anna Oleson-Wheeler, Debbie Rosenfeld-Caparaz, John Sudsbury

dESign:Evan Kerr

PhoTogRaPhy:John Todd (www.goldenbearsports.com), Michael Pimentel, Michael Burns, Don Faria, Charles Benton, Natalie Coughlin, John Dunbar, Evan Kerr, Chris Putman, David Schmitz, Jim Yudelson, Rodger Wood, Bob Stinnett, among others

aThlETiC dEVEloPmEnT offiCE195 Haas PavilionBerkeley, CA 94720

[email protected]

aThlETiC TiCkET offiCE(800) GO BEARSFor daily updates on Cal Athletics, including schedules, press releases and player profiles, visit the department’s official website at www.CalBears.com.

on ThE CoVERSenior Justin Forsett is poised to take over the starting tailback duties for Cal this season and hopes to become the Bears’ sixth 1,000-yard rusher in the past six years. Photo by Michael Pimentel.

ViCE PRESidEnT & gEnERal managER:Solly Fulp(510) [email protected]

TO Our rEadErsletter from director of athletics Sandy barbour

fall 2007 3

Cal Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2007Name Sports(s) Years

Bob Albo Men’s Basketball, Baseball 1952-54Captain of basketball and baseball teams; recipient of Jake Gimbel Award

Don Anderson Track & Field 1947-50Won 100 and 220 sprints at three straight Big Meets

Lisa Arce Volleyball 1987-90More than 1,800 career kills; had long pro beach volleyball career

Jennifer Bennett Women’s Basketball 1984-87Cal’s second all-time leading scorer with 1,766 points

Loren Hawley Rugby, Football 1961-65Helped revolutionize rugby with his aerial lineout skills

Nina “Maggi” Kelly Women’s Water Polo 1983-8710-year member of U.S. National team

Matt Luke Baseball 1990-92Led Cal to 1992 College World Series

Monte Upshaw Track & Field 1954-58Daughter, Grace, was a Cal long jumper and 2004 Olympian

Mike White Football, Rugby, Track & Field 1955-57 Head Football Coach 1972-77Also earned two JV letters in basketball under Pete Newell

SIDELINE REPORTninE mEmbERS addEd To Cal hall of famE

mike White, a three-sport varsity letterman as an undergraduate who re-turned to coach the Golden Bear football team to a share of the 1975 Pac-8 title, and Jennifer Bennett, who owns eight of the top nine single-

game women’s basketball scoring efforts in school history, highlight a list of nine former student-athletes who have been selected for induction into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame.

The Class of 2007 also includes former basketball and baseball standout Bob Albo; Don Anderson, runner-up in both the 100 and 220 yards at the 1950 NCAA championships; Lisa Arce, a two-time All-Pac-10 choice in volleyball; Loren Hawley, who is recognized as one of the greatest U.S. rugby players ever; water polo standout Nina “Maggi” Kelly, who is now a faculty member in Cal’s College of Natural Resources; two-time All-American baseball player Matt Luke; and Monte Upshaw, who helped set a world record in the sprint medley relay in 1958.

Formal induction ceremonies are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 9, at the an-nual Hall of Fame banquet at the Greek Orthodox Church conference center

in Oakland. The new inductees will also be honored during Cal’s football game against USC at Memorial Stadium the following day.

Tickets to the induction banquet are $75 each. For more informa-tion on how you can attend the Big C Society-sponsored event, call (510) 333-5927.

Mike White

Matt Luke

Bob Albo

Lisa Arce

Maggi Kelly

Jennifer Bennett

Monte Upshaw

Don Anderson

Loren Hawley


homEComing 2007 To highlighT CamPUS lifE oCT. 12-14

get ready to roar on Oct. 12-14 as thousands of alumni, family mem-bers, students and friends gather

for Homecoming 2007.Festivities begin on Friday, Oct. 12, with

the all-class Blue and Gold Reunion Din-ner for alumni, and a reception for parents and families of Cal students. On Saturday, Oct. 13, get revved up before the big foot-ball game when more than 3,000 Cal fans are expected to meet up at the Bear Affair Barbeque. Then cheer on coach Jeff Tedford and the Golden Bears as they take on the Or-egon State Beavers at Memorial Stadium.

Throughout the weekend, participants can enjoy faculty seminars, campus tours, open houses, cultural events and more. For details or to register, visit the web at homecoming.berkeley.edu or call (888) UNIV-CAL (888-864-8225).

SIDE

LIN

E REPORT

fooTball Radio nETwoRk CoVERagE ExPandS in STaTE

The ISP Sports/Golden Bear Radio Network, headed by flagship station KGO Newstalk 810 AM, has expanded to include eight

stations throughout the state of California for the 2007 football season.

Now entering its 34th season broadcasting the Bears, KGO is a 50,000-watt station based in San Francisco that has been carrying Cal football since 1974.

In addition, other stations on the network are: KKGO (1260 AM, Los Angeles), XE-SURF (540 AM, San Diego), KESP (970 AM, Modesto), KNRO (1670 AM, Redding), KNTK (102.3 FM, Weed), KCBL (1340 AM, Fresno) and KVBL (1400 AM, Visalia).

Joe Starkey returns for his 33rd year behind the mic calling play-by-play, and he is joined in the booth once again by former Cal quarterback Troy Taylor. Todd McKim will continue to provide analysis and interviews from the sidelines.

Each football broadcast begins 30 minutes before kickoff, while the postgame show includes interviews with Cal players from the locker room, as well as analysis during the Postgame at the Paragon program hosted by Lee Grosscup and Eddy Kleinhans.

in the spring of ’06, while men’s water polo won its NCAA record 12th title this past fall. In addition to the White House, the teams also had a tour of the Capitol Grounds led by former Golden Bear high jumper David Glasgow, a current member of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s staff.

Two of Cal’s NCAA champions from 2006 were recognized for their accomplishments with a visit to the White House and a meeting with President Bush as part of Champions Day in

early June. Women’s crew captured a second consecutive national title

fall 2007 5

Parker was hired as assistant athletic director in Women’s Athletics in 1978 and continued working in Athletics until her retirement as Execu-tive Director of Bear Backers. In 1992, she was named the National Athletic Fundraiser of the Year.

The Cal Spirit Award has been given annually since 1996, and past recipients include for-mer Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, Bill Rockwell (the original Oski) and last year’s honoree, Joe Kapp.

Joan Parker, whose association with Cal began when she was a pompon girl in 1960-61, has been chosen to

receive the 2007 Cal Spirit Recognition Award for her lifetime devotion to the Uni-versity. She will be presented the award on the field during the Sept. 22 Cal-Arizona football game.

Parker played basketball, badminton and tennis as an undergraduate, receiving All Cal Awards in all three sports for her athletic and leadership abilities. She later coached

basketball, badminton, softball, tennis and volleyball at Cal for 13 years, and was also a member of the faculty in the Department of Physical Education.

SIDELINE REPORTbaSkETball TiCkETS on SalE now

Season tickets for men’s and women’s basketball games are on sale now and are available on CalBears.com or by calling (800) GO BEARS. Make sure you catch all the exciting action in Haas Pavilion and root on the Golden Bears as they battle

for a return to the NCAA Tournament.The 19-game men’s home schedule in-

cludes 10 games against teams that played in the postseason last year, plus non-con-ference tilts against Utah and Missouri. The women’s slate features 16 home games, highlighted by a non-conference game against perennial national power Vanderbilt Dec. 2.

New season tickets for men’s games are $418 each, with discounts provided for faculty/staff and young alumni. A wom-en’s season ticket package can be added on for just $55.

A full schedule of women’s contests costs $110 for adults with a variety of oth-er options offered.

Click on the Tickets link at CalBears.com for full details.

Joan Parker receives cal sPirit award

Cal SPoRTS REPoRT ExPandS To onE-hoUR foRmaT

The Cal Sports Report, the weekly TV highlight show on Comcast SportsNet that follows the Golden Bears through-out the year, will increase from 30 minutes to one full hour

this fall.The longer format will provide more time to devote to team highlights and game analysis, as well

as in-depth interviews with coaches and players. New to the show this year will be weekly features on Olympic sport student-athletes and coaches, in addition to special segments on such events as Na-tional Championship Week and Hall of Fame Induction Weekend.

Comcast SportsNet will also air several live Cal games during the course of the year, including the Sept. 15 Cal-Louisiana Tech football game and volleyball matches against Minnesota Sept. 8, Stanford Sept. 21 and USC Sept. 28. Men’s and women’s basketball broadcasts will be announced at a later date.

The Cal Sports Report airs on Comcast SportsNet each Thursday night at 6 p.m. with repeats on Saturday. To find the Comcast SportsNet channel in your area, visit west.comcastsportsnet.com or call (866) 804-3504.

Ryan AndersonDevanei Hampton

Joan Parker

The 1974-75 volleyball team with head coach Joan Parker (middle row, far right)

Angie Pressey


Jeff Tedford is an acknowledged quarterback guru, hav-ing mentored six quarterbacks who have been selected in the first round of the NFL Draft. But, as Tedford will be

the first to say, the key to his team’s success is a balanced attack, and having a strong running game is vital.

a Bear since Russell White in 1991 and 1992.

Once Lynch was selected with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, it would not be a stretch to ex-pect the Bears to suffer a drop-off in its running game. However, recent

history suggests otherwise. And the presence of ultra-dedicated, fan-favorite Justin Forsett backs up that faith.

“I am definitely ready,” Forsett said. “I’ve put in work for three years, I have the experience, and I have worked very hard this sum-mer to prepare myself physically and mentally to be the starter.”

“I don’t have any concerns whatsoever,” Tedford said of Forsett’s ability to carry the starter’s load. “Justin’s a guy who has his own style. He is very gifted and he can handle all the things we ask him to do.”

When Tedford accepted the head coaching position at Cal in 2002, the Bears had suffered through eight seasons without a win-ning record, as most Old Blues are well aware. However, the team had also endured an eight-year drought of 1,000-yard rushers. Since then, Cal has produced five straight winning seasons – and five straight 1,000-yard rushers – and the establishment of a hard-nosed running game has helped pave the way for the Bears.

“In our offense, it is critical to establish the run game,” Tedford

FOOTBaLLJustin forsett

Same Engine, New WheelsJustin Forsett Strives to Be Cal’s Sixth Straight 1,000-Yard Rusher

By John Sudsbury

During each of Tedford’s five previous seasons leading the California program, the

Golden Bears have produced a 1,000-yard rusher. The names in the backfield may change, but the results are always the same.

Or to put it another way, the smooth-running machine that the Cal ground game has become uses the same engine year in and year out. It simply replaces the wheels it runs on.

Five years ago, Joe Igber became the Bears’ first back to rush for 1,000 yards in eight years. The next season, after Igber’s gradua-tion, Adimchinobe Echimandu stepped in to the marquee back role and evaded tacklers for 1,195 yards in 2003.

