Loyola Swings Open Doors to Hall : Colleges: Layana and Bean, members of 1986 College World Series team, join four other inductees into Athletic Hall of Fame.

Professional baseball players Tim Layana and Billy Bean were among six Loyola Marymount alumni inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the school’s Alumni Gymnasium Saturday night.

Football player Fred Snyder, Coach John McKenna, four-sport athlete Carl Hovland and volleyball player Cathy Petrissans were the other honorees.

Established in 1986, the Loyola Hall of Fame has 66 members. Legendary basketball Coach Pete Newell and Portland Trailblazer Coach Rick Adelman are among inductees, as is Don Klosterman, longtime general manager of the Rams during the Carroll Rosenbloom era.

Layana, who pitched for the Lions from 1983 to 1986, was named the West Coast Conference pitcher of the year as a senior. He had a 17-3 record to help Loyola earn its only appearance in the College World Series in 1986.

Layana, a right-hander, pitched for the Cincinnati Reds the past two seasons. It has been reported in recent days that he would be traded to the San Diego Padres during the upcoming winter meetings.

Layana credits former Loyola Coach Dave Snow for helping him reach his potential.

“He made me into a pitcher,” Layana said. “He really (stressed) the mental aspects of pitching.”

Bean, an outfielder who is in the Dodger organization, was a teammate of Layana’s. He finished his collegiate career with 290 career hits, 203 runs batted in and 449 total bases. Bean was a first-team West Coast Conference selection after his junior and senior seasons and was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 1986.

Bean was acquired by the Dodgers in 1989 and has spent most of his time at the minor-league level. Last season he played with the Dodgers triple-A team in Albuquerque, N.M. He currently is playing winter ball in Mazatlan.

Snyder was the leading receiver for Loyola’s 8-1 football team in 1950. He played with quarterback Klosterman and ranked ninth nationally with 36 receptions in 1950. Snyder, who lives in Del Mar, had a brief career with the San Francisco 49ers.

“I feel great about (being inducted into the hall),” he said. “It’s nice to be remembered after all these years. I had a wonderful time (at Loyola).”

During his years at Loyola (1935-39), Hovland earned 10 varsity letters--four in basketball, three in football, two in baseball and one in tennis. Hovland scored 75 points during the 1939 basketball season, which ranked him among team leaders in scoring. Basketball in the 1930s was much a different game than today’s run-and-gun style because rules limited scoring.

“We had a center-jump after each score,” Hovland said.

Hovland was a split end in football. In the ‘30s, players wore headgear, but no facemasks. “There were a lot of lost teeth and broken noses,” he said.

Hovland, who lives in Playa del Rey, is the father of pro beach volleyball standout Tim Hovland.

McKenna was the offensive and defensive line coach during the Lions’ final three seasons of Division I football (1949-51). The 1950 team was ranked 10th nationally against the rush. McKenna later became the coach at Virginia Military Institute, where he won four Southern Conference championships. Snyder remembers McKenna, who now lives in Atlanta.

“He was a tough coach but a real leader,” Snyder said. “He knew how to do everything.”

Petrissans was a middle blocker from 1984 to 1987 and ranks near the top in 19 different statistical categories. She is the school’s all-time leader in kill percentage (.281).

Petrissans was a first-team All-West Coast Conference selection in 1986, when the Lions earned a berth to the NCAA tournament. Loyola was defeated in the first round by UCLA.