 Owen W. Siler
From humble beginnings as a student at Santa Maria Junior College, Owen Siler rose to Commandant of the United States Coast Guard and left a lasting legacy that is still felt today.
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 Dan Quisenberry
One of the most famous student-athletes to come out of Orange Coast College, Dan Quisenberry not only left his mark on the baseball program at the college, he went on to leave an unforgettable legacy in the Kansas City area, both on and off the ballfield.
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 Joseph C. Rodriguez
Just a year after graduating from San Bernardino Valley College, Joseph Rodriguez was an Army private at war in Korea. He soon found himself in a seemingly hopeless battle, and his selfless act of heroism led to his nomination for this nation’s highest military honor: the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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 Janet Leigh
A native of California’s Central Valley, Jeanette Morrison enrolled at Stockton Junior College (then a part of University of the Pacific, now known as San Joaquin Delta College) after high school to study psychology and music. While visiting her parents in Lake Tahoe, Morrison’s stunning good looks drew the attention of legendary Hollywood starmaker Norma Shearer of MGM Studios
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 Flo Hyman
Long before the likes of Karch Kiraly and others made beach volleyball a popular spectator sport, the indoor version of the sport had its own heroes. No star loomed larger over the game than Flo Hyman, a towering presence on the US National Team and internationally for more than a decade before her untimely death in 1986 at the tender age of 31.
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 Matthew "Mack" Robinson
In today’s world of multi-million dollar contracts, appearance fees, and endorsements, it’s easy to forget what many world-class athletes had to endure, even at the peak of their careers, not so long ago. For an African-American track star in the 1930s, there were no riches or lasting fame.
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