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Hall of Fame

The AYSO Region 13 Hall of Fame honors volunteers and players who have made outstanding contributions to youth soccer in the Pasadena area.

Annual Awards

Golden Ball Award (Coach of the Year)

Year Recipient
2025 Carolyn McCoppin
2024 Aviva Wolfson
2022 Azeem and Shamima Khaja, Samir and Varun Singh, Ben Moran
2021 Nestor Serrano, Sally Serrano, Adam Serrano
2019 Caroline Amicone
2018 Shanti Rao
2017 Francis Okwu

Golden Whistle Award (Referee of the Year)

Year Recipient
2025 Michael Bransby
2024 Jeffrey Lawler
2023 Sonya Wierman
2022 Rick Quiring, Nicole Maccala
2021 Andrew Lansford, Sung Kim

Notable Referees

Year 10U 12U 14U
2025 Kate Sleeth AJ Splichal Andrew Holmquist
2024 Rolf Mauermann Harry Plotkin Caitlin Bogert
2023 Eric Detweiler Natalia Kim Akiko Yamagami

James Shopbell Award (Outstanding Youth Referee)

Year Recipient
2025 Oren Chait, Alexander Eatman
2024 Lara Georgian, William Drobis
2023 Nicholas Wood
2022 Federico Calchi-Novati, Paolo Calchi-Novati
2021 Shamima Khaja, James Shopbell

Volunteer of the Year

Year Recipient
2022 Oscar Alvarez-Salazar, Matthew Goldman
2021 Terry Takahashi, Patrick Shopbell, Stas Petropoulos

Lifetime Achievement Awards

Vic Gutierrez Award (Lifetime Service as Coach)

Year Recipient
2022 Tony D’Angelo
2017 Adam Yatsko
2016 Heidi Taylor
2015 Vic Gutierrez

Michael Walizer Award (Lifetime Service as Referee)

Year Recipient
2023 DeWayne McMullin
2022 Scott Davis
2016 Steve Hawkins, Erik Forrester, Chip Heller
2015 Rob Owen
2011 Steve Bickel
2009 Craig Snodgrass
2008 John Cucchissi
2007 Gil Acedo
2006 Bruce Hancock
2004 Al Padley
2003 Jeff Simmonds
2002 Brad Wright
2001 Stan and Toni Maddison
2000 Pat Huber
1999 Bill Owen
1998 James Maddox
1997 Michael Walizer

Bill Carroll Award (Lifetime Service as Volunteer)

Year Recipient
2025 Dan Jeffries
2024 Taj Chiu
2022 Al Prado, DeWayne McMullin
2021 Neil Weinberger
2019 Steve Haegelin
2017 Kelly Leyva, Paul Harrison
2016 Kareem Badaruddin
2015 Toni Maddison
2011 Marco Quezada
2010 Frank Bigelow
2009 Jennifer & Tom Hart
2005 Bill Owen
2003 Maureen Hiroshige
2002 Mike Walizer
2001 Colin Hill
2000 Annsley Strong
1998 Myles Standish
1996 Bill Carroll

Team Name of the Year

Year Names
2025 Soccersauruses, 12 Random Guys
2024 Mermaids Drinking Boba in Pajamas, Radioactive Banana Fries
2023 Golden Glittery Merkitties, Purple Reign
2022 Pink Unicorn Fuchsia Fairies, High Voltage Slurpees
2021 Ketchup Blasters, Fuchsia Force
2019 Lavender Kicking Queens, Burnt Chicken Nuggets

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