Following Echemandu’s departure to the NFL, J.J. Arrington ex-ploded onto the national scene with 2,018 yards on the ground in 2004 – the most recent 2,000-yard rusher in the country. Then he made the move to the NFL and highly-touted Marshawn Lynch, an Oakland product, seamlessly slid into the starting tailback role and promptly rattled off the first back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons by

Justin Forsett

fall 2007 7

Last season, with Lynch battling an injury against nationally-ranked Oregon, Forsett

took control of the game, tallying 146 yards in the second, and 115 in the fourth quarter alone, in the Bear victory. He capped his junior season with a memorable performance in the victory over Texas A&M in the Holiday Bowl – 124 yards on just eight carries, an average of 15.5 yards per carry.

While he needs just 139 yards to crack Cal’s all-time Top 10, Forsett’s yards per carry is perhaps his most impressive stat. For his career, Forsett has averaged 6.39 yards every time he runs with the ball – more than any other returning tailback in the country, including the likes of Arkansas’ Darren McFadden, West Virginia’s Steve Slaton, Boise State’s Ian Johnson and Rutgers’ Ray Rice – all considered Heisman Trophy candidates.

While he has achieved a measure of success in

FOOTBaLL

“I am definitely ready. I’ve put in work for three years, I have the experience, and I have worked very hard this summer to prepare myself physically and mentally to be the starter.” – Justin Forsett

able to see from behind the scenes what it’s like. I have not ex-perienced being the starter for the full season, but I have some good insight on it.”

Despite his previous reserve status, Forsett is not your typical backup. In his first three seasons, the Florida native (who played his final two years of high school ball in Texas) has recorded 1,674 rushing yards and six 100-yard games. Against New Mexico State in 2005, with Lynch out of action due to injury, Forsett stepped up with 235 yards, the fourth-best rushing day in Cal history.

said. “It’s important to be productive in the run game to keep de-fenses off-balance and honest, and we’ve been fortunate to have good backs and productive backs.”

“The run game sets the tone for the offense,” running backs coach Ron Gould said. “We want to establish ourselves as a physi-cal team, we want teams to look at us and take notice they better pack a lunch, because it’s going to be a long day. With the balanced system that coach Tedford has brought in, it has opened up the run game and allowed our backs to have greater success.”

The effectiveness of a strong run game was evident quickly in Tedford’s tenure. In six of Cal’s seven victories in 2002, the Bears out-gained their opponents on the ground. In 2001, when Cal won just one game, the Bears had just three games with more rushing yards than their foes. Over the last five years, Cal has registered a 24-3 record when rushing for over 200 yards and led the Pac-10 in rushing yards twice.

While much has happened with the Cal football program since ’02, including advancing to bowl games for four straight years for the first time in history and earning Top 10 national rankings in each of the last three seasons, 2007 will feature some parallels to 2002 in regards to the offensive backfield.

In addition to Tedford’s arrival, another huge difference from 2001 to 2002 was the health of tailback Joe Igber. The Hawaii product broke his clavicle as a junior midway through 2001. The following season, he was fully healthy and produced 1,130 rushing yards, the third-most in Cal his-tory to that point.

The 2002 Bears relied on Igber, a 5-8, 190-pound se-nior, in the backfield. As a sophomore, Igber had rushed for 901 yards, but then injuries cut his junior season short, giving him something to prove as a senior. In 2007, Cal plans to hand the bulk of the rushing duties to the 5-8, 200-pound Forsett, who rushed for 999 yards as a sophomore before logging a 626-yard campaign last year.

“It has been a three-year stint of learning,” Forsett said. “I have had some great running backs ahead of me that I could learn from. They taught me some things, and I was also

Justin Forsett (right) and DeSean Jackson participated in Take Your Child to Work Day this past April on the Cal campus.


his time at Cal, Forsett remains one of the most humble and approachable student-athletes in the country. Quick to smile and always thoughtful with his answers, he has been a popular interview over the past two seasons.

And Forsett never forgets his teammates when it comes to recognition. When asked to explain his success, without pause, he responds, “The offensive line. If the offen-sive line doesn’t do well, I’m not going to do well. They lead the way, they open up the holes along with my fullback and tight end. And my receivers, a lot of people don’t realize it, but to get those long gains, you need your receivers blocking downfield.”

While Forsett has excelled on the foot-ball field in his first three seasons, it is his off-field maturity and personality which receive the greatest praise.

“Justin is an awesome guy,” Tedford said. “He’s the guy that you would want your son to grow up to be like; he’s so well-rounded, a great teammate and a great leader. He is just a great person to have on the team.”

That high praise brings up another simi-larity to Igber, who was also recognized as a great person as well as a great football

player. “Those two have very similar per-sonalities,” Gould said. “They are two peas in a pod when it comes to being great kids and great individuals. They are extremely humble, they both come from great fami-lies, and you can’t measure how important the game is, how important winning is, to those guys.”

“Justin is a quality person,” Igber said. “I really hope he does well. He is so humble.With his talent and waiting his turn, he has done it so chivalrously. I hope he does well, but if things don’t work out, I know he will do well in life. That is the point of going to Berkeley, and he understands that.”

While off-field praise has dominated Forsett’s accolades, he has always been recognized as a top talent by opponents and teammates, including Lynch. Now as he prepares to step into the spotlight, Forsett has been tabbed as a candidate for the Doak Walker Award as the top run-ning back in the nation. Multiple pub-lications have selected Forsett as their preseason first-team All-Pac-10 running back. While the recognition is finally arriving for the senior, he has taken his preparation to a new level, adding 10

pounds of muscle while maintaining his sub-4.4 speed.

“His offseason effort has been impec-cable,” Gould said. “His commitment, his passion, his drive, is probably the best I have had as a coach. When I tease him and tell him to make sure to have fun, he says, ‘Fun is when I’m lining up on the field.’”

While Forsett hopes to continue Cal’s streak of 1,000-yard rushers, he does not list it anywhere near the top of his list of goals.

“Ever since that 999 season, 1,000 yards is on my mind,” he said. “It is always a good mark for a running back and it’s something I’ve always wanted to do. But if I rush for 800 yards and we go to the national cham-pionship, I’ll take that any day.”

The “999” season would be 2005 when he rushed for exactly 999 yards, narrowly missing the key milestone – just as Igber narrowly missed 1,000 yards in 2000 be-fore cracking the 1,000-barrier as a senior.

“I never thought about numbers at all,” Igber said. “I can remember only one time coach Gould showed me a newspa-per that showed the 1,000-yard rushers in Pac-10 history, like O.J. Simpson and Marcus Allen. He told me there was no

“His offseason effort has been impeccable. His commitment, his passion, his drive is probably the best I have had as a coach. When I tease him and tell him to make sure to have fun, he says, ‘Fun is when I’m lining up on the field.’” –Running Backs Coach Ron GouldGO

LDEN

BEARS

fall 2007 9

Rushing to VictoRyCal’s balanced offense over the last five years has featured some

of the top running backs in Golden Bear history. In addition, Cal is the only school in the BCS to have a 1,000-yard rusher and a 600-yard rusher in each of the last four years.

Year Running Backs Yards2003 Starter: Adimchinobe Echemandu 1,195 Backup: J.J. Arrington 607

2004 Starter: J.J. Arrington 2,018 Backup: Marshawn Lynch 628

2005 Starter: Marshawn Lynch 1,246 Backup: Justin Forsett 999

2006 Starter: Marshawn Lynch 1,356 Backup: Justin Forsett 626

reason I could not be on that list, which was amazing.”

“One of the things as a coach that you have to instill is confidence,” Gould said. “I showed Joe that article to help him have higher expectations for himself. I try to do that with all of these guys. They need fore-sight and they need to be visionaries and realize what they can do.”

The long string of rushing success is not lost on Forsett.

“We have been producing great running backs here,” he said. “It gives you confi-dence that with this type of offense, you will have the opportunity to be productive.”

The Golden Bears have their top receivers, their starting quarterback and tight end and a pair of all-conference linemen returning on offense. While the starting running back may not be returning, a confident and driven Forsett will provide the wheels for the Golden Bears in 2007, assuring that the Golden Bear engine will continue to run smoothly.

“I have one major goal and that is to be the starting tailback in the national championship game,” Forsett said. “If we do that, I must have been productive for the season.”

AssAulting the seAson Rushing listFive of the top seven Cal season rushing totals have been posted

since Jeff Tedford became the Bears’ head coach in 2002.Player Yards

1

3 & 2

567

chuck Muncie (1975) 1,460

MARshAwn lynch (2006) 1,356 (2005) 1,246

AdiMchinobe echeMAndu (2003) 1,195

Russell white (1991) 1,177

Joe igbeR (2002) 1,130

4

J.J. ARRington (2004) 2,018


©2007 A

T&T

Know

ledge

Ven

ture

s. A

ll rights

res

erve

d. A

T&T

and

the

AT&

T lo

go a

re t

radem

arks

of AT&

T Know

ledge

Ven

ture

s.

Shawn visits attblueroom.com/sports for exclusive sports content and

promotions from AT&T. Now he’s got all the college sports information

he needs at his fingertips — his giant foam fingertips, that is.

attblueroom.com/sports

AT&T Taylor Harkey

ASBCOR7124 8.375” x 10.875” Sally Coleman

Cal Berkrly Football 7.25”” x 9.75” Brandy Martin

N/A 8.625” x 11.125” Jessica Moore

fall 2007 11


aLL spOrTs

Having added an impressive 13 national titles to its coffers during the 2006-

07 campaign, the Cal Athletic Department is planning its next National Championship Week celebration and wants everyone to see that the Golden Bears know how to throw a party.

In a uniquely week-long honoring of its top student-athletes and coaches, the second annual National Championship Week is slated for Sept. 17-22, 2007, culminating with Cal’s national champions being acknowledged during halftime of the Cal-Arizona football game on Saturday, Sept. 22.

During the recently completed 2006-07 seasons, the Bears won team titles in men’s water polo and rugby and a record 11 indi-vidual or relay crowns.

“We want the student-athletes and the coaches to know that their hard work is appreciated,” explained Deputy Director of Athletics Teresa Kuehn Gould. “National Championship Week reinforces what our department is really all about – striving for excellence and making sure people’s accomplishments are recognized.”

The brainchild of Kuehn Gould and the Cal Olympic sports staff of Liz Miles, Curt David, Josh Flushman and Jeanette Morganti, National Championship Week came about because the group felt it was often anti-climatic when teams and individuals returned to campus after winning national titles.

“National Championship Week was born out of a need to ap-propriately recognize coaches and student-athletes who have won national titles,” said Kuehn Gould. “We also wanted to share and celebrate their success with the rest of the department staff and campus, and to aggressively show the community

Cal’s athletic accomplishments.”The 2006-07 year was a banner season for the Bears. Men’s wa-

ter polo captured its NCAA-record 12th championship, while the Cal rugby squad secured its 23rd overall title.

Individually, junior Alysia Johnson won both the NCAA in-door and outdoor 800-meter run in track & field, and junior Tim McNeill was the NCAA men’s gymnastics champion on pommel horse and parallel bars. In swimming, sophomore Dana Vollmer placed first in the 100-yard butterfly, sophomore Jessica Hardy won the 100-yard breaststroke and senior Patrick O’Neil was the national champion in the 200-yard butterfly. Senior Kelechi Any-anwu was the women’s discus champion at the NCAA track & field championships.

