Justin Aaron was a two-sport star as a student at Napa High and later returned to teach and coach at the school. He was an outfielder and first baseman on the 1985 and 1986 Indian baseball teams. As a senior,…
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Shev Aguilar
Shev Aguilar was a multi-sport athlete at Napa High School and later at Oregon State University. In his two years at Napa High, Aguilar excelled in football, basketball and baseball. In college, he played baseball in his freshman year and…
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Darlene Ah-Mau Kempin
Darlene Ah-Mau was a multi-sport player at Napa High, contributing to the success of the basketball, volleyball, and track teams as well as the softball team in her senior year. Ah-Mau was a varsity volleyball player for three years, helping…
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Basketball (Girls)|Softball|Track & Field (Girls)|Volleyball
Lani Ah-Mau
Lani Ah-Mau was a four-sport performer at Napa High School over a four year period. In her freshman and sophomore years as a member of the varsity track team, she ran the 100 meter, the 4×100 relay and high jumped.…
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Basketball (Girls)|Softball|Track & Field (Girls)|Volleyball
Erica Ahmann
Erica Ahmann was a standout three-sport athlete at Napa High School, making her mark in basketball, volleyball and track. She played four years of basketball, three on the varsity, and was an outstanding team player according to Coach Keith Orr.…
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Marty Atkinson Simpson
Marty Atkinson is the third member of her family to be inducted into the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame, joining grandfather Ernie Sander and sister Amy Atkinson-Viera. Atkinson had a very active athletic career at Napa High as…
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Amy Atkinson Vieira*
Amy Atkinson was a four-year varsity basketball starter at Napa High School and a three-year starter in volleyball and softball, with a little bit of track and swimming to round out her senior year. She is the granddaughter of Ernie…
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Tristan Austin Ruiz
Tristan Austin established an athletic record at Napa High that is among the best in the school’s history. In her four years at Napa, she was a starter and a star on 12 teams: two junior varsity teams as a…
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Rick Bailey*
Rick Bailey is a legend among his contemporaries because of his wide variety of athletic skills. At various times at Napa High, Bailey was a heavyweight wrestler, a tennis player, a power-hitting baseball catcher and an All-North Bay League two-way…
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Ed Barwick*
Ed Barwick, the voice of Napa High School football since 1970, earned three block N’s during his years as a student athlete at Napa High. Barwick played a year of “B” basketball, a year of tennis, a year of track,…
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Baseball|Basketball (Boys)|Football|Tennis (Boys)|Track & Field (Boys)
Michael Blair
Michael Blair was a track and cross-country star for Napa High. After two successful seasons of running for Justin-Siena, Blair transferred to Napa and looked to continue his athletic career. As a junior, he was first in the Sac-Joaquin Sub-Section…
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Ed Blanton
As a high school football player and wrestler, it would be hard to find an athletic resume stronger than that of Ed Blanton. While Ed was blessed with great size, it was his athletic ability that allowed him to dominate…
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Mel Boybosa
Mel Boybosa was a three-sport athletic star at Napa High School. As a football player, Boybosa played end during his junior and senior campaigns. He was named to the All-NBL team in 1951. Boybosa was a devastating tackler who was…
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Harrison Briles*
Harrison Briles was a three-year varsity tackle for the Napa High School Indians in 1936, 1937 and 1938. He was an All-North Bay League selection at tackle in 1937 and 1938. In addition to his hard-nosed play in the middle…
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Mike Brown
Mike Brown has coached multiple sports at multiple levels during a 29-year time period at Napa High. He began his Napa High coaching career in 1980 as a junior varsity football assistant coach before transitioning to the varsity level where…
Warren Brusstar
Warren Brusstar was a football, basketball and baseball star at Napa High School. He was a lineman on the 1968 and 1969 football teams and played on the 1969-70 basketball team, while also pitching for the 1969 and 1970 baseball…
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Bill Buckner*
Bill Buckner is known throughout the country by knowledgeable baseball observers as one of the great hitters to play major league baseball. Only 44 players in the history of Major League Baseball have hit safely more times than Bill Buckner.…
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Bob Buckner
Bob Buckner was a three-sport athlete at Napa High in 1965 and 1966. Buckner was a guard and team captain on the 1966 basketball team. He was a reserve end and defensive back on the 1964 football team and as…
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Ed Burke
Ed Burke’s greatest athletic contributions to Napa High School came in the field events of track and field competition. He competed for the Napa High School track team in 1957 and 1958, and set the state record for the discus…
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David Burns
David Burns starred in football and basketball for Napa High in 1978-79. Burns was a back on the 1978 Indian grid team that enjoyed a 6-3-1 season. He was the league-leading ground gainer and won All-MEL honors as an offensive…
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Bruce Cassayre
