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Athletics Hall of Fame

Induction Class of 2024

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Hall of Fame 2024

Inductees and presenters

Hall of Fame

Fall 2024

Menlo School welcomed 10 new inductees into its Athletics Hall of Fame, recognizing their outstanding contributions to the School’s athletic legacy. This year’s honorees include:

Kyle Utsumi – Water Polo Coach

Phil Huff ’89 – Golf

Matt Lapolla ’04 – Football, Baseball

Tiffany Lee ’04 – Tennis

Michal Oda-Burns Martin ’04 – Soccer, Cross Country, Track

Max Glenn ’09 – Tennis, Basketball

Ryan O’Holleran ’09 – Football, Basketball, Lacrosse

Jaye Boissiere ’14 – Soccer

Mikey Diekroeger ’14 – Baseball, Basketball

Jack Heneghan ’14 – Football, Basketball

Additionally, national champion snowboarder Kelly (Marren) Nachbar ’09 was honored with the Robert A. Lurie Award, which recognizes extraordinary athletic achievement beyond Menlo School.

Robert A. Lurie Distinguished Athletic Award

Kelly (Marren) Nachbar is a former U.S. champion snowboarder and national snowboarding halfpipe team member. During her time on the U.S. team, she had numerous top-10 finishes in World Cups, Revolution Tours, World Championships, X Games, Dew Cups, and U.S. Open Circuits. An avid gymnast while a Menlo Middle School student, she turned her focus to snowboarding. She was among the first women to land a “backside 900”—two and a half full spins while spinning backward—in the halfpipe. Eventually, Nachbar became the first snowboarder from Northstar to make the U.S. National Halfpipe Team. She was an eight-time World Cup top-15 finisher and took eighth place at the World Championships in Oslo, Norway, in 2012, ninth place at the X Games in 2011, and fourth place in the Dew Cup Tour in 2010. Nachbar also captured titles in the USA Nationals in 2010 and 2012. While attending Stanford, she competed on the triathlon team.

Kelly Nachbar’s parents, Lynda and John Marren accepted the award on her behalf

KYLE UTSUMI

Girls’ Water Polo Coach, Swimming Assistant Coach

Utsumi coached the girls’ water polo team for nine seasons from 1997 to 2005 and was Assistant Coach for the swim team for 11 years, serving nine of those 11 years as Aquatics Director. Under his tenure, the girls’ water polo team won three CCS Championships in the top tier (1998, 2004, and 2005). Utsumi, who taught sixth grade Humanities at Menlo from 2005 to 2015, established the Middle School Aquatics Program. In the national arena, he was head coach of USA Youth and Junior National women’s teams and served on the U.S. Women’s Olympic team coaching staff in 2004 and 2008. After Menlo, he was a women’s assistant coach from 2007 to 2022 for Stanford, which landed seven NCAA Championships. He is now the Director of Water Polo at Punahou School in Honolulu.

PHIL HUFF ’89

Golf

At Menlo, Huff was a three-time MVP who helped Menlo win the Peninsula Athletic League Tournament as both a junior and a senior. In 1989, he was crowned CCS Champion. A team captain, he led the Knights to a league crown and into the NorCal team finals his senior year. He also placed fifth at the NorCal High School Championships in both his junior and senior years. In 1989, Huff finished in ninth place at the USGA Junior Amateur. In college, Huff continued his golf career at Cal, where he was a two-time captain and four-year letter winner. Huff was named to the All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention Team in 1994. He guided the Bears to the NCAA Div. I Golf Championships in 1993.

MATT LAPOLLA ’04

Football, Baseball

At Menlo, Lapolla, a running back/linebacker, was selected Peninsula Athletic League Ocean first-team and served as captain as a junior and senior. As a junior, he had more than 1,000 all-purpose yards in league play, and as a senior, he had 206 carries for 1,320 yards and 14 rushing TDs. Lapolla was a four-year letter winner in baseball, and as a senior captain he was the starting catcher for the CCS Championship team. In college, Lapolla played football for four seasons at Pomona, and for his work-study, he developed a data system for recruiting.

TIFFANY LEE ’04

Tennis

At Menlo, Lee lifted the Knights to three NorCal titles and three Central Coast Section Championships from 2000 to 2002. She was a 2002 and 2003 All-American and First-Team All-League selection. During her senior season, she led the Knights to a league title and was named MVP. In college, Lee played the 2004-05 season for Cal before transferring to Rice University, and Rice won its first conference championship. She earned two All-Conference USA Third-Team honors for the Owls and was a two-time Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete. As a senior, she also won the 2008 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports-Scholar Award.

