AHS Alumni News

Recognizing AHS alumni in their continuing athletic pursuits.

- kellie grigg (10) - anna shumaker (10) - khyra conerly (10) -
- hector lopez-garcia (10) -marlena nip (10) - charlie perkins (10) - zach perkins (10) -
- grace na (10) - lacey parodi (08) - emily childs (08) - ashley sanchez (08) - jordan pries (08) - 
-  wes moyer (08) - brandon cooper (08) - thai tu (08) -  jeff murphy (07) -
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: chris speier (68) - whitney reed (55) -
- OTHER/PAST COLLEGE HORNETS - 

Kellie Grigg, former Hornet sprinter ('10) is now running track for UC Davis. During Kellie's four years running Varsity track, she racked up a number of all-time records and awards, including:

• #1 All-Time 100-Meter Dash @ 12.51

• #1 All-Time 200-Meter Dash @ 25.53

• #1 All-Time 4x100 Meter Relay Team  (anchor) @ 49.66

• #1 All-Time Sprint Medley Relay Team (anchor) @ 1:57.84

• #4 All-Time 110 Meter Hurdles @ 16.41

• Received 4 Varsity Letters

• 4 Team Outstanding Sprinter Awards

• 3 Team Outstanding Athlete Awards

In addition to her Hornet career, Kellie also ran club track during the summer and qualified for two National Junior Olympics Championship meets in Omaha, Nebraska (2008) and Greensboro, North Carolina (2009).

In her 2nd outdoor meet of her freshman season at UCD, Kellie ran a 25.15 in the 200 M at the 2011 Aggie Open, setting a Personal Record, and breaking into the UC Davis Top 10 for that event. Grigg also PR'd in the 400 M at the Open, cracking the minute mark at 59.23. The previous week at Cal, Kellie had another PR in the 100 M, clocking in at 12.34.

(link to UC Davis website)
UC Davis is a Division I athletic program, and participates in the Big West conference, 
which includes Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, 
UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and University of the Pacific.

Anna ('10), who participated on Union City's Pacific West Gymnastics club, is now a member of the gymnastics team at UC Davis. 

Anna made the jump to 'Level 10' in 2009 after capturing individual titles on uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and the all-around at the Level 9 Region I Championships the previous year. In Shumaker's first Level 10 season, she earned a trip to the 2009 Junior Olympic Nationals. 

Previously in the 2009 season, Shumaker had finished second in the Senior A all-around at the state meet, then tied for second on bars and placed fourth in the all-around at regionals.

(link to UC Davis website)
UC Davis is a Division I athletic program, and participates in the Big West conference, 
which includes Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, 
UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and University of the Pacific.

Hector ('10) is now running for the San Jose State. 

Hector received a letter in both track & field and cross country...also earned two letters in soccer...finished in 14th place at the Division II North Coast Section Track Championship, and went on to place 22nd in the 2009 CIF State Track Championships.

Also voted "Best First Year Runner" in 2010.

(link to San Jose State website)

Khyra ('10) is now playing hoops for the Northern Arizona University. Khyra started and lettered at Alameda for three years … Named captain for two years … Named Rookie of the Year for 2006-2007 season … Named Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the Sonora Kiwanis Classic and the Las Vegas Classic in 2008 … Named honorable mention first team and first team All-League … Named Alameda MVP in 2009 … Nominated for McDonald All-American in 2010.

(link to Northern Arizona website)

Marlena ('10) is now swimming for the Loyola Marymount University. Marlena was a four-year varsity letterwinner... served as team captain in her final season... named All-League as a senior... helped her team to the league championship all four years... selected as Team MVP in all four seasons... also played water polo

(link to Loyola Marymount website)

Zach Perkins, former Hornet distance runner ('10) is now running cross-country and track at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. During Zach's four years running Varsity cross country and track, he racked up a number of top-10 records and awards, including:

• #4 - 1600 M @ 4:21.64

• #3 - 3.0 Mile at Hayward @ 15:45

• #7 - 3.0 Mile at Mt. Sac @ 16.14

• #7 - 3.1 Mile at Woodward Park, Fresno @ 16.35

• Received 4 Varsity Letters Track

• Received 4 Varsity Letters X-Country

• Team Outstanding Distance Runner Track - 2011

(link to Air Force Academy website)

