Hoover coached Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli and current Rustlers head man Bert Villarreal at Golden West.
The GWC diamond is named Hoover Field in his honor.
Information on services is pending.
— Barry Faulkner
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Anteaters reunited
There will be a mini-reunion for three former UC Irvine men's soccer standouts on Saturday, when the Minnesota Stars visit the Tampa Bay Rowdies in a North American Soccer League contest in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
The Minnesota roster includes former Anteaters Amani Walker and Miguel Ibarra, both of whom are having solid seasons for the 5-5-2 squad that is in third place in the eight-team circuit, considered to be American soccer's second division.
Andrew Fontein, a decorated goalkeeper for UCI where he amassed 29 career shutouts, is a rookie with the Rowdies, for whom he has yet to see game action.
Walker, a 6-foot-2 forward, shares the team lead with three goals and has a team-best three assists heading into Saturday's contest. He had 27 career goals and 11 assists at UCI, where he was the 2010 Big West Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year. He was drafted in the first round of the MLS supplemental draft in 2010 by the Chicago Fire, but did not make the team.
Ibarra, a first-team All-American in 2011, when the 5-7 midfielder had nine goals and eight assists to share Big West Offensive Player of the Year laurels, has two goals and one assist for the Stars. He was drafted in the second round of the 2011 MLS supplemental draft by the Portland Timbers.
Fontein was chosen in the third round of the MLS supplemental draft in 2011 by the Vancouver Whitecaps.
— Barry Faulkner
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Pavlik earns crown
Whitney Pavlik, who played women's volleyball at UC Irvine, teamed with Jenny Kropp to win the Belmar Open, a Jose Cuervo Beach Pro Series event concluded Sunday in Belmar, N. J.
