David Lozano was born and raised in Stockton, attending Stockton Jr. High School and St. Mary’s High School before attending San Joaquin Delta College. He is one of seven brothers and sisters who were inducted as the Frank and Ramona Lozano family into the Stockton Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990 and into the St....Read More
Prentice McCray, Jr. Football, Basketball, Baseball, Track and Field Prentice lived in Stockton from the age of four until 1969, when he graduated from Edison High School and chose to attend Arizona State University on a football scholarship. He returned to Stockton from 1983-1989 before again relocating to Arizona. At Edison, Prentice was a...Read More
Chuck Swimley Baseball, Football, Coach Chuck was born in Hanford, CA in 1942 and moved with his family to Stockton in 1945. He attended Hazelton and Madison Elementary Schools, Webster Jr. High and Stagg High School. He played baseball at Stagg and was named Most Valuable Player and All-Conference in 1960. He also played...Read More
Jesus “Sue” Valverde (1921-1959) 2018 Memorial Award Football, Basketball, Baseball Jesus earned 11 varsity letters from 1926 to 1930 for sports competition in his four years at St. Mary’s High School. Jesus has been called “one of the ten best athletes of his era at St. Mary’s High School and maybe even Stockton.” He...Read More
Delta College Mustangs Baseball Team “Team of the Year” 1st row left to right: Bubba Dentoni, Zack Mathis, Anthony Galindo, Bryan Rosario, Jacob Jordan, Dominick Pisano, Cameron Schubert. Row 2: Thomas Greely, Joey Spears, Clayton Westrope, Jack Walsh, Zach McHone, Anthony Lucchetti, Myles Harris. Row 3: Beau Philip, Kevin Kyle, Trent North, Zach Tresemer, Nick...Read More
RANDY WASHINGTON BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL Randy was an outstanding athlete in the 1970’s and early 80’s. He was a three-sport standout at Stagg HS. He was strong, fast, elusive, quick, and intelligent on the playing fields. He spent ten seasons in the Cleveland Indians’ minor league system after graduating from Stagg in...Read More
ROBERT “BOBBY” * STEVENS 2016 MEMORIAL AWARD Robert “Bobby” Stevens was born in Stockton, attended Jackson Elementary, Edison High School, and Stockton Junior College. At Edison High School, Bobby played football, basketball, and baseball. He was the quarterback on the football team, but excelled in basketball, leading the team in scoring, and in baseball,...Read More
VON HAYES BASEBALL Von Hayes was born August 31, 1958 in Stockton, California. He attended St. Luke’s Elementary/Middle School, St. Mary’s High School, and went on to attend St. Mary’s College. As a youth, he participated in CYO Basketball, Little League and Babe Ruth Baseball. Von was a small kid and not very big in...Read More
PAUL LOVOTTI BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, COACHING Paul was born and raised in Stockton and played in the local youth leagues while growing up. He attended Lotte Grunsky Elementary, Stockton Jr. High, and Franklin High Schools. While at Franklin, Paul played football and baseball, being named All-League in both sports. After graduating from Franklin, he attended San...Read More
JOE PINA BASEBALL Joe Pina was raised in east Stockton in the Stribley Park area and in migrant labor camps until he was eleven years old. At that point, Joe became interested in sports, which became a passion for him. He worked hard to catch up with his peers, who had started playing sports...Read More