2025 Inductee

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Courtney Gault Azad

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COURTNEY GAULT AZAD
PHS CLASS OF 1999

Courtney Gault entered PHS after earning Piedmont Middle School’s Outstanding Athlete of the Year, and while in High School was a 3-sport athlete all four years of her athletic career. 

As a Freshman, she played Varsity in both Basketball and Softball in addition to playing JV tennis and Bay Oaks soccer. During that year she was named ACCAL First Team All League in Softball including throwing a no hitter, striking out 9 batters that game. 

Her sophomore year she was named ACCAL All League Honorable Mention in Basketball. The Piedmont Post named her athlete of the season for softball, where she earned First Team All-League and threw yet another no-hitter. She took the season off from tennis to continue playing club soccer for Bay Oaks. 

Her Junior year she varsitied in Tennis, Basketball and Softball. In Softball she was again named first team All League, pitching the school’s first perfect game in softball striking out 13 of 15 batters. That year Courtney averaged 9 strikeouts per game and led the team to Piedmont’s first ever appearance at the NCS playoffs. In Basketball her Junior year she averaged a double double (12 pts 10 rebounds) en route to being named first team All League. Her athletic accomplishments that year led the Piedmont Post to name her Athlete of the Year in 1998.

Senior year she was named First Team All League in both Basketball averaging another double double and Softball pitching another no hitter. She helped lead the Piedmont softball team to the deepest run in school history, finishing 2nd place in the NCS. 

In her time at Piedmont, Courtney would earn 9 varsity letters while maintaining her scholar athlete status every season. During Piedmont’s High School Graduation she was named female athlete of the year. After graduation Courntey hung-up her cleats and basketball shoes and attended UCLA where she worked for the Athletic Department as a recruiter from her sophomore to senior year.

Living back in Piedmont with her husband and three children she is coaching her daughters rec basketball teams and enjoying watching them try all the different sports Piedmont has to offer. 

 

Accomplishment Overview

Scholar Athlete from 95-99

9 Varsity Letters in 4 Years

Piedmont High School Graduation: Best Female Athlete 

Piedmont Post Athlete of the Season, Softball 1997

Piedmont Post Athlete of the Year 1998

All-League  Basketball 97/98

All-League  Basketball 98/99

All-League  Softball 4X

4 No-Hitters Softball

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Jim "Truck" Collum

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TRUCK CULLOM
PHS CLASS OF 1942

Jim Cullom (Class of ’42) was a two-year starter for Piedmont‘s great football teams of the early 1940’s, teams that were ranked #2 in in the country in 1940 and #1 in 1941. In in the wake of Pearl Harbor, it was not uncommon for young men in High School to skip Graduation to go to war. Cullom, along with six other Piedmont high school students, left school early. Cullom, selecting the Marine Corps saw service in the South Pacific as a Navigator/Gunner on a PBJ1-H (Marine Corps version of the better-known B-25). 

After the war, Cullom returned to the states in 1946 and attended Cal, where he played football and rugby for the Golden Bears. Cullom started three years at various positions on the offensive line and kicked extra points on Lynn Pappy Waldorf’s teams (’47, ’48 & ‘49) appearing in the Rose Bowls of ‘49 and ‘50. He would forever be known as one of Cal's legendary “Pappy‘s Boys”.

After college Cullom was drafted to play pro football for Washington and after a pre-season trade, he played one year for the New York Yanks football team, his career was cut short when he returned to the Marine Corp to serve in Korea where he was wounded by shrapnel from a landmine.

After returning from Korea, Cullom returned to Cal as an assistant coach helping the Bears’ rugby and the “Ramblers” freshman football team. Cullom’s history of playing and coaching for the Golden Bears lead to his induction into the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995. Today a bench honors Jim Cullom’s service to Cal Rugby at the entrance to the Witter Rugby Field, on the Cal campus.

Returning to his hometown of Piedmont after Korea, Cullom and his wife Marty were very generous to Piedmont’s sports programs. In the ‘80s and 90’s they enthusiastically supported fundraising posters and game programs with ads for Piedmont office of Sather Gate Travel, located on Grand Avenue. After Jim’s passing in ‘98 at the age of 72 several articles were written in the San Francisco Chronicle about his life and career which are linked below. It’s pretty incredible that Cullom played on some of Piedmont‘s and Cal’s greatest football teams, a truly historic achievement and worthy of Hall of Fame induction.

 
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Robby Inch

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ROBBY INCH
PHS CLASS OF 2011

Robby’s dedication and talent shone brightly throughout his High School athletic career. He played football all four years. During his two years on the JV team he was awarded  JV MVP and JV Offensive Player of the Year. In 2008 he was the team’s leading scorer in touchdowns. His Running Back performance carried over into his Senior year, where Robby received BSAL Honorable Mention and once again led the team in touchdowns and rushing yards. His  contributions were recognized with the Robert Dewey Kurkjian Memorial Award in 2009.

In addition to his four years playing  football, Robby also excelled at four years of lacrosse-  playing at the Varsity level from his Sophomore through Senior years. He served as a team captain, his Junior and Senior years. His Junior year was marked by First Team All-League honors in the BSAL, and receiving the Team Leadership Award. He set a high standard by breaking career points records from 2008 to 2010, demonstrating his consistent impact on the field. As a Senior, Robby’s leadership and skill culminated in his selection as a USA Lacrosse High School All American. He also earned the titles of BSAL All League MVP and First Team, while setting a single-season points record at Piedmont High School.

Robby’s leadership extended beyond sports into other areas of his life. He served as Class Vice President during his Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years. His dedication to service was also evident through his participation in a home-building trip to Mexico all four years of high school, where he took on the role of team leader in his Junior and Senior years.

At Santa Clara University, Robby continued his athletic journey by playing lacrosse for all four years, earning the Team Rookie of the Year award in 2011 and being recognized twice with WCLL Honorable Mention. 

Robby went on to Columbia University, where he completed his MBA in 2020. While attending, he also played rugby, adding another sport to his athletic repertoire and served as President of the Men’s Rugby Football Club at CBS. Robby's journey reflects a blend of athletic talent, leadership, and service.

Robby works at TransPak Inc where he serves as VP of Strategic Accounts. He recently returned to his Bay Area roots as he relocated from Austin, Texas back to San Francisco.

 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVERVIEW;

All were program records when he graduated: 

- Career points record - 191 points

- Points in a season - 106 points 

- Goals in a season - 67 goals

- Career assist - 77 assist

- Career goals - 114 goals

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Catey McCreary

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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. 

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Casey Morris

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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

 
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Lauren Remer

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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. 

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2003-2005 Girls Basketball Team

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2003-2005 GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM
BACK-TO-BACK 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. 

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1976 Football Team

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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.