Class of 2019
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John Camp, Wrestling
2009 Graduate
Camp went 40-0 in the heavyweight division during his senior year, pinning every opponent, and won all four matches enroute to a state championship In all four he pinned every opponent in less than a minute, including a victory in 58 seconds in the final. He was selected to compete in the senior nationals in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after his outstanding performance.
Cec Coulson, Basketball
1986 Graduate
Coulson starred in softball and as a guard in basketball for the girls team that had its highest state tournament finish ever in 1986. She went on to play basketball and softball at Skagit Valley Community College, and despite never playing competitive fast pitch, she was recruited by Oregon. She started at second base and right field, and connected with the winning hit that sent Oregon to the College World Series in 1989. Placing fifth in the CWS, that team was inducted into the University of Oregon Hall of Fame. She also won the University’s Becky Sisley Award, which honors a female athlete for their professional achievement, community service and support of the University. After graduating from Oregon with a bachelor's in athletic training in 1991, Coulson worked as an assistant coach for the Ducks while earning a master's in social psychology of sport in 1993.
Following college she went on to play for 15 seasons for the Seattle Express, and her stellar play earned her an induction into the Washington State Softball Hall of Fame. She won the 2004 national batting crown and was a member of the 2005 World Champion USSSA Seattle Express Softball Team. She was selected as the MVP of the championships. Coulson is currently the executive director of the Washington Initiative for Supported Employment (W.I.S.E).
Kay Dill,
Tennis & Basketball Coach
Dill coached PAHS’ only state championship team, the 1985 girl’s tennis squad. She was named state coach of the year, and all five players placed at state – fourth in singles and first and second in doubles. She did this in a city that didn’t have indoor courts, which made it difficult for players to play year around. In addition, she coached the 1977 girls’ basketball team that finished fifth in the state, featuring 2018 PAHS Hall of Fame inductee Sherri Felton.
John "Jack" Elway, Coach
1953-1960
Elway coached baseball, basketball and football in Port Angeles, and arguably the greatest football team in Port Angeles history (1959), which produced eight college football players, including two Division I athletes – 2018 inductee Mike Briggs (University of Washington) and 2019 inductee Gary Gagnon (Idaho). Elway went on to an illustrious college coaching career, serving as the head coach at Gray’s Harbor Community College, as an assistant at Montana and Washington State, and as a head coach for eight years at Cal State Northridge, San Jose State and Stanford. While at San Jose State, he beat Stanford three times when his son – future Denver Bronco great John – was the quarterback. He also coached the Frankfort Galaxy of the World Football League and served in player development for the Denver Broncos.
Don Fairbairn, Swim Coach
A member of the Washington State Swim Coaches Hall of Fame and the state swim coach of the year in 1982, Fairbairn coached the 1967 boys team that finished second in the state, its highest finish ever. During his tenure he coached PAHS teams that had 11 Top 10 state meet finishes, and that were undefeated nine times during the regular season. A 1949 graduate of Aberdeen High School, he swam to three state individual championships and led the 1948 and 1949 teams to state titles.
Gary Gagnon, Football
1960 Graduate
Gagnon set the state passing record in 1959, breaking his own mark set in his junior season. Recognized as the best quarterback to play at Port Angeles High School, he also finished fourth place in the state tennis tournament in 1960. He was the first player to win a singles championship for Port Angeles’ storied badminton program.
He went on to be a two year starter at Idaho, and had an outstanding high school coaching career at Evergreen High School, where he was twice named “Coach of the Year,” and mentored future WSU quarterback Jack Thompson. In college ranks, he served as an assistant at Washington for a year, WSU for eight years, and at Stanford as running backs coach for two seasons. At WSU, he coached Reuben Mayes, who was recently voted as the best Cougar football player of all time. He also was a player personnel evaluator for the Seattle Seahawks.
