Hall of Fame: Class of 2025

Stephanie Anderson ‘13 was a force to be reckoned with on the court who also embodied a positive team spirit and led by example. She played four years of basketball, four years of volleyball, and one year of soccer in high school. As a junior, she won the Ginger Newton Jacobi ‘73 Female Athlete of the Year Award, the Principal's Award, and the Yale Book Award. Her senior year, she earned Whitfield’s Scholar Athlete and St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete in 2013.

First and foremost, she was a powerhouse basketball player. Her sophomore year, she averaged 17.6 points a game for a total of 439 points that season and shot 39.1% for 3-pointers, 76.6% for free-throws, and averaged 8.4 rebounds per game. Junior year, she scored 438 points with a 40.7% 3-point percentage, and averaged 6 rebounds per game. 

Senior year, Stephanie scored 561 points, averaging 21.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.8 steals, and 2.7 assists per game. She scored her 1,500th point in her senior season for a career total of over 1,700 points. She was voted one of the Top 10 area players by Prep Athlete of the Week in January 2013. She was a 2013 McDonald's All-American nominee and All-State selection as a senior.

At Whitfield, Stephanie was also a key contributor to the varsity volleyball program during her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons as a 6-rotation outside hitter. As a self-described "non-volleyball player," she worked tirelessly to become one of the better outside hitters in the St. Louis area and reached an uncommon level for someone who didn't play year-round.  In her junior season, Stephanie led the team in kills/set (3.34) and attack percentage. In her senior season, Stephanie again led the team in kills/set (2.82). Moreover, in her sophomore year the 2010 team finished 27-5, won a district championship, and advanced to the Class 2 State Quarterfinals. In her senior year, the 2012 team won a district title and advanced to the state sectionals. She was also named to the All-District First Team her senior year and earned Academic All-State. 

Stephanie went on to be a leader on The University of Chicago’s women's basketball team as she pursued a degree in psychology. During her freshman year, she played in 23 games averaging 3.9 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. In her sophomore year, she averaged 5.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and a team-best 2.1 steals per game, started 14 out of the 23 games in which she played, and was Honorable Mention All-UAA (University Athletic Association). In her junior year, she started 20 of the 25 games in which she played, averaged 8.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game, led the team in free-throw percentage (.789), and ranked second on the team in both steals (48) and blocks (18). She was also Honorable Mention All-UAA. Her senior year, she started all 27 games, averaged 6.0 points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.6 steals per game, and was named UAA Defensive Player of the Year.

At the end of her time at Whitfield, she was 4th in Whitfield history in free-throw percentage (77.8%) and 6th in steals (167).

Stephanie currently lives in Chicago and works as a physical therapist with a pelvic floor specialty.

David Greathouse ‘02 was a versatile competitor who contributed greatly to the Whitfield athletic program in multiple sports, having played soccer, wrestling, and track. David earned the Ginger Newton Jacobi ‘73 Male Athlete of the Year Award in 2001 and was Whitfield’s Scholar Athlete in 2002.

While David played catcher and outfield for the Warriors baseball team his freshman year, he truly shined as a tri-star athlete in soccer, wrestling, and track, competing in five state championships across the three sports.

David played goalie in the varsity soccer program for four years, earning 2nd place in State in 1999 and district championships in 2001 and 2002, all in Class 1A-3A. 

As a four-year varsity wrestler, David helped his team win the 2001 Class 1 District Championship and was a State qualifier at 171 pounds. In 2002, he was the Class 1 District Champion and finished in 5th place at State at 171 pounds.  

David also ran track for three years with tremendous success. He is the two-time 300m Hurdles State Champion (2001, 2002), the 110m Hurdles State Champion (2002), and earned 2nd place in the 110m hurdles in 2001. David holds Whitfield’s 110 hurdle record at 15.19 seconds and the 300 hurdle record at 39.58, both set in 2002. As a leader both in words and example, David was a team captain in both his junior and senior years.

David went on to play goalie for four years at St. Louis University, 2002-2006. He was on the team during St. Louis University's NCAA tournament campaigns that reached the Round of 16 and Elite 8. David’s senior year was cut short by an injury in the second game of the preseason.

David also contributed to Whitfield athletics as a multi-sport coach: varsity soccer goalkeepers, middle school wrestling, and varsity track. He served as Maryville University’s goalkeepers coach in 2011 alongside alumnus head coach and Whitfield Athletic Hall of Fame Member Todd Wallace ‘00.