The Cal women’s swimming team also recorded three relay ti-tles at the NCAA meet, topping the field in the 400-yard freestyle relay (Emily Silver, Erin Reilly, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer), the 800-yard freestyle relay (Vollmer, Silver, Blake Hayter, Reilly) and the 400-yard medley relay (Lauren Rogers, Hardy, Vollmer, Silver) – all in America-record times.

To offer year-round acknowledgement for the Bears’ title hold-ers, national championship displays, complete with photos, tro-phies and other memorabilia, will be established both at Haas Pavilion and in the Memorial Stadium Hall of Fame Room. On Sept. 18, Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour will unveil the new National Championship Corner display in the Hall of Fame Room. In addition, a video highlighting the titles will run continuously on the first floor of Haas Pavilion, just outside the Athletic Develop-ment Office, and will be featured on CalBears.com.

Among the other events scheduled are for National Champion-ship Week are: a Coaches’ Round Table, moderated by Cal alum-nus, former Sports Illustrated writer and Yahoo Sports columnist Michael Silver on Sept. 18 that will provide a forum for the cham-pionship coaches to share their experiences, and a celebratory reception hosted by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau at University

national Champions

Celebrating SuccessTitleholders Recognized during National Championship Week

By Scott Ball

Erin Reilly and Blake Hayter

2006-07 CHAMPioNSHiPS

teAMMen’s Water Polo Rugby

indiViduAlsAlysia Johnson, Track & Field 800 meters (outdoor) 1:59.29 800 meters (indoor) 2:03.47Kelechi Anyanwu, Track & Field Discus 188-11Dana Vollmer, Swimming 100 butterfly 50.69Jessica Hardy, Swimming 100 breaststroke 59.43Tim McNeill, Gymnastics Pommel Horse 9.650 Parallel Bars 9.725Patrick O’Neil, Swimming 200 butterfly 1:43.77

RelAysWomen’s Swimming 400 free relay 3:12.13Women’s Swimming 800 free relay 7:00.89Women’s Swimming 400 medley relay 3:30.18

fall 2007 13

aLL spOrTs

tivities is McNeill, who finished first on the pommel horse in 2006 and will again be honored after capturing two more national crowns in 2007.

“All the events associated with Na-tional Championship Week last year were exciting.” said McNeill. “Being in-vited to the Chancellor’s house is some-thing most students never experience,

House on campus the afternoon of Sept. 20. On Saturday, Sept. 22, there will be a national champion poster giveaway and au-tograph session at Fun Zone on Maxwell Family Field prior to the Arizona-Cal foot-ball game. During halftime, the champions will be introduced to the crowd.

“I think we underestimate how it makes our student-athletes feel when they get a personal letter of congratulations from Sandy Barbour, they are on a poster, they are recognized at halftime of a football game, and they get an article in Cal Sports Quarterly,” said Kuehn Gould. “The fact the Chancellor has a reception at his house shows that the honoring of the national champions is important to him. It is almost like getting honored for winning a Nobel Prize. It is special to the kids. I don’t know how many students have the opportunity to visit the Chancellor’s house.”

In its history, Cal has now claimed 74 na-tional team titles in 13 different sports and 159 individual, relay and doubles champi-onships. In all, Golden Bear student-athletes have won 124 national crowns in men’s and women’s track & field, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s gymnastics, men’s and wom-en’s swimming and women’s golf. Cal also has 22 national relay titles in track & field and swimming and has been victorious 13 times in tennis doubles.

One individual on the list of the national champions who was part of last year’s fes-

and getting introduced during halftime of the football game was great, as well. I also enjoyed the poster. My friends all have it up on their walls, and I even signed it and gave it to my relatives. I really feel for my old teammates who never had a chance to be a part of this type of celebration. My timing has defi-nitely been good.”

Clockwise from top left: Men’s water polo, rugby, women’s swimming 400 medley relay, Tim McNeill, Jessica Hardy, Dana Vollmer, Patrick O’Neil, Kelechi Anyanwu and Alysia Johnson.

Michael Ashe

Matt Biondi

Mary T. Meagher (left) and Connie van Bentum

Par Arvidsson

MoST iNDiViDUAL NCAA TiTLeS iN CAL HiSToRY

11 2006-07Alysia Johnson, women’s track & field – indoor 800 meters, outdoor 800 meters; Kel-echi Anyanwu, women’s track & field – discus; women’s swimming – 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay; Dana Vollmer, women’s swimming – 100 butterfly; Jessica Hardy, women’s swimming – 100 breaststroke; Tim McNeill, men’s gymnas-tics – pommel horse, parallel bars; Patrick O’Neil, men’s swimming – 200 butterfly

8 1999-00Michael Ashe, men’s gymnastics – high bar; Anthony Ervin, men’s swimming – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle; men’s swimming – 400 free relay; women’s swimming – 200 free relay, 200 medley relay; Amy Jensen/Claire Curran, women’s tennis – doubles; Bevan Hart, men’s track & field – decathlon

7 1986-87Matt Biondi, men’s swimming – 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle; men’s swimming – 400 free relay; Mary T. Meagher, women’s swimming – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly; Sheila Hudson, women’s track & field – triple jump

7 1984-85Matt Biondi, men’s swimming – 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle; men’s swimming – 400 free relay, 800 free relay; Mary T. Meagher, women’s swimming – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly; Connie van Bentum, women’s swimming – 50 freestyle

7 1978-79Peter Rocca, men’s swimming – 200 backstroke; Graham Smith, men’s swimming – 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke, 200 individual medley; Par Arvidsson, men’s swimming – 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly; men’s swimming – 400 medley relay

Includes individual, relay and doubles championships


Huddle up after the game.

There’s only one place to celebrate after a victory this season. At Paragon, all Bear alums are welcome to a

post game party with a fine selection of signature drinks and beers on tap. Come experience Coach Tedfords

favorite calamari in a Cal football atmosphere. Celebrate the season and your alma mater with us.

Located in The Claremont Resort & Spa41 Tunnel Road, Berkeley • 510 549 8585

Be part of Cal’s Post-Game Showbroadcast live from the Paragon

Cal Fans…for even more Bears coverage be sure to check out Comcast SportsNet Video On Demand

featuring Cal Bears On Demand!

Keep up with the Cal Bears all seasonlong with analysis and highlights only on Comcast SportsNet!

• Cal Sports Report Thursdays 6:00 PM• SportsNite Weeknights 11:30 PM• CSN Insider Tuesdays 7:00 PM

Women’s Volleyball• Minnesota at Cal Sept. 8 7:00 PM• Stanford at Cal Sept. 21 7:00 PM• UCLA at Cal Sept. 28 7:00 PM

Football• Louisiana Tech at Cal Sept. 15 TBD

•Schedules subject to change

For more information and for channel locations visit www.comcastsportsnet.

3:30 PM

fall 2007 15

C

M

Y

CM

MY

CY

CMY

K

Cal_qtrly_july2007.pdf 7/16/07 4:33:48 PM

Now a Coach and a Mom, Lisa Arce Zimmerman Tries to Keep Up the Pace

L ife is a bit slower athletically these days for Lisa Arce Zimmerman.

By Debbie Rosenfeld-Caparaz

whErE arE ThEy NOw?lisa arce ’91

Arce Zimmerman, one of nine former Golden Bear stars who will be inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame this fall, concluded her four-year collegiate volleyball career in 1990 as the school’s all-time leader in attempts (4,801) and digs (1,602, now second). The two-time first-team All-Pac-10 outside hitter stands second on the school’s career list in kills (1,806), fourth in services aces (128) and fifth in total blocks (364).

After winning 20 pro beach volleyball tournaments and more than $600,000 during her professional playing career, Arce Zimmerman retired from the tour to focus on motherhood and coaching. She and her husband, Andrew, who played vol-leyball at Loyola Marymount, have a toddler named Ella and welcomed Abby to their family over the summer.

“Motherhood brings you into a new realm of life,” Arce Zim-merman said. “Now, my life isn’t all about me. It’s hard for me to compete where I was competing and want to win tournaments

and still give quality time to my family. It’s hard to give up time away when you want to just be there for your kids and your husband.”

In addition to her parental responsibilities, Arce Zimmerman is the head girls’ vol-leyball coach at Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach. She served as an assistant coach for 15 years under her prep coach, DaeLea Aldrich, and following her mentor’s retirement, Arce Zimmerman was elevated to head coach for the 2007 season.

A member of Cal’s All-Decade Team (1986-96) in volleyball, Arce Zimmerman was the first alternate for the U.S. beach volleyball team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She garnered an assortment of honors on the Women’s Pro Beach Volleyball Association tour, including 1994 Rookie of the Year, 1995 Most Improved Player and 1997 Best Hitter.

One of her most memorable moments on the tour came when she partnered with former high school and college teammate, Holly McPeak.

“The biggest win was my first victory, playing in Puerto Rico with Holly McPeak,” Arce Zimmerman said. “I didn’t expect to win the event. There was fear and excitement. That was the most emotion I’ve had.”

In her spare time, Arce Zimmerman enjoys eating Mexican food and watching her fa-vorite television shows, “24” and “The Amazing Race.” However, she insists her life isn’t as fast paced as either program.

“I have my busy time during the high school season,” Arce Zimmerman said. “That’s the busy time for us, juggling the kids with me being gone during the afternoon until about 7 p.m. every night.”

Andrew, Lisa, Ella and Abby Zimmerman

“The biggest win was my first victory. i didn’t expect to win the event. There was fear and excitement. That was the most emotion i’ve had.”

– Lisa Arce on her first beach volleyball tournament title


fall 2007 17

Good things can happen when you use any American Express® Card.

LikE A winninG sEAson.American Express is proud to be a sponsor of Cal Athletics. So, as you follow your team to

a big win, don’t forget all the good things you can get using any American Express Card.

From tickets to your favorite team jersey, paying with your Card is a winning strategy.

Not a Cardmember? Find the Card that fits your life,

visit amexnetwork.com.


womEn’S CRoSS CoUnTRy

2007 outlookCal turns to senior Rebecca Yau to lead the Golden Bears in 2007 after she paced the team in the final five races last year. She owns three top 15 results and has not finished lower than 38th in any competition at Cal. Redshirt-freshman Rowena Tam is coming off a strong track and field season last spring.

head CoachTony Sandoval, 26th year at CalSandoval has mentored some of the best distance runners in the nation, including All-Americans Kirsten O’Hara, Marilyn Davis, Sabrina Han and Elissa Riedy. He’s coached the women’s team since

mEn’S CRoSS CoUnTRy

2007outlookSenior David Torrence (right) and ju-niors Mark Matusak and Yosef Ghebray return to lead the improving Cal cross country team. The Golden Bears will also look to senior Chris Chavez to provide leadership on the young squad that has nine freshmen and only three seniors. Sophomores Michael Coe and Steve Sodaro will also be important factors to-wards Cal’s success.

head CoachTony Sandoval, 26th year at CalSandoval has been a fixture at Cal since the early 1980s and has overseen the men’s cross country program since 1992. Among the runners to pass through the program are 2000 Olympian Bolota As-merom and six-time All-American Richie Boulet.

