Mike Linnik Biography
Hall of Fame 2024 "Contributor"
Central/San Jose YMCA

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. Member, Board of Directors, NorCal Handball Association, since 2014

. Help build/maintain NCHA website (www.norcalhandball.org) Over 16,000 hits.

. Editor of the NorCal Handball Newsletter "The Scoop" (now 10+ years, started in 2014)

. Ran multiple, successful, NCHA Play Days

. Helped run the San Jose Labor Day Tournament

. Coordinated BBC Broadcast in highlighting our sport with the Olympic Club (featuring Emmett Peixoto & Kevin Del Grande)

. San Jose YMCA Youth Handball Coach 

. San Jose State University Handball Coach

. Helped raise funds for the USHA 2019 Junior Nationals to bring Youth Handball, on a National Level, to the Bay Area

. Conducted Handball Camp @ Golden Gate with Coaches/Mentors Jay Capell, Mike Treacy, Erik Torres, and Tracy Davis

. Winning Captain of the "California Cup" 

. Member of the San Jose Handball Club

. Editor of the best-selling book "Never Give Up" (donations from hundreds of copies going to Youth Handball)

. USHA Hall-of-Fame Committee member (multiple years)

. Inducted NorCal Hall-of-Fame as Player (2019)

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Submitted by Tom Fitzwater.

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