Year Inducted: 2025
Nominated By: Jim Brooks
Nominated as: Athlete
High School:
Attended Pueblo South High School (1976-80).
Achievements:
High School (Golf):
● Key factor in the Colts golf team qualifying for the Colorado State Championships all four years of high school.
● Led South to a 9th-place finish at state golf championships during freshman year (1976).
● Three-time regional golf champion (1977-79).
● Colts placed third at state his sophomore year (1977), and Ivan finished 21st individually.
● Placed runner-up at state (individually) his junior year (1978) while helping South to the Colorado State Golf Championship, defeating Smoky Hill High School by 20 strokes.
● Led team to a ninth-place finish at the state golf championships on a very difficult course.
College:
Attended the University of Colorado (1980-84).
Achievements:
Golf:
● Trinidad Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament Champion (1975).
● Trinidad Junior Golf Tournament Champion (1977).
● Member of the Colorado High School State Champion South Colts, which included Jim Brooks, Kevin Chapman, Paul Boucher (1978).
● 2nd place individual Colorado High School State Championship (1978).
● Recorded first hole-in-one (1978).
● Colorado Golf Association Junior Match Play Champion (1979).
● Quarterfinalist, United Amateur Golf Association Junior Match Play held at Hilton Head Island (1979).
● Represented Colorado in Junior America's Cup Matches played in Vancouver, British Columbia (1979).
● Voted Colorado Junior "Player-of-the-Year" (1979).
● Pueblo Two-Man Champion with Jim Brooks (1982).
● Five-time Champion of the Colorado Springs Valley Hi Springer (1982, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999).
● Champion Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Amateur (1982, 1988).
● Five-time member of the Colorado Cup Team (1982, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2003).
● Represented Colorado in Pacific Coast Amateur (1982).
● Three-time Pueblo City Champion: Defeated Jim Brooks 2-hole playoff in 1985 (1987, 1997: Ivan shot 62 in the final round).
● Won Pueblo City Tournament (1994). Jim Brooks was awarded the City Championship due to the residency rule, which has since been rescinded. Jim "awarded" Steve the trophy three years ago.
● Champion Pueblo Invitational (1994).
● Southern Colorado Amateur Champion: Played on Walking Stick GC (1998).
● Two-time Colorado Springs City Champion (1999, 2014).
● Two-time Champion Pikes Peak Amateur (2000, 2002).
● Champion Pikes Peak Amateur Senior Division (2012).
● Two-time Champion Valley Hi Springer Senior Division (2012, 2018).
● Pueblo City Champion Senior Division (2013).
● Colorado Golf Association (CGA) Senior Amateur Champion (2017).
● Two-time Member Colorado Cup Team Senior Division (2017, 2019).
● CGA Senior Match Play Runner Up (2019).
● CGA Senior Amateur Runner Up (2019).
● CGA Senior Match Play Champion - Hyland Meadows (2020).
● CGA Senior Amateur Champion - Perry Park (2020).
● Senior CGA "Player-of-the-Year" (2020).
● Finished T-5th at CGA Senior Four Ball (2020).
● Finished T-22nd at CGA Senior State Amateur (2020).
● Member of Senior Colorado Cup Team (2020).
● Joined CGA Tournament Committee Board.
● Runner-up at CGA Senior Match Play - Black Bear (2021).
● Runner-up CGA Senior Amateur - Cornerstone (2021).
● Finished T-2nd at CGA Senior Four Ball (2021).
● Finished T-24th at CGA Amateur (2021).
● Finished T-5th at Golf Week Tournament of Champions – Champions Gate, Florida (2024).
● Placed runner-up at 2-man Tucson "The Gallery Invitational" (2024)
● Champion CGA Senior Match Play, Defeated Jon Lindstrom, #8 rank WAGR, played at Raindance GC (2024).
● Finished T-30th at R & A Senior British Amateur (Senior Amateur) played in Saunton, England (2024).
● WAGR 135th (2024).
● Selection Committee for Junior Americas Cup and Pacific Coast (2024).
● Selection Committee for USGA National Development Team, Colorado Division (2024).
● Board member for Colorado Golf Hall of Fame (2024).
● Senior Colorado Open at Green Valley Ranch. Overall finish T-31st; 4th low amateur out of 27 that played; Only six made cut; Score: 75, 72, 72 = +3 for final score (2024)
● Selected for the Colorado Cup team to represent Seniors (2024).
● Champion CGA Senior Amateur, played at Highland Meadows with a score of, 66,70,66= -11 (2024).
● Became a ranked player again in WAGR (2024).
● Only 1 of 5 players to have two or more double wins in the Senior match and Senior stroke play in the same year (2024).
● Voted Senior "Player-of-the-Year" (2024).
Personal:
Steve lived in Pueblo for 24 years before moving to Colorado Springs and is married to his wife, Elaine. Ivan had Spine surgery on May 8, 2025, for artificial disk replacement at the L5-S1 level.
