Weber State University Athletics
Three To Be Inducted Into WSU Athletic Hall of Fame
10/16/2007 6:00:00 AM | Athletics
OGDEN, Utah -- Two Ogden, Utah natives who excelled in track and field both as participants and coaches, along with a men's basketball player from Ohio who came to Ogden nearly 50 years ago then made it his home are the inductees into this year's Weber State University Athletic Hall of Fame.
The 19th annual Wildcat Club Hall of Fame Banquet will be held this coming Friday, October 19 at the Ogden Marriott Hotel. A social at 6:00 p.m. kicks off the evening activities followed by dinner at 7:00 and the induction ceremony at 8:00. Cost is $30.00 per person. You can still RSVP the Wildcat Club at (801) 626-6492.
This year's inductees are Bob Hill (Men's Track & Field), Charles "Chick" Hislop (Men's Track&Field/Cross Country/Wrestling) and Mike Sivulich, Sr. (Men's Basketball).
BOB HILL
Bob Hill's story is one of local boy makes good. Born and raised in Ogden, Hill attended Ben Lomond High School where he was a three-year letterman in football, basketball, swimming and track. His track and field coach his sophomore and junior seasons was Chick Hislop, who also is being inducted into the WSU Hall of Fame on Friday.
Hill still holds the Ben Lomond school record in the javelin with a toss of 221-0. He placed second in the state Class A meet in 1971 with a toss of 217-0. For his athletic achievements, he was named the 1970-71 Golden Watch winner at Ben Lomond.
Upon graduation, Bob was offered a track scholarship to Weber State by Chick Hislop who left Ben Lomond to take over the track and field program at Weber State. He also had a partial scholarship to swim on the men's swim team for Coach Lynn Corbridge, who also is a member of the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.
Hill had a sterling four-year career at WSU earning four-varsity letters. In 1972 as a freshman, his toss of 234-8 was good enough for 2nd place behind Montana's Craig Stiles. Stiles still holds the Big Sky record in the "old javelin" at 255-10. During that freshman year, Bob had a career best throw of 237-7 which qualified him for the 1972 NCAA Division I meet in Eugene, Oregon where he placed 19th. That throw is still the 2nd best in WSU men's track and field history behind another WSU Hall of Famer, Darol Wintle who threw 239-6. ... Hill's toss still ranks as the 9th best all-time throw in Big Sky Conference history.
In 1973 he won the Big Sky Conference title with a toss of 233-7 then won it again in 1974 with a throw of 227-2. His senior year, he finished 2nd giving him 36 career points scored in the Big Sky Conference Outdoor meet.
Upon graduation, Hill entered into the banking business for two years. In 1977-78 he became the first full-time women's track and field / Cross Country coach at Weber State and served for three seasons. ... One of his first recruits was a long distance runner from Mexico - Carmen Garduno - who is also in the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame. Another of his protege's was a young javelin throw slash basketball player named Carla Taylor.
After the 1979-80 season, he returned to the private sector and into the banking business where he worked in Utah and California, then returning back to Utah in 1993. Hill currently works in the real estate business where he owns and operates Century 21 Golden Spike Realty in Weber, Davis and Box Elder counties. He and his wife, Shelly, are the parents of four daughters: Natalie, Angie, Allison and Rebecca and two sons Chad and Colby.
CHICK HISLOP
Charles "Chick" Hislop has been synonymous with the Ogden area and Weber State University throughout his lifetime. An Ogden native, Hislop ran track for, and graduated from, Ben Lomond High. He then spent two seasons as a runner at Weber JC before transferring to Utah State where he earned two varsity letters.
Upon his graduation from USU, Hislop returned to Ogden to serve as the boy's track and field coach at Ben Lomond for 10 seasons. In 1969 he was named the head track and field coach at Weber State College and neither he nor Weber State would ever be the same. He would spend the next 38 years as head coach of the Wildcats and build up a lifetime of achievements and memories.
Before Hislop arrived at Weber State, the Wildcats had never finished better than third in any Big Sky Conference meet. Over the next 38 years Hislop would coach the Wildcats to 21 Big Sky Championships and serve as the longest tenured coach in Big Sky history in any sport. He coached the Wildcats in 101 conference championships and over 1,000 total meets. Chick was not only a track and field coach at Weber State, in 1973 he also became the head coach for the Wildcat wrestling program, a position he held for five years.
