30th Anniversary Commemorative Program

1982-2012

National High SchoolHall of Fame

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF

STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS

PO Box 690 • Indianapolis, Indiana 46206

Phone: 317-972-6900 • Fax: 317.822.5700

www.nfhs.org

National Federation of State High School Associations

Anniversaries are a special time. They are a time to reflect andto celebrate. And the 30th anniversary of the National High SchoolHall of Fame is a reason to celebrate – to celebrate what is goodabout high school sports and activity programs in the United States.

The National Federation of State High School Associations(NFHS) started the National High School Hall of Fame in 1982 tohonor those individuals whose achievements and contributions havebeen extraordinary, and through the first 30 classes we have beenprivileged to honor 398 special people – athletes, coaches, officials,administrators, those in the performing arts, as well as individualsin the media and sports medicine fields.

While the National High School Hall of Fame celebrates the ac-complishments of individuals, high school sports is about individualsworking together for the betterment of the team, their school andtheir community. These inductees have not only enjoyed significantachievements in their respective activity, but by their actions in life,they have made a difference in the lives of others. Throughout myyears of involvement in this prestigious event, I have listened tosome of the most gifted athletes in the history of high school sportstalk about how their achievements would not have been possiblewithout the help of their parents, teammates, coaches and others inthe school.

High school sports is a privilege, and it is a privilege like noneother in the world. No other country has this framework of highschool sports opportunities within the school system – where sportsand other activities such as speech, debate and music truly are anextension of the classroom. It is on the playing fields and courts, andin the band and debate rooms, where young people gain valuablelessons such as teamwork, self-confidence, hard work, sportsman-ship and self-discipline that will impact them positively throughouttheir lives. These valuable life lessons are not available through out-of-school activities; they are what make high school sports in theUnited States special and unique.

Of the 139 athletes who have been inducted into the Hall ofFame through the first 30 classes, many of these individuals ex-celled at the collegiate and professional levels. But as I’ve listenedto these former high school athletes over the years, most of them re-alize that the most significant period of their lives was high school.This was where the groundwork was laid, where their coaches spenthours and hours helping them to grow and improve, both as athletesand as individuals. As Keith Jackson, former high school athletefrom Arkansas and star tight end in the National Football League,said in 2001 when he delivered the speech on behalf of the class,“There is no time like high school, no time like high school.”

Truly, there is no time like high school, and on behalf of theNFHS and its 51 member associations across the country, we salutethe 398 individuals who have been chosen for this prestigious honorof induction into the National High School Hall of Fame and manyothers who will be so honored in the years to come.

Robert B. GardnerNFHS Executive Director

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A Celebration of 30 Years

The National High School Hall of Fame celebrates its 30th an-niversary this year, and this special commemorative program con-tains photographs and biographical sketches on the 398 membersof the Hall of Fame through the 2012 class.

The National High School Sports Hall of Fame was started in1982 to honor high school athletes, coaches, officials, administratorsand others for their extraordinary achievements in high schoolsports. Beginning with the 2003 class, a major change occurred withthe inclusion of individuals in the performing arts, and the namewas changed to the National High School Hall of Fame. Through thefirst 30 years, 139 athletes have been inducted, along with 135coaches, 59 contest officials, 44 administrators, nine in performingarts, and 12 others who have contributed to high school athletics inother ways. As you will see in the pages that follow, some of the truelegends of sport in this country are members of this Hall of Fame.

The first three induction ceremonies (1982, 1983, 1984) wereheld in conjunction with the National Athletic Directors Conference.In 1986, the ceremony was shifted to the NFHS annual SummerMeeting and has been held at that time ever since. Because of thisshift, no ceremony was held in 1985. A complete listing of the sitesof all 30 ceremonies is contained in this program on the inside backcover. At the 27 ceremonies that have been held at the NFHS Sum-mer Meeting (1986-2012), state association personnel have servedas presiders. Mo Kelley of Iowa was the emcee for the first eightyears (1986-93), and the following individuals have served two-yearterms as presiders: Mildred Ball, Indiana (1994-95); Randy Allen,Wisconsin (1996-97); Rick Strunk, North Carolina (1998-99); SherylSolberg, North Dakota (2000-01); Nate Hampton, Michigan (2002-03); Mike Wallmark, Oregon (2004-05); Que Tucker, North Carolina(2006-07); Mike Plunkett, Oklahoma (2008-09); and Robert Zayas,New Mexico (2010-11). A major change with the induction ceremonyoccurred in 1995 in Portland, Oregon, with the implementation of afull-scale video production by Colortech Video Productions (now Al-legro Media) of Kansas City.

The National High School Hall of Fame is administered throughthe National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS),which is headquartered in Indianapolis. A listing of all members ofthe Hall of Fame is displayed in the foyer of the NFHS building,along with plaques of the current class. Plaques of previous Hall ofFame members are on display in the various state association officesaround the country.

Members of the National High School Hall of Fame are approvedannually through a two-level selection process, involving a screeningcommittee composed of active high school administrators, coaches,officials and state association administrators, and a final selectioncommittee composed of highly respected athletic, education andbusiness leaders around the nation.

Membership in the National High School Hall of Fame is thehighest honor an individual associated with high school sports canreceive.

We hope you enjoy looking back at the first 30 years of the Na-tional High School Hall of Fame as much as we’ve enjoyed bringingit to you.

Much of the credit for the Hall of Fame goes to the two previousNFHS executive directors – Brice Durbin and Bob Kanaby, both ofwhom are now members of the Hall of Fame – as well as Bob Gard-ner, current NFHS executive director.

Bruce L. HowardHall of Fame Director

National High School Hall of Fame

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Introduction .............................................................1

Hall of Fame Inductees

Athletes......................................................4

Coaches ....................................................21

Officials....................................................37

Performing Arts ......................................45

Administrators ........................................46

Others ......................................................52

Year-by-Year .........................................................54

Frequently Asked Questions.................................56

State-by-State ............................Inside Back Cover

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Table of Contents

ATHLETESDANNY AINGEOregon, 1992

Ainge played football, basketball and base-ball at Eugene (Oregon) North High Schooland was equally successful in each. In hisjunior football season, Ainge was named all-league, all-state and Parade all-America asa wide receiver and defensive back. In base-ball, Ainge played shortstop and hit .402,.448 and .500 in his three seasons. In hiseventual professional sport, basketball,Ainge led his teams to the Oregon statechampionship in 1976 and 1977 with a com-bined record of 55-1. His basketball honorswere numerous, including McDonald’s highschool all-America. Ainge averaged morethan 20 points per game at Brigham YoungUniversity and played and coached in theNational Basketball Association.

ALAN AMECHEWisconsin, 1986

Nicknamed the “The Horse” at BradfordHigh School in Kenosha, Wisconsin.Ameche twice was named most valuableplayer in the Big 8 Conference in the sportof football. Ameche also excelled in trackand field, as he won the state championshipin the shot put in 1950. Ameche went to theUniversity of Wisconsin to continue his foot-ball career, and in 1954, he was awarded theHeisman Trophy.

TERRY BAKEROregon, 2006

A three-sport athlete at Portland (Oregon)Jefferson High School, Baker was bestknown for his work on the football field. Asquarterback and tailback, he led his teamsto two Oregon School Activities Associationstate championships while compiling a 23-0record in his last two years. In baseball, hewas a four-year letterman who led the De-

mocrats to the 1959 state title as an all-statepitcher. He went on to play football at Ore-gon State University, where he won theMaxwell Award and was the first HeismanTrophy winner west of the Mississippi Riverin 1962.

JOHNNY BENCHOklahoma, 1986

Bench, who is remembered as the best all-around catcher in professional baseball his-tory, started for both his high schoolbaseball and basketball teams. In 1964, heled his Binger (Oklahoma) High School tothe state baseball championship, and helpedthe basketball team to a runner-up finishthe following year. Bench earned all-statehonors in both sports, and was honorable-mention all-America in basketball. He thenwent on to a 15-year career with the Cincin-nati Reds, where he was named rookie of theyear in 1968, and was a World Series MVPin 1976.

LARRY BIRDIndiana, 1995

Bird was one of the top basketball players inthe state of Indiana and the nation in hissenior season at French Lick (Indiana)Springs Valley High School. He scored 764points in 25 games for a 30.6 average with516 rebounds and 107 assists. He scored 353points for a 16.0 average as a junior for anoverall high school career average of 22.9.Bird went on to have amazing careers at In-diana State University, where he was votedcollege player of the year as a senior, andalso with the Boston Celtics, where he wasselected NBA rookie of the year in 1980.

JIMMY BONDTexas, 1990

Bond led Pampa (Texas) High School to twostate basketball championships in threeyears and a 78-2 record. In his junior andsenior seasons, Bond averaged 21.4 points

per game while helping his teams to a 56-0record and two Class 4A state champi-onships. He was named first team all-stateboth years, and in 1954, he played in theTexas High School Coaches North-Southgame and the High School All-Americagame in Murray, Kentucky.

BILL BRADLEYMissouri, 1983

Considered by most as the finest high schoolbasketball player in Missouri history,Bradley established the state career scoringrecord (3,068), including 1,068 his senioryear while playing at Crystal City HighSchool. Bradley pumped in 20 or morepoints in 89 of his 112 high school gamesand scored more than 30 points on 21 occa-sions. Besides his brilliant athletic achieve-ments, Bradley was an excellent scholar andstudent leader. He had a stellar NBA careerwith the New York Knicks and was a UnitedStates Senator from New Jersey.

BILLY BROWNLouisiana, 1990

While at Baker (Louisiana) High School,Brown dominated the high school trackscene, winning 12 state championshipmedals in three years. As a sophomore andjunior, he won the 100-yard dash, broadjump, high jump, and the hop-step-and-jump, setting state records in the broadjump and high jump. As a senior, he won the100, 220, broad jump and hop-step-and-jump. As a 17-year-old junior, Brown wasthe youngest member of the U.S. Track andField team at the 1936 Summer Olympics inBerlin.

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DANNY AINGE ALAN AMECHE TERRY BAKER JOHNNY BENCH

LARRY BIRD JIMMY BOND BILL BRADLEY BILLY BROWN

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JACKIE BRUMMER QUINN BUCKNER BILLY BYE EARL CAMPBELL

MILT CAMPBELL MICHAEL CARTER CHANDRA CHEESEBOROUGH

EARL CLARK

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Jim Plunkett receives hisHall of Fame Award fromMarie Ishida, executive di-rector of the California In-terscholastic Federation,at the 2007 ceremony inPalm Desert, California.

JACKIE BRUMMERNew York, 2008

Brummer was the most accomplished fe-male gymnast in New York state history. AtSweet Home High School in Amherst, NewYork, Brummer won the all-around title fourconsecutive years from 1979 to 1982. Shealso won the vault three times, uneven barstwice and balance beam three times. At Ari-zona State University, Brummer won theNCAA championship in uneven bars in 1984and was NCAA balance beam and all-around champion in 1986. Brummer is amember of the Screen Actors Guild and hasappeared in several TV commercials, on theTV show “Moonlighting” and was a dancerin the movie, “The Purple People Eater.”

QUINN BUCKNERIllinois, 1989

Buckner is one of only two persons to winchampionships at every level of play — highschool, college, Olympics and professional.In high school football, Buckner was all-state as a defensive back and helped Dolton(Illinois) Thornridge High School to a 10-0record and a state championship. On thebasketball court, he was a three-year starterand led his team to two state champi-onships. He was a four-year basketballstarter at Indiana University and helped theHoosiers to the 1976 NCAA Championship.He played in the NBA for 10 years, includ-ing the 1984 Boston Celtics NBA champi-onship team.

BILLY BYEMinnesota, 2009

Bye is perhaps the most prolific and versa-tile high school athlete in Minnesota history.In four years at Thief River Falls HighSchool and two years at Anoka High School(students in grades 7-12 were eligible forstate competition), Bye earned 21 letters insix sports: ice hockey, golf, football, basket-ball, baseball, and track and field. On a

spring day in his senior season, Bye won thedistrict golf championship in the morning,played on the championship baseball teamin the afternoon and qualified for regionalcompetition in five track and field events inthe evening. Bye played football at the Uni-versity of Minnesota in the late 1940s andwas the team’s leading scorer all four sea-sons.

