IRVINE, Calif. -- UC Irvine is proud to announce that Will Davis II (men's basketball), Danielle de Seriere (women's soccer), Eddie Erazo (men's swimming), Scott Gorgen (baseball), Lauren Collins (women's track & field), Danielle Warde (women's water polo), Tom Warde (men's water polo) and Charlie Brande (men's and women's volleyball coach) will be inducted into the UC Irvine Athletics Hall of Fame this February. 

The impressive class includes NCAA and Big West Athletes of the Year, a National Champion, All-Americans and conference champions. Each member of the class has made at least one NCAA appearance in their career.  The Wardes are a UCI Hall of Fame first, inducting a father/daughter duo.

The class will be celebrated at a ceremony Feb. 2 then introduced at a men's basketball game vs Hawaii on Feb. 3 at the Bren Events Center.

 

GET TO KNOW THE CLASS OF 2024: 

WILL DAVIS II (2011-15)
Davis II finished his collegiate career leading the Anteaters to its first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Big West Defensive Player of the Year helped the Anteaters win its first Big West tournament title in 2015 after becoming the first player in history to register three double-doubles in the conference tournament and was tabbed Big West Tournament MVP. In 2015, he was named to the All-Big West first team, finishing 37th in the nation with a field-goal percentage of .543.  David II ranks second in UCI blocked shots (208), third in rebounds (852) and 10th in points (1,384). He is one of just three players in UCI basketball history to record 1,000 points and 800 rebounds in a career. The forward played in 133 career games, winning 77 times.  As a sophomore, he set a then-school record of 88 blocked shots and was tabbed Mid-Major Defensive All-America. He has played professionally for several teams and is currently playing for the Las Vegas Ignite. Davis II also played with the U.S. National Team, playing with the AmeriCup Qualifying Team and the American squad that qualified for the FIBA World Cup in 2023. 

 

EDDIE ERAZO (2005-08) 

Erazo helped UCI win the 2007 Big West Championship title by claiming the 100 back (47.99) and the 200 fly (1:44.52) as well as being a member of the winning teams in the 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.  He went on to represent UCI at the NCAA Championships where the team finished 25^th the second-highest finish in school history. He finished 12^th in the 200 fly (1:45.06), 15^th in the 100 backstroke (47.61), 12^th in the 200 medley relay (1:27.0) and 14^th in the 400 medley relay (3:11.69) at that event. In 2008, Erazo was named Big West Swimmer of the Year after winning the 200 fly, 100 back and 100 fly competitions as well as being a member of the 400 free relay team. He advanced to the NCAAs where UC Irvine finished tied for 34^th at the Championships on the strength of Erazo's eighth place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (1:45.20). With that performance, he became UCI's first All-American in men's swimming since 1990. He also finished 28^th in the 100 back (48.65) and 32^nd in the 100 fly (47.96) to round out his competition at the NCAAs. During the season, Erazo set new UCI records in three individual events the 100 back (47.98), the 200 back (1:47.04) and the 200 fly (1:43.71). As a freshman, he was a member of the 200-yard medley relay that captured the Big West title in school record fashion. He was named a Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com twice in his career as well All-Big West all four years. As a senior, Erazo was named UCI's Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American second team as well as the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII first team.   

DANIELLE DE SERIERE  (2007-2011) 

De Seriere was honored as Big West Goalkeeper of the Year in 2010 after leading UCI to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and a ranking of No. 14 at the end of the year, the highest final ranking in UCI history.  The three-time All-Big West honoree ranks first in UCI for goals against average (.800), wins (43), shutouts (31), games played and games started (24), winning percentage in a single season (.833, 19-3-2) as well as No. 2 in career winning percentage (.667) and saves (271) and No. 3 for games played (72). The team captain helped the Anteaters to a Big West regular season title in 2010 and an undefeated Big West season (8-0-0). After playing professionally, she returned to UCI as an assistant coach, where she has mentored Glo Hinojosa (2021) and Maddie Newsom (2017) to Big West Goalkeeper of the Year accolades. She was selected to the United Soccer Coaches Association 30-under-30 mentorship program for the most promising 15 male and 15 female coaches under the age of 30 across the country and has served as US Youth National Team Assistant Coach in 2019. The Scholar-Athlete and Dean's List honoree was a NSCAA Academic All American, earning a B.A. History in 2011. 
 

