SAN BRUNO, Calif. --- The West Coast Conference will induct its seventh annual Hall of Honor class on Saturday, March 7 at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. Ten individuals, one from each member institution, will be honored as part of the 2015 West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships. Highlighting this list will be former University of San Diego men's basketball standout Scott Thompson.

"The West Coast Conference continues to be recognized for the great success of its athletics programs and achievements of its student-athletes, coaches and administrators," said West Coast Conference Commissioner Lynn Holzman. "The 10 inductees in the 2015 Hall of Honor class have brought significant honor to themselves, their institutions and to the Conference. We are truly humbled to have this opportunity to salute their accomplishments."

The 2015 WCC Hall of Honor class includes: BYU's Aleisha Cramer Rose (Soccer), Gonzaga's Jason Bay (Baseball), Loyola Marymount's Rick Adelman (Basketball), Pacific's Elaina Oden (Volleyball), Pepperdine's Dane Suttle (Basketball), Portland's Jim Sollars (Basketball), Saint Mary's Odell Johnson (Basketball), San Diego's Scott Thompson (Basketball), San Francisco's Jim Brovelli (Basketball) and Santa Clara's Bud Ogden (Basketball).

The Hall of Honor class will be formally inducted at the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch on Saturday, March 7 at 9 a.m. PT at the Mardi Gras Ballroom in the Orleans Hotel and will be honored during a halftime ceremony.

Tickets to the WCC Hall of Honor Brunch & Induction Ceremony are available to the public for $40 and may be purchased online using the Hall of Honor Ticket Form on WCCsports.com. Tickets must be purchased by Thursday, February 27.

A limited number of all-session passes for the 2015 West Coast Conference Men's and Women's Basketball Championships are available. For more information on the purchasing all-session passes for the tournament and where to stay, click HERE.

Scott Thompson, University of San Diego

Scott Thompson turned in an outstanding basketball career for the Toreros and played a key role in guiding the University of San Diego to two NCAA Tournament appearances and two West Coast Conference Championships (1984, 1987). The 7-footer was the team's starting center all four years during his illustrious career at Alcala Park.

During his senior year he started all 30 games in leading the Toreros to a school-best 24-6 mark; a WCC championship 13-1 record; a perfect 14-0 home record; and to an NCAA Tournament berth. The Toreros won a school record fourteen consecutive games and finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.401). He averaged 15.9 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per game on his way to earning the West Coast Conference Player of the Year honor. He scored a career-best 31 points (at Utah) and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds (vs. LMU). Additionally he collected his second straight team Most Valuable Player award.

The program's first 3-time All-West Coast Conference First Team selection (since matched by Gyno Pomare, 2007-09), Thompson also earned WCC Freshman of the Year honors in 1983-1984 after helping lead the Toreros to the league title and to their first NCAA Division I Tournament appearance. Over his career Scott played in 113 games, starting the final 105 games he played in, with the team going a combined 77-36 (.681 winning percentage). He finished with a field goal percentage of .541 (567-1048) and free throw percentage of .728 (241-331). In the USD Torero Division I record book following his final season in 1987, Scott was first in blocked shots (183), second in rebounding (740) and third in scoring (1,379 points). He was inducted into USD's Chet and Marguerite Pagni Family Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.