EARL CAMPBELLTexas, 1994

Campbell became only the third runningback in the large-school classification inTexas state history to surpass 2,000 yardsrushing with 2,036 yards on 309 carries and28 touchdowns. He led the Tyler (Texas)John Tyler High School Lions to 15 consec-utive victories, the state championship andwas a part of perhaps the best team in Texashistory in 1973. In five postseason victoriesen route to the state title, he rushed for 852yards and scored 11 touchdowns, includinga 221-yard, three-touchdown effort againstPlano. He won the Heisman Trophy at theUniversity of Texas in 1977 and was in-ducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fameafter a 10-year career with the Houston Oil-ers.

MILT CAMPBELLNew Jersey, 1991

A three-sport star (football, swimming andtrack) at Plainfield (New Jersey) HighSchool, Campbell left school long enough towin the silver medal in the decathlon at the1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Fin-land, at only 17 years of age. That sameyear, Campbell also scored 23 touchdownsas a fullback on the undefeated Plainfieldfootball team, won the high and low hurdlesand the high jump at the state track meet,and won state swimming titles in thefreestyle and freestyle relay.

MICHAEL CARTERTexas, 2010

Carter owns the longest-standing boys trackrecord in the NFHS National High SchoolSports Record Book – a 77-0 shot put toss in1979 during his senior season at ThomasJefferson High School in Dallas, Texas.Later that year, Carter reached 81-3½ at anout-of-season meet that does not count forofficial high school records. In 2004, USATrack and Field rated that effort as the16th-top moment in U.S. track and field his-tory. At Southern Methodist University,Carter won three NCAA outdoor shot putchampionships. He also was a silver medal-ist in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics inLos Angeles. Carter also enjoyed a nine-yearcareer with the San Francisco 49ers that in-cluded three Super Bowl titles.

CHANDRA CHEESEBOROUGHFlorida, 1987

While attending Jacksonville (Florida) Rib-ault High School, Cheeseborough set na-tional records in the 100-yard dash (10.3)and 220-yard dash (23.3). She competed inthe Pan American Games in 1975 as a highschool sophomore and placed sixth in the100-meter dash at the 1976 Olympics inMontreal following her junior year in highschool.

EARL “DUTCH” CLARKColorado, 1995

Clark was one of the best athletes in Col-orado history, earning 16 letters in foursports at Pueblo (Colorado) Central HighSchool from 1923 to 1926. In football, he setcareer (298 points) and season (157 points)scoring records that still stand today. In bas-ketball, he led Pueblo Central to the 1926state championship and a second-place fin-ish in a national tournament in Chicago. Intrack, he set school and league records in theshot put and hurdles, and also was a stand-out performer in baseball.

DAVID CLYDETexas, 2009

Clyde was perhaps the most dominatingpitcher in high school baseball history dur-ing his days at Houston Westchester HighSchool from 1970 to 1973. Amazingly,Clyde’s name still appears nine times in theNational High School Sports Record Book –39 years after his high school career. His842 strikeouts and 29 shutouts still remainthe top career marks in high school baseballhistory. Clyde compiled a 53-13 record atWestchester, including an 18-0 mark as asenior with an 0.18 earned-run average. Heplayed eight years professionally with theTexas Rangers and Cleveland Indians.

CRIS COLLINSWORTHFlorida, 1996

Collinsworth was a two-time all-state andone-time all-Southern quarterback at Ti-tusville (Florida) Astronaut High School.Following his senior season, he was chosento four national all-American teams, and in1976, he was named all-Central Florida of-fensive player of the year. Beyond football,Collinsworth was the Class 3A 100-yarddash champion and was a first-team all-state guard in basketball in 1977. Off thefield, Collinsworth was a school leader andmotivator for other students to do their best.He played professionally with the Cincin-nati Bengals and is now a TV commentator.

BART CONNERIllinois, 1986

Conner, who won the Junior Olympic boysgymnastics all-around title at age 14, wontwo state all-around titles at Niles West HighSchool in Skokie, Illinois (1974, 1975). As asenior, he was named to the United StatesPan American team. Conner helped the Uni-versity of Oklahoma win two national titlesand was a three-time member of the UnitedStates Olympic gymnastics team. He helpedthe U.S. team to the gold medal in 1984.

NOLAN CROMWELLKansas, 1991

Before an all-pro career with the Los Ange-les Rams, Cromwell led the Ransom(Kansas) High School football program to a34-2 record in four years, won all-leaguehonors twice was named all-state and prepall-American as a senior quarterback anddefensive back. In two years at the Class 1Aschool (84 enrollment), Cromwell passed for1,438 yards, rushed for 936 yards, scored 92points, threw 19 touchdown passes and av-eraged 45.6 yards per punt. He was also astandout track athlete and basketball playerat Ransom. He played collegiately at theUniversity of Kansas.

CURLEY CULPArizona, 1997

While at Yuma (Arizona) High School, Culpwon state heavyweight wrestling titles in1963 and 1964, finishing with a 15-0 recordin the latter year. He was named all-stateboth years as well. At the same time, he wasbeginning a stellar football career, receivingall-state honors on the gridiron in 1963 and1964. Off the field, Culp graduated with a3.1 GPA, and was 30th in a class of 238 stu-dents. Culp later went on to play profes-sional football, and was an AmericanFootball League all-star and a member ofthe Kansas City Chiefs squad that wonSuper Bowl IV in 1970. He was a five-timeall-pro and was the National FootballLeague’s outstanding defensive player of theyear in 1975.

DENISE CURRYCalifornia, 1991

Curry played five sports at Davis (Califor-nia) High School, but she dominated thebasketball court, scoring 1,798 points in hercareer, including 806 her senior year.Curry’s teams won three consecutive DeltaLeague titles, and she was the league’s lead-ing scorer and rebounder each season. When

she wasn’t playing basketball, Curry partic-ipated in field hockey, softball, track andvolleyball. She had a 36-7 record in her finaltwo years as a pitcher on the softball team.She was a four-year starter and three-timeall-American in basketball at UCLA.

GENE DAVISMontana, 1992

In four years at Missoula (Montana) CountyHigh School, Davis was undefeated and un-tied as a wrestler, compiling a 66-0 markwith 48 falls. He was a four-time statechampion in four different weights – 95, 103,112 and 133 pounds. No wrestler in Mon-tana had ever completed four years withouta loss. He also was team captain his juniorand senior seasons and was voted outstand-ing wrestler at the divisional and state tour-naments as a junior and at the divisionaltournament as a senior.

GLENN DAVISOhio, 1991

In the 1954 Ohio state track meet, Daviswon the long jump, 220-yard dash and 180-yard hurdles and finished fourth in the 100-yard dash to single-handedly lead BarbertonHigh School to the state title. His individualpoint total was more than any other team.He also was second-team all-Ohio in footballand scored 15 touchdowns as a junior and 14as a senior. Davis, who was a standout trackathlete at Ohio State University, won goldmedals in the 400-meter hurdles at both the1956 and 1960 Olympics, and he also was amember of the 1960 mile relay team thatwon a gold medal.

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CURLEY CULP DENISE CURRY GENE DAVIS GLENN DAVIS

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LEN DAWSONOhio, 1988

Dawson was named MVP of his footballteam at Alliance (Ohio) High School, andwas also named outstanding Ohio back ofthe year by the International News Service.This three-sport athlete set school records infootball and in basketball, and was the firstathlete in 13 years to be named first-teamall-state in both sports during the sameyear. Dawson went on to enjoy a football ca-reer at Purdue and played 19 successful sea-sons as a professional quarterback for theKansas City Chiefs.

TY DETMERTexas, 2005

A five-sport letterman at Southwest HighSchool in San Antonio, Texas, Detmer be-came known for his football prowess as aquarterback. He passed for 8,005 yards inhis career, including 3,551 as a junior. Forhis career, he completed 506 of 910 passesand 71 touchdowns. He earned All-Americaand Texas Player of the Year honors. Hewent on to star at Brigham Young Univer-sity, setting 59 NCAA records and winningthe 1990 Heisman Trophy as a junior. Det-mer had a 14-year NFL career with six dif-ferent teams. His best season was 1996 withthe Philadelphia Eagles, when he threw for2,911 yards and 15 touchdowns.

TERRY DISCHINGERIndiana, 1995

Dischinger scored 1,455 points in threeyears of basketball play at Terre Haute (In-diana) Garfield High School. He was teamMVP twice, all-Western Indiana threeyears, captain of the prestigious 1958 Indi-ana all-star team that played Kentucky inthe annual series between the two states,and won the Wabash Valley TournamentSportsmanship Award. In football,Dischinger was a two-time all-state end, aswell as all-Western Indiana Conference and

all-Wabash Valley. At Purdue University,Dischinger led the Big Ten Conference inscoring three consecutive years and playedin the NBA nine years.

PAT DONOVANMontana, 1994

Though football eventually became his sportof choice, Donovan excelled in three sportsat Helena (Montana) High School. In addi-tion to earning all-state and all-Americahonors in football, Donovan made headlinesin basketball and track. He led his basket-ball team to the state championship game inhis final two seasons, winning the 1971 titleand finishing second in 1970. He was aunanimous selection to the all-tournamentteam both seasons. In track, he won six first-place medals at state track meets, includingthe shot-put title three times and the discusin his junior and senior seasons. Donovanplayed in three Super Bowls as a member ofthe Dallas Cowboys.

CLYDE DUNCANIowa, 2007

The most dominant high school track andfield athlete in Iowa history, Duncan wonthe 100, 220 and 440 state titles in each ofhis three years of competition at Des Moines(Iowa) North High School. His nine individ-ual titles are the most in the history of Iowatrack. When he graduated, he held the staterecord in all three events. At the Drake Re-lays, Duncan won the 100-yard dash allthree years, twice setting event records.Duncan went on to compete at Texas South-ern University, where he ran on relay teamsthat set three world records.

DWIGHT “DIKE” EDDLEMANIllinois, 1983

Perhaps the most gifted all-around athletein prep sports history, Eddleman starred infootball, basketball, and track and field atCentralia (Illinois) High School (1939-42).

Before earning a silver medal in the highjump at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Lon-don, Eddleman was a three-time high schoolstate champion in the event (1940-42). His2,702 points in basketball led Centralia tothree state tournament berths and to the1942 Illinois state title.

TERESA EDWARDSGeorgia, 2002

Teresa Edwards is the only athlete – maleor female – to compete in five OlympicGames. The basketball player starred atCairo (Georgia) High School and later ledthe University of Georgia to two NCAAFinal Fours, earning all-America honors herjunior and senior seasons. Competing in the1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 SummerOlympics, Edwards won four gold medalsand one bronze medal.

JEANNE EGGART HELFERWashington, 1994

Helfer was a five-sport participant at WallaWalla (Washington) High School in the mid-1970s, and her greatest accomplishmentscame in the sports of track and basketball.In track, she was state champion in thejavelin and was one of the top javelin throw-ers in the country. In basketball, she led herteams to a 56-6 three-year record and tothree trips to the state tournament. Helfer,whose name was Jeanne Eggart at thattime, set the following state tournamentbasketball records: most points in a game,47; highest average, 27.0; field goals in onegame, 19; free throws in one game, 16; andassists in one game, 7.

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LEN DAWSON TY DETMER TERRY DISCHINGER PAT DONOVAN

CLYDE DUNCAN DWIGHT EDDLEMAN TERESA EDWARDS JEANNE EGGART HELFER

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Herschel Walker delivers the acceptance speech for the classat the 2003 induction ceremony in Chicago, Illinois.

SEAN ELLIOTTArizona, 2005

Elliott was one of the top high school basket-ball players in Arizona history. As a seniorat Cholla High School in Tucson in 1984-85,Elliott averaged 31.3 points per game andhelped his team to the state semifinals. Hewas a two-time selection to the ArizonaSuper All-State team and was Arizona highschool player of the year in 1985. Elliott wasnamed to four different all-American teams.After playing at Arizona for four seasons, hewas the school’s leading scorer with 2,555points. He was a two-time, first-team all-American and National Player of the Yearin 1988-89. Elliott had a successful 12-yearprofessional career, mostly with the San An-tonio Spurs, scoring nearly 10,000 points.

