Category: Members of the Month

August 2021 ~  Erica Mashia-Spencer (Jefferson, 1995) got an early start. She remembers playing basketball with her dad at age 3, and by the time she entered Ockley Green Middle

August 2021 ~ If you’re having a dinner party for the greatest all-around athletes in Oregon high school history, Mel Renfro (Jefferson, 1960) has to be on your invitation list.

July 2021 ~ For Brandi Probasco-Canda (Benson, 2003), competing on the Benson High School girls track and field team beat anything else she ever did in athletics. And, as were

July 2021 ~ To say Harry Demorest’s (Jefferson, 1959) school days in Portland were pretty good is an understatement. Demorest was the all-state first baseman on a powerhouse state championship

June 2021 ~ The life and times of Robin Marks (Lincoln, 1980)—so far: Tomboy turned Lincoln High track champion, with five state titles, plus one team state crown. University of

June 2021 ~ He’ll always be known as “The Three-Sport Man,” the title of a feature story Sports Illustrated did on him in 1981. And Dan Jones (Marshall, 1978) is

May 2021 ~ Kathy Naylor Prenevost (Adams, 1975) spent her first two years of high school at Marycrest, a since-closed girls school in Northeast Portland. She played volleyball, basketball and

May 2021 ~  Willie Stoudamire (Washington, 1968) made a big impact on his teams and his school. And sports always had a big impact on him. “I just liked sports,

April 2021 ~ Volleyball, basketball and softball. Kristy Inskeep Carlson (Roosevelt, 1987) looked forward to every season, every game, every practice. “I loved sports so much,” says Carlson, a 2013

April 2021 ~ Pat Strickland (Wilson, 1989) grew up near Woodlawn Park. He attended Whitaker Middle School and Hosford (sixth grade), and had older siblings who went to Jefferson and