ABCA/Wilson Lefty Gomez Award.Entering his 21st season as the head coach of the Cal State U. of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. baseball program and 48th overall as a head baseball coach in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , John Herbold has been the Golden Eagles head coach for an amazing 1,075 games and a total of 1,734 games in his career as a head coach at either the high school or collegiate level. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Herbold's Golden Eagles have compiled fourteen 20-win seasons and consistently ranks among the top 25 schools in the nation--regardless of division--in sending players to the pros. His squads also perform at nearly a "B" average over the course of their academic careers. In 2002, 13 of his players had GPAs over 3.0 while six had GPAs over 3.5. Herbold was a Phi Beta Kappa Phi Beta Kappa: see fraternity. Phi Beta Kappa Leading academic honour society in the U.S., which draws its membership from college and university students. The oldest Greek-letter society in the U.S. , graduating magna cum laude cum lau·de adv. & adj. With honor. Used to express academic distinction: graduated cum laude; 25 cum laude graduates. with a B.A. in journalism from Stanford in 1951. He later earned his master's at Stanford and was inducted into the ABCA ABCA American Baseball Coaches Association ABCA American Border Collie Association ABCA Associação Brasileira de Críticos de Arte ABCA Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority ABCA American, British, Canadian, and Australian Hall of Fame in 1999. The Lefty Gomez PAST LEFTY GOMEZ AWARD WINNERS 1962 Abe Chanin, Collegiate Baseball 1963 Robert L. Culp, West. Michigan 1964 Pop McKale, Arizona 1965 John Kobs, Michigan State 1966 J. Kyle Anderson, U. of Chicago 1967 Eppy Barnes, Colgate 1968 W.P. Fehring, Stanford 1969 John Diesing, Coll. World Series 1970 L.C. Timm, Iowa State 1971 Rev. R.C. Williams, Creighton 1972 Lee Eilbracht, ABCA 1973 Jack Kaiser, St. John's (NY) 1974 Les Miller, ABCA 1975 Tom Petroff, Northern Colorado 1976 Danny Litwhiler, Michigan State 1977 Lou Spry, NCAA 1978 Dick Siebert, Minnesota 1979 Jack Stallings, Georgia Southern 1980 Rod Dedeaux, USC 1981 Les Murakami, Hawaii 1982 Tom Chandler, Texas A&M 1983 Chuck Brayton, Wash. State 1984 Robert Smith, USBF/IBA 1985 Peter Ueberroth, Comm. of Baseball 1986 John Winkin, Maine 1987 John Scolinos, Cal Poly-Pomona 1988 Ron Polk, Mississippi State 1989 Ron Fraser, Miami 1990 Glen Tuckett, Brigham Young 1991 Gordon Gillespie, St. Francis (IL) 1992 Lou Pavlovich, Jr., Publisher 1993 Archie Allen, Springfield (MA) 1994 Sam Suplizio, Grand Junction (CO) 1995 Pinky Primrose, Coe College (IA) 1996 Mark Marquess, Stanford 1997 Gene McArtor, Missouri 1998 Elmer Kosub, St. Mary's (TX) 1999 Jerry Kindall, Arizona 2000 Bob Bennett, Fresno State 2001 Bill Arce, Claremont-Mudd Scripps 2002 Dave Keilitz, ABCA 2003 Dr. Carroll Land, Pt Loma Nazarene U. (CA) |
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