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Alumni Association MUM Sale

The Champion Alumni Association is selling fall mums as a fundraiser for our scholarship fund.  The mums will arrive in large 8" pots just ready to burst into bloom.  Cost of the mums is $7.  The mums are being secured from Chuck's Greenhouse in North Jackson.  Pick-up will be at Russella and Gene Cheredar's home at 7106 Oak Hill Dr. NW, West Farmington, OH 44491.  Delivery will be approximately the first of September.  The customer will be called when the mums are ready for pick-up.  Five colors are available: red, white, yellow, purple and orange.  Please make checks payable to The Champion Alumni Association.

Orders due August 26.
Printable Alumni Mum Form

The CHS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2017 induct new members

The Champion High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame recently inducted new honorees. They include:
Left to right (top row): Rick Yauger, Jeffrey Orr, Russ Banks
Left to right (bottom row): Richard Thompson, Kasey Karr, Jason Gray 
Not pictured: Charles E. Dolejs (honored posthumously)
The banquet held on Nov. 4. Thank you to the Dolejs family for a large donation and to all those that helped in making the event a success. 
Champion Alumni

CHS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2017

Russell Banks
Graduate: Champion High School 1981
              Northwood University 1985
President R D Banks Chevrolet Inc. -3rd Generation
Past President: Ohio Automobile Dealers Assn. 2008-09
Past Chairperson: Ohio Automobile Dealers Assn. 2016-17
OESCA Outstanding Leadership & Community Service Award 2012
Northwood University Automobile Dealer Education Award 2016
Board of Directors – Rich Center for Autism
Champion Rotary Club
Rotarian of the Year 2016/2017
Chairman – Champion Zoning Board of Appeals
President – Champion Educational Enrichment Foundation
Member – Champion Schools Business Advisory Council
Member – Champion Schools Levy Committee
           

CHS Athletic Hall of Fame 2017

Kasey Karr
Graduate: Champion High School 2006
                    Lafayette College 2010 BA
                   Villanova University 2013 MBA
Member: CHS National Honor Society, CHS Key Club, 
                 CHS Yearbook Staff
Champion High School Athletic Honors:
     CHS Varsity Cross Country Team – Four Year Letter Winner 
     CHS Varsity Softball Team – Four Years – 408 Strikeouts,
        0.54 ERA, 18 Shutouts, 3 No-hitters, 2 Perfect Games 
    All-TAC, All-District, & All-State Honors
Lafayette College Athletic Honors:
     Lafayette College Softball Team – Four Years
       121 Pitching Appearances, 43 Wins, 378 Ks, .307 BA, 
      4.50 ERA
      First No-Hitter - Lafayette College Softball 
     Charles L. Albert Most Outstanding Female Student- Athlete
      Two Patriot League Championship Games
NFCA Division I Second Team All-American

CHS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2017

Jason Gray
Graduate: Champion High School 1988
                    Clarion University – BS Ed 1992
                    Youngstown State University – MS Ed Admin 2012
Career: Teaching – New York State 1993
             Teaching – Lordstown HS 1996
            Teaching, Administrator, Director – Trumbull County 
            Career & Technical Center 2002
            Superintendent – Trumbull County Career & Technical 
            Center 2013
Highlights: Innovator of educational activities for students
TCTC Highlights: HSTW Platinum Award
                              HSTW Ohio Outstanding Career Center 2013 
                             HSTW Educational Leadership Conference  
                             honored guest and presenter 2013
                             Nominated NASS Superintendent of the Year 
                             2014
                             Top Performing School HSTW NE Region 2016
 Devotion to “at-risk” students & a noted education innovator 

CHS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2017

Charles E. Dolejs
Graduate: Champion High School 1967
                    Kent State University
                   Coastal Carolina College
                  USMC Officers Candidate School Quantico Virginia
Fluent in five different languages including Mandarin Chinese
Served in USMC high level posts in Okinawa, 
     Vietnam, China, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong,
     Thailand, and Haiti
Held command positions USMC in Quantico, Virginia and
     Camp Lejune, North Carolina
Received: Two - National Defense Medals by Acts of Congress (2nd highest non – combat medal).
 Forty-two USMC medals, citations, and ribbons
First USMC Captain to serve as a military attache’
Four years as adjunct faculty member Dept. of Homeland
     Security and Federal Emergency Management Assn.
Member & President – International Crisis Mgmt. Corp.
From Dubai conducted emergency operations on all continents
Co – founder and President of U.S. & Medical Reserve Corps
     Onslow County, NC
Organized ten county antiterrorism Regional Consortium in 
    Eastern North Carolina prior to 9/11/2001 (Taught terrorism awareness and WMD)

CHS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2017

Jeffrey Orr
Graduate: Champion High School 1979
                    Kent State Trumbull 1985
Eagle Scout 
US Marine Corps
Boy Scout Scoutmaster
Community Volunteer
President: Ohio Task Force Commanders Association
Thirty-two year career in law enforcement
Retired Captain Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office
Formed the first Multi-County Law Enforcement Task Force 
     (T.A.G.) in Northeast Ohio
Longest serving Drug Task Force Commander – Trumbull 
     County (20 Years)

CHS Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame 2017

Richard Thompson
Graduate: Champion High School 1966
                   Youngstown State University 1972
Packard Electric 1972 – 1979
Co-founder Co-Owner – Therm – O – Link Manufacturing 
(Maker of electrical wire and cable) 1980 – Present
Owner – Heritage Hill Farm (4000 acre grain production farm)
Instrumental in restoring and preserving historic structures in the Kinsman area
Owner of the restored Peter Allen Inn – Kinsman Ohio 
Trustee – Kinsman Public Library
Trustee – Hiram College
Trustee – Youngstown State University Foundation
Member – Trumbull 100
Chairman – Trumbull Family Fitness Center


CHS Athletic Hall of Fame 2017

Rick Yauger
Champion High School Baseball Coach 
     Varsity Baseball Assistant Coach 2007 – 2013
     Head Varsity Baseball Coach 2015 – Present 
          Record: 62 Wins 15 Losses
AAC Blue Conference Championships 2015, 2017
OHSAA District Baseball Championship 2017
OHSAA Regional Baseball Championship 2017
OHSAA State Baseball Championship2017
Curbstone Coaches Coach of the Year 2017
Trumbull County Coach of the Year 2015, 2017
Northeast Ohio Coach of the Year 2017
Content and photo courtesy of Champion Alumni Assoc. Board
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