Our next Hall of Fame inductee is Class of 1982 alumnus, Mr. Robert Bradney. A current resident of Cleveland, Tennessee, Mr. Bradney has made his mark on the local real estate industry and market. He has been named Realtor of the Year twice, Top Listing Agent, Top Selling Agent, and Top Overall Producer with Bender Realty, and has received his agency’s coveted Golden Award 3 times in his career there.

Mr. Bradney feels that the greatest memory of his time at Cleveland High School was the friends that he made here. He has maintained relationships with many of those he attended school with from Stuart Elementary School all the way to Middle Tennessee State University.

An MTSU graduate in marketing and management, Mr. Bradney has held leadership positions in the Kmart Corporation, Cooke’s Food Stores, CSC Investments, and finally with Bender Realty. He is deeply involved in service work in our local community, specifically with the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, the Allied Arts Guild, and the CHS Quarterback Club. Mr. Bradney is married to Jill and they have one daughter, Lily, whose adoption from China into their family is something he views as their greatest accomplishment.

We are very honored to welcome back to CHS from the Class of 1970, Major Steve Campbell. Currently enjoying a well-deserved retirement, Major Campbell completed a full and highly decorated career in the United States Army as well as worked for the US Government in the Defense Information Systems Agency.

His years at Cleveland High School are fondly remembered by Major Campbell. He has special memories of being a student athlete on the basketball court, playing our arch- rival Bradley High School, and winning the first district basketball championship, coached by Coach Chuck Condo.

Major Campbell holds a Bachelors degree in English and an MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In addition to his very successful career in the US Army, Major Campbell worked for the US Government in defense information systems, followed by a career in Program Management for several defense contractors. Major Campbell is deeply involved in his community, serving in the past as President of the local chapter of Habitat for Humanity and on the Board of Directors for the Museum Center. He is married to Debbie Campbell and they have three children and 7 grandchildren.

From the Class of 1971 AND a retired faculty member from CHS, we are excited to welcome Mrs. Wanda Dent back to Cleveland High School! From her Blue Raider days in high school of singing in the All-State Choir and being on the Cleveland newspaper staff to her days teaching ninth graders the intricacies of grammar, Mrs. Dent is a True Blue Raider.

Mrs. Dent enjoyed her teachers and friends during her time at Cleveland High School. She actively participated in high school life, including roles in plays and musicals as well as clubs and other extracurriculars. As a CHS teacher, Mrs. Dent taught in the English Department for 37 years, directed plays, mentored new teachers, served on committees, developed the Bible as Literature class, and organized many annual events. She was named Teacher of the Year at both the building and district level numerous times.

Mrs. Dent graduated with her undergraduate from Lee University in 1975 and Tusculum College in 1991 with her M.A.Ed. She volunteers with her church in several roles including media, Bible studies, and benevolence and has throughout her adult life. She also enjoys spending time with her husband, Glenn, in their retirement.

We are proud to honor Ms. Emily Evans, member of the Class of 2000, as our next Hall of Fame inductee. Ms. Evans’s senior English class projects of musical spoofs and her research paper for Mrs. Lemons’s class on the lyrics of Don McClean’s “American Pie” were precursors to a career in the music industry. She is currently the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives with CMA, the Country Music Association.

Ms. Evans was a very involved student in her time at Cleveland High School. She played on the varsity basketball and softball teams, finding great joy in having teammates with whom she was devoted to a single purpose. She also feels lucky to have had a close group of friends who had fun simply by being together, whether it was road-tripping to an away football game or spending the days in the water of Parksville Lake.

A graduate of Carson-Newman University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a recent MBA graduate of Middle Tennessee State University in 2020, Mrs. Evans is enjoying an illustrious career. Her first job was with a concert and festival booking firm, then she accepted a job with the management team of, at the time, a relatively new artist named Taylor Swift. After working on three album launches and headlining tours for Swift in Evans’s five years with her, she has continued her career in branding and consulting in the music industry. Mrs. Evans has won several Billboard Magazine awards and serves in various ways through non-profit organizations in her Nashville community.

