Wondering How Many Current Olympians Graduated From NorCal High Schools? This Might Be The List You’re Looking For •
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
Tierna Davidson — Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton ’16
Megan Rapinoe — Foothill-Palo Cedro ’04 (Elk Grove Pride soccer club)
Softball
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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