HALL OF FAME
Athletes, Coaches and Community Heroes
Catey McCreary
CATEY MCCREARY
PHS CLASS OF 1983
Barrier Breaking. Pioneer of Women’s sports. 7 Varsity Letters.
Catherine “Catey” McCreary (Class of 1983), is a respected sports icon for women’s sports in the Piedmont Community. From her time as a playground warrior at Wildwood Elementary, all day, every day, through her career as a multiple sport athlete at Piedmont High School, her passion for competition and joy of playing sports helped establish and normalize the idea of female athletes in the community.
Catey was instrumental in breaking the barriers of boy's sports in the community, being the first girl on the Piedmont Soccer Club when there were only two teams-boy's teams. In 1974, it was against the rules for her to play in a game, and if she did, the team would need to forfeit. Thankfully those rules changed later that year-two years AFTER title IX. Catey was a participant in the inaugural season of Peppermint Patty softball as a 3rd grader playing first base to 6th grader Becky Richter's rocket throws before moving to minor and major league boy's baseball.
During her athletic career at PHS, Catey was a fierce competitor who learned much from playing team sports. From 1979 to 1983, she started Varsity Softball all four years and was named co- captain for her senior season. She earned all league twice, honorable mention once, had over .990 fielding average and struck out only 4 times in her career. She also started three years of Varsity Basketball, earning All-League honors her senior year and honorable mention junior year. Having learned and developed the concept of "team" over her four years as a high school athlete, the majority of PHS games her senior year ended in double-doubles, not just for Catey, but for others on the team as well. Throughout her career, she has earned Team MVP, Team Most Inspirational and was named all-tournament MVP at Benicia High School her Senior Season. Catey also played left wing in a women's soccer league with Coach Bruce Furst in the Spring of her junior and senior years. She was part of the stats group for PHS football, trading off time between working on stats or spotting for her Dad, Hunter McCreary, as he announced PHS football games.
Catey served as ASB Senior Class President and played trumpet in the orchestra, playing in 4 G&S operettas and Spring Musicals. She made the softball team at Cal Poly, SLO her freshmen year, and to the complete surprise of her parents, chose to focus on academics instead. Today, she is still active, playing golf and walking; she credits team sports for her love of organizational behavior, team dynamics and operational success in the workplace. She has volunteered with youth at camps and clinics, and recently as a stroke and turn official with USA Swimming. She is currently enjoying watching her daughter, Abigail, create her own path through swimming and volleyball.
Casey Morris
CASEY MORRIS
PHS CLASS OF 2008
Casey Morris was a standout 4-year varsity basketball star with the Highlanders from 2004-2008. She is currently the #1 ranked girls basketball player to be nominated for the Piedmont Sports Hall of Fame by PHS Coach Bryan Gardere.
Piedmont High School Career:
In her freshman season, Casey Morris was a key player on Piedmont’s second State Championship team, earning a spot on the Cal-Hi Sports all-freshman team and being named third-team all-state in 2004-05.
As a sophomore Casey continued to star for the Highlanders on their way to a 3rd consecutive North Coast Section basketball title for the 2005-2006 season. She was named the co-MVP of the End of the Oregon Trail tournament, and selected as a Street & Smith's honorable mention All-American.
In her 2006-2007 junior season, she averaged 24 points per game, contributed eight assists, four rebounds and two steals a game, leading Piedmont to a 4th Straight NCS basketball title. At this point Morris had scored an impressive 1,358 points in her first three prep seasons. She played club basketball for the California Storm and received an invite to the 2007 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival.
As a senior, Casey led Piedmont to a 21-6 record and scored a game-high 19 points in the North Coast Section 2007-2008 quarterfinals. She was named co-MVP of the Bay Shore Athletic League and to the San Francisco Chronicle’s all-metro second-team.
After graduating from PHS, Casey enjoyed a stellar career at Texas Tech under coach Kristy Curry. She finished her career at Texas Tech with 1,056 points in just three seasons. She is 6th all-time in Texas Tech history with 177 career 3-point field goals made, 7th all-time in Texas Tech history with 81.6 career free-throw percentage (177 of 217) and she started an impressive 99 of 100 games played at Texas Tech.
During her college career, she made 3 NCAA tournament appearance in 4 years of college basketball – one being with UC Berkeley and 2 with Texas Tech University.
Casey and her sister Chazny are still active in the sport. In 2018, along with sister, Chazny Nunes, won the 3X3 Mountain Dew Northern CA Championship and was rewarded with competing in the USA Basketball National Open 3X3 tournament in Colorado Springs.
Post High School and College Casey earned a PhD, High Education from Texas Tech University.
