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Bruins Land 34 former athletes on CalHiSports Top-100 Athletes in California History.

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CalHiSports.com announced their list of the Top-100 Male and Female Athletes in California State History, and UCLA was well represented as 21 women and 13 men were named to the list, and Jackie Robins

Dec. 12, 2005

CalHiSports.com announced their list of the Top-100 Male and Female Athletes in California State History, and UCLA was well represented as 21 women and 13 men were named to the list, and Jackie Robinson was ranked No. 1.

CalHiSports.com, the premier website for prep athletics in California, based the entrants on a 50-50 formula: what each athlete did while going to a California high school and what they did after that. This list was not a ranking of the best athletes who were from a California high school.

As a state, California continues to easily top any other state for most players in the MLB, NFL and NBA. Also, at the Athens Olympics, if California was its own nation, it would rank in the top-10 of all nations in total medals won (not including team sports such as water polo).

Jackie Robinson, a four-sport star while at UCLA, was named the No. 1 Male Athlete after inspiring a generation of black athletes with the courage he displayed in breaking the color barrier in baseball in 1947. While in high school, Robinson was a five-sport standout, competing in track, baseball, football, basketball and tennis.

Below is the list of male and female athletes named to the California Top-10 Athletes in State History:

Women
Amy Alcott (Golf), Evelyn Ashford (Track), Shirley Babashoff (Swimming), Denise Corlett (Volleyball), Denise Curry (Basketball), Gail Devers (Track), Donna De Varona (Swimming), Lisa Fernandez (Softball), Amanda Freed (Softball), Linda Robertson (Volleyball), Joanna Hayes (Track), Sherri Howard (Track), Holly McPeak (Volleyball), Ann Meyers-Drysdale (Basketball), Stacey Nuveman (Softball), Suzy Powell (Track), Francie Larrieu-Smith (Track), Tawna Vandeweghe (Swimming), Natasha Watley (Softball) and Elaine Youngs (Volleyball).

Michelle Kwan, who attended school at UCLA while competing for the U.S. in figure skating, also was named to the Top-10.

Men

Willie Banks (Track), Brian Goodell (Swimming), Gail Goodrich (Basketball), Rafer Johnson (Track), Meb Keflezighi (Track/XC), Karch Kiraly (Volleyball), Steve Lewis (Track), Reggie Miller (Basketball), Andre Phillips (Track), Mike Powell (Track), Dave Schultz (Wrestling), Mark Schultz (Wrestling), Bill Walton (Basketball).