Derek Van Rheenen (2008) - California Athletics Hall of Fame

Derek Van Rheenen

Induction:
2008
Class:
1986

Van Rheenen earned All-Pacific Soccer Conference honors for the Bears in 1983, '85 and '86, and was voted league MVP as a senior in 1986. He was also a four-time PSC All-Academic selection. Following graduation, Van Rheenen began his professional career with the San Francisco Bay Blackhawks, where was an all-star and served as team captain from 1989-93. The team captured the American Professional Soccer League championship in 1991. Van Rheenen earned bachelor's degrees in Political Economies of Industrial Societies and German in 1986, a master's degree in education in 1993 and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary studies in 1997, all from Cal. He is a professor at Cal in American Studies and the School of Education and since 2001 has been director of the Athletic Study Center.