Born: December 3, 1939 in Los Angeles, California
John Burroughs HS – 1957
University of Southern California
1961 – B.A.
1967 – M.A.
Ron was born in Los Angeles in 1939. He graduated from John Burroughs in Burbank in 1957. His high school career included being selected to the All Foothill League team as a short stop in baseball and guard in Basketball.
He graduated with a BA from USC in 1961 from where he also later earned a Master’s degree. During his Baseball career as a Trojan, he was awarded the Willis Hunter Award for best GPA of an USC athlete. Ron was an All PAC 8 short stop and captained the NCAA Championship team of 1961.
One week after graduation, as a twenty-one year old, he signed a professional contract with the Washington Senators. On his first day of pro ball, he played in Yankee Stadium and watched Roger Maris hit a home run off the facade of the third deck.
In Baltimore he played in a game with Senator pitcher, Tom Cheney, as he set a major league record by striking out twenty-one batters in a sixteen inning game.
In 1965, Ron began a twenty-five year career in the Conejo Valley School District coaching Cross Country, Freshman Basketball and Varsity Baseball at Thousand Oaks H.S.
He moved to Moorpark College and California Lutheran University coaching Baseball at both. In 1976, Ron was NAIA Coach of the year at CLU.
He counts his personal career highlights as being selected twice to manage the best college players in the USA against a Japanese All Star team. The games were played in Dodger Stadium and Omaha, Nebraska.
Ron and his wife Jan have three children, Scott, Kurt and Rod.