Bruce Cassayre competed in track, tennis and basketball at Napa High School. In 1947, on the C track team, he won the NBL shot put championship. In 1948, he repeated the feat on the B track team, setting an NBL…
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Bob Chance
Bob Chance began filming Napa High freshman football in 1997, later joining Don Inglis in the booth at Old Memorial Stadium on Friday nights. He now films games from the sideline and mans the end zone camera. He also volunteered…
Steve Clerici
Steve Clerici was an outstanding three-sport star at Napa High. As a sophomore, he played JV football, ran track and was the sixth man on the varsity basketball team, though he is best known for his football and basketball abilities.…
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Joel Coffield*
Coffield played four years of football and three years of basketball at Napa High. He was Captain of the 1924-25 basketball team which was league champion and district champion. The only loss of the season came against Stockton in the…
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John Colledge*
John Colledge was an all time great athlete at Corning High School and Chico State College. In high school, Colledge had an incredible record as a four year star in all four major sports – football, basketball, baseball and track.…
Michael “Buddy” Connor
In terms of individual performances on the football field, it could be argued that no one in the early 2000s enjoyed a more successful season than Buddy Connor in the 2002 season. The Napa Register wrote that, “Buddy keyed Napa’s…
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Lori Cook
Lori Cook has had an incredible career as a softball player and coach and it all began as a freshman at Napa High School when she became the first freshman to make the varsity team as a starting outfielder. In…
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Bob Covey*
For many years, the name Bob Covey was synonymous with football excellence in the city of Napa. As a sophomore, he was moved up to the varsity from the ramblers during the season. His keen football mind and crisp tackling…
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Ricky Del Fiorentino*
Ricky Del Fiorentino was a very big young man in high school and he used his size, strength and athletic ability to have a very big two-sport high school athletic career. He was an outstanding member of the Napa Indians…
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Mike Delmonico
Mike Delmonico had a spectacular two-sport career for three years at Napa High School. As a football player, he played one year on the junior varsity team and two years on the varsity. He was a member of the 1971…
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Charles “Skip” Dresel*
Skip Dresel played baseball and basketball at Napa High School. He was a first baseman on the 1947 and 1948 baseball teams, and helped the 1948 team gain a tie for the North Bay League championship. Dresel showed promise as…
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Jake Duckworth
Jake Duckworth was an athlete who achieved considerable success at Napa High School. He played some baseball as a freshman and sophomore and some tennis as a senior, but it was his record in football and basketball that was outstanding.…
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Jim Duncan*
Jim Duncan was a basketball star who also played football and tennis at Napa High School. He played #1 singles and doubles on the 1945, ’46 and ’47 tennis teams. In 1947, Duncan and doubles partner Jack Hosburg won the…
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Jerry Dunlap
As the son of a football coach and college athletic director, it is no surprise that Jerry Dunlap would follow in his dad’s footsteps, and it was Napa High’s good fortune that landed Dunlap in Napa. Dunlap grew up in…
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Brooke Dunton
Brooke Dunton was a three-sport athlete through her high school career, and was recruited by the soccer coaches to plan goalie in her senior year because the team needed a goaltender. They saw her play softball during her first three…
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Jim Dykes*
Jim Dykes was an outstanding baseball and football player whose high school career was interrupted by World War II. As a freshman in 1941, Dykes started several games as a pitcher for Napa High School. He had a very strong…
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Aaron Elton*
Aaron Elton was a four-year baseball star at Napa High School. As a freshman second baseman, he led the team in hitting with a .400 average. He transferred to third base as a sophomore and hit over .400. Records were…
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Tracey Emberley
Tracey Emberley was a three-sport athlete at Napa High in basketball, volleyball and track, and added softball in her senior year. She played on the varsity basketball team as a ninth grader at Ridgeview Junior High. Emberley played on the…
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Basketball (Girls)|Softball|Track & Field (Girls)|Volleyball
Jessi Emery Gibson
Jessi Emery-Gibson was a gifted basketball and softball player during NHS years. Despite fighting Hirschsprung’s disease which required over thirty surgeries, Emery-Gibson played at Napa High with great passion and determination. Her basketball coach Darci Lewis Ward said, “I was…
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Brent Farris
One the finest basketball players to have played at Napa High, Brent Farris was “all-everything” in basketball for the Indians earning All-State, All-Sac-Joaquin Section, All-Superior California, All-MEL and All-Napa County honors. In 1991, he was honored as the MEL and…
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Carla Fish
Carla Fish was a four-year varsity starter in two sports at Napa High. She was a starting guard on the women’s basketball team as a freshman and continued in that capacity for the next three years. She was a high-scoring…
