© Mark J. Rebilas | 2018 Dec 22
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame is proud to announce it has selected the 2019 inductee class. The inductees will be honored at the 40th Annual Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Enshrinement Banquet on Thursday, May 2, 2019 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, Ca.
Each year, the Bay Area Sorts Hall of Fame (BASHOF) prepares a ballot and solicits votes from all major media outlets in the Bay Area. There are three ballots: Contemporary (after 1980), Veteran (Prior to 1980) and Distinguished Service. From the results of the ballots, 4-5 new inductees are selected annually. Through 2018, there have been 175 persons inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame.
We are very honored to present the following inductees for 2018:
Dave Dravecky (Baseball)
Brad Gilbert (Tennis)
Jason Kidd (Basketball)
Keena Turner (Football)
Tara VanDerveer (Basketball)
The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that began in 1979 with the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce’s Sports Committee and Lou Spadia, former president of the San Francisco 49ers. Now in its 40th year and adhering to its goal of honoring local athletic legends in the name of benefiting youth sports, BASHOF has donated over $4 million to youth sports programs in the Bay Area to over 600 youth organizations in the Bay Area. Organizations that will be the recipients of funds raised from this year’s banquet will be announced in the near future.