2019 INDUCTEE VIDEO  |  WCC HALL OF HONOR INDUCTEES

SAN BRUNO, Calif. --- The West Coast Conference will induct its 11th annual Hall of Honor class on Saturday, March 9 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Ten individuals, one from each member institution, will be honored as part of the 2019 University Credit Union West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships in Las Vegas.
 
The 2019 induction class features one world record holder, one NCAA National Athlete of the Year, two individuals collecting four NCAA Championships, three NCAA annual statistical champions, three coaches compiling a total of 31 WCC regular season championships and 39 NCAA Postseason berths, four Olympians (one gold medalist, one silver medalist) and seven individuals collecting a combined 26 All-American citations.
 
“The West Coast Conference is honored to celebrate the accomplishments of these former student-athletes and coaches as we celebrate the enduring legacy of our 11th induction class during the WCC Basketball Championships in Las Vegas,” said West Coast Conference Commissioner Gloria Nevarez. “The 2019 Hall of Honor class represents our 10 schools’ long-standing commitment to developing student-athletes by fostering an environment of athletic and academic excellence. This year's inductees excelled in a wide variety of sports while showcasing diverse paths to the top of their chosen athletic pursuits.”
 
The 2019 WCC Hall of Honor class includes: BYU's Tiffany Lott-Hogan (Track), Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison (Men’s Basketball), Loyola Marymount’s Tara Welling (Erdmann) (Cross Country/Track), Pacific’s Jayne McHugh (Volleyball), Pepperdine’s Gualberto Escudero (Tennis), Portland’s Stephanie Lopez Cox (Soccer), Saint Mary’s Trevor Newquist (Soccer), San Diego’s Ali Cox (Rowing), San Francisco’s Orlando Smart (Basketball) and Santa Clara’s Caren Horstmeyer (Basketball).
 
The Hall of Honor class will be formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on Saturday, March 9 at 9 a.m. PT at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Hotel and each inductee will be honored throughout the course of the basketball championships.
 
Tickets to the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch & Induction Ceremony are available to the public for $40 and may be purchased by contacting Lindsey Jones in the WCC office via email – Ljones@westcoast.org. Tickets must be purchased by Monday, February 25.


 
Tiffany Lott-Hogan, Brigham Young University
Tiffany Lott Hogan concluded her BYU career in 1998 as one of the most decorated female student-athletes in BYU history. Tiffany is an Olympian, a world record holder, a three-time NCAA Champion and in 2010 was inducted into the State of Utah Sports Hall of Fame.
 
During her track and field career at BYU, Tiffany won three NCAA titles—the indoor 55-meter hurdles in 1997 and the outdoor heptathlon in 1997 and 1998. In 1997, she set a new NCAA record and a world best in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.30 at a meet in Fort Collins, Colorado. Tiffany was a 10-time NCAA All-American at BYU—twice in the indoor and eight times in the outdoor—and was inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 2008.
 
After BYU, Tiffany went on to compete for the United States in the Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece, in 2004, where she finished 20th in the heptathlon. Previously, she was the 1999 World University Games champion in the heptathlon and later won the event at the 2003 Pan American Games.
 
Born in Tucson, Arizona, Tiffany was raised in Leeds, Utah, where she attended Pine View High School. She was a student-athlete at BYU from 1994-98, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation management. Tiffany received numerous awards throughout her career recognizing her dedication and work ethic, including the Female Athlete of the Year by Track & Field Magazine, the Dale Rex Memorial Award from BYU, Utah Female Athlete of the Year by the Girl and Women in Sports Foundation and the Utah Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year by the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
 
Tiffany is in her fourth season as an assistant coach for the Weber State men’s and women’s track and field program. Prior to joining the Wildcats, she spent the previous nine years coaching track and field at Desert Hills High School in St. George, Utah. She helped lead the Desert Hills boys’ squad to two state championships and guided the girls’ team to one title. She coached four state record holders, 30 state champions and 135 All-State recipients in her time at Desert Hills.
 
Hogan also worked as a strength coach at BYU from 2002-05, working with track and field, cross country, football, women’s soccer, women’s gymnastics and softball. In 2001, she spent one season coaching track at Idaho State. She and her husband, Brent, have three children.
 