Our next Hall of Fame inductee is a Cleveland Raider to the core. Mrs. Becky Guthrie, CHS Class of 1977, is well-known to our students and faculty. Mrs. Guthrie loves to see the Heart of a Raider play out in the lives of her 1977 classmates as well as numerous graduates that she has kept up with over the years including her own daughter, Emily. She is proud of the ways that Cleveland High School graduates use their time and talent to make a difference wherever they are planted.

Following her graduations from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with her Bachelor’s and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with her Master’s in School Counseling, Mrs. Guthrie began her career at Cleveland High School. Due to a move, Mrs. Guthrie taught at a few other schools before she ended up back home in Tennessee and, eventually, back home at Cleveland High School in 2000 as a school counselor. During her teaching days, she was named Building Level and System Level Teacher of the Year.

Mrs. Guthrie serves her community and her school by playing important roles on several committees for community scholarships as well as serving as a liaison between the high school and local secondary educational institutions. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Ken, and they have one daughter and son-in-law, Emily and Michael Aurand.

Our next Hall of Fame inductee, Mr. Mike Ownbey, is a member of the CHS Class of 1969. Mr. Ownbey has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Olson, an Original Equipment Manufacturer in Sturgis, Michigan, since December of 2007. He manages $1,000,000,000 in annual sales with over 3,000 team members. He is also a private pilot with over 3,000 hours of flight time and holds several patents in the field of the automotive industry.

Mr. Ownbey holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Athens State University and a B.S.E.T. in Electrical Engineering from The University of the State of New York. He volunteered to join the U.S. Army in 1970 in the peak of the Vietnam War as an enlisted soldier and volunteered for Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, graduating as a Second Lieutenant. He commanded various units at the company and battalion level, receiving numerous awards and decorations during his twenty years of service.

After retiring from the U.S. Army, Mr. Ownbey joined Ford Aerospace Corporation, a manufacturer of military hardware, and also held executive positions with Honda Motor Company’s largest subsidiary, Yachiyo Industries. As Vice President of Operations, he was responsible for North America production of seven plants. Mr. Ownbey married his high school sweetheart, Paulette Sharp, who he started dating in 1968 at Cleveland High School. They have three sons: Lee, Kyle, and Jason.

She is no stranger to Cleveland High School... our next Hall of Fame nominee is Dr. Hilary Reid, Class of 2004. From her graduation from CHS as a Raider Scholar with High Distinction, to her position in the social studies classroom at CHS, to her current position as Assistant Principal of Intervention, Dr. Reid is blue-blooded.

Dr. Reid cherishes the memories of her time at CHS, memories including plays and musicals and starting the football rivalry with Bradley again after so many years off. However, her greatest memory is her senior year and the Bradley basketball game, which Cleveland won in a double overtime at the last second during the post season, at home, in the Dome.

Dr. Reid graduated from Lee University with her Bachelors and Masters degrees, then earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership in 2020. She began her career as a substitute teacher, then served in the roles of Title I coordinator, history teacher, BLADE facilitator, and now assistant principal. She volunteers with several organizations and is most involved with her church media department where she has served over 15 years. Dr. Reid is most proud of her family, including her best friend and husband, Michael, and their two little girls, Addie Kate and Elizabeth.

Lieutenant Colonel Scott Starr, CHS Class of 1992, is our next Hall of Fame inductee. A veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, he once wore a Blue Raider baseball uniform and spent his time on the basketball court and today he wears a United States Army uniform and serves our nation.

Lieutenant Colonel Starr says he was blessed with outstanding teachers and coaches, incredible friends and teammates, and thoroughly enjoyed his four years at Cleveland High. Upon leaving CHS, he graduated from Hiwassee College, Shorter University, and the United States Navel War College with a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies.

A highly decorated serviceman, Lieutenant Colonel Star received a Bronze Star, multiple Meritorious Service Medals, and numerous badges, as well as the Knowlton Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Military Intelligence Corps. He has served as a battalion commander, Battalion Operations Officer in South Korea, Battalion Executive Officer, a Division Chief for the United States European Command Joint Intelligence Operations Center in the United Kingdom, and currently serves as the Military Intelligence Branch Chief at the United States Army Human Resources Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky. Lieutenant Colonel Starr is most proud of marrying his incredible wife, fathering four wonderful children, and sustaining a family bond throughout numerous moves, deployments, and worldwide contingencies.