Players to watchDavid Torrence, SR – selected second-team All-Pac-10 and to the All-West Re-gion squad … Mark Matusak, JR – 2006 second-team Pac-10 All-Academic hon-oree … Steve Sodaro, SO – led Cal at the Aggie Open last year.

key RecruitsJohnny Cheng, FR – Oakland HS (Oakland, CA)Oakland’s section champ in the two-mile and a state meet qualiferPatrick Lynch, FR – Davis HS (Davis, CA)Ran many strong races for Davis HS last year

2006 ReviewCal finished 10th in the NCAA West Re-gional and eighth at the Pac-10 champi-onships. David Torrence paced the Bears in all five competitions he entered, includ-ing an 11th-place conference showing. Torrence took 13th at NCAA regionals to garner all-region recognition and earn a spot at the NCAA championships.

did you know?Freshman Austin Jett’s mother was a na-tionally-ranked high school miler.

Players to watchAshley Glosz, M, JR – second-team all-region pick was Cal’s second-leading scorer last year with 13 goals ... Andrea Lo, M, JR – first-team all-conference midfielder had eight goals and nine as-sists in 2006.

key RecruitsSarah Brand, M/F, FR – San Pasqual HS (Escondido, CA)Prep soccer/track star competed in field hockey at 2005 Junior OlympicsErin Magill, D, FR – Gilroy HS (Gilroy, CA)

fiEld hoCkEy2007 outlookFollowing the graduation of first-team All-America forward Valentina Godfrid, who led the nation in scoring last year, the Bears plan to have a more diversified attack this fall. Forward Jenny Crane is the lone senior on the squad, and Cal fea-tures two returning first-team All-NorPac players in midfielders Ashley Glosz and Andrea Lo.

head CoachShellie Onstead, 13th year at Cal (144-76, .655)Onstead has built her alma mater into a West Coast powerhouse, one that has reached the NCAA Tournament five of the last six seasons. Onstead has col-lected six NorPac Coach of the Year awards, earning her latest honor in 2006 when she led the Bears to their ninth conference title.

fooTball2007 outlookWith four straight bowl appearances, the Cal football program continues to re-write the record books. This year’s squad looks to provide more fireworks on the score-board and in the rankings. Heisman Tro-phy contender DeSean Jackson leads an exceptional group of play-makers, while seven other Bears are listed as preseason candidates for national awards.

head CoachJeff Tedford, 6th year at Cal (43-20, .683)Tedford, a two-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, has led the Bears to five straight winning seasons in his five years as head coach. Cal has finished each of the last three years ranked among the Asso-ciated Press Top 25 – a feat that had not been accomplished in Berkeley since the 1950s. Last year, the Bears shared the league title for the first time since 1975.

Players to watchDeSean Jackson, WR/PR, JR – led nation in punt return average and punt return touchdowns and also tallied over 1,000 receiving yards … Nate Long-shore, QB, JR – exploded onto the

scene in 2006 and looks to improve on numbers which included 3,000 passing yards and 24 touchdowns … Zack Fol-lett, LB, JR – all-conference selection as a sophomore after leading the Bears in sacks in 2006.

key RecruitsJahvid Best, RB, FR – Salesian HS (Vallejo, CA)Scored 91 TDs in his high school careerMatt Summers-Gavin, OL, FR – St. Ignatius HS (San Francisco, CA)One of the top offensive line prospects in the country

important home datesSept. 22 vs. ArizonaBears hope to avenge last year’s upset in TucsonNov. 10 vs. USCCal looks for first victory over Trojans since 2003 OT win

2005 ReviewCal reached the national Top 10 for the third straight season and finished with double-digit wins (10-3) for just the eighth time in program history. The Bears also shared the Pac-10 title for the first time since 1975, advanced to upend Texas A&M, 45-10, in the Holiday Bowl and

won the Big Game for the fifth straight year. Marshawn Lynch was the league’s Offen-sive Player of the Year, while Daymeion Hughes was tagged as the top de-fender in the conference.

did you know?Cal received the highest score possible in the most recent Academic Prog-ress Rate for 2005-06, while 15 of Tedford’s initial 18 sign-ees have earned degrees.

his arrival at Cal and the men’s program for the past 16 seasons.

Players to watchRebecca Yau, SR – led Cal in all five races she entered in 2006 … Alison Greggor, SO – Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional participant last year … Rebecca Palm, JR – the Bears’second-fastest performer at the Pac-10 championships.

key RecruitsChelsea Reilly, FR – Davis HS (Davis, CA)Had a breakout season in the mile last yearTaylor Brayson, FR – Newport Harbor HS (Costa Mesa, CA)Strong runner who will be a significant contributor

2006 ReviewCal placed 18th in the NCAA West Re-gional and ninth in the Pac-10 cham-pionships. Rebecca Yau paced the Bears in five competitions, highlighted by 26th and 33rd-place results in the Pac-10 championships and NCAA regional, respectively.

did you know?Rebecca Yau lived in Hong Kong for two years before enrolling at Cal.

5-10 defender played in 2007 National Futures Championships

important home datesSept. 23 vs. StanfordFirst of two regular-season meetings be-tween rivalsOct. 12 vs. Wake ForestCal hosts 2006 national runner-up

2006 ReviewCal (17-5 record, 6-0 NorPac) won the NorPac Conference crown and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, finishing with a 17-5 overall record. Along the way, Val-entina Godfrid earned NorPac Player of the Year honors and head coach Shellie Onstead was named the NorPac Coach of the Year. The 12th-ranked Bears fell to fifth-ranked Ohio State, 3-1, in the first round of the NCAA playoffs.

did you know?Shellie Onstead served as head coach of the USA Under-19 Olympic Develop-ment Select squad in Argentina over the summer.

sports previews fall 2007


fall 2007 19

mEn’S waTER Polo2007 outlookBehind the leadership of five returning All-Americans and seven players who earned U.S. National team spots over the summer, Cal looks to repeat as NCAA champion in 2007. Senior goalie Mark Sheredy, a first-team All-American last fall, anchors a stingy defense, while Michael Sharf is back after tallying 48 goals a year ago.

head CoachKirk Everist, 6th year at Cal, 112-36, .757Everist guided the Bears to their 12th NCAA water polo title in 2006 and was named USA Water Polo’s Elite Co-Coach of the Year. A 2004 inductee into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame, he also earned 2002 MPSF Coach of the Year honors in his inaugural season at his alma mater.

Players to watchMichael Sharf, Attacker, SR – honor-able mention All-America is top returning scorer from 2006 with 48 goals … Mark Sheredy, G, SR – named a first-team All-America last season … Jeff Tyrrell, At-tacker, SR – posted 41 goals last season to earn third-team All-America status.

key RecruitsVladislav Andreyev, 2-meter defender, FR – Diablo Valley CC (Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan)Member of the Kazakhstan Junior National team Zachary White, 2-meter, FR – El Toro HS (Mission Viejo, CA)Member of the USA Junior National team

womEn’S SoCCER2007 outlookUnder the direction of first-year head coach Neil McGuire, Cal looks to con-tinue to solidify its position as one of the nation’s elite programs. Behind the de-fensive nucleus of All-Pac-10 performers Courtney Hooker and Nkechi Kanu, the Bears hope to earn their fourth consecu-tive NCAA Tournament bid. Cal also fea-tures two All-Pac-10 midfielders in Caro-line Lea and Kelly Menachof.

head CoachNeil McGuire, 1st year at Cal (0-0, .000)McGuire, a regional under-19 coach who guided the Texas Tech program the past two years, joins the Bears for his first season in 2007. He was the 2001 SEC Coach of the Year during a stint as head coach at Mississippi State from 2000-03 and was an assistant coach at Texas in 2004.

Players to watchCourtney Hooker, D, SR – the three-time All-Pac-10 choice was a 2005 Soc-cer Buzz All-American … Caroline Lea, M, SR – has twice been voted second-team All-Pac-10 … Nkechi Kanu, D, JR – the honorable mention All-Pac-10 choice was invited to U.S. Under-21 Na-tional team camp with Hooker.

key RecruitsMegan Jesolva, D/M/F, FR – Whittier Christian HS (La Mirada, CA)Rated the No. 10 player in the country by Soccer BuzzJorden Kussmann, G, FR – Charles Wright Academy (Lakewood, WA)High school All-American is ranked 12th nationally by Soccer Buzz

important home datesOct. 19 vs. USCTeams look to settle last year’s tie in Bears’ Pac-10 home openerOct. 21 vs. UCLACal battles last year’s Pac-10 champion and NCAA semifinalist

2006 ReviewCal recorded a 12-5-5 overall record in 2006 and placed sixth in the Pac-10 with a 3-3-3 conference mark. The Bears earned their third straight NCAA Tournament bid after defeating No. 4 Santa Clara, 1-0, in overtime and No.

11 Stanford, 1-0, during the final week of the regular season. Julia Schnugg tallied two goals and

an assist in Cal’s 3-1 triumph over Auburn in the

first round of

NCAAs, but the Bears lost to Florida State, 3-1, in the second round.

did you know?Cal advanced to con-secutive Final Fours in

1987 and 1988.

important home datesNov. 10 vs. USCTeams battle in rematch of 2006 national title gameNov. 23-25 – MPSF ChampionshipConference teams look to secure NCAA championship bid

2006 ReviewCal won 14 of its final 15 matches to claim its record-12th NCAA title and first since 1992 with a 31-4 record. The Bears edged USC, 7-6, in the national cham-pionship game when Jeff Tyrrell scored the decisive goal at the buzzer two sec-onds after USC had tied the score. Cal also defeated USC, 6-5, to capture the MPSF title.

did you know?Kirk Everist is the only Cal men’s water polo coach to post at least 20 victories during each season of his tenure. Everist directed the Bears to 31 wins in 2006, which was the most since the 1992 Bears finished with a 31-0 mark.

important home datesSept. 7-8 Golden Bear InvitationalAnnual tournament features Big Ten power MinnesotaSept. 21 vs. StanfordCal starts Pac-10 play hosting 2006 NCAA runner-up

2006 ReviewCal advanced to the NCAA Round of 16 for the second time in school history, finishing the year 22-10. The Bears de-feated LSU and Cal Poly in the NCAA first and second rounds before falling to Stanford in the NCAA Regional. Angie Pressey was earned second-team All-America honors, while Jillian Davis, Mor-gan Beck and Ellen Orchard were hon-orable mention all-conference choices. Hana Cutura, who averaged more than 3.8 kills per game, was a member of the Pac-10 All-Freshman squad.

did you know?Cal has been ranked in the final Top 20 each of the last four years, including a No. 13 rating last season.

fall 2007 19

mEn’S SoCCER2007 outlookThree-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year Kevin Grimes leads another strong Cal team towards postseason contention in 2007. The Bears, who won their first Pac-10 title last year, return first-team all-league selection Javier Ayala-Hil and Pac-10 honorable mention Jacob Wil-son, who emerged as reliable scorers on the frontline in 2006. Midfielder Andrew Jacobson, another first-team all-confer-ence pick in 2006, is also back for his final season as a Bear.

head CoachKevin Grimes, 8th year at Cal (81-51-3, .611)Kevin Grimes earned an unprecedented third Pac-10 Coach of the Year Award in 2006 after leading Cal to its first Pac-10 title. A former star as a player at SMU who played with the U.S. National team and for various professional clubs, Grimes directed the Bears to their best postseason appearance in 2005, when they reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.

