--- title: "East Athletic Hall of Fame | East Angel Foundation" url: https://eastangelfoundation.org/alumni/athletic-hall-of-fame description: "Browse every East High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductee by sport — boys, girls, coaches, and special awards — plus the 2026 induction class." lang: en --- Skip to content Alumni # East Athletic Hall of Fame Honoring the student-athletes and coaches who built East High School's athletic legacy — 286 athletes and 33 coaches inducted since 1910. Image: East High School Athletic Hall of Fame logo (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/e93ddcd8-8437-4fd4-805b-4dc76a0f3f5a/ahof-logo.png) The 2026 class ## 29 new inductees join the Hall in 2026. - 1922 William Hall Football - 1954 Kent Hearn Gymnastics - 1967 Mark Morris Track - 1969 Matt Jackson Tennis - 1983 Sheila Ohlsson Tennis - 1984 Gary Richard Football - 1992 Mariah Phoenix Lacrosse / Field Hockey - 2000 Stan King Basketball - 2002 John Falkenberg Jr Rugby - 2006 Zach Tedeschi Lacrosse - 2007 Brooke Durant Basketball - 2007 Donell Wells Basketball - 2009 Dominique Davis Volleyball - 2011 Lillie Toaspern Soccer - 2012 Mitch Heinzeroth Soccer - 2013 Devon Zavala Wrestling - 2014 Julia Dudley Lacrosse - 2014 Chyna Ries Track - 2015 Rebekah Abrams Field Hockey - 2015 Helena Wolf Field Hockey - 2016 Cheyenne Shorts Soccer - 2017 Sarah Hunt Golf - 2018 Sam Carson Soccer - 2018 Charlie Franks Tennis - 2018 Kailer Rundiks Golf - 2018 Harrison Scudamore Cross Country - 2019 Cole Finley-Ponds Lacrosse - Steve Kohuth Coach — Cross Country / Track - Lisa Smith Special Award — Athletic Trainer All inductees ## Browse the Hall by sport, or read it year by year. Search any name, sport, or graduation year to find an Angel in the Hall. 286 inductees ### Boys #### Football - 1912 Clarence Peterson - 1916 John Zack Jordan - 1921 Francis MacDougall - 1922 William Hall - 1926 Ross Brown - 1928 Eddie Toothaker - 1938 Leon Eastlack - 1939 Leon Diner - 1939 Ronnie MacLeod - 1940 James Fairchild - 1940 Robert Petersen - 1940 Carle Stearns - 1941 David Pate - 1945 Bob Frederic - 1946 Charles Rountree - 1946 Dick Schrepferman - 1946 John Strobel - 1946 Carl Sundgren - 1950 Don Descombes - 1950 Kirk Hinderlider - 1950 Bill Horton - 1950 Harry Taggart - 1952 Thomas Flugstad - 1953 Ray Carlsen - 1953 John Dikeou - 1953 Monte Pascoe - 1956 Robert Erickson - 1957 James McElhinney - 1958 Don Gunsuales - 1958 Gary Henson - 1960 Tom Hinton - 1961 Pat Moriarity - 1962 Steve Sidwell - 1963 Jim Blaschke - 1963 Alan Dertinger - 1963 Walt Oliver - 1964 Dave Sidwell - 1965 Lee Omohundro - 1971 George Speliotes - 1977 James Richardson - 1983 Maureatha Hall - 1984 Gerald Abraham - 1984 Gary Richard - 1984 Joe Sawyer - 1986 Reggie Alexander - 1986 Jim Dadiotis - 1986 Charles Thatch - 1994 Jason Craft - 1996 Greg Davis - 2009 Davaughn Thornton - 2015 Wesley Ogsbury #### Basketball - 1927 Pete Middlemist - 1930 Meredith Jameson - 1937 Billy Lewis - 1941 Tupper Smith - 1943 Keene Smith - 1946 John Jeffries - 1951 Ray Marks - 1952 Ron Shavlik - 1953 Dick Brott - 1954 Pete LaChapelle - 1955 Bob Linnenberger - 1956 Chuck Newcomb - 1956 Stanley Williams - 1960 Sam Batey - 1962 Rich Tate - 1964 J.R. Craig - 1964 Chuck Williams - 1965 Jim Ellis - 1966 Roger Cheatham - 1966 Keith Rausch - 1966 Rayford Tillis - 1968 Greg Lovato - 1970 Rudy Carey - 1970 Marvin Smith - 1971 Chuck Flowers - 1971 Dale Hooks - 1972 V.E. Boatner - 1973 Phil Chambers - 1976 Joe Barry Carroll - 1994 Brian Howard - 1996 J.B. Bickerstaff - 1996 Kaneil Dickens - 2000 Stan King - 2001 Ross Schraeder - 2003 Antonio Porch - 2004 Sean Ogirri - 2005 Pierre Curtis - 2007 Donell Wells - 2008 Jamiko Verner - 2014 Dominique Collier - 2014 Ronnie Harrell - 2015 Brian Carey #### Baseball - 1910 Homer Griffin - 1913 Frank Hickey - 1924 Coburn Jones - 1925 Aaron Lutz - 1939 Irving Shwayder - 1942 John Adams - 1944 Don Carlsen - 1944 Joseph Dorrough - 1946 George Smith - 1954 Stan Williams - 1955 Roger Kinney - 1964 Dave Babbs - 1974 Keefe Perkins - 1983 Bruce Egloff - 1985 Joe Egloff - 1990 Jason Bailow - 1993 Jay Vean - 1994 Andre Champagne - 1994 Jayson Peterson - 1995 Brian Phelan #### Track - 1911 Howard Shotwell - 1917 James Holland - 1923 Louis Telk - 1928 Fletcher Birney - 1937 Russell Brown - 1939 Johnny Doyle - 1942 William Spoor - 1946 Jerome Biffle - 1951 Tom Carey - 1957 Jerry Lane - 1960 Chris Babbs - 1963 Tom Halvorsen - 1964 Dave Stevens - 1965 Steve Dertinger - 1965 Tarry Harrison - 1965 Jerry Stevens - 1966 John Davis - 1966 Art Levy - 1967 Mark Morris - 1970 Kenneth Ausbie - 1971 Mike Walker - 1976 Mitch Monismith - 1983 Wayne Vaden - 1990 Wakeen Ponds - 1998 Bryan Swarn - 2000 David Oliver - 2014 Cerake Geberkidane #### Tennis - 1931 Tom Harper - 1953 Ted Epstein - 1957 Jack Klapper - 1957 Bob Wynne - 1964 Alan Loeb - 1965 Brent Newton - 1968 Gary Stern - 1969 Matt Jackson - 1986 Devin Shaffer - 1998 Ted Burghardt - 2018 Charlie Franks #### Swimming - 1944 Jim Hartman - 1949 Allan Lake - 1949 Jack Patten - 1954 Kenji Yabe - 1955 Jay Mills - 1955 Jim Sheff - 1955 Norman Yabe - 1957 Larry Kent - 1960 Terry Wrightson - 1961 Wally Hultin - 1962 Bernie Wrightson - 1971 Ron Bonaparte - 1990 Marty Harrison #### Wrestling - 1937 James Percival - 1939 Russell Gardner - 1940 Bill Storey - 1941 Gus Hughes - 1942 George Hughes - 1944 Billy Sellers - 1948 Norman Speak - 1954 Kent Orchard - 2004 Henry Kofa - 2013 Devon Zavala #### Gymnastics - 1950 Jack Bennett - 1950 Bill Holmes - 1954 Kent Hearn - 1955 John Naylor - 1956 Lanny Reichert - 1958 Bruce Morgenegg - 1968 Brad Moses - 1969 Felton Johnson - 1970 Darryl Simpson #### Lacrosse - 1985 Tom Wenzel - 1987 Dewitt Dominick - 1994 Christian Cook - 2000 Spencer Stenmark - 2001 Kip Malo - 2001 Jon Urbana - 2006 Dillon Roy - 2006 Zack Tedeschi - 2007 Andrew Lay - 2019 Cole Finley-Ponds - 2019 August Sally #### Soccer - 1984 Brian Beckler - 1993 Ryan Short - 1995 John Akolt - 2003 Carle Stenmark - 2006 Collen Warner - 2009 Grant Simon - 2010 Zach Bolden - 2012 Mitch Heinzeroth - 2013 Ashi Geberkidane - 2018 Sam Carson #### Golf - 1948 Frank Van Meter - 1952 Rollie Wildman - 2018 Kailer Rundiks #### Rugby - 2002 John Falkenberg Jr - 2017 Sam Golla #### Cross Country - 2018 Harrison Scudamore ### Girls #### Soccer - 1983 Holly Hoskins - 1983 Sheila MacDonald - 1984 Julie Doane - 1984 Kathy Hathaway - 1999 Kate Ling - 2002 Mollie Maxfield - 2004 Lauren Johnston - 2011 Lillie Toaspern - 2016 Cheyenne Shorts #### Softball - 2000 Christina Freyer - 2000 Katie Konrad - 2001 Lindsay Barnes - 2002 Jessica Smith - 2004 Jessica Barnes - 2004 Laura Seewald - 2007 Brenna Hokanson - 2015 Kenya Lindstrom #### Basketball - 1977 Lisa Thomas - 1977 Lori Thomas - 1982 Michaele Moore - 1986 Benita Martin - 1986 Shawn Taylor - 1995 Alexis Vean - 2000 Tasha Molock - 2007 Brooke Durant - 2010 Shae Kelley - 2010 Samantha Sanders - 2011 Deidra Smith - 2013 Francesca Sally #### Track - 1973 Lori Brown - 1974 Tina Dwight - 1984 Patricia Pyles - 1984 Goldie Sellers - 1985 Andrea Bush - 1986 Kelly Delph - 1988 Mattie Williams - 1992 Dawn Riley - 1994 Aspen Burkett - 2003 Chandra Hardin-Scott - 2014 Chyna Ries - 2019 Arria Minor #### Swimming - 1991 Kate Palcanis - 1994 Becky Bicknell - 1994 Jill Palcanis - 1994 Margot Quandt - 1995 Susan Givens - 1995 Erin Lanphier - 1996 Sarah Burgamy #### Volleyball - 1979 Kimberly York - 1981 Julie Coxe - 1984 Dana Coutts - 1987 Katherine Fedde - 1997 Julie Jahnke - 2005 Amy Freedman - 2007 Kayla Roper - 2009 Dominique Davis - 2011 Katie Wiese - 2019 Qairo Bentley #### Lacrosse - 1990 Callan Miller - 1992 Mariah Phoenix - 2007 Nellie Hayes - 2014 Julia Dudley - 2017 Kate Burney #### Field Hockey - 2007 Gillian Winbourn - 2010 Haley Jenkins - 2015 Rebekah Abrams - 2015 Fiona Sullivan - 2015 Helena Wolf #### Tennis - 1972 Linnea West - 1983 Sheila Ohlsson - 2014 Natalia Dellavalle #### Gymnastics - 1977 Alicia Johnston - 1985 Nanci Yarter #### Golf - 2017 Julia Baroth - 2017 Sarah Hunt #### Wrestling - 2015 Maya Nelson ### Coaches - Betsy Allen — Basketball / Track - Bill Baer — Rugby - Jon Barocas — Lacrosse - John Brennan — Gymnastics - Gregg Browning — Football / Track - Ted Calloway — Basketball - Rudy Carey — Basketball - Jim Coleman — Tennis / Wrestling - Paul Coleman — Basketball / Baseball - Randy Gallegos — Wrestling - Beth Hinz — Soccer - Kenneth Julsrud — Wrestling / Swimming - Roy Kester — Football / Basketball / Track - Steve Kohuth — Cross Country / Track - Phil Krous — Tennis - Willis Lamson — Golf / Tennis / Track - Scott Lessard — Swimming - Tee MacDonald — Soccer - Chuck McGlone — Baseball / Boxing - Andy Mendelsberg — Softball - Scott Mendelsberg — Softball - Jack Moulton — Track - Adolph Pat Panek — Football / Basketball / Baseball - Rick Schraeder — Basketball - Carl Schweiger — Football / Basketball / Track - Phil Serafini — Swimming / Baseball - Tom Severtson — Baseball / Golf - Larry Tarver — Football / Wrestling / Track - Mark Thalhofer — Tennis - Loren Turner — Track - Junior Weed-Ziegler — Volleyball / Track - Bill Weimar — Basketball / Tennis / Golf / Track - Clarence Whipple — Basketball / Swimming Special awards ## Recognized for service to Angel athletics. - Joan Packard Birkland 1946 — Golf and Tennis - Thierry Smith 1971 - Lisa Smith Athletic Trainer The Hall of Fame ## Photographs from the Hall of Fame. Select any photograph to view it larger. - Image: Rows of coaches and special award plaques in a wall-mounted display case (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/4a37f5a4-8ef5-4d2a-a92c-897069cf0be2/ahof-img_0587.jpg) Zoom ### Hall of Fame Display Coaches and special award plaques in the Hall of Fame display. - Image: Brian Howard holds his Athletic Hall of Fame plaque beside Mr. Richard Nelson (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/1839baee-7e0c-4131-9f57-381f226aa0ab/ahof-img_1414.jpg) Zoom ### Brian Howard, Class of 1994 Brian Howard, East Class of 1994, is inducted into the AHOF by longtime East teacher Mr. Richard Nelson. - Image: Steve Gore and Bill Baer hold the Coach Bill Baer plaque with Mr. Richard Nelson (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/2b1b8003-ad2f-4b6b-b441-7ff8c5de9489/ahof-img_1485.jpg) Zoom ### East Rugby leaders East Rugby leaders Steve Gore and Bill Baer with Mr. Richard Nelson at the 2024 induction ceremony. - Image: Wrestling Coach Randy Gallegos stands with his brother and Mr. Richard Nelson (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/00fd8c44-ef2e-48ca-b764-cef5716e76ff/ahof-img_1489.jpg) Zoom ### Coach Randy Gallegos Wrestling Coach Randy Gallegos is inducted into the AHOF by his brother and Mr. Richard Nelson. - Image: Rows of athlete plaques beneath an Athletic Hall of Fame sign (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/4c302cd6-18f7-4c35-89b2-a18073a72ce9/ahof-img_2123.jpg) Zoom ### Athlete plaque display Athlete plaques line the Athletic Hall of Fame display. - Image: Round tables with red and white tablecloths arranged across the gym floor (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/3a015428-572f-49e1-b278-5a2835dc10e3/ahof-img_2369.jpg) Zoom ### Banquet setup Red and white tables arranged for a banquet in the gym. - Image: An East High School football helmet and jersey on display in the athletics corridor (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/452815f3-8534-4797-a18a-d0fb8690e4dd/campus-football-display.jpg) Zoom ### Angels football A helmet and jersey on display in the athletics corridor. - Image: A commemorative East High School softball resting on a framed award certificate (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/290885af-dae6-4ec5-9bc2-2dd4f2bcfa59/campus-softball-award.jpg) Zoom ### Softball honors A commemorative game ball kept with its award certificate. - Image: The original hand-operated wooden scoreboard still mounted in the East High School gymnasium, its cream-painted boards lettered EAST and VISITORS in red above sliding number panels, set against the gym's red steel framework (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/eb775db9-4a4d-4518-9957-b5a53c358326/gym-scoreboard.jpg) Zoom ### The original scoreboard The hand-operated wooden scoreboard still mounted in the gymnasium. ## Know an Angel who belongs in the Hall? 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