What is the Hall of Fame?
The Hall of Fame was started in 1997 and recognizes former athletes, coaches, booster members, administrators and honorary people that have distinguished themselves with their contributions to Harvey High School.
The Harvey Red Raider Athletic Booster Club, Athletic Hall of Fame Selection Committee, is seeking nominations for consideration into our Hall of Fame. We are asking any individual who would like to nominate a person or themselves to the HHS Athletic Hall of Fame to complete either the online nomination form or the attached nomination form.
The four categories of eligible nominees are:
- Athlete: An athlete’s class must have graduated at least ten (10) years prior to selection.
- Team: A sports team from a particular year (at least 10 years prior to selection), which distinguished itself by superior performance and won a title in the conference or region and/or placed in the State. Or, this team may have established new school and/or State record.
- Coach/Administrator: A coach or administrator must have served on the Harvey School Staff for at least ten (10) years and must have retired or left the school system a Minimum of three (3) years prior to selection.
- Honorary/Booster Member: An alumnus or non-alumnus may also be chosen for making a significant impact on the HHH Athletic Program. A Booster Member must have served as a Trustee for a minimum of ten (10) years
It will be permissible to nominate and induct individuals who are deceased. The form must be completed and returned or emailed to the Athletic Hall of Fame Committee by June 1st. If you have any questions, please email harveyboosters@gmail.com. Nominations will be considered only for five years
Please send Nomination Forms to:
Harvey Athletic Boosters
200 West Walnut Street
Painesville, Ohio
or email to harveyboosters@gmail.com
2019 Hall of Fame Inductees
WALTER ANDERSON
Walter Anderson is a 2001 graduate of Harvey High School. Walter
was a three-year football varsity letter winner. He was 2nd team allconference
in 1998 and 1st team all-conference in 1999 and 2000 as a
running back and cornerback. He was 1st team all-district in 1999 and
2000, was a Lake County Touchdown Club all-star in 1999 and 2000
and was HHS defensive back of the year in 2000. He received All-
Ohio consideration in 2000 and he was player of the week once.
He was the 2000 NEC championship team basketball captain in 2000
and 2001. He was a three-year varsity basketball player and first-team
all-conference in 1999, 2000 and 2001. He was first-team all-district in
2000 and 2001 and received All-Ohio consideration in 2001. Walter
was player of the week twice and led the area in assists per game in
2001.
Walter was a three-year varsity letter winner in track, and qualified for
regionals in the 200 meters in 1998 and 1999. He qualified for the regionals
in the 4×100 and 4×400 in 1999. Walter was the NEC champion
in 1988, 1999 and 2000.
Walter coaches youth sports in Painesville and coached five straight
youth basketball champions, three straight youth track and field champions
and two youth football champions in 2014 and 2016. They were
the regional champions in 2016 in Chicago and advanced to the nationals
in Florida. They were the two-time Midwest youth football national
champions, in 2014 for U14 and in 2018 for U9. He is the Lake County
Storm Youth Football League President.
RYAN SCHROEDER
Ryan, a 1999 graduate of Harvey High School, excelled in both football
and baseball. In baseball, Ryan was a three-year letterman, leading
the team in many offensive categories. He earned team captain
honors and was named to several all-star teams culminating in playing
at Jacob’s Field. In football, Ryan also was also a three-year letterman
at running back and defensive back and was voted captain by his teammates
his junior and senior seasons. Ryan eclipsed the 1,000 yard
rushing mark twice. In his senior season he scored 20 touchdowns and
set the school’s rushing record of 1,403 yards; a mark he would hold
for nearly two decades. Honors for Ryan his senior season included
first-team Plain Dealer, News Herald, Northeast Conference and Lake
County Touchdown Club’s Offensive Player of the Year.
Ryan earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Accounting
from Baldwin-Wallace College. He holds a CPA license and is employed
as a financial accounting manager at National Interstate Insurance.
He lives in Wooster with his wife Brittany and daughter Taylor.
KARL BOOTHE
Karl is a 1985 graduate of Harvey High School. He is an eight-time
varsity letter winner who played football (three varsity letters, basketball
(two varsity letters) and baseball (three varsity letters) during his
high school career. He was a two-time football captain (junior and
senior years) and team captain in his senior year for both basketball
and baseball.
