LIST: NorCal Olympians (Tokyo 2020/21)

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TOP PHOTO: Drew Holland, Men’s Water Polo, Miramonte-Orinda ’14

With every Olympics it’s fun to root for Team USA. It’s even more fun when you know the specific athletes are from your home region. Need to know your NorCal Olympians? We got you!

We combed extensively through Team USA websites to build a pretty comprehensive list of former NorCal prep stars who find themselves on the world’s stage this summer. We’ve even listed a few NorCal Olympians competing for other countries.

We hope you find this list helpful as you fight off sleep to catch those late-night live events. Also, if we’re missing someone, please helps us add to the list by using the comments below or emailing our editor.

2020/21 NorCal Olympians

TEAM USA

Baseball

Joe Ryan — Drake-San Anselmo ’14

Basketball

Damian Lillard — Oakland High ’08

Chelsea Gray — St. Mary’s-Stockton ’10

Badminton

Timonthy Lam — Los Altos ’15

Cycling

Leah Thomas — Monta Vista-Cupertino ’07

Ruth Winder — Homeschooled (Walnut Creek) ’11

Fencing

Alexander Massialas — Drew School-S.F. ’11

Gerek Meinhardt — Lick-Wilmderding-S.F. ’08

Mountain Biking

Kate Courtney — Branson ’13

Rowing

Kara Kohler — Clayton Valley-Concord ’09

Rugby

Danny Barrett — Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton ’08

Matai Leuta — Seaside ’08

Folau Niua — Woodside ’02

Stephen Tomasin — Cardinal Newman-Santa Rosa ’12

Skateboarding

Nyjah Huston — Homeschooled (Davis) ’12

Soccer

Abby Dahlkemper — Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton ’11

PODCAST: Listen to our SportStories Podcast featuring stories on Dahlkemper and U.S. Women’s Water Polo star Maggie Steffens.

Tierna Davidson — Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton ’16

Megan Rapinoe — Foothill-Palo Cedro ’04 (Elk Grove Pride soccer club)

Softball

MORE ON NORCAL’S SOFTBALL STARS: SportStories Podcast, Ep. 10: Olympians Pt. 1 — Diamond Desperados

Monica Abbott — North Salinas ’03

Ali Aguilar — Casa Roble-Orangevale ’13

Val Arioto — Foothill-Pleasanton ’07 

Ally Carda — Pleasant Grove-Elk Grove ’11

Madilyn “Bubba” Nickles — Merced ’16

Swimming

Haley Anderson — Granite Bay ’09

Bryce Mefford — Oak Ridge ’17

Jake Mitchell — Carmel ’20

Table Tennis

Kanak Jha — Milpitas ’18

Nikhil Kumar — Valley Christian-San Jose ’21

Lily Zhang — Palo Alto ’13

Track & Field

Robyn Stevens — Vacaville ’01

Water Polo

Melissa Seidemann — College Park ’08

Maggie Steffens — Monte Vista-Danville ’11

Drew Holland — Miramonte-Orinda ’13

Alex Obert — Del Oro-Loomis ’09

Dylan Woodhead — Drake-San Anselmo ‘16

TEAM CANADA

Track & Field

Maddy Price — Menlo School-Atherton ’14

TEAM ISREAL

Baseball

Ty Kelly — St. Mary’s-Stockton ’06

Joey Wagman — Monte Vista-Danville ’09

TEAM NIGERIA

Basketball

Gabe Vincent — St. Mary’s-Stockton ‘14

Oderah Chidom — Bishop O’Dowd ’13