Fourteenth AnnualMarin County High School

Athletic Hall of FameInduction Banquet

Saturday, November 3, 2001Embassy Suites Hotel

San Rafael

Marin Athletic Foundation

Board of Directors Advisory Board Glen E. Robinson, President Peter Arrigoni Sharon Adams Mary Jane Burke Joe Ayoob Joan Capurro Sandy Boyd Eugene Clahan Jeff Brusati Kit M. Cole Carney J. Campion Dan Coleman Judith Colton Michael Daly Mike Convis William Daniels William L. Cope Mario Ghilotti John Dolinsek John Govi Gary Frugoli Carolyn Horan John S. Graham William Isetta Ned Griffith Jim King John Heilmann Walter Kosta Marion Higgins Kenneth MacDonald Thomas Knopf Terrel Mason Rick Lafranchi Marie McCarthy Matt MacPhee Peter Mitchell Vicki McDill Robert Teasdale Richard Nave Sharon Valentino Robert E. Spain Jamie Williams

Executive Director: Peggie Daly

Hall of FameBanquet Committee

Bill Brody Vicki McDill Jeff Brusati Hank Moroski Ralph Chatoian Rich Nave Don Collins Phil Roark Dewey Forry Glen E. Robinson Mario Ghilotti Susie Woodall

The purpose of the Marin Athletic Foundation is to support and insure a full rangeof quality sports programs for all students at MCAL high schools. MAF fundingsupports athletics at Branson, Drake, Marin Catholic, Novato, Redwood, SanMarin, San Rafael, Tamalpais, Terra Linda and Tomales. Individual, business andorganization donations are vital in MAF’s fundraising efforts. Tax-decuctible con-tributions may be sent to:

Marin Athletic Foundation250 Locust AvenueSan Rafael, CA 94901(415) 454-2247.

Program6:00 p.m.Reception

7:00 p.m.Grand Entrance of Inductees

7:30 p.m.Dinner

Welcome and IntroductionsGlen E. Robinson

President, MAF Board of Directors

Introduction of InducteesDon Collins, Master of Ceremonies

Presentation of Plaques

2001 InducteesAthletes

Lori Farber-Taylor - San Rafael - 1979Beth Fernbacher - Redwood - 1977

Dennis Keating - Marin Catholic - 1978Marty Larsen - San Marin - 1972

Robert Washington - Tamalpais - 1964Dan Young - Redwood - 1972Jim McDonald - Tamalpais - 1950

CoachesPaul Ferreboeuf - San MarinBret Tovani - San Rafael

Special RecognitionHugh Turner

The Marin High School Athletic Hall of Fame, established by the Marin Athletic Foundation,recognizes and honors athletes who distinguished themselves in Marin County high schoolsports. It also gives recognition to coaches and others who made significant contributions tohigh school athletics in Marin County. The annual induction banquet is held in the fall.

AcknowledgmentsMarin Athletic Foundation gratefully acknowledges:

Major Sponsor

SupportersRich & Dolly Nave, Rod & Robyn Berry, Butch Brear, John Cahill, Mike Connor, Jim & Dede Dalton, Betty Duncan, Barbara Fitzhenry, Mrs. R.J. Frantzen,

Donald Geddes, Jr., Ned Griffith, The Kniesche Family, Bernard McCarthy, Paul Valenti

Special thanks to Ravenswood Winery, Emil Maionchi, Jr., Rich & Dolly Nave

& Tamalpais Bank for the wine for this evening.

The Marin Athletic Foundation also extends special thanks to Geoff Lepper of the Marin Independent Journal for the program preparation and to the Marin County Office of Education and

Burns Florist for their assistance and support.

PhotographerRalph Duncan is the official photographer of the Marin Athletic Foundation.

Each of the inductees or a representative will receive,courtesy of MAF, a photograph from the ceremonies.

Lori Farber TaylorAthlete—San Rafael 1979

Lori Farber, as she was known at San Rafael High, competed infour sports for the Bulldogs, but never in what turned out to be herbest discipline — soccer. At San Rafael, Farber was the catcher on asoftball team which went 28-0 during its first two seasons after thesport’s MCAL introduction in 1978. She was All-MCAL both years,and MVP as a senior. She also played three years at point guard forthe basketball team — making All-MCAL twice and also earningMVP honors as a senior. Additionally, she was a two-time All-MCAL performer in volleyball, and spent two years on the trackand field squad. Not surprisingly, Farber was named San Rafael’smost valuable female athlete in her senior year. Though she hadscholarship offers from Cal (basketball) and USF (softball), Farberhad her heart set on attending UCLA. Once there, Farber woundup walking onto the soccer team and took over in goal for fouryears. Farber is a sales account executive for Los Angeles televisionstation KNBC. She lives in Manhattan Beach with her husband of13 years, Michael and their children — son Travis, 8, and daughterBrooke, 6.

