LeRoy “Lee” Schiel was installed into the Edison High School Hall of Fame for Tennis in 1974 because of a sweep on April 2, 1974, of the powerhouse Corona Del Mar High School’s tennis lineup not achieved by anyone else and not done since. After graduation from Edison, he entered the professional tennis world as a Wimbledon qualifier in 1978. In 1997, Lee discovered fossilized dinosaur eggs with visible embryos, a discovery called one of the greatest discoveries in paleontology in the 20th century, leading him to develop ‘VOLUMAP’ 3D imaging software used by NASA JPL’s Mars rover program and in surgical planning for the separation of conjoined twins at Mattel Children’s Hospital LA. In 2019, a catastrophic truck accident left him an incomplete quadriplegic; he has recovered his ability to stand and walk and continues coaching tennis in Georgetown, TX.
