San Jose Sports Hall of Fame announces Class of 2024

John Arrillaga, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, Mike Holmgren and Kerri Walsh Jennings will be the newest members of the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday.

The four 2024 inductees will make up the South Bay organization’s 29th Hall of Fame class.

“San Jose’s incredibly rich and diverse sports history makes the Hall of Fame selection process very difficult each year,” said Charlie Faas, Chairman of the San Jose Sports Authority Board of Directors in a statement. “The Class of 2024 is a wonderful representation of the deep and meaningful impact athletes and coaches with South Bay connections have made in their respective sports, locally, nationally and internationally. We are excited to welcome these four remarkable individuals into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.”

Arrillaga was an all-conference basketball player at Stanford in the 1950s, but is most known for his work in helping the college build its athletic program. As a developer in Silicon Valley, Arrillaga used his reach to help build sports facilities around Stanford’s campus, including helping renovate Stanford Stadium in 2005. He died in 2022.

Guerrero, a Gilroy native, was a Junior Olympics gold medalist at the age of 15 before turning pro. He won the IBF Featherweight title in 2006 and the IBF Super Featherweight championship three years later. Known for not ducking any fighter, Guerrero fought the likes of Floyd Mayweather Jr., Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia, Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto. He finished his career 38-6-1.