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It will be the end of an era when Bob Hogue, current commissioner of the PacWest Conference, retires July 1.
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Though he grew up in La Habra, Cal- ifornia, Hogue’s ties to the islands came courtesy of his mother and grandparents, who were from Hawai‘i. In his youth, he dreamed of becoming a Major League Baseball player and recalls times when he’d visit the islands and play catch with his father on his grandparents’ lawn in Mānoa.
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His impending departure has not been lost on his colleagues, some of whom have lauded the commissioner with re- marks such as “PacWest is Bob Hogue” and “Bob has been the super glue of PacWest.”
“I’m blessed to work with such won- derful people,” he says. “It’s amazing the challenges you can overcome when you make it the first priority that we’re going to respect each other and work together every single moment.”
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“Reading what some of the people have said touched my heart,” says a teary-eyed Hogue. “I was deeply honored. I truly do love this job; it’s a wonderful job. In fact, it’s more of a passion than a job.”
Hogue concludes with a message to his PacWest ‘ohana: “I love this job. I will continue loving the PacWest for the rest of my life. It’s been an incredible expe- rience. I’m truly blessed to have been on this journey. I look forward to the future.”
It’s the same passion that has helped carry Hogue through the challenging times, especially in the days immediate- ly following his installation as PacWest commissioner.
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“I was so fortunate to be able to come here several times to Hawai‘i when I was young,” he says. “Having that Hawai‘i background helped me along the way be- cause there’s that aloha spirit that comes with everything. It made a huge impact on my life.”
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It is the same aloha spirit that Hogue, who was featured on the cover of Mid- Week Sept. 27, 1989, carried with him throughout all the highlight-worthy mo- ments of his life. They include pitching for the University of Southern California Trojans; appearing on multiple TV news stations as lead sportscaster; penning MidWeek’s “Keeping Score” column for years; serving as a Hawai‘i state sen- ator; working as a play-by-play sports announcer for University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and Hawai‘i Pacific University; writing the novel Sands of Lanikai; and finally, leading the PacWest Conference for the past 16 years.
During his time at PacWest, the con- ference has doubled the number of par- ticipating schools, added five sports to its repertoire and won six National Col- legiate Athletic Association Division II national championships.
Of all the accomplishments, though, he’s most proud of the way the conference navigated its way though the pandemic. With the priority being the health, safe- ty and well-being of its student-athletes, PacWest was able to coordinate pod- based competitions where teams could compete against one another in respective geographic pods. The conference then made up 90% of its postponed games in 2020 the following school year.
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“I’m really proud of where we’ve come from,” says Hogue.
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