MALIBU, Calif. -- The Pepperdine University Department of Athletics' 2018 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is coming up on Sunday, October 14, in Firestone Fieldhouse.

Tickets are available ($60 per person, includes dinner) and can be purchased online here.

From now until the event, PepperdineWaves.com will be running profiles on each of the inductees. Today is Julie Evans Castillo's turn:

Pepperdine has long been successful in the sport of women's volleyball and has won more West Coast Conference titles than any other program. The first-ever WCC Player of the Year who helped get the ball rolling was Julie Evans Castillo.
 
Nina Matthies took over the women's volleyball program ahead of the 1983 season, and one of her first big recruits was Evans, an outside hitter who hailed from Newport Beach and Newport Harbor High School.
 
Evans arrived in the fall of 1984 and made an immediate impact as a freshman, finishing second on the team in kills (446) and digs (118). She helped the Waves go from six wins the year before to 24 in 1984, spurring the team to a spot in the NCAA Tournament and No. 17 in the final national rankings.
 
In 1985, the WCC began sponsoring women's volleyball, and led by Evans, the Waves began a run that saw them capture six of the first seven league titles. Evans' teams won championships with perfect conference records in both 1985 and 1987.
 
The Waves returned to the NCAA Tournament in both 1986 and 1987, finishing each season ranked No. 19 and 18, respectively. Her four-year record as a Wave was 82-58 (.586), and the team went 35-3 (.921) in WCC play.
 
Evans was named the WCC's first-ever Player of the Year in 1985, and she repeated as the award-winner in 1987. She made the All-WCC first team all three years.
 
Evans set school career records for kills (1,955), kills per set (4.60), service aces (147) and points (2,218.0), all of which stood for a decade (she now ranks second in each category). Her most prolific season was 1986, when she had 576 kills and 45 service aces.
 
She served as a student assistant coach during the 1988 season as the Waves won another WCC title and again played in the NCAA Tournament. Evans then graduated in 1989 with a degree in communications.
 
She and her husband Phil Castillo (who was an All-American water polo player at Long Beach State) have been married for 29 years and they reside in Newport Beach. They have six children, including Nathan, who played water polo at Pepperdine and graduated in 2011, as well as Luke, Claire, Jenna, Leah and Peter. Their daughter Jenna played soccer at Montana.
 
Since Pepperdine, Evans has gone on to serve in many roles supporting her family and community through her children's educational and athletic pursuits. Over the years, she has served in the PTA and various athletic booster organizations, and coached at different youth levels. She remains actively involved in the Newport Beach Christian community with leading roles in women's ministry, prayer team and hospitality. She currently serves as a board member for Viewpoint Church in Newport Beach. 
 
She is also involved with the Community Emergency Response team for the city of Newport Beach. She is working toward completing both EMT training and a pilot's license.