Karl received several players of the week awards and earned All County
Defensive Back Honors in 1984. He was voted Best Offensive Player
for the Harvey Baseball Team in 1984. Karl also played in the Tri
County Save-A-Site All Star football game. Karl won the David Merriam
Award in his senior year and was also a member of the Fellowship
of Christian Athletes in 1984.
During the time that Karl played sports at HHS, they played as an independent
school so no All Conference Awards were available to the
Harvey athletes. Harvey always played a very tough independent
schedule and many games were played against schools outside of the
Lake County area making it very difficult for Harvey Athletes to garner
district awards.
After graduation, Karl joined the Army and served as a combat medic,
and retired after a 22-year career. He earned the expert field medical
badge, flight medic badge, airborne badge and air assault badge. He
also served as an emergency medical technician, allergy immunization
technician and hyperbaric inside tender. He was deployed to both Bosnia
and Iraq during his career with the Army.
On April 1, 2008 he retired from the Army as a Sergeant First Class
from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, NC. From 2008-2010,
he worked as a government contractor teaching military medical personnel
how to work and use electronic medical records in both Kuwait
and in Afghanistan. Karl currently is enjoying retirement and lives in
Painesville.
LISA MCGEE-MONROE
Lisa attended Harvey High School from 1986-1990. She attended
Lakeland Community College in 1990 and graduated from ESI Career
Center in 1992 with a degree in Medical Assisting. She currently
works for the Business Operations department for the Cleveland Clinic
in Independence.
Lisa participated and excelled in three different sports during her time
at Harvey. She played varsity all four years in basketball, three of four
years in volleyball and broke four school records during her track career.
Three of those records remained in place for more than 12 and 15
years. She broke and held the shot put record for more than 20 years.
She held the 300-meter hurdles record from 1989-2005 and she broke
the high jump record at 5’ 2 inches. She competed in this event in the
1989 Ohio State track meet and placed 9th in that event that year.
Lisa also was part of the 1988 4×4 relay team that competed in the
state track meet. That record still stands today after 30 years. Lisa
played basketball for one year with the Lakeland Community College
Lady Lakers where she was named the MVP for the 1990-1991 season
under the tutelage of Samantha Stimson and was nominated as the
OJCAC conference MVP.
Lisa now assists her husband Michael Monroe, who is the owner of the
George Monroe All-Star football team in Cleveland Ohio. For the past
15 years Lisa has been an integral part of the program by writing recommendation
letters and grant proposals on behalf of kids and the organization
so that she and her husband can continue to support the inner
city youth of Cleveland on and off the field.
CLIFF RAINER
Cliff is a 1970 graduate of the old Ashtabula Harbor High School and
received his Bachelor of Science and Master’s from Kent State University.
Cliff also received his Bachelor of Science in vocational education
from Ohio State University. Cliff spent his entire educational career
with the Painesville City Local Schools, teaching at both Hobart
Middle School and Harvey High School for 35 years, retiring in 2009.
In addition to his teaching career with PCLS, Cliff coached at both Hobart
and HHS in one capacity or another for all of those 35 years, even
serving as Hobart’s Athletic Director for a period of time. Rainer was
seen on the football sidelines for all 35 years with the vast majority of
those years coaching 7th and 8th grade football as the offensive and defensive
line coach at Hobart. Cliff also coached for several years on
HHS varsity staff as an assistant football coach and head equipment
manager and was on staff for the 2000 NEC Champion Football Team.
Not only was Cliff a familiar face on the football sidelines, he coached
three sports for most of his tenure at PCLS. Cliff coached girls’ basketball
for 16 years and was the head varsity girls’ coach for three
years. He coached girls’ softball for 12 years and coached 7th and 8th
grade wrestling, track and field and coached girls’ volleyball.
Cliff earned the OHSAA Award for Exemplary Contribution and Service
and the 2009 Fall Sports Program was dedicated in his name for
his 35 years of service to PCLS and Harvey athletics. Cliff was a loyal
supporter of the Harvey Red Raider Athletic Booster Club and volunteered
his time working for many years at its weekly bingo game.
After retirement, Cliff was elected as administrator of the Painesville
Moose Lodge 490, a position still held to this day. Cliff currently
serves on the executive board of The Ohio State Moose Association.
