CALIFORNIA – The California Collegiate Athletic Association has selected six former student-athletes and coaches from across the state to be inducted into the CCAA Hall of Fame as members of the Class of 2019.

Selected from a prestigious pool of candidates, the fifth class of inductees grows the CCAA Hall of Fame to 28 members from 13 current and former member institutions. The 2019 class honors women's track and field athletes Petra (Juraskova) Babbitt from Cal State LA and Chanel Parker of Cal State Dominguez Hills. Also representing the sport of track and field as well as the secondary sport of men's basketball is Stanislaus State's Joel Stallworth. Cal State San Bernardino volleyball player Samantha Middleborn and Chico State men's soccer star Chris Wondolowski round out the student-athletes with fabled Humboldt State softball coach Frank Cheek rounding out the honorees.

"The 2019 CCAA Hall of Fame class is an extremely impressive group of former student-athletes along with a legendary coach," remarked CCAA commissioner Mitch Cox. "The five student-athletes in this induction class have represented not only their schools regionally and nationally with distinction, but in some cases, our country on the international stage. Meanwhile, coach Cheek is already in the NFCA Hall of Fame and has over 1,100 career coaching victories, so his place among the CCAA's elite coaches is well documented.

"We are pleased to be able to have this opportunity to recognize some of the amazing athletes and coaches that have contributed in making the CCAA the most successful conference in all of NCAA Division II."  
 
Headlining the Class of 2019, Chris Wondolowski has proven himself as one of the decorated NCAA Division II athletes in history regardless of sport. A prolific player in Major League Soccer, Wondolowski is one of the ultimate success stories in MLS, going from late-round Supplemental Draft pick and bit-part player to one of the league's most feared goalscorers.

With 144 career goals scored in MLS play, Wondolowski needs to net one more to tie Landon Donovan's scoring mark and two to become the league's outright scoring champion.

Although, Wodolowski did not graduate from Chico State before turning his focus to professional soccer, he played four seasons for the Wildcats where he was a second team All-America honoree in 2003, and four-time first-team All-CCAA selection. Wondolowski helped lead Chico State to an NCAA runner-up finish in 2003, after the team won the CCAA title and marched through the brackets downing UC San Diego, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Midwestern State and Findlay before falling to Lynn in the tussle for the title.

In 2013, he was named to the NCAA Division II 40th Anniversary Tribute Team, with the group reflecting the core values of Division II athletics and exemplifying the Life in the Balance approach to collegiate sports.

A former SAAC member at Chico State, he continues the tradition of giving back to the community through his involvement with Nike's N7 Program and Street Soccer USA along with his most-recent endeavors helping Butte County youth heal from the recent Paradise Fire with the Chris Wondolowski Soccer Camp organized by fellow Chico State men's soccer alumni and hosted by the Wildcats last December.
 
Born in Czechoslovakia, Petra (Juraskova) Babbitt came to Cal State LA in 1995 after spending two years at BYU. She made quite an impact in her two seasons competing in track and field for the Golden Eagles, winning five individual national championships and helping the Cal State LA field program become one of the best in the country.

During her heavily decorated career, Babbitt was twice named CCAA Athlete of the Year, distinction owned by just a handful of conference competitors. Babbitt helped the Golden Eagles to the CCAA team title in 1996, after winning league titles in the shot put and discus, while also taking second in the hammer throw. She then went on to win both of her top events at the NCAA National Championships, adding to her trophy case after taking in indoor shot put national title earlier that spring.

In 1997, she again performed at her peak at the CCAA Championships, repeating as champion both in the shot put and discus while adding an individual conference title in the javelin during her final collegiate season. At the 1997 NCAA National Championships, she again earned the title in the shot put, both indoor and outdoor, to run her NCAA title tally to five. Along with her five podium-topping performances, she compiled All-American honors on eight occasions.

Babbitt still holds some of the top marks in Cal State LA track and field history, landing in the all-time Top 5 in the shot put (indoor and outdoor), hammer throw (indoor and outdoor) and discus. She was inducted into the Cal State LA Hall of Fame in 2009, and then the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame the following year.
 
One of the most recent graduates to be tapped for the 2019 CCAA Hall of Fame class, Cal State San Bernardino's Samantha Middleborn enjoyed a fruitful career on the hardwood for the Coyotes' volleyball squad. Two-time AVCA Player of the Year in 2010 and '11, Middleborn swung and blocked her way to acclaim on both the conference and national stage.

Along with national Player of the Year acclaim, Middleborn was thrice-named AVCA All-American and All-Region as well as claiming CCAA Player of the Year in '10 and '11.

During her time at Cal State San Bernardino, the Coyotes were four-time CCAA champions, four-time NCAA West Region champion, three-time NCAA semifinalists and the team was NCAA runners-up on two occasions. During her time on the court, Cal State San Bernardino compiled an impressive 123-10 record. In Middleborn's 2011 season, the Coyotes enjoyed an unblemished conference record of 22-0 with the season's only defeat coming in the NCAA Division II Championship match.

She owns an abundance of school records, including the single-match leader in hitting percentage (.900), season leader in hitting percentage (.480), and career leader in hitting percentage (.424). Her 48.0 percent hitting in 2010 as well as 148 assisted blocks in 2011 also stand as CCAA benchmarks.

Middleborn currently plays professionally in Italy's premier league with Chieri, after stints abroad in France, Switzerland and South Korea.
 
