ATHERTON — Inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame last week, Casey Jacobsen and Steve Stenstrom found time out of their busy schedule to teach kids the fundamentals of their respective sports during youth clinics held Saturday morning at Menlo College.

“Camps are teaching, it’s a classroom for basketball,” said Jacobsen, 35, a dangerous 6-foot-6 outside shooter with the Cardinal men’s basketball team who went 22nd overall to the Phoenix Suns in the 2002 NBA Draft. “And I know of no other way for kids to get that instruction than camps or clinics, so anytime that I can be part of something that I remember was really beneficial to me as a youngster is important.”

Stenstrom, 44, stepped foot on The Farm in 1990 and during his four-year career at quarterback broke seven Pac-10 records. He remembers time spent at football camps as instrumental to his development.

“I went to anything I could go to,” said Stenstrom, a fourth-round pick by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1994 NFL draft. “I think for kids today, especially in a technology age and all the different things that keep us sedentary and in one place, to get out and glean expertise from real people and real experiences is essential. And I encourage my kids that way, I encourage any kid, if you can go to these camps, go to them. If you can’t go to them, go outside and do what you can do in your environment. Control what you can control, don’t worry about what you can’t control and let your journey unfold.”

Stenstrom lent a hand at a football clinic for fifth- to eighth-graders with Pro Football Hall of Famer Steve Young, who holds close ties to the community. Among those joining them on the field for drills were Menlo School football coach Mark Newton, who was teaching tackling skills employed by the Seattle Seahawks, as well as former Cardinal defensive back Toi Cook, who was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Also helping out was John Charles, a 1989 graduate of Mountain View High who went on to play at Foothill College and Portland State before signing as an undrafted free agent with the Atlanta Falcons to realize his NFL dreams.

“I wish I would have lasted longer there, but I got there,” Charles said. “And a lot of people can’t say that.”

Growing up, he attended a Steve Young camp, not to mention a couple involving John Elway.

“For a lot of these kids, they’re learning the fundamentals and we want to make sure that they’re doing it the right way,” Charles said. “So it’s up to us to have that next generation going and having fun while doing it.”

A guest for both clinics was John Paye, the girls basketball coach at Menlo School and 2007 inductee to the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame after playing football and basketball for the Cardinal in the 1980s.

“I know just watching Casey interact with everybody, and Stenstrom interacting here, they really like giving back and it’s uplifting for everyone,” Paye said. “I think the kids have a great time, but also the parents who sit on the sideline, they can kind of see and feel all the good will coming out of these famous athletes.”

Menlo School boys basketball coach Keith Larsen and ex-Cardinal Nick Robinson also partook in the basketball clinic, which featured a large contingent of girls — including Jacobsen’s older daughters, Ellie, 9, and Peyton, 7.

“I never want to force basketball on them, I’m very careful not to do that,” said Jacobsen, whose wife Brittney kept track of their youngest, Jordan, 5, dribbling in the background. “But it’s hard for me not to want to play basketball with them all the time and teach them what I know. It was kind of like my life growing up, and it’s something that bonded me with my father, and it’s something that brings our family close together.

“Not just basketball, but sports in general.”

Later in the day, Jacobsen and Stenstrom were recognized at the football game against USC after being honored the night before at a private ceremony as part of the 2016 Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame class.

“It’s a tremendous honor,” Stenstrom said. “It culminates 25 years of being part of an athletic community that I’ve loved from Day 1 and respected from Day 1 and admired so many different athletes from different sports. And last night, having eight different inductees, everybody from a different sport, it just seemed like a perfect and fitting end of that 25-year journey.”

“It hasn’t really even sunk in yet, to be honest with you,” Jacobsen said. “I remember my time at Stanford as some of the best times of my life. I remember how there were talented students and athletes everywhere. I didn’t feel like I was a big deal at Stanford at all … because everybody is special. Everybody is goal-oriented and driven, so to be honored with the Stanford Hall of Fame, it’s like, ‘What? I belong with some of the people that have come before me?’

“I went to school with Kerri Walsh, Logan Tom, Misty Hyman — Olympians. And to be even whispered amongst them is pretty awesome. And it was pretty fun to share that with my kids. My kids don’t think I’m any good anymore, so it’s kind of nice to be able to say, ‘Hey, your dad used be pretty good, so you might want to listen to what he has to say.’ ”