Robyn Robinson, Coralee Miller and Joe Kramer are this year’s recipients of the Alumni of the Year awards at Wayland High School.
They were presented with their plaques Tiuesday night at the annual honors banquet at the Fine Arts Center.
Robinson was a member of the Wayland girls’ basketball team, as was all-stater Miller during their prep careers. Since then Robinson has returned to Wayland to teach special education and she became a school administrator, most recently as principal Pine Street Elementary. Miller has served as varsity basketball coach, substitute teacher and junior varsity softball coach in her post-college caeer.
Kramer has been instrumental in the activities of the Wayland Area Emergency Services (WAEMS) and now is mayor pro tem on the City Council.
The following is a list of previous WHS Alumni Hall of Fame selections:
2001 — Claude Smith (1928)
2002 — Joe Miller (1975)
2003 — Daryl Fleser (1955)
2004 — Dorothy DeWeerd (1946)
2005 — Fred Hilbert (1930)
2006 — Francis Beuschel (1955)
2007 — Tom Tarnutzer (1965)
2008 — Clayton Jackson (1966)
2009 — Ethel Aubil (1935)
2010 — Art Johnson (1968)
2011 — Julia Smith (1927)
2012 — Hugh DeWeerd and Dr. Michael DeWeerd (1945 and 1968)
2013 —Patrick Coughlin (1989)
2014 — Teresa Permoda (1972)
2015 — Norman Fifelski (1965) and Roger Merren (1967)
2016 — Cheri Ritz (1977) and Roger VanVolkinburg (1972)
2017 — Embriette Hyde (2006) and Mary Jane Merren (1967)
2018 — Beatrice (Rairigh) Smith and Dick Miller (1962)
2019— Jackie Straub (1965) and Frank and Marylin Bastion
2020 — *Covid
2021 — Eric (1964) and William Hooker (1938)
2022 — Lisa Schroeder Banas (1980) and Joan Miller (1964)
2023 — Donald Shafer (1941), Jennifer Moushegian (1989) and Vicki Schwartz (1971).
2024 — Josephine Kiel (1939), David Smith (1971), and Connie VanHouten (1983).
