Hilgendorf, Skeie honored

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College Athletic Director Jane Hilgendorf

and director of the Fitness Specialist Certificate Program, Leon Skeie

will each receive awards presented by the State Community College

Organization of Physical Educators.

Hilgendorf and Skeie will each receive their SCOPE awards at a brunch

on Friday, March 24 at the Wyndham Palm Springs Hotel in Palm Springs.

Skeie was named the “Fitness/Exercise Physiology Instructor of the

Year,” while Hilgendorf was named the “Physical Education Administrator

of the Year.”

Skeie has been a part of OCC since 1973, where he started as an

athletic trainer. Now, not only is he the director of the Fitness

Specialist Program, but he also teaches Physical Education Majors courses

as well as some Adaptive Education classes.

In 1998, Skeie was nominated for Faculty Member of the Year at OCC and

in 1999, was named to the Daily Pilot Sports Hall of Fame.

Hilgendorf has been a part of OCC for the past 29 years. In that time,

she has won numerous coaching awards, including being named to the

California Community College Volleyball Coaches Association’s Hall of

Fame in 1996.

For 19 seasons, Hilgendorf coached the Pirates to three women’s

volleyball state championships in 1978, 1980 and 1982, while compiling a

233-100 record.

As the Dean, Hilgendorf was instrumental in hiring two new full-time

faculty members for the division.