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Ron Fisher
Ron Fisher graduated in the storied 1972 Napa High class whose teams won North Bay League titles in football, basketball, and baseball during their three-year high school career. Ron is joining hall of fame members and classmates Stewart Walkenhorst, Rick…
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Joe Flax*
Joe Flax was a three-sport star at Napa High School, excelling in basketball, football and tennis. He played during the time Napa was out of league competition and thus was ineligible for All-League honors. Flax was an outstanding pass-catching end…
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Katie Fontana Abbott
Katie Fontana earned most of her athletic recognition at Napa High School for her cross country and track performances, and she also played three years of basketball and one year of volleyball for the Indians. In addition to her athletic…
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Basketball (Girls)|Cross Country (Girls)|Track & Field (Girls)
Randy Franck
Randy Franck was a football player at Napa High School in 1979, 1980 and 1981. To those who saw him play, coached him, or played with or against him, this first sentence is a gross understatement. As a sophomore in…
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Alynda Franco Davis
Alynda Franco was one of the most successful female athletes in the history of Napa High School. She excelled for four years in volleyball, soccer and track, in addition to two years of JV basketball. After one year of JV…
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Basketball (Girls)|Soccer (Girls)|Track & Field (Girls)|Volleyball
Barbara Franco
Barbara Franco was the women’s volleyball coach at Napa High School for 17 seasons, two years as frosh-soph coach in 1980 and ’81, and 15 years as women’s varsity coach from 1982-96. She established an incomparable record of success, whether…
Les Franco
Les Franco was the Most Valuable Player on the 1961 football team, excelling as a linebacker on defense and part-time quarterback on offense. He was also an outstanding linebacker on the 1960 team. Like his father before him, Franco was…
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Matt Franco
Matt Franco was an outstanding athlete in three sports at Napa High School. He was a starting wide receiver and defensive cornerback on the 1988 section semi-finalist Indian 11. The same year, he was All-MEL as a wide receiver, All-Napa…
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John “Muck” Franco*
John “Muck” Franco participated in four different sports during his four-year career at Napa High School. He was the starting shortstop for the Indians baseball team in 1931-1934 and in 1933, he was team captain and leading hitter. In addition…
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Steve Galios*
Steve Galios was a three-sport, first-string athlete at Napa High. In track, he ran the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440-yard relay, and long jumped. He played two years of basketball and was a starter on the 1954-55 team. Galios played…
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Mike Gibson
Much like fellow inductee Ed Blanton, there was not much Mike Gibson could not do as a lineman on the Napa High Football team. Gibson was not a typical “big and burly lineman” who relied strictly on size. Rather he…
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Jenny Gold Maday
Jenny Gold was outstanding as a track and field athlete at Napa High from 1977 to 1980. She also participated in gymnastics for two years, helping the 1978-1979 Napa High team win the MEL Championship. As a track star, Gold…
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Carlos Gonzalez
At the conclusion of the 1975 Napa High football season Carlos Gonzalez won virtually every honor and award available to a high school lineman. Playing both offense and defense, Gonzalez seldom, if ever, came off the field during his high…
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George Gosling*
George Gosling was an outstanding three-sport athlete at Napa High School and in his senior year, added a second place finish in the shot put in the NBL sub-league track meet. In baseball, Gosling was a starting outfielder as a…
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John Graves*
John Graves was another three-sport athlete at Napa High, who ran the 880-yard run for the track team and played one year of B basketball and two years of varsity basketball, culminating his career by leading the 1939-40 team in…
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Louie Guisto*
With his induction into the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, Louie Guisto becomes the oldest alumnus to be so honored. Not much is known about Guisto’s achievements at Napa High School, but based on his accomplishments…
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Rich Harbison
Rich Harbison is truly one of the greatest athletes to ever wear the colors of Napa High. He started for seven Napa varsity teams in addition to playing a year on the sophomore baseball team and being captain of an…
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Steve Hendrickson*
Steve Hendrickson was a football player and wrestler at Napa High School. While Hendrickson received many accolades for his wrestling abilities, which included being ranked by the Sacramento Bee as a junior, being named captain of the Napa team and…
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John Hendry*
John Hendry was an outstanding four-sport performer during his years at Napa High School. In addition to being a starting end on the football teams of 1954 and 1955, a pitcher-first baseman on the 1955 and 1956 baseball teams and…
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Jim Henry
Jim Henry is best known for his accomplishments as a track star at Napa High School, but he also was a major threat as a wide receiver on the football team. His credentials as a Hall of Fame member resemble…
