Prosser Home Town Heroes

  • Kelly Blair LaBounty attended the University of Oregon playing two sports, basketball and track and field. After two seasons she decided her basketball career would have to come to an end to focus on track. At Oregon she won a national title in the heptathlon in 1993.

  • Walter J. Clore was a pioneer in wine growing and agricultural research in Washington state and has been formally recognized by the Washington State Legislature as the "Father of Washington Wine". Among his contributions to wine growing in Washington state was his extensive research into what areas of the state that premium wine grapes (particularly Vitis vinifera) would most thrive in.

  • Kirby Moore is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at Washington State University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Missouri from 2023 to 2025.