Grizzly Greats
2023 Induction Ceremony
Meet the 2023 Inductees
- 2023 Inductees
- 2022 Inductees
- 2020-2021 Inductees
- Nomination Criteria
- Submit Nominations
- Members of the Grizzly Greats Hall of Fame
2023 Inductees
2023 Inductees
Dr. Carl Luikart '72
Dr. Carl Luikart '72 arrived at CHS as part of the inaugural 8th grade class to be granted admission to the school in 1968. In 1971, he was part of the CHS basketball team that made the program’s first playoff appearance in 16 years. In his senior season of 1972, Dr. Luikart led the Bears to a 22-4 record and a second consecutive playoff appearance. Individually, he led the team averaging over 20 points per game with a high of 38 against Baton Rouge High School that season. Dr. Luikart was voted Vice President of the Student Council and was recognized as a CHS Man of the Year in that same year. His playing career continued at Nichols State University from 1972-1976. Dr. Luikart currently serves as the Medical Director for LSU Athletics.
Scott Yerby '93
Scott Yerby '93 was a standout member of the CHS soccer team from 1990-1993. During these years, the soccer program saw unprecedented success, winning three state championships in 1990, 1991, and 1993 while coming in second in 1992. Yerby was a key player in that incredible run earning first team all-district and district MVP and first team all-state and state MVP honors as a senior. In his career, Yerby scored 90 goals leaving CHS as the all-time leading goal scorer in program history. He garnered the Most Valuable Player award at the CHS Winter Sports Convocation in 1993. Yerby went on to play soccer at Centenary College and then drafted to play professionally for the Lafayete Swamp Cats of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League.
Luke Zumo '04
Luke Zumo '04 is one of the most decorated basketball players in CHS history being named to the All-District First Team three consecutive seasons from 2002-2004. He was named District MVP, All-Metro, and 5A All-State Second Team. Zumo received a Golden Bear Award to go along with the American Legion Service Award. He attended college at Loyola University where he was named to the All-Conference Team in 2007-2008, NAIA All-American Honorable Mention in 2007, and Second Team All-Louisiana in 2007-2008. In 2010, he was named to the school’s All-Decade Team for the 2000s.
Zumo graduated from the LSU Health and Science Center’s Physical Therapy program in 2011. He was named the Top Graduate of his class after being the first student in the program’s history to finish with a 4.0 GPA.
Jason Peters '07
Jason Peters '07 was a disruptive force on the defensive line for the CHS football team from 2004-2007. During his time at CHS, Peters was selected to the All-District First Team twice, earned the Football Coaches’ Award in 2006, and was named the 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year for Louisiana. Peters also impacted CHS off the field. He was a member of the CHS Honor Board from 2005-2007, and his teachers voted him a CHS Man of the Year in 2007. His football career connued at Georgia Tech where he compiled over 100 total tackles, 11.5 TFL, and 5.5 sacks. Peters was also named to the ACC All-Academic Team in 2011.
2022 Inductees
2022 Inductees
Billy Aguillard
Billy Aguillard ’70 was a stand-out, two-sport star for the Bears in the late 1960s and 1970. An anchor on the 1969 Bears’ defensive unit in Football, Aguillard and his teammates would set school and city records giving up only 46 points total over the twelve-game season which included seven shut-outs. This ferocious defense led the Bears to a Catholic City Championship and individual All-City honors for Aguillard. He would continue amass honors in the Winter of 1970 with the Catholic High School Wrestling team. In the first Baton Rouge City Wrestling tournament ever held, Aguillard secured the championship at 165 lbs. and was named the City’s Most Outstanding Wrestler. In his senior season, Billy pinned every single opponent that he beat – a rare accomplishment in the sport. Following his graduation, Aguillard would go on to play football at the Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. Billy remains active in the Catholic High School community through alumni events – chairing the 50 Year CHS Wrestling Reunion and several 1970 Class reunions – and supporting his grandsons, Thomas Parker ’21 and Michael Aguillard, a rising sophomore. Aguillard will join his teammates Warren Capone ’70 and David DiVincenti '70 as members of the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Phil Schmitt
Phil Schmitt '91 is the most prolific golfer in Catholic High School history and will be the first athlete from the sport inducted into the Grizzly Greats. As a senior, Schmitt would lead the Bears to an undefeated season and LHSAA State Title in 1991 while securing individual State Runner-Up honors that same year. He was named the Most Valuable Golfer at Catholic High School in both 1990 and 1991 and won an LHSAA Regional title and the Louisiana Junior Golf title in 1990. For his efforts, Schmitt received a scholarship to attend LSU and was a three-year letterman for the Tigers. In 1995, Schmitt won the Louisiana Amateur Championship before turning pro that next year. He is the only CHS alumnus to ever play on the PGA Tour, competing in 15 events. Following his professional career, Phil stayed close to the Catholic High School community becoming a lifetime member of the CHS Men’s Club and volunteering as an assistant golf coach in 2022 where he helped the Bears to State Runner-Up honors. For his philanthropic efforts, he was named the 2019 Mancuso Outstanding Volunteer of the Year by Sacred Heart Parish and Church. Phil is married to Allie Schmitt and their son, Carter, is a current sophomore on the CHS Golf team. He will join David Dellucci, Kurt Dietrich, Ryan Jumonville, and Wesley Salmon as Grizzly Greats from the 1991 graduating class.
