2014 inductee

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Rosie Aguilera

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Rosie Aguilera
PHS Class of 2005

Ms. Aguilera was the PHS Women's Varsity Soccer starting goalkeeper from 2001 through 2005. She was a 2-year team captain and 4-year letter winner. She was named the most improved player after her freshman year. She led her team to a win at the NCS Championships during her sophomore year. Her team only lost one league game while securing four championships. She was named Co-MVP of the Bay Shore Athletic League as a junior, MVP as a senior, and was a three time 1st Team All Bay Shore Athletic League selection. She was also a two-time team MVP.

In 2005 Rosie earned the first ever Bay Oaks Distinguished Player Award for lifetime achievement with the club. She earned a Soccer scholarship at UC Irvine and was named a Big West Scholar Athlete. She transferred to UC Berkeley and played an additional 3 years as a Division I goalkeeper. She was named Cal’s most improved player after her sophomore season.

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Jeff Haile

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Jeff Haile
PHS Class of 1977

Mr. Haile lettered in Football and Track and Field during his tenure at PHS. As a junior, he was named All-FAL in football. During his senior year, his football team went undefeated, winning the ACAL and North Coast Section titles. He was named Player of the Year in the ACAL and the Oakland/Berkeley Co-Player of the Year. He was also named to the All-Northern Californian Team. His Track and Field Team were the FAL Champions in consecutive years. He was the FAL. ACAL, and North Coast Section shot-put champion. He holds the PHS school record for shot-put. He went on to letter in Football and Rugby at Stanford University.

 
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Tom Henderson

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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.

 

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Mike Humphries

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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

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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. 

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Rich Watts

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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.