Hall of Fame
BORP’s Hall of Fame honors individuals who have had an exceptional impact within our community. Inductees are recognized for extraordinary athletic achievement, as well as for lasting contributions to the growth, leadership, and advancement of BORP and its programs. Through their dedication, leadership, and vision, Hall of Famers have helped shape BORP’s history and continue to inspire future generations of athletes, volunteers, and advocates.
KB spent much of her life supporting BORP and creating opportunities for kids and young adults to enjoy adaptive sports, including power soccer, basketball, and track & field. As BORP’s Assistant Coordinator of the Children and Youth Sports Program from June 1993 to September 1995, she helped develop the program, in particular power soccer. From 1990 to 1998, she was a member of the Bay Area Meteorites Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. In addition to playing, KB provided administrative and fund raising support for the team.
Susie coached youth wheelchair basketball and power soccer during the inception and development of the teams from 1986 to1990. She was also the co-coordinator of BORP’s youth sports program. Susie infused a commitment to physical, social and personal development in BORP’s programs and fostered the organization’s gender equity commitment by promoting the participation of girls and women in sport. Her athletic achievements include national titles in quad rugby and wheelchair basketball; she received Paralympic gold and silver medals in wheelchair basketball and was inducted into the NWBA Hall of Fame.
Kristi founded and developed BORP’s cycling program and co-founded the annual Revolution Ride & Festival, BORP’s signature fund raising event. Kristi launched her adaptive sports career with downhill mountain biking in the late 1990’s, and raced around the US and across the Pacific in Japan. In 2006, Kristi left BORP’s staff and shortly thereafter joined the Board of Directors for a three-year term as Board President.
Jon came to BORP in 1988 when he was charged with starting a goalball program. As a volunteer, he did everything to make goalball a thriving core program at BORP. In 1998, Jon joined the BORP staff and took charge of the adult sports program. Power Soccer was just starting and, as he did with goalball, Jon developed one of the most successful programs in the country. Jon continued to direct BORP’s adult sports program until 2021 when he retired after a remarkably successful 30+ years at the organization.
Cecelia first got involved with BORP in 1990 by joining BORP’s Bay Cruisers track & field and basketball teams. In 1991 and 1992, she set national records (J2D class) in multiple track, field and swimming events. At that time, she also received the Coaches’ Award at Track & Field Junior Nationals. From 1992 to 1996, Cecelia attended the University of Illinois and competed on their varsity wheelchair basketball and track teams. In 1996, she was the assistant coach for BORP’s track & field and basketball teams. From 1997 to 2006, Cecelia was a member of BORP’s Board of Directors.
During his junior career, Lamile Perry set numerous track & field records. On more than one occasion, he held the national records in his division in every track event (60, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500), two team relays, and all three field events as well; that’s 11 national records total—all at one time. He was a member of two USA track & field teams, captain of the USA junior track team in 2001 in Australia, and led the Bay Cruisers to the national track & field team title in 2000, the same year that he won the National Track Athlete of the Year award.
Diane co-founded BORP with Susan Sygall in 1975. She later relocated to Oregon and worked for the City of Eugene where she coordinated recreation programs for persons with physical disabilities. For over 30 years she was the director of the Willamalane Adult Activity Center.
As BORP’s executive director from 1995 to 2007, Rick provided visionary leadership to BORP, helping to develop and grow its menu of sports and recreation programming. Rick led the development of the Cycling and Adventures & Outings programs, and helped BORP become a model for other organizations around the country to follow and emulate. He also helped secure BORP’s future by developing the annual Revolution Ride and by hiring some of BORP’s most successful staff.
Val Brown, Sun Chan, Ann Cupolo-Freeman, Susie Grimes, Bonnie Lewkowicz, Lori McLeod, and Megan Schirle. Quad rugby was the first team sport designed specifically for quadriplegics and a game changer for quads who wanted a challenging and competitive team sport. From the beginning the priority of, Bonnie, the team’s founder, was to recruit women. The first year at Nationals in 1989 they surprised the veteran all-male teams and beat the defending National Champions, and took third place. In 1990, Quadzilla beat the previous year’s champions to win the Gold.
