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participated in the North Carolina Olympic Development Program from 1991 to 1996. Hilpert played collegiately at Wake Forest University. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington, where he works for Google.
Patricia Biggs Porcelli ’84
• Patricia Biggs Porcelli ’84 was one of DA’s first great girls basketball players, and she is also one of the all-time leaders in games played and in scoring. She was a three-time all-conference player and earned all state honors while leading DA to the state tournament final-four in 1984. She was named to Durham’s all-area team and was tapped as DA’s senior athlete of the year in 1984. Porcelli lives with her family in Durham and is a teacher in the Durham Public Schools system. • Joe Seivold taught at the Middle School and coached boys soccer and boys lacrosse. As varsity soccer coach from 1991 to 1999, he led the program to a 111-37-8 record and two NCISAA state championships. As varsity lacrosse coach from 1991 to 2004, Seivold’s teams won 10 state championships and compiled a 214-36 record. He coached multiple all-conference, all-state and all-American players and set a standard for excellence that remains a presence at DA today. Seivold and his wife, Joan, a former DA girls varsity soccer coach and physical education teacher, are the parents of two DA alumni. They live in Tampa, Florida, where he is headmaster at Berkeley Preparatory School.
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Kelly Smoke ’00
• Kelly Smoke ’00 played basketball and was a member of the track team. She was a three-year starter on the basketball team and holds the single game record for rebounds with 20. As a track athlete, she holds every record in shot put and discus for DA in the NCISAA, and her records are among the best-ever for a North Carolina high school athlete. Smoke was a nine-time NCISAA individual state champion in track. She led her DA team to two state championships and earned 13 varsity letters at DA. She went on to have a successful track career at N.C. State University. Smoke lives in Durham, where she works with Inventive Health. • David Spach ’78 was one of DA’s first outstanding three-sport athletes. In cross country, he was the Durham city/county meet champion and NCISAA individual state champion, and he led his DA team to a NCISAA state championship. In basketball, he was a two-year starter at point guard and helped DA win the 1977 NCISAA state title. In tennis, he was the No. 1 player and team captain, and he won five North Carolina junior open tournaments. Spach played tennis at the University of Virginia, where he was team captain. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington, where he is a professor of medicine at the University of Washington.
The 2015 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees join the members of the inaugural Hall of Fame class inducted in 2013: soccer player Matt Crawford ’99; former track and cross country coach Dennis Cullen; former athletic director Rick Dike; track athlete Steven Edwards ’98; former Headmaster Rob Hershey; field hockey, basketball and softball player Becca North ’94; field hockey, basketball and track athlete Katie O’Connor ’95; and soccer player Mollie Pathman ’10. David Spach ’78
At www.da.org/magazine: • Watch speeches from the Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony.
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