Beth FernbacherAthlete—Redwood 1977

At the age of 12, Fernbacher had never seriously pursued tennis.Half a dozen years later, she became the first female tennis playerever to receive a scholarship at Cal. In between, Fernbacher thoroughly dominated the MCAL girls tennis scene for RedwoodHigh, going undefeated against the league’s other No. 1 players dur-ing her freshman and sophomore seasons. As a junior, she movedup to the No. 1 spot on Redwood’s boys team, and still won roughlyhalf her matches. The next year, she didn’t play for the Giants, opt-ing instead to concentrate on the junior tennis circuit. She improved to the point of being ranked No. 21 in the nationamong girls 18-and-under. All of that led Stanlee Buchanan, a 2000 Marin Hall of Fame inductee, to call Fernbacher “the best fe-male tennis player in 20 years of coaching at Redwood.” At Cal,Fernbacher was immediately installed as the No. 1 player, where shestayed for all four years. She made five appearances at the NCAAchampionships, three times as a singles player and twice in the teamcompetition. Fernbacher lives in Corte Madera and runs her ownbusiness — Financial Strategies, a financial consulting firm for smallcompanies.

Dennis KeatingAthlete—Marin Catholic 1978

Ordinarily, if you arrive late to a Marin Catholic High baseballgame and the school’s parking lot is full, you stash your car be-tween the left-field fence and St. Sebastian’s Catholic Church. Dur-ing Keating’s time with the Wildcats, you only did that if you wereitching for a fractured windshield. Once during his senior season,Keating hit a ball over all the cars and onto the roof of St. Sebast-ian’s, a shot estimated at 450 to 500 feet. Keating played threeyears of football and basketball for the Wildcats, but baseball waswhere he shone brighest. Keating earned four All-MCAL awardsand was twice team MVP and captain. As a senior, he was namedto the All-Northern California, All-NCS Tournament and HighSchool All-American squads. Keating gave much of the credit for his baseball prowess to his father, former minor-leaguerJim Keating, who also showed his son the way to the Hall, havingbeen inducted posthumously into the San Francisco Prep Hall ofFame in 1992. After being selected in the fifth round of the 1978regular free agent baseball draft, Dennis Keating spent four years as a minor-leaguer in the White Sox chain. He now lives in Novato.

Marty LarsenAthlete—San Marin 1972

Larsen didn’t have a chance to play sports for San Marin High as afreshman, since at that time, ninth-graders in that area attendedSinaloa Middle School. But he more than made up for it in his prepcareer, playing football, basketball and baseball all three years atSan Marin. During his senior year, Larsen was a captain of all threeteams, and he earned All-MCAL honors in each — first-team infootball and baseball, second-team in basketball. Unsurprisingly,Larsen took home the school’s Outstanding Senior Athlete award,although his fondest memory might be from his sophomore year.Early in the season, with his teammates still unsure about therookie, Larsen knocked in the tying run and scored the winningone in a seventh-inning comeback which guaranteed a 2-1 win over rival Novato. “All of a sudden, I waseverybody’s buddy after that,” Larsen recalled. In ’76, Larsen and his father, Doug, formed AAA Energy Systems, an air conditioning and heating firm based in Santa Rosa. Larsen and hiswife, Debbie, have been married for 22 years, with two daughters(Tara, 17, and Shelby, 11) and two sons (Casey, 19 and Trevor, 12).

Robert WashingtonAthlete—Tamalpais 1964

A three-sport star for three consecutive seasons at Tamalpais High,Washington was at his best as an imposing tackle on both sides ofthe ball for the Indians football team. As a senior, he earned first-team All-MCAL honors and was named the squad’s MVP, some-thing Washington lists as a highlight of his Tamalpais career because “I didn’t really expect to win it. There were some other guysthat were pretty good on that team.” Washington was also a force onthe Indians’ wrestling team, placing in the North Coast Section tour-nament and almost qualifying for the state finals as a senior, and thetrack and field squad, where he threw the discus and shot put,reaching the NCS finals in the former. In his final year, he also wonthe Alonzo Stagg and Frank Kelley Scholarship awards. Washingtonrecently retired from his post as deputy director after 19 years in the City of Oakland’s Health and Human Services De-partment and is currently working with Alameda County on its Website for senior and disabled residents. Washington, who still lives inOakland, has been married for 24 years to his wife, Joyce. They havea son (Miles, 22) and daughter (Paige, 19).

Dan YoungAthlete—Redwood 1972

Most Redwood High football fans will remember Young for his su-perlative work on both the offensive and defensive lines. Youngstill recalls the touchdown that got away: “It was junior varsity. Ihad intercepted a pass and ran it back but a teammate of mineclipped behind the play and it was called back. That was the onlytouchdown of my career.” That was one of the very few timeswhen things didn’t go right on the field or mat or track for Young,who won the KTIM Sportsman of the Year Award for his all-around excellence as a senior. In football, Young played two yearsof varsity and was first-team All-MCAL at offensive guard and de-fensive tackle. In his only two years of wrestling, Young won a pair of MCAL heavyweight titles. In track, Young placed third in the MCALs for the discus in his final season. Young played rugby at UC Davis and Hastings College of the Law in San Fran-cisco. Young now lives in Georgetown, Texas with his wife of 16 years, Victoria, and works as a project manager at GC Serv-ices, a teleservices collections firm. They have three children:Elysia (14), Daniel (12) and Dominic (4).

