San Diego County Sports Officials Hall of Fame

Class of 2007

Joe Harris, Youth Baseball

Volunteered In 1973 as an umpire in Skyline Little League. Joe served as Umpire in Chief, President of the League and more. Joe was also involved with Skyline Pop Warner as a coach and a mentor. In 1980 joined the San Diego County Baseball Umpires Association, participated in many CIF playoffs and finals over the …

Cindi Lou Villa, Field Hockey

Playing field hockey for Kearny High School, where she was MVP and a member of the first CIF all-tournament team, enabled Villa to receive a field hockey scholarship to SDSU.  Served as president of the San Diego Field Hockey Association (1998-2003), during which time she was also the Instructional Chair.  Throughout a 29 year career, …

Mike Carey, Football

Mike Carey was born in San Diego, on August 17, 1949, he attended the University of San Diego High School, where he played Varsity Football and served as the Student Body President, graduating in 1967. He graduated from the University of Santa Clara with a BS, in Biology. He played four years of Varsity Football, …

David Alberstein, Water Polo

Dave Alberstein has been a water polo referee since 1967. He has officiated more than 6,000 games and has provided training and mentoring for hundreds of referees throughout the nation. He is a graduate of Mt. Whitney High School (Visalia, CA) and has a BS in Physics from Stanford University and an MS in Nuclear …