Charlie Perkins, former Hornet distance runner ('10) is now running cross country and track at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. During Charlie's four years running Varsity cross country and track, he racked up a number of top-10 records and awards, including:

• #1 - 3.1 Mile at Woodward Park, Fresno @ 15:43

• #1 - 3.0 Mile at Hayward @ 15:28

• #1 - 3.0 Mile at Mt. Sac @ 15.22

• #1 - 2.4 Mile at Ram Invitational @ 12.29

• #6 - 2.0 Mile Newhall Park, Concord @ 12.22

• #8 - 3.1 Mile at Joaquin Miller @ 19.13

• Received 4 Varsity Letters Track

• Received 4 Varsity Letters X-Country

• Team Outstanding Distance Runner Track - 2010

(link to Air Force Academy website)

Lacey Parodi ('09) is now playing softball for the University of Holy Names team.

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(link to Holy Names website)

Grace Na ('10) a star golfer on the Hornet Golf team is now a "Wave" at Pepperdine University.

While at Alameda, Grace won the 2010 CIF State Championship as an individual ... at the State final, also placed fifth in 2009, seventh in 2008 and third in 2007 ... Placed second at the 2010 Northern Regional Championships and tied for fourth at the North Coast Section Division I Tournament of Champions ... Named the 2010 East Bay Golfer of the Year by the Oakland Tribune ... Led Alameda to a fourth-place team finish at the state event in 2010, the best in school history, and its first NorCal Division I team title.

Pepperdine 2010/2011: Grace had a tremendous spring after arriving at Pepperdine in January, earning Golfweek All-American honorable mention honors, both WCC Player and Freshman of the Year awards and All-WCC first team notice ... Posted a stroke average of 73.81 in 21 rounds ... In her seven tournaments, finished in the top 20 six times and in the top 10 twice ... Ranked #34 nationally by Golfstat and #39 by Golfweek/Sagarin ... Was medalist at the WCC Championships (74-68-75=217) ... Tied for 10th place at the UNLV Spring Invitational with an even-par 216 (72-73-71) ... Tied for 11th place at the Battle at the Rancho Bernardo Inn (78-70-73=221) ... Tied for 14th place at the Bruin Wave Invitational (74-74-75=223) ... Tied for 16th place at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (74-74-76=224) ... Tied for 18th place at the NCAA West Regional (76-69-78=223) ... Had four sub-par rounds, including a 4-under 68 in the second round of the WCC Championships.

(link to Pepperdine website)

Emily Childs ('08) a star golfer on the Hornet Golf team has transferred from the University of Colorado and is now a Cal Bear.

Emily was the team captain of the first Alameda High School girl’s golf team in school history this year and she led them to a first place finish in the North Coast Section Championship. Emily placed fourth individually and took fourth again in the Nor-Cal Championship, securing a spot in the CIF/State Championships, where she finished sixth overall. Prior to her senior campaign, Emily was an individual participant in high school tournaments and took back-to-back first place honors in the Tilden Women’s High School Invitational and the Bay Shore Athletic League Championship. She earned First Team All-League honors and was named First Team All-East Bay as a junior.

Before wrapping up her prep career at AHS, Emily attended Bishop O’Dowd High School as a freshman and sophomore. She earned First Team All-League honors both years and was the team’s Rookie of the Year in 2004 and Most Valuable Player in 2005. 

Emily is a member of the AJGA and USGA and has had a great deal of experience at the national level. She participated in a number of American Junior Golf Tour events, placing second twice in AJGA Fidelity Investments and AJGA Coca-Cola at Boyne Highlands. In 2007, Emily was awarded a medal for qualifying for four United States Golf Association Girl’s Championships. She also participated in the Junior America’s Cup, finishing fourth overall after carding a 73-77-73. 

Emily set the tournament record low-score of 65 at the 2007 State Fair Championship and the women’s course record of 68 at the 2007 Northern California Players Championship over the summer. Emily lists her biggest moment in her golfing career as making it to the NCS Finals with the Boy’s team in 2006 as the only girl playing in the tournament.