Karena Greeny,
Track, Basketball, Soccer
1997 Graduate
Karena was one of the Roughrider’s greatest all around athletes. She won league MVP honors in basketball and soccer, and was the greatest thrower in PAHS girl’s track history, holding school records in the shot put and discus, while having the second best javelin mark. She became the second Port Angeles female athlete to earn a full ride to a Division I school, and served as captain of the Hawaii basketball season during her senior year. She led the Rainbows in WAC conference scoring, hitting an amazing 52.4 percent of her three point attempts.
Hester Hill, Badminton
1967 Graduate
Hill won several national junior doubles titles in 1963, 1965 and 1968, and also won numerous state and international championships during that period. She went on to Western Washington, where teaming with another local star, Judy Brodhun, won the national collegiate doubles crown while leading Western to the team title in 1971. Hill and Brodhun were the first women inducted into the Western Washington University Hall of Fame in 1976. She returned to Port Angeles to teach and take over coaching the Port Angeles Junior Badminton program. During her tenure from 1972—86, her junior players won over 100 state and national titles, and seven won full-ride scholarships to four year schools, including Arizona State, UCLA and Northern Illinois.
Caroline Jensen, Badminton
1965 Graduate
Jensen started playing badminton at nine years old and won numerous national junior badminton titles while growing up in Port Angeles, the first at age 12. With Tina Barinaga, she was a member of the first all teenage team to capture the U.S. Open women’s doubles title. She was a member of two U.S. Uber Cup teams (badminton’s equivalent to the Davis cup), with the 1963 team winning the women’s world team championships. She won two events, doubles and mixed doubles, at the U.S. championships in 1969, and won the doubles title in 1968.
Leonard Johannes, Football
1925 Graduate
Johannes was the first great PAHS football star, “….towers head and shoulders in ability above any other player in the state,” according to a 1925 Associated Press Story. PA finished as the “second best team in Washington,” with fullback Johannes leading the way, rushing for what is still a school record 316 yards against Kent in 1924. He also gained 223 yards in a Turkey Day classic against Port Townsend. The team only lost one game, which stood as the school record until he was head coach of the PA team that finished undefeated in 1941, only one of two teams to do that in 118 years. That squad outscored opponents 234 – 32.
Bob Klock,
Coach, Athletic Director
Klock had the best basketball won-loss record in PA history. His 1966 team, which featured 2018 inductees Lee Sinnes, Mike Clayton and Bernie Fryer, finished second in the state, the school’s highest finish ever. After losing the team’s best two players, his 1965 team reached the regional tournament, which some say was his best coaching job ever. He also coached the 1984 team to an 8th place state finish. In addition to basketball, he was an assistant football coach for 18 years and served as athletic director for 21 years. A starter on the 1955 Washington State basketball team, he also played basketball in the Army.
James Madison, Basketball
1995 Graduate
Madison is the most prolific boys’ scorer in PAHS basketball history, averaging 22.6 points per game, which broke 2018 inductee Bernie Fryer’s school record. He went on to be a four year starter for Cleveland State, and is the sixth leading scorer in that school’s history. He made all Horizon League in 2000, and holds the school mark for three point field goals (262).
While in high school he became the only PA player to make all-league four times. He was named first team All-State his senior year, and was selected to play in the All State game. He led the state in scoring his junior year (28.8), and was second when he was a senior (26.6). An all-around performer, he was a two-time All Olympic League shortstop and was the starting safety as a sophomore on one of the best PAHS football teams in History in 1992. He currently teaches high school history in Ohio and is the girls basketball coach (has six daughters), after serving as boys basketball coach.
Jessica Madison, Basketball
2011 Graduate
Jessica broke her brother James’ school scoring record, tallying 1,896 points during her career. Like her brother, she led the state in scoring her junior year and was second in her senior season. She was named first team All-State in both her junior and senior years, leading PA teams to 37 straight Olympic League victories. The Riders won the West Central District championship in 2011, which earned them a state tournament appearance.
