John Fairchild (’61) and his wife Barbara paid a special visit to our campus to meet with our basketball team, coaches, Athletic Director Scott Jordon, some former classmates, Foundation Executive Director Leslie Kulchin Saldana (’84), Alumni Coordinator Sue Cooper (’66), and Principal Bjorn Paige!

John gave a great talk about his journey in basketball: from being cut from the ninth grade basketball team to becoming a star at San Dieguito, then his career at Palomar College through his college career at Brigham Young University.

In 1965 he was the #16 draft pick in the 1965 NBA Draft, taken by the Los Angeles Lakers in the second round. Ultimately he went on to play for the Anaheim Amigos, the Denver Rockets, the Indiana Pacers, and the Kentucky Colonels.

He now runs his own business out of Albuquerque, N.M. and still participates in volleyball.


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