Update (12/11): In 2010-11, Emily was named All-Pac-10 second team and Pac-10 All-Academic second team...set a women's course record at Green Valley Golf Course, shooting a six-under 66 during a qualifying round on Sept. 24...is the first golfer in the history of Cal's women's program to earn individual medalist honors at three events in her career, a feat she accomplished in a single season!  (For more details, check out Emily's Cal Bio.)

(link to Cal W-Golf website)

A 3-year varsity starter for the Lady Hornets, Ashley helped the Hornets notch a perfect season and a NCS championship in 2005. 

Ashley has worked hard both on and off the field. She was able to attain a 4.0 throughout her junior year, while also helping the Hornets make it to the playoffs. 

Ashley received 1st Team honors all 3 years in the ACCAL, including All East Bay ANG Honorable Mention her freshman year (05) and 1st Team honors her sophomore (06) and junior (07) years.

(link to Beaver website)

In his 3-years ('08 will be his 4th) as a starting pitcher for the Hornet Varsity squad, Jordan racked up a number of honors including:  2nd Team All-East Bay Pitcher (2005); 1st Team All-ACCAL Pitcher and 2nd Team All-East Bay Pitcher (2006); and 1st Team ACCAL Pitcher and 2nd Team All-Metro/Utility (2007). 

Jordan has also pitched his way into the school record books, recording the 2nd most strikeouts in a season in school history (95); the 2nd lowest ERA (1.02); and 5th most innings pitched (68.2). 

And to top it off, Jordan was a key member of Alameda High's first ever North Coast Section (NCS) Championship baseball team in 2006.

COLLEGE RECAP:

• 2009 Season Stats: Pries finished his first season with the Cardinal leading the team in innings pitched (76) and starts (11-t), and was 3rd on the team in wins (4-t), Opposing Batting Average (.228) and strikeouts (50).

• Stanford (3/10/09) - Jordan earned Pac-10 "Pitcher of the Week" honors after leading Stanford to a 7-1 victory over Texas.

• Stanford (3/7/09) - "Freshman right-hander Jordan Pries stymied Texas over 7.1-excellent innings in his first collegiate start, and the offense came alive for host Stanford (3-7) in a 7-1 win over the second-ranked Longhorns (11-1) at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond. The victory snapped the Cardinal’s six-game losing streak, and saddled Texas with its first defeat of the 2009 season. Looking for a stopper, Stanford gave the ball to Pries (2-0), who had worked 7.0 innings over a pair of relief appearances. The freshman from Alameda, CA was masterful, carrying a shutout into the eighth inning and departing after allowing only three hits – a double and two singles. Pries walked two and struck out four, while he now owns collegiate wins over Southeastern Conference power Vanderbilt and Big 12 Conference stalwart Texas."

• Stanford (2/20/09) - "In a come from behind 6-5 win over Vanderbilt, freshman right-hander Jordan Pries (1-0) earned the win in his collegiate debut, tossing 3.0-innings of two-hit, shutout relief after entering in the eighth inning. Pries survived a two-on, two-out jam in the eighth, and induced a double play grounder after the leadoff batter reached in the top of the 10th."

Yale, a member of the renowned Ivy League (which includes such schools as Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell), were the 2006 Ivy League champs, and finished 2007 9-1, rattling off 9 straight wins before dropping the season finale to rival Harvard.

A 3-year starter for the Hornets, Wes -- playing quarterback, running back and linebacker -- helped the Hornets to three consecutive winning seasons and three consecutive NCS appearances.

In 2007, Wes' accomplishments on the gridiron earned him All-League honors on both offense and defense as well selection to the ANG All-East Bay team and Chronicle's All-Metro team. 

A starting pitcher and first baseman for Alameda, Brandon helped the Hornets win an ACCAL title and make a strong run at NCS. 

Most recently, Brandon was pitching for the Laney College Eagles, before accepting the scholarship to play ball at Missouri Valley. 

(link to Missouri Valley website)