Class of 2022
Robin Allen
Swimming, Baseball & Basketball
Class of 1967
A member of the highest ranked PAHS swimming team ever, Allen won the State High School Diving Champion as a senior, the first year that the Roughriders fielded a team. He went undefeated in diving, which included a first-place finish against the WSU and UW frosh. An accomplished baseball player, he also played in an All-State game in Bremerton. He went on to Western Washington where he set the Western diving record and dove in the national NAIA meet. Following college, he played on the National Native American basketball championship team, the La Push Braves, in 1976. He was the Director of Security at Seven Cedars Casino for 25 years.
Judy Brodhun Vose
Badminton
Class of 1967
Brodhun 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, Hester Hill, she won the national collegiate doubles crown while leading Western to the team title in 1971. Brodhun and Hill were the first women inducted into the Western Washington University Hall of Fame in 1976.
Julia Cheney
Softball
Class of 2003
Cheney was a star softball player at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania, part of the Ivy League, after a sterling career in high school. She was a part of Port Angeles’ first ever Babe Ruth World Series team and made the first team All-World series in 2001. She then went on to play soccer and softball in high school. She was an all-league selection in soccer, and was a three time all-league performer in softball, and was named the 4A Narrows League MVP during her senior year. At Penn she was an All-Ivy League selection and was twice named the Ivy League player of the week. A third baseman, she played in an infield that led the NCAA in double plays and is still on the Top 10 list for hitting home runs at Penn. She went on to a career in sports, working for the NBA, Creative Artist Agency (CAA) and is currently at Google where she leads their sports and entertainment division for Google devices in the US.
Jack Estes
Basketball
Class of 1960
The Coach of Peninsula College’s first State Championship Basketball team in 1970, Estes played for two acclaimed coaches in high school and college – Jack Elway at PAHS, and legendary NFL quarterback Otto Graham (then the GOAT) at the Coast Guard Academy. He played football, basketball and baseball in high school and at the Academy for three years, and played the latter at Pacific Lutheran University during his senior year. He went on to earn a Master’s degree at the UW and a doctorate at Bowling Green State. Estes has taught at the UW, Seattle U, Peninsula College and City University in New York, and overseas in Taiwan, Belgium (as a Fulbright scholar), England, Scotland and Hungary. He also has worked in the publishing business for over 25 years. In the 1970 State Community College championship game, Peninsula trailed Lower Columbia by 17 points with just over seven minutes to go, rallying to take the crown 132-130 in overtime.
Mary Fryer
Basketball
Class of 1975
Fryer played on the first Port Angeles girl’s basketball team, and led the State in scoring, averaging 30 points per game. She was also named the State’s best prep basketball player. She went on to play at Central Washington for three years – leading the league in assists, points per game (21), rebounds and steals in her final season. She was the District 9 Small College Player of the Week, and was a nominee for the Colgate National All-Star team. Fryer also played on the Roughrider Volleyball team that went to the state regional tournament in 1975. After college, she went on to become a star slow pitch shortstop in Port Angeles.
Greg Galles
Swimming
Class of 1968
He didn’t start swimming until he was 13, but he went on to swim arguably the best performance in Port Angeles High School swimming history, when he set the state record in the 100 yard freestyle in 1968. He also won the event in 1967, making him the only two-time swimming state champion. He went on to compete at the University of Washington and after graduating from the UW, he joined the Navy as part of their Nuclear Engineering program. Professionally he was a computer engineer and programmer before passing unexpectedly in 2008.
Marcia Isenberger
Basketball, Tennis
Class of 1980
A three sport star in high school, Isenberger was all-league in basketball and captain of the tennis team. She really came of age in college, playing as the No. 1 tennis player at Eastern Washington University. She was All Big Sky Conference for two years in both singles and doubles, and was named the Eastern Washington University tennis player of the decade. Following graduation, she had an esteemed career with several YMCA’s, including 10 years in Port Angeles, where she mentored many young athletes. She also served as Executive Director in Sammamish, and was the Eastside Regional Director for King County. She ended her YMCA career serving as the COO at the Seattle YMCA.
