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Sports Hall of Fame Bio.

Gavino Mosqueda

Hall of Fame Class of 2010

Gavino Mosqueda (class of 1992) - Gavino was one of the most physical and dominant football players in Aptos history. As former Sentinel sportswriter Ed Vyeda once said, “Gavino is the only offensive lineman I’ve ever gone to a game to watch.” Gavino was a three-year starter at guard and a two-year starter at inside linebacker. As a guard, he was known for his punishing pancake blocks, and he was selected to the 1st team All-County team three times and to the 1st team All-SCCAL team twice. He was also selected to the 1st team All-County and 1st team All-SCCAL teams twice as an inside linebacker. As a sophomore, Gavino protected Trent Dilfer as Trent led the team to a 2nd place finish in league and to the CCS quarterfinals. As a senior, Gavino was co-captain of a team that won our first SCCAL team championship in nine years, and which lost in the CCS Finals to Palma in the last seconds. Gavino and his linemates bulldozed the way for AHS career, season, and single-game rushing leader Mike Allshouse, and on film, Gavino could often be seen making two, and sometimes even three, blocks on a single run. Gavino was a team MVP, the Hard Rock winner, two-time Inner Circle Weightlifter-of-the-Year (the only two-time winner), 1st team All-State Strength Team, and he was selected as a 1st team guard and inside linebacker on the AHS 25-Year Silver Anniversary Football Team. Eighteen years later, Gavino still holds the school record in the bench press (365 lbs.). Gavino was also an SCCAL medalist in the shot-put. After high school, Gavino played football at Cabrillo, where he was a starting inside linebacker for two-years, a unanimous 1st team All-Conference pick in 1993, and a member of the All-State Team. Today, Gavino lives in Hollister with his wife Victoria and his two sons, Alejandro and Joaquin, where he regularly volunteers as a youth coach for his sons’ teams. Gavino was presented into the Hall by his former coach, Mark Dorfman.

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