HALL OF FAME
Athletes, Coaches and Community Heroes
Tom Henderson
Tom Henderson
PHS Class of 1966
Mr. Henderson attended Havens Elementary and was a PHS 3-year letterman in basketball. He rewrote scoring records in his junior and senior years. He led Piedmont Basketball in field goals made (season) - 168, field goals made (game) - 18, field goals made % (season) 60%, field goals made % (game) 80%, total points made (game) 43, and point average per game (season) 24.4.
The Foothill Athletic League coaches named him to the First Team and the Leagues Most Valuable Player. He was named "East Bay Prep of the Week" by the East Bay Sports Writers and was selected to the ten-man "All East Bay Dream Team . He was also named to the East Team in Northern California's prestigious East West All-Star Game. He went on to a successful college basketball career, playing for the national championship against UCLA in 1968 and earned a Big "C" as a three-year letterman for University of California.
Mike Humphries
Mike Humphries
Coach & Athletic Director 1969-2004
Mr. Humphries taught in the Piedmont Unified School District for 45 years. During that time he served at the elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. He coached Frosh Football for 43 years. Baseball for 33 years, and Frosh Basketball for 6 years. He served as the Athletic Director at PHS for 25 years. He was honored by the community when the PHS Baseball Field was named "Coach Humphries Diamond." He thoroughly enjoyed every minute of teaching wonderful students, parents, teachers, fellow coaches, and administrators in PUSD.
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Buzz Redford
Buzz Redford
PHS Class of 1959
Mr. Redford attended Havens Elementary and was class president at Piedmont Junior High. He participated in football, basketball, and tennis and won the Optima Award in basketball as the teams outstanding athlete in 1958. Hired by the Piedmont Recreation Department as its Youth Sports Supervisor, he reshaped the athletic program (3rd-8th grades), expanding sports opportunities for both boys and girls. He was the PHS Boosters Club President in 1989 and received the Sid Singer Award for outstanding service to youth in the community. He also won the Betty C. Howard Award as the Recreation Departments outstanding employee. During his tenure, he created a model athletic program for middle schools throughout the Bay Area. In 2009, the Piedmont Middle School Gym was dedicated in his name.
Rich Watts
Rich Watts
PHS Class of 1990
Rich Watts lettered in 3 sports at PHS, Baseball, Basketball, and Football. He was a 2-year varsity athlete in basketball, earning consecutive ESAL Honorable Mention Awards, as well as the Most Improved Player Award. In Football, he was a 2-year varsity starting quarterback (#19) for the Highlanders. He was the team captain, team MVP, and eaned a spot on the 2nd Team All-League squad in the ESAL. Baseball was his main sport. He was a 3-year starter, team captain, named MVP by the ESAL in consecutive years.
Rich went on to play baseball at UC Davis. As the all-time batting leader (.384 avg), member of back to back NCAC Championships, 2 time All-Conference 1st Team and Batting Champion and 2nd Team All-American, he was inducted into the UC Davis Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 and the UC Davis Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008. He was drafted into Major League Baseball by Pittsburgh and played for 2 years with the Pirates.
Norman M. Green
Norman M. Green
PHS Class of 1950
Norman Green was the NCS Mile Champion in 1950. While he broke the NCS mile record, he was also the ACAL Mile Champion (undefeated) and was named All-County in both 1949 and 1950. He was the Track Optimo winner at PHS in 1950. At Cal, he was the 2nd best miler, running a 4:24 mile. Green went on to become a Masters Mile runner as a top distance winner for 50+ age group.
Norman currently resides in West Brandywine, PA.
Ken "Bebe” Rawlings
Ken "Bebe” Rawlings
PHS Class of 1951
Ken Rawlings was part of the 1951 ACAL Basketball Championship Team, where he was named All-County at the 1951 Tournament of Champions. Rawlings was an avid supporter of Piedmont High School becoming one of the most active educational and athletic contributors in the Piedmont community.
His support includes the creation of the Lois Blair Rawlings Scholarship Fund, contributions toward teacher professional development, the re-development of the Witter Field Complex, the remodeling of Piedmont High School's William "Binks" Rawlings Gymnasium, sponsorship of men's varsity basketball tournaments, and sponsoring the development of Coaches Field in Piedmont.
Bebe was also instrumental in the founding to the Piedmont Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and hosted the first several events at his beautiful home in Piedmont.
Stanley "Vic” Nelson
Stanley "Vic” Nelson
PHS Class of 1954
Vic Nelson was a four sport letterman in football, track, baseball, and basketball. It was in football where he stood out, being named to the All-County and All-Metro Football Teams as a top lineman. While at PHS he won the prestigious Samuel Moyer Award and was President of the Block P Society and a member of RIGMA.
Gordon "Skip” Huber
Huber (#68) with the carry
Gordon "Skip” Huber
PHS Class of 1956
Gordon Huber was a stand-out football player, who was named All-County three times and All-Metro in 1955. He was also awarded the Optimo and earned the Robert "Slugger" Kurkjian Award in 1955. During his PHS tenure, he lettered in Track and Field and was the Student Body President. Huber took his gridiron skills to Berkeley, where he was the starting defensive end on Cal's 1959 Rose Bowl Team and was also named an Academic All-American.
Richard H. Carlson
Richard H. Carlson
PHS Class of 1979
Richard Carlson is acknowledged as one of the top male tennis players in PHS history. In 1977, he played #1 singles at PHS, with the team ranking #7 in the nation. During that same year, Carlson was ranked #1 in Northern California and #15 in the nation. In 1978, he was the NCS Doubles Champion, playing on a PHS team that ranked #5 in the nation. He was also ranked #9 in Northern California and in the top 75 in the nation. In 1979, Carlson played #1 singles at PHS and was ranked #1 in Northern California and #33 in the nation.
He went on to play at San Jose State and authored Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, a NY Times best seller with 26 million copies sold.
Kristina Kliszewski
Kristina Kliszewski
PHS Class of 1989
Kristina Kliszewski was a three-time All-League volleyball player, a two-time NCS Scholar-Athlete and was named league MVP. As captain of the volleyball team, PHS routinely placed 1st or 2nd in league each year. As a club volleyball player, she went to the Junior Olympics five straight years, and her club team was ranked #7 in the nation her senior year.
Kliszewski was also an outstanding softball player. As co-captain and winner of the top hitter award, she was named all-league in softball and led the team in RBI's, runs, and extra base hits. She continued her volleyball career at Yale University, where she was named All-Ivy League for 2 years and holds season and career records at Yale for digs, kills, and service aces.
Ashley Paris
Ashley Paris
PHS Class of 2005
Ashley Paris was a star athlete on the 2004 girls basketball team (#1 CA , #7 U.S.) and the 2005 team (#1 CA , #4 U.S.), consecutively winning 2 NCS, 2 Nor-Cal, and 2 State Championships. She was named 4-time CIF All-State from 2002-05. In 2005, she was a McDonald's All-American, and a Nike All-American. She went on to play at Oklahoma University where she is amongst the all-time leaders in rebounding, field goal percentage and wins.