The 2025 Redlands High Athletic Hall of Fame class, left to right: Dr. Lauren M. Simon, Jacob Nottingham, Eddie Lucas, Juanita Webster-Freeman, Claire Crowley, Rozanne (Dominguez) DeWeese. (Courtesy photo)
The school was built in 1891. It is the oldest California public high school still operating on its original site.
Famous 1960s folk singer Joan Baez was a Terrier until her family moved to Palo Alto. Legendary college basketball coach Jerry Tarkanian coached there.
As one might expect of a school that is more than 130 years old, many amazing athletes have passed through its halls. Friday night at Terrier Hall five former Terriers and a long-time team doctor were inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame.
Here is this year’s batch:
JACOB NOTTINGHAM (Class of 2013)
New Hall of Famer Jacob Nottingham and his son Aiden enjoy the festivities. (Photo: John Murphy)
Nottingham was a football and baseball star at Redlands High. He was a MaxPreps All-American and an all-state player in baseball and an All-Citrus Belt League first-team performer in football.
The Houston Astros in 2013 made Nottingham first pick in the sixth round of the major league draft. A veteran of 12 professional baseball seasons, Nottingham had stints in the big leagues with the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners in the past and is heading to spring training with the Mariners this year.
“This is a big honor,” Nottingham said. “Twenty-two of my family members since 1940 have gone here (Redlands High) and five or six of them played baseball. So to carry on the tradition and to be recognized like this is special.”
DR. LAUREN M. SIMON
Hall of Fame president Clarence Butler and recipient Dr. Lauren M. Simon are all smiles. (Photo: John Murphy)
Though not a Redlands graduate, Simon has been the school’s athletic team doctor for more than 30 years. She has been the Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine at Loma Linda University and is a past recipient of the San Bernardino County Schools “Volunteers in Schools” award.
“Thank you to the coaches, athletes, and staff here,” Simon said. “It’s an incredible honor and I’m truly honored. Go Terriers!”
EDDIE LUCAS (Class of 1993)
Basketball star Lucas averaged 20.2 points per game as a senior at Redlands High and made the all-state team. At Navy, he made the All-Patriot Conference team as a sophomore. After transferring to Virginia Tech, he led the Hokies with 15.1 points per game in 1998-’99 and was named the team’s most valuable player.
Lucas was a second-round pick of the Utah Jazz in 1999 and later played professionally in France, Russia, Poland, Argentina, and Israel.
“I have a lot of fond memories from here, such as delivering the Redlands Daily Facts on my bike as a kid,” said Lucas, who now lives in North Carolina. “It’s been great to see the town again. I’m honored by this, and I thank the school and my friends who came out tonight. It means the world to me.”
JUANITA WEBSTER-FREEMAN (Class of 2015)
Former Terrier track and field star Juanita Webster-Freeman receives a hug from her former coach, April Berry. (Photo: John Murphy)
Webster-Freeman was a member of the Terriers’ 2014 and 2015 section champion track and field champions coached by April Berry. She starred in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles; triple jump, long jump, and high jump; 400-meter and 1600-meter relays; and the 200, 400, and 800-meter races. She holds numerous school records.
At Cerritos College, Webster-Freeman was a two-time state heptathlete champion.
She took eighth in the heptathlon at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2021.
“Thank you to everyone here who believed in me,” Webster-Freeman said. “I love the family I have here in Redlands, and I wouldn’t give it up for anything.”
ROZANNE (DOMINGUEZ) DEWEESE (Class of 1992)
DeWeese was a volleyball, soccer, and softball star at Redlands. She was a league champion and All-CBL performer in all three sports. She is especially proud of being named her team's Most Inspirational Player seven times during her high school career.
DeWeese starred in soccer at Cal State San Bernardino and later coached there. She is now the coach at Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.
“I’m honored to be here with my family and some of my former teammates,” DeWeese said. “Everyone here always made me feel welcome and important.”
CLAIRE CROWLEY (Class of 2015)
Crowley, like Webster-Freeman, was a member of the Terriers’ 2014 and 2015 section girls track and field champions.
Crowley was the four-time league champ in the 800 meters and made the state meet, setting the school record along the way. She also ran the 400 meters, 1,600-meter relay, and competed in cross-country. She received a track and field scholarship to the University of Nevada-Reno and is now an assistant Redlands High cross-country and track coach.
She lovingly recalled getting injured at Nevada-Reno and receiving words of inspiration over the phone from her former coach April Berry.
“I want to thank the Hall of Fame committee,” Crowley said. “I didn’t expect this, and I’m grateful.”
A third-generation San Francisco native. His first job was in Watsonville, where he wrote stories on a typewriter and people smoked in the office. He's covered Redlands, San Bernardino and Riverside.
