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REDWOOD DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI
Fifteen years ago Redwood High School celebrated its 50th Anniversary and established both the Redwood Athletic Hall of Fame and the Avenue of Giants to recognize the excellence of its students. These students not only excelled in their chosen sports or career paths, but they are role models for future students.They continue to give back to their communities. Congratulations to our new inductees!

Introducing the new members of the...

RHS ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME:

Class of 2025 honorees:

• Mike Firenzi '83- Coach / Baseball
• Ed Anderson '75 Baseball
• Sam Skinner '82 Track & Cross Country
• Rob Pavosevich '77 Water Polo
• Lou Larsen '69 Special Merit-Individual

Detailed bios of Hall of Fame members are available on the RAHOF Bio Page at RedwoodAlumni.org. 

The Hall of fame selections of 2024 and 2025 (listed here) will be honored as new inductees to the RAHOF on Saturday March 8th at the McInnis Park Club. Tickets for the banquet are on sale now at www.Redwoodalumni.org.

Class of 2024 honorees:

• Dave Kirchoff - Coach / Rugby
• Dwight MacDonald '75 Water Polo, Werstling, Baseball
• Brian Matthews ' 92 Swimming
• Cooper Helfet '07 Lacrosse, Football
• Jim Jones '79 Baseball
• Special Merit - Team / 1969 Mile Relay team (Tom Estudillo, Tod Norris, Tom Poppin, Robin Williams)

Introducing the...

2025 AVENUE OF GIANTS:

• Aviva Rosenthal ’90 Director of the Office of international Relations at the Smithsonian Institution, she works globally on such issues as climate change and biodiversity loss and protecting cultural heritage at risk from war and terrorism.
• Paige Wiley Peterson ’73 Author, illustrator, painter, photojournalist and Board member for National Council on U.S Arab Relations
• Dan Schlager ’77 and Bill Baringer ’77 worked together on many patents, including the development and licensing of GPS wireless technology to cell phones. They were considered as a team although each has made many individual contributions in other areas.

Complete bios are on our Avenue of Giants page at RedeoodAlumni.org.
Our next AOG banquet WILL BE IN MARCH 2026
HONORING 2025 AND 2026 INDUCTEES

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