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PIONEER – YOUTH SOCCER ORGANIZATION Jack Sullivan A love and passion for the sport of soccer and a desire todevelop Hawai’i’s youth to be competitive, nationally andinternationally, motivated Jack Sullivan to help organize thelocal American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) in 1974. He has been involved with soccer in Hawai’i for 30 years. As acoach, organizer…

CONTRIBUTOR – VOLLEYBALL PLAYER/COACH Jon Stanley Jon Stanley was a member of the U.S. National Volleyball Team in 1966 and 1972. He was also a member of the Olympic Volleyball Teams in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. He was named to the United States Volleyball Association All-America Team seven times. In 1975 he became the…

OLYMPIC MEDALIST – VOLLEYBALL Clay Stanley Born in Honolulu, Clay Stanley instantly inherited strong volleyball genes with a family deeply skilled in the sport. Clay’s mother, father and grandfather were all high level volleyball players. Naturally, he began playing volleyball at a very young age with various clubs. Although he did not play volleyball for…

OLYMPIC MEDALIST – SWIMMING Allen Stack Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Allen Stack was an outstanding student-athlete. He was an All-American swimmer at Yale University and a graduate of Columbia University Law School. He made his way to two Olympic Games in 1948 and 1952. He won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke in…

CONTRIBUTOR – SWIMMING Aileen Riggin Soule There are few who can boast of an athletic career such as Aileen Riggin Soule’s. After a whirlwind tour of the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924, where she won several medals, she moved to Hawai’i in 1957. In 1967 she was inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame…

OLYMPIC MEDALIST – SWIMMING William Smith As a six-year old growing up in Puunene, HI (Maui), William Smith contracted typhoid. Once he recovered, his family got him to swim in an effort to rebuild his battered body. In 1942 Smith set a world record in the 200-meter free-style swim at the National Amateur Athletic Union…

CONTRIBUTOR – PROFESSIONAL BOXING Albert “Quick” Silva Albert Silva was involved in the sport of boxing for over 70 years. Locally and while in the military service, Mr. Silva excelled as a championship fighter compiling a record of 100 wins and 12 losses. He held the title of O’ahu’s welterweight champion and while in the…

CONTRIBUTOR – COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL COACH Dave Shoji Dave Shoji has excelled as the women’s head volleyball coach at the University of Hawai’i where he has guided the program, since 1975, to over 860 wins, four national championships and recognition as a perennial top 10 ranked NCAA program. In 30 years, his teams have won 20…

CONTRIBUTOR – TENNIS Jim Schwitters Jim Schwitters was the winningest coach in NCAA tennis history. He served as tennis coach for the University of Hawai’i from 1965 to 2003. Schwitters began his 38-year coaching legacy at UH as an assistant in 1964 and the following year became head coach of the men’s team. In 1965-66…

CONTRIBUTOR – FATHER OF THE HONOLULU MARATHON Dr. Jack H. Scaff, Jr. In 1973, Dr. Jack Scaff started the Honolulu Marathon with Tom Ferguson and Tommy Kono and has guided the marathon from its infancy of 162 runners to over 30,000 runners today. In 1974, he conceived the Honolulu Marathon Clinic, educating thousands of people…