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    2001 USC Athletic Hall Of Famers To Be Inducted
    The fifth class of USC's Athletic Hall of Fame welcomes 22 new members.

    LOS ANGELES - Twenty-two Trojan sports luminaries will be inducted into the fifth class of USC's Athletic Hall of Fame at a gala black tie induction dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena this Saturday (May 5).

    Alphabetically, the 2001 inductees are:

  • Hal Bedsole (football)
  • Bob Boyd (coaching)
  • Brad Budde (football)
  • Don Buford (baseball)
  • Sam Cunningham (football)
  • Jack Davis (track and field)
  • Craig Fertig (Spirit Award)
  • Bruce Furniss (swimming)
  • Ray George (Howard Jones Memorial Award)
  • Jimmy Gunn (football)
  • Lee Guttero (basketball)
  • Alex Hannum (basketball)
  • Tom Kelly (media)
  • Lenny Krayzelburg (Spirit Award)
  • Rick Leach (tennis)
  • Earle Meadows (track and field)
  • John Rudometkin (basketball)
  • Makoto Sakamoto (gymnastics)
  • Bill Sefton (track and field)
  • Bill Thom (baseball)
  • Steve Timmons (volleyball) and
  • Ralph Vaughn (basketball).

    George Meadows Sefton and Vaughn will be honored posthumously.

    "This is an outstanding group of Trojan greats who have played an important role in USC's athletic history," said USC athletic director Mike Garrett who was a member of the 1994 charter class. "They'll join our first four classes of Hall of Famers to form a real Who's Who in USC sports."

    The Hall of Famers, who will have commemorative plaques installed at Heritage Hall, were selected by a 75-member panel consisting of media and USC alumni and athletic department supporters.