University Southern California Trojans
Hix, Nygaard, Sato Named To 2020 Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall Of Fame
January 02, 2020 | Men's Volleyball, Features
LOS ANGELES—Two-time USC NCAA champion men's volleyball head coach Ernie Hix, current USC men's head coach Jeff Nygaard and current USC assistant Gary Sato have been named to the 14-member 2020 class of the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Hall of Fame.
The other inductees in the fourth class of the SCIVBHOF are: Terry Condon, Dixie Grimmett, Jack Henn, Alan Knipe, Duncan McFarland, Manuel Saenz, Troy Tanner, Jane Ward and Teee Williams-Slacanin, along with Lifetime Service recipients Charlie Brande and Sue Gozansky.
The group will be honored at a dinner on May 3 at the Highway 39 Event Center in Anaheim. For ticket information, email scivbhof@gmail.com.
The late Hix was "The Father of USC Men's Volleyball" after building the program in its early years as head coach and guiding the Trojans to their first 2 NCAA championships. During his 8-year (1974-81) tenure at USC, Hix not only won NCAA titles in 1977 and 1980 and finished as runner-up in 1979 and 1981, but he laid the foundation of the nascent Trojan program and fostered its development into a national power. He won 73.8% of his matches at USC, with an overall record of 138-49.
Nygaard is in his fifth year as USC's head coach after serving the previous 5 seasons as a Trojan assistant. In 2019, he guided USC to its most wins since 2015 and its first NCAA berth since 2012. He was a 3-time Olympian in indoor and beach volleyball and a 2-time collegiate MVP while playing on a pair of NCAA championship teams at UCLA.
Sato is in his fifth season as a USC assistant. Among his numerous stops since he began coaching in 1978, he was an assistant on 3 U.S. Olympic teams (including the 1988 gold medalists). He played at Santa Monica College and UC Santa Barbara.
Twelve Trojans were previously inducted in the first three classes of the SCIVBHOF: Patti Lucas Bright, Debbie Landreth Brown, Dusty Dvorak, Debbie Green, Mick Haley, Bryan Ivie, Ron Lang, Pat Powers, April Ross, Steve Timmons, Paula Weishoff and Bob Yoder.
The SCIVBHOF is located at the American Sports Centers-Anaheim.
The other inductees in the fourth class of the SCIVBHOF are: Terry Condon, Dixie Grimmett, Jack Henn, Alan Knipe, Duncan McFarland, Manuel Saenz, Troy Tanner, Jane Ward and Teee Williams-Slacanin, along with Lifetime Service recipients Charlie Brande and Sue Gozansky.
The group will be honored at a dinner on May 3 at the Highway 39 Event Center in Anaheim. For ticket information, email scivbhof@gmail.com.
The late Hix was "The Father of USC Men's Volleyball" after building the program in its early years as head coach and guiding the Trojans to their first 2 NCAA championships. During his 8-year (1974-81) tenure at USC, Hix not only won NCAA titles in 1977 and 1980 and finished as runner-up in 1979 and 1981, but he laid the foundation of the nascent Trojan program and fostered its development into a national power. He won 73.8% of his matches at USC, with an overall record of 138-49.
Nygaard is in his fifth year as USC's head coach after serving the previous 5 seasons as a Trojan assistant. In 2019, he guided USC to its most wins since 2015 and its first NCAA berth since 2012. He was a 3-time Olympian in indoor and beach volleyball and a 2-time collegiate MVP while playing on a pair of NCAA championship teams at UCLA.
Sato is in his fifth season as a USC assistant. Among his numerous stops since he began coaching in 1978, he was an assistant on 3 U.S. Olympic teams (including the 1988 gold medalists). He played at Santa Monica College and UC Santa Barbara.
Twelve Trojans were previously inducted in the first three classes of the SCIVBHOF: Patti Lucas Bright, Debbie Landreth Brown, Dusty Dvorak, Debbie Green, Mick Haley, Bryan Ivie, Ron Lang, Pat Powers, April Ross, Steve Timmons, Paula Weishoff and Bob Yoder.
The SCIVBHOF is located at the American Sports Centers-Anaheim.
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