For the first time in seven years, Live Oak will add to its athletics Hall of Fame.
Ten former Acorns will be inducted into the shrine for the first time since 2006. This will be the largest number of inductees since the inaugural class in 1987 that also had 10. This will be the seventh time Live Oak will honor former players or coaches.
Leading the 2013 class is former San Francisco 49er Jeff Ulbrich, who is now an assistant football coach at UCLA. He is joined by fellow former NFL player Ryan Neufeld.
The two played against each other while Neufeld was with the Buffalo Bills.
Also to be inducted are former Major League Baseball relief pitcher Brandon Villafuerte, former Arizona University softball player Allison Andrade, former University of Massachusetts water polo standout Kelly Chassy, former Cal water polo player Jason Childers, former Live Oak football coach and athletic director Norm Dow, softball player Chantiel McDonnell who played at Abilene Christian and former Texas Tech softball player Kristi Robles.
Former football coach Larry Koester will be posthumously inducted.
All are being honored for their athletic prowess at Live Oak and beyond.
They will be formally inducted on Oct. 4 before the football game against Leigh. According to Athletic Director Mark Cummins, eight of the nine surviving members are expected to be on hand for the ceremony. He said Ulbrich will be absent because of scheduling conflicts.
Cummins said he hopes Ulbrich will be available Oct. 18 the day before UCLA is scheduled to play Stanford in Palo Alto.
