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Athletics Hall of Fame

Induction Class of 2025

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Hall of Fame 2025

Inductees and presenters

HALL OF FAME

Fall 2025

Menlo School inducted nine into the Hall of Fame in 2025, recognizing their outstanding contributions to the Knights Athletics legacy, and a Major League Baseball President of Operations received the Robert A. Lurie Award.

The newest members of the Hall of Fame are:

Jim Campbell ’00 - Football, Baseball

Matt Crowder ’10 - Baseball

Alex Fisher ’05 - Volleyball

Libby Jenke ’05 - Cross Country, Track & Field

Lizzie Lacy ’15 - Cross Country, Soccer, Track & Field

Ahsi Lieskovsky ’90 - Swimming

Ryen Peck ’00 - Cross Country, Tennis, Basketball

Preston Walters ’00 - Tennis, Basketball

Elizabeth Yao ’15 - Tennis

Additionally, Detroit Tigers President of Operations Scott Harris ’05 was honored with the Robert A. Lurie Award, which recognizes extraordinary athletic achievement beyond Menlo School.

Robert A. Lurie ’45 Distinguished Athletics Award

SCOTT HARRIS ’05 Detroit Tigers President of Baseball Operations

Harris has had a swift and impressive ascent through the ranks of Major League Baseball. After returning home to the Bay Area as the General Manager of the San Francisco Giants in 2019, he left the Giants to become the President of Baseball Operations with the Detroit Tigers in 2022. In the last decade, he has contributed to a historic championship in Chicago and become one of the game’s brightest young executives.

Before his time with the Giants, Harris worked at Major League Baseball in New York, attended Columbia Business School, and spent seven impactful years with the Chicago Cubs, joining the organization as the Director of Baseball Operations in 2012. During that time, he earned an MBA from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management and was promoted to Assistant General Manager of the Cubs. During his tenure, the Cubs made the postseason four times and won the 2016 World Series, which famously ended a 108-year championship drought.

In 2024, Harris led the Detroit Tigers to the postseason for the first time in 10 seasons and won a postseason series for the first time in 11 seasons. In 2025, the Tigers reached the postseason in consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2013-14 seasons.

Harris was a dual-sport athlete at Menlo School, playing both soccer and lacrosse. He played club lacrosse at UCLA, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in international economics.

Scott Harris’ parents Joanne Nino, far left, and Robert Harris, second from right, with Robert Lurie ’45, Connie Lurie, and Than Healy, accepted the Robert A. Lurie Distinguished Athletics Award on Scott’s behalf.

JIM CAMPBELL ’00

Football, Baseball

A two-sport standout, Campbell was a three-year varsity starter and co-captain of the 1999 football team. He was a first-team all-league pick in 1998 and 1999, as well as 1999 PAL-Ocean Division Lineman of the Year. Campbell was also named First-Team All-San Mateo County in 1999 and was part of two PAL-Ocean Championship teams. In baseball, he was a two-year starter and co-captain of the 2000 team. He was named first-team all-league in 1999. He played a significant role in helping the team secure two PSAL championships and was later named to the Menlo baseball all-decade team. Campbell went on to play four years at Columbia University and was a two-year letter winner.

MATT CROWDER ’10

Baseball

At Menlo, Crowder helped lead the Knights to back-to-back league titles in 2009 and 2010, culminating in a Central Coast Section championship during his senior year. He delivered a walk-off single in the CCS semifinal game and served as team captain that season. He was a two-time All-West Bay Athletic League First-Team selection. Crowder finished his career with a .379 hitting average, totaling 75 hits, 56 RBIs, 43 walks, and just 13 strikeouts over 253 plate appearances across 63 games in his junior and senior seasons. He went on to play four seasons of NCAA Div. I baseball—one at Brigham Young University and three at Pepperdine.

