2005 LGHS Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

	HAL SONNTAG 1940 BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, TRACK, TENNIS Set the SCVAL basketball scoring record for a single season at 129 points in just an 8 game season. Captain of the basketball team. Scored the winning touchdown in the Wildcats first ever SCVAL football crown. One of the few athletes to have lettered in 5 sports. At San Jose State, lettered in football, basketball, baseball, and soccer. Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies. Coached football, basketball, baseball and track at Los Gatos High School Was the commissioner of the SCVAL and WVAL.

	PETE DENEVI 1944 FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, TRACK Was All-League, Team Captain or Most Valuable Player on 5 consecutive teams at Los Gatos High School: 1943 Track, 1943 Football, 1943-44 Basketball, 1944 Baseball, 1944 Track. At San Jose State played 4 years of varsity baseball, 4 years of varsity football, 3 years of varsity basketball and was on the boxing team his sophomore year Was All League catcher and captain of the baseball team at SJS his senior season. Coached Football and Baseball at LGHS for many years.

	CAMDEN WALL 1959 BASKETBALL, WATER POLO, TRACK Basketball team MVP, first team all-league. 2nd in league in scoring. All-league, team captain and MVP in water polo Placed 2nd in league in high jump. Attended UC Berkeley on basketball scholarship. Team MVP, 2nd team All Pac 8 and Dell All American honorable mention his senior season at Cal. Was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors in 1964 NBA draft.

	ED HOWELL 1963 FOOTBALL, WRESTLING Won the league wrestling title at 191 pounds both his junior and senior wrestling seasons. Was the Northern California champion his senior season wrestling. All league tackle in football both his junior and senior seasons. He was the first Los Gatos player to play in the North-South Shrine All Star game. Attended University of Colorado on a football scholarship. Switched to wrestling after his freshman year at Colorado and won Big 8 titles at 191 pounds in 1966 and 1967. Finished 2nd in the 1964 Olympic trials.

	MIKE COUCHEE 1976 FOOTBALL, BASEBALL Was All League, League Most Valuable Back, All CCS and All State in football his senior year. Was quarterback of an undefeated varsity team and threw for 28 touchdowns. Was All League for three years as a LGHS varsity baseball pitcher Was 10-1 as a freshman pitcher at San Diego State. Pitched at USC for 2 seasons in which he was team MVP, team captain and was honorable mention All American. Was drafted out of high school by the SF Giants, during college by Minnesota Twins and after college by the San Diego Padres. Was Texas League Relief pitcher of the year, Padres Minor league pitcher of the year and pitched for the major league Padres for 3 seasons

	BILL STEINER 1979 WATER POLO, SWIMMING Varsity swim team at LGHS for 4 seasons. Was a two-year starter for the varsity water polo team. Was MVP of his water polo team for 4 seasons – 2 Frosh/Soph and 2 Varsity. Was a high school All American in water polo his senior year. Was a league champion on a relay team his sophomore year and an individual champion both his junior and senior years in the 100 backstroke and 200 IM. Was 2nd in CCS and State in the 50 Free and 3rd in the State in the 100 Free. Was an All American swimmer in 3 events and held the school record in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free and swam a leg on the record 400 relay. His record in the 50 Free lasted 18 years.

	KENT COOPER 1980 FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL Was team captain and All League both offense and defense in his junior and his senior football seasons. Was 2nd team All CCS as a junior and 1st Team All CCS as well as being named Defensive Back of the Year both in League and CCS. Was team captain, defensive player of the year and honorable mention All League in basketball. Was All League and team Captain his senior season in baseball. Played baseball at West Valley College where he led the state in RBIs. Played college baseball at UOP and Santa Clara, where he was All Conference and drafted by the SF Giants

	LEZLIE JENSEN 1987 TRACK, BASKETBALL Held 6 school track and field records at graduation. Set a school record in the long jump of 19’2” that still stands today and is only jumper in LGHS history to make State Finals 2 years in a row. Set a school record in the triple jump 37’5” and finished 10th in the state. Won league titles in the 100, long jump, triple jump, and 400 as well as running on two league-champion relay teams. Set school record in 400 with a 56.30, but ran a 55.0 split while anchoring Los Gatos to a 4x400 CCS Championship in 1987. Was team MVP 4 years in track. Has the fastest dual meet 100 time in LGHS history.

	MIKE FISHER 1990 FOOTBALL, BASEBALL Was All League and All CCS in both Football and Baseball his senior year Was team captain and outstanding offensive player in football and quarterbacked his team to back to back league and CCS titles in 88 and 89 Was the starting catcher for three years on the baseball team Played in the State All Star baseball game his senior year Went to Arizona State on a baseball scholarship after LGHS Left Arizona St. to play football and ended up at Cal Poly SLO, where he held 10 school records and was voted “Player of the Decade” for football Mike also played for LG in the Little League World Series

	SHELBY EDWARDS 1994 VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, SOFTBALL Selected All-League both her junior and senior seasons in volleyball. Was First team All CCS and All Northern California her senior volleyball seasonWas team captain of the only State Championship team in any sport at LGHSWas a member of the first CCS Champion softball team in LGHS history. In softball was All League her junior year and league MVP her senior yearIn basketball was team captain and twice selected All League. Played 4 seasons of varsity volleyball at the University of Oregon. Was honorable mention All Academic Pac 10 three straight yearsIs currently on the faculty at LGHS and is girl’s volleyball varsity coach

	JOHN BAGGERLY 1935 SPECIAL RECOGNITION John is being inducted under the category of “Special Recognition”. The idea of having this Hall of Fame was John’s and he did so much for the athletes of Los Gatos High School throughout his life. An athlete and Los Gatos High School grad himself, John lettered in Football and Basketball while a Wildcat. After graduation from LGHS he attended Harvard, where he played on the golf team. John returned to the Bay Area after college and began a career as a sports writer with the Los Gatos Mail News which became the Los Gatos Times Observer and eventually the Los Gatos Weekly Times. John wrote every word in the Los Gatos High School football program or almost 20 years, he kept the local Little League fields in top shape while serving on the Board of Directors of both LGLL and the LG-Saratoga Rec.Department for decades. The LGLL Major League field is named in his honor. John passed away in 2002.