This article was a finalist of Lookout’s 2026 Journalism Scholarship challenge, which invited Lane County high school students to profile an unsung hero –– someone positively impacting their community. Learn more and find all of the winners here.
For 35 years, a teacher has made a long lasting impression. He has helped the Pleasant Hill community in many ways, and his care for the community knows no bounds.
TSP provides sports programs — including soccer, volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball — for more than 700 elementary and middle school students in the community. Since 1977, it has helped fill a gap within the Fern Ridge School District, which doesn’t provide school-sponsored sports programs until high school…