JANET EVANSCalifornia, 2010

Evans is arguably the greatest long-distanceswimmer in U.S. high school history. Aftersetting two national records at El DoradoHigh School in Placentia, California, Evanscompeted in three Olympics, winning fourgold medals. At the 1988 Games in Seoul,she won gold in the 400-meter freestyle, set-ting a world record that stood for 18 years.She also held the 1,500-meter freestyleworld record for 19 years, and the 800-meterfreestyle world mark set in 1989 was notbroken until the Beijing Olympics in 2008.Evans finished her career at the 1996Olympics in Atlanta, where she handed thetorch to Muhammad Ali to light the caul-dron. At the end of her competitive career,Evans held seven world records, fiveOlympic medals and 45 U.S. national titles.

CHRIS EVERTFlorida, 1992

Before Evert turned professional and be-came the most dominant women’s tennisplayer in history, she had an outstandinghigh school career at Fort Lauderdale

(Florida) St. Thomas Aquinas High School.Evert won district and state singles anddoubles titles three consecutive years from1970 to 1972, compiling a 43-2 record. Shewas undefeated in her junior and senior sea-sons with a combined 30-0 record.

HEATHER FARRArizona, 1999

During the late 1970s and early 1980s,Heather Farr dominated amateur golf in thestate of Arizona. She won three consecutiveArizona Interscholastic Association statetournaments from 1979 to 1981 while play-ing at Phoenix Xavier College Preparatory.She took her game of golf to Arizona StateUniversity where she was a three-time all-American. In 1985, Farr joined the LadiesProfessional Golf Association and playedfour years before being diagnosed withbreast cancer in 1989 at age 24. She foughtvaliantly for 4½ years before her death in1993 at age 28.

SUZY FAVOR HAMILTONWisconsin, 2010

Favor-Hamilton is one of the greatest dis-tance runners in U.S. history. At StevensPoint (Wisconsin) High School, she won fourstate cross country championships. On thetrack, she won the 1,600-meter state cham-pionship four consecutive years. She alsoclaimed titles in the 800-meter run, 1,600-meter relay and 3,200-meter relay. At theUniversity of Wisconsin, she won nineNCAA titles and was named Big Ten Ath-lete of the Decade (1990s). After graduatingfrom Wisconsin in 1991, she made threeOlympic teams and was ranked No. 1 in theUnited States five times. In 2000, she wasranked No. 1 in the world with a 1,500-meter time of 3:57.40 and was named USATrack and Field Distance Runner of theYear.

JOE FERGUSONLouisiana, 1986

Seventeen years after football star Joe Ferguson graduated from Shreveport(Louisiana) High School, his name still ap-peared in the National High School SportsRecord Book eight times. The star quarter-back helped his team win three straight dis-trict titles as well as the 1968 state crown.He also excelled in track, as he was an all-state high jumper. As a University ofArkansas Razorback, Ferguson was the1971 Southeastern Conference offensiveplayer of the year before going on to a pro-fessional career.

DAN GABLEIowa, 1984

This future Olympian accumulated a 64-0record at Waterloo (Iowa) West High Schooland was a three-time Iowa high school statewrestling champion (1964-66). He went onto Iowa State University, where he becamea three-time all-American, three-time BigEight Conference champion and a two-timeNCAA champion. He was undefeatedthroughout high school and college beforelosing his final collegiate match.

PAUL GIELMinnesota, 1998

Giel was a three-sport standout at Winona(Minnesota) Senior High School. He was aletterman in football, basketball and base-ball, and earned all-state honors in bothfootball and baseball. Later, Giel playedfootball for the University of Minnesotawhere he was runner-up for the HeismanTrophy. Giel continued his athletic career inprofessional baseball, playing for the NewYork Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Min-nesota Twins.

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SUZY FAVOR HAMILTON JOE FERGUSON DAN GABLE PAUL GIEL

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JOHN GODINAWyoming, 2010

Godina was a two-sport star at CheyenneCentral High School. In track and field, hewon three state discus titles and two stateshot put titles. In football, Godina was atwo-time all-state selection as an offensiveguard and defensive lineman. At UCLA, Go-dina was an 11-time NCAA track and fieldAll-American and won two NCAA discus ti-tles and one outdoor shot put title. HisNCAA shot put record of 72-2 still standstoday. Godina won the silver medal in theshot put at the 1996 Olympic Games andwas bronze medalist in 2000. He is a three-time World outdoor shot put champion anda two-time Jesse Owens Award winner asthe outstanding American track and fieldathlete.

HAROLD E. “RED” GRANGEIllinois, 1984

The “Galloping Ghost” earned 16 letters infour different sports at Wheaton (Illinois)High School during his prep days. Grangeaveraged five touchdowns a game eventhough he was a more talented basketballplayer and track star at the time. Grangechanged his athletic concentration to foot-ball at the University of Illinois before play-ing in the American Football League, whichwas formed around his football success.

ARCHIE GRIFFINOhio, 1996

As a senior running back at Columbus(Ohio) Eastmoor High School, Griffin rushedfor 1,737 yards and scored 170 points in 10games, including 29 touchdowns. He helpedhis team to a 9-1 record, including theColumbus City League championship in1971. In the Columbus league title gameagainst Columbus Linden McKinley, Griffinrushed for 267 yards on 31 carries. He alsorushed for more than 1,000 yards as a jun-ior. Griffin continued to play in the state of

Ohio, first as a two-time Heisman Trophywinner at Ohio State, and later as a first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Ben-gals.

GERI GRIGSBYKentucky, 1993

Grigsby, who is the third-leading femalescorer in high school basketball history,earned all-state honors three times and alsowas named Miss Basketball in her homestate of Kentucky. During her 95-game ca-reer, Grigsby averaged a national-record46.1 points per game at McDowell (Ken-tucky) High School. In 1978, she was namedKentucky’s Sportswoman of the Year.Grigsby continued her basketball career atthe University of Kentucky, where she wasan outstanding player.

DICK GROATPennsylvania, 1996

Groat was a three-sport (basketball, base-ball, volleyball) star at Swissvale (Pennsyl-vania) High School. He set the school’sbasketball scoring record for a single game(37) and season (454). In baseball, he rep-resented the city of Pittsburgh in the HearstAll-Star Game played at Yankee Stadiumand was considered one of the nation’s topbaseball players. He was college basketballplayer of the year at Duke University in1952, and he played baseball professionally,helping the St. Louis Cardinals to the WorldSeries title in 1964.

LOU GROZAOhio, 2006

Groza was a dominating force for the Mar-tins Ferry (Ohio) High School football team,leading his team to a co-championship in1941 after winning the basketball title theyear before. He is regarded as the school’sgreatest player in history. After serving inWorld War II, Groza played with the Cleve-land Browns and held 10 NFL records and

24 Browns records as a kicker at the time ofhis retirement. Known as Lou “The Toe”Groza, he accumulated 1,608 points in his il-lustrious career. He was inducted into theNFL Hall of Fame in 1974.

RAY GUYGeorgia, 2004

Guy was a two-sport athlete at Thomson(Georgia) High School, excelling in footballand baseball. As quarterback, defensiveback, kicker and punter, he led his footballteam to two state championships. He was atwo-time all-state player and was runner-upfor Georgia player of the year while averag-ing 52 yards per punt. He went on to star atthe University of Southern Mississippi. Re-garded as the best punter in NFL history,Guy played 14 seasons for the Oakland/LosAngeles Raiders. He played in seven ProBowls and won three Super Bowls. Guy wasselected to the NFL’s 75th anniversary teamand has been inducted into the Pro and Col-lege Football Halls of Fame.

TANYA HAAVEColorado, 2001

Haave was a three-year letterwinner in vol-leyball, basketball and track at Evergreen(Colorado) High School. In basketball, shewas named Colorado player of the year, andin volleyball, her team won consecutive statechampionships and had two undefeated sea-sons. She was also named Colorado’s playerof the year. A two-time Parade all-Americaselection, Haave continued her two-sport ca-reer at the University of Tennessee, whereshe was an all-Southeastern Conference se-lection in both sports. Following college, sheplayed professional basketball in Europeand Australia for 13 years.

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PAT HADENCalifornia, 1995

Haden still holds virtually all passingrecords at La Puente (California) BishopAmat High School, where he concluded hisfootball career in 1970. In three years asquarterback at Bishop Amat, Haden com-pleted 527 passes for 7,633 yards and 82touchdowns. Haden led Bishop Amat to theCalifornia Interscholastic Federation-South-ern Section championship in 1970 and to thefinals in 1969. He was CIF-SS co-player ofthe year with teammate John McKay Jr., in1970. Haden quarterbacked the Universityof Southern California Trojans to two na-tional championships, and then played inthe NFL for seven years.

CLIFF HAGANKentucky, 1988

In 1949, Hagan led Owensboro (Kentucky)High School to a state basketball champi-onship by scoring 41 points in the champi-onship game. He finished his high schoolcareer with 1,635 points and was namedthird-team all-America. Hagan advanced hisgame to the University of Kentucky, wherehe helped the Wildcats win an NCAA cham-pionship and was a two-time all-America se-lection. Hagan played professionally for 10years while accumulating 12,437 points andwas named all-pro six consecutive years.

KEN HALLTexas, 1983

One of the most outstanding offensive per-formers in high school football, Hall’s 11,232rushing yards still stands as the nationalhigh school record. One of only three playersto rush for more than 10,000 yards in a ca-reer, he established 17 national offensiverecords while at Sugar Land (Texas) HighSchool. The other national record Hall setthat stands today is yards rushing per at-tempt (47.3 vs. Houston [Texas] Lutheran,1953).

BRUTUS HAMILTONMissouri, 1988

In three Missouri state track meets, Hamil-ton took home nine individual champi-onships, setting state records in both thehigh jump and the pole vault. Two yearsafter graduating from Harrisonville (Mis-souri) High School, Hamilton won a silvermedal at the 1920 Olympics in the decathlonand was the United States champion andrecord-holder in the decathlon and pen-tathlon. At the University of Missouri,Hamilton ran track and picked up the sportof football, where he earned second-team all-American honors. He was inducted posthu-mously with the first class into the Trackand Field Hall of Fame in 1975.

JOHN HAVLICEKOhio, 1987

A three-sport standout in football, basket-ball and baseball, John Havlicek was themost outstanding athlete in the history ofBridgeport (Ohio) High School. In basket-ball, he scored 1,569 points, averaging 35.6points as a junior and 31.2 as a senior.Havlicek was quarterback and captain ofthe football team for four years, and hit .444and .484 in his junior and senior seasons ofbaseball. In three years of varsity basket-ball, he helped lead Ohio State University toa 78-6 record, a national championship, andto two runner-up finishes. Havlicek then en-joyed a legendary 16-year career with theBoston Celtics.

CHAD HENNINGSIowa, 2005

Hennings was a football and wrestlingstandout at Van Horne (Iowa) Benton Com-munity High School. A two-time all-confer-ence and one-time all-state defensive tackle,Hennings played in the All-Star ShrineGame in 1984. Hennings also excelled inwrestling, qualifying for the state meettwice and winning the state championship

as a heavyweight in his senior season. Heearned consensus all-American honors atthe Air Force Academy and won the OutlandTrophy as best defensive lineman as a sen-ior. Prior to and during his nine-year careerwith the Dallas Cowboys (where he wonthree Super Bowl rings), Hennings flew 45missions as part of Operation Desert Stormand Operation Provide Comfort.

TRACY HILLColorado, 2012

Hill scored 2,934 points in four years (1980-83) at Ridgway (Colorado) High School andremains the top scorer in Colorado girls bas-ketball history. After averaging 15.4 pointsas a freshman, Hill averaged 33.4 points pergame as a sophomore, 38.7 as a junior and44.6 as a senior – all before the three-pointshot. She retired with 21 state records andstill holds 17 today. After playing at the Uni-versity of Missouri, Central Wyoming Col-lege and Montana State University, Hillplayed professionally in Australia and wasTasmanian Player of the Year in 1991. Shethen returned to Colorado and coached atNucla High School, leading her team to the1998 state title.

ELROY HIRSCHWisconsin, 1988

Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch was a two-time all-conference football tailback at Wausau (Wis-consin) High School and a three-year starterin basketball. Hirsch went to the Universityof Michigan where he played football, bas-ketball, track and baseball and still is theonly Wolverine to letter in four sports in oneyear. After college, Hirsch went to play threeyears in the All-American Football Confer-ence and nine years in the National FootballLeague.

