The Santa Barbara City College Athletics Department has announced its 2023 class for the SBCC Vaqueros Hall of Fame: Faha Banks, Rusty Fairly, and Ed Gover.

They will be honored along with members from the Class of 2020 on Friday, June 16 at the SBCC Sports Pavilion Patio at 5 p.m.

Established in 2019, the Hall of Fame recognizes former Vaqueros
who have had a lasting impact on the culture of excellence at SBCC.

“The Class of 2023 recognizes three people that mean so much to Santa Barbara City College Athletics,” said Director of Athletics LaDeane Hansten. “Together they have a combined 88 years of dedication to Vaquero Athletics and their positive impact on their teammates and the programs they led is widely recognized. We look forward to honoring their many
accomplishments.”

Tickets for the induction ceremony are $50 can be purchased online at sbccvaqueros.com/Tickets/HomeTown or by contacting Athletics Administrative Assistant Ashley Farias at amfarias1@sbcc.edu or (805) 965-0581 x2276.

SBCC Hall of Fame Class of 2023

Faha Banks
As a freshman basketball player at SBCC in 1989-90, she averaged 12.5 pts per game and set a single-game record of making 6 of 6 3-pointers against Glendale.

Banks, a Santa Barbara High alum, was an All-Western State Conference selection and earned a full scholarship to Chapman University (Div. 2).

She returned to SBCC in 1991-92, improving her scoring average to 18.2 points per game, including four games where she hit six 3s. She hit an amazing 52 treys on the season, guiding the Vaqueros to a 14-12 season and a 2nd place finish in the powerful WSC North Division. She earned WSC and All-State honors, and she participated in the California Community College Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-Star game.

Rusty Fairly
Fairly was serving as an assistant football coach at UCSB in the early 1960s before SBCC hired him as head baseball coach and assistant on the football staff.

Fairly’s baseball teams won 255 games, highlighted by a conference championship in 1972. He saw several of his players, including Jesse Orosco and Gary Woods, make it to the big leagues.

When he retired as coach, Fairly continued to serve SBCC as chair of its Health, Physical Education and Athletics Division until 1986.

Ed Gover
Gover had a successful 28-year career with the Vaqueros that spanned 1991-2019. He compiled a 378-216 record (.636) and secured 11 WSC North Division conference titles. He guided the Vaqueros to a state runner-up finish in 1999 and fifth place in the state in 2013.

Gover was a six-time WSC North Coach of the Year and the Southern Cal Coach of the Year in 2015. He had six straight WSC North Players of the Year.

Class of 2020

Cindy Anderson (Banks), Ed DeLacy, Don Ford, Kieran (O’Leary) Roblee, Jesse Orosco, 1983 Men’s Volleyball Team