Cliff has two children, a daughter Nicole and a son Anthony.
WALTER GREEN
Walter is a 1988 Harvey High School graduate who excelled at track
and field. He was a four-time state placer at the state track and field
championships. Walter’s state meet accomplishments in the 1988 state
track and field championships helped HHS finish as the state runner
up in Class AA. Walter placed 3rd in the 110-meter high hurdles and
2nd in the 300-meter hurdles.
Walter’s expertise was in the hurdles where his time of 37.5 in the 300
hurdles in 1988 is still the school record. That time was the area’s best
for several years and still stands as the Pymatuning Valley District
Record. He was a member of both the NEC and district track champions
in 1986, 1987 and 1988, and the 1987 and 1988 regional championship
team.
Walter’s performance at the 1988 State Track Meet, which helped the
Red Raiders secure the class AA state runner-up trophy, set the standard
for HHS track and field.
WALLACE (W.R.) PERSONS
It is believed Persons is the FIRST EVER Harvey High School athlete
to win an individual state championship.
Wallace was awarded eight varsity letters while attending Harvey High
School. Additionally he coached at the high school in 1933 and1934.
Persons was a three-year letterman in football and a four-year letterman
in basketball and lettered in track and field. He was also a senior
captain in all three sports as well.
Persons is the first Harvey athlete to win a state championship. He
won the Class A high jump with a jump of 5’-9 3/8” in 1926. A coin
flip was used to decide the state champion because four other athletes
had jumped the same height and at the time a coin flip was used to determine
the winner in events that resulted in a tie.
Persons is a 1931 graduate of Case Institute (now Case Western Reserve
University) with a bachelor’s degree in science. He received a
master of science degree – Society of the Sigma Xi. He was elected to
the U.S. Business Hall of Fame, 1989 Living Legend, in Fortune Magazine.
He was an industrialist in St. Louis for over 30 years, with a record of
public service and interests in a wide range of civic and “people oriented”
activities. He was in the electrical industry for 42 years. (Twenty
years with Lincoln Electric in Cleveland as General Sales Manager,
then Vice President‑Marketing; and Director; ‑‑ famous for incentive
management.) He was inducted as a member of the Harvey Alumni
Association, Distinguished Graduates, May 31, 1990.
Hall of Fame Members:
| 1997 | Tony Cimaglio ‘41 Honorary | 2005 | Ralph Gage ‘52 – Athlete | |||
| 1997 | Jack Britt – Coach | 2005 | 1951 Football Team | |||
| 1997 | Natalie Hessler – Coach | 2006 | John Cangelosi – Coach | |||
| 1997 | Dave Evans ‘54 – Booster | 2006 | Arville Hickerson ‘52 – Athlete | |||
| 1997 | Marlene Amiott ‘55 – Booster | 2006 | Jack Purtell ‘51 – Athlete | |||
| 1997 | Charles Beck ‘71 – Athlete | 2006 | Larry Davis ‘69 – Athlete | |||
| 1997 | Elizabeth Nagy Lamos ‘85 – Athlete | 2006 | Tom Conley ‘61 – Athlete | |||
| 1997 | John Mummey ‘59 – Athlete | 2007 | Dick Huntoon – Coach | |||
| 1998 | Fritz Overs – Administrator | 2007 | Jack Henderson – Coach | |||
| 1998 | John D’Angelo – Coach | 2007 | 1970 Boys Basketball Team | |||