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Bob Herlocker
Bob Herlocker has been a teacher and a coach for 39 years, 25 of which have been at Napa High. Herlocker began his coaching career at Hiram Johnson High School in 1970. Herlocker made several stops along the way to…
Jodi Hoyer
Jodi Hoyer was a three-sport athlete at Napa High School, competing very well in volleyball, basketball and softball. She added some icing onto her athletic cake by quarterbacking the Powder Puff football team to a victory over Vintage in her…
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Glenn Hughes
Glenn Hughes has been a fixture at Napa High athletic events for 20 years, taking care of the athletes that wear the blue and gold. A co-owner of Napa Valley Physical Therapy, Hughes has offered his training services free of…
Kelly Hull
Kelly Hull was elected to the Napa High School Hall of Fame in her first year of eligibility – 15 years after graduation. As an undergraduate, Hull was a popular leader, a competitive athlete and the recipient of many awards…
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Bob Humpert*
Three-sport athlete Bob Humpert joins son Stuart and brother Frank as a member of the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Humpert was a football and basketball star at Napa High School, but it was his accomplishments as a…
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Frank Humpert*
Frank Humpert has had a long connection with Napa High School and its athletic and scholastic history. He started as a B football and basketball player in the 1940-41 school year and has maintained some connection with the school in…
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Stuart Humpert
Stuart Humpert had an outstanding career at Napa High School as a football player and track & field standout. He was a defensive back on three Napa High football teams and a hurdler and relay runner on three Napa High…
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Jillian Imrie
Jillian Imrie played volleyball, soccer, and basketball for the Indians but the court was where she shined. A stand-out volleyball player, Imrie was named All-MEL and All-Napa County while also garnering honors as the Monticello Empire League’s Player of the…
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Don Inglis
Don Inglis film “career” started in the fall of 1979 with the purchase of a video camera so that he could preserve his son’s games as a member of the Indians football team. Napa’s then-head coach, Les Franco took notice…
Joe Jaeger*
Joe Jaeger was another three-sport star at Napa High with strong performances in football, basketball and baseball. In football, Jaeger was a defensive back and back up quarterback as a junior, advanced to the starting quarterback position as a senior…
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Marshall Jaeger
Marshall Jaeger was a two-sport athletic star at Napa High School and a student leader whose football prowess earned him a scholarship to U. C. Berkeley. Jaeger was a two-year starter at forward for the Napa Indian basketball team. He…
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Marty James
With over forty years working for the Napa Valley Register and serving as Sports Editor, it must be acknowledged that Marty James is a treasure to the Napa Valley sports scene. The prominence, consistency and fairness of high school sports…
Sheri Jennum
Sheri Jennum had a great three-sport career at Napa High from 1977 to 1981. As a freshman, she played basketball and made honorable mention on the SCAL All-League team. She was also a member of the SCAL championship softball team.…
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Ches Johnson*
Ches Johnson was a standout basketball, football and track athlete in the early 1930s. Track information for the period is very sketchy, but Coach Walter Hemmerling called Johnson the most promising candidate on the 1934 track squad, where he competed…
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Greg Johnson
Greg Johnson may well be the best “pure shooter” to ever play basketball at Napa High School. He is one of four players in the history of the school to score over 1,000 points in his career and is the…
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Tish Johnson
Tish Johnson was an outstanding athlete at Napa High School and has gone on to gain national recognition as one of the top performers on the Women’s Professional Bowlers Tour. Johnson played volleyball at Napa, but the Committee had no…
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Tom Johnson*
Tom Johnson had an enviable record as a four-sport athlete during his three years at Napa High. He went out for 11 major sports during that period and was a first string performer on ten varsity teams: three basketball, three…
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Dave Jones
Dave Jones had an outstanding athletic and scholastic career at Napa School. As an athlete, he played basketball, football and baseball, earned honorable mention on the North Bay League football and basketball teams, and was a two year first team…
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Kamron Jones
Kam Jones was a standout two-sport star for the Indians during his career at Napa High. Excelling on the football field and the track, Jones earned numerous accolades during his time as an Indian. He started at a defensive back…
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Mike Kroplin
Mike Kroplin is an outstanding member of the second generation of the Kroplin family to star at Napa High School. He was a three-sport star in baseball, basketball and football. As a junior, he was chosen the outstanding junior athlete…
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Joe LeMasters
Joe LeMasters was a two-sport standout for Napa High, leading the Indians on the football field and the baseball diamond. As the Indians’ signal caller, LeMasters was named first-team All-Monticello Empire League Division I, Offensive Player of the Year on…
