Erin Loftin

Hall of Fame Class of 2011

Erin Loftin (class of 2001) - Erin was a two-sport athlete at Aptos High School, participating in basketball and track & field. She was a three-year starter on the varsity basketball team and was twice voted Most Inspirational. In 2001, Erin was elected a co-captain and she helped lead the Mariners to a SCCAL Championship, a second place finish in CCS, and a berth into the Nor-Cal Championships. However, it was in track & field where Erin really excelled. She is the finest Aptos sprinter, male or female, of the past 25 years. Erin was a varsity sprinter all four years, competing in the 100m, 200m, long jump, 4x100m relay, and finally the 400 meters at the end of her senior season, and she led the Mariners to four consecutive SCCAL Team Championships. She was voted Outstanding Freshman in 1998, Outstanding Sophomore in 1999, MVP in both 2000 and 2001, and was a 2001 team captain. She was a three-time individual league champion (100m, 200m, 400m) and multiple league medalist, she was the 2001 Bob Ensweiler Award winner (for scoring the most points at the SCCAL Championship meet), she was the 2001 Wharf-to-Wharf scholarship recipient, and she was selected as the 2001 AHS Female Athlete-of-the-Year. Running the 400 meters for only her fourth time in her senior year, she set the school record with a time of 57.18, which still stands today. She is also 3rd all-time in both the 100m and 200m. In addition, she was a member of four record-setting relay teams. Erin matriculated to Chico State, where she continued to sprint, and where she was part of the Wildcats’ 4x400m relay team that recorded the second fastest time in school history. She also helped the Wildcats win the 2004 CCAA Conference Team Championship (plus second-place finishes in 2003 and 2005, and a third in 2006). She was a multiple All-Conference Academic Award winner, and she graduated from Chico with a degree in Construction Management with Honors. Erin continues to run, competing in 10ks and half marathons, and she completed the Big Sur Marathon in 2009. Erin recently became a Certified Interior Designer and is practicing Interior Design and Project Management in Sacramento and the Bay Area. Despite a new job and a new marriage (Erin married Ben Acuna this past summer), Erin has also found time to coach the Aptos sprinters these past three years. Erin was presented into the Hall by her former coach, Mark Dorfman.