SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The top 150 Santa Barbara High School athletes of all-time were honored at the Santa Barbara Club hosted by the Dons Ye Old Gang and the school's alumni association.
4-Time NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Randall Cunningham and 3-time Olympic Gold medal winning volleyball player Karch Kirlay were some of the bigger stars that attended the gala.
Cunningham graduated from Santa Barbara High in 1981 while Kiraly was a 1978 Dons graduate.
The following day Cunningham held a kids-only event at the very Santa Barbara downtown Boys & Girls Club that helped Randall develop important life skills while he was growing up.
He threw the football to kids and also signed autographs.
The 150 top athletes coincides with Santa Barbara High School celebrating 150 years of being opened, making it one of the oldest high schools in California.
Here is a complete list of the 150 Dons greatest athletes in school history.
John Whittemore Track and Field 1918Keith Gledhill Tennis 1928Mike Dimas Football 1930Robert Eugene Lillard Baseball 1931Lou Tsoutsouvas Football 1933Harry McLaughlin Basketball 1936Bill Peters Football 1937Dario Castagnola Football 1938Thomas Kruger Tennis 1939Chuck Sylvester Football 1940Gene Mangini Baseball 1941Doug Spence Football 1941Peter Zucco Football 1941Eldon Ford Tennis 1943Alex Bravo Football 1949Eddie Mathews Baseball 1949Gene Bowman Football 1950Marshall Howe Football 1950Del Mora Football 1950Peter O’Garro Football 1950Marv Goux Football 1951Neill Wright Baseball 1952Gates Foss Track and Field 1953Payne Green Basketball 1953John Osborne Baseball 1953Bill “Gabe” Arellanes Baseball 1954Ernie Zampese Football 1954Al Geiberger Golf 1955Rino Filippin Baseball 1955Rodger Schmandt Baseball 1957Bill Oakley Baseball 1958Hayward Williams Football 1958Bob Looney Basketball 1959Rod Dowhower Football 1961Johnny Gilbert Track and Field 1961Gary Hart Football 1961Jim Murphy Football 1961Manuel Robledo Football 1962Jeff Jameson Baseball 1963Victor Bartolome Basketball 1966Joseph Charles Núñez Football 1966Dave Thompson Baseball 1967Grady Hurst Football 1968Bob “Bigman” Pointer Football 1968Sam Cunningham Football 1969Eddie Bowman Baseball 1970Booker Brown Football 1970Earl Pointer Football 1970Jamaal Wilkes Basketball 1970Don Ford Basketball 1971Alton Hayes Football 1971Alfonso Guzman Soccer 1972Russ Hafferkamp Water Polo 1972AC Cunningham Football 1973Philip Pipersburg Track and Field 1973Steve Dudley Football 1975Craig Gilbert Basketball 1975James Hunter Football 1976Vaune Kadlubek Water Polo 1976Jesse Orosco Baseball 1976Rudy Ybarra Soccer 1976Steve Crandell Basketball 1977Gus Guzman Soccer 1977Tony Gilbert Track and Field 1978John Hanley Volleyball 1978Karch Kiraly Volleyball 1978Cindy Schmandt Cross Country 1979Mike Falberg Tennis 1980Alison Hardy Tennis 1980Eric Sappenfield Cross Country 1980Mark Wooldridge Tennis 1980Mark Basham Tennis 1981Lynn Carpenter Cross Country 1981Baraza Thomas Cross Country 1981Randall Cunningham Football 1981Lisa Strand Volleyball 1981
Kelly Strand Volleyball 1981Tom Curren Surfing 1982Kim Mearig Surfing 1982Paul Nicholson Football 1982Sally Ostrander Tennis 1982Colleen Patton Tennis 1982Lola Trenwith Tennis 1982Karl Tucker Volleyball 1982Jason Gamble Football 1983Holly Ford Basketball 1984Pete Kwiatkowski Football 1984Lee Nelson Volleyball 1985Dina Trenwith Tennis 1985Tim Trigueiro Tennis 1985Brian Alderman Swimming 1986Kevin Bolden Football 1986Dante Robinson Football 1987Shannon Frowiss Basketball 1988Paul Johnson Basketball 1988Faha Banks Basketball 1989Paul Perkins Football 1989Stephanie Rempe Soccer 1989Janelle Thompson Basketball 1989Julie Whalen Volleyball 1989Simon Banks Football 1990David Fischer Volleyball 1990Kristen Knapp Basketball 1990Kerry Lawyer Track and Field 1990David Palmer Basketball 1990Poncho Renteria Football 1990Chris Sanchez Football 1990Matt Renshaw Volleyball 1992Alex Decret Tennis 1993Torlando Bolden Football 1994Lindsay Gassner Swimming 1994Linnea Mendoza Volleyball 1994Khalid Hurst Football 1995Brad Kittredge Water Polo 1995Carlos Morales Soccer 1995Mike Garrett Basketball 1996Pilar Montgomery Tennis 1996Phillip Pipersburg Jr. Track and Field 1996Ryan Spilborghs Baseball 1998Sarita Yardi Tennis 1998Greg Snyder Water Polo 1999Thalia Munro Water Polo 2000Matt Vasquez Baseball 2000Lisa Willett Basketball 2000Aaron López Soccer 2002Santiago Aguirre Basketball 2003Dylan Axelrod Baseball 2003Brian Snyder Water Polo 2003Taylor Rochestie Basketball 2004Tyler Wilson Water Polo 2004Kami Craig Water Polo 2005Cord Phelps Baseball 2005Carson Clark Volleyball 2007Kelly Easterday Water Polo 2007Kristen Dealy Volleyball 2008Roberto Nelson Basketball 2009John Uribe Football 2009Shane Lebow Golf 2010Jose “Tony” Alfaro Soccer 2011Bolden Brace Basketball 2016Kevin Gowdy Baseball 2016Amber Melgoza Basketball 2016Sawyer Rhodes Water Polo 2017Ben Roach Soccer 2018Will Rottman Volleyball 2019Bryce Warrecker Baseball 2020Pepper Marks Wrestler 2023Andreas Dybdahl Cross Country 2024Carter Battle Track and Field 2025Kai Mault Football 2025Luke Zuffelato Basketball 2025
The Top 150 selection process included an esteemed committee which included all of the athletic directors since 1990, coaches, local sports journalists and alumni.
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