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Tom LeMasters
Tom LeMasters was another three-sport star at Napa High. As a sophomore, he played JV basketball and baseball, but as a junior and senior, LeMasters was a starter in football, basketball and baseball. As a junior, he was named to…
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Darci Lewis Ward
Darci Lewis shined on the tennis and basketball courts while also earning distinctions for her success in cross-country and track & field meets. A two-time Napa Register Fall Athlete of the Year (1993, 1994), Lewis posted a 14-0 doubles tennis…
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Basketball (Girls)|Cross Country (Girls)|Tennis (Girls)|Track & Field (Girls)
Denny Lewis
Denny Lewis was the Napa High School men’s basketball coach from 1974 to 2002, 28 years of directing the Blue and Gold program. His teams won 376 games during his coaching tenure and he has had a positive influence on…
Jim Link
Jim Link had a two sport career at Napa High School. He performed well on the baseball field and had an incredible record as a three year starter on the football team. As a freshman, Link was a starter on…
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Arlie Lloyd
Arlie Lloyd was a standout defensive tackle for the Napa Indian football teams of 1958 and 1959. One San Francisco newspaper singled out Lloyd as one of Northern California’s top defensive high school linemen. Lloyd’s high school coach Bob Covey,…
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Dick Lonergan*
Dick Lonergan excelled in two sports for two years during his time at Napa High School. He was a sprinter on the track team and an end who played both ways on the football team. During his junior track campaign,…
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Jeff Loudon
Jeff Loudon was an outstanding football and basketball player at Napa High. He helped pace the 1959 football team to the first undefeated, untied season in the school’s history. As a defensive back, he intercepted three passes in one game.…
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Craig Lundeen
Craig Lundeen was one of two Lundeen brothers inducted into the 1998 class of Hall of Famers. His brother Robert is also a member. Craig Lundeen was a three-sport athlete at Napa High and his list of credits and awards…
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Mark Lundeen
Mark Lundeen was a three-sport athlete at Napa High, where he played basketball and excelled in football and baseball. He was a member of the famous athletic class of 1989 and, given all of the great athletes that were in…
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Robert Lundeen
Robert Lundeen was one of two Lundeen brothers inducted into the 1998 class of Hall of Famers. His brother Craig is also a member. Robert Lundeen excelled in football and baseball during a period when Napa was dominant in both…
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Mark Lye
Mark Lye is the best golfer to play at Napa High. While a player for the Napa team from 1968-1970, he never lost a match. He was named Athlete of the Year in 1970. Lye earned a golf scholarship to…
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Hector MacLean*
Hector MacLean was a three-sport star of Napa High, excelling in football, basketball and track. Although information is unavailable regarding his track accomplishments, he was a starter and outstanding player on the 1924-25 and 1925-26 basketball teams, both of which…
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Bruce McCall
Bruce McCall is being inducted into the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame for his long time assistance to coaches and athletes as a physical therapist and athletic trainer. McCall was a three-sport star at Righetti High School in…
Don McConnell
Don McConnell was the leading scorer on the 1962-63 and 1963-64 basketball teams for Napa High when the Indians were a part of the very competitive North Bay League. As a senior, McConnell led Napa to the North Bay League…
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Margery McCormick*
Margery McCormick, member of a pioneer Napa Valley family, graduated from Napa High School in 1928. She went on to Sacramento Junior College and the University of California in Berkeley. At all three schools, McCormick was active in whatever sports…
Ed McCrea*
Ed McCrea never weighed over 145 pounds during his high school career, yet he was a track man, a baseball player, a football player and one of the best basketball players to wear Napa colors during the first 50 years…
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Bob McDonald
Bob McDonald had a unique athletic career at Napa High School. He achieved success in the more traditional sports of basketball and football, but also added a three-year stint as Napa High’s Most Outstanding Swimmer. McDonald is the first swimming…
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Harry McPherson*
There is possibly no more recognizable name in the history of Napa High School than Dr. Harry McPherson. As a major contributor to the success of the athletic department and the teams and athletes developed by the coaches in the…
Jose “Pepe” Medina
Jose “Pepe” Medina was an amazing soccer star during his tenure at Napa High. A two-year captain for the varsity soccer team, Medina started for the varsity as their center midfielder as a sophomore. His efforts on the field led…
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Jena Mello-Scripps
Jena Mello graduated from Napa High School in 1990 after an outstanding career in three sports. In her senior year, her talents in volleyball, basketball and softball earned her All-MEL honors in each of the three sports in which she…
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Bill Merrell
Bill Merrell wrestled in each of his three years while a student athlete at Napa High. As a sophomore, Merrell posted a 22-4 record, led the team in victories “by pin”, and was voted team MVP and MEL Champion in…