Professionally, David owned and operated a sign company from 2020 until selling it in 2024. He currently is a Senior PO Analyst at Equifax. He is a Marine Corps veteran and has two children, Isla and Cullen.

Lauren MacInnis ‘17 was a three-sport athlete while at Whitfield, shining for the school in field hockey and soccer while also excelling at ice hockey off-campus. Apart from her quick hands, creative stick skills, and impeccable ability to find the back of the net, Lauren possessed incredible discipline and dedication to her teams. She was named the Ginger Newton Jacobi ‘73 Female Athlete of the Year in 2016.

At Whitfield, Lauren was named to the 2016 All District soccer team.

She was also a tremendous field hockey player on both defense and offense. Her stats speak for themselves:

• 2013 – 19 shots on goal, 5 goals, 3 assists 
• 2014 – 64 shots on goal, 9 goals, 1 assist
• 2015 – 40 shots on goal, 4 goals, 6 assists 
• 2016 – 79 Shots on goal, 15 goals, 12 assists – career-high 42 points

In addition, Lauren was a three-time MWAA All Conference 1st Team Selection (2016, 2015, 2014). She was also selected twice to the St. Louis Post Dispatch All Metro 2nd Team, the equivalent to All State, in 2015 and 2016.

Ice hockey is Lauren’s passion. In high school, she played for the St. Louis Blues AAA program throughout high school and the Madison Capitols her senior year, scoring multiple game-winning goals in her career. She then went to Northeastern University on scholarship to play Division I ice hockey. In her time at Northeastern, she led her team to five East Championships and two Final Four tournaments. She scored the game-winning goal in double overtime in the Beanpot, an annual men's and women's ice hockey tournament among the four major U.S. college hockey teams of the Boston, Massachusetts area, winning Northeastern’s first Beanpot title since 2013.

After college in 2023, Lauren played professional hockey for Frölunda hockey club in Gothenburg, Sweden. She signed a professional contract with the Buffalo Beauts. She then signed a professional contract with the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) in Ottawa, Ontario for the Inaugural season in January 2024.

Lauren is currently an esthetician, continuing her education to become an aesthetic nurse practitioner in North Carolina. 

Ryan Mango ‘09 is a wrestling powerhouse. He lettered four years in wrestling and is a four-time All-Metro, district champion, and Academic All-State. He is a three-time Missouri Class 1 state champion at 103, 119, and 130 pounds. As a junior and senior he went 95-0 and captained the wrestling team both years. His team placed second at the Class 1 Missouri State Championship when he was a sophomore before winning back-to-back State titles in 2008 and 2009. He also played soccer for two years while at Whitfield.

In 2009, the Missouri Wrestling Association named him the Class-1 Wrestler of the Year, and the Missouri Officials Association and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch both named him Missouri Wrestler of the Year.

After Whitfield, Ryan attended Stanford University where he earned a B.S. in Human Biology in 2013. A decorated wrestler at Stanford, he was a two-time NCAA Division 1 All-American, two-time Pac12 Champion, and a four-time NCAA Division 1 Qualifier. After college, Ryan served as a Sergeant in the United States Army World Class Athlete Program for eight years. Ryan’s wrestling accomplishments are vast. He was a U.S. World Team Member in 2019, finishing 7th at 63 kilograms in the World Wrestling Championships, a five-time National Team Member, a 65kg Military World Silver Medalist (2017), a two-time 63kg U.S. Open National Champion (2018, 2019), and a 63kg Pan-American Games Champion (2018). Ryan finished his wrestling career as the 2021 60kg Olympic Alternate. 

Ryan has since earned his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management and is currently a Senior Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, OH, where he works on Old Spice, managing innovation and brand strategy for North America and the end-to-end Europe business. Ryan and his wife, Lula Berhe, were married in the summer of 2022. She will join Ryan in Cincinnati after she finishes her three-year Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine in April 2025.

Mitch Rutledge ‘12 dominated Whitfield golf for four years. 
Mitch is a four-time all-state golfer. He led Whitfield to the Class 2 State Championship three times: as a sophomore, junior, and senior. He won the Class 2 State individual title as a junior and senior. He finished second as a freshman and fifth as a sophomore at the Class 2 championship. He is a three-time district champion. Further, Mitch is Whitfield’s career medalist leader with 24, winning 11 tournaments. He is not only the school’s career scoring leader (37.14 average), he is the single-season scoring leader (36.10 average). He holds the 9-hole scoring record of 33, which he achieved multiple times, and the 18-hole scoring record of 67, earned at the 2011 Sectional Tournament. In addition, Mitch was the 2012 St. Louis Metro Player of the Year, three-time All-Metro selection, senior year captain, and earned the Ginger Newton Jacobi ‘73 Male Athlete of the Year award as a senior. He was also named a St. Louis Post Dispatch Straight A Student in both his junior and senior years. 

