Nov. 3, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Five Inducted into Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Cal Poly inducted five individuals into its Athletics Hall of Fame Oct. 31: a former National Football League wide receiver, volleyball and wrestling All-Americans, Cal Poly’s athletic trainer for over 30 years and a longtime university donor.
Jimmy Childs, Ellen Bugalski-Ferreira, Steve Yoneda, Scott Heaton and Richard Andrews will raise the total number of Hall of Fame inductees to 97 individuals, a track and field relay foursome and the 1960 football team.
The 2008 class was inducted at a dinner held Oct. 31 at the Embassy Suites in San Luis Obispo, and were introduced at halftime of Cal Poly's Hall of Fame football game against Idaho State Nov. 1 in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
The 2008 Hall of Fame inductees (in alphabetical order):
Richard Andrews -- A 1956 Cal Poly graduate in social science, Andrews has been a generous supporter of Cal Poly and a loyal Mustang fan for over 50 years. He has served on numerous committees, such as the Mustang Boosters' board of directors (one year as president), chairman of the Strategic Planning Committee for Cal Poly Athletic Facilities Needs for NCAA Division I participation, and as chairman of the Alex G. Spanos Stadium renovation project.
In 1995 he became chairman of the Cal Poly Foundation Investment Committee, is a lifetime member of the Alumni Association, serving on the board of directors from 1969-87 and as board president from 1982-87. A 1980 Cal Poly Honored Alumnus, Andrews also received the 2006 Cal Poly Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. Since 1981, he has been a charter member of the Cal Poly president's Cabinet and the President's Roundtable.
Andrews was employed at PaineWebber Inc. (now UBS) from 1956 through 1990, serving as vice president, mutual funds coordinator, new issue syndicate manager and PaineWebber Pacesetter. His community activities include service with the American Red Cross and United Way, among others, and has been a Masonic since 1957.
Andrews and his wife Joyce have three children and four grandchildren.
Ellen Bugalski-Ferreira -- Bugalski-Ferreira was a middle blocker at Cal Poly in the mid-1980s (1982-85), leading the Mustangs to a 33-7 mark in 1984 and 31-8 in 1985. Twice she earned All-American honors and was a first-team All-Pacific Coast Athletic Association selection in 1985 and a second-team choice in 1984, when the Mustangs briefly attained a No. 1 national ranking before settling for No. 9 at the end of the year.
Bugalski-Ferreira is second in the Mustang record books for career kills per game (4.30), No. 8 in career kills (1,081), fifth in season aces per game (.485 in 1985), tied for No. 1 in season aces (66 in 1985), No. 1 in career aces per game (.665) and No. 2 in career aces (167). She also is No. 8 in career solo blocks (73), No. 10 in career block assists (219) and No. 10 in career total blocks (292).
Bugalski-Ferreira, a graduate of Aptos High School and Cal Poly, went on to play for New York, Arizona and San Jose in the Major Professional Volleyball League from 1987-89 and was a member of the U.S. Volleyball Association National Team in 1986 and 1987, earning all-rookie team honors in 1986 and leading her team to first place in the open nationals, also in 1986.
Bugalski-Ferreira was a collegiate coach for 12 years and currently teaches primary physical education in Bakersfield. Her husband, Carl Ferreira, is head volleyball coach at Bakersfield College. They have three children.
Jimmy Childs -- Childs was a wide receiver at Cal Poly from 1974-77, catching 12 touchdown passes in his career en route to a pair of all-conference honors. In four seasons, he caught 84 passes for 1,449 yards, slipping off the top 10 only in the last couple years.
A graduate of La Puente High School, Childs went on to play two seasons (1978-79) for the St. Louis Cardinals in the National Football League, He caught 12 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown and also returned four kickoffs for a 19.3 average. He was a fourth-round draft choice of the Cardinals in 1978, which at the time was the highest in Cal Poly football history.
Childs currently lives in West Covina and has worked as a route sales representative for DS Waters for 17 years. He and his wife Alicia have one daughter.
Scott Heaton -- Heaton was a third-place finisher in the NCAA National Championships at 167 pounds in 1978 and was ranked No. 1 in the nation as a senior in the 1979-80 season. He captured four NCAA West Regional championships (1976-80), earned first-team NCAA freshman All-America honors in 1977 and once held numerous school records.
Heaton posted a perfect 20-0 dual meet record in 1980 and still holds school marks for most dual meet falls (12) in one season (1979), most career dual meet wins (82), best dual meet winning percentage in a career (.878) and most overall wins (136) and pins (55) in a career. His dual meet pins included one in 18 seconds and another in 22 seconds.
Heaton, 136-19-1 in four seasons at Cal Poly, was a high school All-American at San Luis Obispo High School, compiling a 113-8 career record and capturing the 1976 state title He was state runner-up in 1975 and earned the National Age Group Championship in freestyle and Greco-Roman in 1974. Heaton was fourth in the National AAU Championships in 1980.
Heaton, currently an aquatic integration therapist for Club K, lives in Santa Maria with his wife Malin. Scott has four children.
Steve Yoneda -- A graduate of Santa Barbara High School and Santa Barbara City College, Yoneda attended the University of Hawaii for one year. He earned his Bachelor of Science at Cal Poly in 1970, and Master’s in 1972, both in physical education.
After 32 years as head athletic trainer, Yoneda retired on July 1, 2002, with emeritus status. He began at Cal Poly as athletic trainer in 1970-72, as a temporary-leave replacement. In 1972 he became full-time, then was offered 30 more one-year contracts.
He spent one season as athletic trainer with the Dodgers’ organization in Santa Barbara, and one season with California Angels’ organization in Shreveport, Louisiana. During his Cal Poly service he saw teams win 30 national championships along with a multitude of individual champions and all-Americans.
A member of the National Athletic Trainers Association since 1968, Yoneda single-handedly oversaw an undergraduate athletic training internship program within the Physical Education department for 23 years. That program continued after getting Cal Poly’s first full-time assistant in 1992, and continued until phased out by NATA changes in athletic training education guidelines. Numerous successful professionals at all levels of competitive athletics came out of that program.
He has volunteered with what is now the PEACH Workshop Committee (physical education, athletic coaching, and health) since 1968. Elected an official committee member in 1976, he was its director in 1985-86. In 2008 he was voted emeritus status.
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