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Carolynn McHugh Heyl
Induction
2025
Sports
Women's Swim & Dive
Graduation
2001
Carolynn McHugh Heyl, a 2001 graduate of Oak Hills High School, is one of the most accomplished swimmers in school history. A four-year varsity letter winner and team captain her senior year, Carolynn earned two Ohio State Championships in 2001 — individually in the 50-yard freestyle and as part of the 200-yard medley relay team. Over her high school career, she became a 16-time state placer, including seven top-three finishes at the Ohio State Championship meet in Canton.
As of 2025, she continues to hold Oak Hills’ records in the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, and 200-yard freestyle relay. Beyond high school, Carolynn also competed with the Gamble Nippert YMCA Gators, achieving multiple first-place finishes and helping the women’s team capture the 2001 YMCA Long Course National Championship.
At the University of South Carolina, where she earned a swimming scholarship, Carolynn built on her success. She became a school record holder in the 200-yard freestyle relay, 400-yard freestyle relay, and 200-yard medley relay, while also ranking among the program’s all-time best in the 100-yard freestyle. In 2004, she anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay team that placed 3rd at the SEC Championships and 5th at the NCAA Championships, setting school records that stood for more than 15 years. That same year, she was a three-time All-American. Carolynn was also named an Academic All-American in her sophomore, junior, and senior years.
After graduating with a degree in business, Carolynn pursued a career in healthcare and is now a registered nurse with The Urology Group. She resides in Green Township with her husband, Mark, and their three daughters — Adeline, Alayna, and Audrey — all students at J.F. Dulles. A proud Highlander, she is remembered not only as a record-setting swimmer, but also as a multi-sport athlete who represented Oak Hills in both swimming and soccer.

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2001

Elizabeth Brunsman Murphy
Induction
2010
Sports
Women's Tennis
Graduation
2000
Elizabeth Brunsman Murphy is in the graduating class of 2000, graduated as a tennis standout at Oak Hills, Elizabeth holds the all-time career singles record with sixty-two wins and twelve losses. She was the first female tennis player at Oak Hills to play all four years as the number one singles player, being named team MVP each of those four years. During her junior and senior year, Elizabeth was the conference champion, sectional champion and was a two time state qualifier. She maintained a top ten city ranking during her entire four year athletic career as well as a USTA Midwest and Ohio Valley Ranking. After graduating from Oak Hills, Elizabeth continued her tennis career at Northern Kentucky University on an athletic scholarship. She was a four time Great Lakes Valley All Conference First Team performer, two time team captain, and four time NKU All-Academic Team honoree. In 2002 and 2003, Elizabeth advanced to the NCAA Division II Women's Tennis Championship. Not surprising, in 2003 she was voted by the GLVC Coaches as the "Player they were happiest to see graduate"! As the final award to her college career Elizabeth earned NKU's prestigious Career Achievement Award based on academic excellence, athletic ability and achievement, character and leadership.

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2000

Fred Meier
Induction
2023
Sports
Graduation
Fred Meier was the head baseball coach at Oak Hills High School from 1982 to 1993. Coach Meier is a 1965 graduate of Western Hills High School in Cincinnati. He graduated from Ohio University in 1969 and received his Master’s Degree from Xavier University in 1972. As a player At Western Hills he played for OHSBCA Hall of Fame member Dick Hauck, and participated in the 1965 State All-Star game, which is now the Mizuno All-Ohio Series. At OU, he played for the legendary coach, Bob Wren, who greatly influenced Meier toward a career in coaching. His first coaching job was at Colerain High School as an assistant in baseball, wrestling, and football. In 1972 he became the first head baseball coach at the new Northwest High School. After eight seasons at Northwest, Meier moved to Oak Hills where he coached for fourteen seasons.
In his twenty-two years as head coach, his teams won fourteen Hamilton County League Championships and he accumulated a won-lost record of 357-150. Coach Meier's most rewarding experience was seeing over fifty of his players go on to play college baseball, with two making it to the major leagues. Many of his former players have gone on to coach at the high school level with several becoming head coaches.
Coach Meier has accumulated many Coach of the Year awards, He has conducted many camps and has spoken at numerous clinics. He has served as the Southwest District Representative to the OHSBA for twelve years. He is a Past President of the Cincinnati Baseball Coaches Association. In 2000, he was inducted into the Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.
During his time at Oak Hills he also served as Assistant Football Coach.
Fred's wife, Carol, and sons, Brian and Mark, have contributed much to his coaching career. Carol served as scorekeeper and both sons played for their dad at Oak Hills.

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Jason Martin
Induction
2016
Sports
Men's Football, Basketball, Baseball
Graduation
1998
Jason Martin was a member of the Oak Hills Graduating Class of 1998, in which he played varsity Football, Basketball, and Baseball. He earned the Senior Athlete Award and the Archie Griffin Award for Leadership in 1998. Martin had sustained success for the Highlander Baseball team, being a starter on 2 league championship teams. He currently holds the 2nd place records for single season batting average (.519) and Career average (.456). His senior season, he was named to the Mizuno All-Ohio All Star Team, All-City 1st Team, and Conference Co-Player of the Year. That season, he led the team in Hits, RBI's, Triples, and HR's.

