RHS Alumni Association

10/16/2026

Please take a minute to hear what long time friends, Cindy Beger and Bruce Wade have to say about RHS Hall of Fame inductee, Jeff Sandquist!!

10/15/2026

Congrats to the 1982 Boys' Golf team for being inducted into the RHS Hall of Fame! Please take a few minutes to see what the 4 members on that team had to say about that year. Congrats to Forrest Arthur, Tony Congiardo, Mark Franz, and Dino Congiardo!

10/13/2026

Congrats to RHS Hall of Fame Class of 2026 inductee, Blayne Shockley. Please take a few minutes to listen to what his dad, David Shockley and his high school head coach, Jeremy Jamison have to say about him.

10/12/2026

Russ Carnahan, RHS Hall of Fame Class of 2026 inductee. Please take a few minutes to listen to what his wife, Debra, has to say about him.

10/09/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026 Hall of Fame inductees!! They join an elite group of alumni, scholars, performers, contributors and sports teams already in the RHS Hall of Fame. Thank you to all who celebrated and attended the induction ceremony held on October 2nd! If you would like to nominate someone for the Class of 2027 Hall of Fame, please use the following link: https://bit.ly/RHSHOFNomination

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2026
Nancy Beveridge
Russ Carnahan (1976)
Mike Howard
Jeff Sandquist
Blayne Shockley (2010)
1982 Boys Golf Team

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2025
Michelle (Green) Haynes (1997)
Don Knapp
Charlie McCaw (1957)
Dr.John Oliver Wilson (1956)
2000 Girls’ Soccer Team

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2024
Jamie G. Anderson nee Canfield (1964)
Dr. Robert Berry (1967)
Dr. Bill Brent
Val (Sauer) Gooch (1987)
Hal Schmitt (1974)
1985-1986 Wrestling Team

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2023
William Siebert Jr. (1972)
Kirby Arnold (1972)
Marty Brown (1981)
Kent Dinsdale (1980)
Jamie Myers (1982)
Don Priest
1954-1955 Boys Basketball Team
1980-1981 Girls Basketball Team

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2022
Robert Barefield (1978)
Eric Berg (1975)
Dr. Roger Berkbuegler
Marvin Breuer (1931)
Dr. Ingrid Nygaard (1977)
Dave Roberts (1979)
Leland Womack
1993 Soccer Team

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2021
*Cancelled**

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2020
Anne Felts (2001)
Gail Lee Hintz (1977)
Dennis (Doc) Roberts (1966)
Jim Gladden (1958)
John Malcolm Russell (1971)
John L. Woodfin
1977 Golf Team

HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2019
James Chen (1987)
Isabelle Estes
Kim Fowler (1974)
Dr. D. Kent King
Chantae (McMillian) Langhorst (2006)
Becky (Geers) Oakes (1972)
Eziamaka (Okafor) Obunadike (2002)
Charles (Chuck) Shelton
Robert “Bob” Stoltz (1962)
1994 Football Team

The Rolla High School Hall of Fame (HOF) is established to recognize the tradition of Rolla High School and to pay tribute to the outstanding scholars, athletes, performers, and teams that have walked our halls. It also serves as a means to recognize the teachers, coaches, sponsors, and contributors...

10/02/2026

Join us Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in the High School cafeteria as we induct the Class of 2026 Inductees into the Hall of Fame. If you plan on attending please RSVP using this link. https://bit.ly/RHSHallofFame2026RSVP