Adam Morrison, Gonzaga University
Adam Morrison’s name was synonymous with college basketball in 2006. He adorned the front of magazines and had the country talking about his mane, mustache and Gonzaga basketball. He led the Bulldogs to a 29-4 overall record and a No. 5 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. For the eighth-straight year the Zags earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament - this time a third seed, after posting a perfect 14-0 record in the West Coast Conference regular-season and winning the WCC Tournament.
 
Morrison led the nation in scoring in his last year, averaging 28.1 ppg, becoming only the second Gonzaga player ever to do so. Morrison was also Gonzaga’s seventh John R. Wooden Award Player of the Year candidate and the fourth player to earn Wooden Award All-America honors. He was named Gonzaga’s inaugural Associated Press preseason selection as a junior, and was a consensus Associated Press All-America First Team pick. Morrison also earned National Association of Basketball Coaches Co-Player of the Year and USBWA Oscar Robertson Trophy Co-Player of the Year accolades during 2006.
 
A star player nationally, Morrison also dominated the West Coast Conference. He earned back-to-back WCC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors (2005, 2006) and was a two-time WCC First Team honoree. Morrison was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Year in 2006 after averaging 28.1 ppg and 5.5 rpg, along with a 49.6 field goal percentage, 77.2 free throw percentage and a 42.8 three-point percentage.
 
Morrison was also a member of 2004 USA World Championship For Young Men Qualifying Team that earned a gold medal at the World Championships in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the summer of 2004. He averaged 8.2 ppg and 1.7 rpg in three games, missing the gold medal game because of a sore knee.
 
Morrison, a childhood diabetic since age 12, has developed into a role model for children with diabetes to show they, too, can live a normal life. His father, John, organized an annual H-O-R-S-E Tournament in Spokane as a benefit for the American Diabetes Association.
 
Morrison finished his career as the third-leading scorer in Gonzaga history with 1,867 points. He also ended his time at GU third in the career rankings for field goals made (659), fourth in free throws made (398) and ninth in three-point field goals made (127). Morrison’s name is also scattered throughout the GU single-season rankings. He is first in single-season points (926 in 2006), field goals made (306 in 2006) and free throws made (240 in 2006). Morrison was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats as the third pick overall in the 2006 draft; the highest selection ever for a Gonzaga player.
 
Tara (Erdmann) Welling, Loyola Marymount University
A seven-time All-American in cross country and track, Welling (Erdmann) went on to represent the Lions at the U.S. Olympic Trial Qualifiers in both 10,000 and 5,000 meters. Welling (Erdmann) started her LMU career by taking home both West Coast Conference and LMU Freshman of the Year accolades before capping her time on campus with back-to-back LMU Female Athlete of the Year selections in 2010-11 and 2011-12. Welling (Erdmann) set four school records in the 2010 track season and held Division I's fastest 10k time in 2011.
 
Jayne McHugh, University of the Pacific
Jayne Gibson-McHugh was a member of the Pacific women’s volleyball program in three different capacities — as a player from 1978-81, as an assistant coach under former head coach John Dunning, and as the Tigers head coach from 2001-05.
 
The three-time All-American was the first women’s volleyball player to play for the US National team and to play in the Olympics. Gibson-McHugh represented the United State in the 1988 Summer Olympics at Seoul, South Korea.
 
During her four-year playing career at Pacific, McHugh led the Tigers to three straight conference championships, which included a 36-0 conference record in her final three seasons 1979, 1980, 1981). As a senior, McHugh earned AVCA First Team All-America honors and was tabbed the NorCal Conference MVP after serving as the team’s leader in kills, hitting percentage, and in all major blocking categories.
 
Upon graduation, the Colorado High School product compiled career marks of 856 kills, 155 blocks, and a .303 hitting percentage. She continues to hold the program’s record for block solos in a match with nine against Stanford on October 16, 1981.
 
In 1982, Gibson-McHugh was the recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and was a member of the 1980 team squad that was inducted to the Pacific Hall of Fame before being inducted to the Hall for her individual accolades in 1992.
 
As a coach, McHugh guided her teams to a 100-59 overall record.
 
Gualberto Escudero, Pepperdine University
Gualberto Escudero arrived at Pepperdine’s old South Los Angeles campus as a freshman in the fall of 1968. He never left the school, and for 37 seasons he fashioned one of the most prolific coaching careers in NCAA women’s tennis history.
 
