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Last Thursday evening prior to Chelan’s basketball games against Cashmere, the school inducted four individuals and teams to its Hall of Fame.
Jim Talley and family gathered at Center Court in the Chelan gymnasium to be inducted into the Chelan Hall of Fame.
Jim Talley, a 1951 graduate of Chelan, was inducted into the Hall of Fame for playing on an undefeated football team and as a three year starter on the Chelan Basketball Team that took fifth place in the State in 1949, third in 1950 and winning the State Championship in 1951. Jim was also one of Chelan’s baseball pitchers, winning 49 games and losing only seven.
Baseball Coach Dave Cullen and members of his State Championship Baseball team were inducted into the Chelan Hall of Fame.
Baseball Coach Dave Cullen and his 1999 baseball team, the Bad News Bears, won the first State Baseball Championship in Chelan High School History, beating Lake Roosevelt 14-10 to advance to take on Number 1 ranked Brewster, handing the Bears their first loss of the season, 2-0. This advanced the Chelan team to the State playoffs where they won their first game against Columbia-White Salmon 6-4 which advanced the team to the State Championship Game against Friday Harbor, beating them in a thriller, 7-6 and capturing Chelan’s first State Championship Title in baseball.
Stephanie Parsley and her parents were honored in Center Court at last Thursday’s basketball game when she was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Stephanie Parsley was inducted into the Hall of Fame for her Golf history in Chelan and at WSU. Stephanie took fourth place in the 1A State Golf Championship in her Freshman year, 2nd place as a Sophomore in the 2A Championships and then won it all in her Junior and Senior years. Stephanie went on to play golf at Washington State University where she lettered in all four years. Over her college career, Stephanie played in 37 event and was on the first WSU team to attend the Division 1 NCCA National Women’s Golf Championships in 2003. In her career at college, she had 2 top 10 finishes and 7 top 25 finishes and was an All-Pac Academic Honorable Mention.
Phil Cullen was inducted into the Chelan Hall of Fame on Thursday evening.
Phil Cullen graduated in 1998 and helped lead the Chelan Goats to the 1998 State Basketball Championship. After graduation, Phil attended the University of Utah where he played for four years. He was also drafted by the Seattle Mariners as a pitcher and played for them in the minor leagues for three years. He holds a degree in civil and environmental engineering and a masters in leadership. Phil was an assistant coach for three years for the Grand Canyon University Basketball team before being recruited to by the University of Utah as their Director of Player Development and Camps for three years. He then became the Director of the Ute’s basketball program. Phil is currently in his second year as the Director of Basketball Strategy for the San Antonio Spurs.
Congratulations to all of these outstanding past Chelan athletes.
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