Players to watchJavier Ayala-Hil, F, SR – Cal’s leading scorer in 2006, should again be one of the most dangerous Bears in 2007 … Andrew Jacobson, M, SR – All-Pac-10 pick brings experience to midfield … Luke Sassano, M/D, SR – the long-time midfielder had a strong season last year as a defender.

key RecruitsServando Carrasco, M, FR – St. Augustine HS (San Diego, CA)Played for San Diego Surf Club for 10 yearsDavis Paul, F, FR – Damien HS (Upland, CA)High school All-American played for adi-das Elite Soccer Program

important home datesSept. 7 vs. PennCal starts 2007 home season with adidas Cal Legacy ClassicNov. 4 vs. UCLABears take on 2006 national runner-up

2006 ReviewCal claimed its first Pac-10 crown with a 7-3-0 conference mark and finished with a 13-6-1 overall re-cord last season. The Bears earned a bye in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, then defeated New Mexico, 3-1, in the second round in Berkeley before falling at Virginia, 2-1. All-American defender Steve Purdy was named the team’s MVP.

did you know?Cal currently has 12 former players in the pro ranks, with seven in MLS.

VollEyball2007 outlookComing off a berth in the NCAA Sweet 16, as well as a fifth straight postseason appearance, the Golden Bears are look-ing towards another successful season in 2007. Cal will count on senior All-American outside hitter Angie Pressey, junior out-side hitter Morgan Beck, sophomore outside hitter Hana Cutura and senior middle hitter Ellen Orchard to lead the Bears’ attack.

head CoachRich Feller, 9th year at Cal (139-100, .582)The most successful women’s volleyball coach in school history, Feller has guided the Bears to a school-record five straight NCAA Tournaments, and has twice led Cal to the NCAA Round of 16 (2003, 2006). In 2003, he was named both Pac-10 and AVCA Co-Pacific Region Coach of the Year.

Players to watchAngie Pressey, Outside Hitter, SR – 2006 AVCA second-team All-American and three-time first-team All-Pac-10 se-lection ... Hana Cutura, Outside Hitter, SO – MVP of three in-season tourna-ments was a member of the 2006 Pac-10 All-Freshman team ... Ellen Orchard, Middle Hitter, SR – ranked third in the Pac-10 with 1.51 blocks per game last year.

key RecruitCarli Lloyd, Setter, FR – Fallbrook Union HS (Bonsall, CA)CIF Player of the Year is a national Top 50 recruit


aThLETiC dEvELOpmENT Bear Backer News

Must-Know info as Giving Levels Rise for ‘08-09Campus Mandate Makes Donors More Vital Than ever

Spurred in part by a campus mandate to reduce support of athletics by $5 million

over the next five years, the Office of Athletic Development imple-mented a new benefit structure on July 1 for the 2008-09 football and basketball seasons based on gifts made to Cal Athletics in the 2007-08 academic year.

Donation renewal packets going out to Bear Backers in October will contain more detailed information about 2008-09 benefits, as well as a statement showing donors’ current tickets, recalculated priority points, and the new seat-related donation needed to retain the same seats in the 2008-09 season.

All seat-related donations must now be directed to the Athletics General Fund or to a sport annual fund. A donor who wishes to have benefits at a higher level than his or her minimum seating donation may make an additional gift to any fund in order to reach that benefit level.

Bear Backer Priority Point System This new priority pointsystem will be used to assign specific benefits equitably

and orderly in cases which donor requests exceed the available inventory. Such cases include requests for seating upgrades, parking lot assignments, and away games and postseason ticket allocation. This priority point system is designed to give an overall view of each donor’s life-long history with Cal Athletics.

Current Year Giving (Cash-in) 1 per $100Remaining Lifetime Giving* 1 per $200Consecutive Years of 1 per year per Season Ticket Purchase# sportConsecutive Years of Donating 5Alumni 5 (10 max w/spouse)Letterwinner 5 (10 max w/spouse)

*Includes irrevocable planned gifts

# All season ticketed sports: football, men’s basket-ball, women’s basketball, volleyballPoints awarded through

Haas Pavilion and volun-teering promotions will be grandfathered

Among the other changes:

► A new football seating donation structure for Memorial Stadium will assign each seat in the donor section a donation value between $75 and $1,200. ► Football seat donations will accrue toward a donor’s Bear Backer level. ► Football ticket holders will have the first priority to renew their current seats as long as they make the minimum seat donation. ► Football ticket holders will have a one-time opportunity to transfer some or all of their current seats into another person’s name as long as the new seat holder makes the minimum seat donation. ► Sections EE and I have been added to the donor section at Memorial Stadium. ► All seat-related donations for football and men’s basketball must be directed to an annual fund of the donor’s choice. ► Men’s basketball chairback or premium bench seat holders will need to be at the new, increased Bear Backer level to retain their seats for the 2008-09 basketball season, as agreed in their contracts. ► A new priority point system will give an all-encompassing view of donor history with Cal Athletics and be used as a tiebreaker when donor requests exceed available inventory. Such cases include parking lot locations, request for seating upgrades, and away game and post-season ticket allocation.

Benefits for the 2008 football season and the 2008-09 men’s basket-ball season will be based on giving between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2008. All benefits for the 2007 football season and 2007-08 men’s bas-ketball season have been determined by gifts made as of June 30, 2007.

Call the development office at (510) 642-2427 with any questions.

fall 2007 21

Three of the Golden Bears’ mostsuccessful coaches joined Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour and other

administrators on a three-stop tour through Southern California in June to catch up with supporter bases and share some of the department’s accomplishments from Cal’s banner 2006-07 seasons.

National champion men’s water polo coach Kirk Everist, women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle and football coach Jeff Tedford addressed the audiences at each event, along with new director of develop-ment for Southern California, Mark Long.

Soccer alumnus Patrick Fisher ’03 em-ceed the first stop on the itinerary June 5, an evening mixer at La Valencia Hotel in La Jolla. The next day at The Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach, Everist was joined by some of his former Cal teammates, including Dean Quintal, as the 2006 team was honored prior to traveling to Washington, D.C., for a reception with President Bush. Dinner on the night of June 6 was held in Los Angeles at the Jonathan

Spirit Sizzles on SoCal SwingCoaches, Staff Thank Supporters for Banner Year

Club and hosted by Bob Smiland ’78.The annual trip was another success-

ful endeavor to celebrate the tremendous achievements of Cal Athletics with Bear Backers in the southern part of the state. Attendees received sincere thanks for their support in the wake of a year that included a ninth-place finish in the Directors’ Cup, national championships in both men’s wa-ter polo and rugby, and a school-record 11 individual and relay NCAA titles.

Women’s basketball coach Joanne Boyle caught up with Whitney Skala ’80.

Former water polo teammate Dean Quintal (right) congratulated coach Kirk Everist during the tour stop in Newport Beach.

Bill Beeson of the California Alumni Association chatted with football coach Jeff Tedford at La Valencia Hotel.

From left, the hon. Bruce R. Geernaert ’51, the hon. Chris Markey Jr. ’51 and Dave Rosselli, As-sistant Athletic Director for Major Gifts.

Jeff Tedford and the Cal contingent were welcomed to San Diego by Jeff Jacobs ’88, executive vice president and president of global development for QUALCOMM.

Left: Dave Rosselli introduced national cham-pion men’s water polo head coach Kirk Everist at the The Balboa Bay Club & Resort in Newport Beach.

Below: Sandy Barbour with Charleen and Pat Boyl ’62.

Bear Backer News


As an investor, Torres is con-stantly evaluating risks and re-wards. To him, the role of ath-letics at Cal is too important to overlook.

“For an institution, alums and students that benefit from Cal’s global recognition, not to invest in athletics and not to have prow-ess comparable to its academic reputation would be shortsight-ed,” he said. “We could quickly conclude that we are starving a valuable asset.”

The connecting power of intercollegiate athletics is confirmed for Torres as he continues to make new acquaintances that recog-nize the Cal script on the hat he often wears and share a friendly “Go Bears!”

Torres sees many challenges on the road to ensuring athletic and academic excellence. “The marketplace has changed,” he said. “In my lifetime, college athletics has become a very serious business. Education is having to adapt, as well. We, as a community of in-terested supporters and alums, have to invest in them and run them as such, while respecting the delicate balance of interests. We have a tremendous brand and a tremendous institution, and we’ve got improving athletics. They only get better if people get involved.”

As a leading educational institution, Torres believes, the University must foster a healthy balance between academic and athletic excellence. “It’s a fine line that the various con-stituencies walk; however, I am reminded of the ancient Greek model, where there is a balance, and you can’t have the mind prevail over the body nor the body prevail over the mind,” Torres said.

When the two meet at the highest levels of excellence, the result is nothing short of a golden opportunity.

Michael Torres, B.A. ’82, M.B.A. ’86, CEO of Oakland-based Adelante Capital Management, title sponsor of the Gridiron Classic and a UC Berkeley Foundation trustee, has been an important part of Cal Athletics’

rising success even though he was never a student-athlete.

Golden

“I have not missed a Big Game since 1979. I will never forget The Play!” Torres said. “Many business associates know that I am a Golden Bear and one even sent me an autographed picture of Kevin Moen just as he was prepared to crash into the Stanford band.”

The longtime football and basketball season-ticket holder also recalls a low moment as one of the most significant in the current era of success for the Golden Bears. “One of the most influential moments was at the end of our 2001 season, our 1-10 record, see-ing people complaining as they were walking out of the stadium at halftime,” he said.

Evaluating the scene after the 35-28 Big Game loss didn’t gener-ate much pride for Torres, but it was a call to action. “I knew right then that the only way to regain the joy of Cal football would be to get involved,” he said.

In December 2001, Cal hired head coach Jeff Tedford, and among their many accomplishments, the Golden Bears haven’t lost a Big Game since. Torres points to the football program’s turnaround as a prime example of the fruits of determination to improve.

“We had underinvested in football, and coach Tedford has changed the public’s view of the institution,” Torres said. “The minute his first team took the field in 2002 you could see the dis-cipline and organization. I knew things were going to be different. Coach Tedford has restored integrity into our football program and a true sense of values that will serve the University well beyond my lifetime.”

By Anton Malko

For Michael Torres, That’s What Arises When Academic and Athletic excellence Meet

Opportunity

aThLETiC dEvELOpmENT Bear Backer spotlight

fall 2007 23

Looking Back:

‘The Play’ 25 Years Later

aThLETiC dEvELOpmENT goldeN Bear MeMory

W

Kevin Moen was proud to graduate on time in May of 1983 with a degree in history after lettering in football from 1979-82 and winning three out of four Big Games, including the 1982 classic that ended with a little something called The Play.