SCOTT GORGEN (2006-08)
Gorgen is the only three-time Division I baseball All-American in program history and was the 2008 Big West Pitcher of the Year, also another first for the program.  The pitcher reached the NCAA Tournament in all three seasons, including 2007 when the Anteaters made their first College World Series appearance. In the run to Omaha, Gorgen defeated Texas with a complete game in the regional then followed that up by tossing a complete game shutout at Wichita State in the super regional. He earned a spot on the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team and All-West Region squad, as well as a three-time All-Big West honoree. He amassed 32 career wins, which is second-most at UCI and fourth-lowest career ERA of 2.56. The righthander had 327 strikeouts, topped by a 14-strikeout performance in 2008. Gorgen was on the Golden Spikes Award Watch List and was a UCI Scholar-Athlete. 

 

LAUREN COLLINS   (2006-10)
Collins was a three-time NCAA West Regional qualifier, making two appearances at the NCAA Championships. She was the 2009 Big West champion in the high jump, clearing a school-record 6-01.25, and claimed the individual conference title in the heptathlon in 2007. She still ranks among the top-10 in school history in four events, holding the school record in the high jump and heptathlon, while sitting at No. 6 in the long jump, No. 8 in the 100m hurdles. In indoor, Collins finished second at the 2007 MPSF Championships in the pentathlon and fifth in the high jump in 2006. She holds the top UCI mark in the pentathlon (4,087) and high jump (5-11.25) and is second in the long jump (18-08-.50). Collins, who was named Big West Field Athlete of the Week four times in her career, garnered UCI's Lauds & Laurels Student-Athlete of the Year and UCI's female Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2010.  A USTFCCCA All-Academic selection (2007) and three-time Big West All-Academic honoree, Collins competed in the USA indoor and outdoor nationals and was an Olympic trials qualifier in 2012. She graduated Cum Laude in Sociology with a minor in education in 2010.

 

DANIELLE WARDE (2011-2015)

Warde is one of the most decorated players in women's water polo history. The four-time All-American, was named Big West Player of the Year in 2014 after starting her career as the Big West Freshman of the Year in 2011. The four-time first team All-Big West selection ranks fifth all-time in UCI goals with 203, which ranks eighth most in the Big West all-time. She ranks in the Top 10 in season goals with 60 in 2011 and 59 in 2014. Warde posted a career-high five goals seven times in her career and was named Big West Player of the Week five times. With Warde on the squad, UCI won the Big West regular season all four years and advanced to the NCAAs each season. As a senior, Warde captained the Anteaters to a 21-9 overall record and a No. 5 national ranking in the final poll, then-the highest for the program. That year, UCI had a fifth-place finish in the NCAA Tournament. She was a Scholar-Athlete and recognized as the Lauds & Laurels Outstanding Student-Athlete in 2015. 

TOM WARDE (1986-89) 

Warde is a two time All-America who is one of five UC Irvine athletes to earn NCAA Player of the Year honors which he did in 1989. As a senior, he led UCI to its third national title as the Anteaters defeated Cal, 9-8. Warde was the top scorer at the championship with 11 goals, garnering NCAA All-Tournament honors for his performance. He is UCI's all-time leading scorer with 279 career goals and his 108 goals in 1988 are the second most in a single season at UCI. He also can be found third all-time in single season goals with 103 in 1989. Warde also brought home All-Big West Conference honors in 1988 and 1989. The Anteaters were 25-5 in Big West games in Warde's final three years, claiming two Big West titles. He advanced to the NCAAs each of his four years, including as a freshman member of the UCI team that went 20-9 overall and lost in the NCAA Championship title game to Stanford 11-12 in double overtime. 

CHARLIE BRANDE
Brande is the most diverse inductee in the class. He was a member of the men's basketball team from 1966-68 then returned to UCI making his mark as a volleyball coach. He began his Anteater coaching career as the head coach of the men's program in 1997 and serving as the Director of Volleyball from 1999-2002. Brande guided the men's team to 13 wins in 2001 for its then-third largest number of wins in school history and also steered that team to its second post-season appearance, upsetting four higher-ranked teams along the way. In 1999, Brande was awarded Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year honors after his team recorded wins over then-No. 1 Long Beach State, No. 2 UCLA and No. 7 Hawaii. He produced 10 All-MPSF honorees as well as three All-Americans on the men's side. He transitioned to the women's side in 2000, earning Big West Women's Coach of the Year honors in 2008. His 2003 and 2004 women's teams made back-to-back NCAA appearances with the 2003 team earning UCI's first win in the post-season with a victory against Missouri (3-2) in the first round. In nine seasons, Brande mentored 31 All-Big West Conference selections and four All-Americans. 
 

