Class of 2024
Cameron Braithwaite
Track
Class of 2012
He competed in 4 events at state, long jump, triple jump, high jump and javelin. He brought home the state long jump championship with a leap of 22.75, and placed fourth in the triple jump and 5th in the javelin, the latter a school record of 172-11. Early on he set the high jump record for freshman at 5' 8". He also played football as a wide receiver/running back and point guard for the PAHS basketball team. He went on to the University of Puget Sound, where he became an All American Decathlete winning the Northwest Conference Championship and earned a spot in the top 20 for Nationals. He set the UPS record in the indoor heptathlon and competed in as many as 5 separate events in the NWAC Championships, placing in Pole vault, long jump and triple jump.
Derek Church
Swimming
Class of 1993
He set three PAHS records in the 100 butterfly, and was a member of the record-setting 200 and 400 IM relay teams, all marks that stand today. He led PAHS to a fourth place state finish, and served as the PAHS Student Body Vice President. Following high school he went on to a standout career at Brigham Young University, earning a full scholarship. He was the BYU team captain and won the most inspirational team award. He set the 400 IM and 100 backstroke records at BYU.
Burdette Greeny
Baseball
Class of 1993
Greeny played baseball at WSU and was drafted by the New York Mets. He currently is the Associate Head Volleyball Coach at West Virginia University, formerly serving in that same position at Washington State, where he was named the Division I American Volleyball Coaches Association Assistant Coach of the Year in 2018. He helped lead the recruiting process at Washington State, as the Cougars have been only one of 15 programs in the nation to have two Top 25, and one Honorable Mention recruiting class between 2013 and 2015. The 2013 and 2015 recruiting classes were two of the highest-ranked recruiting classes ever in any sport at WSU. Among Greeny’s Washington State recruits were six PrepVolleyball.com Top 100 players and two Gatorade State Players of the Year.
Liz Money
Soccer
Class of 2002
The first Port Angeles High School soccer player to go Division I, Money was the Olympic League MVP her junior and season year. She also was all league in softball during that time. She went on to Oregon State, where she started as a mid-fielder for three seasons. A Pac-10 honorable mention pick, she was selected to the USA Olympic Development team, the Region IV camp in Wyoming for Washington State, and for the regional pool for the USA National team in 2000. “She is a blue collar player,” said Oregon State University Coach Steve Fennah. “She’s everything you want in a midfielder – she can pass, she can close people down, she can tackle.”
Jesse Schouten
Tennis
Class of 1999
Arguably the best boys singles player in PAHS history, Schouten has gone on to an illustrious career in the world of tennis. Following high school, Jesse went to Skagit Valley Community College, where he was named Athlete of the Year in 2003, was the NWAAC Singles and Doubles Champion, and was named as the NWAAC Coach and Player of the Year. Following college, Jesse competed on the semi-professional West Coast Men's Open $ Circuit, and won many titles, including the MXD Doubles WA State Open Title. Jesse still competes at the highest level and in 2021, won the USTA National 35's singles and doubles titles. He has served as a professional hitting partner for the ATP and WTA for eight years, including training with 12 - Grand Slam Champions such as Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Carlos Alcaraz. Jesse has been a Professional Coach and Director of Tennis in the greater Seattle area for over 20 years, and recently launched his own business SCHOUTENnis.com. To date, he has helped over 125 players go on to play collegiately, and developed 4 players that won WIAA Singles State Titles.
Julie Shevlin (Urfer)
Gymnastics and Track
Class of 1992
An All-State Gymnastics performer, she was arguably the Rider’s top all-around gymnast of all time. She placed second in the state in the floor exercise and holds 4 out of the 5 individual school gymnastics records. She went on to compete for Seattle Pacific University where she was a season leader and Top 10 all-time scorer in the floor exercise and was on the SPU team that placed third three times and fourth once in the NCAA Division II Gymnastics tournament. In track, she holds the PAHS Triple Jump record at 36-3, placing 3rd at State. She is the Rider’s No. 3 long jumper of all time with a mark of 16-5.
Kiah Sullivan (Jones)
Volleyball
Class of 2012
The first volleyball hall of fame inductee, she was the Olympic League MVP in 2011, and led the Riders to two state tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011. She also starred in basketball, and was the Olympic League MVP in 2012, with PAHS participating in the state tournament in 2011 and 2012. Her star continued to rise in college, where she served as the Central Washington University team captain in 2016. Named the student of the year at Central, she made the GNAC All Academic Team from 2014-2016. The Wildcats advanced to the NCAA Division II West Regionals all four years of her career. She was the team’s most improved and most inspirational player in 2015 and 2016. She currently is a Pediatric Physician at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Heather Lucas
Track
Class of 1985
At one time she held six Port Angeles High School records, and still has the best Rider time in the 1500 meters. A member of a phenomenal four state placing cross country teams (1982-85), she went on to compete at Pacific Lutheran University. She was an All-American in track and cross country, and still holds the PLU 10,000 meter mark (1991). She has won many distance running events, including the Seattle Half Marathon. Her Appleton, Wisconsin Marathon winning time of 2:40:49 in 1994 is the sixth fastest time by a Washington woman ever.