Mike Howard retired in 2019 as RHS soccer head coach after 29 years, having led the Bulldog boys’ team since 1991 and beginning the Lady Bulldog program in 1996. As his first - and only - coaching job, Howard came to Rolla High fresh out of college at the age of 21.
Combining both the boys’ campaigns in the fall and the girls’ campaigns in the spring, Howard coached a staggering 53 seasons (1,336 games) at RHS. During that time the Bulldogs/Lady Bulldogs captured a total of 31 district championships, 19 conference championships, 11 state tournament quarterfinal berths and one Final Four appearance.
The highlight of Howard’s coaching career came in 1993, when he led the RHS boys’ squad to the state tournament semifinals, giving him the distinction of competing in the Missouri Soccer Final Four as both a player and head coach by the age of 25.
In all, Howard closed his boys’ coaching mark at 468-228-46 – No. 12 all-time in Missouri victories at the time – with 18 district and seven conference crowns. With the girls he had a 417-149-28 record, which ranked No. 4 all-time in the state for victories at the time, with 13 district and 12 conference titles.
Howard’s overall soccer coaching record was 885-377-74, which ranked fifth all-time in the state at the time of his retirement. In his combined 53 seasons, Howard had just five losing campaigns.
Howard was named the Missouri State Coach of the Year and All-Midwest Region Coach of the Year in 2005, and in 2015 was inducted into the Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He has been that association’s Missouri State Coach of the Year National Representative, Missouri State Class 3 Chair in both boys’ and girls’ soccer as well as Missouri Hall of Fame Chair.
And even though the 2020 girls’ soccer season was completely wiped out by COVID, Howard was named the 2020 Missouri State High School Soccer Coaches Association (MSHSSCA) Girls’ Coach of the Year for the large-school division (Classes 3-4), in honor of his impending retirement and his career body of work.
He produced 73 RHS all-state players, three All-Midwest selections (Anne Felts, Nicole Howard, Aaron Froehlich), two Missouri Offensive Players of the Year (Felts, Froehlich), one Missouri Defensive Player of the Year (Nick Janke), one Missouri Player of the Year (Felts) and one All-America (Felts).
Howard had two players who finished their prep careers as Missouri’s all-time career goals leader – Felts for the Lady Bulldogs and Froehlich for the RHS boys. Felts went on to play for a collegiate national championship team at North Carolina, and is also a former NCAA Division I women’s soccer head coach.
Both of Howard’s children were all-state players for him – Jason and Nicole.
Nicole Howard was named the National Junior College Player of the Year while at Lewis and Clark Community College and later played D-I soccer in the SEC at LSU. Jason followed his father into coaching, becoming head coach for the St. Louis Community College women’s soccer squad.

10/02/2026

The 7th annual RHS Hall of Fame will be tomorrow, October 3, 2026 at 2 p.m. at the High School cafeteria. The induction ceremony is open to the public, please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/RHSHallofFame2026RSVP

The first Rolla High School wrestling state champion. Blayne Shockley captured the 2007 103-pound Missouri Class 3 state championship as a freshman. He went on to earn three more state medals by placing second at 112 in 2008, third at 112 in 2009 and third at 119 in 2010.
He is one of the career leaders in victories for the Bulldogs, finishing with an overall record of 165-12.
Also a player for the RHS boys’ soccer team, Shockley went on to have a solid wrestling career at Lindenwood University. While Lindenwood was moving from an NAIA to an NCAA Division II program, Shockley earned All-America honors by placing third place in the national club tournament. He finished with more than 40 victories at Lindenwood.
He later spent eight years in the U.S. Army.

10/01/2026

The public is welcome to attend the 7th annual RHS Hall of Fame to be held this Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2 p.m. in the High School cafeteria. Please RSVP at this link: https://bit.ly/RHSHallofFame2026RSVP

Beveridge was a teacher at Rolla High from the fall of 1957 to the spring of 1982. She began her tenure at RHS in the English department, teaching courses in Etymology and Mythology, but soon became the school’s first Latin teacher. Affectionately known as “Mrs. B,” Beveridge was considered a superlative Latin teacher by a large number of former RHS students, as well as Latin teaching colleagues throughout Missouri and beyond.
When students would come to school dressed in Roman togas, one knew Beveridge’s class was putting on a play that day! Under her leadership as RHS Latin Club Advisor, the organization was among the most active and successful in the Missouri Junior Classical League. She accompanied RHS students to countless MOJCL conventions, field trips to “The Hill” in St. Louis and students trips to Italy to visit Rome and the Colosseum. She also sponsored many students in MOJCL officer positions, as well as one who became the National JCL President.
Tragically, she died in a bus accident while returning home from a St. Louis field trip - the lone fatality. When medical assistance arrived at the site, she required that they care for her students before attending to her. She died on the way to the hospital.
Nancy Beveridge was the wife of Dr. Tom R. Beveridge, a geologist who served as the Missouri Geologist, then as a Professor of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla. He preceded her in death. The couple had two daughters, Nancy and Mary.

