Bio

Stevens joined the combined Pomona-Claremont-Harvey Mudd freshman football team as one of three Harvey Mudd students on the team in 1957. His leadership, hard running and fierce tackling won the respect of his teammates as a key contributor on offense, defense and special teams. Stevens was voted as the team’s game captain several times in each of his three varsity seasons. Stevens holds the distinction of scoring the first-ever Stags touchdown - a 15-yard run vs Chino Institute in that inaugural season of 1958. That year, Stevens was named to the Chemical and Engineering News All-America honor roll. In 1960, Stevens provided the margin of victory in the Stags' first-ever win over Pomona, scoring a touchdown and kicking 2 PATs in a hard fought 14-12 Stags win. He played both offense and defense in addition to kicking. Being a new team in the SCIAC, the Stags were not recognized with an All-Conference selection until 1960. That year, Stevens along with teammate Vern Eppley (CMC ‘61) became the first CHM Stags selected to the SCIAC All Conference Team. Stevens is being inducted into the Hall of Fame posthumously, having passed away in 2016.