Alumni of the Year
2018 Lucy Cardenas, 1975
2017 Ted Negata, 1953
2016 Hiroko Kemmethmuller Jolley, 1990
2016 Michelle Benedict, 1992
2015 John and Donnaleah Hall, 1983 and 1991
2014 Nancy Gregovich, 1983
2012 Richard Thomas, 1943
2012 Lillian Anderson Draper, 1924
2012 Bill Baxtor, 1962
2011 William “Willie” Price, 1947
2010 Ron Bouck, 1952
2010 Howard Victor White, 1928
2009 Steve Asay, 1971
2009 Robert R McKay, 1937
2009 Linda Richmond Hale, 1962
2009 Geraldine Soper Enniss
2009 Frank Bond, 1930
2009 Brent O Taylor, 1955
2008 Kindon R Jensen, 1943
2008 Daphne Bliss Perry, 1943
2007 Lily Nakai Havey, 1949
2007 E Kent Albrand, 1949
2006 Shauna Graves-Robertson, 1976
2006 Robert S Yeates, 1964
2006 Lindey F Kumagai, MD, 1944
2006 John Kumagai, MD, 1944
2006 Carlton J Christensen, 1984
2005 Kay Evans, 1959
2005 Helen Waltemeyer Nielsen, 1944
2004 Gerald W Sharp, 1947
2004 Elaine Dokos Tzourtzouklis, 1961
2003 Nick P Sefakis, 1952
2003 Janiel (Jael) Ashton, 1956
2003 Barbara Humphrey Stretton, 1954
2002 Vivian Weggeland, 1920
2002 Andrew L Gallegos, 1959
2001 Joe Tobari, 1942
2001 Ann Doris Schober Ericksen, 1930
2000 Thelma Dahlen Brimley, 1918
2000 Sidney G Baucom, 1947
1999 Wayne U Sanford, 1943
1998 Marvin L Hendrickson, 1957
1998 Helen Foster Snow, 1925
1997 Ronald J Whitehead, 1961
1997 M. Carl Larsen, 1956
1997 Joanne Hawkes Trumbo, 1941
1996 Lois Nielsen Steenblik, 1941
1996 George Clay Magann, 1962
1995 Verl R Topham, 1952
1995 Linda C. Smith, 1958
1995 Gary Totland, 1954
1994 Judith A Boulden, 1965
1994 Andrew A Valdez, 1970
1993 June M. Morris, 1948
1993 I. J Wagner, 1932
Panther in the Community
2018 Una Taufa, 2002
2018 June Hiatt, 2006
2017 Nathan Chen
2017 Bryant Watson, 2006
2010 Jacob Gerritsen, 1945
2010 Gary Madrid, 1978
2009 Ray Vissor, 1944
2009 Lucile Georgell, 1943
2008 Leif Arne Syversen, 1942
2008 Jack P Thacker, 1930
2008 Cal McPhie, 1941
2007 Richard Holmes, 1938
2007 Patricia Heywood Chiu, 1960
2007 Margaret Eastwood, 1949
2007 Joan Kilgrow Howard, 1963
2007 David Michael Heywood, 1958
2006 Ralph S Heath, 1935
2006 Phyllis Fisher Heath, 1936
2005 Vern L Bullough, Ph.D, RN, D.Sci, 1945
2005 Mary Latimer Hadfield, 1931
2005 Catherine Kranendonk Mills, 1932
2005 Ann Doris Schober Ericksen, 1930
2004 Vern Gorzitze, 1947
2004 Shannon Bryner Hale, 1992
2004 Lena Nilsson Hughes, 1965
2004 Bill Koncar, 1948
2003 Vernon Jorgenson, 1943
2003 Joseph Donald Hill, 1957
2003 John T Calevas, 1948
2003 Jerald D Holyoak, 1947
2003 Howard Leatham, 1946
2003 Bob Hansen, 1943
2002 Marce Wilson, 1991
2002 Kent Donaldsen, 1938
2002 Duane Bordeaux, 1981
2001 Paul S Sagers Sr., 1939
2001 Nathan B Hale, 1936
2001 Lou Lorenz, 1940
2001 Jack Fairclough, 1939
2001 Fujio (Fudge) Iwasaki, 1938
Honorary Alumni
2019 Julie Brooks-Dominguez
2018 Lisa Sandstrom
2013 Charlie and Paige Ferrell
2011 Sarah Herron 2011
2011 Karen Halladay
2011 Karen Derrick
2011 Glen and Shelle Ujifusa
2006 Delores Merrill
2006 Betty Lorenz
2006 Betty Donaldsen
2006 Ann Cannon
Presidents Award
2019 Don Johnson, 1962
2018 Roy Lee Grover, 1939
2013 Rebecca Florez-walshe*
2012 Palmer Wade
2012 Bob Lewis*
2011 Bob Czapla*
2010 Roger Miller*
2010 Don Morgan*
2009 Kim Caputo, 1989
2008 Tina Breck*
2007 Susan Raymond*
2006 Phil Montoya, 1973
2005 Blaine and Annette Overson*
2003 Michael John Carr, 1969
2001 Lorna Landon*
2000 Jim Chandler*
2000 Betty Lorenz*
*Not WHS alumni
Athletic Hall of Fame
2019 Dennis Hutchinson, 1965
2018 The Merrell Brothers
2017 Steve Merrell, 2002
2016 Cory Merrell, 2005
2015 Nick Merrell, 2007
Young Alumni
2019 Eduardo Reyes Chavez, 2007
Distinguished Alumni
Kent Thompson – Taught at WHS for many years
Teri King – Taught and led student government at WHS for many years
Ronnie Stubbs – Taught and coached at WHS for many years
Jeff Holtry – Michigan State Champ Team
Don Holtry – Years of Service & Teaching for WHS Athletics
Tony Finau – Pro Golfer & 3x PGA Tour Winner
Parley Baer – Actor
Paul Bloomquist – American pilot and officer
Shannon Bryner Hale – Author
Clayton Christensen – Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author
Helen Foster Snow – American journalist
Earl Holding – Owner of Sinclair Oil and Grand America
Tom C. Korologos – US Ambassador
Leonidas Ralph Mecham – U.S. Court Administrator
Thomas S. Monson – President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Dick Nemelka – Professional basketball player
Harold Ross – Co-founder of the New Yorker magazine
George Von Elm – Voted the 10th most important amateur golfer in U.S. history
D. Frank Wilkins – Utah Supreme Court Justice
Mark H. Willes – CEO of the LA Times and General Mills
Bryce Williams – Long time WHAA Board Member (2x President) & SLC School Board Vice Chair
Edgar Zuniga Jr. – Emmy Award Winning Journalist
Whitney Anne Clark – Forty Under 40 in Business 2022 (California), Healthcare Administrator
Joseph B.V. Arrington – Forty Under 40 in Business 2023 (Utah), Captain of U of U Wrestling Team, Patented Scientist/Inventor, Long time WHAA Board Member (3x President)
Pat Toone – Long Time WHAA Board Member (1x President)
Gean Plaga – Taught and coached at WHS for many years
Larry H. Miller – Owner of the Utah Jazz
Gail Miller – Chair of LHM
Ray Tracy – Renowned contemporary Native American Jeweler, film/screen actor & producer.