University of the Pacific

PACIFIC ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

The 2003-04 Inductees of the Pacific Athletics Hall of Fame

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The inductees for the 2003-04 Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame induction class are Rod Bovee (Baseball, 1971-74), Dell Demps (Men's Basketball, 1989-92), Kevin Drake (Men's Swimming (1974-78), Liz Hert-Rey (Women's Volleyball, 1984-87), Vern Kellerman (Football, 1970-71), Teri McGrath-Keltner (Women's Volleyball, 1984-87), Mary Miller-Tribbett (Women's Volleyball, 1984-87), Darrell Winrich (Men's Tennis, 1948-51), and the 1970-71 men's basketball team. For more information, contact the Pacific Athletic Department at (209) 946-2387 .

Rod Bovee

Bovee practically re-wrote the Pacific pitching record book during his four years with the Tigers from 1971-74. A strong left-hander with an exceptional fastball and curveball, Bovee earned a pair of All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association selections during his four seasons as a starter. He also set 14 program pitching records during his tenure, including career marks for victories, shutouts, innings pitched, strikeouts, complete games, and earned run average.

Bovee had perhaps his finest season as a Tiger as a junior in 1973. He notched an 8-4 won-lost record that year, but more impressively recorded a 1.53 ERA with school-record totals at that time with 149 strikeouts, 123 innings pitched, and 11 complete games. During one stretch of the season, he pitched three consecutive shutouts and went 31 straight innings without allowing a run. In addition to earning All-PCAA honors, Rod was awarded All-District 8 recognition his junior season.

Bovee closed out his career at Pacific at or near the top of every pitching category in the Pacific baseball record book. Even more impressive than his record-setting career, however, has been the longevity of the records he set. Many of Bovee's records lasted well more than 20 years, until the emergence of Dan Reichert in the 1990s. Bovee, however, continues to hold the Pacific career records for strikeouts and shutouts. In addition, he continues to rank second in career wins, third in career innings pitched, second in single season ERA, and third in single season strikeouts.

Bovee's record-setting career with the Tigers led to a 15th round selection by the San Diego Padres in the 1974 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, and he went on to play three seasons in the Padres' minor league system.

Following his professional baseball career, Bovee worked in banking for 20 years with American Savings and Union Safe Deposit Bank in Stockton. Since 2001, he has worked for Bennett Development in Lodi, Calif., as Director of Acquisitions. Bovee currently resides in Stockton with his wife, Kellie, his daughters Jennifer and Natalie, and his son, Connor Matthew.

Dell Demps

Demps electrified crowds at the Alex G. Spanos Center as a member of the Pacific men's basketball team from 1988-92. He was a four-year starter, a three-time All-Big West Conference selection, and a two-time team MVP for the Tigers.

Demps earned All-Big West Conference Second Team honors as a sophomore, after leading the team in scoring with an average of 15.9 points per game in 1989-90. He then garnered All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention recognition as a junior in 1990-91, as he once again led the team in scoring while becoming the 19th Tiger to reach the 1,000-point mark. He scored in double figures 24 times in 28 games as a junior and ranked fifth in the Big West Conference in scoring with 18.8 points per contest. Dell had three double-doubles and one triple-double during the 1990-91 season alone. His triple-double included a program record for assists in a single game with 14 against UC Irvine on Jan. 7, 1991, a single game mark that stands to this day.

Demps closed out his Pacific career in superb fashion, picking up an All-Big West Conference First Team selection as well as a selection to the Academic All-District Team in 1991-92. He currently ranks second on the Pacific career scoring list with 1,742 points and second in the Pacific career record book with 230 three-point field goals. Dell also ranks fourth in the Pacific career record book in assists and ninth in steals. He holds two of the top 14 single season scoring marks in program history, as well as two of the 10 marks for three-pointers made in a season.

Demps went on to play a total of 10 years of professional basketball in France, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, and the National Basketball Association. He spent three seasons in the NBA with the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, and Orlando Magic.

