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 Ron Murphy is a highly experienced and accomplished baseball coach with over 18 years of coaching experience, including 16 years as a head coach. Additionally, he was an active member of the J.B. Yeager Baseball Association Board from 2008 to 2017, serving as president from 2012 to 2017.

 Coach Murphy is a lifelong Highlander, playing football, basketball and baseball for Oak Hills High School. He played baseball at Oak Hills from 1986 to 1989. His team earned three league titles and he was named all-conference three years. Murphy was student-athlete of the year in 1989, earning the first Highlander Award. He was inducted into the Oak Hills High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015. Coach Murphy also played for the Budde Post American Legion team, which won the American Legion World Series in 1988.

 After graduating from high school, Coach Murphy earned a scholarship to play baseball at Ball State University from 1989 to 1993. During his time at Ball State, he was a four-year starter, playing both infield and outfield positions. He was BSU’s Rookie of the Year in 1990, as well as being named MAC Hitter of the Week multiple times in 1993. Additionally, he earned All-Conference awards in 1991, 1992 and 1993.   

 Following his playing career, Murphy transitioned into coaching; where he has served as a head coach for the J.B. Yeager Baseball organization for 16 years. Under his coaching, J.B. Yeager Baseball accumulated over 400 wins and 40 tournament championships. Additionally, under his coaching, over 20 former players have gone on to play baseball at the collegiate level. 

 Ron and his wife Mindy, also a 1989 graduate, have three children Tyler (2018), Tanner (2020) and Trenton (2024), all of whom have attended Oak Hills High School and have played baseball for the Highlanders.

Head Coach DJ Dunn is in his 3rd year as head of the boys' lacrosse program.  He is a former Highlander who graduated in 2015.  He started playing lacrosse in 2011 with the Westside Wildcats and was part of the inaugural season as a freshman at OH in 2012 when the Highlanders started the boys' lacrosse program.  Coach Dunn played lacrosse for all four years of his high school career and was an assistant on staff for Highlander lacrosse for 2 years prior to taking over as head coach. 

Jackie has been teaching and coaching varsity softball since 2006. On top of a D1 collegiate career, she competed professionally in the states, as well as abroad. Prior to coming to Oak Hills, she taught in Three Rivers Local School District and coached at Mount Notre Dame High School.

Throughout her coaching career she has been named Coach of the year multiple times (GMC/GGCL) as well as Southwest Coach of the Year, Reds High School Softball Coach of the Year and Enquirer Coach of the Year.

Jackie currently owns D1 Catching Academy where she trains catchers from around the Tri-state. She graduated from Cleveland State University in 2005 with a Bachelor's of Arts, and has a Master's Degree (+30)  from the University of New England.

Jackie is a 2012 Oak Hills Hall of Fame Inductee and is a 2001 graduate of Oak Hills High School, where she was a three sport varsity letter winner. Jackie has two children, Kameron and Kennedy who both attend Oak Hills schools. Jackie and her family reside in Bridgetown

Coach Pearson is a 2016 Graduate of Oak Hills, where he was a 4-year varsity player.  He is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in business.  In addition to coaching tennis, Coach Pearson is an instructor at Western Athletic Club. 

Nick Continenza graduated from the University of Akron in 2007 with a bachelor's degree qualifying him to teach high school science.  While at the University of Akron, he competed on the track and field team as a decathlete, where he earned All-Mid American Conference honors four times.  Nick began his track and field coaching career in 2006 and his cross country coaching career in 2010. Before arriving at Oak Hills, he coached at Chardon High School and Cleveland Heights High School.  Nick joined the Highlanders in 2015. He is currently the head boys cross country coach and head boys track & field coach. On the track and field staff, Nick currently coaches the sprint, hurdle, relay and jump athletes.  Nick’s favorite track event is the 4x400m relay and his favorite field event is pole vault.

In addition to her new duties as Head Girls Track Coach, Shellie Hageman has been the Head Girls Cross Country Coach since 2000. In addition to coaching Cross Country, she spent 8 years working with the track and field program. During those years, Shellie has coached a two time individual state champion, had a team place 6th at state, and has won 2 league and district titles. Along with her husband, they founded the OHYA track and field program in the Oak Hills district that provides opportunities for athletes to compete in track and field in grades K-6. She sits on the CYO Track and Field board and coaches the Springmyer track team, as well as the districts 5th and 6th grade track team.

Coach Hageman is an Oak Hills High School alumni and was inducted into the athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Collegiately, she competed for the University of Cincinnati in both Track and Field and Cross Country.

Coach Hageman teaches at Springmyer Elementary as an Intervention Specialist and lives in the Oak Hills district with her husband Ben and and their three daughters, Julia (17), Annabelle (15), and Josie Bea (9).

Welcome Coach Meyer! 

Coach Meyer returns to his alma mater to take over as head men’s volleyball coach.   He was a three-year varsity player.  He served as captain during the 2013 season, where the Highlanders were GMC champs, as well as in 2014 when the team made it to the regional finals.  During his career, he compiled numerous school records, including being in the top ten in serve attempts, aces, and kill efficiency.  He still holds the top spot in assist per game, assists per match, assist per season and assist in a career.  

During his coaching career, he served as an assistant coach under Brian Baugh at Oak Hills before transitioning to the assistant coach role at LaSalle.  Coach Meyer has a strong understanding of the history and traditions of Oak Hills to go along with a tremendous passion for volleyball and youth development.  

“I am beyond excited to be back, and cannot wait to  start building an elite program not only for the GMC but throughout the state,” said Coach Meyer.