Class of 2023
Larry Beatty
Track
Class of 1982
PAHS school record holder in the 300 meter low hurdles, taking 4th place at the 1982 state meet. He went on to Green River Community College, where he won the 1984 NWAACC 400 meter intermediate hurdle title and was named to the NWAACC Hall of Fame in 1994 as a former NWAACC Champion, and again as a coach in 2012. After starting coaching at Clark College (1993-1996) where he won 2 Men’s State Track titles, he moved to Spokane Community College where he became the most successful Community College Track and Cross County coach in state history. His teams won four women’s and six men’s cross country titles in nine seasons. His Sasquatch teams dominated Community College track, winning 12 women’s and 13 men’s titles during his 15 seasons at the helm. His record of 29 NWAACC Coach of the Year awards and 37 team titles at Spokane/Clark is unsurpassed.
Kelley Berglund
Basketball
Class of 1999
An All-League performer, Berglund was the Olympic League MVP for both her junior and senior seasons and was named All-State her senior year. She was the leader of the PAHS team that won the first ever West Central District 3 championship. Following high school she played two seasons at Washington State and then played her final two years at Seattle Pacific. At SPU she averaged 14.7 points per game and 8.6 rebounds her senior year, and was a two-time, first team all-conference and All West Region honoree as a junior and a senior. Following college she played in Germany for two years, averaging 19 points and 10 rebounds, and then was an assistant coach at the University of Portland, Sacramento State and Boise State.
Terry Clayton
Basketball
Class of 1957.
An all-league performer his junior and senior year in high school, he led the Riders to the State Tournament for two seasons. He was the first PAHS graduate to be recruited by a Pac-8 school (now PAC 12) for baskeball, when the Huskies came calling. He also had offers from Washington State and Stanford. After his freshman season he transferred to Western Washington, where he led the Vikings to their first appearance in the NAIA Small College basketball tournament. He played Masters Basketball until he was 66. During that time he played on the silver medal team that played in the 1998 Nike World Masters Games. He was named the Most Valuable Player for the 1993 National AAU Men’s Basketball Tournament.
Dave Denny
Basketball
Class of 1964
He was the leading scorer for the Riders in 1963 and 1964 while leading the 1964 PAHS team to Olympic League title and District Tournament. He was Second Team All League in 1963 and All League in 1964. As a coach, he started a cross country program at Montesano High School where his teams won 5 League Championships, 3 District titles and the State Title in 1974. He was named the Washington State Cross Country Coach of the Year in 1975. He coached 16 years at Mark Morris High where his basketball teams played in 15 State Tournaments and won 3 State Titles. He coached 7 years at Auburn High School and made 3 appearances in the state basketball tournament. Currently an assistant basketball coach at Highline Community, Denny was part of the staff that guided the T Birds to the NWAC Championship in 2006. Denny is in the Montesano Hall of Fame, Mark Morris Hall of Fame and the Washington State Coaches Hall of Fame.
George Hill
Pep Promoter
Class of 1965
Served as the official statistician for Al Michaels and Brent Musburger and also worked for a Who’s Who in broadcasting: Frank Gifford, O.J. Simpson, Howard Cosell, Ara Paraseghian, Curt Gowdy, Jack Buck, Bob Costas, Mark Spitz, Jim McKay, Dick Vermiel, Bobby Knight, Keith Jackson, Pete Gross, Dan Dierdorf, Bruce King, Dan Fouts, Cris Collinsworth, Brad Nessler, Gary Danielson, Fran Fraschilla, Bill Rafferty, Joe B. Hall, Jim Valvano, Dick Vitale and many others. He was the assistant sports information director at the University of Washington from 1972-75, and then moved on to work for ABC. During his tenure he has worked for ABC, CBS, NBC and ESPN, working in pro football, college football, NBA basketball, college basketball, major league baseball, boxing, World Cup Soccer, several Olympic games, tennis and many other events. He also helps with the production of OMC Foundation events in Port Angeles.
Joni Jacobs
Swimming
Class of 1996
Was a two-time NAIA national breaststroke champion at Central Washington, and still holds the CWU record. In high school, she placed third in the state in the breaststroke and on the 200 medley relay team, and was the team captain in 1995. In college, she also placed third twice in the NAIA nationals in the 100 meter breaststroke and was the CWU most valuable swimmer for three years (1997-2000). She graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Harry Leons
Football
Class of 1957
After graduation from Western Washington University, he received a tryout with the Detroit Lions, only one of two PAHS graduates to do so with an NFL team. He was arguably the best interior lineman to come out of PAHS, and was offered a scholarship to play at the University of Washington along with Sam Hurworth. He chose to attend Grays Harbor Community College and then Western Washington University, where he was all-conference in football and baseball, and was the WWU Most Valuable Player.
Jon Madison
Basketball & Baseball
Class of 1997
Was the leading scorer and captain on the 1997 PAHS team that finished seventh in the State. In his senior year he was the Olympic League Most Valuable Player and was named First Team All State by the Seattle Times, Tacoma News-Tribune, and the Associated Press. He averaged 21 points and 7.5 rebounds per game and also participated in the Washington State Coaches Basketball All State Game. He is third on the PAHS boys all-time basketball scoring list, behind only brother James and Bernie Fryer. Was the shortstop on the PAHS team that finished fourth in the state. He played basketball collegiately at the University of Anchorage-Alaska for four seasons, and ended his career as No. 8 all time in games played for UAA.