In Cross Country, he led the Wildcats to seven Big Sky titles. His teams also won the District VII Championships in 1990 and 1991. The 1991 team went on to place fourth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Under Hislop the Wildcats placed in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships nine times. In 1979 the Big Sky Conference added indoor track and field and the Wildcats would go on to win five Big Sky titles and 49 individual titles Hislop's watchful eye. His outdoor track and field teams won the Big Sky Championship nine times. He closed out his career by winning seven of the last nine Big Sky Outdoor titles, including five straight titles from 1998-2002.
Hislop became known as one of the foremost authorities in the United States on steeplechase training and technique. In the summer of 1996, he served as an Assistant Coach for the United States Men's Track and Field Team at the Atlanta Olympic Games, where he was the primary coach of the USA Long Distance Runners.
Chick Hislop's success at Weber State cannot be measured by championships and records alone. His influence on the lives of student-athletes has been felt by thousands. He was the driving force behind several key facility upgrades for the Weber State track and field programs. In 1996 the track and Stewart Stadium was rebuilt and the track now bears the name of Charles "Chick" Hislop Track.
In 2005 Weber State dedicated the new Tom and Nancy Davidson Track Locker Room at the Donnell B. Stewart Track Complex at Stewart Stadium. Hislop played a major role in getting the building built, including getting former athletes to donate to the lockers, and starting the Chick and Diane Hislop Hall of Honor listing all NCAA Champions, All-Americans, and Big Sky Champions. The locker room is one of the finest track& field only facilities in the nation. Chick and his wife, Diane, are the parents of daughters Elynn, Jill, and Kim, and two sons Lance and Chris.
MIKE SIVULICH, SR.
In the rich tradition of Weber State men's basketball, the successful Wildcat team's could always rely on a solid point guard to run the team. Names like Justus Thigpen, Brady Small, Dick Hunsaker, Mark Mattos, John Price, Ruben Nembhard, Eddie Gill, and Jermaine Boyette conger up visions of greatness. But the one point guard who got the ball rolling, so to speak, in establishing that winning tradition was Mike Sivulich - a 5-10 whirling dervish from Ohio who would become the baseline for all the successful Wildcat point guards who followed.
A standout three-sport athlete at Brookfield (Ohio) High School, Mike graduated in 1955 then spent the next three years in U.S. Navy where he excelled on several Navy basketball teams.
In 1959-60, he came to Ogden, Utah to play at Weber Junior College. His first season he played under Coach Bill Mann. When Mann left to enter private business in California, the Wildcats hired a young high school coach from Grace, Idaho named DICK MOTTA to take over the program.
Mike's speed, quickness, peskiness and constant hustle were an immediate hit with Motta. That 1960-61 team included current WSU Hall of Fame inductees Lynn Corbridge, Phil Johnson and Jon O'Dell. The Wildcats earned a spot a in the National Junior College Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. For his efforts, he was named First Team Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Knowing that Weber State would become a four-year school in 1962-63, and having two years of eligibility remaining, Mike sat out the 1961-62 season but he wasn't idle. He played on the Ogden 12th Ward team which played during the season in the Ogden Independent Basketball League as well as the LDS Church league. He helped lead the Ogden 12th Ward to the All-LDS Church Basketball Tournament championship. At that time, that tournament was the largest in the world. He was named the MVP of the Senior division.
As the Wildcats joined the four-year ranks in 1962-63, Mike was again reunited with Coach Dick Motta. That team, playing as an independent, posted a 22-4 record with Mike averaging 10.6 points and was set up man for leading scorer Jim Lyon's who averaged 20.8 points and center Bob Lewis who averaged 19.7. ... Besides his uncanny ability to score with his patented two-hand set shot, Mike became know far and wide as one of the peskiest defensive players in college basketball using his tremendous speed and quickness to thwart many taller opponents.
In 1963-64, his senior season, Weber State became a charter member of the newly formed Big Sky Conference. The Wildcats finished 17-8 overall and were second in the Big Sky with a 7-3 mark. Mike averaged 14.5 points per game and though assists were compiled during his era, it would be a safe bet to say he averaged five or six per game as the Wildcats averaged 91.5 points per game that season. ... For his offensive and defensive efforts, Mike was named First Team All-Big Sky Conference and Second Team "Little All-America" by the United Press International.
Sivulich's stay in Ogden has lasted nearly 50 years. He was the founder and president of Sivulich Travel and later became partners in Fishburn-Sivulich Travel which became Morris Travel. Along with his success in the travel business, Sivulich was owner and president of Sivulich Brokerage working with the Amalgamated Sugar Company for 26 years.
