Graduation Year 1985 Inductees

5 inductees from the class of 1985

Dave Wetzel

Graduation Year 1985

Dave Wetzel, a graduate of UC Santa Barbara, received a BS in Business Economics. He played on the USA Jr National Men’s Volleyball team as well at UCSB, recently being inducted into the UCSB Hall of Fame with his ’89 team. Dave now runs the McKenna Claire Foundation for Pediatric Brain Cancer Research full time. […]

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Erin Tomblin Appleman

Graduation Year 1985

Erin Tomblin Appleman has established herself as one of the most successful collegiate coaches in the country at the helm of Yale Women’s Volleyball program. In her 17 years as head coach Erin has won ten Ivy League Championships. She was named Ivy League Coach of the year in 2018 and won the AVCA East […]

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Jeanine Noser Ehret

Graduation Year 1985

Jeanine Noser Ehret left Huntington Beach for the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), entering one of the first classes to accept women. In 1989, Jeanine graduated from USNA with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science, and, subsequently, earned a Master of Arts in National Security Studies from Georgetown University. Commissioned as an ensign, Jeanine […]

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Jon “Ty” Thomas

Graduation Year 1985

Jon “Ty” Thomas is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Jon received his MA from Harvard in Public Policy in 1991. He has served 28 years as a commissioned officer, flying eleven different types of aircraft, to include in combat over Afghanistan and Iraq. Ty also served in command of four Air Force […]

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Kristine Luttrell Wetzel

Graduation Year 1985

A graduate of UC Santa Barbara, Kristine Luttrell Wetzel, with a BA in English, has been a teacher for 33 years. She has taught K-12, special ed, AVID, and currently is a TOSA at the continuation HS in Tustin Unified. Kristine has coached women’s swimming and water polo at Edison and sits on the Board […]

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