ALEX FISHER ’05

Volleyball

A four-year letter winner at Menlo and a senior captain, Fisher was named Peninsula Athletic League MVP in 2004 and was a four-time first-team all-league and all-county selection. She was selected to the All-Central Coast Section and all-state teams after helping Menlo to a silver medal at the state championships in 2001 and 2002, along with NorCal and CCS championships in 2001 and 2002 and four league titles. Fisher was named First-Team All-Bay Area by the Mercury News and voted 2004 Player of the Year in San Mateo County. She also was selected to USA Volleyball’s High-Performance Program. After Menlo, she played for Stanford from 2005 to 2009 and helped her team to two NCAA Div. I Championship games and four Pac-10 titles. She was a team captain in 2009 and named to the Pac-10 All-Academic team.

LIBBY JENKE ’05

Track & Field, Cross Country

Jenke is the second student in Menlo’s history to win a California State Track & Field Championship with her 800m victory in 2005. She won silver in the 800 at the state meet as a junior and was third at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships in the 800. After Menlo, Jenke was a three-year track & field and cross country letter winner at Duke and was part of a team that won a conference indoor championship in track & field. An indoor All-American, she also helped her team achieve runner-up status at the ACC Indoor Track Championships in the distance medley relay. Her collegiate career included running the fourth-fastest 800-meter time in Blue Devil history.

LIZZIE LACY ’15

Track & Field, Cross Country, Soccer

Lacy stands as the West Bay Athletic League cross country record holder on seven courses, with two additional school records. She earned All-America honors at the 2014 Foot Locker National Championships, where she finished 10th in 18:00.1. In her senior year, she also broke a girls’ course record at the WBAL meet at San Bruno Mountain, clocking 16:49 over 2.8 miles. In addition to her cross country achievements, Lacy’s track prowess was multifaceted: in track, she ran 10:23.86 in the 3,200m in 2015, a time that remains the fastest in Menlo history. She was the Mercury News Cross Country Athlete of the Year and the San Mateo Daily Journal Athlete of the Year. Her freshman year at Amherst, Lacy captured the NESCAC individual cross country title, clocking 21:48. She also ran at the NCAA Div. III Cross Country National Championships.

AHSI LIESKOVSKY ’90

Swimming

At Menlo, Lieskovky earned All-America honors in the 100-yard backstroke, including in 1989, when she was fourth in the nation. She was also a three-time All-America selection in the 200 medley relay as part of the “Fearsome Foursome,” alongside her sister Yee-Yie and lifelong friends, sisters Katie and Suzy Seebold. After Menlo, Lieskovsky broke program records in the 100 and 200 backstroke while at Rice.

RYAN PECK ’00

Tennis, Basketball, Cross Country

Peck earned 11 Menlo School varsity letters across tennis, basketball, and cross country. A four-year starter in tennis, he posted a 91-3 individual record, leading Menlo to three consecutive CCS and NorCal team championships, as well as a runner-up finish at the National Invitational. On the basketball court, Peck was a three-year starter, earning league MVP honors in 2000 and leading the team in scoring and rebounds as a junior and senior. In cross country, he qualified for the state meet three times and contributed to three league team titles. At Denison University, Peck continued his tennis career, posting winning records in both singles and doubles in 2001 and 2002.

PRESTON WALTERS ’00

Tennis, Basketball

At Menlo, Walters was the lone freshman on the first CCS and NorCal championship teams in the Bill Shine tennis era. In his four seasons, he lifted the Knights to three consecutive CCS titles, a perfect 24-0 record, and a NorCal Championship in 1999 and helped the Knights start a league dual-match win streak that stands at 29 seasons. He was named MVP and was twice a team captain in both tennis and basketball. Walters was a three-year letter winner and MVP on the basketball team. He went on to play tennis at Virginia.

ELIZABETH YAO ’15

Tennis

Yao won Menlo School’s first CCS Girls’ Singles Championship as a junior. She helped the Knights to a Central Coast Section title and a CIF-Northern California Championship in 2014. She was named the Mercury News Player of the Year in 2015, was twice selected West Bay Athletic League MVP, and was a four-time all-league pick. Yao went on to play at Stanford, where she was a four-year letter winner, playing singles and doubles.