Richard “Al” Nixon was a coach, teacher and administrator at PHS from 1935-1966. Coach Nixon coached all four major sports at PHS as well as wrestling and boxing. He often coached more than one sport at the same time during a season! The Richard “Al” Nixon Memorial award is given to students who excel in athletics as well as academics and are planning on attending Oregon State University.

Our Pendleton high school athletic memorials can be found in the Buckaroo Hall of Champions (BHC), outside of Warberg Court.  All memorials either recognize outstanding coaches or athletes that have made a tremendous impact on Pendleton High School. Student-athletes at Pendleton High School are chosen annually by their varsity coaches to be recipients of these memorial awards.

1983 Randy Schimmel
1985 David Lilienthal
1986 Jeffrey Kendrick
1987 Erik Jensen
1988 Mark Ignowski
1989 Kristen Applegate
1990 Kristen Applegate
1991 Gayle Tanner
1992 Christine LeGore
1993 Krista Kissner
1994 Matthew Harsch
1995 Kyle Reese
1996 Kristen Elliott
1997 Joel Beherndt
1998 Heather Snyder
1999 Dustin Gronso
2000 Matthew Hartzheim
2002 Kelsey Hawkins
2003 Anna Wilcox
2004 Stephen Young/Anna Zimmerman
2005 Alina Haberstroh
2006 Jaymi Grant
2007 Maggie Shaw
2008 Steven Gundlach
2009 Lisa Corley
2010 Michael Imhoff
2011 Andrew Robinson
2012 Ethan Johnson
2013 Zachary Szumski
2014 Virginia Kerns
2015 Riley Kendrick
2016 Lauren Roberts
2017 Abby Rinehart
2018 Doria Summerfield
2019 Gabriel Umbarger
2020 Redmond O’Hanlon
2021 Grace Phillips
2022 Collin Primus
2023 Lucas Bensching