The community is invited to Weston-McEwen High School’s 2026 Hall of Fame Induction this Friday, January 30th at 7:15 PM. The event will happen between the girls and boys varsity basketball games in the WMHS Gym.
The 2026 Hall of Fame awards will be presented to:
2015 TigerScots Softball Team
This veteran team started the season with nine returning players, five of whom were starters on the 2014 team that had gone to state and had a 25-2 record. Starting pitchers Jessica Lambert and Taylor Entze led the team to win their first five games. They played against Pilot Rock in the state championship game and finished second in the 2A State Softball Championships.
Team members were: Isabelle Dillow, McKayla McAlister, Katie Schroeder, Ashley Hill, Keagan Sheparrd, Jessica Lambert, Emma Burke, Megan Coffman, Taylor Entze, Charmayne Bennett, Jessica Pease, Sydney Peal, Krista Peralaz, and Whitney Roggerio.
Head Coach Jeff Griggs, Assistant Coaches: Dense Sampson and KC Ashley.
Dr. Robert (Rob) Coppock, Class of 1963
Coppock was raised on a family farm in Adams. As a student at WMHS, he was a three-sport letterman in football, basketball and baseball. He was student body president, salutatorian of his graduating class, and a four-year member of the Honor Society. Coppock was active in FFA, played trombone in band, and participated in thespians, Glee club, and the high school annual and newspaper staff.
He earned three degrees, including a doctorate in economics. His career included research positions at the International Institute for Environmental Studies in Berlin and the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. He also taught high school math. Coppock passed away in February 2014.
DeWayne Dunlap, Class of 1986
Dunlap is being inducted into the Hall of Fame as both an individual and a coach, which is rare. At WMHS, he was an outstanding athlete and multi-sport letterman. He played football all four years and was an all-league linebacker his senior year. He was basketball captain and MVP his senior year and was all-league junior and senior years. Dunlap also competed in track and baseball.
Dunlap was a student body officer, raised sheep in FFA and received the Bob Pinkerton Award for outstanding senior athlete at graduation.
After high school, he joined the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He and his wife, Shelley, returned to Athena to raise their family and started Dunlap Landscaping in 1985, which they operate today. In the community, he has actively coached Little League baseball, youth soccer, basketball and football and WMHS boys basketball. His grandson, Jace, represents the third generation of Dunlap family athletes at Weston-McEwen.
Leonard Pittman, Class of 1963
Pittman grew up in Athena, where his family owned the local grocery store. While in high school at Weston-McEwen, he was an outstanding athlete, lettering in football and baseball. He was a class officer for three years and participated in FFA raising sheep.
Pittman always loved building things, including tree houses and airplane models. He started college at Eastern Oregon College, then transferred to Oregon State University to earn a civil engineering degree. He worked for the Washington State Highway Department (WDOT) for 33 years, moving up the ranks until his last and final job as the South-Central Regional Administrator for WDOT, supervising more than 500 employees. He retired in 2001.
If you have ever traveled on I-82 or to Seattle via Snoqualmie Pass or to Lewiston, ID, you have traveled on highways built with Pittman’s engineering expertise.
Molly Tucker Hasenbank, Class of 2006
Hasenbank grew up on the family farm on Weston Mountain, graduating with honors from Weston-McEwen High School. She lettered in four sports, cross country, basketball, tennis and track. In basketball, she was on the 2005 2A state championship basketball team her junior year, and second team all-conference her senior year. Hasenbank was a member of the National Honor Society and served as a student body officer.
She attended the University of Idaho, earning a degree in political science and a law degree. During law school, she married her high school sweetheart, Clell Hasenbank. They moved back to the area, and she practices law in the Monahan, Grove, and Tucker law firm in Milton-Freewater.
Hasenbank is active in the Milton-Freewater community as a judge and served on the Umatilla County Planning Commission. Locally she coaches youth volleyball, basketball, and track. She is active in the Weston Community Church. She and her husband are cattle ranchers and raising four children.
For more information about the WMHS Hall of Fame, please contact Principal Morgan Rauch at morgan.rauch@athwestsd.org.
Information about past Hall of Fame inductees is available at this link: https://wmhs.athwest.k12.or.us/o/wmhs/page/hall-of-fame