2005 Inductee Alisa Raifsnider
One of the most versatile female athletes to suit up for the red and white was Bellevue’s own Alisa Raifsnider. Over the course of her four-year high school career, Raifsnider earned 10 varsity letters in three different sports – softball, basketball, and volleyball.
A 1989 graduate of Bellevue Senior High School, Raifsnider earned three letters each in volleyball and basketball, and four in the sport at which she truly excelled – softball.
In volleyball, Alisa was captain of the 1998 team and also earned All-Northern Ohio League honors the same season. The squad won both sectional and district titles before settling for a regional runner-up finish.
In basketball, she was chosen captain of the 1989 team. She earned All-NOL honors in 1987, 1988, and 1989; was All-District from 1987-89, was named All-Ohio in 1988, and was team MVP in both 1988 and 1989. Alisa led the team in points, assists, steals and free throw percentage in both 1988 and 1989, and upon graduating, was the career leader in assists, was second on the list in steals, and was third in career points.
During her four-year high school softball career, Alisa earned dozens of awards and honors. She was captain of the 1989 team, and was named All-NOL in 1987, 1988, and 1989. She was All-District from 1987-89 and was named All-Ohio in 1989. She helped lead her team to the district title that same year. She started every game at shortstop over four seasons and broke the 17-year-old school RBI record with 42.
She was named the Bellevue Gazette Award recipient in both 1988 and 1989 as the Most Valuable Female Athlete, was an NOL-Scholar Athlete from 1987-89, and was named to the National Honor Society in 1989.
With her accomplishments on the softball field, Raifsnider earned a softball scholarship to The Ohio State University, where she started at shortstop for three years. She was named All-Big Ten in 1992, Best Offensive Player that same season, and graduated from OSU in 1993.
Alisa resides in Pataskala, Ohio.