Following his playing career, Demps served as an assistant coach in the NBDL from 2001-03. He currently works as a scout for the New York Knicks of the NBA. He and his wife, Anita, also own a clothing store in Elk Grove, where the couple resides.

Kevin Drake

Drake was a two-sport star as a member of the Pacific men's swimming team and the Tiger men's water polo team from 1974-78. He set seven individual program records in swimming before his graduation from Pacific and continues to rank among the top 15 in five categories.

Upon arriving at Pacific, Drake first starred on the water polo team, earning the squad's most improved player award in 1974.

Drake's swimming career then took off. He had perhaps his finest season during the 1975-76 campaign, his sophomore year. During that season he set a pair of individual records with times of 15:48.60 in the 1650 Free and 1:54.70 in the 200 Fly. Those times have held up well over the years as they currently rank fifth and 13th, respectively, in the Pacific swimming record book. Then, at the 1976 Pacific Coast Athletic Association Championships, Drake was the conference champion in the 400 Individual Medley with a time of 4:02.46. He closed out the season as a U.S. Olympic Team finalist in the 400 IM.

During his senior year as a Tiger, Drake set three more individual records in the Pacific swimming record book. He set the school record in the 400 IM with a time of 3:58.10, which he held for 22 years until it was broken in 2001. He currently is in second place in Pacific's annals with his time in the 400 IM. Drake also moved into the top 15 in the 1000 Free with a time of 9:33.10 and the 200 IM with a time of 1:53.50. Those times are currently seventh and 10th in the Pacific record book.

Drake is currently the business forms plant manager for Corporate Express Document and Print Management in Crystal Lake, Ill. Previously, he served as operations manager for Wallace Computer Services for 24 years.

Drake currently resides in Aurora, Ill., with his wife, Sandy, and the couple's four children: KC, Kyle, Kendall, and Cole.

Liz Hert-Rey

Hert-Rey starred at the setter position for the Pacific women's volleyball team from 1984-87. She helped guide the Tigers to a combined 137-18 record over her four years, as well as back-to-back national championships in 1985 and 1986.

Hert-Rey stands as one of the top setters in program history as she continues to rank third in the Pacific career record book with 4,386 assists. The 1986 and 1987 seasons were perhaps her best seasons as a Tiger on the volleyball court. In 1986, Hert-Rey earned Volleyball Monthly All-America honors. She directed the Tigers to their second consecutive NCAA Division I national title while earning honors as Pacific's Co-MVP.

In 1987, Hert-Rey earned All-PCAA First Team honors, while also being named to the AVCA All-America First Team and the Volleyball Monthly All-America Team. On Oct. 6, 1987, she set a Pacific single match record with 88 assists against UCLA, a mark she continues to hold to this day. During the summer of 1987, Liz participated at the World University Games in Yugoslavia.

Currently, Hert-Rey holds three of the top eight single season assist marks in the Pacific single season record book. She is also tied for ninth in the Pacific career record book with 125 service aces.

After her outstanding career at Pacific, Hert-Rey played professional Major League Volleyball in 1989 in Portland, Ore. She then went to France and played professionally from 1990-94. While in France, she was and English teacher at an engineering university in Lyon.

Hert-Rey is currently the head volleyball coach at NCAA Division III Wheaton College. She resides in Norton, Mass., with her husband, Christian Rey, and the couple's three children: Amelie, Timothy, and Christopher.

Vern Kellerman

Kellerman made an indelible mark on the Pacific football program in two short years in 1970 and 1971. Kellerman joined the Pacific football team in 1970, following an all-conference career at the College of Marin. He was forced out of the 1970 season due to a knee injury, but returned in 1971 to have one of the greatest single season performances of any defensive lineman in Tiger football history.

