| School: Cleveland | Graduation Year: 2010 |
Sports Played: Football, Baseball
Year Inducted: 2024
High School Honors: 3 Football letters. 2nd Team All-PIL Offense (TE) and Honorable Mention Defense (LB) as a Junior; 1st team Defense (LB) and 2nd Team Offense as a Senior; Team Captain. Received “Royal C” as a Senior. On Schwab All-Star Team as a Senior. NFF/PIL Scholar Athlete award.
3 Baseball letters. Three-time PIL Champions. 1st Team All-PIL as a Junior Utility Player. 1st Team All-PIL as a Senior (1st Base) with .514 batting average. MVP honors. Cleveland Booster Student Athlete Scholarship Award. National Honor Society with a 3.9 GPA
Post High School Career: 1 Football letter at Pacific Lutheran University. BA in Marketing, 2014. Developed team weight lifting program. Volunteer Assistant Coach at Cleveland in 2014. Began professional career for Daktronics in South Dakota. Presently in the senior housing field for Manor Management Services, Inc. in Portland
Commentary:
Remembering my high school athletic career always makes me realize how truly lucky I am for the number of special people that have been in my life and continue to be part of my life. I am forever grateful for my coaches that sacrificed their time to coach all my teams. Preparing me not only for the upcoming game, but also teaching me important values I can apply to life outside of sports.
My teammates are another group of people I will always remember. All the long hours spent together practicing being the best we could be for the games and hanging out outside of sports. Many of these individuals are still close friends today.
And my family, who was and continues to be the best support system I could ever ask for. I am extremely fortunate to have them in my life. My father coached all my youth teams prior to high school and put me in the best position I could have been in to succeed in high school. My mother was my personal sounding board for any issues I ever had, providing her own style of coaching (and she still does today) to make sure I was in the right mental space. As well as my sister, who was and continues to be one of my biggest cheerleaders.
Being inducted into the PIL Hall of Fame is an amazing honor. Thank you to all the individuals who allowed me to join this talented group of individuals.