Oct. 15, 1999

LOS ANGELES - Twelve new members will be inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 30 at the UCLA-Arizona football game. Invitation-only ceremonies will be held at Brookside Country Club, beginning two and one-half hours prior to the start of the game. The new inductees will also be introduced during halftime of that afternoon’s football game at the Rose Bowl.

The UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame was dedicated in 1984 with 25 charter members. The Class of 1999 brings the total membership to 145. The 1999 inductees are Troy Aikman, Sam Boghosian, Kay Cockerill, Tracy Compton, Denise Corlett, Dave Dalby, Gail Devers, Bob Horn, Ernie Johnson, Torey Lovullo, Sharon Shapiro and Kevin Young.

Following are biographies on the 1999 UCLA Hall of Fame inductees:

AIKMAN, TROY – Outstanding quarterback for the Bruins in 1987-88 posting a 20-4 two-year record as a starter including victories in the Aloha and Cotton Bowls. In 1988, while earning consensus All-American honors, Aikman won the Davey O’Brien award as the nation’s top quarterback and placed third in the Heisman Trophy balloting. He was also named UCLA’s offensive and team MVP. Troy established many school records including 24 touchdown passes in a season, 228 completions in a season and 32 completions in a game. He still ranks as the fourth highest rated passer in NCAA history. Aikman was the first overall pick in the 1989 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. During his NFL career, he has led the Cowboys to three Super Bowl Championships and was named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII. Troy has also been selected to six Pro Bowl teams while throwing for over 28,000 yards and 141 touchdowns. In 1996, he broke Cowboy team records for career pass completions, attempts and passing yards.

BOGHOSIAN, SAM (Pioneer) – Three-year offensive and defensive football guard letterman and starter in 1952-53-54 when the Bruins won 25 games and lost only 3 in collecting two Pacific Coast Conference championships, one National Championship in ’54 and making one Rose Bowl appearance. Sam was named to the 1954 All-Coast team and selected to play in the Shrine East-West game. That same year he also was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American. Subsequently he became assistant coach at UCLA for 10 years under Coach Red Sanders, George Dickerson and Bill Barnes. He followed up with a 13-year coaching career in the NFL, including coaching staff duties on two of the Oakland Raiders Super Bowl championship teams, before going into private business in 1987. He was inducted into the Fresno County Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978.

COCKERILL, KAY – A two-time All-American and three-time All-Conference selection on UCLA golf team (1983-86), Cockerill won a total of six events while competing for the Bruins. Cockerill, who was twice named team MVP, placed fourth in the 1986 NCAA Championships after placing sixth in 1985. She twice received Academic All-America honors at UCLA and was awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 1986. After her senior season, Cockerill proceeded to win consecutive U.S. Amateur Championships in 1986 and 1987. She was also a member of the 1986 World Cup team. Cockerill turned professional in October 1987 and had a career best third-place finish at the 1991 LPGA Bay State Classic. In addition to playing on the tour, Cockerill is a commentator for The Golf Channel.

COMPTON, TRACY – A four-time All-American pitcher on the UCLA softball team (1982-83-84-85), Compton helped lead the Bruins to three NCAA championships including being named an All-College World Series performer in 1985. She teamed up on the mound with fellow UCLA Hall of Famer Debbie Doom to make up one of the most dominating pitching duos ever. Compton still holds UCLA’s all-time career earned run average record with a 0.15 ERA. She also holds the Bruin single season record with a microscopic 0.04 ERA in 1983. That same year she had the best won-loss record in the nation (22-1). Compton totaled 72 victories in her Bruin career to go along with 587 strikeouts. Other career highlights include pitching for the USA in the 1982 World Championships and pitching her team to the gold medal in the 1983 National Sports Festival. In 1986, Compton was named the ASA (Amateur Softball Association) representative to the U.S. Olympic Committee House of Delegates.

CORLETT, DENISE - A three-sport star at UCLA, Corlett competed for the Bruins in basketball, volleyball and badminton. In 1977, Corlett led the Bruin badminton team to the National Championship, winning the singles title and won the Broderick Award, as the nation’s top badminton player. In volleyball, Corlett was twice selected to the first-team All-Conference and All-American squads as she helped lead the Bruins to four straight Final Four appearances. She still ranks in the volleyball career leaders in hitting percentage and total attacks. In basketball, Corlett was a key player on the 1978 National Championship team and the 1979 Final Four squad. After graduating in mathematics in 1981, Corlett played on the U.S. National volleyball team for two years before returning to UCLA as an assistant volleyball coach for two seasons. She has just completed her tenth season as assistant volleyball coach at Stanford during which time the Cardinal has captured three NCAA Championships.

DALBY, DAVE - An outstanding two-time All-Conference football center, 1971 UCLA All-American and Co-Captain. Some have called him the greatest center in UCLA football history. Dalby was a tremendous blocker who possessed excellent quickness to pull out of the line to lead sweeps on bootleg plays. Dalby started in 31 straight games during his Bruin career (1969-71). In 1970, Dalby won the Paul I. Wellman Award for "All-Around Excellence." The following year he was recipient of the Coach Red Sanders Award as UCLA's Most Valuable Player. He played in both the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl. Later he had a long and successful NFL career - 15 years with the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders appearing in three Super Bowls.