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FRED HOIBERGIowa, 2012

Hoiberg was an outstanding three-sport(football, basketball and track) athlete atAmes High School in Ames, Iowa, from 1989to 1991. In basketball, he led Ames HighSchool to the 1991 state championship, av-eraged 29.8 points per game and was namedMr. Basketball. In football, he was the quar-terback for two state playoff teams and isthe school’s career leader in passing yardsand total offense. In track, he helped AmesHigh to three state championships. He wasa four-year starter on the Iowa State basket-ball team and then played 10 years in theNBA with Indiana, Chicago and Minnesota.In 2010, he returned home to coach the IowaState Cyclones’ basketball team

PAUL HORNUNGKentucky, 1989

Before his glory days with the Green BayPackers, Hornung was a high school footballand basketball star at Louisville (Kentucky)Flaget High School. In basketball, he aver-aged 14.9 points per game and was namedall-state. Hornung also was a two-time all-state selection in football, directing theFlaget offense from his quarterback posi-tion. He was also inducted into the Pro Foot-ball Hall of Fame and into the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame for his success at theUniversity of Notre Dame.

SAM HUFFWest Virginia, 1999

Huff led the 1951 Farmington (West Vir-ginia) High School football team to an unde-feated season and he earned all-state honorsin 1952. He also was named to the first-teamall-Mason Dixon Conference, and he playedin the 1952 North-South all-star game. Huffplayed football and baseball at West VirginiaUniversity before spending 14 years in theNational Football League, where he was cho-sen most valuable defensive player in 1959.

KEITH JACKSONArkansas, 2001

Jackson was a three-sport standout in foot-ball, basketball and track at Little Rock(Arkansas) High School. He excelled in foot-ball, where he was a three-time all-state se-lection, named Arkansas’ high schoolfootball athlete of the year and was chosenParade all-American. He went to the Uni-versity of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time all-American and finished with anine-year National Football League profes-sional career with the Philadelphia Eagles,Miami Dolphins and Green Bay Packers.Jackson also is known for his work with theyouth in his community.

PHIL JACKSONNorth Dakota, 1994

Jackson is considered one of the top basket-ball players to don a uniform in NorthDakota after his days at Williston HighSchool and the University of North Dakota.In two seasons at Williston, Jackson scored427 points as a junior (23.3 average) in1961-62 and helped his team to a second-place finish in the state championship. As asenior in 1962-63, Jackson led his team tothe North Dakota state title, where hescored 35 points in the championship game.He set a tournament record with 37 fieldgoals, 22 free throws and 96 points. Jacksonplayed in the NBA for 12 years and has wonnine titles as a coach with the Chicago Bullsand Los Angeles Lakers.

KEVIN JOHNSONCalifornia, 2012

Johnson led the state of California in scoringin basketball as a senior at SacramentoHigh School in 1983 with a 32.5 points-per-game average. He also excelled in baseballand was drafted by the Oakland A’s. Afteran outstanding basketball career at the Uni-versity of California, Berkeley, Johnsonplayed 13 years in the NBA, primarily with

the Phoenix Suns, and he participated inthree NBA all-star games. After foundingand directing St. Hope, a non-profit commu-nity organization to re-vitalize inner-citycommunities through public education,Johnson was elected mayor of Sacramentoin 2008. His tireless efforts to keep theKings (NBA) in Sacramento came to fruitionin 2012 when a deal to finance a new arenawas announced.

JIM JOHNSONMichigan, 2007

The first ice hockey player to be selected forthe Hall of Fame, Johnson still remains themost prolific scorer in high school ice hockeyhistory. He scored 249 goals for BloomfieldHills (Michigan) Cranbrook High School, anational record that has stood for 33 years.Johnson received all-state honors all fouryears and was a two-time all-American. Heranks fifth in goals scored in a season with79 in 1971. His 79-goal season was fueled byan eight-goal game, which ranks third all-time.

RAFER JOHNSONCalifornia, 1990

As a prelude to his Olympic success in whichhe won a gold and a silver medal in the de-cathlon, Johnson was a four-sport star atKingsburg (California) High School. As afour-time all-league track and field per-former, Johnson won state championshipsin the 110-yard hurdles and the decathlon,which he won twice to set the stage for hisremarkable Olympic feats. Johnson was alsoa three-time leading scorer of his basketballteam, all-league and the leading ground-gainer in football, and was all-league oncein baseball.

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Sam Huff (right) receives his Hall of Famemedallion from Warren Carter, executive direc-tor of the West Virginia Secondary School Ac-tivities Commission, at the 1999 inductionceremony in Washington, D.C.

RICH JORDANMichigan, 2001

Jordan was a standout four-sport athlete atFennville (Michigan) High School. In bas-ketball, he was an all-state guard for fourconsecutive years and averaged an incredi-ble 44.4 points a game during his senioryear. Despite standing only 5-foot-7, Jordandunked the ball regularly. He also was anall-state running back in football, where heset numerous state rushing records. Intrack, Jordan was a conference and regionalchampion for three years in the pole vault,high jump and long jump. He batted .550during his senior baseball season, and he hit.360 for his career.

JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEEIllinois, 1989

Joyner-Kersee competed in volleyball, bas-ketball and track at Lincoln High School inEast St. Louis, Illinois. She was a memberof four state championship teams – one inbasketball and three in track. Joyner-Kerseewon two Olympic gold medals in the hep-tathlon and added another gold in the longjump at the 1988 Summer Games.

NATASHA KAISER-BROWNIowa, 2008

Kaiser-Brown dominated girls high schooltrack in Iowa in the early 1980s during herdays at Theodore Roosevelt High School inDes Moines. She was a nine-time statechampion (six individual events and threerelays) and graduated in 1985 with schooland state records in the 100 meters (:11.5),200 meters (:24.1) and 400 meters (:54.09).She lost only one individual race during herhigh school career. Kaiser-Brown was amember of the 1992 and 1996 U.S. Olympicteams and was silver medalist in the 4x400-meter relay at the 1992 Olympics inBarcelona.

JANET KARVONENMinnesota, 1987

While leading New York Mills (Minnesota)High School to consecutive state basketballchampionships in 1977, 1978 and 1979, Kar-vonen scored 3,129 points, more than anygirl or boy in state history. She scored 51points in a regular-season game and holdsthe state tournament record with a 40-pointperformance. Karvonen holds the staterecord for most points in one season (855).

DON KESSINGERArkansas, 1987

Though his claim to fame as a professionalwas baseball, Kessinger concentrated onbasketball, football and track at Forrest City(Arkansas) High School, after the school dis-continued baseball following his sophomoreseason. Kessinger earned all-state honorsthree times in basketball and set the single-game scoring record in the 1960 state tournament with 42 points. As a footballquarterback, Kessinger was all-region twice,all-state once and was named all-American.He also was state champion in the low hur-dles and long jump for the 1960 track team.

TOM KROPPNebraska, 2008

Kropp was a four-sport (football, basketball,baseball, track) standout at Aurora (Ne-braska) High School from 1967 to 1971. Hewas two-time all-state in football and playedin the 1971 Shrine Bowl. In basketball, heaveraged 33 points and 23 rebounds as asenior and was named one of the top fivebasketball players in Nebraska history bythe Omaha World-Herald. He was the win-ning pitcher in Aurora’s state baseballchampionship and threw a no-hitter in thetournament’s semifinals. In track, Kroppwas undefeated in the shot put and discusin his senior season. Kropp was named one

of Nebraska’s 10 greatest athletes by theWorld-Herald, and he was Prep Athlete ofthe Decade for the 1970s as chosen by theLincoln Journal Star.

TOM LANDRYTexas, 1991

Twenty years before he began coaching theDallas Cowboys, Landry was one of Texas’sbest two-way football players at Rio GrandeValley Mission High School. As the team’squarterback and defensive back, Landry ledMission to a 7-3 record as a junior and a 12-0 mark as a senior. Landry was a two-timeall-district and all-Valley selection and wasnamed team MVP. His senior season, RioGrande Valley Mission outscored its oppo-nents, 319-7, while amassing 3,866 yards ontotal offense and allowing only 600 yards.

RANDY LEWISSouth Dakota, 1998

Lewis began his wrestling career by winningthree state championships at Rapid City(South Dakota) Stevens High School, withan overall high school record of 101-2. Hewon 89 consecutive matches, with 83 ofthose matches decided by pins. In 1977, hewas named the South Dakota male athleteof the year by the South Dakota Sportswrit-ers Association. Lewis won two NCAA titlesat the University of Iowa, and captured thegold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games inLos Angeles.

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Bart Starr (left) and Paul Hornung, who were teammates withthe Green Bay Packers, were inducted in the 1989 class at theSaddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida.

BLAINE LINDGRENUtah, 2006

Blaine Lindgren was a premier track andfootball athlete at Magna (Utah) CypressHigh School in the late 1950s. Lindgrennever lost a high school hurdles race, win-ning both the 120-yard high and 180-yardlow hurdles his junior and senior years, andsetting state records in both events. At theUniversity of Utah, he was a two-time all-American in the high hurdles. Lindgren wona gold medal in the 1963 Pan Am Games,and a silver medal at the 1964 SummerOlympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

DALLAS LONGArizona, 1993

Long, who was an Arizona state championthree consecutive years while at PhoenixNorth High School, set the national highschool record in the 12-pound shot in 1958,which stood for 10 years. Long won threeNCAA championships at the University ofSouthern California, as well as a bronzemedal in the Olympic Games in the shotput.

DENISE LONG ANDREIowa, 1984

Andre, who is considered the “Queen” ofhigh school basketball, became the game’sall-time leading scorer at Union (Iowa)Whitten High School (now is second). Sheholds nine records in the state of Iowa andthree national scoring marks. Andre was thefirst female to score more than 6,000 pointsand the first player — boy or girl — to scoremore than 100 points in a game on two oc-casions.

JERRY LUCASOhio, 1986

Lucas was a three-time all-state and all-America basketball selection at Middletown(Ohio) High School, as well as Ohio player

of the year in 1958. He also excelled in trackand field, where he held the MiddletownHigh School records in both the shot put andthe discus. Lucas then went on to Ohio StateUniversity, where he helped the Buckeyeswin the 1960 NCAA national basketballchampionship and to runner-up finishes in1961 and 1962. Also in 1960, Lucas and hisfellow Americans brought home an Olympicgold medal in basketball.

BOB MATHIASCalifornia, 1989

Mathias set national records in eight trackand field meets for Tulare (California)Union High School, including new marks inthe high hurdles, shot put, discus, low hur-dles and decathlon. At the age of 17 in 1948,Mathias became the youngest person ever towin the Olympic decathlon at the Games inLondon. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki,Finland, Mathias repeated his decathlonvictory and became the first athlete to winthe grueling event two times.

RANDY MATSONTexas, 1988

At Pampa (Texas) High School in the early1960s, Matson set state records and wonstate titles in both the shot put and discus.The Texas Sportswriters Association namedMatson high school athlete of the year in1963. He won a silver medal in the shot putin the 1964 Summer Olympic Games andthen a gold medal in the 1968 SummerOlympic Games. Matson was a three-timewinner of the Texas amateur athlete of theyear award and won the 1967 SullivanAward.

JOHN MAYASICHMinnesota, 1986

Mayasich was a five-sport athlete at Eveleth(Minnesota) High School, but was a two-time all-state athlete in ice hockey, where hewas a member of four undefeated state

championship teams. A two-time member ofthe U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, Mayasichstill holds eight state tournament records inthe state of Minnesota that were set from1948 to 1951.

KATRINA McCLAINSouth Carolina, 2010

McClain was one of the top basketball play-ers in the country during her four years(1979-83) at St. Andrews Parrish HighSchool in Charleston, South Carolina. As asenior, her team won the Class AAA SouthCarolina High School League championshipwhile she averaged 28 points and 15 re-bounds. During her four years, McClainscored 2,344 points and grabbed 1,377 re-bounds. At the University of Georgia, Mc-Clain helped her teams to a four-year markof 116-15, two Southeastern Conference ti-tles, four NCAA playoff berths and one FinalFour, and she was named national player ofthe year in 1987. After college, McClainhelped the U.S. women’s basketball team totwo gold medals and a bronze in Olympiccompetition. In 2012, she was selected forthe Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

RANDALL McDANIELArizona, 2011

McDaniel was a multi-sport star at AguaFria High School in Avondale, Arizona. Hewas a three-year varsity starter and two-time all-state selection in football and bas-ketball and also played baseball andparticipated in track and field, setting theschool record in the 100-meter dash as asenior. He would ultimately decide on foot-ball where he became an All-American atArizona State University. McDaniel played12 years with the Minnesota Vikings andtwo years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneersin the National Football League (NFL),where he started 202 consecutive games atleft guard. McDaniel is a member of the Col-lege Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Foot-ball Hall of Fame.