Jim McDonaldAthlete—Tamalpais 1950

Surgery a half-century ago wasn’t the routine, simple procedure it isnowadays, which is why McDonald’s proudest moment out of an il-lustrious career at Tamalpais High was winning the North BayLeague’s 220-yard dash title as a senior, then placing at the NorthCoast Section meet and advancing to the State Meet — two monthsremoved from reconstructive shoulder surgery. McDonald starred forthe Indians in both track — winning the Marin County 100-yarddash as a sophomore, and helping set the NBL 880 relay record —and football, where he was a three-year varsity starter at fullback.Tamalpais won the NBL football crown his sophomore year and hewas first-team All-League as a junior. McDonald’s career was cutshort by a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee midwaythrough the ’49 football season; when post-graduation surgery wasunsuccessful, he lost a scholarship to Stanford. He went on to be-come a well-known Marin architect of 43 years with his own firm,James McDonald and Associates. A resident of San Anselmo since1934, McDonald married Mary Carroll in 1954; they have five children (Jay, Laura, Leslie, Christy, Greg) and three grandchildren(Clay, Jessica, Katie).

Paul FerreboeufCoach—San Marin

Ferreboeuf was a three-time Coach of the Year in boys basketball andalso mentored San Marin High’s cross country teams for a decade,but he was equally adept in the classroom, where he served as the school’s English department chair until his death last year. In September 1976, Ferreboeuf, then a student teacher and assistant coach at Tamalpais, was hired away by San Marin AD Hank Moroski, who called it “one of the best personnel moves ever made.” Ferreboeuf quickly brought the Mustangs’ varsity into prominence, winning MCAL regular-season titles in 1980,’87, and ’88 and playoff titles in ’87 and ’88. During his 16 years atthe helm, Ferreboeuf’s teams were marked by a love of defense anda disdain of both the 3-point line and the shot clock. Ferreboeuf estimated his career record at San Marin to be 213-106 when hestepped down in 1992. An avid horseman, Ferreboeuf was believedto be returning from Bay Meadows when he died at the age of 52 ina February 2000 car accident on Interstate 580. Shortly thereafter, theMCAL’s boys basketball MVP award was named in his honor.

Bret TovaniCoach—San Rafael

In Tovani’s three years as a co-coach of the Bulldogs’ badmintonteam, San Rafael won an MCAL title every time. Somehow, you get the feeling that fact will be overshadowed by Tovani’s accomplishments as the boys basketball coach. An institution at thevarsity level for 29 seasons, Tovani molded San Rafael’s programinto the “Junk Yard Dogs” — infusing his players with a gritty attitude, a deep sense of commitment and an attention to de-tail that always made them tough to beat. “And he makes it muchmore than basketball,” said one player this spring after Tovani’s re-tirement was officially announced. “It’s more of a lifelong experi-ence.” Tovani — a 1962 San Rafael grad who came back to theschool as a teacher in 1968 — lasted so long that upon his retire-ment, five of the boys varsity coaches at the seven other longtimeMCAL schools had faced Tovani-led teams when they played inhigh school. Tovani finished up with six regular-season MCALpennants, five North Coast Section titles and a career varsity recordof 474-303. Tovani lives in San Rafael with his wife, fellow MarinHall of Famer Maureen McGrath-Tovani.

-- Compiled by Geoff Lepper, Marin Independent Journal

Hugh TurnerSpecial recognition

Turner’s name and face spark some recognition, but it’s his voicethat remains firmly embedded in the consciousness of Marin sportsfans from the 1950s and ’60s. That was when radio station KTIMwas at its heyday as a local news and sports source, and more oftenthan not it was Turner’s voice which brought the action to life for lis-teners. Turner arrived at KTIM in 1948 and, along with his wife,Juanita, ran most facets of the station’s operation until 1972, whenthey sold their holdings. At KTIM, Turner also conceived and organ-ized the first banquets honoring Marin’s outstanding student-ath-letes; his format, selecting two students from each school, becamethe template for the Marin Athletic Foundation’s current program.In April 1980, Turner was elected to the Novato City Council for thefirst of three terms. Turner, who still lives in Novato, was mayor in1983 and ’88 and served 12 years on council before stepping downin 1992. After Juanita passed away in 1995, Turner remarried a yearlater to Mabel Croughan. Turner has three children — Ron Turner ofWashington, D.C., Richard Turner of Ukiah and Irene Amodei ofQuincy — 15 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and two great-great-grandchildren.

It is with much pride that we salute Jim McDonald,inductee to the Marin High School Athletic Hall of Fame and one of the all time great Marin County athletes.

– Mario Ghilotti