MEET
1998

John Maher
Induction
2019
Sports
Men's Wrestling, Track & Field, Football
Graduation
1972
John Maher played three varsity sports, graduating in 1972. He was one of the first in school history to qualify for the state tournament in wrestling. John earned a varsity letter three years in track. In football, he was voted MVP his senior year by his teammates. John credits his great coaches at Oak Hills for guiding him to set goals and continue his education. After attending Middle Tennessee State University on a football scholarship, John settled in the Nashville, Tennessee area and taught and coached for ten years before beginning his second career as a homebuilder/developer. John Maher Builders has built thousands of homes and has land holdings suitable for thousands more. John and his company have won numerous awards throughout the years. The Nashville Business Journal honored John as one of the twenty five people that most influences business in Williamson County. In 2017, John received the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce Community Partner Award which illustrates his commitment to and impact on the city in which he builds. In May of 2018, John received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Oak Hills High School. Since athletics and education played such a large role in John's life, he has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to support charities, school projects, and provide scholarships to worthy recipients. As a thank you to Oak Hills and in recognition of his most influential coaches (Wil Rutenschroer and Frank Shaut), John donated $100,000 for the original artificial turf for the Rutenschroer/Maher Field and $100,000 for a future wrestling room to honor Coach Shaut. John has been married to his college sweetheart, Margie, for 42 years and is proud of his four children, Beth, Jennifer, Kathleen, and Jack.

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1972

Kim Fritsch Morstadt
Induction
2013
Sports
Women's Swim & Dive
Graduation
1990
Kim Fritsch Morstadt is a 1990 Oak Hills graduate who was a standout swimmer for the Highlanders. She is a three time state qualifier finishing 2nd in the butterfly and the free relay and was crowned a state champion in the medley relay. Kim was a captain of the 1990 team that finished as Ohio State Runner Up. After her career at Oak Hills, Kim was awarded a swimming scholarship to Purdue University. While at Purdue she was a three time All American, two time Big Ten Champion and finished in 3rd place at the 1994 NCAA finals - the highest finish for any female swimmer in Purdue history. When she graduated from Purdue, Kim held eight school records. She has continued to stay involved in the sport of swimming, recently coaching the youngest Cincinnati Marlin swimmers for the past three years. She is also the Chair for the Ohio Swimming Outreach Program. The program provides competitive swimming opportunities to the underrepresented and economically disadvantaged youth in the state.

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1990

Ron Murphy
Induction
2015
Sports
Men's Baseball, Football
Graduation
1989
Ron was a 7 time varsity letter recipient, and 2 time JV letter recipient during his time at Oak Hills, playing both Baseball and Football. As a football player, he was earned 3 varsity letters, while leading the team in return yards and being a two-way starter at Running Back and Defensive Back, which allowed him to be named All-League for Football in 1988 and 1989. In Baseball, he earned 3 league titles (1987-1989), and was named All-League during that time frame as well. He set school records for Triples and Runs, and won both Sectionals and District during the 1989 season. Because of his successes, he was named Student Athlete of the Year in 1989, and accepted a Division 1 scholarship to Ball State University to continue his baseball career.

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1989

Steve Moore
Induction
2006
Sports
Graduation
Steve Moore was the Oak Hills basketball coach from 1965 - 1980. During that time, he won eight league championships, was named League coach of the year eight times and was named City of Cincinnati Coach of the Year twice. He led the 1970 team to undefeated regular season 18-0 and finished the season ranked third in the State of Ohio. His career record at Oak Hills was 235-66. Steve started the Oak Hills Junior Pro basketball program in 1972. This program today is organized in grades 3-12 and includes over 800 students. In 2001 Steve was named the assistant coach of the Kentucky Pro-Cats of the ABA. In 2004 he was the named the assistant coach of the Cincinnati Blaze of the ABA.

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Tracy Morgan
Induction
2014
Sports
Women's Soccer, Basketball, Track
Graduation
Tracy Morgan was a Varsity Soccer, Basketball, and Track athlete during her time at Oak Hills, which was from 1995-1998. Morgan was awarded 1st team All-Conference, 1st team All-District, and 1st team All-City in both Basketball and Soccer. She still holds many school records for both Basketball and Soccer. Morgan accepted a full academic scholarship to play Women’s Basketball at UNC-Wilmington from 1999-2004. Despite missing her first year with an injury, she went on to be a 4 year starter for the team and was the team’s leading rebounder. She went on to earn her Marketing/Finance degree and currently works as a Senior Analyst for Duke Energy. In her free time, she is also the Varsity Assistant Basketball Coach for Ursuline Academy

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