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Sherman Miller*
Sherman Miller is the greatest runner ever to graduate from Napa High School. As a junior, Miller was ineligible to compete for Napa High, so he ran for the Olympic Club in San Francisco, and competed in open meets all…
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Matt Moon
Matt Moon was a three-year standout performer in basketball and track at Napa High School. As the starting center on the basketball team for three years, Moon became the second player in Napa High history to score over 1,000 points.…
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Troy Mott
Troy Mott was a three-sport varsity athlete at Napa High as a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams while also competing on the JV track team in his freshman and sophomore years. Football was Mott’s primary sport and…
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Tim Mulligan
Tim Mulligan retired from teaching after 37 years. After starting at Redwood Middle School, where he served as both teacher and coach, most of his teaching career was spent coaching Napa High teams in various capacities. He was the assistant…
Carole Nelson Cammorata*
Carole Nelson-Cammorata is selected into a special category in the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame. She didn’t excel in interscholastic competition while in high school for the basic reason that there was no such competition for women at…
Kristi Nelson Crickmore
At Napa High, Kristi Nelson was a four-year volleyball and four-year soccer performer, a three-year track star, and a Powder Puff football player. Among her many honors were: Soccer— All-MEL and All-County and played on two MEL championship teams; Volleyball—…
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Keri Nelson Hamby
Keri Nelson was a multi-sport athlete at Napa High with some playing times in volleyball, cross country, track, powderpuff football, and soccer during her high school career. After her freshman year, her primary concentration was soccer, until her senior year,…
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Cross Country (Girls)|Soccer (Girls)|Track & Field (Girls)|Volleyball
Danielle Nelson Parrish
Danielle Nelson had one of the most remarkable records of any student-athlete ever to attend Napa High School. As a high school athlete, she participated four years in cross country, track and swimming and two years in soccer and JV…
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Basketball (Girls)|Cross Country (Girls)|Soccer (Girls)|Swimming (Girls)|Track & Field (Girls)
Arnold Nelson*
Arnold Nelson is a soft-spoken, modest man who does not appear to be the hard-nosed, aggressive tackle he was for three years at Napa High. Nelson actually went out for four years, but as a freshman, he was too big…
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Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson had an impressive four-year record at Napa High School in cross country and track, and a successful tour of duty at the Air Force Academy that included more of the same. Scholastically, he was a member of the…
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Keith Orr*
Keith Orr was a coach in the Napa system for over 40 years, over 34 of which were at Napa High School. He coached football, basketball and track at the high school level, baseball and basketball at the junior high…
Dominic Petrillo*
Dominic Petrillo was a four-sport standout athlete at Napa High School in the late 1930s. He played three years of football, basketball, baseball and track and was one of the few athletes of that era to earn a Napa High…
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Dr. J.C. Pickett
Dr. J.C. Pickett became the fifth person inducted into the Napa High School Hall of Fame in the Special Category reserved for those people who did not play sports at Napa High, but whose actions have contributed to the success…
Jesse Pittore
Jesse Pittore was a three-sport star at Napa High School who went on to a successful college athletic career at the University of California, Berkeley. After a season as a reserve guard on the 1956-57 Indian cage team, Pittore finished…
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Bob Porter
Bob Porter was a standout baseball player at Napa High in 1976 and 1977, leading the Indians to the league championship with a .447 batting average. As an outfielder, Porter won the following honors as a junior: All-Honors Team, All-County…
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Todd Pridy
Todd Pridy was a football and baseball player at Napa High School. With all due respect to his football talent, Pridy will always be remembered for what he contributed to the Napa High baseball program – first as a player…
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John Rawlins
John Rawlins attended Napa High when it was a two-year high school, and he was a standout player in three major sports for both years. In football, Rawlins was a wide receiver and tight end and did the punting on…
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Kori Reid Stevenson
Kori Reid was a three-sport star at Napa High. A leader on the basketball court and soccer field, it was as a member of the Indians volleyball team that Reid excelled. The first freshman to ever earn a starting position…
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George “Archie” Rice*
George “Archie” Rice began his incredible career in tennis as a sophomore at Napa High School. He was captain and first singles in both his junior and senior years and teamed with friend Bob Heflin in first doubles. In their…
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Joe Richmond
Joe Richmond has a passion for two things, which when blended together, made the Napa High experience even better for students. Devoted to shaping student athletes and the game of soccer, Richmond used these passions to motivate and educate students…
