Kenon Willis
(Last modified on July 2, 2006)
Kenon graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, did his student teaching at Rogers High School in Spokane, and began his teaching career, teaching Math, at Douglas High School in Minden, Nevada in the Fall of 2003, where he was also the head J.V. basketball and head J.V. baseball coach. Beginning in September of 2005, he is teaching Math at San Ramon High School and is the J.V. basketball coach.
Kenon, on his college graduation day
He was elected Sophomore Class Senator and spent his junior year at Gonzaga in Florence (Italy), a tremendous experience. He was an R.A. in a Gonzaga dorm during his senior year.
In June of 1998, Kenon graduated from Granada High School, where he was an honor student and a starting guard on the varsity basketball team. At the end of the '98 season, he was voted the MVP by his basketball teammates and was also given the Greg Gomes Matador award, the coach- picked award given to the one player who demonstrates team spirit, hard work, good sportsmanship, and selflessness. Traditionally, the recipient has been a non-starter. He was also the ace pitcher on the varsity baseball team, was voted by the players as the team's MVP his junior year and again during his senior year, and made the TCAL all- league team both years in baseball and one year in basketball. He was also privileged to be the only sophomore called up to the varsity basketball team in 1996 - a team that won Granada's first NCS (North Coast Section) championship and got all the way to the Northern California state championship game at the Oakland Coliseum, losing by one point to Grant of Sacramento.
In May of 1998, Kenon won the prestigious Livermore -Granada Boosters' Olympian Award given to the outstanding scholar-athlete from the two high schools . The Award includes a $1,000 scholarship. He also won the Boosters' Essay Scholarship of $500, the Sue Galles Scholarship ($1,000), the George P. Scotlan Award ($5,000 over four years, presented by the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum) and numerous academic scholarships from Gonzaga University, totalling $9,500 per year. His high school g.p.a. was 3.84, and his SAT score was 1400.
Kenon's high school graduation picture
Kenon was born on October 26, 1979 at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek, California. Following in the footsteps of his three older siblings, he attended Sunset Elementary in Livermore, as well as Mendenhall Middle School, and then Granada.
Kenon (left) winning the Olympian award. The second from right is Louis Aguilar, the Kansas City Chief's punter.
Kenon, Erin, Mom and Dad celebrating Granada's NCS championship during Kenon's sophomore year.
Kenon's e-mail address: [email protected]
Cor and Kenon clowning around in 1999.
Kenon and Erin celebrating Kenon's high school graduation in 1998.
Kenon pitched for Gonzaga as a freshman in 1998-9.
Kenon's email address is: [email protected]
