Chapel Hill/Lincoln High Hall of Fame – Class of 2017

The newest members of the Chapel Hill/Lincoln High Hall of Fame have been announced and are listed below. To celebrate, a banquet will be held on Saturday, April 29, 2017 in the Chapel Hill High cafeteria. If you would like to attend please contact Charlie Webb at Chapel Hill High, 919-929-2106. Reservations will be taken until April 15, 2017.

- Charles “Skeet” Baldwin – Football, Basketball, Track (1985) - Three-year starter on the football team earning All-Conference, All-Area, and All-State Honors. Baldwin was also a three-year member of the basketball team and earned All-Conference Honors. He also was an All-Conference performer in track during his two years as a team member. Baldwin went on the University of North Carolina, where he was three-year starter for the Tar Heels. Baldwin is currently a Behavior Specialist for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools.

- Patrick Currin – Baseball (2002) - Patrick earned three varsity letters in baseball at Chapel Hill High. He was All-Conference 2001 and 2002, and team MVP in 2002, leading the Tigers to their first playoff appearance in 15 years.  His #5 jersey at Chapel Hill High is retired. He went on to play at UNC-Greensboro, earning Academic All-American Honors. Patrick still helps Chapel Hill High's summer camp, and lives in the area.

- Donnell T. Garrett – Football  (1978) - Played three years of varsity football for the Tigers from 1976-78. Garrett was Chapel Hill High's Offensive Player of the Year in 1978 while earning All-Conference and Prep All-American Honors. He went on to play running back at Kansas State University.

- Taylor Gilland - Cross Country, Track (2008) - Taylor was part of Chapel Hill's 4A state championship team in 2006. He was the only person ever to win the 4A individual state cross country championship three consecutive years. He also won the 3200 meters championship for three consectuive years. He was 2008 North Carolina Gatorade Athlete of the Year. Taylor went on to run track and cross country at the University of Virginia for four years. While there, he claimed First Team All-ACC, Second Team All-American, and First Team Academic All-American. Taylor now lives in San Francisco, where he works as a private equity investor at TPG Growth.

- Keith A. Jones – Basketball (1976) - Jones was a member of the Chapel Hill High basketball team from 1973-76.  He earned All-Conference honors in both 1975 and 1976. He was an active member in Student Government while at the school. He went on the play basketball at Quinnipiac University, graduating in 1980. Keith then worked for the Federal District Court of Eastern New York for 32 years.

- Kristen (Samuhel) Clarey – Soccer (1997) - Kristen played soccer at Chapel Hill High in the 1996 and 1997 seasons. During both seasons she earned All-Conference, All- Region, and All-State honors. In her senior of 1997, she was an All-South Team Member. She went on to the University of Richmond to play soccer, where she was team captain, Academic All-American and Athlete of the Year. Kristen completed her education at UNC Medical School, and is now a physician in Cary, NC.

- Teams being inducted are the 1981 men’s and women’s state championship basketball teams.

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Phoenix Academy Graduation - True Lives Beginning

The students of Phoenix Academy High School spread their wings Monday night at the mid-year graduation. Six students earned their high school diplomas at an intimate ceremony attended by friends and family at Extraordinary Ventures.

The ceremony began with recollections by the teachers and students, fondly recalling the challenges overcome on the journey to graduation. Principal John Williams delivered an emotional summation of all the hard work that went into Monday’s accomplishments. 

“Everyone else will give up on these kids before they give up on themselves,” Williams said. 

Phoenix Academy is an alternative high school that capitalizes on an individualized educational approach. The school conducts small graduation ceremonies after every fall and spring semester to recognize the accomplishments of the graduates. This year, graduates included a student going into the Armed Forces as well as a young woman headed to Durham Tech to pursue a lifelong dream of nursing. Other students were either intending to start college or had already begun. 

Each student was recognized for the exceptional hard work and motivation it took to reach this milestone in their young lives.

"When these students walk out the doors tonight, their true lives will actually begin." said Williams. 

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ECHHS Alumni Participate in 2012 Olympics

Two graduates of East Chapel Hill HS are competing at the 2012 Olympics in London for the United States.

Michelle Kasold, Class of 2005, is competing on the Field Hockey Team.  Kasold led the ECHHS Field Hockey Team to four state championships between 2001 and 2004.

Nick McCrory, Class of 2009, is a member of the Swim and Dive Team and is competing in the Men's 10 Meter Platform and the Men's Synchronized 10 Meter Platform.

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