Tommy Prochaska
Tommy Prochaska ’92 has cemented the Catholic High School wrestling program as a State and Regional powerhouse in the sport. Under his leadership, Catholic High School won two LHSAA State Titles in 2008 and 2010 and Prochaska was named the Louisiana Coach of the Year both times. In his twenty-four years as Head Coach, his Catholic Bears have won twenty Baton Rouge City Titles. He has coached over thirty individual LHSAA State Champions and over forty individual LHSAA State Runners-Up. Nine of his wrestlers have gone on to win All-American Honors. As an athlete, Prochaska was a Baton Rouge City Champion in 1991 and was the LHSAA State Runner-Up at 152 lbs. in 1992. Prochaska has been a full-time faculty member at Catholic High School since 2000 and has chaired the Health and Physical Education Department for over a decade. He is married to Lori Prochaska and father to Brooke, Mignon, and Mason, a current CHS sophomore. He will join Kevin Ainsworth, Tim Lanier, Jonathon Pixley, Stephen Sterling, and Kevin Kleinpeter as members of the 1992 CHS Class in the Athletic Hall of Fame.
Anthony Fisher
Anthony Fisher ’98 was a three-sport star for the Bears in the late 1990s. Quarterback, point guard, and catcher, Fisher was synonymous with leadership on the field, on the court, and in the classroom. Fisher would be a member of five district championships, one in baseball, one in basketball, and three in football as well as a member of the 1995 State Runner-Up Basketball team. In 1998, he earned the Most Outstanding Defensive Player award in basketball and the Student-Athlete award in baseball at the Annual Sports Convocation. Fisher’s accolades as a student were just as impressive as he was named the 1998 CHS Student-Athletes of the Year. Following graduation, Fisher enrolled and played football for the University of Miami before transferring to Southern University.
2020-2021 Inductees
Nomination Criteria
Nomination Criteria
The Athletic Department of Catholic High School is seeking nominations for the Grizzly Greats Athletic Hall of Fame award.
The Grizzly Greats is an athletic hall of fame established to honor past Catholic High School athletes and/or those persons who have contributed to the improvement and development of the school’s athletic program in ways other than by actual participation.
Anyone who graduated from Catholic High School at least 10 years previously or, if not a graduate, someone who has made a significant impact over time on the school’s athletic program is eligible.