In the final play of his final season as a Golden Bear – 25 years ago this fall – Moen received the kickoff from Stanford’s Mark Harmon with four seconds on the clock and Cal down by one point. Now a real estate agent from Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., Moen recalls the magical sequence that followed, and offers his perspective on how this unique finish in the history of college athletics fits in with his experience at Cal.

When it comes to great memories of Cal Athletics, I had a great time watching our baseball program during my four years. They had a couple of seasons where they went to the World Series. Those were fun memories, watching a team playing at a high caliber.

Watching some of our rugby games was always fun, too. But when I look back at memories that stand out, obviously, The Play was a unique crowning moment to the time I was there.

Three of the four Big Games I participated in were just down-to-the-wire, great, great games. So when I look back, with the heritage of Cal being wrapped up in the Big Game ri-valry, I was fortunate to participate in three of those that were really just all-time classic games.

My freshman year we played at Stanford and Ron Coccimi-glio knocked down a last-second, desperation pass that ensured we won the game (21-14). That’s a pretty great memory.

The next year, my sophomore year, we had a fairly marginal season overall (3-7 entering the Big Game), yet when it came down to the Big Game, we kind of rose to the occasion. It, too, was just another seesaw battle, back-and-forth right down to the wire, and we ended up pulling out that game (28-23).

We’ll omit my junior year because that was just a depress-ing memory (Cal lost 42-21). Kevin Moen has maintained

an active lifestyle since his Cal football days, as seen here climbing Mt. Whitney.


fall 2007 25

That play took on a life of its own. When it first occurred, obviously there was the direct aftermath, but it kept going and going and going and going. A few guys who were in the se-nior group, we got to throw out the first pitch at the A’s game and participate in a bunch of TV shows. And it kind of kept going on and on and on, so in conjunction with trying to get ready for finals, there were all these other events taking place that distracted us, but it was all fun.

It’s hard to exceed that mem-ory, and not just my involvement in it, but all the circumstances surrounding it. A great game, a great rivalry at the end of my senior year ... so that’s a highlight moment that I take with me. In con-junction with the other Big Games that we participated in, it gives me a great sense of what the Big Game’s all about. Because my experience with it was three out of the four years, regardless of the records that either team had, they were just great games from start to finish. You couldn’t ask much more from a spectator’s stand-point, and being able to participate in those is a great thing.

Looking at the academic side of my experience at Cal, the fact that I graduated in four years took a huge amount of effort. To be able to play major college sports and then graduate on schedule, I had a big desire to accomplish that. So when I look back from a non-athletic standpoint, putting forth the effort and being able to accomplish that goal meant a lot.

In order to graduate, I took 23 units and wrote my thesis. It was a pretty focused effort to get everything lined up. Student-athletes have quite a challenge; there’s not a lot time for a lot of self-indul-gence. You’ve got to stay pretty focused if you’re going to accom-plish what you want to accomplish.

Recently, I got a call from (Stanford RB Mike) Dotterer to line up a gathering of Cal and Stanford guys from our era to have a little pregame get-together to reminisce. We’ll take the fond memories. I don’t mind getting together with these Stanford guys, because like I said, three out of the four Big Games we participated in, we came out on the positive side.

Culminating in the Big Game the next year, obviously The Play itself was kind of the highlight, but the whole game was a great game. When I look back, I still have visions of Wes Howell laying out and making these great catches, of our offense coming up with some great plays, and getting a little nervous as John Elway made his last-minute drive to kick the field goal.

The Play was somewhat of a blur. When I got the ball, the first thing in my mind – not having really designed any kind of desperation play – was “don’t let it die,” as Richard Rodgers said to the group before we went out there.

My first thought was, I’m going to score a touchdown. Then I remember fortuitously looking over and seeing Richard standing on the sidelines. It was a very magical set of events that occurred where everything kind of just fell into place. Guys were in the right place at the right time and did the right thing with the ball at the right time.

None of the guys that par-ticipated in The Play really had a rugby background. If anything, it was more of a high-school option quarter-back influence. Richard was a quarterback in high school running a more option-orient-ed offense, and so was I. It’s a lot of improvising, reading the defense and then lateral-ing, or pitching the ball to a tailback and making things happen as the play unfolds.

That, to a large extent, is what occurred during The Play. I had nowhere to go, I saw Richard on the sidelines, and I chucked it to him. He had nowhere to go, and if you notice the next time he gets it, it’s pretty much a classic option quarterback setup, where he’s going down kind of the line of scrimmage reading the defense, and when he’s about to get tackled he pitches it.

One of the fond memories I have is the confusion that occurred after the game, where really nobody knew exactly what happened. I kept saying, “Wow, what happened in there?” knowing that I scored, but nobody else really did.

There was a sea of celebration, where everybody was on the field going, “I can’t believe we won!” and I’m running into my buddies on the team, and they’re going, “God, can you believe this?” And I go, “Yeah!” They go, “Who scored?” And I go, “I did!”

There was that sense of elation where we were glad we won but nobody knew the facts and details at that point, all the confus-ing events that took place. That’s a unique memory – just the cel-ebration of winning that game, being my senior year and having a bunch of other seniors on the team at that time, all of us going out on a real high note.

Walking off the field celebrating with the whole student body – the euphoria that you just pulled something out from a desperate moment and ended up with a victory – there’s not too many things in life that duplicate that emotional celebration. I think that’s what makes sports so great and the memories so good: you go from los-ing a game to winning it in a matter of four seconds.

Bob Stinnett of the Oakland Tribune snapped the most famous photo of the Play, showing Kevin Moen’s end zone celebration.

Kevin Moen with his daughter, Jamie.


Enjoy the rewards.

Get something back for your everyday purchases. Use your California Alumni Association MasterCard®

credit card with WorldPoints® rewards from Bank of America, and you’ll earn points you can redeem

for cash, travel, merchandise, even unique adventures.� Rewards for the things you buy anyway. Ongoing

support for the California Alumni Association. At the end of the day, you’ll get much more than you pay for.

1.866.438.6262Mention priority code FABKISTTY users please call 1.800.833.6262Or go to www.newcardonline.com and enter priority code FABKIS

For information about the rates, fees, and other costs and benefits associated with the use of this Rewards card, or to apply, call the toll free number above, visit the website listed above or write to P.O. Box 15020,Wilmington, DE 19850.� Terms apply to program features and Credit Card account benefits. For more information about the program, visit bankofamerica.com/worldpoints. Details accompany new account materials.This credit card program is issued and administered by FIA Card Services, N.A. The WorldPoints program is managed in part by independent third parties, including a travel agency registered to dobusiness in California (Reg. No. 2036509-50); Ohio (Reg. No. 87890286); Washington (6011237430) and other states, as required. MasterCard is a registered trademark of MasterCard InternationalIncorporated, and is used by the issuer pursuant to license. The WorldPoints design is a trademark and WorldPoints and Platinum Plus are registered trademarks of FIA Card Services, N.A. Bankof America and the Bank of America logo are registered trademarks of Bank of America Corporation. All other company and product names and logos are the property of others and their use doesnot imply endorsement of, or an association with, the WorldPoints program.©2007 Bank of America Corporation T-608325-082806 (ext. per AAR) BAD-07-07-10230

BAD-07-07-10230.Cal Alumni 7/31/07 9:28 AM Page 1**acimabue�**Users:acimabue:Desktop:

fall 2007 27

TI27099_SparkM_CalSprt.indd Ben

Trumer — SA

T127099 8/7/07 10:30 AM LB

Cal Sports Quarterly SA

8.5 in x 11 in 8.75 in x 11.25 in None MG

AL

CG

TM

Sparkling Mouthfeel

1Trajan ProDIN

Cyan Magenta Yellow Black

None

This PDF PROOF represents the current state of this mechanical.

Please review carefully, then sign and fax back to 415 276 8301.

please confirm all (as applicable)

logo(s) telephone number(s)

indicia(s) spelling

address(es)

layout

legal copy

copy

ok as is make changes as marked

signature date

PD F PROOF

promo/offer code(s) web address(es)

SALZBURG SEIT 1601 BERKELEY EST 2004

w w w . t r u m e r i n t e r n a t i o n a l . c o m

Sparkling Mouthfeel

Before we could open the Trumer Brauerei Berkeley,

sister to our 400-year-old Brauerei in Salzburg, we had to

master a few things. Including the nuances of sparkling

mouthfeel. See, before you taste our pilsner, you feel

it. Your mouth comes alive with tight bubbles bouncing

here and there and everywhere. Fully awakened, the

palate is now ready to appreciate the perfect balance

of flavors that follow. The crisp, clean and well rounded

fi nish. And it all begins with one silly sounding phrase.

Hey, you in back. Stop snickering.

w w w . t r u m e r i n t e r n a t i o n a l . c o m

Before we could open the Trumer Brauerei Berkeley,

sister to our 400-year-old Brauerei in Salzburg, we had to

master a few things. Including the nuances of sparkling

mouthfeel. See, before you taste our pilsner, you feel

it. Your mouth comes alive with tight bubbles bouncing

here and there and everywhere. Fully awakened, the

palate is now ready to appreciate the perfect balance

of flavors that follow. The crisp, clean and well rounded

fi nish. And it all begins with one silly sounding phrase.

Hey, you in back. Stop snickering.

T:8.5 inT:11 in

B:8.75 inB:11.25 in


Shellie Onstead has been affiliated with Cal field hockey for nearly 30 years, but her family’s association with the school dates

back more than half a century to when her father, Sheldon, was a member of the Golden Bear diving team in the mid-1950s.

enduring CommitmentShellie onstead and Cal Field Hockey Have Been a Match for Almost Three Decades

Following a stellar playing career, Onstead, who graduated with a degree in physical education in 1983, continued her close association with the team. She served as an assistant until Fong’s retire-ment in 1994, and this year marks her 13th season as head coach.

“I knew the program was going to be in good hands,” said Fong, who headed the program from its inception in 1976 and led the squad to sev-en postseason berths and three conference titles. “It was natural for Shellie to take over. She had all the tools to be a successful coach, and she’s also involved in the international game. That’s a good diet. It helps to be involved.”

Said Onstead: “I didn’t leave here expect-ing or hoping to be a head coach. I started out helping out as an assistant because I wanted to give back. I did that for 12 years, then one day, Donna said she was going to retire. At first, I said I can’t afford to do this. Then I thought about it, and I knew I couldn’t not do it. It’s been the best job in the world.”

Now a six-time NorPac Conference Coach of the Year who has guided Cal to nine conference titles and five NCAA Tournaments, Onstead has elevated the Bears to elite status and has made them a virtual fixture among the country’s Top 20 teams.

The feat is particularly remarkable considering that only three Division I field hockey programs remain in California – Stanford and Pacific are the others. Still, Onstead’s drive has brought the

Yet, growing up in San Jose, at-tending Cal for her collegiate ex-

perience didn’t necessarily seem to be in the cards. Not only was the On-stead home near the Stanford cam-pus, but her mother, Mona, earned her

degree from The Farm and had an early influence on Shellie’s rooting interests.

