Since 1971, the Orange County Youth Sports Foundation (OCYSF) has been dedicated to supporting and enabling a thriving youth community through sport. Our annual Sportsperson of the Year Banquet is a gala event which celebrates the accomplishments of a prominent sports figure, and the vehicle for generating funds used to enhance OC youth sports programs, provide opportunities for underprivileged and disabled OC students to attend major sporting events, and award college scholarships to graduating OC high school scholar-athletes.

2022  BOB COSTAS Sportscasting
2019  TIM MEAD Baseball
2018  ROD CAREW Baseball
2017  KYLE HENDRICKS Baseball
2016  JOHN IRELAND Sportscasting
2015  BRUCE ROLLINSON Football
2013  TEEMU SELÄNNE Hockey
2012  JERED WEAVER Baseball
2011  RICK NEUHEISEL Football
2010  MARK SANCHEZ Football
2007  JIM NANTZ Sportscasting
2006  TIM SALMON Baseball
2005  MATT LEINART Football
2004  PETE CARROLL Football
2003  CARSON PALMER Football
2002  BOB BAFFERT Horse Racing
2001  MIKE SCIOSCIA Baseball
2000  BILL WALSH Football
1999  DICK ENBERG Sportscasting
1998  JERRY WEST Basketball
1997  JACKIE SLATER Football
1996  TERRY DONAHUE Football
1995  25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
1994  BERT BLYLEVEN Baseball
1993  JIM ABBOTT Baseball
1992  JOHN McKAY Football
1991  NOLAN CROMWELL Football
1990  AUGIE GARRIDO Baseball
1989  TOM LASORDA Baseball
1988  JOHN HALL Sportswriting
1987  JOHN ROBINSON Football
1986  TOMMY JOHN Baseball
1985  GREG LOUGANIS Olympic Diving and EDWIN MOSES Olympic Track & Field (Co-Winners)
1984  PETER UEBERROTH Olympics
1983  JACK YOUNGBLOOD Football
1982  BILL MULLIGAN Basketball
1981  HAL SHERBECK Football
1980  GENE AUTRY Baseball
1979  GEORGE YARDLEY Basketball
1978  PAUL SALATA Bon Vivant, Football
1977  DONN MOOMAW Football
1976  SAMMY LEE Olympic Diving
1975  DEL CRANDALL Baseball
1974  EDDIE WEST Sportswriting
1973  CLARE VAN HOORBEKE Football
1972  ROD LAVER Tennis
1971  DAN GURNEY Auto Racing

OCYSF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit comprised of OC business and education professionals devoted to improving young lives through athletics and education.