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Members of the Grizzly Greats Hall of Fame
Grizzly Greats Athletic Hall of Fame Members
1964-65 Ted Castillo Reuben F. Ruiz Jr. ’51* 1970-71 James J. Hannie ’52* Simon C. “Kid Four” Mansur ’31* 1971-72 George Ellwood “Doc” Fenton* John C. “Pete” Kleinpeter ’29* Robert C. Selleck Jr. ’63* J.C. “Doc” Nolan* 1972-73 Melvin J. Didier Sr. ’44* Anthony F. “Dap” Giganti ’37* Ray F. Dicharry ’37* Doug Ellwood* 1973-74 J. Edward Harelson ’41* M.L. “Cactus” Martin ’39* Brother Bernon Walsh, SC* D.R. “Danny” Barfield Jr.* 1974-75 Jerry H. Marchand ’49* Austin M. Mathews ’30* 1975-76 James N. “Cooter” Zimmerle ’53 Warren S. Capone ’70 1976-77 Daniel R. Atkinson Sr. ’53 1977-78 Redfield E. Bryan Jr. ’55 1978-79 Raymond E. Didier ’37* 1979-80 Malcolm A. Landry ’48* 1980-81 Clyde P. Didier Sr. ’39* H. Gayle “Goose” Hatch ’57 1981-82 Eddie C. Mansur ’36* 1982-83 Brother Ralph McGarry, SC* Barrett Murphy III ’55 1983-84 Dominick E. Losavio ’45* 1984-85 John J. “Buddy” Copponex III ’36* Terry A. Daffin ’77 1985-86 Brooks Cronan Jr. ’52 Johnny L. Daniel Sr. ’40* 1986-87 Neal Dellocono Jr. ’81 Carey J. Guglielmo Sr. ’56 1987-88 J. Denis “Denny” Braud Jr. ’56 Randall A. “Randy” Plaisance Sr. ’72 1988-89 Raymond R. “Ray” Loup ’62 Robert E. Nobles ’82 1989-90 Ed J. LeBlanc ’72 Steve A. Polozola Jr. ’66 1990-91 James A. “Jimmy” Poché Jr. ’59 Jeff R. Tanguis ’77 1991-92 Gerald M. Barber ’75 Karl Bernard ’82 1992-93 Lionel E. Currier ’76 1993-94 Joe LeBlanc III ’72 1994-95 David T. Butler Jr. ’77 1995-96 James A. “Jim” Burke ’86 1996-97 James “Jimmy” Lyles Jr. ’62 Jeff P. Schexnaider ’82 1997-98 James M. “Jimmy” Bernhard Sr. ’43 Perry F. Key ’78 |
1998-99 Michael O. Carleton ’85 Joseph “Joey” Thibodeaux Jr. ’76 1999-00 Alfred S. “Rusty” Heroman Sr. ’45* John Fred Gourrier Jr. ’59* Warrick D. Dunn ’93 2000-01 David M. Dellucci ’91 Leonard M. “Len” Lopoo ’86 2001-02 Leonard E. Kleinpeter ’62 Lionel L. Kleinpeter ’62 Laurence S. “Larry” Butcher ’81 2002-03 Paul M. Hebert Jr. ’64 L. Delario Eames Jr. ’73* Gregory P. Haase ’73 2003-04 Kevin O. Ainsworth ’92 Kurt H. Ainsworth ’96 2004-05 John D. McCann Jr. ’66 2013-14 John P. “Pete” Boudreaux Jr. ’59 Jesse N. Daigle ’89 Kevin P. Kleinpeter ’92 Robert D. LeBlanc Jr. ’96 2014-15 Glen A. Randow Maurice J. Coleman ’82 Kevin C. Franklin ’93 Kurt W. Dietrich ’91 2015-16 Dale K. Weiner Leo G. Abel ’89 Timothy B. Lanier ’92 Alex B. Knight ’01 2016-17 Warren N. Virgets ’48* G. Michael Blanchard Jr. ’90 M. Wesley Salmon ’91 Jonathan C. Pixley ’92 2017-18 Patrick M. Coogan ‘93 Cory G. Gaines ‘94 Major L. Applewhite ‘97 Donald “Donnie” S. Jones Jr. ‘99 2018-19 William J. “Joe” Laughlin Donald E. “Don” Hood Calvin D. Williams III ’97 Ryan D. “Jume” Jumonville ’91 2019-20 Peter M. Couhig ‘90 Brad M. Hernandez ‘96 M. David DiVincenti Sr. ‘70 Gerald W. “Gerry” Garidel 2021-22 Paul R. Rhorer ‘77 Scott E. Ray ‘89 Stephen Sterling III ‘92 Christopher S. Demouy ‘93 2022-23 Billy Aguillard ‘70 Phil Schmitt ‘91 Tommy Prochaska ‘92 Anthony Fisher ‘98 |