Oakland High School and the Oakland High School Basketball programs are proud to announce the 2016-2107 Hall of Fame inductees. The Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on Friday, Feb. 3 when the Lady Patriots and Patriots take on district rival Stewarts Creek. We will honor our inductees with a ceremony between the girls' and boys' games. The girls' game begins at 6pm.
FRAN FEDAK MCPHERSON
Fran attended Oakland High School from 1976-1980. She played for Head Coach Ben Cates and Assistant Coach Ronnie Eakes and was All District -3 years, All-Region 2 years and Second Team All-State as a Senior. McPherson scored 1,560 career points before the three point line rule, and she was Oakland High School's Homecoming Queen her Senior year.
Fran signed with the University of Tennessee of Martin where she played in each and every game from her Freshman through Senior Year.
Her biggest personal athletic accomplishment came in 2005 when she was inducted into the UTM Athletic Hall of Fame for her contribution in basketball.
She currently resides in Plains Georgia and teaches and coaches High school basketball, softball, and track at Marion County High School in Georgia. She has been married to Tim McPherson for 32 years. They have one daughter Madison.
Fran would like to thank Coach Cates and Coach Eakes for their nomination and to personally thank them for being the outstanding coaches and role models that they were and still are to me. I learned so much basketball from them, and more importantly, they cared so much for my development as a person as well as all members of the teams I was fortunate to play on. I am also very appreciative of the fact that I grew up in a town where sports was and still is a way of life. I can't imagine growing up any differently and thank my coaches, Oakland High School, my former teammates, and our city for providing me with all the tools to succeed in sports and in life.
It is a huge honor to be inducted into the Hall of Fame here at Oakland considering all of the talent and the teams that have come through this gym. Much continued success to Coach Grandstaff and all of the players, past and present! Go OHS!
PAT JAMES
Pat is a native of Murfreesboro, TN. He attended Murfreesboro City Schools and Central Middle School. He played basketball at Oakland High School from 1976-1979, under legendary Coach Dickie Thomas. During his OHS basketball career, he achieved many great accomplishments including: the first 1,000 point scorer at OHS, All-State, and was a member of the team in 1979 when OHS made its first state appearance. Pat states "Some of my best memories at Oakland High School are playing basketball."
After graduation from high school, Pat received a basketball college scholarship to attend Calhoun Community College in Decatur, Al. Pat is also a certified TSSAA High School Basketball Official for NCBOA.
Pat is married to the former Jacqueline Alexander, and the father of two children- Moneka Buchanan and Kendall James, son-in-law Justin Buchanan, and granddaughter Maliyah A'lise Buchanan.
ALLEN SWADER
Allen is a member of the Oakland Class of 1984 where he played under Coach Dickie Thomas as a three year starter. Allen was named all state in 1983 and 1984 and scored over 1300 points. In 1984, he played on the state runner-up team which had a record of 31-1. Allen's career record while playing at OHS was 105 wins and only 15 loses.
Allen received a Bachelor of Science degree from Carson Newman University. Currently, He is employed with the Murfreesboro Fire and Rescue Department, where he has served for over 26 years. He earned the rank of Assistant Fire Chief in 2001.
Allen has been married to his beautiful wife Lisa for 27 years. Together, we have a 13 year old son, Zion and a 7 year old daughter, Amari. His best memories of OHS basketball are when our team was ranked No. 1 in both the AP and UPI Polls, and the outstanding coaching, team work, discipline that lead OHS to an undefeated regular season in 1983 and 1984.
NORRIS CHESTERFIELD
Norris Chesterfield played basketball for the Oakland Patriots from 1980 to 1984 under Coach Dickie Thomas. He was a small forward for the team and could play anywhere on the court. He won several awards while playing for the Patriots including state MVP in 1984, when the OHS team was the state tournament runner up.
After graduating from OHS, he continued his education and played basketball at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, TN and went on Belmont University.
Currently, Norris is a subcontractor for a local business here in Murfreesboro. He is the father of two children, Norrisha and Norris and is married to Cheryl Chesterfield.
Norris had great and memorable moments at Oakland High School and is thankful to be receiving this achievement.
