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2007 Inductees
Stacey Mays Houlihan earned distinction as an outstanding softball player at ULV. She was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) National Player of the Year in 1993 and is La Verne’s first-ever female national player of the year award winner. Mays also was the SCIAC Player of the Year, leading lead the Leopards to the SCIAC and West Region titles en route to an NCAA 5th-place finish. She also earned First Team All-SCIAC honors on the Leopard basketball team in '93
Ryan Campuzano was a standout quarterback for the Leopard football team in the mid-1990’s. He was undefeated in conference play (18-0) for three seasons as the ULV starting quarterback. Campuzano was a First Team All-SCIAC selection in 1994 and 1995 and was a member of three SCIAC Championship teams and led La Verne to consecutive undefeated regular-season finishes in '94 and '95. He was a two-time recipient of ULV's Anthony Scafani Sportsman of the Year award in 1995 and 1996.
Wendy Gibbs excelled on the basketball court while at La Verne and was the SCIAC Player of the Year in 1993 and a First Team All-SCIAC selection each of her four seasons at La Verne. In fact, she is one of five players in SCIAC history to be named First Team All-SCIAC in women’s basketball four times. Named the Jesse Iles Sportswoman of the Year at La Verne in 1993, she also led ULV a SCIAC Conference championship in 1990 with a perfect 10-0 league record.
Rod Wright was a two-sport star at La Verne in the late 1980s, earning Second Team All-America honors in soccer in 1987, helping guide the Leopards to a SCIAC Championship that season. The Anthony Scafani Sportsman of the Year in 1987, he also holds the ULV school record for assists with 39. As a baseball player he was First Team All-SCIAC in 1987 and batted .340 during his career.
Ryan (Winn) Bettencourt was named the 2001 National Player of the Year by Volleyball Magazine after leading La Verne to its third national title in school history that season. She was selected as the 2001 SCIAC Player of the Year in addition to earning All-West Region honors in 2000 and 2001. In her two seasons as starting setter, La Verne posted an overall record of 52-3, a winning percentage of .945. She earned ULV's Jesse Iles Scafani Sportswoman of the Year honors in 2002.