SF GATE Article:
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/The-other-sisters-give-Piedmont-added-punch-2704128.php
Overview:
· Helped Piedmont High School claim the 2004-05 state title as a freshman...
· Helped lead her PHS teams to four straight NCS titles.
· Named co-MVP of the Bay Shore Athletic League 2007-08
· Finished her career with an incredible 1,982 points
· Participated in the 2007 USA Youth Development Festival...
· Hall of Fame of Nike Club Team - California Storm (Now Team Taurasi)
· 2006, named the co-MVP of the End of the Oregon Trail tournament, and in 2005, picked to the all-tournament team...
· Morris landed on the Cal-Hi Sports all-freshman team in 2006
· Selected for USA U16 2007 Development Festival
Lauren Remer
lauren Remer
PHS CLASS OF 2013
Lauren graduated from PHS in 2013 and was a standout on both the varsity track and soccer teams during her acclaimed Piedmont Highlander athletic career. As a junior, Lauren broke the PHS record in the 400m and later broke the PHS 200m record during her senior season. She was voted first team all league multiple times, and won several league titles in her track events. She also competed in the North Coast Section and CIF championship meets in the 400m and 200m. On the soccer field, Lauren earned all-league honors and served as team captain her senior season. In 2013 she starred on the girls varsity soccer team that played in the North Coast Section Division II Championship game. Lauren also served as the Vice President of her senior class. Lauren was recruited by and committed to Stanford her senior year at PHS and went on to run track for the Cardinal her freshman year.
After graduating from Stanford, Lauren returned to campus to earn her Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from Stanford Medicine and is now a practicing PA at Stanford Hospital. She currently lives in the East Bay with her husband and fellow PHS grad, Cormac Craigie.
2003-2005 Girls Basketball Team
2003-2005 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
BACK-TO-BACK CIF STATE CHAMPIONS
The 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 Piedmont High School Varsity Girls Basketball teams are the winningest sports teams in the history of Piedmont High School. From 2003-2005, the Girls Basketball teams won back-to-back BSAL titles, North Coast Sectional Championships, Regional Championships, and State Championship Titles. At the State Championship game in 2004, the team set the record for the largest margin of victory in any State Championship game, boys or girls, with a 40+ point victory over Brentwood High School (82-44).
In 2004, the team was named the #1 High School Girls Basketball team in the country (all divisions) by USA Today. The 2004 and 2005 teams finished their seasons 33-2 overall, #1 in CA, and in the top 10 nationally both years (#7 in 2004 and #4 in 2005). This powerhouse team had 9 of its players go on to play collegiate basketball, three of whom also played professionally overseas, two of whom were drafted by the WNBA, and one who won a WNBA Championship.
1976 Football Team
1976 FOOTBALL TEAM
NORTH COAST SECTION 2A CHAMPIONS
The 1976 Piedmont High School football team not only achieved the rare feat of an undefeated season – the only team to do so in the East Bay that season – but is the only PHS football team in the school’s storied history to win the North Coast Sectional (NCS) Championship of the California Interscholastic Federation (Division AA). Originally forecast to come in no better than 5th in the Alameda County Athletic League (ACAL) in 1976, PHS showed its power and grit by concluding its ACAL championship run with three straight shut-outs, and in the final six games of the year – including the NCS play-offs – outscoring its competition 106-27. Piedmont put a cap on its 11-0 season with a 20-8 victory over Salesian in the NCS championship game.
The Piedmont 1976 team demonstrated its dominance by claiming nine of the ACAL’s All-League Team slots, five on offense and four on defense. This 33-man team readily showed its proficiency in the important statistics, as the Piedmont defensive team yielded the fewest points of any ACAL team, while its offense scored the most points in the league. The 1976 team ranked third in the final East Bay Football poll, and ranked in the Top 10 of teams in the entire Bay Area.
James Danielson
JAMES DANIELSON
PHS CLASS OF 1981
James graduated in 1981 and was a 3-sport star in football, soccer, and track.
In Football, James was a 3-year varsity starter. He was Piedmont’s first soccer style kicker, kicking a 40-yard field goal in a game against Albany. He led the team in interceptions his junior and senior years, while having one game with 4 interceptions his junior year.
In Soccer, James was a 3-year varsity starter. After his MVP junior year, James led the Piedmont team to its first North Coast Section Championship appearance, while earning Piedmont's first North Coast Section Individual Player honor in 1981. James received the Coaches Award his senior year. His PHS soccer coach, Don O’Connell has stated James would have very easily been a 4-year varsity member in soccer if PHS had a team his freshman year.
James was a 4-year varsity member in track. He was a 3-time Optimo winner during those 4 years. He broke the school record for the Triple Jump his senior year.
