Sports Briefs

Glendale college Baseball Camp

The Glendale Community College baseball coaching staff will instruct children and adults on the proper mechanics in batting, fielding, pitching and catching.

Sessions can be individual or in groups up to four for ages 8 and above.

The camp consists of three 90-minute sessions per week.

For more information, rates and appointments, contact the college’s baseball office at (818) 240-1000, ext. 5693.

2010 GCC Athletic Hall of Fame

The ninth annual Glendale Community College Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held March 6 at the college’s J. Walter Smith Student Center, 1500 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale.

Rene Gonzalez, Karoline Tomicich, Ralph Turner, Bill and Ethel Gallagher, Ron Palmer and the 1976 men’s cross-country team will be inducted.

Gonzalez played baseball at Glendale college from 1980-81 before moving on to Cal State Los Angeles. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos and played 13 Major League seasons.

Tomicich played women’s tennis in 1999 and 2001, earning All-American honors in singles and doubles.

Turner excelled in track and field, setting the college’s mark in the 200-meter race in 1963. The record still stands.

The Gallagher’s have been supporters of the Glendale college for more than 40 years and had all seven of their children attend the school.

Palmer competed on the men’s tennis team and ran track and field in the 1940s before becoming a badminton player in the 1950s while representing the United States in the Thomas Cup.

The 1976 men’s cross-country squad won the Southern California and state championship under Coach Tom McMurray.

For more information, contact Glendale college Sports Information Director Alex Leon at (818) 240-1000, ext. 5764.