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Hall of Champions to induct 16 athletes

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January 13, 2010
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Pitcher David Wells, four-time Olympic diving gold medalist Greg Louganis and three-time world championship sailor J.J. Isler will be inducted next month into San Diego’s Hall of Champions’ Hall of Fame in Balboa Park. The three, along with Veteran’s Committee selections David Grayson and Bob Larsen, will be honored Feb. 22 at the Hall’s 64th Annual Salute to the Champions. Included among the selections are 16 Stars of the Year for 2009, headed by record-setting NASCAR stock car driver Jimmie Johnson and Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers. Wells earned American League Most Valuable Player honors twice and was selected to three All-Star games while compiling a 239-157 record. And he has two World Series rings. He’s a product of Point Loma High where, in 1982, he was selected the CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year. Louganis became the first diver in history to record a perfect 10 score on a dive in international competition at the 1982 World Championships. After securing a silver medal in platform diving at the 1976 Olympics, Louganis became the only male diver in history to win both springboard and platform gold medals in the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. Louganis is a 1977 graduate of Valhalla High. Isler collected three World sailing titles along with Olympic silver and bronze medals. A collegiate All-American at Yale after attending The Bishop’s School, Isler won the International Yacht Racing Union’s World Championships in 1986. In 2005, Isler was the first woman selected to the Sailing World Hall of Fame. Grayson, a graduate of Lincoln High, played his college football at the University of Oregon. Drafted by the AFL Dallas Texans in 1961, he played four seasons before joining the Oakland Raiders in 1965 where he played six more seasons. Larsen, a Hoover High alum, enjoyed coaching success in track and cross country at all levels. His recent successes include 2004 Olympic silver medalist Mebrahtom Keflezighi and bronze medalist Deena Kastor. As a longtime head men’s coach at UCLA, Larsen won two NCAA cross country titles and the 1976 national team championship with the Jamul Toads. Johnson, named by the Associated Press as Male Athlete of the Year for 2009, became the first driver in NASCAR’s 61-year history to capture four straight titles, surpassing the legendary Cale Yarborough. Rivers guided the Chargers to victories in the final 11 games this season to secure the AFC West title and a bye in the first round of the post-season playoffs, completing better than 65 percent of his passes (308-of-471) for 4,155 yards. He was recently named the Chargers’ MVP for the season. Two of Rivers’ teammates, veteran tight end Antonio Gates and outside linebacker Shaun Phillips will also be honored. San Diego Padres MVP Adrian Gonzalez, PGA star Phil Mickelson, New York City Marathon winner Mebrahtom Keflezighi, Los Angeles Lakers standout Luke Walton and the Minnesota Lynx’ Charde Houston will be recognized from the professional ranks. Former San Diego State pitcher Stephen Strasburg, the first player selected in the Major League Baseball draft, tops the list of collegians who will be feted.

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