Alison Maxwell
Track& Cross Country
Class of 2011
Currently running for Club Northwest as a Brooks High Performance Athlete, Alison completed the California International Marathon in December 2022 in a time of 2:49:27. At Middlebury College in Vermont, she was the 2015 DIII indoor mile national champion and a 5-time All-American in the mile, 5K, distance medley relay, and cross country. She was an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee and was named the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women’s Most Outstanding Performer after winning the conference individual championship in 2014. Graduating with a BA in biochemistry and a 3.8 GPA, she was named to the Capital One Academic All-American team for Women’s Track & Field/Cross County by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Alison received her PhD in Chemistry & Chemical Biology from the University of California, San Francisco in 2016 and is now a life sciences strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company in Seattle.
Frank Prince III
Track & Cross Country
Class of 2002
A graduate of the University of Puget Sound, Prince was a NCAA Division III All-American and Academic All-American. He also was the NCAA Division III West Region Cross Country Champion, won three Northwest Conference championships in the 10,000 and 5,000 meters, and 11 First Team Northwest Conference placings in Track and Cross Country. He was also the recipient of the prestigious NCAA post graduate scholarship. Academically he ranked No. 1 in his class at PAHS where he served as Student Body president, and graduated No. 2 in his class Summa Cum Laude at the University of Puget Sound. Prince won the League Championship in Cross Country – Port Angeles' last year in the 4A Olympic League as a junior and first year in the 4A Narrows League as a senior. He won 2 League titles in the 3200 meters in track, and achieved First Team All League placings nine times in Track and Cross Country. Since graduation, he's remained active in the sport by serving as the Track and Cross Country meet director for Puget Sound.
Bruce Skinner
Statistician
Class of 1966
In high school he was the statistician for PAHS football, basketball and track teams. After serving as the sports editor for the University of Washington Daily his sophomore year, he went on to a career in athletic administration, making stops at the NCAA (1970-71), Houston Rockets (1971), and the Fiesta Bowl (1973-1990), where he served as Executive Director. He then served as the Executive Director of the International Festivals and Events Association (1990 – 2001), and started races in Phoenix, Seattle, Portland, San Antonio and Nice, France for the Rock ‘n’ Roll running series. He was the Chief Marketing Officer of the 2016 College National Championship game (Alabama vs. Clemson), and was named as the CEO of the Washington Festivals and Events Association in 2017. He has served as the Executive Director of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation for 33 years. He also has been inducted into four other Hall of Fames – International Festivals and Events Association, the International Live Event Association, the Arizona Runners, and the Collegiate Bowl Directors.
Mandy Wood
Basketball
Class of 2002
She was a two sport star in both soccer and basketball where she made varsity all four years and team captain her last two. She was All-League her junior and senior year in both sports, and led the Riders to the state basketball tournament 4 times, where they finished 5th in 2001. In soccer she led the team in scoring 3 out of her 4 years, scoring 61 career goals. At Div. II Seattle Pacific University, where she was a GNAC all league performer in basketball, she made the Sweet 16 all four years, the Elite 8 twice, and the National Championship game her junior year. In her junior year she was MVP of the NCAA West Regional tournament. As a senior she made the KODAK and Daktronics West All Region Teams and was named as a KODAK All American Honorable Mention. She finished her college career with 1,326 points and 384 assists, as well as 234 career 3 point shots, then a GNAC conference record, and still a current SPU record. She also holds the SPU record in both season and career 3 point percentage.
1956 Football Team
Coached by Bill Madden and assisted by Jack Elway – father of former NFL great John Elway – the 1956 squad had a 7-1 record and was an offensive powerhouse. They averaged 35 points a game, while holding points to an 8 point average.
Powerful fullback Sam Hurworth led the state in scoring and was one of three athletes in the history of PAHS to be offered a scholarship and participate at the University of Washington.
Halfback Ron Suslick averaged 152 yards per game, gaining 309 yards against South Kitsap. He was named to the UPI All State team and played in the All State game along with
Hurworth.
Tackle Harry Leons is arguably the best interior lineman to play for the Riders, and received a tryout with the Detroit Lions, only one of two PAHS graduates to do so with an NFL team. He was named as Western Washington University’s most valuable player in 1970.
Hurworth, Suslick, Leons, Bill Grover, Bill Helwick and Jim Heckman were named All League. Leons was named honorary captain following the season, while Hurworth was selected as the most inspirational player.
1972 Girls Swim Team
The 1972 girls swim team was the forerunner of things to come — the squad competed interscholastically three years before Port Angeles High School was able to field a full complement of girls sports.
The Roughriders won all but one of their nine dual meets before finishing ninth at state.
The top point-makers for the team were Linda Beil (the mother of Kelley Berglund, who will be inducted into the hall as an individual this year), Lynn Dee Spencer and Sharon Roark.
Beil placed third in the 100-yard backstroke, Roark was fourth in the 100-yard freestyle and seventh in the 50 freestyle, and Spencer was sixth in the 100-yard butterfly and seventh in the 400 freestyle. The 200 medley relay team, comprised of Beil, Anna Zachweija, Spencer and Roark, placed sixth. Eleven girls swam at first girls state championship meet held at Highline College.