Chanel Parker is the most decorated student-athlete to ever wear a Toros uniform with six All-America awards, and is a fixture in the rich history of Cal State Dominguez Hills track and field. Graduating from Cal State Dominguez hills in 2012, Parker ran the third leg as the Toros won the 2011 NCAA Championship in the 4x400 meter relay, besting five-time defending champion and perennial power Lincoln while setting the school record by nearly two seconds.

Among her accolades acquired, Parker finished on the podium 10 times at the CCAA Championships, and raced her way to Female Co-Athlete of the Meet in 2011 with relay victories in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays along with an individual event win in the 100 meter hurdles and a runner-up finish in the 200 meter dash.

Competing nationally both indoor and outdoor, Parker gained All-American status in 2009 in both the 60 and 100 meter hurdles, and she was a repeat All-America selection in the 100 meter hurdles in 2011 and the 60 meter hurdles in 2012. Parker also raced to All-American acclaim in the 4x400 meter relay in both 2010 and 2011, capped by the national championship performance.

Parker was twice named Cal State Dominguez Hills Female Athlete of the Year (2009, '11), and still boasts four school records as her name dots the Toros top 10 performance lists 22 times. Also a standout in the classroom, Parker graduated from Cal State Dominguez Hills with honors and was a member of the university Honor Roll.

Along with involvement in the community in an array of service initiatives, Parker also serves in volunteer coaching roles for Cal State Dominguez Hills and Narbonne HS, mentoring competitors at both her high school and college alma maters.
 
Two-sport athlete Joel Stallworth was a solid presence on the basketball court, but shined on the track at Stanislaus State. Playing basketball from 2004-06 where he averaged 11.7 points and 5.7 rebounds a game for the Warriors, Stallworth directed his attention to sprinting in 2006 and '07, where he earned All-American status three times and was named West Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2006, and West Region Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2007.

In both 2006 and 2007 he won three titles at the CCAA Championships, racing to the top of the podium in the 200 and 400 meters, and well as competing with the winning 4x400 meter relay team. Stallworth never lost a race in which he competed at the CCAA Championships during his two seasons for the Warriors.

Stallworth holds Stanislaus State outdoor track records in the 200 meter dash (20.80 seconds) and 400 meter dash (45.40), as well as the indoor record in the 400 meter run (47.31). After graduating from Stanislaus State, Stallworth was a qualifier in the 400 meters in the 2008 IAAF World Championships in Spain, where he received a gold medal as a member of the winning 4x400 meter relay team.  

Inducted in the Stanislaus State Hall of Fame in 2016, Stallworth volunteers in the Los Angeles community, assisting in various projects that range from feeding the homeless with Motivate and Empower to working with Leap, a program with a focus to bring art back to students in an after-school setting.
 
Rounding out the honorees is prolific softball coach for Humboldt State, Frank Cheek. Coaching the Jacks' wrestling team beginning in 1969 and serving as Humboldt State athletics director in 1981 and '82, Cheek began leading the softball team in 1989 when the sport was reinstated after a five-year hiatus.

In his 25-season career at the helm of the softball program, Cheek's squads amassed over 1,000 victories, highlighted by four straight CCAA regular-season championships where the Jacks went on compete in the NCAA West Region each year. Cheek took Humboldt State to the NCAA tournament 20 times as head coach, winning national championships in 1999 and 2008, while appearing in the championship game for a third time in 2013.

He earned two CCAA Coach of the Year awards (2009, '13), the NFCA West Region Coaching Staff of the Year in 2013, and the NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year in 2008 capping Humboldt State's title-winning season.

Under his tutelage, Humboldt State players were placed on the NFCA All-America team on 45 occasions with 93 NFCA All-West Region selections. With a career that spanned membership in four conferences, Cheek was named tapped as league Coach of the Year 12 times, including earning CCAA honors twice.

Cheek coached 13 seasons where the Jacks won 50 or more games, and Humboldt State won a school-record 60 games in both 1998 and 2005. Boasting a career record of 1148-361-2, Cheek retired after the 2013 national championship game appearance.

Serving four years in the U.S. Marine Corps and four more in the reserves, Cheek graduated from San Francisco State in 1963 after wrestling and playing baseball for the Gators. He was inducted into the San Francisco State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1991, the NFCA Hall of Fame in 2009, and Humboldt State's Hall of Fame in 2013. To top off the list of accolades, he is also is set to be honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Jacks today.
 
The CCAA Hall of Fame was created during the 2013-14 academic year, in conjunction with the celebration of the Conference's 75th Anniversary. Past inductees are:
Class of 2014
Nicole Duncan Chance, Cal State LA
Bob Hiegert, CCAA, Cal State Northridge
Carmelita Jeter, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Darlene May, Cal Poly Pomona
Kim Morohunfola, Cal State San Bernardino
John Scolinos, Cal Poly Pomona
Class of 2015
Rudy Carvajal, Cal State Bakersfield
Sonja Garnett, San Francisco State
Michael Krukow, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Ruth Van't Land-Parkes, Cal Poly Pomona
Gary Torgeson, Cal State Northridge
Class of 2016
Angela Collins, Cal State Northridge
Julia Cuder, UC San Diego
Shannon Donnelly, Stanislaus State
Joseph Patrick Douglass, Cal State Bakersfield
Jarin Todd, Sonoma State
Kathy Welter, Cal State Bakersfield
Class of 2017
Cecilia Barnes, Cal State Bakersfield
Kevin Gallaugher, Cal State Dominguez Hills
Lance Harter, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Debra Larsen, Cal Poly Pomona
Karen Miller, Cal Poly Pomona
Class of 2018
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