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Kalamazoo Valley, she led the team
in both points and rebounds per
game, contributing to a Conference
Championship.
Bre’s performances earned her
spots on the All MCCAA Western
Conference first team, MCCAA All
Region, NJCAA All Region, and the
NJCAA All-American teams.
From 2013 to 2016, Bre contin-
ued to showcase her skills at the
University of the Incarnate Word
located in San Antonio, Texas on a
full-ride scholarship.
With a legacy of hard work, leader-
ship, and outstanding achievements,
Bre Birmingham stands out as a
remarkable figure in the history of
Harper Creek
women’s bas-
ketball.
David
VanGeison
Teacher/
Coach/Sports
Information
Director
David
VanGeison
was involved at Harper Creek as a
teacher, coach and the sports infor-
mation director for football and
basketball. Dave started teaching
at Harper Creek in 1985 and retired
in 2014, putting in 29 years in the
classroom.
With his love for Harper Creek,
Dave started as the SID for the foot-
ball program in 1984. He completed
many tasks as the SID, as he kept
stats, created media guides, game
recaps, game day programs, depth
charts weekly press notes and devel-
oped a record book.
Dave was also the SID for the boys
and girls basketball programs starting
in 1998 and continued through the
2020-2021 season. He created game
programs, which included schedules,
a player watch section and updated
stats for the Beavers.
His dedication for Harper Creek
shines through as he currently still
produces these game programs
for both boys and girls basketball
remotely from Tecumseh.
During his time Dave also created
an athletic website providing up to
date information on all Harper Creek
athletic teams and had over 110,
visitors.
Dave coached several sports at
Harper Creek: baseball, softball,
boys basketball and boys and girls
golf. While coaching boys golf,
Dave’s team qualified for the state
tournament in 2013. He coached
boys golf for 28 years and girls golf
for 13 years at Harper Creek. He
continues to coach golf at Tecumseh
High School, making this fall his
49th season as a golf coach. Dave
has a true passion for making Harper
Creek great and has always put
Harper Creek first though his contin-
ued dedication.
Jeff Smith
Class of
1978
Jeff Smith
was a standout
track athlete
while attend-
ing Harper
Creek High
School. Jeff
earned four
varsity let-
ters and excelled in pole vault. He
was named to the All-City team four
times and All-League team three
times.
He was team captain for three
years, helped his team to league
championships in 1977 and 1978,
set the 3-man pole vault relay school
record of 38’ and still holds the
2-man pole vault relay record of 24’
¾”.
He set the current school record
in 1978 in individual pole vault at
14’6”. Most impressively, in 1978,
Jeff qualified for the state meet and
took won the state championship in
the pole vault.
Kelby Latta
Class of
2012
Kelby Latta
graduated from
Harper Creek
in 2012 leav-
ing his mark
on the football
field. He was
a four-year
varsity football player who was very
successful and claimed several hon-
ors during his career. Kelby was a
part of the All-City and All-League
teams, he helped his teams to league,
district and regional championships,
and he was named to the All-State