Starting in 1978 and until his retirement after the 2014 season, Escudero had a career record of 651-334 (.661). It’s believed that his win total ranked second all-time among women’s tennis coaches at that point. Escudero led the Waves to the NCAA postseason on 31 occasions, including each of his final 27 seasons.
 
Thirty-two of his 37 teams posted winning records, and his squads finished with a top 10 national ranking seven times.
 
The Waves dominated the West Coast Conference during his tenure, winning either the regular-season or tournament title in 25 of 29 years (including 14 straight from 1988-2001). The Waves won all three tournament titles and 24 of the 29 regular-season titles.
 
Escudero received numerous individual accolades. He was selected as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s District VIII Coach of the Year in 1991 and 1992, the ITA West Region Coach of the Year in 2006 and the WCC Coach of the Year in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2012.
 
He consistently attracted talented student-athletes to Malibu. Pepperdine women’s tennis players were named All-Americans 31 times, under his leadership while there were 42 singles players and 24 doubles teams that earned All-WCC first team honors. Also, his players earned spots on the WCC All-Academic list 43 times.
 
Escudero was named head coach prior to the 1977-78 season. The Waves competed at the AIAW Championships in both 1979 and 1980 (and was ranked first in the AIAW at one point during the 1980 season).
 
Pepperdine competed at the first-ever NCAA Tournament back in 1982, and made four straight first-round appearances when there were just 16 teams. The Waves earned their first NCAA Tournament victory in 1988, then had a run of three straight years in the quarterfinals between 1989-91. The Waves again made it into the quarterfinals in 1994.
 
Escudero moved to the United States from Bolivia when he was 10 years old. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he was a standout player for the Waves from 1969 to 1972. He was a finalist in the 1969 WCAC singles tournament while winning the doubles title with John Lovelace, and helped the Waves win two conference team titles. He earned a degree in physical education from Pepperdine in 1972.
 
After graduating, Escudero stayed on campus by teaching tennis courses for both the University and with the Crest Associates, and serving as an assistant coach with both the men’s and women’s teams. And even after his retirement from college coaching, he’s remained on campus stringing racquets and offering lessons.
 
Stephanie Lopez Cox, University of Portland
Stephanie Lopez Cox came to The Bluff from Elk Grove, Calif., and by the end of her collegiate career, the defender was a national champion and a three-time All-American. A four-time All-West Coast Conference First Team selection, Cox began her time with the Pilots by earning Freshman All-America First Team accolades in 2003. That same season, Cox was named the West Region Freshman of the Year.
 
Cox stepped away from the Pilots in 2004 to compete at the 2004 FIFA World Championships with the U.S. Under-19 National Team. When she returned to Portland in 2005, Cox helped lead the Pilots through a historical season that culminated with an unbeaten record and the program’s second NCAA Championship in three years. The individual awards continued to roll in for Cox, who was named an All-American in 2005, 2006, and 2007. As senior in 2007, Cox earned the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, she collected the Bill Hayward Oregon Amateur Athlete of the Year award, and was named the WCC’s Defender of the Year for the second time, with the first such honor coming in 2005.
 
Cox was also stellar in the classroom as she landed on the WCC’s All-Academic Team three times, and was named the 2007 WCC Female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Cox helped Portland post an overall record of 66-11-7, while going 22-3-3 in the WCC to claim two league titles. In addition to the national championship run, the Pilots also reached the NCAA Quarterfinals twice and advanced to the third round during her freshman campaign.
 
Cox continued her standout career on the international stage with the U.S. Women's National Team from 2005 until 2014. She earned 89 caps with the senior squad and won a Gold Medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Cox played in a pair of World Cups, finishing second with the U.S. in 2001 and third in 2007, and she enjoyed a lengthy professional career that included stints with the Los Angeles Sol (2009), Boston Breakers (2010-11) and Seattle Reign (2013-15).
 
Inducted into the University of Portland’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018, Cox is also part of the Cal North Soccer Hall of Fame and the Elk Grove City Hall of Fame, and she was given the Seattle Reign Legend Award in 2016.
 
Trevor Newquist, Saint Mary’s College
One of the most successful student-athletes all-time for the Saint Mary’s men’s soccer program. Newquist graduated as a member of the first West Coast Conference championship team, led the Gaels to two NCAA Tournament appearances and left as the winningest class in history with a 40-25-16 record.
 