She went on to play at the University of Anchorage Alaska, where she helped the Seawolves reach the NCAA Division II national title game as the team’s leading scorer in the NCAA tournament (13.7 points per game). She earned NCAA All-tournament first team, and was part of the 2016 squad that was inducted into the Alaska-Anchorage Hall of Fame. She was also nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award in 2011.
Carrie Morrison, Badminton
1975 Graduate
After winning several junior national doubles badminton titles and numerous state and international doubles titles between 1970-75, Morrison earned a scholarship to Arizona State. She won national singles and doubles titles at the NCAA Collegiate Nationals, leading ASU to two team championships. She was inducted into the ASU Hall of Fame, and after college became one of the top 50 UW women’s marathoners in 1984, missing the Olympic trials by five seconds after finishing in 2:50:21. She earned her doctorate in Psychology in 1996, and currently is the Director of Psychology at Alvarado Parkway Institute, Behavioral Health Hospital in San Diego.
Greg Thomas, Track
1979 Graduate
Thomas holds the state record in the decathlon high jump at 6-10, and is the only PA grad to jump 7 feet (at Washington State in 1984). In high school he was a multi-sport star, and was all league in football and basketball. He currently holds school records in the 110 high hurdles (14.9), high jump (6-10) and decathlon (5,594 points). After graduating from WSU, he served in the Navy from 1984 – 2009, starting out as a helicopter pilot. In 2002 he became the commanding officer of the Navy’s largest helicopter squadron with over 400 assigned personnel. After receiving his Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 2005, he served as Crew Commander in the NORTHCOM Command Center and as Vice-Director for the Office of the Secretary of Defense Joint Test and Evaluation, Joint Integrated Command and Control for Maritime Homeland Defense project.
Teams
1985 Girls Tennis Team
Coached by Kay Dill, who will also be inducted into the Hall of Fame as an individual, all five members of the 1985 tennis team placed at state, including her daughters Mary and Penni. “That was an amazing fete,” says Hall of Fame chair Bruce Skinner, “as we don’t have any indoor courts in town to allow for winter play like a lot of schools do.”
The sophomore doubles team of Mary Dill and Carolyn Crist teamed to win the state doubles championship 7-6, 6-2 at the state tournament in Wenatchee, by beating junior teammates Leigh Morgan (inducted as an individual basketball and tennis player last year) and Nicole Ostrowski, who therefore finished second.
But it was Penni Dill’s fourth place finish in singles that secured the title. She won four out of her five matches, including her final victory over fourth-seeded Leona Lang of Meadowdale, 3-6, 6-3,6-1.
1959 Football Team
Four players from the 1959 football team made the AP All-State team. Guard Ed Wallace and running back Sonny Luke made the second team, while quarterback Gary Gagnon and fullback Mike Briggs were named Honorable mention.
Coached by Jack Elway, who went on to become a collegiate assistant coach and the head coach at Stanford, the team only suffered one loss, to No. 1 ranked Everett. However, they beat Kelso, the state’s No. 5 ranked team by 20 points later in the season. Elway is the father of the legendary John Elway, who starred for the Denver Broncos and is currently the general manager of the team.
The squad also was the highest scoring team in the state, averaging 30 points per game (357 points, then a state prep scoring record).
Gagnon set the state passing yardage record his senior year, breaking his own mark that he set as a junior. Two members of the team later played at Division I Schools – Briggs went on to be an all Pacific Coast Conference selection at the University of Washington and an Academic All American, while Gagnon was a two year starter at quarterback for Idaho.
Luke was a junior college All-American at Gray’s Harbor, and played at Oregon Tech, while running backs and receivers Mike McDonald and Bob Brodhun played at Pacific Lutheran. Tackle Myles Phipps started for four years at Western Washington.
Thirteen members of the team were named first team all league. Three had coaching careers – Estes at Gray’s Harbor and Peninsula College, Gagnon at several high schools, Washington State and Stanford (as an assistant), and Phipps at the high school level.