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O’Dowd President Steve Phelps Inducted Into
San Francisco CYO Athletics Hall of Fame
In recognition of his longstanding commitment to championing the core values of
leadership, team play and good sportsmanship, O’Dowd President Steve Phelps was
inducted into the San Francisco CYO Athletics Hall of Fame and honored at the 5th
Annual Catholic Charities CYO Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Dinner held on
March 10 in San Francisco.
Phelps was lauded for his leadership and mentoring of inner city kids in the
Fillmore and throughout San Francisco, where he helped shape the lives of hundreds
of young men over a 20-year period beginning in the late 1960s.
He first got involved with CYO while in college in the late 1960s, when he took
a part-time job as a playground director in the Hunter’s Point area of San Francisco.
After his graduation from college Phelps taught, coached and served as athletic and
youth director at Sacred Heart School and elsewhere in the Western Addition.
In 1972, he accepted a full time teaching position at St. Ignatius College
Preparatory while continuing to run youth programs in the Fillmore until 1982.
He taught, coached and served as an administrator at St. Ignatius until becoming
president at O’Dowd in 2005.
“When we give freely of ourselves to other people, we gain more than we give,”
Phelps said of his work with CYO.
The Hall of Fame Dinner featured former San Francisco 49er Eric Wright as the
keynote speaker and was attended by many of Phelps’ former players.
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