Chris Roberts
PHS Class of 1985
Chris Roberts played on three straight ACAL title basketball teams at Piedmont from 1982-1985, was the leagues MVP (Oakland Tribune) and All-ACAL during the 1983-1984 and 1984-1985 seasons. In 1985 he averaged over 27 points a game, often playing only three quarters of the game, and was named to the SF Chronicle’s All-Northern California team. He set a single-game scoring record (44 points) against Alameda and made 45 consecutive free throws that season. His 37 points against Hayward still stands among the greatest NCS playoff accomplishments in PHS’s big upset of the No.1 rated Hayward Farmers. He played basketball at Chico State University and graduated from the University of Colorado. Coach Kitchens called him “the best player I have ever coached.”