In addition, Mitch won the 2011 Missouri Junior Match Play Championship and qualified and played in the Junior PGA Championship at Sycamore Hills Country Club in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he advanced to make the cut after three rounds, which was comprised of the top 30 golfers and ties. Mitch finished the national tournament placing 28th, joining a leaderboard of current PGA tour players including Scottie Scheffler, Will Zalatoris, Taylor Moore, and Grayson Murray.

Mitch went on to play golf at Michigan State, where he earned a half-golf, half-academic scholarship that gave him a full ride to the University. 

He played in the 2012 and 2013 United States Golf Association (USGA) public links tournaments, advancing to match play and reaching the final 16 in both events. He also qualified for and played in the 2013 USGA United States Amateur Golf Tournament, which was held at the Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts. 

As a freshman, Mitch played in all 12 events in his initial campaign, finishing third on the team with a 75.7 scoring average. He posted three top-20 finishes. He went 1-3 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship as MSU, placed second, and was the third-best Spartan at the Big Ten Championship, finishing 42nd with a 308 (78-79-73-78).

In his sophomore year, Mitch was one of only two Spartans to compete in all 12 events. He led the team in scoring average (74.62), birdies (80), pars (376), top-10 finishes (3) and top-20 finishes (5). Further, he was the top Spartan in five of the 11-stroke play events. His round of 66 at the Wolverine Intercollegiate tie for the sixth-lowest 18-hole score in MSU history, while his 210 is tied for the 20th-best 54-hole total. Mitch went 2-1 in the No. 1 spot at the Big Ten Match Play Championship and ended the season with a top-10 placement at the Big Ten Championship, leading the Spartans with a tie for seventh place with a 299 (76-72-75-76).

In his junior year, Mitch was one of four Spartans to compete in all 12 events, posting a 74.00 scoring average and ending the season with three top-20 finishes. He tied for 12th at the Quail Valley Intercollegiate with a season-low 212 (75-69-68), which was the lowest 54-holes for MSU all season. He went 2-1-1 at the Big Ten Match Play Championship, and was part of the Spartan lineup at the Big Ten Championship, finishing t-29th with a 300 (76-73-76-75). He was named to the Big Ten Men's Golfer to Watch List for the 2014-15 season for his junior year.

In his senior year, Mitch competed in all 12 events, winning the team low-scoring average award with a 73.21 scoring average and ending the season with three top-5 finishes. His signature event was his sole collegiate victory at the Inverness Intercollegiate with scores of 75, 70, and 66, beating current PGA Tour players Colin Morikawa and Lee Hodges. He rounded out the fall season with a 2nd place finish at the Fossum Memorial at Point of Woods Golf Club shooting 70, 69, and a career-low score final round of 65, which is tied for all time on the school scoring record. In the spring, Rutledge led the team to their first NCAA tournament appearance in eight years and finished in the top 10 at the Big Ten Tournament. 

Mitch is the first player in Michigan State school history to play and qualify for every single event over his four years of eligibility. Mitch is currently 16th on the Michigan State career scoring list (74.35) and owns the 5th-lowest 18-hole (65) and 6th-lowest 54-hole (204) scores in program history. He had two, top 10 finishes in the Big Ten Tournament, finishing 7th in his sophomore year and 10th in his senior year. In addition, he was named to the All Big Ten Conference Team in 2016 and Ping All Midwest Regions Team. After graduating, Rutledge won the 2016 Fort Wayne City Championship at Brookwood with a three-round score of -12.

Mitch was a professional golfer from June 2019 through October 2020 based out of St. Louis. He competed in Korn Ferry Tour Qualifying School for the first time and tied for 5th at the first stage. He also competed on the West Florida Golf Tour and Florida Professional Golf Tour. Mitch accumulated three Top 10 finishes on the West Florida Golf Tour and three Top Ten finishes on the Florida Professional Golf Tour in 2019-2020. In total, he accumulated 12  Top 25 finishes as a professional.