DEVERS, GAIL – UCLA track star (1985-88) and three-time Olympic gold medalist, Devers is the two-time defending Olympic champion in the 100 meters winning in 1992 and 1996. She captured another gold as a member of the 1996 U.S. 400-meter relay team. Devers also finished 5th in the 1992 Olympic Games in the 100 meter hurdles and followed that up with a 4th place finish at the 1996 games. Long before her international success, Devers was a record-breaking athlete on the Bruin track and field team. While attending UCLA, Devers captured nine Pac-10 track titles and two NCAA titles. She still holds UCLA all-time records in the 100 meters (10.97) and the 100-meter hurdles (12.61). Her 100-meter hurdle time remains a collegiate record. After graduating, Devers overcame life-threatening Graves disease to become one of the most successful athletes in the history of women’s track and field. In addition to her Olympic victories, Devers holds American records in the 100-meter hurdles and in the 400-meter relay. On two occasions she has been named the top U.S. women’s athlete by Track & Field News (1993, 1996) and in 1996, she also received The Jessie Owens award as the nation’s top track and field athlete.

HORN, BOB – A name synonymous with UCLA water polo for 28 years (1963-90), he also doubled as the UCLA swim coach from 1963-74. During his water polo coaching career, Horn guided the Bruins to three NCAA titles, four runner-up awards and seven third-place finishes as well as 13 league titles. He once guided the Bruins to 50 straight victories over five years and coached four undefeated squads. Horn was selected as the 1965 Water Polo Coach of the Year. In all, Horn tutored 36 first-team All-Americans and nine Olympians. He retired with an overall record of 487-188-8. Horn participated in two Olympic Games as a player and another as the head coach. In 1976, he was inducted into the United States Water Polo Hall of Fame.

JOHNSON, ERNIE (Pioneer) – Ernie Johnson entered UCLA in 1946 and wound up his college football career in 1949 after four brilliant years on the gridiron for the Bruins. He also competed in basketball and rugby, playing on the 1948-49 and 1949-50 basketball team and the 1948 rugby squad. As a freshman under Coach Bert LaBrucherie, Johnson led the Rose Bowl Bruins with 42 points from his left halfback position and also led the Bruin defense with 6 interceptions. In 1948, he tallied 24 points to rank second. In 1949, Johnson took over the tailback duties in Coach Red Sanders’ single wing attack. He scored 42 points, passed for five touchdowns and led the Bruins in kick-off and punt returns. Johnson remains UCLA’s career leader in punt returns with a 13.7 yard/return average. Upon graduating, Johnson occupied fourth place in the all-time UCLA rushing list, carrying the ball 265 times for 1093 yds. Johnson received the following honors while at UCLA: 1946 All-Coast Third Team, 1948 All-Coast Third Team, 1949 All-Coast First Team and All-American Honorable Mention. Johnson also won UCLA Most Valuable Player honors in 1948 and 1949 and played in the 1949 East-West Shrine Game. Johnson was drafted in the 10th round by the Philadelphia Eagles.

LOVULLO, TOREY – An outstanding four-year letterman (1984-87) on the Bruin baseball team, Lovullo is the only Pac-10 player in history to be selected “Player of the Year” on two occasions (1986, 1987). As a senior second baseman in 1987, Lovullo became the first consensus All-American selection in school history when he led the Pac-10 in home runs with 24. Now more than a decade since his graduation, Lovullo still ranks in the top three in almost all of UCLA’s career batting records including at-bats (856), runs scored (211), hits (266), home runs (51), RBI’s (188), total bases (476), walks (180) and games played. Lovullo was selected in the 5th round of the 1987 draft by the Detroit Tigers and the following year he hit his first big league homer in his first career start. Lovullo was inducted in the UCLA Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.

SHAPIRO, SHARON - One of the top performers in the history of intercollegiate women's gymnastics, Shapiro enjoyed an illustrious athletic career for the Bruins. Sharon made history at the AIAW National Championships as a freshman in 1980 by becoming the first female collegiate gymnast to capture national titles on all four events in addition to the all-around -- a feat no one has duplicated since. Shapiro won the prestigious Broderick Award in 1981, given to the country’s top female gymnast. As a sophomore in 1981, she defended her all-around title and also won the individual vault title. The following year (1982), she earned All-America honors in the all-around, vault and balance beam. Shapiro has remained a key alumna, supporter and ambassador for UCLA and her sport since her graduation.

YOUNG, KEVIN – Young came to UCLA as a freshman walk-on competing in track and field and left four years later with four NCAA individual championships, 3 Pac-10 individual championships and 2 NCAA team championships (1987, 1988). At the 1987 NCAA’s, Young won the 400m hurdles and ran the second leg of the victorious 1600m relay team. In 1988, Young defended the 400m hurdle crown running a NCAA record 47.85. He also ran the second leg of UCLA’s winning 1600m relay that is still the only collegiate 1600m relay to run under three minutes (2:59.91, an NCAA record). At the conclusion of his senior track season, he was given the Jumbo Elliot Award as the outstanding intercollegiate Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year. After graduating, Young continued to excel internationally in the 400m hurdles culminating in 1992 when he had one of the greatest individual track and field seasons in the history of the sport. At the 1992 Olympics, Young won the gold medal in the 400m hurdles in a world record breaking time of 46.78, to become the first man to run that event in under 47 seconds. His 1992 individual honors included IAAF Male Athlete of the Year, Track and Field News Male Athlete of the Year, IAAF Grand Prix champion and the Jesse Owens Award Winner.