Attend The Hall Of Fame Dinner

A pair of United States Olympians, two NCAA championship teams, an eight-year NBA player, one of the most successful coaches in NCAA Division I wrestling, the university’s first All-America softball player, a 12-year National Football League kicker, and one of the greatest professionals in women’s golf will be recognized at the 2008 San Jose State University Sports Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony.

Reserve your spot at the Hall of Fame Dinner!

Dedy Cooper, the 1976 NCAA 110-meter high hurdle champion and a member of the 1980 U.S. Olympic track and field team; the 1959 and 1960 NCAA champion San Jose State boxing teams; Tariq Abdul-Wahad, who led the Spartans to a 1996 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance and became a 1997 first-round draft choice of the Sacramento Kings; T.J. Kerr, who coached the San Jose State wrestling team to all of its top-25 NCAA Championship finishes in the 1980’s; Sharon Cafini Niehoff, a two-sports star who was an All-America outfielder in 1990; Liliko Ogasawara, a 1996 Olympian and the first American woman to win two medals at the World Judo Championships, and Joe Nedney, a kicker who established the San Jose State football career scoring record and is in his 13th season in the National Football League, are the 2008 Hall of Fame inductees.

Golfer Juli Inkster, a San Jose State Sports Hall of Fame member, is this year’s Legend.

This year’s festivities take place Friday, September 12, at the University’s Barrett Ballroom on the main campus and the honorees will be recognized the following afternoon at the San Jose State-San Diego State football game in Spartan Stadium that starts at 5:00 p.m.

Reservations are required to attend this year’s induction ceremony and banquet. Individual ticket prices start at $70.00. Tables of 10 are available for $750.00 and $800.00. Contact Laurel DeMaria at (408) 924-1692 or by email at laurel.demaria@sjsu.edu to make a reservation. Reservations should be made by September 4.