Former Sunnyside wrestler Thom Ortiz has been selected as part of ASU’s 2016 Sports Hall of Fame class; he will be inducted October 8. Ortiz will be the sixth Tucsonan in the Sun Devils Hall of Fame, joining fellow Sunnyside wrestlers Eric Larkin and the late Eddie Urbano, Sahuaro wide receiver John Mistler, Pueblo basketball guard Fat Lever and former UA and Salpointe head football coach Ed Doherty. Up next? How about former Catalina Foothills softball player Jackie Vasquez Theodorakis, who was on the All-Women’s College World Series team when the Sun Devils won the 2008 national championship.
Thom Ortiz selected for ASU sport Hall of Fame
ASU wrestling coach Thom Ortiz talks to student-athletes from Amphi High Schools Thursday, October 18, 2007, during a leadership workshop. Photo by Jim Davis/ Arizona Daily Star
Star sports columnist Greg Hansen offers his opinion on recent sports news.
"For me, I want this to be a leadership program. I want to teach them how to be rather than what to think."