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TOMMY McDONALDNew Mexico, 1997

McDonald was an all-state performer as aquarterback in football, leading Albu-querque (New Mexico) Highland HighSchool to a Class A championship in 1952.That season, he scored 151 points, setting aNew Mexico prep record. In basketball, hewas an all-state standout in both his juniorand senior years, scoring 595 points andposting a 24.8 points-per-game average hissenior season. On the track, he helped histeam to the state title in 1953, finishing firstin five events and setting state records inthree events. McDonald later went on to be-come an six-time all-pro during his 12-yearNational Football League career. He hasbeen inducted into the Pro Football Hall ofFame.

KEVIN McHALEMinnesota, 2000

McHale earned three varsity basketball let-ters at Hibbing (Minnesota) High School,where he earned both all-conference and all-state honors and was named Mr. Minnesotain 1976. McHale played basketball at theUniversity of Minnesota before continuinghis career professionally with the BostonCeltics. He helped lead the Celtics to threeNBA titles, and was named one of the NBA’sTop 50 Players for the league’s first half-cen-tury.

JAYNE (GIBSON) McHUGHColorado, 1996

During her career at Arvada (Colorado)West High School, McHugh became one ofthe state’s all-time top multi-sport stars forher exploits in volleyball, basketball andtrack. She participated on four state cham-pionship teams - two in track, one in basket-ball and one in volleyball. Volleyball wastruly McHugh’s forte, earning all-confer-ence, all-state and Colorado player of theyear honors as a junior and senior. In bas-

ketball, McHugh led her team to the 1978state championship, scoring 28 points andpulling down 20 rebounds in the title game.

KEVIN McREYNOLDSArkansas, 2011

McReynolds led his baseball team at SylvanHigh School in Sherwood, Arkansas, to theArkansas Activities Association Class AAstate championship in 1978. He was selectedthe tournament’s most valuable player(MVP) and was named Arkansas HighSchool Baseball Player of the Year.McReynolds batted .634 as a senior and hada 16-1 career pitching record. He followed uphis high school career at the University ofArkansas where he earned all-conferenceand All-American honors. McReynolds thenplayed 12 years in the major leagues withthe San Diego Padres, New York Mets andKansas City Royals. He finished third in theNational League MVP voting in 1988.

DEBBIE MEYERCalifornia, 2004

Meyer is considered one of the top femaleswimmers in United States history based onher performance as a high school athlete inthe 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. At theage of 16, Meyer was the first swimmer towin three individual gold medals, capturingthe 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyles.From 1967 to 1971, Meyer broke 20 worldrecords, 24 American records and won 19national championships. She won the AAU’sSullivan Award in 1968 and was swimmerof the year by Swimmer’s World three times.She was inducted into the InternationalSwimming Hall of Fame in 1977.

ANN MEYERSCalifornia, 1995

At La Habra (California) Sonora HighSchool, Meyers competed in track, basket-ball, softball, badminton, field hockey andtennis, and earned 13 MVP awards in high

school sports. In four years of basketballcompetition, she led her teams to an 80-5record while averaging 20 points, nine re-bounds, eight assists and five steals pergame. Because opportunities in athletics forwomen were limited in the early 1970s,Meyers participated on boys teams on sev-eral occasions, including boys high schoolbasketball. She played four years at UCLAand was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympicbasketball team.

CHERYL MILLERCalifornia, 1990

In four years of high school basketball atRiverside (California) Polytechnic HighSchool, Miller scored 3,446 points and pulleddown 1,620 rebounds. Miller was the first fe-male high school basketball player to score100 points in a game after a 105-point gamein 1982. Her 672 rebounds during the 1981-82 school year still ranks second all-time.Miller was a three-time national player ofthe year at the University of Southern Cali-fornia and helped the Trojans to two NCAAtitles. She is a member of the Naismith Bas-ketball Hall of Fame.

RALPH MILLERKansas, 1989

At Chanute (Kansas) High School in the late1930s, Miller earned 11 letters in football,basketball and track, and he also competedin golf and tennis. In football and basket-ball, Miller was all-conference and all-statethree times. He once scored six touchdownsin a football game, and as a sophomore, heled Chanute to the state basketball title byscoring 83 points in four tournament games.Miller was a highly successful college bas-ketball coach for many years.

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Archie Griffin receives his Hall of Fame Awardfrom Dave Fry of Illinois, president of the NFHSin 1996. The induction ceremony was held atInnisbrook Resort in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

BILLY MILLSSouth Dakota/Kansas, 1990

An Oglala Sioux Indian from the Pine RidgeReservation in South Dakota, Mills rewrotethe record book in the mile run while com-peting for the Haskell Institute inLawrence, Kansas. As a junior, Mills ran a4:26.2 mile, which was one of the fastesttimes in the U.S. As a senior in 1957, Millsran a 4:23.3 and a 4:22.8 to break the im-mortal Glenn Cunningham’s state record.Mills’ greatest fame may have come when hepulled one of the biggest upsets in Olympichistory in 1964 by winning the 10,000-meterrun in Tokyo.

DANA MIROBALLIIllinois, 2009

No Illinois athlete dominated the sports ofcross country and track and field like DanaMiroballi did at Prospect HeightsMacArthur Junior High School and Wheel-ing High School in the 1980s. Miroballi wonfive consecutive state cross country titles,with the first coming as an eighth-grader atProspect Heights. On the track, Miroballiwon four consecutive 3,200-meter run titles,and she also claimed the 1,600-meter runchampionships as a junior and senior. Over-all, she won 10 state championships as ahigh school student and two others as aneighth-grader competing against high schoolstudents. She later was a standout trackand cross country athlete at Indiana Univer-sity.

SIDNEY MONCRIEFArkansas, 1992

Before he went on to stardom at the Univer-sity of Arkansas and in the NBA, Moncriefwas a high school basketball standout atLittle Rock (Arkansas) Hall High School.Moncrief was selected all-conference and all-state during his junior and senior seasonsand led his team to runner-up finishes in thestate tournament both seasons. Moncrief led

the conference with 15 rebounds per gameduring his senior season and was selectedMVP at the 1975 Arkansas High SchoolCoaches Association’s all-star game whilegrabbing a record 17 rebounds.

KENNY MONDAYOklahoma, 2011

Monday was a four-time state champion andnever lost a match while wrestling at BookerT. Washington High School in Tulsa, Okla-homa. Monday finished with a 140-0-1record and won Oklahoma Secondary SchoolActivities Association titles at 108, 115, 135and 141 pounds from 1977 to 1980. He wenton to wrestle at Oklahoma State Universitywhere he was a three-time All-American. Inhis senior year in 1984, he won a nationalchampionship at 150 pounds. Monday wouldgo on to an impressive career at the nationallevel, winning an Olympic gold medal in1988 and a silver medal in the 1992 Games.He is a member of the National WrestlingHall of Fame.

RICK MOUNTIndiana, 1986

Mount, winner of the coveted Mr. BasketballAward in Indiana in 1966, was the first highschool athlete to appear on the cover ofSports Illustrated. He earned all-state andall-America honors three times and scored2,595 points during his high school career atLebanon (Indiana) High School. Mount wentto Purdue University where he was an all-American, and then played professionalbasketball in the American Basketball As-sociation.

KIM MULKEYLouisiana, 1986

Mulkey was a member of six championshipteams – four at Hammond (Louisiana) HighSchool and two at Louisiana Tech Univer-sity. This all-American standout posted4,075 points in high school, making her the

nation’s top all-time scorer in five girls bas-ketball at the time. Mulkey played on the1984 United States Olympic women’s bas-ketball team before becoming an assistantcoach at Louisiana Tech University. Shecurrently is head women’s basketball coachat Baylor University.

BRONKO NAGURSKIMinnesota, 1989

Before playing with the Chicago Bears,Nagurski was considered the best footballplayer Minnesota had ever produced after astellar career in the 1920s at InternationalFalls (Minnesota) High School. Thoughthere are no high school records onNagurski, he later went on to be an all-American tackle for the University of Min-nesota and was named all-NFL three times.The impact of Nagurski on InternationalFalls was aptly demonstrated in 1941 whenthe school selected its nickname of “Bron-cos.”

JACK NICKLAUSOhio, 1984

Considered to be one of the best professionalgolfers of all time, Nicklaus captained theColumbus (Ohio) Upper Arlington HighSchool golf team and led it to 70-1-1 dual-meet record. The team had three undefeatedseasons and one state championship. Sincethen, Nicklaus has won every major cham-pionship, including six Masters titles, fivePGA championships, four United StatesOpen tournaments and three British Opentitles.

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CINDY NOBLEOhio, 1986

Noble led both her Frankfort (Ohio) AdenaHigh School basketball and volleyball teamsto Ohio state titles. As a senior, Noble wasnamed the Ohio athlete of the year. Shethen went on to be an all-American basket-ball player at the University of Tennessee.Noble played on the 1984 United StatesOlympic basketball team, and was a stand-out international basketball player in Italyand Japan.

AL OERTERNew York, 1987

One of the most enduring and successfulamateur athletes of all time, Oerter got hisstart at Floral Park (New York) SewanhakaHigh School, where he set a national highschool record in the discus that stood for sixyears. While in high school, Oerter won fourwinter track shot put championships andfour spring track shot put and discus cham-pionships. His record toss in 1954 was meas-ured at 184-2¾. Oerter later became theonly athlete to win a gold medal at four suc-cessive Olympiads.

MERLIN OLSENUtah, 1987

At Logan (Utah) High School, Olsen wasnamed all-region and all-state in football,and also competed in basketball, swimming,track and riflery. He sang with the choralgroup, was on the school’s debate team andserved as a student body officer. He receivedthe Rotary Award as an outstanding stu-dent, the Jack Parson Award as the out-standing athlete of Cache Valley and wasnamed to The Sporting News all-Americaprep football team in 1958. He later was aconsensus all-American and Outland Tro-phy winner in 1961 at Utah State, and thenplayed 15 years with the Los Angeles Rams.

BILLY OWENSPennsylvania, 2011

Owens led the boys basketball team atCarlisle High School to four consecutivePennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Asso-ciation Class 4-A state championships from1985 to 1988 while recording a 118-11record. He scored 53 points in the 1988 statechampionship game and finished as thestate’s No. 2 all-time scorer with 3,298points. (He is now third all-time.) His senioryear, he was named co-MVP of the McDon-ald’s All-American Game along with AlonzoMourning. Owens played three years atSyracuse University under Jim Boeheimand enjoyed a 10-year career in the NationalBasketball Association with six differentteams.

JESSE OWENSOhio, 1983

Before his gold medal exploits at the 1936Summer Olympics in Berlin, Owens’ highschool track and field accomplishments alsoranked among the best ever. While at Cleve-land (Ohio) East Technical High School, hewon nine state track titles and establishednational records in three events –the 100-yard dash (:9.4), 220-yard dash (:20.7), andlong jump (24-11¾). He earned three consec-utive state long jump titles (1931-33) andhighlighted his prep career by winning the100, 220 and long jump at the National In-terscholastic Championships in Chicago.

ARNOLD PALMERPennsylvania, 1986

Palmer, who is known as one of the greatestgolfers of all time, lost only one dual matchin his four years at Latrobe (Pennsylvania)Greater Latrobe High School. He won the in-dividual championship title in both 1946and 1947. Palmer was his high school team’sNo. 1 player, as well as the No. 1 player on

his Wake Forest University team. Palmerwon the Masters on four occasions, the USOpen once, and the British Open twice.

JIM PLUNKETTCalifornia, 2007

Plunkett was an outstanding three-sportathlete at James Lick High School in SanJose, California in the 1960s. In football, heled James Lick to 8-1 and 9-0 records hisfinal two years, the best marks in school his-tory. In his senior season, he passed for1,200 yards and 17 touchdowns to help histeam win the league title. He also playedbaseball and was undefeated as a senior inwrestling. He then won the 1970 HeismanTrophy at Stanford University. He went onto play in the NFL for the New England Pa-triots and Oakland Raiders and won SuperBowls in 1981 and 1984 with the Raiders.