He and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of two sons, Mike Jr. and David, and a daughter Staci. Mike Jr. was a two-year starter for Weber State in the early 1990s and David was a standout player and three-time all-conference performer at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California.
The 19th annual Wildcat Club Hall of Fame Banquet will be held this coming Friday, October 19 at the Ogden Marriott Hotel. A social at 6:00 p.m. kicks off the evening activities followed by dinner at 7:00 and the induction ceremony at 8:00. Cost is $30.00 per person. You can still RSVP the Wildcat Club at (801) 626-6492.
This year's inductees are Bob Hill (Men's Track & Field), Charles "Chick" Hislop (Men's Track&Field/Cross Country/Wrestling) and Mike Sivulich, Sr. (Men's Basketball).
BOB HILL
Bob Hill's story is one of local boy makes good. Born and raised in Ogden, Hill attended Ben Lomond High School where he was a three-year letterman in football, basketball, swimming and track. His track and field coach his sophomore and junior seasons was Chick Hislop, who also is being inducted into the WSU Hall of Fame on Friday.
Hill still holds the Ben Lomond school record in the javelin with a toss of 221-0. He placed second in the state Class A meet in 1971 with a toss of 217-0. For his athletic achievements, he was named the 1970-71 Golden Watch winner at Ben Lomond.Upon graduation, Bob was offered a track scholarship to Weber State by Chick Hislop who left Ben Lomond to take over the track and field program at Weber State. He also had a partial scholarship to swim on the men's swim team for Coach Lynn Corbridge, who also is a member of the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame.
Hill had a sterling four-year career at WSU earning four-varsity letters. In 1972 as a freshman, his toss of 234-8 was good enough for 2nd place behind Montana's Craig Stiles. Stiles still holds the Big Sky record in the "old javelin" at 255-10. During that freshman year, Bob had a career best throw of 237-7 which qualified him for the 1972 NCAA Division I meet in Eugene, Oregon where he placed 19th. That throw is still the 2nd best in WSU men's track and field history behind another WSU Hall of Famer, Darol Wintle who threw 239-6. ... Hill's toss still ranks as the 9th best all-time throw in Big Sky Conference history.
In 1973 he won the Big Sky Conference title with a toss of 233-7 then won it again in 1974 with a throw of 227-2. His senior year, he finished 2nd giving him 36 career points scored in the Big Sky Conference Outdoor meet.
Upon graduation, Hill entered into the banking business for two years. In 1977-78 he became the first full-time women's track and field / Cross Country coach at Weber State and served for three seasons. ... One of his first recruits was a long distance runner from Mexico - Carmen Garduno - who is also in the WSU Athletic Hall of Fame. Another of his protege's was a young javelin throw slash basketball player named Carla Taylor.
After the 1979-80 season, he returned to the private sector and into the banking business where he worked in Utah and California, then returning back to Utah in 1993. Hill currently works in the real estate business where he owns and operates Century 21 Golden Spike Realty in Weber, Davis and Box Elder counties. He and his wife, Shelly, are the parents of four daughters: Natalie, Angie, Allison and Rebecca and two sons Chad and Colby.
CHICK HISLOP
Charles "Chick" Hislop has been synonymous with the Ogden area and Weber State University throughout his lifetime. An Ogden native, Hislop ran track for, and graduated from, Ben Lomond High. He then spent two seasons as a runner at Weber JC before transferring to Utah State where he earned two varsity letters.Upon his graduation from USU, Hislop returned to Ogden to serve as the boy's track and field coach at Ben Lomond for 10 seasons. In 1969 he was named the head track and field coach at Weber State College and neither he nor Weber State would ever be the same. He would spend the next 38 years as head coach of the Wildcats and build up a lifetime of achievements and memories.
Before Hislop arrived at Weber State, the Wildcats had never finished better than third in any Big Sky Conference meet. Over the next 38 years Hislop would coach the Wildcats to 21 Big Sky Championships and serve as the longest tenured coach in Big Sky history in any sport. He coached the Wildcats in 101 conference championships and over 1,000 total meets. Chick was not only a track and field coach at Weber State, in 1973 he also became the head coach for the Wildcat wrestling program, a position he held for five years.
In Cross Country, he led the Wildcats to seven Big Sky titles. His teams also won the District VII Championships in 1990 and 1991. The 1991 team went on to place fourth at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Under Hislop the Wildcats placed in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships nine times. In 1979 the Big Sky Conference added indoor track and field and the Wildcats would go on to win five Big Sky titles and 49 individual titles Hislop's watchful eye. His outdoor track and field teams won the Big Sky Championship nine times. He closed out his career by winning seven of the last nine Big Sky Outdoor titles, including five straight titles from 1998-2002.