| 1998 | Terrell Dillard ‘88 – Athlete | 2008 | Betsy Hada ‘97 – Athlete | |||
| 1998 | Joseph Galat ‘57 – Athlete | 2008 | Tom Perrin ‘73 – Athlete | |||
| 1998 | Bill Starkey – Honorary | 2008 | Ted Beckwith ‘52 – Athlete | |||
| 1998 | Anthony DeCarlo ‘58 – Athlete | 2008 | Andrew Boothe ‘86 – Athlete | |||
| 1999 | Sean Seibert ‘89 – Athlete | 2008 | Mickey Merrill ‘63 – Athlete | |||
| 1999 | Jim Weitzel – Coach | 2008 | Dr. Evie Evans ‘98 – Athlete | |||
| 1999 | Dave Merriam ‘62 – Athlete | 2009 | Chris Patyk – Booster | |||
| 1999 | Judy Thompson ‘55 – Booster | 2009 | Bill Toppari ‘55 – Athlete | |||
| 1999 | Bob Thompson – Honorary | 2009 | Ron Vargo ‘72 – Athlete | |||
| 1999 | Don Shula ‘47 – Athlete | 2009 | Dave Skok ‘86 – Athlete | |||
| 1999 | Marc Werback ‘72 – Athlete | 2010 | Lonnie Miller – Coach | |||
| 1999 | Joseph Conley ‘64 – Athlete | 2010 | Chip Hamilton ‘75 – Athlete | |||
| 2000 | John Moore – Coach | 2010 | Tim Starkey ‘75 – Athlete | |||
| 2000 | Chuck Baxter ‘70 – Athlete | 2010 | Tony Tibayan ‘95 – Athlete | |||
| 2000 | Laddie Acheson ‘40 – Athlete | 2010 | 1988 Boys Track Team | |||
| 2000 | Pat Dillon – Booster | 2012 | Andre Parhamovich – Coach | |||
| 2000 | Scott Moser ‘68 – Athlete | 2012 | Paul Boyce ‘87 – Coach | |||
| 2000 | Dick Knuth – Coach | 2012 | Lyndsey Deane ‘00 – Athlete | |||
| 2001 | John Stanzi ‘42 – Booster | 2012 | Joseph D. Hada ‘00 – Athlete | |||
| 2001 | Fred Reho ‘66 – Athlete | 2013 | 1988 Football Team | |||
| 2001 | Iris Keith ‘87 – Athlete | 2015 | Robert Johnson ‘85 – Athlete | |||
| 2001 | Horace Rainsberger – Administrator | 2015 | James Fodor – Administrator | |||
| 2001 | Robert Jones ‘75 – Athlete | 2015 | Michael Spikes ‘90 – Athlete | |||
| 2001 | Pat Cassity ‘83 – Athlete | 2015 | Jamicia Smith ‘97 – Athlete | |||
| 2002 | Joe Gurley ‘65 – Athlete | 2015 | Andy Jackson ‘76 – Athlete | |||
| 2002 | Ron Komendat – Booster | 2018 | Rhashahn Alston ‘93 – Athlete | |||
| 2002 | Donna Wheeler ‘88 – Athlete | 2018 | Michael Dowdy ‘90 – Athlete | |||
| 2002 | Eugene Lillback ‘42 – Athlete | 2018 | David Garrett ‘07 – Athlete | |||
| 2002 | David Luhta ‘50 – Athlete | 2018 | Aaron Green ‘89 – Athlete | |||
| 2002 | Tom Rossley ‘64 – Athlete | 2018 | Gloria Kolovich – Booster | |||
| 2003 | Dick Beeler – Coach | 2018 | Morgan Lewis ‘05 – Athlete | |||
| 2003 | Fred Wilt – Honorary | 2018 | Jim Pillar ‘75 – Athlete | |||
| 2003 | Minette Jackson ‘93 – Athlete | 2018 | Mike Scullin – Coach | |||
| 2003 | Jim Myers ‘57 – Athlete | 2018 | Marilyn Scullin – Honorary | |||
| 2003 | Charles Schupska ‘47 – Athlete | 2018 | Steve Signore – Coach | |||
| 2003 | Norm Salminen ‘55 – Athlete | 2019 | Walter Anderson – Athlete | |||
| 2004 | Conroy Gedeon ‘65 – Athlete | 2019 | Karl Boothe – Athlete | |||
| 2004 | Judy Oberstar – Booster | 2019 | Walter Green – Athlete | |||
| 2004 | Paul Hoffland ‘57 – Athlete | 2019 | Ryan Schroeder – Athlete | |||
| 2004 | Don Wheeler – Booster | 2019 | Lisa Mcgee-Monroe – Athlete | |||
| 2004 | Mark Yocum ‘83 – Athlete | 2019 | Wallace (WR) Persons- Athlete | |||
| 2005 | Phyllis Bailey ‘44 – Honorary | 2019 | Cliff Rainer – Coach | |||
| 2005 | Joe Hada, Jr. ‘68 – Honorary |