Eric Lane
Baseball, Basketball & Football
Class of 2008
One of the greatest all-around athletes in Roughrider history, Lane was the Olympic League Most Valuable Player in basketball, baseball, and set the school passing yardage and touchdown receiving record in football. He started his college career at Lower Columbia Community College, where he was named the NWAC Most Valuable Player as a sophomore, leading the team to the NWAC championship. He went on to play at Gonzaga, where he played with Seattle Mariner pitcher Marco Gonzales. The team’s starting third baseman, he led the team in hits and batted .306. He went on to coach for eight seasons at Lower Columbia, where he led LCC to two NWAC titles in 2018 and 2019.
Jerry Payne
Football, Track
Class of 1973
A member of Pete Holman's 1973 football team that was 9-1 with seven shutouts on defense, Payne was a starting end and linebacker. He was an all-league linebacker and all Honorable Mention All-American linebacker in Coaches Magazine. He was selected to the all-state team as an end because of his offensive performance but turned to defense when former Roughrider coach Jack Elway recruited him to play at Washington State University. He played for three years, lettered as a freshman and started as a junior for the Cougars. He was unable to play his senior year due to a neck injury. He also was an outstanding track athlete, setting PAHS records in the discus (166'3") and the shot-put (54'3"). After working in the logging industry with his father's company Melvin Payne Logging, he went back to school at Palmer College of Chiropractic and became a Chiropractor and has practiced in Port Angeles at First Street Chiropractic Center for the last 24 years.
Ron Suslick
Football, Track
Class of 1957
Suslick was named to the Wigwam Wiseman of America High School All-America Football Team, which made him eligible to play in the East-West football game in Memphis, Tennessee. He averaged 152 yards per game as a senior, and gained 309 yards against South Kitsap. Named to the UPI All State team, he played in the All-State game, and also played in the East vs. West All-State football game in August of 1957. He played his freshman year at the University of Puget Sound, where he still holds the record for the longest run from scrimmage of 96 yards. He moved on to Monterey Community College in California, where he also ran track, running the 100 yard dash in 9.8 seconds.
Bruce Webster
Wrestling, Track & Cross Country Coach
1968-1977
A highly successful track and cross country coach at Port Angeles High School, Bruce Webster’s cross country teams finished fourth in the state in 1972 and 1973 and third in 1974, the most successful run for any Port Angeles athletic team. He won six straight league championships from 1971-76, and coached league champions Ken Bradford (1972) and Bill Allen (1975) on the boys side, and girls champ Cheryl Bork in 1975. In track, he coached the relay team of Robin Chavis, Steve Phillips, Dave Rains and Rick Melvin, which set the state indoor two mile relay record in 1972. He also started wrestling in Port Angeles in 1962 at Roosevelt Middle School. At PAHS he coached track from 1968-1977, wrestling from 1968-1972, and cross country from 1970-1976.
1967 Football Team
The 1967 gridiron team was coached by Pete Hohman, who had the highest winning percentage of Port Angeles high school football teams in history, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame as an individual last year.
The team was led by end Bernie Fryer, who was named All-State and All-American. He was recruited by several Division I schools for football, but chose to play Division I basketball at the University of Washington and Brigham Young. He is the only Roughrider athlete to ever play in the NBA (Portland Trailblazers). The team not only excelled on offense, but also on defense. They shut out four opponents, and only one was able to score more than twice. The key victory for the team was a 7-6 win over East Bremerton, preserved when Mitch Blore blocked an extra point in the fourth quarter.
Several players won team awards at the annual team banquet – Fryer, Howard Priest, Ed Kitselman, Brad Maier, Steve Crumb and Randy Fairchild.
1983 Gymnastics Team
Coached by Rich Smith and Jan Urfer, the 1983 team began a long run of state placing teams (they would finish in the state meet in the three years that followed – 6 th , 5 th and 4 th ). They also had strong individual performances at the 1983 State meet. Kathy Kaune placed in four events – 7 th in the All-Around, 6 th in the Balance Beam and the Uneven Bars, and 11 th in floor exercise. Shelli Anderson placed 11 th in the vault. “While the team had a great leader in Kathy Kaune, what really made it successful was depth,” said Smith. Lots of the girls were capable of competing all-around –their special skills in 1, 2, or 3 events is what made them a top team.”