After attempting to qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour, the Covid-19 pandemic closed the majority of major professional golf tours in March of 2020. In October of 2020, Mitch began a career as a Mortgage Loan Originator and has been employed at U.S. Bank since July of 2021. Mitch currently lives in St. Louis with his fiancee, Meghan, whom he will marry on May 10, 2025.  

Charlie Sherertz began working at Whitfield in 1996. After 27 years of teaching and coaching at Whitfield, his record speaks for itself. Whitfield won its first state championship in 2008. In total, Sherertz led the Warriors to 16 Final Four appearances, which resulted in 11 team state championships – nine in Class 1 and two in Class 3. Even more remarkable, six of these state championships were consecutive wins (2017-2022). The remaining five Final Four appearances were runner-up placements. Under his leadership, Whitfield also won 22 district championships, 19 in Class 1 and three in Class 3. Sherertz’s teams produced 60 individual state champions, 87 state medalists, and 252 state qualifiers. Twenty of his wrestlers went on to compete at the collegiate level and one was a U.S. National Team member. Further, Charlie is a 12-time Missouri Wrestling Coach of the Year. 

In addition to working at Whitfield, Sherertz has coached for the Team St. Louis Wrestling Club since 2005, with prior head coach experience at Berkeley High School and three seasons of experience as an assistant at the University of Missouri.
 
His personal athletic accomplishments are equally impressive: Charlie Sherertz wrestled for Columbus High School in Nebraska where he compiled a 94-2 record, was a three-time state finalist, two-time state champion, and a first-team prep All-American. In 1985, he was selected to the USA Wrestling 20U World Freestyle Team where he became a Freestyle National Champion. He then attended University of Iowa and wrestled for legendary coach Dan Gable. After three and a half years at Iowa, Sherertz transferred to Mizzou where he qualified for the NCAA Division I National Tournament two times while winning a spot on the 1988 NCAA Division I All-America Team. 

Charlie Sherertz earned a Master's of Educational Administration degree in 1993 from the University of Missouri after completing a Bachelor of Education. He was Whitfield’s head wrestling coach from 1996 until spring 2023. In the summer of 2023, he became the head coach of Maryville University’s wrestling program. 

During his time at Whitfield from 2014 to 2018, Torrence Watson ‘18 displayed unparalleled talent in basketball, averaging an area-best 31.2 points per game, 6.7 rebounds, and 2.8 assists as a senior. His achievements include breaking the 50-point barrier three times, setting all-time records for career points (2,755), points in a season (893), and average points per game. 

The Gatorade State Player of the Year award was established in 1985 to recognize the nation’s most elite high school student athletes for their athletic excellence, academic achievement, and exemplary character. Torrence was named the Missouri Gatorade Player of the Year after leading the Warriors to a 21-8 season and a trip to the Class 3 State Quarterfinals. He scored 51 points in the Warriors playoff loss after dropping 44 points and 31 points in the prior two games, respectively. 

Torrence is a four-time Missouri Basketball Coaches Association All-State selection. He was named Class 3 Missouri Basketball Association Player of the Year. He was rated as the third-best class of 2018 player in the state of Missouri by ESPN and the 12th best shooting guard in the country. He was also rated as a four-star shooting guard by ESPN.com, Rivals.com, and 247sports.com. Torrence led Whitfield to a Missouri Class 3 runner-up finish during his junior season. At Whitfield, he earned the Ginger Newton Jacobi Male Athlete of the Year Award in 2018.
 
Torrence continued to shine at Mizzou, setting records as a freshman with 53 made 3-pointers and making a significant impact in each subsequent season. 
 
Torrence's journey extended to Elon University for his senior year. Appearing in 20 games and making eight starts, he finished the season with a total of 184 points, 59 rebounds, and 29 assists in 503 total minutes. Ending the year ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 9.2 points per game and adding 3.0 rebounds per game, Torrence showcased his versatility on the court.

After attending Elon, Torrence continued his basketball career, signing an overseas contract to play in Palestine. Before his scheduled departure, medical exams and an MRI revealed he had torn three ligaments in his foot so he was unable to play. While rehabbing, he worked at The Back Care Clinic as a Therapy Assistant. Torrence continued to train while he waited on another overseas basketball contract. He has been coaching at the University of Health and Sciences and Pharmacy and serving as a part-time trainer with CgHoops. In February, Torrence will be playing in Yantai, Shandong for Yantai Sports Development Company on a six-month contract. He hopes to sign another contract to continue his career while in China. When his basketball days are over, Torrence plans on becoming a trainer and coach full-time.