Chaparrals Athletic Hall of Fame
June 4, 2022 ceremony | To view the ceremony, click here | To view the photo gallery, click here

The Class of 2022 (l-r): Jeff Kaminsky, Kristin Gabel Steele, Jim Sokolowski, Bethany Rooks, LuAnn Zimmick, Barb Webster and Andrew Webster.

LuAnn Zimmick (Coach, Administrator, 1989-2017)
A nine-time N4C volleyball coach of the year, Zimmick's 1998 and 1999 teams won the school's first consecutive national championships in any sport. Her teams won four Region 4 titles (1998-99, 00, 03) and placed in two other national championships — fifth in 2000 and fourth in 2003.  The Chaps won eight regular-season and tournament titles under her direction and she earned five Region 4 coach of the year honors. A member of the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches and Region 4 Hall of Fames, the Downers Grove resident represented COD on numerous national committees and was instrumental in organizing and hosting the first-ever Division III volleyball national championships held at COD.
 
The late Dave Webster (Coach, Administrator, 1969-99)
Webster served COD with distinction in his 30 years as the men's and women's tennis and gymnastics coach, assistant football coach, assistant and head hockey coach, interim athletic director, and kinesiology professor. His tennis teams, which won the 1997 and 1999 men's national championships, were nationally ranked in the NJCAA top-12 seven times, and he coached 128 state champions in both singles and doubles, and more than 20 All-Americans. As gymnastics coach for 14 years, he coached 60 national medalists, 30 national champions and All-Americans, in addition to earning 300 victories.  He judged the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1968 and 1972, and in 1989, was inducted into the Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
 
Bethany Rooks (Volleyball, Basketball 1998-2000)
One of the finest two-sport athletes in COD history, the Wheaton native played a starring role on three national championship teams and helped four teams win Region 4 titles and compete at the national tournaments. She won consecutive All-American volleyball honors after leading the Chaparrals to the 1998 and 1999 NJCAA III national championships. She was the national tourney MVP her freshman season and then led the nation in kills/set as a sophomore. Her 1999 basketball team won the Region 4 title and finished fourth at nationals.  The following year, she was a feature player on the 2000 national championship team and earned second-team All-American honors. She completed her collegiate career on a basketball scholarship at Lewis University.
 
Kristin Gabel Steele (Track and Field, 2001-02)
A member of COD's national championship teams in both seasons, the Hinsdale native was an eight-time All-American and seven-time national champion for the Chaps. As a freshman, she was the national champion in the long jump, ran on each of the title-winning 4 x 100, 4 x 400, and 4 x 800 relays and placed in the 400 (second), triple jump (fourth), 100 (fifth) and 200 (sixth). As a sophomore, she ran on each of the title-winning 4 x 100, 4 x 400, and 4 x 800 relays, and placed in the 400 (third), and in the 200 (seventh) and long jump (seventh).  She concluded her collegiate career as an all-conference competitor in her two seasons at Western Illinois.
 
Jim Sokolowski (Track and Field, 1979-80)
A six-time All-American at COD, the Burr Ridge native became the Chaps' first high jump national champion when he won the 1980 outdoor event at 7 feet, 2 ½ inches, a school record that remains intact. As a freshman in 1979, he was the indoor runner-up, and outdoors, tied for fourth in the high jump, and also placed sixth in the decathlon. At the 1980 indoors, he tied for seventh in the high jump, and outdoors, he placed fifth in the decathlon coupled with his national title. He qualified and competed at the 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials, and then advanced his collegiate career at the University of Idaho where he won the 1981 Big Sky Conference indoor and outdoor high jump and decathlon titles.
 
Jeff Kaminsky (Basketball, 1981-83)
The Wheaton native was an honorable mention All-American in 1983 after leading the Chaps to an N4C title and Region 4 runner-up finish, Kaminsky remains COD's all-time leader in career assists and in the top 10 in free throws. He finished his collegiate career on scholarship at Grand Valley (Mich.) State. He recently completed his 35th year of coaching college men's basketball and has collected more than 500 career victories at Mid-State (Wis.) Technical College, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Valley City (N.D.) State University and currently at NCAA Division II member Wayne (Neb.) State College. He is an eight-time coach of the year recipient and at each stop, has built struggling programs into nationally-ranked teams.