Seante Turner was a track and basketball star at Stivers School for the Arts. She was the second leading scorer and team leader for the Tiger basketball squad, but track was her best sport and went on to run for three seasons in college. In 2000, her Sophomore year, the […]
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Benjamin Hinton was an outstanding basketball player for the Stivers Tigers. After playing basketball for Dunbar High School he decided to transfer to Stivers School For The Arts his Senior year. The 6’1” guard was sensational in leading the Dayton City League in scoring with a 25.5 points / game […]
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Jonathan Cox was an outstanding scholar athlete for Stivers School For The Arts. His main claim to fame was in track, but also swam for the 100yd. breaststroke and the 50 yd. freestyle events for the Tiger’s swim team. The Long jump was his specialty. As a sophomore in 2000, […]
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William Reginald Penn was the first of two children. His mother, Jocelyn Lewis gave birth on Aug 31st 1982 at St Elizabeth hospital in Dayton, Ohio. He has one sibling, his sister Victoria Lewis also played basketball and graduated from Stivers in 2008. Penn started his basketball journey playing on […]
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David Biddle was an outstanding all-around athlete for the Tigers and remains that to this day. He played football 4 years and earned All-City 2nd Team Honors his senior season. He was also on the gymnastics team all 4 years during an era when Stivers was a powerhouse coached by […]
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Lee Fenner is the second of two brothers to be inducted into the Stivers Athletic Hall of Fame. His younger brother Eldon “Harry” Fenner (Class of ’24) was inducted in 2011. Lee’s career at Stivers spanned between 1913 and 1915. In 1913, he entered the halls of Stivers Manual Training […]
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Carolyn was very active during her Stivers High School days. She was a two-letter winner as a member of the gymnastics team specializing in floor exercises, and vault. She also lettered two years as a cheerleader serving as Captain her senior year. She was on the journalism staff, a teacher’s […]
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Don was known for his gregarious demeanor, he never met a stranger. After graduating from Stivers High School where he played on the 1952-53 Stivers Hall of Fame basketball team, Don went on to graduate from the University of Dayton in 1958. He earned a Master’s Degree from Miami University […]
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A basketball dynasty. That was Stivers High School in the early years. From 1916 to 1930 Stivers won 8 state championships. In 14 years their 8 titles included 3 straight in 1918-1920 and from 1928-1930. After 1930 it would take the Tigers 45 years to get to another state championship […]
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Tyler Johnson is arguably the best track sprinter in the 100+ year history of Stivers. His athletic career is on going and in order to cover all his achievements we have needed to consolidate them in the list below: Stivers School for the Arts Eastern Michigan University The Ohio State […]
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Morgan (Davis) Brown was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio by parents Janet and Ralph Davis, Sr. She gained her love for sports from her brothers, Ralph (Stivers2004) and Nathan (Stivers 2009 and fellow Hall of Famer). She was introduced to organized sports in seventh grade when she was enrolled […]
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Quincy was called “The Renaissance Man” by the Dayton Daily News for being a noted musician, student and athlete. During his years at Stivers School for the Arts, he was the first-chair bass trombonist in the jazz band that took top honors in the 2004 Berklee College of Music competition […]
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Catherine Cain was a three sport athlete during her career at Stivers School for the Arts. She lettered in basketball, soccer and track. She was an Honorable Mention Conference soccer player and a member of a Conference Champion track team in which she placed in several events. Basketball was by […]
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Ron Jones was born in 1954, the second of three children to Robert and Anna Mae Jones. He entered Stivers High School in the fall of 1969 from Huffman Elementary. At Stivers he played football for 2 years, basketball for 2 years, baseball for 3 years and ran track for […]
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Mike Fair played 3 sports at Stivers and earned 6 letters. His best sport was baseball as he was a four year letterman. Mike hit .320 as a sophomore and earned Second Team All-City. Mike battled through a case of mono his junior year but never missed a game. In […]
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