“My household as a child was crazy,” Shellie said. “I was the youngest and only girl, so I sided with my mom as a Stanford fan, and my two brothers sided with my dad. We always had season tickets to Stanford football because there were several families on the block that were Stanford fans or grads. As a result, I grew up wanting to go to Stanford.”

Outnumbered by Cal rooters in her own household, Mona en-couraged Shellie to cheer for the Cardinal.

“I had her dressed in red and white all the time,” Mona said. “At 3, she would have her pompons and sing the ‘Dirty Golden Bear’ for company all the time. We were very connected to Stanford, sports-wise.”

Luckily for Cal, Shellie didn’t attend the university up the street. Instead, she enrolled at UC Davis for a year before transferring to Berkeley because of its field hockey program under then-head coach Donna Fong. Onstead helped Cal to three Top 5 national fin-ishes, and in 1982, she became the first Golden Bear field hockey player to earn All-America honors.

FiELd hOCKEyhead Coach Shellie onstead

By Herb Benenson

Souvenir Shellie Onstead player button

fall 2007 29

“it was natural for Shellie to take over. She had all the tools to be a successful coach, and she’s also involved in the international game. That’s a good diet. -former Cal coach Donna Fong

wakeboarding. She’s even led a number of sailing excursions in the Caribbean.

“I was asked to go to Azerbaijan with the women’s national team for the six-nation Champions Challenge this past June,” Onstead said, “but I was already booked to take seven grandmothers on a canal trip in France. My poor dog (an Ital-ian greyhound named Bella) has seen more of my mother than me!”

With both mom and dad proud of what she has accomplished with the Cal field hockey program, Onstead can rest assured that Bella won’t be converted to a Stanford fan anytime soon.

Bears a high degree of national respect and placed the team on par with some of the most established programs in the country.

Last season, Cal completed its best cam-paign since Onstead was playing for the Bears in the early 1980s. Behind national scoring leader and first-team All-American Valentina Godfrid, Cal finished 17-5 overall, swept through its NorPac competition with a 6-0 mark and earned a final ranking of 12.

The results hark back to the days when Onstead suited up in Blue and Gold. Dur-ing her initial season in Berkeley in 1980, Cal qualified as the 16th seed in the nation-al AIAW Tournament – the precursor to the NCAA for women’s athletics – and before

what my mentor had done to that point and with the mindset that I was going to bring the program back to when I was in school here and we were a Top 5 team. I knew that I had to learn to sell a program and make it not just about scholarship money. I started trying to create something that would perpetuate year to year. I was really conscious of the type of person I was re-cruiting. Slowly over the years, every sea-son the incoming class has been upgraded a little bit, and they’ve gradually built on each other.”

Onstead has also remained connected to the sport at the national team level. She is one of a few females on the men’s U.S. National team coaching staff and was the

Onstead’s international connections have clearly helped her Cal program advance. Godfrid, a three-time conference player of the year, joined the Bears from her native Argentina. Onstead has also had stars from Germany (Nora Feddersen and Elke Popp) and the Netherlands (Ilse Akkermans), all of whom developed into conference players of the year.

Even with her busy schedule of games in the fall, national team work in the spring and summer and recruiting throughout much of the year, Onstead ensures that she carves out time for herself. A certified skip-per for boats 50 feet and longer, she often includes water in her vacations, whether that includes sailing trips, houseboats or

FiELd hOCKEy

they knew it, the Bears found themselves in the championship game against Penn State. Cal held a 1-0 lead with eight minutes to go, but the Nittany Lions spoiled the Bears’ upset dreams with a 2-1 win.

“I keep wanting to go back and right that wrong,” said Onstead. “You can feel it like it was yesterday. We had some significant players on that team; Marcy Place ended up being an Olympian. I’m still very close with a lot of those players, and they are very in-terested in the program. Now I keep saying that I want to get back to that title game.”

Although the number of field hockey teams in the West dwindled, support from the Cal administration has not wavered, especially under current Director of Ath-letics Sandy Barbour, who was a four-year field hockey player as an undergraduate at Wake Forest.

“When I started in January 1995, I took baby steps,” Onstead said. “I had one scholarship and a whole lot of respect for

first woman ever to be named head coach of a men’s national team (Under-16) at any level.

This past offseason, for example, On-stead served as head coach of the San Francisco men’s regional team, which feeds players for the senior national team. She also took the women’s U.S. Under-19 Olympic Development Select team on a tour of Argentina in April, and was an assistant coach with the women’s U.S. National team that played a four-nation tournament in Chile in May.

“Where I can fit it in, I absolutely jump up and go,” Onstead said.

Sheldon Onstead was a star diver for the Bears as an undergraduate, while his daughter, Shellie, has been on the go as a player, coach and sailor.


A multi-talented young woman who comes from an athletic family, Hooker participated in activities as diverse as dancing and fencing through her formative years. Now a senior All-America defender on the California women’s

soccer team, Hooker has developed into one of the top central de-fenders in the country.

The product of Woodland Hills, Calif., has trained with the U.S. Under-20 and Under-21 National teams and has been part of a stingy Cal defense in recent years. The 2005 Golden Bears set a school record with a 0.47 goals-against average and tied the mark for most shutouts in a season with 14.

Named a second-team All-American in 2005, the 5-8 Hooker earned second-team All-Pac-10 and All-West Region honors last fall.

“She’s very athletic but not very big at all like a lot of central defenders are,” Cal assistant coach Jennifer Thomas said. “She has this attitude that she doesn’t take anything from any players. Usu-ally that package comes with more of a bruiser.

“But that’s not her style. She’d rather pickpocket a forward. She’s very technical and not afraid to dribble past a forward and bring the ball upfield herself. She is a technical defender. That’s a unique combination.”

Hooker developed her footwork skills by participating in both

Courtney Hooker has stayed on point with soccer despite her many interests and an injury that once threatened to derail her athletic career.

dancing and soccer as a youth, picking up soccer when she was five-years-old and dancing when she was six. Dancing al-lowed Hooker to show off her creative side.

Through soccer, she enjoyed the camaraderie of other talented players all pursuing a common goal.

Her father, Freddie Hooker, coached her when she was young and when she was also interested in softball, basketball, running, gymnastics and fencing. Fencing was a passion for her parents and was what drew her father and mother, 1972 Olympic fencer Ruth White, together.

Hooker was likewise passionate about dance, having trained in ballet and hip-hop. She used to dance at the Millennium Dance Complex in North Hollywood, where the likes of Britney Spears and N-Sync have trained.

“I loved dancing,” Hooker said. “I was on point for a while. Anybody who does ballet can tell you what that means. It does a lot of damage to your body, especially to your feet.”

In ballet, on point refers to dancing on the tips of ones toes, al-though it puts a lot of stress on feet and ankles. It also means that a dancer has achieved a high level of success.

Hooker weighed the wear and tear, blisters, calluses and ankle problems she associated with dance with the experiences she shared with her soccer teammates.

“I had to decide between pursuing dance and soccer, and I de-cided on soccer,” she said.

Hooker also competed in her parents’ sport – fencing – for a few years as a teenager, but soccer won that battle for her attention, too.

Courtney Hooker Stays on Point

on Soccer Field

wOmEN’s sOCCErCourtney hooker

By Dean Caparaz ’90

Courtney Hooker

Courtney Hooker showed off her dance skills at the Toe to Toe competition last spring.

fall 2007 31

they beam this laser in your eye,” Hooker said, “and every little beam felt like a needle. It was so painful.

“Next they gave me anesthesia and they took out my eye and put a buckle on the back of it. I still have a lot of scar tissue, and recovery was kind of rough.”

Called scleral buckling is a common meth-od to treat a detached retina – the procedure involves sewing the scleral buckle to the outer layer of the eye – and the buckling effect closes the retinal hole or tear and allows the retina to re-attach itself.

“It was really scary,” Hooker said. “I’m really happy it was fixed. I was really lucky.”

Hooker faced a rehabilitation period of six weeks during which she couldn’t play soccer or even run. Recovery went well, though the scleral buckle remains on her eye.

When she returned to the field, at the youth soccer national championships, all was well

until a high ball finally came her way. The prospect of tak-ing an elbow to the noggin for the right to head a leather soc-cer ball never used to bother her. But even a talented player like Hooker felt a little ner-vous the first time she went up for a header.

“You definitely try not to think about it, but it’s hard not to,” she said. “The first time I remember very vividly. It’s almost like I was scared, but I was so happy to be back that I wasn’t going to hold back. I felt so fortunate just to have the opportunity to play again. The first header went by, and I was like, ‘Okay, that was scary.’”

But she never looked back, helping to lead her team to the under-17 national club title.

Hooker, likewise, wants to lead the Bears to another win-ning season in her final year, before the pre-med major fol-lows in her mother’s footsteps and becomes a doctor.

“When you look at the tal-ent on the team and you see the talent coming in, this year we should all expect great things,” Hooker said. “The new coaching staff and every-thing will come together. We

have such a great support system between all the girls, great camaraderie, and we have all the elements that would make for a great team, so I think we’ll do really well this year.”

Dancing remains a part of her life, and she occasionally trains at Millennium and engages in dance “contests” with her team-mates prior to some games. The Bears sometimes even catch a little dance fever during the off-season.

“They would all come out to practice in the spring,” Thomas said, “and I’d turn from a water break and they’d be doing a rou-tine.”

Thomas added, “She’s two different people. On the field, she has a vicious attitude and is a leader. Off the field, she’s as silly as the rest of the girls. She’s a little bit of comic relief in the locker room until you get down to business and talk about what we need to do in the second half. That is a great bal-ance to have because you can’t be that intense all the time.”

Hooker displayed both of her talents last spring, as part of the Toe to Toe competition between Cal athletes and professional dancers from the ODC/Dance company. One of the top danc-ers among the Golden Bears in attendance, Hooker wowed the crowd, including a former NFL great and “Dancing with the Stars” alumnus.

“Jerry Rice was one of the judges, and he gave a shout out to the soccer girl,” Thomas said. “We were very impressed by that.”

Facing a ‘Reality Check’Even with the physical ailments Hooker in-

curred through dancing, nothing compared with the eye injury she sustained as a 17-year-old.

Doctors detected a detached retina in her right eye, a condition that may have been congenital, though Hooker’s twin brother Anton, who plays for Santa Clara, has not had a problem with his eyes. The ailment kept her out for most of her final high school season.

“It was definitely a reality check, being in soccer every day and having the possibility of that being taken away,” Hooker said. “It was almost a surreal experience, and it made me realize how fortunate I am. With something as important as eyesight, you take it for granted every day.”

Doctors tried a few methods to fix her eye, including a laser procedure that didn’t work.

“It was so painful, because they hold your head in a strap and then

wOmEN’s sOCCEr

“She’s very athletic but not very big at all like a lot of central defenders are. She has this attitude that she doesn’t take anything from any players. Usually that package comes with more of a bruiser. She’s very technical and not afraid to dribble past a forward and bring the ball upfield herself. She is a technical defender. That’s a unique combination.”

