BASHOF class: Kent, Magowan, Richmond, Chester, Cribbs
The year after Barry Bonds was inducted into the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame, Jeff Kent will be joining his old Giants teammate.
Kent played on Cal’s 1988 College World Series team and has assisted with scholarships for women athletes at the university and helped the cause to reinstate the baseball program after it was cut in 2011.
Seven of his 12 NFL seasons were with the Raiders, and he caught 364 passes and scored 48 touchdowns.
Cribbs, a graduate of Menlo-Atherton High School, won a gold medal in the 1959 Pan Am Games at 14, and her 400-meter medley relay team won a gold in the 1960 Olympics.
With limited opportunities for girls, her competitive swimming career ended quickly, and she went on to co-found the first women’s pro basketball league in the U.S. and lead San Francisco’s bid for the 2012 Olympics.