SPORTS WALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2001
Francis
Coates |
| In high school, Mr. Coates played basketball, baseball and soccer. He was captain of the soccer team that won the 1931 league championship. Mr. Coates began teaching in 1935 and coached soccer, basketball and baseball for 22 years. He received the Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Award in 1947 for service to the Oxford community. |
Bill
Bea |
In
high school, he lettered in baseball, basketball and soccer. He graduated
from West Chester Teachers College where he was an All-American in soccer
in 1947. In college, he lettered in basketball and soccer. He played professional
baseball in the Cecil-Harford League. |
Berky
Nelson |
Mr.
Nelson earned varsity letters in soccer and track and field in high school.
In addition, he was District I champion in long jump, second in low hurdles
in 1956 and 1957 and state champion in long jump and low hurdles in 1957.
His contributions to the West Chester State College track team are numerous,
including being a National Finalist for NCAA Division I in the 400-meter
intermediate hurdles. At age 40 he was National Champion for the Masters
competition in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles and participated in
the Pan American Games. In 2006 Mr. Nelson was honored by the high school's Distinguished Alumni Program. |
Eileen
Draper Jones |
Mrs.
Draper Jones was a four-time letter winner in field hockey and basketball
and participated in track and field. She graduated from Oxford in 1964
and was named the best all around athlete that year. She went on to play
basketball for 10 years on the Dupont Business League team. Mrs. Draper
Jones says “although my travels have taken me far and wide, there
is no place like home … home is and always will be Oxford." |
Donald
Dyer |
Mr.
Dyer lettered in track and field, soccer and basketball while at OAHS.
In track, he participated in high hurdles, javelin and the triple jump.
He was also captain of the soccer team. In 1969, the basketball team won
the Southern Chester County League crown and the District I championship.
Mr. Dyer thanks everyone who believed in him and inspired him in athletics. |
Charles
Peterson |
Chuck
earned eight letters in basketball, football and track and field. He holds
school records in the High Jump and the Long Jump. In 1972, he was the
District I High Jump, Long Jump and Triple Jump Champion. He was All-State
at Maryland Junior College in baseball and soccer. In 1978, he was a Delaware
Semi-Pro Baseball First Team All Star. |
Dan
Kilby |
In
high school during the 1970s, Dan earned eight varsity letters in soccer,
basketball and baseball. At Elizabethtown College he lettered in baseball
and soccer. He was all-everything in high school soccer, including making
the all-state team. He was selected Best All-Around Athlete and an Evening
Bulletin Scholar Athlete while in high school. He returned to his
alma mater and coached in the basketball and soccer programs for many
years. |
Jonna
Jackson Davis |
Jonna
was the first in OAHS history to receive 12 letters for tennis, basketball
and softball. Her overall record in tennis was 44-3 and she was undefeated
in the league from 1984 to 1986. She was the first Oxford athlete to win
at the District level in tennis. She won MVP awards in all three of her
sports. In 1987, she was the Chester County Press Female Scholar
Athlete for Oxford. |
Doug
Sersun |
Doug
was the three-time Southern Chester County League 1600-meter champion
and two-time District I champion in this event. In cross-country he was
the SCCL champion and a two-time qualifier for States. He was the recipient
of the 1987 Chester County Press Male Scholar Athlete Award for
Oxford and the 1987 OAHS Coaches Award. He attended the U.S. Air Force
Academy, where he was the 1990 Western Athletic Conference 800-meter champion
and the 1996 U.S. Armed Forces champion in the 800 meters. He went on
to coach at the NCAA Division I level. |
Josh
Stanley |
Josh
lettered four times in wrestling and three times in football. He was a
three-time state qualifier in wrestling and a state champion in 1993.
He holds the school record for 17 wrestling tournament wins. He wrestled
for four years at Drexel University and is second in career wins there
with 110. Also at Drexel, Josh was team captain for three years and a
two-time NCAA Division I National Qualifier. |