Kellerman was honored by the team for his fine play in 1971 with the Harry E. Kane award as the outstanding defensive player, the President's award for excellent performance, and the Sid Robinson Memorial award as the most loyal player. In addition, Kellerman was honored with selections to the All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association First Team, the Associated Press All-West Coast Team, and the AP All-America Honorable Mention Team.

Following his playing career, Kellerman briefly served as a member of Pacific's coaching staff, before entering the public school system as a social science teacher and football coach at Gilroy High School in Gilroy, Calif. He then moved to Merced High School in the same capacity, and presently teaches U.S. Government and Economics at Golden Valley High School in Merced, Calif.

As a high school coach and teacher, Kellerman has mentored many exceptional young people. As a coach, he was part of seven conference championship teams, four of which became section finalists. His 1990 Merced High School team went on to be crowned the number one team in California.

Kellerman and his wife, Kathleen, reside in Merced, and the couple has two children: Ashleigh and Gavin.

Teri McGrath-Keltner

McGrath-Keltner was a standout student-athlete for the Pacific women's volleyball team from 1984-87, and continues to rank among the top 10 in numerous categories in the Pacific record book.

McGrath-Keltner helped guide Pacific to a 137-18 record during her four years at the outside hitter position. During her junior season in 1986, she earned American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Second Team honors and was a Volleyball Monthly All-American. Also an exemplary student, Teri was recognized as an Academic All-American in 1986 for her success in the classroom.

McGrath-Keltner continued to pile up honors as a senior in 1987, as she earned AVCA All-America First Team honors and was once again a Volleyball Monthly All-American. She earned All-PCAA First Team recognition for the second time and was bestowed with the prestigious honor of Academic All-American of the Year. Teri was also a 1987 participant in the World University Games held in Yugoslavia, along with teammate Liz Hert-Rey.

McGrath-Keltner's name can be found throughout the Pacific record book. She currently ranks seventh in digs (1,105) and digs per game (2.59) for her career. McGrath-Keltner also ranks eighth in the Tigers' career record book with 357 block assists and ninth in both total blocks and blocks per game. She stands in 10th position in the Pacific career record book with 72 solo blocks.

After a solid career at Pacific, McGrath-Keltner was part of the U.S. National Team from 1988-91.

McGrath-Keltner is currently a consultant with Delta Consulting Company. Previously, she worked for 13 years as a computer programmer for Alltel Information Services. She resides in Long Beach, Calif., with her husband, Todd Keltner.

Mary Miller-Tribbett

Miller-Tribbett was part of Pacific's back-to-back national championship teams in 1985 and 1986. She helped guide the Tigers to a 137-18 record during her four-year career as a middle blocker from 1984-87.

Miller-Tribbett enjoyed perhaps her finest seasons on the court in 1986 and 1987. As a junior in 1986, she was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America Second Team and was a Volleyball Monthly All-American. She also earned All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association Second Team honors in both 1986 and 1987, while earning Volleyball Monthly All-America honors again as a senior in 1987. During the 1986 campaign, Mary set the Pacific record for total blocks in a single season with 221, a mark that stands to this day.

Miller-Tribbett is one of only two players in program history to twice record 15 total blocks in a single match. Two-time Olympian Elaina Oden is the only other Pacific women's volleyball player to accomplish that feat.

Currently, Mary ranks in four top-10 categories in the Pacific career record book. She is fourth with 116 solo blocks, fifth with an average of 1.25 blocks per game, and seventh in both block assists (380) and total blocks (496).

After her outstanding career at Pacific, Miller-Tribbett continued to showcase her talent on the volleyball court. In 1989, she was a graduate assistant volleyball coach for Pacific, while also playing Major League Volleyball for the San Jose Golddiggers. From 1991 to 1992, she played for the National Volleyball Association for the San Jose Storm, and from 1993 to 1994, she was a member of the NVA's Sacramento Stars. Miller-Tribbett returned to Pacific in 1996 and 1997 and helped coach the squad as a volunteer assistant coach.

