The Gaucho Order
Mission
As the executive board of The Letterwinners of UCSB, The Gaucho
Order strives to encourage and promote life long connections with
teammates, coaches, and staff, while upholding the tradition and
heritage of the varsity C that becomes a lifelong membership in the
Gaucho family. The letter winners program strives to promote
excellence and leadership while giving back and fostering enduring
relationships among all Gaucho lettermen and women.
Dare To Be Great, Never Give Up, Always Give
Back
A committee of athletics alumni represents The Letterwinners of
UCSB with the primary mission to assist UCSB Athletics with
strategic initiatives such as communications, Hall
of Fame selections, awarding honorary memberships, regional
development, and capital campaigns.
Current capital campaigns undertaken by The Gaucho Order fall
under the comprehensive Walk of
Champions conceptual plan.
The Gaucho Order Executive Committee includes:
- Chairman - John Keever (Football/Rugby '66)
- Athletics Department Rep Tom Hastings
- Brock Arner (Football)
- Steve Arnold (Soccer '66)
- Jim Barber (Football '66)
- Corky Barrett (Football '67)
- Donn Bernstein (Honorary '09)
- Terry Bommer (Football '68)
- Damian Capozzola (Track and Field/Cross Country, '93)
- Nicole Churnock (Softball, '08)
- Gene Deering (Soccer, '04)
- John Dobrott (Water Polo/Swimming '79)
- Mark French (Baseball/Women's Basketball Coach '71)
- Tony Goehring (Baseball/Football '65)
- John Gould (Baseball, '86)
- Kris Grazzini-Sandberg (Basketball '96)
- Mel Gregory (Football/Rugby '67)
- David Grokenberger (Tennis '72)
- Preston Hensley (Football '66)
- Scott Lindberg (Swimming, '07)
- Bill Mahoney (Honorary '09)
- Mike Meyer (Basketball)
- Karen Nance (Soccer, '90)
- Mike Nickoloff (Soccer '69)
- Sarah Norton (Water Polo)
- Diane O'Brien (Honorary '09)
- Kayla Smith (Track and Field, '10)
- Brad Tisdale (Football '84)
- Denise Tisdale (San Vicente) (Soccer '87)
- Catherine Tonne (Volleyball '78)
- Paul Vallerga (Football/Track and Field '67)
- Mike Warren (Football '68)
- Bart Weitzenberg (Football/Rugby '66)
- Bobbie Wilson Dame (Swimming '08)
- Gregg Wilson (Honorary '09)
- Phil Womble (Honorary '09)
- Chancellor Henry Yang and Dilling Yang (Honorary '09)
- Steve Zelko (Volleyball, '81)
For more information on The Gaucho Order or The Letterwinners of
UCSB, contact Executive Associate Athletics Director Tom Hastings
at (805) 893-6019 or tom.hastings@athletics.ucsb.edu.
You may also contact John Keever, the Chair of The Gaucho Order, at
john.keever@gmail.com.