Mike Madison
Basketball
Class of 1977
He was the State’s second leading scorer in 1977, averaging 25.1 points per game. He was named to the All State team (one of only two all state team members that did not play in the state tournament), and was the Olympic League MVP and the fourth leading PAHS scorer all-time. In football, he was an All Narrows League team tight end, and helped lead the Riders to the first round of the state playoffs. In college, he was an All-American at Concordia College, and was inducted into the Concordia Athletic Hall of Fame. He averaged 18.1 points per game and was the league MVP twice. He served for six seasons as the Shoreline Christian head basketball coach, leading the team to fourth and eight place finishes in the state tournament.
Barry Wilcox
Cycling
Class of 1996
He was a multiple national champion in the 15 to 16 year old age category in the sport of road cycling and a member of the United States Junior National Cycling Team during his sophomore and junior years at Port Angeles High School. He was also a consistent top five finisher in a number of professional races amongst men years' older than him. Unfortunately, he was also involved in an automobile accident during his junior year at PAHS that resulted in a spinal cord injury and quadriplegia. A few years later Barry would play wheelchair rugby with a couple different teams across the nation and two of which won national championships. He got his second chance to race bicycles again, although a hand cycle, in 2015. and has been on many world cup podiums around the globe. His greatest accomplishment was at the 2023 World Paracycling Championships in Scotland where he claimed a bronze medal in the road race. He is currently on the Unites States Para National Cycling Team and hoping to compete in the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.
2024 Teams
1967 & 68
Swim Teams
The first ever PAHS swim team in 1967 finished second in the state when it was almost impossible to win it – Wilson High of Tacoma won 24 consecutive state championships. Wilson had a national record of 323 straight dual meet wins – the Riders almost ended the streak that season, losing by only three points, 49-46.
Coached by Don Fairbairn, the 1967 team was led by Greg Galles, who won the 100 yard free style, and Robin Allen, who captured the diving title. Regular season points leader was Dale Ridgway, who finished third in the 50 and 100 yard freestyle.
The 1968 team closed the gap on Wilson at the state meet, finishing 70 points closer than the previous year.
Galles set the state record in the 100 yard freestyle, sophomore Bob Spencer won the 200 yard medley relay and Mike Chamberlin won the 100 yard breaststroke. Taking seconds were Spencer in the 400 yard free, Ridgway in the 100 free, Mike Darling in diving and the 200 yard medley relay team of Chamberlin, Mike Krattli, Bruce Johansen and Bill Stossel.
1982-85
Girls Cross Country Teams
The 1982-85 the Girls Cross Country teams went undefeated in League going 23-0 over the four seasons and won the League Meet Championship every year. At the district meet they placed 2nd, 1st the next two seasons, and 6th at District.
Robin Mather won the League Individual Championship three times (1982, 1983 and 1985), and still holds the PAHS girls 3000 meter record. Mather, Heather Lucas, Monica Barlow and Teresa Bower were the nucleus of these teams, running in the state championship all four years. Jeri Becker, Julie Blore and Jennifer Foley ran three of the four, while Kari Nordbyt competed in 1982 and 1983.
1972 Indoor Two Mile Relay
The record setting two mile record relay team of Steve Phillips, Dave Rains, Robin Chavis and Rick Melvin had four of the best middle and long distance runners in Rider history. Phillips ran the second fastest half mile time in school history at 1:53.6.
In his senior year, Rains ran a school record 4:19 mile and 9:30 two mile and was the top runner on the 1972 PAHS Cross Country team that finished fourth in the state.
Chavis ran the fifth fastest 1500 meter time in school history and was a member of the 1972 and 1973 cross country teams, both of whom finished fourth in the state.
Only 15 years old when the record was set, Melvin was the youngest member of this record setting team. In addition to being a middle distance standout at PAHS, he also was a member of all three of the fastest Rider cross country teams of all time, which finished fourth twice (1972-73) and third in 1974. Competing at the University of Washington in track, he ran a 50.1 440 yard dash, 1:56.8 880, and a 4:19.2 mile.