Julie graduated from Rogers High School in 1958. She was very active at Rogers and some of her activities included Senior Representative, Pirates Cove Kitchen Chairman, Dance Committee, Tanglefoot, and Glee Club. She has given much of her time over the years to serve others. She began her career with the Boy Scouts of America as a receptionist. She then took on a position at Whitworth University’s Office in 1977. Some of her duties at Whitworth include working enrollment, Director of Program Services, Donor recognition program, Administrative Assistant and Executive Vice-President. In 1991 she became the Program Coordinator at South Puget sound Community College in the Public Workforce Training Institute, and also finished her career at Whitworth as the Program Coordinator for the English and Modern Language Departments. While working at Whitworth Julie found the time to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing and Public Relations. Julie has been very active in the community and more specifically giving back to Rogers High School as part of the Jhon R Rogers Alumni and Friends Foundation (JRRAFF). They have distributed more than $144,000 back to Rogers High School. She is also held positions of Deacon, Elder, Clerk of Session, Christian Education Committee Chair and VBS Director for her church. She has also supported Whitworth University students by serving on the Whitworth University Auxiliary. She was awarded the Outstanding Service Award in 1983, Professional/Technical from Whitworth University.
Levi Horn graduated from Rogers in 2005, Levi received a football scholarship to the University of Oregon, then transferred to the University of Montana. As a senior at Montana in 2009, Levi was named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All American first team, as well as The Sports Network and AP third teams. He was also an All-Big Sky Conference first team selection and received the 2009 University of Montana Paul Weskamp Award, given annually to the top Grizzly offensive lineman. Undrafted by the NFL in 2010 after graduating from UM, Levi signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Bears and was with the team for two seasons, after his career in the National Football League, Levi played for the Spokane Shock arena football team and for the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League in 2013. The following year, he played for the New Mexico Stars and Los Angeles Kiss arena football teams.
After retiring from professional football, Levi decided he wanted to put his college education to work – and specifically he wanted to help young people learn to overcome the types of problems he had to deal with while growing up in Washington state’s poorest urban neighborhood.
An enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe (and also affiliated with the Arikara, Blackfoot and Gros Ventre tribes), Levi worked for Nike’s program for Native American and Aboriginal communities, Nike N7. He subsequently was named by the federal Bureau of Indian Education to be the face and spokesman of the Bureau of Indian Education Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Challenge, part of then-First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” initiative. At the time of Levi’s appointment, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk issued a press release praising Levi’s ability to help lead the fight against childhood obesity and improve the health and quality of life for children in Indian Country.
For the past three years Levi has worked as a drug and alcohol abuse counselor for Spokane Public Schools. Levi makes a point of visiting Rogers several times a year to speak with students and to help faculty and staff in their work with students who have addiction problems.
Levi also is a highly regarded motivational speaker and workshop leader who operates a consulting company called Dog Soldier LLC, through which he delivers high-energy inspirational speeches and conducts seminars and workshops for educators and others who work with young Native Americans and with impoverished rural and urban communities.
Levi was cited by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise as a member of its national “Top 40 Under 40” honorees in 2011. He was also honored and was keynote speaker at Washington State University’s Native Youth Sports Summit in 2018.
Levi currently serves on the board of directors of the Spokane Salish School and is on the Native American Council at Eastern Washington University. He currently works at Rogers High School and is the Head Freshman Football Coach.
Rick graduated Rogers High School in 1991. After high school Rick became a professional boxer. He finished his career with a 10-5-1 record. He appeared on ESPN and Fox Sports. In 2001 he founded Spokane Boxing Gym and the Inland Northwest Boxing and has coordinated 18 U.S.A. boxing events. He founded Spokane Police Athletic League Boxing Club and coached over 250 at risk youths. Rick community involvement includes volunteering Day Break Youth Services, coached for Juvenile Courts of Spokane and Coached for Crosswalk/Volunteers of America. Rick is a certified U.S.A Boxing coach, is a Washington Golden Gloves Champion, and a 2-time Montana Golden Gloves Champion.