Saints Athletic Hall of Fame inducts three new members. Joe Kennedy ’44, Rodney Spence ’71, and Floyd North ’01 were formally inducted Friday, September 19, 2014 at a rally in the Saints gym. The festivities continued into the night as the inductees were re-introduced at halftime of the varsity football game.
JOE KENNEDY- Class of 1944 (Posthumous)
Joe was an all-around athlete at Saints in an era where the school traveled and played schools from around Southern California.
Joe lettered 3 times in football, once in baseball, 3 times in basketball, once in track and twice in softball.
Joe was the All-City Center as a sophomore, All-City Halfback as a junior, and the All-City Quarterback as a senior.
He was the first Saintsman to be named to the All-County Scholastic Team.
Joe was awarded the Gold Medal for Athletics upon graduation and was awarded a football scholarship to St. Mary’s College.
RODNEY SPENCE- Class of 1971 (Posthumous)
Rod was a three-time letterman in basketball at Saints, earning All-League and All-CIF recognition in his senior year.
He was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1971 but chose to attend UC Irvine on a baseball scholarship instead.
A four year letterman at UC Irvine, Rod was a member of their 1973, and 1974 World Series Champions.
In 1973 he was named to the All-American Team and was on the cover of the 1974 NCAA media guide.
Rod ranks #8 on the all-time list at Irvine with 223 hits and sits at #1 with 17 triples.
FLOYD NORTH- Class of 2001
Floyd lettered three times in basketball and twice in baseball at Saints.
He was a first team All-Eastern League selection in baseball as a senior and ALL-Western League in basketball in both his junior and senior seasons.
Floyd was the Western League Player of the Year, 1st Team All-County, the Union-Tribune Player of the Year, and 1st Team All-State as the Captain and MVP of our 2000 CIF Championship basketball team.
Floyd averaged over 23 points and almost 10 rebounds per game as a senior, and scored 2,039 points in his career.
He was named to the top 15 in the NBA Players Association Summer Camp in 2000 and was a member of the West Team All-Stars at the US Basketball festival.
Floyd accepted a scholarship to Oregon State University where he played one year before transferring to USD to finish his career.
