Simi Valley High School Basketball
1988 CIF Champions

Season Records — Class of 1988

Three years. Three deep playoff runs. One championship. An 81-9 class record that stands alone in school history.

The 5 losses to state champions: Bishop Gorman (NV), Simpsonville Hillcrest (SC), Clay County (KY), University (HI), Manual Arts (CA). The 2 losses to CIF Champions: Pasadena Muir & Santa Monica.

Simi Valley Basketball Mount Rushmore

These four individuals closed the biggest game in school history, were each named ALL-CIF, and won the school's only CIF Championship in boys basketball.
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Head Coach

Bob Hawking

• Program Architect & Builder · Turnaround Specialist
• CIF 4A Coach of the Year
• LA Times · Daily News · Ventura County · Marmonte League Coach of the Year
• SVHS Basketball Hall of Fame · SCIBA Hall of Fame
• Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame

The GOAT · #24

Don MacLean

• CIF 4A Player of the Year · LA Times MVP · Daily News MVP
• Ventura County MVP · Marmonte League MVP
• McDonald's All-American · UCLA All-American
• NBA Most Improved Player · NBA Veteran
• Mr. March · Mr. Closer · #24 Jersey Retired by SVHS
• SVHS, UCLA, Ventura County, Southern CA Halls of Fame

Mr. Everything · #32

Shawn DeLaittre

• 1st Team All-CIF · 1st Team All LA Times
• 1st Team All Daily News · 1st Team All Ventura County
• 1st Team All Marmonte League
• Mr. March · Mr. Closer
• Eastern Washington University
• SVHS Basketball Hall of Fame

The Point God · #11

Butch Hawking

• 2nd Team All-CIF · 1st Team All LA Times
• 2nd Team All Daily News · 1st Team All Ventura County
• 1st Team All Marmonte League
• Perfect 4.0 GPA · Pioneer Scholar-Athlete Award
• Congressional Nomination — United States Air Force Academy
• Mr. March · Mr. Closer · SVHS Basketball Hall of Fame

All-CIF Southern Section 1988 — 4A Division

Don MacLean named Player of the Year. Coach Bob Hawking named Coach of the Year. MacLean and DeLaittre named 1st Team. Butch Hawking named 2nd Team.

All-CIF Southern Section Basketball Team 1988 — 4A Division (official selection document)

Top 25 Team Highlights

By the numbers — what made the 805DreamTeam one of the greatest high school basketball programs in California history.

1. Played in the two toughest invite-only tournaments in the United States at the time: the Iolani McDonald's All-American Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii (won by Flint Hill Prep & Dennis Scott — USA Today #1) and the Beach Ball Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (won by Archbishop Molloy & Kenny Anderson — USA Today #1)
2. USA Today Top 25 national ranking
3. #3 Final Ranking in the State of California
4. 87.4 points per game
5. 81-9 three-year class record — the 9 losses came against state champions from 5 states (Nevada, South Carolina, Kentucky, Hawaii, California) and 2 eventual CIF Champions (Pasadena Muir & Santa Monica)
6. 40-game home winning streak
7. 35-1 Marmonte League record
8. Average margin of victory in Marmonte League play: 24.4 points
9. Average margin of victory in CIF Playoffs: 23.6 points
10. Seven 100-point games
11. 17.5 made free throws per game
12. 25 assists per game
13. 37 rebounds per game
14. 42% three-point field goal percentage
15. 76% free throw percentage
16. 59.5% field goal percentage
17. 68 points in one half vs. Camarillo
18. 41 points in one quarter vs. Camarillo
19. 46 field goals made vs. Fillmore
20. 71% field goal percentage vs. Newbury Park
21. 75% three-point field goal percentage vs. Newbury Park
22. 35 made free throws vs. Royal and vs. Capo Valley
23. Core of team went 23-0 in the 9th grade at Sequoia Junior High School for Coach Rich Griffin
24. Core of team won 55 consecutive games from ages 7–11 under Coach Bob Hawking
25. 1 CIF Championship in 106 years of Simi Valley High School basketball history — The 1988 Dream Team. Information current as of 2026.