Westfall High School recently inducted Rady Alkire, Bill Davis and Jerry Post, along with the 2001 SVC champion boys golf team in the school’s athletic hall of Fame.
Randy Alkire
Randy is a 1971 graduate of Westfall High School. Randy won a letter in track, on which he and his teammates set a school record in the mile relay; he was a two-year letter winner in basketball, a three-year letter winner in cross country, and a three-year letter winner in baseball. Randy was a member of several clubs at Westfall and earned community honors for his outstanding qualities of service, dependability, leadership and academic achievement. After graduation, Randy attended The Ohio State University and was a walk-on for the baseball team during his freshman year. He earned his degree in zoology in 1975 and his DDS degree in 1979.
Randy retired as an officer in the United States Air Force and Public Health Service after 24 years, six as an officer. Randy has a private orthodontic practice and is a member of the American Association of Orthodontics, the American Board of Orthodontics , and the Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists. Randy and his wife, Camille, live in Albuquerque, NM. They have three children — Amanda, Sean, and Brett; and three grandchildren— Harper, Declan and Katlyn.
Bill Davis
Bill is a 1991 graduate of Westfall High School. While in school, Bill played football and ran track. Bill was a four-letter-winner in both sports. Bill was a regional champion in the 300 hurdles and held the school record in this event. As a football player, Bill was the team MVP, Coca-Cola Player of the Week, SVC Player of the Year, Bill McGaffney Award Winner (Pickaway County Football Player of Year) and an All-Ohio selection.
After graduating from Westfall, Bill served our country in the United States Army for four years. Bill currently lives in Parker, Colorado, where he is an HR director. Bill continues working with veterans in his community and is president of the non-profit group, The Brotherhood of Veterans.
Jerry Post
Jerry started his teaching and coaching career at Westfall in 1987. In his 13 years at Westfall, he coached many sports teams, including one year of seventh-grade boys basketball, two years of seventh-grade girls basketball, eight years of middle school track, eight years of middle school football, five years of high school football and nine years of wrestling.
In 1992, Jerry started the first wrestling team at Westfall Middle School. A year later, he started a JV wrestling team. By the fourth year, Westfall had its first varsity wrestling team. In two short years of varsity wrestling, Westfall became one of central Ohio’s top Division III schools. Since 1992, Westfall has remained one of Central Ohio’s top wrestling programs.
The 2001 WHS Boys Golf Team
This team won the first SVC boys golf title in school history. The team that year finished with a 91-21 overall record and 50-6 in SVC play with a team average for nine holes of 156 (39 strokes per four players). They were runner-up in the county meet and the Westfall Invitational. The team set eight team and eight individual records that year. The head coach was Randy Williams, and the assistant coach was Allen Koker.
The players:
Adam Sands (junior) — He was an All-SVC Academic selection and a part of two team records.
Garrett Marcum (senior) — He was All-SVC and academic All-SVC, Academic All-Ohio, a four-year letter winner, named The Most Improved Player and was a part of two individual and nine team records.
Brad Felger (senior) — He was a part of two team records, a three-year letter winner and the Mustang Award winner.
Jared Butts (sophomore) — At that time, as a sophomore, he was AII-SVC for two years, had one individual record and nine team records, and was the No. 1 sophomore in the SVC. Jared and coach Williams were inducted into the Westfall Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.
Ryan Stroup (senior) — He was a three-year letter winner, Honorable Mention All-SVC and a part of nine team records.
Jason Butts (senior) — He was All-SVC for four years, Academic All-SVC for two years, Academic All-Ohio, SVC Player of the Year as a junior and runner up as a senior by one stroke, Pickaway County Golfer of the Year and team MVP. He set 11 individual records and was a part of 10 team records.