MICHAL ODA-BURNS MARTIN ’04

Soccer, Cross Country, Track

At Menlo, Martin was a two-year letter winner in cross country, soccer, and track & field, specializing in sprints and relays. She was named team MVP in all three sports and was selected junior Athlete of the Year and CIF Scholar-Athlete finalist in 2003. Martin went to Menlo Middle School, played for a Washington state Olympic Development team, and upon returning to Menlo as a junior, played on a NorCal Olympic Development team for two years. In college, Martin went on to play soccer at UCLA during her sophomore and junior years.

MAX GLENN ’09

Tennis, Basketball

At Menlo, Glenn helped Menlo School to four CCS Championships: two in basketball and two in tennis. The Knights boys’ tennis team went on to win two NorCal Championships in 2008 and 2009. During his junior and senior seasons, Glenn captured two individual CCS doubles titles with Patrick Chase. In college, Glenn was a captain for two years for UC Santa Barbara, the 2013 Big West Conference champion. He was named the Gauchos’ Most Improved Player in 2010 and 2011 and Most Inspirational Player in 2012. Max’s parents, Kim and Tyler Glenn accepted the award on his behalf.

RYAN O’HOLLERAN ’09

Football, Basketball, Lacrosse

At Menlo, as a senior captain, O’Holleran was a first-team all-league linebacker and earned defensive MVP honors. He was the lone sophomore selected first-team all-league and was a second-team all-county pick in 2006, when the Knights were co-champions of the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division. He helped Menlo basketball to CCS and league titles as a junior and a league co-championship as a sophomore. He also played a season of lacrosse. In college, O’Holleran played his first several years as a linebacker and finished his career as a tight end for UC Davis. He was named Special Teams Player of the Year for the Aggies in 2013 and served as captain.

JAYE BOISSIERE ’14

Soccer

At Menlo, Boissiere earned West Bay Athletic League MVP honors in 2012, when she led the Knights to the Central Coast Section Div. III title. She represented the United States at the U-23, U-18, U-17, U-16, and U-14 levels. She played for the U-18 national team in the 2014 Ten Nations Tournament in Spain. In college, a four-year letter winner for four-time Pac-12 Conference champion Stanford, she made three Women’s College Cup appearances and won a 2017 national title. She was MVP of the 2017 NCAA Women’s College Cup and made the 2018 MAC Hermann Watch List for best women’s soccer players in the NCAA Div. I. After college, Boissiere played with the Washington Spirit before matriculating at medical school at Duke in 2022.

MIKEY DIEKROEGER ’14

Baseball, Basketball

At Menlo, the shortstop and pitcher batted .365 and had 55 RBI in his four-year career. As a senior, Diekroeger turned a game-ending triple play at shortstop in the CCS playoffs, making a diving catch, tagging second, and throwing to first to launch Menlo into the quarterfinals. He batted .351 as a freshman and Menlo went on to win a CCS Div. III Championship. In his junior season, Menlo returned to the CCS finals and finished with a 22-7 record. He also played basketball, averaging 5.4 points his junior season. In college, Diekroeger led the team at Stanford in on-base percentage as a freshman and as a sophomore started all 54 games at third base, finishing with 26 RBI and a team-high 15 doubles. He started all 39 games as a junior.

JACK HENEGHAN ’14

Football, Basketball

At Menlo, Heneghan was co-offensive MVP for the Peninsula Athletic League and a San Francisco Chronicle all-metro selection as a senior quarterback. He was selected to the All-State Small-Schools Second Team. He passed for 2,974 yards and 37 touchdowns. Heneghan also helped the basketball team to a 21-8 record and was an all-WBAL junior. In college, the Dartmouth quarterback and captain was named All-Ivy League Honorable Mention and Academic All-District First Team. As a senior, he ranked fourth in the Ivy League with a 139.43 efficiency. As a junior, he received the team award as the offensive underclassman who contributed most to the success of the team after producing one of the most prolific passing seasons in Dartmouth history, ranking second in completions and attempts, plus third in yardage. After college, he signed an undrafted free-agent contract with the San Francisco 49ers.