James Brewster Thompson 

James Brewster Thompson was the NCAA judo champion in 1975 and 1977, earned a bronze medal in the 1975 Pan American games, was first in the World Masters Judo Championship in the age 45-49 division in 2001 and second in the nation in the heavyweight division at age 41 and 47. In Sumo wrestling the North Salinas High and Hartnell College placed third in the Nationals in 2014 at age 61. He represented the US in five World Championships – three for Sumo Wrestling and two for judo. In addition, Thompson has done motivational talks to kids on the danger of drugs and alcohol. He does much of it with a jump rope exhibition that put him in Ripley’s Believe It or Not in 1991 and the Guinness World Record book in 2011 when he skipped a rope 10 times with three people hanging on to him with a combined weight of 410 pounds. He has been on David Letterman, the Today Show, America’s Got Talent, made two appearances at the White House and had a role in five motion pictures, including Lionheart.