Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2021
Hannah Hedrick '08
HOF Class of 2021
Sports: Volleyball, Basketball
Hannah Hedrick is a 2008 graduate of Oak Hills High School. During her time at Oak Hills she was a three year varsity member of both the basketball and volleyball teams. In 2006-2007 Hannah helped her basketball team to a GMC championship. In volleyball, she was named first-team GMC in both her junior and senior years. She was named the GMC Girl’s volleyball player of the year during her senior year. She was named 1st-Team All Southwest as well as Honorable Mention All-State during her 2007 volleyball season.
Hannah went on to play volleyball after high school at Niagara University where she was twice named her university’s athlete of the year. She was 1st-team all MAAC in 2009, 2010, and 2011. She was the MAAC defensive player of the year in both her 2009 and 2011 seasons. She was also named the MAAC tournament Most Outstanding player in 2009 and 2010 helping lead her team to three straight NCAA tournament appearances.
Mark Bonfield '89
HOF Class of 2021
Sport: Football
Mark Bonfield is a 1989 graduate of Oak Hills High School. Mark was a two-year varsity starter for football, earning first team all-league and all-district honors, as well as honorable mention for All-Southwest Ohio. Mark was also a three-year starter for basketball and second-team all conference.
At the time of his graduation, Mark held 12 receiving records, many of which still stand. Mark still holds records for most receiving yards in a season (1,167), most receiving yards in a game (333), most career receiving touchdowns (21), most receiving touchdowns in a season (18), and most receiving touchdowns in a single game (5). His 10 catches, 333 yard performance is still the 5th best game in Ohio history!
Mark has two children, Tyler and Megan and resides in Cleves, Ohio with his wife Kristin. He is a financial advisor at PNC.
Doug Corn '78
HOF Class of 2021
Sport: Tennis
Doug Corn is a 1978 graduate of Oak Hills High School. During his high school years, Doug was one of the top high school tennis players not only in Cincinnati but in the state of Ohio. He finished fifth place at state during his sophomore year and third place his junior year. During his senior season, his record was an outstanding 24-2, where he captured the Sectional and District tournament titles and was the State runner-up, where he lost the title in heartbreaking fashion on the last point of the match (7-6,3-6, 6-7, 5-4 in the 9-point tiebreaker). Doug is the only men’s tennis player in the history of OHHS to play in the State Singles Finals. He was ranked the #1 high school singles player in Greater Cincinnati in 1977 and 1978.
After high school, Doug attended the University of Tennessee where he was 4-Year letterman & captain his junior and senior years. He was an SEC champion in singles and doubles. In 1981, Doug was the USTA National Amateur Doubles Champion, winning a coveted Gold Ball.
After college, Doug played on the Professional Tennis Tour before coaching his college teammate, Mike DePalmer Jr., who ranked 30th in the world.
Doug has been named one of Cincinnati’s all-time Top 100 Players and was enshrined into the Greater Cincinnati Hall of Fame in 2016.
Michelle Ostrowski Abner '07
HOF Class of 2021
Sport: Bowling
Michelle Ostrowski Abner is a 2007 graduate of Oak Hills High School. Michelle was a three-year varsity member of the girl’s bowling team as well as co-captain during her junior and senior years. During her bowling career, she helped lead the Highlanders to three straight undefeated GMC regular seasons. In fact, from 2005-2007, the Lady Highlanders only lost one regular season match. Michelle was 2nd Team All-GMC as a sophomore and 1st Team All-GMC her junior and senior years. In 2006 she finished 4th at the state bowling tournament, leading the Highlanders to the state runner-up trophy.
She was an advocate for the Ohio High School Athletic Association to recognize bowling as a varsity level sport, which they later officially adopted during the 2007 season. Her senior year, she was recognized as one of the top 50 girls’ bowling prospects by Bowlers Journal.
She was selected as one of five girls in the nation to be a member of the Dexter/USBC High School All-American Team and one of fifteen girls in the nation to compete in the Denny’s High School All-American Championships.
Michelle competed collegiately at the University of Pikeville, where they won the USBC Team Intercollegiate National title in 2007-2008 season. At Pikeville, she was recognized by the USBC as an Academic All-American. Michelle finished her academic career at the University of Cincinnati. She will be the first bowler inducted into the Oak Hills High School Hall of Fame.
Mark Townsley '81
HOF Class of 2021
Sport: Wrestling
Mark Townsley is a 1981 graduate of Oak Hills High School. Mark was a two year Varsity starter during his junior and senior year in wrestling. During those two years, he was a two-time league champion, two-time sectional champion, two-time district champion and two-time state qualifier. He finished 5th in the state his senior year. Mark was selected first team All-City and was also awarded the Most Valuable Wrestler of the team both his junior and senior year. His high school career wrestling record was 66-6.
Upon graduation, Mark wrestled for the University of Cincinnati (1981-82) and then accepted a wrestling scholarship to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (1982-85). While at Miami, he was a three-time Mid-American Conference placer and a Division I National Qualifier. Mark accumulated 104 career collegiate wins and was named captain of the team his senior season.
Mark began his teaching/coaching career in Independence Kentucky at Simon Kenton High School in 1986-87. He taught physical education and was head coach of the Varsity wrestling team. His team won the state championship that year, which was the first team state title in school history. The following school year Mark accepted a teaching position in Ohio at Carlisle High School where he coached wrestling and numerous other sports for over 16 years. While coaching wrestling, he sent at least one wrestler to the state tournament in all 16 seasons as a coach. He was named Greater Miami Valley Wrestling Coach of the year in 2001 and 2003. In addition, he was inducted into the Miami Valley Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2014. In 2006, Mark took over as the Carlisle High School Athletic Director. He served as AD from 2006-2017. He was inducted into the Southwest Ohio Athletic Association Hall of fame in 2020.
Mark currently resides in Miamisburg, Ohio with his wife, Dana. They have one daughter (Jordan) who is currently in a doctorate program for physical therapy in Georgia.
Mike Wheeler '96
HOF Class of 2021
Sport: Baseball
Mike Wheeler graduated from Oak Hills High School in 1996 where he played Varsity Baseball for three years under Coach Chuck Laumann. Playing excellent defense as a shortstop, Mike put up outstanding numbers at the plate in his three seasons on varsity. After hitting five combined home runs in his sophomore and junior seasons, he exploded for ten home runs in his senior year, a record that still stands for a single season, while his 15 career home runs stands 4th most for a Highlander. In addition to his ten home runs in his senior year, he hit .467 (11th all time), scored 40 runs (3rd all time), knocked in 46 runs (1st all time) and stole 21 bases (6th all time). At the conclusion of his senior season, he was named Conference Player of the Year, Enquirer Division 1 Player of the Year, 1st Team All City and 1st Team All State.
As a true five tool player, this production propelled Mike to become the highest drafted position player in school history when the Houston Astros drafted him in the 6th round of the 1996 Amateur Entry Draft. He was set to attend to Eastern Kentucky University on a full scholarship until the Astros called. He played three years of minor league baseball in the Astros organization until an arm injury prematurely ended his career. As of 2021, Mike is just one of 15 Highlanders to be drafted and one of 16 to play professional baseball.
Since his retirement in 1998, Mike has worked for Prestige A/V and Creative Services and currently serves as Director of A/V Services. He and his wife, Angie, have been married for 12 years and are the parents to two boys, Charlie and Logan.
