ADVISORY/San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Sells Out Induction Ceremony; Call Now for Press Passes.--(BW SportsWire)--Oct. 29, 1998--The 1998 San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is a sellout, with more than 700 tickets sold over the past six weeks. The induction ceremony will take place Thursday, November 5 at San Jose Arena, with a reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. and a sit-down dinner at 7:00 p.m. Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing is the presenting sponsor for the event. The five inductees are Hal Davis (track and field), Pablo Morales Pedro Pablo Morales (born December 5, 1964 in Chicago, Illinois) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States. He won a relay gold and two silver medals swimming Butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the 100m Butterfly at the Olympic Trials that year as (swimming), Lawrence T. "Buck" Shaw (football), Debi Thomas Debi Thomas, (born March 25, 1967) is a figure skater and the first African American to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. Thomas won the 1986 U.S. National ladies' figure skating title and the Ladies' title at the 1986 World Figure Skating Championships; those achievements (figure skating), and Bill Walsh (football). Also being honored at the ceremony will be the High School Athletes of the Year: Isaias Bardales (Leland High School Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California, USA in the San Jose Unified School District. Leland is well known for its nationally ranked Speech and Debate team [2]. , soccer) and Niki Hartley (St. Francis High School, volleyball); and the Amateur Athletes of the Year: Pat Burrell (baseball) and the Central Valley Mercury girls soccer team. Because space is extremely limited for this year's event, members of the media interested in covering the reception or induction ceremony are asked to reserve press passes by calling Sheryl Spain at 408/288-2934. Detailed information about the inductees is also available. |
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