The UCI Athletics Hall of Fame began in 1983 and has 93 inductees over 19 different sports.
 

UC IRVINE ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
1983
Dave Baker (basketball), Lindsay Morse-Bennett (tennis), Al Irwin (water polo/swim coach), F. Anthony Massimino (water polo/swimming), Steve Scott (track/cross country)

1984
Gary Figueroa (water polo/swimming), Bruce Ibbetson (rowing), Gary Wheelock (baseball)

1985
Darlene Bailey (volleyball), Robert Ernst (rowing), Bill Leach (water polo/swimming), Brad Lewis (rowing)

1986
Dr. Wayne Crawford (administrator), Randy Howatt (water polo/swimming), Mark Nelson (basketball)

1987
Jeff Malinoff (baseball), Jeff McDermaid (sailing), Ralph Serna (track/cross country)

1988
Daniel Aldrich (founding chancellor), Thomas Boughey (water polo/swimming), Bob Chappell (tennis), Mike Martin (water polo/swimming)

1989
Gary Adams (baseball coach), Katherine Hamilton (basketball), Jim Kruse (water polo/swimming)

1997
Peter Campbell (water polo), Linda Dempsay (administrator), Kevin Magee (basketball),Myron McNamara (tennis coach)

1998
Jeff Campbell (water polo), Bill Mulligan (basketball coach), Buffy Rabbitt (track/cross country), Jerry Wisz (golf)

1999
Edward "Ted" Newland (water polo coach), Ben McDonald (basketball), Jill Harrington (track/cross country), Trevor Kronemann (tennis)

2000
Pat Glasgow (water polo/swimming), Tod Murphy (basketball), Jean Nachand (tennis), Greg Patton (tennis coach)

2001
Tom Spence (baseball), Scott Brooks (basketball), Bob Nealy (water polo/swimming), Glenn Cripe (tennis)

2002
Duvall Hecht (crew), James Malm (sailing), Beth McGrann-Alsen (cross country/track), Brian Pajer (swimming)

2003
Allah-mi Basheer (women's basketball), Rocky Craig (baseball), Chris Duplanty (men's water polo/swimming), Mark Kaplan (men's tennis)

2004
Greg Jablonski (men's tennis), George Newland (men's water polo), Tim Tift (basketball coach/administrator)

2005
Jeff Cunningham (men's basketball), Popi Edwards (women's volleyball/track and field)
Leticia Oseguera (women's basketball), P.J. Polowski (men's soccer)

2006
Mauricio Bardales (men's track and field), Nicole Bucciarelli (women's soccer), Wayne Engelstad (men's basketball), Len Miller (men's cross country/track and field coach), John Vargas (men's water polo)

2007
Ed Ahlmeyer (men's cross country/track and field), Scott Carnahan (men's tennis), Cheri Graham (women's basketball), Donnie Rafter (men's volleyball) 

2020
Jane Chin (women's golf), Mike Evans (men's water polo), CoCo Goodson (women's soccer), Jerry Green (men's basketball), Jayson Jablonsky (men's volleyball), Kris Roberts (women's volleyball), Vince O'Boyle (head coach track & field, cross country), Rod Spence (baseball)

2021
Ryan Bailey (men's water polo), John Chin (men's golf), Mike Gillespie (baseball coach), Charles Jock (men's track & field), Jerry Maras (men's basketball/baseball), Chelsea Nagata (women's swimming), Bob Olson (administrator), Tanya Taylor (women's soccer), Kelly Wing (women's volleyball)

2023
Jessy Cardey (women's water polo), Brad Evans (men's soccer), Skye Green (women's track & field), Selanee Henderson Pendelton (women's golf), John O'Brien (men's water polo), Ben Orloff (baseball), Michael Sabatino (men's track & field)

Alumnus of Merit Award
2004 - Gary Singer (men's golf)
2005 - Bill Butler (men's rowing)
2006 - David Ritchie (men's water polo)
2007 - David Baker (men's basketball)