Newquist began his career by being named to the West Coast Conference All-Freshman team and leading the Gaels to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in program history in 2009. In 2011, Newquist anchored the defense for the Gaels’ first WCC Championship in school history and led Saint Mary’s to an exciting Round of 16 berth in the NCAA Tournament. In his senior season at Saint Mary’s in 2012, Newquist was named the West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and First Team NSCAA All-Far West Region, marking an incredible four-year run as a Gael.
 
An athletic defender who can score goals, Newquist ended his career in the top 10 in the record books in goals scored, assists and matches played.
 
Originally from San Diego, Newquist graduated from Saint Mary’s College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Kinesiology and just finished his Master’s Degree from Saint Mary’s College in Sports Management. He currently works as a management relations consultant in Walnut Creek.

Ali Cox, University of San Diego
Ali Cox was walking across the heart of the USD campus during transfer orientation back in 1998. Tables were spread across the walkway at the Alcala Bazaar with clubs recruiting prospective participants when Toreros women’s rowing coach Leeanne Crain leaped out of her chair at the sight of the 6-foot-tall Cox.
Crain gave her spiel, Cox, who had never rowed in her life, took the bite and thus were the seeds sewn for a future Olympian.

Cox became the first USD rower to earn All-West Coast Conference honors three times. While at USD, she lifted her game to the international level and was in the women’s 4s at the Under-23 World Championships in Denmark.

Just one year after graduating from USD, Cox won a gold medal in the women’s 8s at the 2002 World Rowing Championships. It was the Americans’ first gold in women’s 8s at the World Champs since 1995. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Cox rowed in the Americans’ silver-medal-winning 8s boat.

While Cox didn’t have rowing experience when she jumped into the sport, she was blessed with athleticism and an insatiable competitive instinct. She earned 11 varsity letters at Turlock High in Turlock, Calif., softball and tennis being her specialties.

Early in her rowing career as a Torero, Cox developed a motto: Pain is temporary, but results are forever. Cox majored in Communications at USD and earned a minor in Marketing Business. She retired after the 2004 Olympics and developed a marketing agency, Ali Cox & Company Marketing.

Out of the sport for six years, Cox returned to international rowing in 2010. While Cox didn’t earn Olympic gold, competing against rowers a decade younger she rowed on the U.S. team that won gold at the Samsung World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland in 2011.

Cox is married with two children, sons William, 3, and Ford, 22 months. She lives in Turlock and still owns her own marketing agency.

Orlando Smart, University of San Francisco
Since basketball was reinstated at the University of San Francisco in the mid 1980’s, no player has been more important to the program than Orlando Smart.  The Austin, Texas native is one of three players in USF history to score 1,000 points and dish out at least 400 assists.
 
In 116 career games on the Hilltop, Smart averaged 13.2 points per game and 7.8 assists a game while shooting 46.9 percent from the field. 
 
Smart, a two-time First Team All-WCC honoree, was inducted into the USF Hall of Fame in 2001 following a brilliant career that saw him score 1,532 points, good for 10th all-time in USF’s illustrious history. His 902 assists and 7.78 assists per game rank first at USF and in the West Coast Conference. The 902 assists Smart accumulated rank 14th most in NCAA history.
 
After graduating from USF, Smart took his career overseas and played professionally in Poland for Slask Wroclaw. Smart also played professionally in the United States in the Southwest Basketball League while earning league MVP honors in the 1997-1998 season.
 
Caren Horstmeyer, Santa Clara University
Caren (Choppelas) Horstmeyer began her career with Santa Clara Basketball in 1980. As a star on the court, she earned a number of records: most points in a game (32), season (452), and career (1496), and the most games played (107). At the age of 25 she became the head coach of the Bronco Women’s Basketball program and her success continued. Horstmeyer’s overall record was 221-124. Her teams made four NCAA Tournament appearances, won a WNIT Championship in 1991, earned six Regular Season WCC Titles, and two WCC Tournament Championships.
 
After Santa Clara, Horstmeyer’s success followed her to coach Berkeley and U.S. national team activities. She served as head coach of the East team at the U.S. Olympic Festival in 1993, and she has been active on selection committees for the U.S. national team. Horstmeyer has received the Converse Coach of the Year Award and the Kodak All-American Team Award.