LATAUNYA POLLARDIndiana, 2005

One of the most dominating players in Indi-ana girls basketball history, Pollard led herRoosevelt High School (East Chicago) teamto a 92-2 record and two state titles. In the1977 state tournament, Pollard scored 54points in the two sessions, the most ever inIndiana history. Miss Basketball in Indianaher senior year, Pollard went on to be a Mc-Donald’s all-American and was named oneof Indiana’s 50 Greatest Basketball Players,one of only two females to receive the honor.She went on to play at Long Beach (Califor-nia) State University, and then played pro-fessionally in Italy for eight years.

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Randall McDaniel signs autographs at the 2011 ceremony inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.

STEVE PREFONTAINEOregon, 2000

Prefontaine, who was one of the nation’smost dominating track and cross countryrunners, broke the four-minute mile markon nine occasions and set 14 American trackrecords. He won two Oregon state crosscountry championships, as well as threestate track championships. Prefontaine wasnamed the Oregon high school athlete of theyear in 1969, and continued his running ca-reer at the University of Oregon. Tragicallykilled in an automobile accident at age 24,his life story was told in two movies.

MEL RENFROOregon, 1995

Renfro was an outstanding two-sport star(football, track) at Portland (Oregon) Jeffer-son High School (1957-60), before his illus-trious career with the Dallas Cowboys.Renfro helped the Jefferson football teamswin 34 consecutive games, including twostate championships and one runner-up fin-ish. He set the Portland InterscholasticLeague single-game scoring record of 38points and his season total of 242 points isalso a PIL record. In track, Renfro set staterecords in the long jump (24-1) and low hur-dles (18.9) and scored 31 points himself tohelp Jefferson to the 1960 track title.

WILLIE RICHARDSONMississippi, 2002

Richardson was an all-pro wide receiver forthe Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphinsduring a 10-year career in the NationalFootball League. Richardson, however,starred at quarterback at Greenville (Mis-sissippi) Coleman High School, leading Cole-man to back-to-back state championships.He was also a three-time state champion intrack, running the 440- and 880-yard runs.

OSCAR ROBERTSONIndiana, 1983

One of basketball’s all-time greats, Robert-son is considered by many to be one of themost gifted guards and premier all-aroundplayers in the game. He helped Indianapolis(Indiana) Crispus Attucks High School winback-to-back state championships and 62 of63 games during his final two seasons.Robertson averaged 24 points during his ca-reer and had a 62-point outing. Robertsonwas three-time player of the year at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati (1958-60), and heplayed in the NBA for 14 years with Cincin-nati and Milwaukee.

JACKIE ROBINSONCalifornia, 1993

Robinson, who is perhaps best known as thefirst African-American to play Major LeagueBaseball, also was a four-sport athlete inboth high school and college. In track, heand his brother led Pasadena John MuirHigh School to the 1936 California Inter-scholastic Federation (CIF) state champi-onship. Robinson also won the 1936CIF-Southern Section title in the long jump.He was an all-America football player andNCAA long jump champion at UCLA.

ROY ROBINSONMontana, 1996

Robinson rewrote Montana’s track and fieldrecord book as he helped Glasgow HighSchool to four consecutive state champi-onships in the early 1960s. In his four-yearcareer, Robinson won the 100-yard dashfour times, the 220-yard dash three times,the 180-yard low hurdles three times, the120-yard high hurdles two times and was amember of three state championship 880-yard relay teams. As a junior, Robinsonscored enough points to win the Class Astate championship himself.

JOE ROMIGColorado, 1990

Romig is one of the best two-sport athletesin Colorado history, gaining headlines as alineman in football and as a heavyweightwrestler for Denver (Colorado) LakewoodHigh School. He was an all-state selection infootball in his junior and senior seasons(1957, 1958). Following the football seasonsin each of those years, Romig was the stateheavyweight wrestling champion. Athleticswas not his only area of excellence in highschool, as Romig was valedictorian of hissenior class in 1958.

JIM RYUNKansas, 1983Ryun, one of the most sensational middle-distance runners in track and field history,became the first high school runner to breakthe four-minute barrier in the mile. He stillowns the national interscholastic record of3:58.3, which he set his senior year at Wi-chita (Kansas) East High School while win-ning the 1965 state championship. Astandout collegiate runner at Kansas Uni-versity, Ryun competed in three SummerOlympic Games (1964, 1968 and 1972).

JOHN SAUNDERSOhio, 1994

In four years of high school track competi-tion at Cincinnati (Ohio) Glendale HighSchool, Saunders won 10 individual titles,including the 120-yard high hurdles all fouryears. In addition to winning four high hur-dles titles from 1935 to 1938, Saunders wonthree 100-yard dash championships, with abest of :10.1; one 220-yard low hurdles title;and the long jump title in 1938. Saunders’22-6¾ effort in the long jump shattered thestate record and the mark remained in thebooks for 36 years until it was bettered in1974.

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PATTY SHEEHANNevada, 2005

The first inductee from Nevada, Sheehanwas one of the best golfers in state historyand went on to become one of the best on theLPGA tour. She won three consecutive indi-vidual titles at Wooster High School inReno, Nevada (1972-74) leading her team tothe team title all three years. In 1979, shewas the runner-up at the U.S. Women’s Am-ateur and the following year qualified forthe LPGA Tour. She has won 35 LPGA tour-naments and six majors. She was Sports Il-lustrated’s 1987 Sportsman of the Year.

JOHN SMITHOklahoma, 2004

Smith ended his high school wrestling ca-reer at Del City (Oklahoma) High Schoolwinning 56 straight matches and two statetitles. For his high school career, he held arecord of 105-5. He then won two NCAA ti-tles at Oklahoma State University with acombined 154-7-2 record. At the interna-tional level, Smith was a six-time worldchampion, including two gold medals in the1988 and 1992 Olympics in freestylewrestling, most by any American. He hasbeen inducted into the National WrestlingHall of Fame. He has won two NCAA titlesas coach at Oklahoma State.

KAREN SMITHCalifornia, 2008

Smith excelled in basketball, softball andvolleyball from 1976 to 1980 at Rio Ameri-cano High School in Sacramento, California.In basketball, she was California Inter-scholastic Federation (CIF) Division I Playerof the Year in 1978 and 1979 and was a highschool All-American in 1979 and 1980. Shestill holds school records for points (2,335),assists, steals and games played. She batted.444 in softball and was three-time all-league, as well as two-time all-league in vol-leyball. Smith played college basketball at

the University of California, Berkeley, andowns the school record for most assists(male or female).

BART STARRAlabama, 1989

Long before leading the Green Bay Packersto NFL championships, Starr was namedall-city quarterback as a senior at Mont-gomery (Alabama) Sidney Lanier HighSchool after completing 69 of 122 passes for1,029 yards. He accounted for 30 points inhis final high school game, and in the 1952Alabama all-star game, Starr completednine of 10 passes for 163 yards. In the all-America football game in Memphis, Starrled his team to a 35-14 victory.

TERRY STEINBACHMinnesota, 2007

A two-sport athlete who excelled in baseballand ice hockey, Steinbach is one of the besthigh school athletes from Minnesota. Hescored 109 goals in four years in hockey andwas honorable-mention all-state his senioryear. In baseball, he led his team in hittingevery year and was all-conference threestraight years. As a senior, he won theDanny Thompson Award for best player inMinnesota. He went on to have a solid pro-fessional career with the Oakland A’s andMinnesota Twins. He played in three WorldSeries, winning the 1989 Bay Series.

JILL STERKELCalifornia, 1998

At Hacienda Heights (California) WilsonHigh School, Sterkel set eight Americanhigh school swimming records. She wasnamed the California Interscholastic Feder-ation-Southern Section female athlete of theyear on two separate occasions. At age 15,she helped the United States 400-meterfreestyle relay team take home a gold medalat the 1976 Olympics. She continued herswimming career at the University of Texas.

PAT SULLIVANAlabama, 2012

Sullivan was one of the top football playersin the state of Alabama as the quarterbackat John Carroll High School in Birmingham.He was a two-time all-state selection andwas named the top player in the nation byone publication. Sullivan also was namedall-state twice in basketball, and in baseballas the team’s shortstop. He then quarter-backed Auburn to a 26-7 record in threeyears and won the Heisman Trophy in 1971.Sullivan spent seven seasons in the Na-tional Football League before launching hiscoaching career. After serving as an assis-tant at Auburn and the University of Ala-bama, Birmingham, and head coach atTexas Christian University, Sullivan wasnamed head football coach at Samford Uni-versity in Birmingham in 2006.

PAT SUMMERALLFlorida, 1987

At Lake City (Florida) Columbia HighSchool, Summerall won all-state honorsonce in football and twice in basketball,helping his team to the state basketball titlein 1947. He also was all-conference twice inboth sports. Summerall also won two lettersin baseball and was the individual staterunner-up in tennis in 1946. He played foot-ball and basketball at the University ofArkansas, and played 10 years in the Na-tional Football League. He then had a leg-endary career as a sports broadcaster forCBS.

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JON SUNDVOLDMissouri, 2006

Few played basketball better in the state ofMissouri than Jon Sundvold. In his three-year varsity career, he scored 2,175 points,and his 27.5 points per game is sixth in statehistory. Sundvold also ranks second on theall-time Missouri list with 509 assists. Hewas named second-team all-state as a juniorand first-team as a senior. He went on toplay at the University of Missouri, where heled the Tigers to a 100-28 record and fourstraight Big Eight Conference titles. He fin-ished his career ranked second on the all-time Missouri scoring list.

DON SUTTONFlorida, 1989

One of baseball’s most successful pitchers,Sutton got his start at Gonzalez (Florida)Tate High School, where he excelled as abaseball and basketball player. In his juniorseason, Sutton pitched his team to the statetitle with a 13-inning victory in the champi-onship game. A four-year performer in base-ball, Sutton twice was named all-county,all-conference and all-state. Sutton pitchedin the major leagues for 23 years with fiveteams and finished his career with morethan 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts.

JIM TAYLORLouisiana, 1988

Before Taylor was one of the leading full-backs in the National Football League, hewas a two-sport athlete at Baton Rouge(Louisiana) High School. He was one of fewplayers to ever play in both all-Americanhigh school football and basketball games.Taylor perfected the game of football atLouisiana State University before continu-ing his career with the Green Bay Packers.

GARY THOMPSONIowa, 2000

Thompson was a three-sport athlete atRoland (Iowa) High School in the early1950s. In basketball, Thompson was namedfirst-team all-state and first-team all-tour-nament three consecutive years, and heldthe state’s single-season (835) and career(2,042) scoring records. Thompson alsopitched six career no-hitters in baseball andfinished with a career batting average of.450, and was a standout golfer. He playedboth basketball and baseball at Iowa StateUniversity.

BRAD VAN PELTMichigan, 2011

Van Pelt was a four-sport standout atOwosso (Michigan) High School. In his sen-ior year (1968-69), he was all-state in foot-ball, basketball and baseball, whichincluded a 42-rebound performance in bas-ketball and three consecutive no-hitters inbaseball. He also competed in track and fieldas a senior and earned eight total letters.Though he was drafted by the DetroitTigers, Van Pelt opted to attend MichiganState University, where he played baseball,basketball and football. He was a two-timeAll-American in football. Van Pelt played 14years in the NFL with the New York Giants,Los Angeles Raiders and Cleveland Browns.He died of a massive heart attack in Febru-ary 2009 at the age of 57.

ROBERT “FUZZY” VANDIVIERIndiana, 1986

Vandivier has been called the greatestplayer in Indiana basketball history. He ledhis Franklin High School team to an 89-9record and three consecutive state champi-onships (1920-22). After playing at Franklin(Indiana) College, Vandivier returned to his

high school to coach and serve as the ath-letic director. Vandivier’s squads won 14 of18 sectional tournaments and reached thestate tournament once.