Miller-Tribbett currently is a stay-at-home mom. She resides in Centennial, Colo., with her husband, Jon Tribbett, and the couple's three children: Krissy, Kenny, and Tim.

Darrell Winrich

Winrich played four outstanding years of varsity tennis at Pacific, first at the No. 2 singles position from 1948-50, before dominating at the top spot in the singles lineup in 1951.

A three-time All-California Collegiate Athletic Association selection, Winrich was part of the 1950 men's tennis team that was inducted into the Pacific Athletic Hall of Fame two years ago. In 1950, the Tigers won their fourth consecutive CCAA title and finished the season ranked third in the nation with a 13-2 record behind only No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 USC.

The top-ranked player in all of California in 1951, Winrich defeated the No. 1 player at UCLA, Jack Shoemaker, at that season's Ojai Valley Tournament. Earlier that year, as the third seed, he captured the Northern California Intercollegiate Championships as he defeated top-seeded Butch Krikorian of San Jose State in straight sets to claim the title. None of Darrell's five opponents at the event were able to force a deuce set. Winrich garnered All-State First Team recognition in 1951, to go along with unofficial All-America recognition in 1950 and 1951.

Over his career, Winrich posted an overall dual match record of 58-5, good for a 92 percent winning percentage. He was the only top-seeded player of his era to post an undefeated dual match record for an entire season with an 11-0 mark in 1951, as he was the top ranked player in all of California that year.

Throughout his career, Winrich faced the very best tennis teams and the very best collegiate players in the nation. At the time, 12 of the top 25 ranked men's players in the United States were competing in the college ranks, and California was the national hotbed for intercollegiate tennis.

In addition to his standout career as a member of the Pacific men's tennis team, Winrich participated for the Tiger freshman men's basketball team in 1948, where he led the team in scoring and was a second team all-league pick.

Winrich graduated with honors from Pacific in 1952. In 1976, he formed his own company, WCM Investment Management. He retired in 1995, but his son, Kurt, now runs the firm, which currently has over $1 billion in assets under management. Darrell and his wife, Carolee, Pacific class of 1952, presently reside in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The couple has two children (Kurt and Kriste) and five grandchildren.

1970-71 Men's Basketball Team

Under the tutelage of legendary head coach Dick Edwards, the 1970-71 Tigers posted a 22-6 overall record and a 12-2 mark in the West Coast Athletic Conference. As the WCAC champions, the Tigers advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in school history.

At the NCAA West Regional in Salt Lake City, Utah, Pacific carved out a 13-point halftime advantage over PCAA champion Long Beach State in the opening round, but a second half 49er rally led to a Long Beach State win. The Tigers rebounded with a thrilling 84-81 consolation victory over BYU two days later, the Tigers' last NCAA Tournament win until this season.

The team's 22 victories were the most by a Pacific team for more than a quarter century, until the 1996-97 team earned 24 wins. Likewise, the 1970-71 Tigers strung together a streak of 11 consecutive wins from January 27 to March 6. That streak was the longest by the Tigers until a 16-game streak in 1996-97.

Individually, John Gianelli was honored as the Northern California Player of the Year, while also earning All-WCAC First Team honors. Gianelli was joined on the All-WCAC First Team by current Tiger head coach Bob Thomason. Jim McCargo received All-WCAC Second Team recognition for the season.

Rob Sperring, Bernard Dulaney, Paul Scheidegger, Pete Jensen, Pat Douglass, and John Joshua each appeared in more than 20 games during the season for the Tigers and provided valuable contributions throughout the year.

Mike Cloyd, Roy Ghiggeri, and Osmund Noble rounded out the playing roster for the Tigers.

Head coach Dick Edwards was joined on the sideline by assistant coaches Denis Willens and Pat Foley, graduate assistant Tom Jones, and head athletic trainer Dave Kendall. Bill Bentler served as equipment manager, while Marty Becker, Kim Morton, and Bryan Cole were team managers.