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Gina Murray
Date created: 3/1/05 Section: NEWS
Right now, Fitzgerald is the sports department head for Pacifica Parks, Beaches, and Recreation.
The Pacifica Sports Club, which started its hall of fame in 1990, has been around for 20 years and, after this year's ceremony, will have inducted 92 people into the hall.
Horace Hinshaw, the president of the Pacifica Sports Club, says that the hall of fame is just another avenue to showcase and say thanks to local sports figures who have brought recognition to their community.
"It can be a coach, a player, an administrator, or even a news media personality," Hinshaw said, "As long as they have ties with Pacifica and have excelled in an area of sports."
Every year, the same committee of the Pacifica Sports Club looks over nominees and candidates. They compile candidate nominations from people who have sent in letters to the Pacifica Tribune and from an annual candidacy form the Tribune runs every February. The event is held on the last Saturday in February of every year.
Most people that are in the hall of fame are well known throughout the county, the Bay Area, the local community or even nationally.
"We have some athletes that have been to the Olympic Games in the hall of fame," Hinshaw said. "[The people] in the hall of fame have all brought their skills to the next level and are recognized for their achievements."
Besides Fitzgerald, there are two other athletes that have been inducted into both the Skyline College's and Pacifica's halls of fame: John Moreno and Geri Lepeltak.
The Pacifica Sports Club, which started its hall of fame in 1990, has been around for 20 years and, after this year's ceremony, will have inducted 92 people into the hall.
Horace Hinshaw, the president of the Pacifica Sports Club, says that the hall of fame is just another avenue to showcase and say thanks to local sports figures who have brought recognition to their community.
"It can be a coach, a player, an administrator, or even a news media personality," Hinshaw said, "As long as they have ties with Pacifica and have excelled in an area of sports."
Every year, the same committee of the Pacifica Sports Club looks over nominees and candidates. They compile candidate nominations from people who have sent in letters to the Pacifica Tribune and from an annual candidacy form the Tribune runs every February. The event is held on the last Saturday in February of every year.
Most people that are in the hall of fame are well known throughout the county, the Bay Area, the local community or even nationally.
"We have some athletes that have been to the Olympic Games in the hall of fame," Hinshaw said. "[The people] in the hall of fame have all brought their skills to the next level and are recognized for their achievements."
Besides Fitzgerald, there are two other athletes that have been inducted into both the Skyline College's and Pacifica's halls of fame: John Moreno and Geri Lepeltak.
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