HERSCHEL WALKERGeorgia, 2003

Walker was one of the greatest runningbacks at the high school and college levels.During his high school career at JohnsonCounty High School in Wrightsville, Geor-gia, he rushed for 6,137 yards and 86 touch-downs, including 3,167 and 42 in his seniorseason. He also was an eight-time statechampion in track. After being named Geor-gia player of the year and Parade all-Amer-ican, Walker transformed the footballprogram at the University of Georgia, lead-ing the Bulldogs to a 33-3-1 record and tothree Southeastern Conference titles. Alongthe way, he had three all-American seasonsand won the 1982 Heisman Trophy. He wasinducted into the College Football Hall ofFame in 1999. He then had a highly success-ful 15-year professional career with fourteams.

JOYCE WALKERWashington, 2004

One of the best basketball players to ever hitthe hardwood in Washington, Walker is bestremembered for averaging 35.5 points pergame on 60-percent shooting while leadingGarfield High School to the 1980 state title,its second in Walker’s four years. Walkerwas a three-time Parade all-American andwas named to the Seattle Times all-centuryteam. Upon attending Louisiana State Uni-versity, Walker rewrote LSU and Southeast-ern Conference record books, scoring 2,906points at a 24.8 average. She went on to playprofessionally in Italy and Germany andwas the second woman ever to play for theHarlem Globetrotters.

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Wilbur Braithwaite (right) receives his Hall ofFame Award from Brice Durbin, NFHS executivedirector, at the 1989 ceremony in WesleyChapel, Florida.

RON WALLERDelaware, 1991

As the quarterback in a single-wing offense,Waller recorded some incredible numbershis senior season at Laurel (Delaware) HighSchool: 213 points on 30 touchdowns and 33PATs in only eight games. His three-yeartotal was 464 points in 22 games. Wallerwas named all-state running back in 1949and 1950 by the Delaware Sportswritersand Broadcasters Association. He wasnamed Delaware’s outstanding athlete ofthe year two times — in 1950 following hissenior season and 1955 after his rookie, all-pro season with the Los Angeles Rams.

BILL WALTONCalifornia, 1997

Walton was named player of the year in Cal-ifornia and high school all-American follow-ing his senior season at La Mesa (California)Helix High School, where he helped histeam to a 33-0 record. He grabbed 825 re-bounds in the 1969-70 season, which set astate record and ranks third all time in theNational High School Sports Record Book.He averaged 25 rebounds per-game and alsomade 78.3 percent of his field goals as a sen-ior. Walton was a three-time all-Americanand two-time college player of the year atUCLA, where he led the Bruins to two na-tional titles. He then went on to play 14years in the NBA, and was named theleague’s MVP in 1978.

PAUL WARFIELDOhio, 1992

As a junior, Warfield set a Warren (Ohio)Harding High School football scoring recordof 92 points as he rushed for a team-high810 yards and was voted honorable mentionall-Ohio. The following year, he scored 93points to eclipse his mark and led the teamwith 1,158 rushing yards and three inter-

ceptions. As a sophomore, Warfield was thestate champion in the long jump, and twoyears later, he set Harding High Schoolrecords in the 100-yard dash (9.7), 180-yardlow hurdles (:18.9 — state-record time andwas state champion), and the long jump (23-9). Each of those marks ranked in the top 10nationally. Warfield played in the NFL for13 years and was a member of two SuperBowl championship teams with the MiamiDolphins.

J.C. WATTSOklahoma, 2002

Watts was an outstanding two-sport star(football, basketball) at Eufaula (Oklahoma)High School from 1973 to 1975. He also let-tered in track and baseball. Watts subse-quently quarterbacked the University ofOklahoma to consecutive Big Eight Confer-ence championships and Orange Bowl victo-ries. As a rookie in the Canadian FootballLeague, Watts was named most valuableplayer of the Grey Cup. He representedOklahoma in the U.S. House of Representa-tives for several years and travels the coun-try as a public speaker for the Fellowship ofChristian Athletes and various anti-drugcampaigns.

CHARLIE WEDEMEYERHawaii, 2007

The Hawaii Athlete of the Decade in the1960s, many still believe Wedemeyer is thegreatest athlete to come from the state. Hewas all-league three straight years in foot-ball, basketball and baseball, an unprece-dented accomplishment. He was one of thefirst athletes from Hawaii to be recruited bya Division I school and went to MichiganState University, where he played on the1965 national championship football team.He was given one year to live in 1976 at theage of 29 when he was diagnosed with ALS(Lou Gehrig’s Disease) but amazingly lived

34 years before his death in 2010. A movieof his life was made in 1988, and he pub-lished a book in 1993. In 1992 he was giventhe President’s Trophy for Disabled Ameri-can of the Year.

JERRY WESTWest Virginia, 1990

At East Bank (West Virginia) High School,West scored 1,553 points in three seasonsfor a 25.8 per-game average. At West Vir-ginia University, West was a two-time all-America selection and went on to star forthe Los Angeles Lakers for 14 years, earningthe nickname “Mr. Clutch.” After he retired,West remained with the organization asgeneral manager until the 2002 season,when he became general manager of theMemphis Grizzlies.

BYRON WHITEColorado, 1987

Although records are not available from hishigh school playing days, Supreme CourtJustice White was easily the best student-athlete in the early 1930s at Wellington(Colorado) High School. White was the quar-terback of the 13-member football team thatplayed on rock and gravel fields and led thesquad to several victories. He also was afour-year starter on the basketball team andcompeted in the pole vault among otherevents in track and field. He had a phenone-mal college career at the University of Col-orado, leading the nation in rushing in 1937.At Colorado, he obtained the nickname“Whizzer.”

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Pat Summerall signs autographs at the 1987 ceremony in Den-ver, Colorado.

LYNETTE WOODARDKansas, 1989

Before becoming the first female member ofthe famed Harlem Globetrotters, Woodardled Wichita (Kansas) North High School totwo state titles in three years. As a sopho-more, Woodard averaged 25.3 points, fol-lowed by marks of 22.3 as a junior and 32.8as a senior. She scored 1,678 points in threeyears for a 27.1 average. She also grabbed1,030 rebounds, a 16.6 per-game average. Atthe University of Kansas, Woodard scored athen-NCAA record 3,649 career points, andreceived the Wade Trophy in 1981, which isawarded to the most outstanding femalebasketball athlete in the United States.

JOHN WOODENIndiana, 1991

Most people think of UCLA at the mentionof John Wooden’s name, but those in Indi-ana recognize Wooden as one of the bestplayers in Indiana high school basketballhistory. In four years at Martinsville (Indi-ana) High School, Wooden led his team tothe state championship game three times,winning the 1927 title and finishing secondin 1926 and 1928. He was the team’s leadingscorer and named to the all-state team hisjunior and senior seasons. In the book“Hoosier Hysteria,” Wooden was named tothe all-time Indiana high school all-starteam. Wooden was the most successful col-lege basketball coach in history during his27 years (1948-75) at UCLA. Wooden’sUCLA teams won 10 NCAA titles from 1964to 1975, including an 88-game winningstreak.

COACHESGARY ADAMSSouth Carolina, 2002

During his career, Adams has coached girlssoftball, and girls and boys basketball, win-ning more than 1,000 contests in all sports.Adams is best known for his outstandingsoftball coaching record at Iva (South Car-olina) Crescent High School. In 34 yearsthrough the 2011 season, Adams has won852 games and lost only 115. Since 1982,Crescent has won a national-record 18 statetitles. Adams also coached the boys basket-ball teams to two state championships andone runner-up finish.

GUY ANDERSONCalifornia, 2009

Anderson has been baseball coach at Cor-dova High School in Rancho Cordova, Cali-fornia, for 44 years and has 866 victories. Heranks second all-time in California and 12thnationally. Anderson’s teams have won 15league championships and five sectionchampionships in the California Inter-scholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section.He has been inducted into the AmericanBaseball Coaches Association and CaliforniaBaseball Coaches Association halls of fame.In addition to coaching baseball, Andersonhas served as assistant principal and ath-letic director at Cordova for the past 33years.

LETA ANDREWSTexas, 2011

Andrews is the winningest high school bas-ketball coach in history – boys or girls. Shehas coached for 50 years at five differentschools, most recently her alma mater,Granbury (Texas) High School. On Decem-ber 7, 2010, her Granbury Lady Pirates de-feated Midlothian High School for careerwin No. 1,334, surpassing Robert Hughes,

the all-time boys basketball coaching leaderfrom Fort Worth (Texas) Dunbar HighSchool who retired in 2005 with 1,333 victo-ries. Andrews finished the 2010-11 seasonwith 1,346 career victories. She is the all-time girls basketball coaching leader by al-most 150 victories.

BOB ARNZENOhio, 1998

Arnzen spent his entire 43-year basketballcoaching career at Delphos (Ohio) St. John’sHigh School, acquiring 11 conference cham-pionships, five state tournament berths, tworunner-up finishes and one state champi-onship. He was named Ohio coach of theyear on two occasions, and was named the1976 National Catholic coach of the yearand 1990 National High School AthleticCoaches Association regional coach of theyear.

JULIUS W. “PINKY” BABBSouth Carolina, 1984

During his 43-year football coaching career,Babb led three high schools to a 346-86-24record. He coached Greenwood (South Car-olina) High School alone to a 336-81-23record, which once ranked as the most foot-ball coaching wins at the same high school.Along the way, Babb had five undefeatedteams, two state championships and sixmythical state crowns.

BRON BACEVICHOhio, 1991

From 1954 to his retirement in 1974, Bace-vich was 150-40 as head football coach atCincinnati (Ohio) Roger Bacon High School.During this time, his teams won sevengreater Cincinnati championships, and in1973, Bacevich was named 1973 nationalcoach of the year. Bacevich’s overall coach-ing record, which spanned 43 years, was312-91-17, which included 12 victories intwo seasons at Quincy College in Illinois.

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JAMES BAGGOTColorado, 1994

Generally regarded as Colorado’s most suc-cessful high school basketball coach, Baggotspent the majority of his 29-year coachingcareer at Greeley (Colorado) Central HighSchool, which won five state championshipsunder Baggot. His overall coaching record,including stops at Penrose (Colorado) HighSchool and Colorado Springs (Colorado)Fountain High School, was 423-105, an .801winning percentage.

JOHN BAGONZINew Hampshire, 2007

John Bagonzi is a coaching legend in NewHampshire for his success in baseball andbasketball. At Woodsville (New Hampshire)High School, Bagonzi won 361 basketballgames and 261 baseball games. In basket-ball, his teams won five state championshipsand had a 62-game winning streak, whilehis baseball teams won seven state titlesand had a 35-game winning streak.Bagonzi’s basketball teams finished secondthree additional times and had 20 consecu-tive winning seasons. On five occasions,Bagonzi won state championships in twosports in the same school year.

TOM BARRINGERPennsylvania, 1982

In 23 years at Lawrence Park High School(1954-65) and Erie (Pennsylvania) IroquoisHigh School (1966-77), Barringer compiledan outstanding lifetime basketball coachingmark of 433-132 (.766), which included 17Erie Country championships and six Penn-sylvania Interscholastic Athletic Associationdistrict titles. In averaging nearly 19 winsper season, Barringer directed 11 squads tomore than 20 victories, including a 24-1record at Iroquois during the 1968-69 sea-son. Perhaps more impressive, however, washis strong commitment to young people andhis enthusiasm for the game that spear-

headed a program designed to teach valuesthat would serve throughout life.

WRIGHT BAZEMOREGeorgia, 1988

At Valdosta (Georgia) High School, Baze-more posted a football career coachingrecord of 290-43-6 (.855) and had 15 statechampionships to accompany it. His teamswere ranked No. 1 in the nation three sepa-rate times. He also coached the basketballteam to one state title and to five second-place finishes. For three consecutive years,Bazemore was named national coach of theyear.

BILL BELISLERhode Island, 2000

During his 35-year career as head ice hockeycoach at Woonsocket (Rhode Island) MountSt. Charles, Belisle has amassed a record of904-129-32, giving him the highest winningpercentage among American high schoolhockey coaches with more than 500 victories(88%). During his career, his teams havewon 26 consecutive state championshipsand 42 overall.

NORMA BELLAMYArizona, 1995

Bellamy was one of the most successful girlsvolleyball coaches in history during her 25-year career at Safford (Arizona) HighSchool, posting a career record of 501-30(.943). Her Safford volleyball teams won anamazing 21 state championships, which isNo. 2 all-time in the National High SchoolSports Record Book. Bellamy’s teams won13 consecutive state volleyball titles from1968 to 1980, and among her 501 victorieswere four winning streaks in excess of 50matches. As girls track coach, Bellamy’steams won four state championships andshe was named Arizona track coach of theyear twice.

