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INDUCTION: 2008

Bob Kaiser

Induction

2008

Sports

Men's Baseball, Basketball

Graduation

Bob Kaiser attended Oak Hills from 1964 - 1967. He was a member of the baseball and basketball team. While at Oak Hills Bob was an all-conference, all-city and all district performers in both sports. He played at Oak Hills for Hall of Fame Coach Steve Moore. In 1968 Bob was a third round draft pick of the Cleveland Indians. Bob played professionally for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirate organizations. The highlight of his career was in 1972 when he beat the Cincinnati Reds while pitching for the Indians. After his professional baseball career, Bob went on to coach in college, high school and many youth teams. 

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Hannah Hedrick

Induction

2021

Sports

Women's Basketball, Volleyball

Graduation

2008

Hannah Hedrick is a 2008 graduate of Oak Hills High School. During her time at Oak Hills she was a three year varsity member of both the basketball and volleyball teams. In 2006-2007 Hannah helped her basketball team to a GMC championship. In volleyball, she was named first-team GMC in both her junior and senior years. She was named the GMC Girl’s volleyball player of the year during her senior year. She was named 1st-Team All Southwest as well as Honorable Mention All-State during her 2007 volleyball season. 

Hannah went on to play volleyball after high school at Niagara University where she was twice named her university’s athlete of the year. She was 1st-team all MAAC in 2009, 2010, and 2011. She was the MAAC defensive player of the year in both her 2009 and 2011 seasons. She was also named the MAAC tournament Most Outstanding player in 2009 and 2010 helping lead her team to three straight NCAA tournament appearances.

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Hep Cronin

Induction

2008

Sports

Graduation

Hep Cronin was the head basketball coach at Oak Hills High School from 1981 - 1986. He led the Highlanders to an amazing 102-24 record in those six seasons. He coached 3 league championship teams, was a district champion. In 1983 Hep lead the Highlanders to an undefeated regular season. Eight of Coach Cronin's former players went on to play Division I corner and enjoys post season success. 

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Kathy Rembold Garry

Induction

2008

Sports

Womens Tennis, Basketball

Graduation

1985

Kathy Rembold Garry is a 1985 graduate of Oak Hills. During her career at Oak Hills she was a three year varsity letter winner in tennis and a three year varsity letter winner in basketball. On the basketball court, Kathy was named all-league and all-city. She was a two year team captain and led her team to two conference championships. As a tennis player, Kathy was a three time conference champion. She won the sectional and district titles both as a singles player and as a doubles player. As a junior, she was named first team all conference, all district and selected first team all-city by both the Cincinnati Enquirer and the Cincinnati Post. In her senior season, she again was named first team all-conference, all districts and all cities. Kathy is the only female tennis player in Oak Hills history to qualify for the state finals. After high school, Kathy graduated from Miami University. The Rembold family has a long history with Oak Hills. Kathy's grandfather, Gilmore Year out, helped name Oak Hills High School. Gilmore Year out is included in the prestigious Oak Hills Local School District Wall of Honor. 

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Yoshi Oyakawa

Induction

2008

Sports

Graduation

Coach Yoshi Oyakawa was the swimming coach at Oak Hills High School from 1960 - 1985. Prior to coaching at Oak Hills, Oyakawa represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the 1952 Olympic backstroke gold medal in 1:05.4, finally breaking Adolph Kiefer’s Olympic record of 1.05.9 set in 1936. He returned to Olympic competition at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where he was elected co-captain along with Ford Konno. He finished 8th in the 100-meter backstroke competition. He was awarded an athletic scholarship to attend the Ohio State University for swimming where he won 6 Big Ten and 7 NCAA titles.

Coach Oyakawa started at Oak Hills in the fall of 1960. During his coaching career he led the Highlanders to twenty-three team conference championships. He coached 6 state champions and two Olympians. He was named League Coach of Year twenty-three times, SW Ohio Swimming Coach of the Year twelve times, Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post Coach of the Year and in 1972 he was named The State of Ohio Division I Coach of the Year.

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