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• April 21, 2016

Cal State East Bay is set to induct a new class of Pioneer legends into the CSUEB Athletics Hall of Fame. The 2016 induction ceremony will take place Saturday, May 7 at 5:30 p.m. in the Pioneer Ballroom on the Hayward campus. 

This year marks the 55th season of Pioneer Athletics and the 30th anniversary of the Hall of Fame, which was established in 1986. The 2016 class is comprised of four former student-athletes, one coach/administrator and — for the first time ever — an entire team. 

The 1977 national champion men's track and field team will join soccer player Denise Regas, cross country runner Chris Manning Dreher, track and field athlete Clayton Larson, basketball player Mike Wood and baseball coach/athletics director Doug Weiss as the newest members of the Pioneer Hall of Fame.

The year 1977 came right in the middle of a decade-long run of dominance by the Cal State Hayward track and field program. The Pioneers captured their third of seven consecutive Far Western Conference titles under legendary head coach Jim Santos. That season was special because of the way it ended — with the first NCAA Division II team national championship in the university's history. Four-time All-American Dave Haber led the Pioneers with his third straight individual national championship in the high jump. The 1977 squad also set a program record with 10 All-America honorees: Ray Clark in the 100 meters; Habers in the high jump; Marvin Wamble in the long jump; John LeGrande in the triple jump; Darryl Robinson and Bob Olson in the pole vault; Mark Swayer in the hammer throw; and Clark, Calvin Corker, Gary James and Mike Simmons in the 4x100 meter relay.

Clayton Larson is one of the most decorated field athletes in the history of a Pioneer program with a long championship legacy. In 1968, Larson became the first national champion in school history when he took home the title in the shot put at the NCAA championships. He was also the FWC champion and NCAA West Regional champion in the same event, while capturing All-American honors. Larson was the first collegiate athlete ever in Northern California to top 60 feet, and his throw of 60 feet, 3.5 inches still stands as the program record after 48 years. 

Chris Manning Dreher competed for four years in both cross country and track and field. During the heyday of Pioneer women's track, Manning was a multi-time All-American in two different events. She captured All-America honors in the 1500 meters in 1983 and 1984, and in the 800 meters in 1984 and 1985. She helped lead the Pioneers to four consecutive conference championships and four straight top-10 finishes at the NCAA Division II national championships. In cross country, Manning contributed to a conference title her very first season. By her last season, she was named a cross country All-American. Manning graduated in 1986, but she still holds the school record in the 1500 meters with a time of 4:22.74, as well as the second-fastest 800-meter time in program history at 2:09.63. 

Denise Regas starred for the Pioneer women's soccer team during its run of success in the 1980s. She played four seasons at East Bay, during which time the Pioneers compiled a record of 66-11-2 and won four straight Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) championships. She was a three-time All-American, a two-time All-West Region honoree, and a four-time All-NCAC selection. As a sophomore in 1986, Regas was named NCAC Player of the Year in leading East Bay to its second straight undefeated season in conference play. As a senior, she helped the Pioneers pull off one of the greatest seasons in school history in any sport. The 1988 squad went 20-2 overall with an 18-0 mark against Division II competition. They defeated top-ranked Barry University in the national title game to capture CSUEB's sixth team national championship and the second in NCAA Division II. Regas was voted to the Final Four All-Tournament Team and named Defensive Player of the Tournament as the Pioneers closed the season with six straight shutouts to cap off a 14-game winning streak.  

Mike Wood will join the Cal State East Bay Athletics Hall of Fame 10 years after his graduation ceremony in 2006. He stands as the all-time leading scorer in the history of Pioneer men's basketball (1,510 points), but just as important, Wood epitomized the term "student-athlete." He was named to the California Pacific Conference All-Freshman Team in his rookie season, then proceeded to lead the Pioneers to three straight top-three finishes in the conference, back-to-back trips to the NAIA National Championships, and a record of 45-28 over his final three years. As a senior in 2005-06, Wood was named First Team All-Cal Pac, honorable mention All-American, and Cal State East Bay's Male Athlete of the Year. He was also an Academic All-American and an NAIA National Scholar Athlete award winner, and he was selected as the Student of the Year for the entire Department of Kinesiology at CSUEB. Wood's name permeates the Pioneer record books, as he ranks first all-time in points, second in steals (191), sixth in rebounds (411) and three-point field goals (116), and seventh in assists (270).  

Finally, Doug Weiss spent more than 30 years on campus and will enter the Hall of Fame next month as one of the most significant figures in the history of Pioneer Athletics. This will be the second induction ceremony for Weiss, who is also a member of the Hall of Fame at Cal, where he was an All-American pitcher and a member of the Bears' 1957 national champion baseball team. Weiss came to Hayward as an assistant baseball coach under Hall of Famer and former head coach and Athletics Director Al Mathews. He took over as head coach in 1973 and spent 21 seasons at the helm of the Pioneer baseball team, winning 387 games — the most in program history. Weiss captured two FWC championships, coached three Pioneer Hall of Fame inductees, and managed the most successful baseball team in school history in 1977. That season, his squad set a program record with 32 victories and came within one game of the College World Series, losing in the NCAA Division II West Regional title game to Ozzie Smith's Cal Poly SLO team. In 1992, Weiss transitioned to an administrator role, becoming the third athletics director in the department's history. He served in that role for nine years and was instrumental in saving Pioneer Athletics in 1998 by joining the Cal Pac Conference and becoming a Division III Independent when the NCAC disbanded.