Debbie Green-Vargas (2003) - USC Athletics Hall of Fame

Debbie Green-Vargas

Induction:
2003
Class:
1977

Regarded as one of America’s greatest women’s volleyball setters, Debbie Green-Vargas—just 5-foot-4—was a 2-time All-American (1976-77) and led the Women of Troy to AIAW national championships both of those years (the 1977 team recorded the first-ever undefeated season in collegiate women’s volleyball, 38-0). A 2-year letterwinner (1976-77), she was named to 2 U.S. Olympic teams (1980 and 1984), helping the American women win a silver medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also competed in 3 World Championships and 2 Pan American Games (winning the silver medal in 1983) and played professionally with the Los Angeles Starlites. She was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1995, the United States Volleyball Association Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame in 1998 (its first female inductee). She was named to Volleyball magazine’s All-Time Indoor first team. In 2016, she was named to the Pac-12 All-Century team. A product of Westminster High, she was an assistant coach with the Long Beach State women’s team for 23 years (1986-2008).