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Bill Ringer
Bill Ringer was a three-sport athlete at Napa High School. He played basketball and excelled as a wide receiver in football and as a power hitter and great defensive shortstop in baseball. As a senior Bill earned All North Bay…
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Pete Rivers*
Pete Rivers came to the Napa Valley in 1950 from Oklahoma, where he was a living legend as a high school and college athlete and a high school coach. The Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame is the fifth…
Bill Robertson
One of two Robertson brothers to be inducted into the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame, older brother Bill was a baseball and basketball star for the Indians in the late 1950s. In basketball, as a junior in 1957-58,…
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Rich Robertson
Rich Robertson is the one of two Robertson brothers to be selected to the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame in the year 2000. Robertson was a basketball and baseball star at Napa High School. As a junior playing…
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Rory Robertson
Rory Robertson was a two-sport star player at Napa High School. She played volleyball in 1984-85 and in 1985-86. In her senior year, she was selected as co-MVP on the Napa team and Sac-Joaquin Tournament Most Valuable Player and MEL…
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Scott Ruggiero*
Scott Ruggiero was a three-sport athlete, playing football, baseball, and basketball, but it was on the football and baseball fields that he truly shined. A member of the 1988 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title-winning baseball team, Ruggiero played pitcher,…
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Ernie Sander*
Ernie Sander was a three-sport athlete at Napa High School for four years, excelling in football, basketball and track. He was also president of the Student Body. A two-time All-North Bay League fullback in football, Sander was also a high…
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Russ Schamun
Russ Schamun was the receiving end of one of the most dramatic passing combinations to grace Napa High School. His late game catches and runs for touchdowns to win ball games were highlights of the Bruce Tonascia-Russ Schamun era. As…
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Tim Scheidecker
Tim Scheidecker was another outstanding multi-sport athlete at Napa High who made significant contributions to the football, baseball and track teams in the early 1970s. As a sophomore, he started in football as a defensive lineman on the North Bay…
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Dana Schulz
Dana Schulz was an outstanding two-sport athlete at Napa high School and later at Napa Junior College. Schulz was a standout center and linebacker on the 1964 NBL Championship Napa Indian team. He led the team in tackles, recovered 10…
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Dick Simpson
Dick Simpson was a two-sport standout for the Indians during his time at Napa High, but truly excelled on the football field. A Co-Captain on the 1964-1965 squad, he had the unique distinction of being named to the All-North Bay…
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Thomas Sly
Thomas Sly was an outstanding football player and wrestler while at Napa High. Sly played on the great Napa High football teams of the early 1980s. His accomplishments include leading the MEL in scoring with 15 touchdowns in 1980, setting…
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Clint Smith*
Clint Smith was active on the school coaching scene in Napa from 1957 to 1987 as a baseball coach at Napa College, a football and basketball coach at Ridgeview Junior High School in addition to the Napa High School freshman,…
Ira C. Smith
Blessed with a distinctive voice, since 1976 Ira C. Smith has been the “Sports Voice of the Napa Valley” heard on KVON radio. Smith got his start in broadcasting while serving in the military where a major who liked the…
George Stein*
George Stein, brother of N.H.S. Hall of Famer Mel Stein, was a three-sport athlete at Napa High School in football, basketball and baseball and was also voted student body president as a senior. He was starting end on the 1944…
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Mel Stein*
Mel Stein was another three-sport player at Napa High School. As a B basketball player on the 1942-43 team, he was part of one of the great comebacks in Napa history when the Indians outscored Vallejo 20-0 in the fourth…
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Mandy Stephens Huggins
Mandy Stephens was a three-sport standout during her years at Napa High, excelling on the volleyball and basketball courts, as well as the track & field teams. As the Indians’ Female Athlete of the Year during her senior campaign, she…
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Derek Stephens
Derek Stephens was an outstanding two-sport athlete for most of his Napa High School career and was recruited to be the kicker for the football team in his senior year, after three fine years as a soccer player. His primary…
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Michael Stephens
Michael Stephens made his home on the basketball court. A three-year starter for the Indians, he was named All-Napa County as a sophomore and junior, and during his senior year, was named Napa County Player of the Year. The 6’10”…
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Jack Stout
Jack Stout was an outstanding three-sport athlete at Napa High School. As a junior on the football team, Stout was named to the All-MEL defensive team and the All-Region defensive team, and was Second Team All-MEL center. As a senior,…
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Jay Suesens
Jay Suesens was a football standout for the Indians during his tenure at Napa High. He was All-Monticello Empire League in both his junior and senior years, and was also named NHS Student of the Month. As a lineman for…