James was distinguished as team captain and a 1st Team All-League recipient in each sport his junior and senior years. He received 10 total varsity letters at Piedmont High. James was distinguished as Athlete of the Year for the PHS graduating class of 1981, He went on to play soccer at the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his Bachelors of Art Degree in Social Science.
Georgia Hill
GEORGIA HILL
A 2013 graduate, Georgia Hill lettered in both softball and basketball at PHS. In softball, Georgia earned 1st Team All-League honors four times, including WACC League MVP, 3rd Team All East Bay and 1st Team All State her senior year. She was voted Co-Captain, team MVP and team Offensive Player of the Year three times and was the starting pitcher each of her four years on varsity. Georgia shares or holds over 20 unofficial softball records, including career Home Runs (26), RBI’s (150), Hits (143), Batting Average (.491), Slugging Percentage (.921), RBI’s in a game (8), RBI’s in a Season (48) and home runs in a double header (3). Georgia’s most impressive and improbable record came in her first home game as a freshman where she hit a home run in her first two plate appearances. In her one year of varsity basketball, Georgia received the Most Inspirational Award. After two years of playing softball at The College of Wooster, Georgia ranked among the top five in 11 softball school records, breaking four her freshman year, including the single season home record with six. Georgia transferred from the College of Wooster to the University of Arizona, where she graduated in Spring 2018 with a History and Marketing degree.
Jon Minor
JON MINOR
Jon graduated PHS in 1983, earning three varsity letters in basketball. Jon was a dominant 6’6” starting center his junior and senior years, earning 1st Team All-League honors and Alameda County Athletic Conference (ACAL) Player of the Year both seasons. He also received the Optimo Award his senior season as the team’s Most Valuable Player. Jon continued his basketball career at UC Davis.
Lauren Barbieri
LAUREN BARBIERI
Lauren is a 2001 PHS graduate. A Track & Field and Cross Country standout, Lauren was named the Track & Field MVP all 4 years at PHS. She won multiple league titles, competed in the North Coast Section championship meet in the 800m, high jump, triple jump, 300m hurdles, 4x100 relay, and 4x400 relay. In her senior season she competed in the California State Championship meet in the 300m hurdles. Lauren broke PHS records in the Triple Jump, 4x400 relay and 100m hurdles. During her senior year she was also PHS Student Body President. After PHS Lauren competed in both Cross Country (2 years) and Track & Field (4 years) at UC Berkeley where she recorded an All Time Top 10 time in 3000m Steeplechase and was named Academic All-Pac 10.
After graduating from UC Berkeley, Lauren earned her MBA from UCLA business school, and has had a long career as recycling and waste consultant. She still loves running marathons and triathlons, and spending time being active outdoors with her husband, Mike, and children, Rian and Walter. She and her family now live in Truckee.
Devin Brown
DEVIN BROWN
Devin graduated from PHS in 2009 and was a dynamic athlete in football, basketball and baseball for the Highlanders. On the Gridiron, he was a three-year starter on both sides of the ball. As a senior, he led the State with 13 interceptions and earned 1st Team All-League honors, All-Area by both the San Francisco Chronicle and Contra Costa Times, and was named to the All-State 1st Team Defense by MaxPreps. Additionally, he received All-League in basketball in 2008 & 2009. After graduation, Devin took his athletic talents to the University of Massachusetts football program where he was a UMASS Scholar Athlete of the Year.
Kerri Roemer
KERRI ROEMER
Kerri graduated PHS in 1999, earning 11 varsity letters in Tennis, Basketball, Track & Field and Softball.
She was named an “athlete of the season” in 1996 and became the first Piedmont player to win the girl’s tennis singles league title in 15 years. She led the team to NCS playoffs in each of her four years. In 1997, Kerri and her sister, Kristi, led the varsity team to win the first ever CIF/USTA NorCal Invitational. As team captain in 1998, she was a leading player on the ACCAL championship team and was presented the CIF sportsmanship/citizenship award.
Kerri was consistently achieved a singles ranking in the girls’ USTA Northern California junior circuit and in 1998, Kerri earned a USTA national ranking of 228 for the girls’ 18 singles division.
Kerri continued her tennis career by joining UC Davis women’s tennis team in 1999 and was awarded the Division II Western Conference Rookie of the Year in 2000. She was named team captain her senior year.
In addition to her PHS tennis accomplishments, Kerri was a starter on the varsity girls’ basketball team where she played both guard and forward, earning Honorable Mention All-League in 1997. She also helped the team to a historic 1st round win at NCS playoffs in 1998. Kerri ran track her freshman year, competing in the 800 meters and hurdles. During sophomore and junior years, she joined the varsity softball squad where she hit lead-off and defended center field.