Hislop became known as one of the foremost authorities in the United States on steeplechase training and technique. In the summer of 1996, he served as an Assistant Coach for the United States Men's Track and Field Team at the Atlanta Olympic Games, where he was the primary coach of the USA Long Distance Runners.
Chick Hislop's success at Weber State cannot be measured by championships and records alone. His influence on the lives of student-athletes has been felt by thousands. He was the driving force behind several key facility upgrades for the Weber State track and field programs. In 1996 the track and Stewart Stadium was rebuilt and the track now bears the name of Charles "Chick" Hislop Track.
In 2005 Weber State dedicated the new Tom and Nancy Davidson Track Locker Room at the Donnell B. Stewart Track Complex at Stewart Stadium. Hislop played a major role in getting the building built, including getting former athletes to donate to the lockers, and starting the Chick and Diane Hislop Hall of Honor listing all NCAA Champions, All-Americans, and Big Sky Champions. The locker room is one of the finest track& field only facilities in the nation. Chick and his wife, Diane, are the parents of daughters Elynn, Jill, and Kim, and two sons Lance and Chris.
MIKE SIVULICH, SR.
In the rich tradition of Weber State men's basketball, the successful Wildcat team's could always rely on a solid point guard to run the team. Names like Justus Thigpen, Brady Small, Dick Hunsaker, Mark Mattos, John Price, Ruben Nembhard, Eddie Gill, and Jermaine Boyette conger up visions of greatness. But the one point guard who got the ball rolling, so to speak, in establishing that winning tradition was Mike Sivulich - a 5-10 whirling dervish from Ohio who would become the baseline for all the successful Wildcat point guards who followed.A standout three-sport athlete at Brookfield (Ohio) High School, Mike graduated in 1955 then spent the next three years in U.S. Navy where he excelled on several Navy basketball teams.
In 1959-60, he came to Ogden, Utah to play at Weber Junior College. His first season he played under Coach Bill Mann. When Mann left to enter private business in California, the Wildcats hired a young high school coach from Grace, Idaho named DICK MOTTA to take over the program.
Mike's speed, quickness, peskiness and constant hustle were an immediate hit with Motta. That 1960-61 team included current WSU Hall of Fame inductees Lynn Corbridge, Phil Johnson and Jon O'Dell. The Wildcats earned a spot a in the National Junior College Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas. For his efforts, he was named First Team Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Knowing that Weber State would become a four-year school in 1962-63, and having two years of eligibility remaining, Mike sat out the 1961-62 season but he wasn't idle. He played on the Ogden 12th Ward team which played during the season in the Ogden Independent Basketball League as well as the LDS Church league. He helped lead the Ogden 12th Ward to the All-LDS Church Basketball Tournament championship. At that time, that tournament was the largest in the world. He was named the MVP of the Senior division.
As the Wildcats joined the four-year ranks in 1962-63, Mike was again reunited with Coach Dick Motta. That team, playing as an independent, posted a 22-4 record with Mike averaging 10.6 points and was set up man for leading scorer Jim Lyon's who averaged 20.8 points and center Bob Lewis who averaged 19.7. ... Besides his uncanny ability to score with his patented two-hand set shot, Mike became know far and wide as one of the peskiest defensive players in college basketball using his tremendous speed and quickness to thwart many taller opponents.
In 1963-64, his senior season, Weber State became a charter member of the newly formed Big Sky Conference. The Wildcats finished 17-8 overall and were second in the Big Sky with a 7-3 mark. Mike averaged 14.5 points per game and though assists were compiled during his era, it would be a safe bet to say he averaged five or six per game as the Wildcats averaged 91.5 points per game that season. ... For his offensive and defensive efforts, Mike was named First Team All-Big Sky Conference and Second Team "Little All-America" by the United Press International.
Sivulich's stay in Ogden has lasted nearly 50 years. He was the founder and president of Sivulich Travel and later became partners in Fishburn-Sivulich Travel which became Morris Travel. Along with his success in the travel business, Sivulich was owner and president of Sivulich Brokerage working with the Amalgamated Sugar Company for 26 years.
He and his wife, Nancy, are the parents of two sons, Mike Jr. and David, and a daughter Staci. Mike Jr. was a two-year starter for Weber State in the early 1990s and David was a standout player and three-time all-conference performer at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California.
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