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Jim Talbott*
Jim Talbott was a three-sport star at Napa High School, excelling in football, basketball and baseball, after an impressive record as a 9th and 10th grader in those three sports in addition to track. At Napa College and Chico State…
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Troy Tallman
Troy Tallman was a four-year football and baseball player at Napa High. He also played basketball in his early years at the school, but made his mark as an athlete in the former two sports. As a football player, Tallman…
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Floyd Thomas*
Floyd Thomas was a four-year letterman in four sports at Napa High from 1927 to 1931. In the spring season, he combined baseball and track, holding down an infield position for the Indian nine for four years and competing successfully…
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Art Thompson*
Art Thompson is another outstanding three-sport athlete whose two-year Napa High School career included six starting varsity seasons and a long list of honors. Thompson started at quarterback and on defense for the 1950 Indian football team, and in 1951…
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Ernie Thormahlen*
Ernie Thormahlen was a three-sport star at Napa High from 1934 to 1937. His track exploits included participation in the 440-yard dash, 880-yard run and football throw. He was Captain of the 1936 track team. In three years of varsity…
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Bruce Tonascia
Bruce Tonascia was the quarterback who teamed with Russ Schamun for late game heroics in the 1971 football season. He was also an outstanding baseball player for Napa High. As a sophomore, Tonascia led the JV football team to a…
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Gene Tonascia*
Gene Tonascia was a three-sport star at Napa High School. As a freshman, he played C basketball; as a sophomore, B basketball and B football, and as a junior and senior he played varsity basketball and football. In addition, he…
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Charles “Bud” Townsend*
Bud Townsend was a four-sport athlete at Napa High School, competing in football, basketball, baseball and track. He played on B football, basketball and track teams as a freshman and moved up to the varsity teams as a sophomore. He…
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Don Townsend*
Don Townsend used his left arm to carve out an enviable record in three sports at Napa High and beyond. As a reserve forward on the 1945-46 basketball team, Townsend’s left hand set shot beat Santa Rosa in overtime and…
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Eric Tye
Eric Tye played three years of football and baseball at Napa High. He played on junior varsity teams as a sophomore and starred on the varsity teams in his junior and senior years. He was All-NBL honorable mention in 1973…
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Paul Vallerga
Paul Vallerga was a three-sport star at Napa High School in track, basketball and football. He was a starter for one of the best basketball teams in Napa High’s history in 1964 when they won the league championship and lost…
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Jay Vesterfelt
Jay Vesterfelt was an outstanding two-sport athlete at Napa High School, starring in both football and track for two years. In his junior year, Vesterfelt was a member of the 1957 NBL Co-Champion Napa Indians and earned All-NBL honors as…
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Stewart Walkenhorst
Stewart Walkenhorst is the tallest player to star for any Napa High basketball team. His size, combined with his great shooting touch, made him a significant scoring threat in any game. He played three years at Napa. In his junior…
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Mike Warrington
Mike Warrington was an outstanding two-sport athlete during his undergraduate years for the Blue and Gold. Warrington was the starting shortstop on the Indian varsity baseball team in 1981 and 1982 and during his senior year, he hit .372, earning…
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George White*
George White was a three-sport athlete at Napa High who greatly contributed to championship football and baseball teams during his career. White was a starting guard on the 1964-65 and 1965-66 basketball teams. He was a shortstop and pitcher on…
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Kevin Wilma
Kevin Wilma was an outstanding football player at Napa High School. He also played some junior varsity basketball and baseball, but it was in the sport of football as a defensive linebacker that Wilma excelled. After being a standout defensive…
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Rick Worel
Rick Worel is the first member of the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame to be selected because of wrestling ability. He was a multi-sport athlete, competing in soccer, baseball and football, but his wrestling accomplishments are outstanding. For…
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Michael Yanover
Michael Yanover was a big part of many teams during his days at Napa High School, and was that rare “four sport athlete.” He was on the soccer, basketball and baseball teams but he played one season of football in…
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Barry Young
Barry Young transferred to Napa High School from a school in Waterloo, Iowa and spent only his senior year in Napa, but his contributions to the success of the Napa High School Athletic Program in that one year earned him…
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Matt Yourkin
Matt Yourkin was an incredible two-sport student-athlete and leader on both the football and baseball fields. As quarterback for the Indians, Yourkin was named a team captain and selected as Coaches Offensive Player of the Year during his senior campaign,…