10/01/2026

The 7th Annual RHS Hall of Fame is open to the public the Saturday, October 3, 2026 at the Rolla High School cafeteria at 2:00 p.m, please RSVP at this link: https://bit.ly/RHSHallofFame2026RSVP

The 1982 Bulldog boys’ golf team was the second Bulldog team state champion, with the RHS Hall of Fame 1977 boys’ golf squad being the first. Both teams were coached by Chet Saladin.
The 1982 golf squad proved to be the best “mudder” team in the state field that year, as the tournament was played in wet, muddy conditions. That squad was led by Forrest Arthur, Mark Franz and brothers Dino and Tony Congiardo. The state title was a total team effort, as all four of those players finished with individual all-state honors. Arthur finished sixth overall in the medalist race while Dino Congiardo finished seventh, Tony Congiardo ninth and Franz 10th.
The Bulldogs’ dual meet record that season was 27-1-1, while also winning the district team title.
After being down by three strokes to fellow perennial state power and defending state champion Poplar Bluff - which had its entire squad returning - Rolla soared past the Mules to win the state tournament crown by 10 shots.
Half of the second day of state competition was played in a downpour, and despite those playing conditions the Bulldog golfers excelled in the come-from-behind state championship run.

09/30/2026

The RHS Hall of Fame induction ceremony is open to the public this Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2p.m. in the Rolla High Cafeteria. Please RSVP at this link: https://bit.ly/RHSHallofFame2026RSVP

Russ Carnahan, Class of 1976, has served in significant leadership roles throughout his career. The former Congressman has established a national network of relationships with key government leaders and organizations to help address public and private sector challenges. From 2005-2013, Carnahan represented Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District that included urban and rural areas in the St. Louis region. He served in a number of key positions, including as Co-Chair of the bipartisan Center Aisle Caucus focused on common sense solutions for both political parties. In 2009, he was a founding member of the U.S. House Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition that is still a driving force on sustainability issues in Congress. Carnahan was selected as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations and received a Presidential Appointment from the Obama/Biden Administration as Congressional Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. He also served on the U.S. House of Representatives committees for: Transportation & Infrastructure; Science & Technology; and Veterans Affairs. He led caucuses on High Performance Buildings and Historic Preservation. Carnahan serves on the national board of the bipartisan U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress that works extensively with current and former members on U.S. and International Programs. He is the Chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party and serves on the Executive Committee of the DNC where he is connected to leaders from across the country.
Carnahan began his career in public service when he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2000. He earned a number of awards for his state legislative work, including from the St. Louis Regional Commerce and Growth Association, the St. Louis Business Journal and the Missouri Bar Association. Prior to his tenure in Congress, Carnahan served as Director of Government Relations for BJC HealthCare, one of the largest hospital systems in the country where he coordinated advocacy with related national associations: AHA, AAMC and NACHRI.
Since leaving Congress, he serves as Principal with The Carnahan Group, LLC in Washington, D.C., and St. Louis, MO. His work particularly focused on issues of renewable energy, sustainable building technology, historic preservation, transportation infrastructure and transition to commercial electric vehicles.
Carnahan serves on the Selection Committee for the Mel and Jean Carnahan Public Service Awards (in honor of his late parents) that annually recognize Missourians who have made major contributions in Public Service, Education and Law. Scholarships have also been established in each of those areas for college students to encourage and support their pursuit of public service careers. Separately there has been a Carnahan Family scholarship established at Rolla High School.
Carnahan is a 1976 Bicentennial year graduate of Rolla High School where he lettered in Wrestling and Track as a pole vaulter. He spent his Freshman college year at UMR (now Missouri S&T), then attended and graduated from UMC with a degrees in Public Administration (1980) and Law (1984).
While practicing law in Rolla early in his career, Carnahan organized the Old Courthouse Preservation Committee that took initial ownership of the Historic Civil War era Phelps County Courthouse in order to preserve it after the new Courthouse was completed. Today it is operated by the Phelps County Historical Society.
Carnahan is the son of former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan and the late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan. His wife, Debra Carnahan, Founding Principal with The Carnahan Group, LLC, is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Municipal Judge. His late brother Randy graduated RHS class of 1974, sister Robin 1979 and brother Tom 1987. Russ and Debra have two grown sons, Austin and Andrew. He and his family enjoy their Phelps County Farm that is abundant with deer, wild turkey and a few old horses. He enjoys tinkering with his vintage Chevy Trucks and motorcycles.