-Cal assistant coach Jennifer Thomas


LCRG_Cal Sports Quarterly adHalf-page ad: 8.5 x 5.5”(Bleed: 8.75 x 5.75”)

SINCE 1989 THE LARK CREEKRESTAURANT GROUP HAS

SUPPORTED LOCAL PRODUCTS.

GO BEARS!

THE LARK CREEK INN®

Larkspur (415) 924-7766

ONE MARKET ® RESTAURANTSan Francisco (415) 777-5577

LARKCREEK® STEAKSan Francisco (415) 593-4100

LARK CREEK®

Walnut Creek (925) 256-1234

PARCEL 104®

Santa Clara (408) 970-6104

YANKEE PIER®

Larkspur (415) 924-7676

Santana Row, San Jose (408) 244-1244

United Domestic Terminal,San Francisco International Airport (650) 821-8938www.larkcreek.com

fall 2007 33


aCadEmiC aChiEvEmENT

F or nearly 35 years, Summer Bridge has served as an intensive program that prepares incoming freshmen for their first full terms at the University of California.

Because of the impact the program had on Young, he now mentors other incom-ing students.

“I try to help them by pointing out some of the early mistakes I made as an incoming fresh-man,” explained Young. “I’ve encouraged them to get involved with the campus and what it has to offer.”

Summer Bridge program director Nora Sandoval said that she has gotten positive feedback from the student-athletes.

“(They) have expressed that Summer Bridge has helped them branch out and meet students outside their respective sport team,” said Sandoval. “Summer Bridge provides all students a common experience

from which they can build a strong support base for their years at Cal, and student-athletes have said that much of the support came from strong friendships with non-student-athletes, as well as athletes in the program.”

With new challenges and pressures student-athletes face today, Sandoval recognizes that Summer Bridge must also keep up and adapt.

“Through the years, the program has strengthened many part-nerships in order to best support the students in the program,” said Sandoval. “Some University partners include University Health Services, Gender Equity Resource Center, Student Learning Cen-ter, Athletic Study Center and Student Life Advising Services. We are very proud to provide students a comprehensive student-life transitional experience, and, working with Intercollegiate Athlet-ics, we are able to provide this to student-athletes who truly value the experience.

“We do hope to increase the size of the Summer Bridge Program for incoming freshmen students, as well as create a program for incoming transfer students.”

Summer Bridge Proves Beneficial for Golden Bear Athletes

Implemented by the Educational Opportunity staff in the Office of Student Advising in 1973, Summer Bridge has developed into one of the more beneficial servic-es on campus for many undergraduates, especially for Cal’s student-athletes.

Approximately 30 of the 130 students who participate annually also compete for the Golden Bears, and those who take part are required to take two summer session courses, as well as workshops taught by the Student Learning Center. The workshops are designed to im-prove academic skills, promote collaborative learning and provide peer support as students take their first courses in Berkeley.

Moreover for student-athletes, Summer Bridge offers seminars and tutoring that specifically assist athletes with the challenges of balancing academics and athletic training. These services are pro-vided by the Athletic Study Center, which is open year-round as a support service for athletes.

The Athletic Study Center, which provides countless resources for the Golden Bears, strives to encourage them to integrate, par-ticipate and become vested members in the academic community. The ASC’s supportive and instructional staff has provided a broad range of programs, including advising, tutoring, career planning, internships, research and professional training.

Sophomore Eddie Young of the Cal football team was one such individual who has greatly benefited from Summer Bridge.

“When I first came to Cal, it was hard to balance coursework and practice,” said Young. “(Summer Bridge) really prepared me to handle the pressure and how to manage my schedule as a student-athlete.”

Summer Bridge program director Nora Sndoval and sophomore Eddie Young

By Chris DeConna

Summer bridge Program

Summer Bridge ProgramDirector Nora Sandoval

fall 2007 35

By Anna oleson-Wheeler

When Sharf was deciding between col-leges, Cal’s academics caught the Orinda, Ca-lif., native’s eye. And it was the Haas School of Business, which is ranked third in the na-tion for undergraduate business programs, that was par-ticularly attractive.

“The business administration major was one of the main rea-sons I chose to come to Cal,” Sharf said. “The program has a great reputation.”

While the perennially power-ful Golden Bear water polo team faces off against the top-ranked teams in the country, a different breed of contenders – his fellow business hopefuls – awaited Sharf in the classroom before he could be admitted to Haas. Interest in the business administration pro-gram is growing rapidly, and Haas only accepts approximately half of the Cal students that apply.

“It was a real challenge getting into the Haas School of Business because I was competing with people who have that goal as their top priority,” Sharf said. “While it was very important to me, too, I still had to train hard for and focus on water polo. I realized after a while that academic success as an athlete is possible – it just takes a little less sleep and a lot more coffee.”

Even though Sharf had taken a major step towards the board-room with acceptance into Haas last year, he knew that hard work

lay ahead both in and out of the pool. The 2006 men’s water polo team had an exceptional season, winning 26 of 30 matches dur-ing the regular season before claiming the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament title. The Bears then defeated USC with a last-second goal to win the NCAA championship, Cal’s 12th in program history.

“Last fall semester was really difficult because there was a lot of pressure on our team to win, so it was a full-time job to play water polo,” Sharf said. “When you try and balance that with academics, it’s very stressful.”

In addition to his athletic ac-colades – honorable mention All-America and second on the ’06 squad with 48 goals – Sharf gave back to the academic com-munity, as well, as a tutor in the Athletic Study Center. He even declined an opportunity to play with the U.S. National team in order to participate in a Haas summer school program and to prepare for his senior water polo season.

With his 3.54 GPA, mem-bership on the MPSF All-Academic team and a 2005

Cal Scholar-Athlete Award, Sharf is an exemplary model of a Golden Bear student-athlete.

“The Cal academic community has been really amazing because it fosters a desire to learn and fuses that desire with a competitive environment,” said Sharf, who plans to pursue a career in corpo-rate finance. “As an athlete, I am already very competitive and I feel that I was able to transfer that attitude to the classroom here at Cal.”

aCadEmiC aChiEvEmENTmichael Sharf

Not only does senior Michael Sharf stand out as a pivotal member of Cal’s national champion men’s water polo team, he also expects to make waves in the business world after graduating with a bachelor’s

degree in the spring from the Haas School of Business.

After Water Polo Career, Michael Scharf Plans to Make Waves in Corporate Finance

Water polo standout Michael Scharf is proud of his admission into Cal’s competitive Haas School of Business.

Michael Sharf

DeCeMBeRSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

MBB vs. MissouriWBB vs. Vanderbilt

MBB vs. Jackson State

1

2

9

3 4 5 6 7 8

NoVeMBeRSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

WBB ExhibitionVB vs. Oregon State

MS vs. San Diego StateWS vs. Washington State VB vs. OregonMWP vs. UC Irvine MSD vs. Washington

FB vs. Washington State

WS vs. WashingtonMS vs. UCLAWBB Exhibition

MBB vs. Alaska-Fairbanks (exh)

FB vs. USCMWP vs. USC

MWP vs. UC Santa Cruz WSD vs. Washington

MBB vs. Southern Miss

VB vs. Arizona VB vs. Arizona State

WBB vs. New Mexico MBB vs. Nicholls State

MWP in MPSF Championship MWP in MPSF ChampionshipMBB vs. San Diego State

MWP in MPSF Championship WBB vs. Loyola Mary-mount

WBB vs. Saint Mary’s

SePTeMBeRSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

FB vs. Tennessee

WS in Cal Invite FH vs. Missouri State

MS vs. PennVB vs. Utah State

VB vs. Eastern KentuckyVB vs. Minnesota

MS vs. WisconsinMWP vs. UC Davis

FB vs. Louisiana TechMWP in NorCal Tournament

MS vs. Santa ClaraMWP in NorCal Tournament

MWP vs. Fordham

VB vs. StanfordFH vs. Pacific

MWP vs. AlumniFB vs. Arizona

FH vs. Stanford VB vs. UCLAMWP vs. Pacific

WS vs. Saint Mary’sWTN in Cal InvitationalVB vs. USC

MS vs. TowsonWTN in Cal Invitational

WTN in Cal Invitational

hOmE EvENTsWS Women’s Soccer (Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field)MSD Men’s Swimming & Diving (Spieker Aquatics Complex)WSD Women’s Swimming & Diving (Spieker Aquatics Complex)MTN Men’s Tennis (Hellman Tennis Complex)WTN Women’s Tennis (Hellman Tennis Complex)VB Volleyball (Haas Pavilion)MWP Men’s Water Polo (Spieker Aquatics Complex)

2

9

16

23

3

10

17

24 25

18

11

4 5

12

19

26

20

13

6 7

14

21

oCToBeRSunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

MWP vs. Harvard

MS vs. WashingtonWSD vs. PacificMSD vs. Pacific MWP vs. Harvard

MS vs. Oregon State VB vs. Washington

FH vs. Wake ForestVB vs. Washington State

FB vs. Oregon State

FH vs. Northwestern WS vs. USC MS vs. Stanford

WS vs. UCLA FH vs. MichiganMWP vs. Long Beach State

MWP vs. Santa Clara FH vs. Longwood

1

8

15

22

4 65

7 8 9 10 11 1312

14 15 16 17 18 2019

21 22 23 24 25 2726

28 29 30 31

1 32

5 6 7 8 1094

12 13 14 15 1716

18 19 20 21 22 2423

25 26 27 28 29 30

36 Cal SPoRTS qUaRTERly For a complete schedule, pick up a Cal schedule card at any home event or visit the official Cal website at www.CalBears.com.

11

MBB Men’s Basketball (Haas Pavilion)WBB Women’s Basketball (Haas Pavilion)XC Cross Country (Golden Gate Park)FH Field Hockey (Maxwell Family Field)FB Football (Memorial Stadium)MS Men’s Soccer (Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field)

27 28 29

30

321

10 11 12 13 14 15

©2007 Bank of the West. Member FDIC. *Free checking with Check Safekeeping. If eTimeBanker® is accessed through any personal financial management software, the standard monthly eTimeBanker® service charges will apply.

[ PROUD SPONSOR ]

At Bank of the West, we have all the qualities you look for in a bank. Like more than 700 branches, banking locations and commercial banking offi ces with friendly knowledgeable staff. Services like free personal checking and free eTimeBanker® online banking with bill pay*. And the strength of more than $57 billion in assets. Just like the CAL Bears, we play to win every time we take the fi eld. Visit us at www.bankofthewest.com.

Nothing Beats Being a Fan!Buy & sell your tickets with other Cal fans.

StubHub.com/Cal1.866.STUBHUB

Proud Sponsor of Cal Athletics

presortedstandard

U.s. postage paidberkeley, ca

permit #1

Athletic Development Officeintercollegiate athleticsUniversity of california195 Walter a. Haas Jr. pavilionberkeley, ca 94720-4424

cal sports quarterly - fall 2007

Documents

cal bears

cal backfield

cal athletic department

cal alumni

cal field hockey

golden bears

final season

golden bear diving team