LEWIE BENITZWisconsin, 2007

Benitz has had success in his 40 years aswrestling coach at Wisconsin Rapids (Wis-consin) Lincoln High School that mostcoaches only dream of. Benitz retired in2008 with 18 state championships. His over-all record of 712-70-2 ranks seventh on theall-time list. Nine of Benitz’s teams postedundefeated seasons on the way to claiming31 regional titles, 29 sectional champi-onships and 31 Wisconsin Valley Conferencetitles. For seven consecutive years, histeams were ranked in the top 25 nationally.

IRVING BLACKConnecticut, 2006

In the world of track and field, Black’s ac-complishments are unparalleled – from ath-lete to coach to meet director to official toMaster’s athlete. His career started in 1948when he won the Rhode Island state cham-pionship in the hammer throw. After com-peting at Boston University, Black becamethe track and cross country coach at NewBritain (Connecticut) High School in 1953where his teams went 656-34-2 and claimed28 state open and class championships in 35years. In cross country, his teams went 315-27-1 while winning three state classchampionships and two state open champi-onships.

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Mo Kelley of the Iowa High School Athletic Association wasemcee of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for eight years(1986-93).

CURT BLADTIowa, 2011

In 34 years as Harlan football coach through2010, Bladt led his teams to 10 Iowa HighSchool Athletic Association Class 3A statechampionships and a stellar 364-41 (.899)record – barely one loss a year. His 364 winsare No. 2 in Iowa history, although at thisrate, Bladt will move up to No. 1 (391 wins)in just a few years. Off the field, Bladt hasovercome the effects of Miller-Fisher Syn-drome, which causes the immune system toattack nerves, and he has modeled sports-manship – most recently in 2008 when hetook 33 Harlan students to Parkersburg,Iowa, to help that community that was rav-aged by an F-5 tornado.

C.H. “OKIE” BLANCHARDWyoming, 1984

This multi-sport coach brought home 31state championships and 57 district titles inmore than four decades. Blanchard coachedfootball, basketball and track and was ableto leave his mark at five different highschools.

RUSSELL BLUNTNorth Carolina, 1995

In more than six decades of coaching,Blunt’s Durham (North Carolina) Hillsidetrack and field teams won 16 state champi-onships, and during one 12-year period, histeams lost only two dual meets in 120 out-ings and won numerous individual meets.His 1993 and 1994 titles came at the ages of85 and 86, respectively, and Blunt coachedtrack until he was almost 90 years of age.From 1955 to 1973, Blunt also coached foot-ball at Hillside, and his overall high schoolfootball coaching record was 95-71-6.

AUGIE BOSSUOhio, 1988

In 40 years of coaching high school football,Bossu compiled a record of 279-95-18 andled Cleveland (Ohio) Benedictine HighSchool to three Ohio state championships.He also was a highly successful baseballcoach with a record of 599-228. In 1973, hewas named Ohio coach of the year by UnitedPress International and had seven of hisplayers play in the National FootballLeague.

RALPH BOWYERNew Mexico, 1990

In a coaching career from 1937 to 1967,Bowyer led his teams to eight state footballchampionships, three state basketballchampionships and two state track champi-onships. Perhaps his most remarkable claimto fame occurred during the 1946-47 schoolyear when Bowyer’s Carlsbad (New Mexico)High School won state championships in allthree sports – football, basketball and track.Bowyer was one of the members of the orig-inal committee that formed the New MexicoHigh School Coaches and Officials Associa-tion.

JENNINGS BOYDWest Virginia, 1984

Boyd led the Northfolk (West Virginia) BlueDemons to nine basketball state champi-onships, eight of which were consecutive(1974-81). He accumulated a lifetime coach-ing record of 307-62 (.831) and was namedthe West Virginia coach of the year eighttimes. Under Boyd’s direction, Northfolkposted winning streaks of up to 40 games,and at one point had 62 consecutive home-court victories and 48 consecutive tourna-ment wins.

RONALD BRADLEYGeorgia, 2012

Bradley retired in 2010 after a 49-yearcoaching career at eight schools in Georgia.He finished with a 1,019-322 mark in boysbasketball and 353-91 record in girls basket-ball, giving him a 1372-413 overall recordand a 77 percent winning percentage. His1,019 victories in boys basketball ranks 10thall-time nationally. Bradley, whose longestcoaching stints were at Newton CountyHigh School (21 years) and George WaltonAcademy (12 years), won three state cham-pionships in boys basketball. His NewtonCounty team holds the national record forconsecutive home wins with 129 (1959-67).He also coached football and baseball, accu-mulating a combined 288 wins, 129 lossesand six ties.

WILBUR BRAITHWAITEUtah, 1989

During 37 basketball seasons at Manti(Utah) High School, Braithwaite compiled a534-267 record, including a state champi-onship and three second-place finishes.Even though he was offered a teaching andcoaching position at Utah State, Braith-waite kept a promise made to the Manti su-perintendent to return to his birthplace,hometown and high school to coach theschool’s basketball team. His tennis teamswere also outstanding, with a 190-21 dual-meet record and 11 state championships. Hewas a charter member of the NFHSCoaches’ Quarterly Publications Committee,on which he served for 10 years.

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HARRY BRELANDMississippi, 2009

Breland retired before the start of the 2008baseball season at Oak Grove High Schoolin Hattiesburg, Mississippi, concluding a re-markable 37-year career. Breland compileda 824-223 record and led his teams to nineMississippi High School Activities Associa-tion state championships in his career thatstarted in 1971. Breland coached basketballfor four years in Purvis, Mississippi, beforestarting the baseball program at Oak Grovein 1971. In addition to the nine state titles,his teams finished second twice and won 11south state championships and 21 district ti-tles. In 2005, the baseball field at Oak GroveHigh School was renamed Harry BrelandBaseball Field.

WIN BROCKMEYERWisconsin, 1984

Over a 39-year span, Brockmeyer compileda football coaching record of 271-41-12 (.866).At Wausau High School, Coach Brockmeyerproduced 13 undefeated teams and 26 cham-pionships in the Wisconsin Valley and BigRiver conferences. Brockmeyer coached foot-ball Hall of Famer Elroy Hirsch, as well as1942 Heisman trophy winner Bruce Smith.

PAUL BROWNOhio, 1987

In nine years (1932-40) at his alma mater,Brown coached Massillon (Ohio) Washing-ton High School to an 80-8-2 record. Histeams had separate winning streaks of 33and 26 games. Brown’s Massillon teamsdrew national attention, as many playersadvanced to successful college and profes-sional careers. Brown coached Ohio StateUniversity to an 18-8-1 record in threeyears, and coached the Cleveland Browns toa 165-68-9 record, and to four consecutiveAll-American Football Conference titles andfive straight National Football Leaguechampionships.

JIMMIE BRYANVirginia, 1983

In addition to his reputation as an outstand-ing basketball coach, Bryan earned the ad-miration and gratitude of thousands offellow coaches as a result of his professionalleadership. Known as “Mr. Coach” in Vir-ginia, his high school credentials include alifetime mark of 478-94 (.836) over 29 yearsat three Virginia schools, mainly Lynchburg(Virginia) Glass High School. Bryan placeda strong emphasis on defense, and devel-oped a 1-3-1 zone defense and a “magneticwheel” defense.

EDWARD BURNSMassachusetts, 1992

Burns’ all-time ice hockey coaching record of695-167-62 at Arlington (Massachusetts)High School ranks No. 2 all time in the Na-tional High School Sports Record Book. Dur-ing his amazing 50-year career at Arlington,he guided the program to seven state cham-pionships, one New England championshipand 34 major titles. He also was the firstcoach to use three lines in 10-minute peri-ods, the first to use the power play in one-minute penalty time period and the first touse four lines in 12-minute periods.

JOHN CAMPBELLIndiana, 1989

Campbell’s track and field teams won ninestraight track and field state titles at Gary(Indiana) Roosevelt High School from 1981to 1989. Campbell has been honored as In-diana coach of the year 10 times and was na-tional track coach of the year for District 2in 1972 and District 4 in 1985. The city ofGary, Indiana, honored Campbell by nam-ing a multi-million-dollar sports complex theHudson-Campbell Center.

LARRY CAMPBELLGeorgia, 2000

During his 39-year career at Lincolnton(Georgia) Lincoln County High School,Campbell has accumulated a 459-78-2record and has brought home nine state ti-tles. Campbell ranks third all-time in coach-ing victories. He also serves as the school’sathletic director, and track and baseballcoach. Campbell has been named Georgiacoach of the year seven times, region coachof the year 11 times and a finalist for na-tional coach of the year.

JOE CESARIPennsylvania, 1992

Before retiring in 1989 from coachingwrestling at Ashland (Pennsylvania) NorthSchuykill High School, Cesari compiled a357-31-2 record for a 92-percent winningmark. Eight times during his 27-year career,his teams completed undefeated seasons.Starting the program from scratch in 1964,Cesari’s teams went on to win 19 leaguechampionships, eight district champi-onships, five regional titles and one statechampionship in 1983, when he was namednational coach of the year.

MADELYN CHIOMENTONew Jersey, 1996

When it comes to coaching field hockey, fewhave matched the accomplishments ofChiomento, who concluded her 40-year ca-reer in New Jersey in 1993 as the nation’sthird all-time winningest field hockey coach(now 10th all time). Spending her career atPalmyra (New Jersey) High School (twoyears) and Pitman (New Jersey) HighSchool (38 years), her overall coachingrecord was 412-105-88. Included among hermany victories at Pitman were New Jerseystate Group I championships in 1974, 1981,1982 and 1983. Her teams won the Tri-County championship 19 times, including 10consecutive conference titles.

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DWIGHT CHURCHIdaho, 1993

Church coached the Lewiston (Idaho) HighSchool baseball program to a 673-231 recordand to seven state championships between1960 and 1989. He also coached AmericanLegion baseball teams that won 21 state Le-gion championships in 35 years. Church wasthe first Idahoan to serve on the NFHSBaseball Rules Committee.

SID CICHYNorth Dakota, 1984

In his 30 years of coaching football at Fargo(North Dakota) Shanley High School, Cichycompiled a lifetime coaching career of 231-38-3 (.859) and brought home 16 state cham-pionships. His teams were ranked No. 1 fourother seasons, when there were no playoffs.In 1975, Cichy brought national recognitionto North Dakota as he was named nationalcoach of the year.

NANCY COLENew York, 2006

The winningest field hockey coach in NewYork with 552 victories, Cole ranks third na-tionally on the all-time victory list. Herteams at Centereach (New York) HighSchool won 30 league titles, 13 SuffolkCounty titles, 13 Long Island crowns and sixstate championships in 32 years. From 2003to 2007, Cole coached at Ward Melville HighSchool in East Setauket, New York. Colecoached six high school all-Americans, 15NCAA all-Americans, four national teammembers and one Olympian. She has beeninducted into the National Field HockeyCoaches Hall of Fame.

JOSEPH N. COVIELLONew Jersey, 1984

Coviello spent 34 years coaching prep foot-ball while compiling a lifetime record of 243-51-10 (.827). In 16 seasons at West NewYork (New Jersey) Memorial High School,Coviello coached seven state championshipteams. He also introduced the “Wing-T” of-fense to New Jersey.

LOUISE CROCCOFlorida, 2008

Crocco is one of the most successful coachesin high school volleyball history. Shestarted the volleyball program at CardinalGibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale,Florida in 1969, four years after graduatingfrom the school. In the ensuing 39 years, herteams won 1,132 matches and lost only 123,a winning percentage of .901. She led herteams to 18 state championships. Croccoranks seventh all-time nationally in victo-ries according to the NFHS National HighSchool Sports Record Book. From 1975 to1999, her teams won 368 consecutive regu-lar-season matches. She was the firstwoman to be inducted into the Florida Ath-letic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in1990.

RALPH CUMMINSVirginia, 1990

Cummins retired as Clintwood (Virginia)High School football coach in 1987 aftercompiling a 267-89-15 record and winningthree state championships. In his final 15seasons at the helm, his teams were 144-23-2, including a stretch from 1973 to 1979when they won 64 consecutive regular-sea-son games. Cummins’ teams also won theLonesome Pine District sportsmanship tro-phy on 23 occasions, and from 1955 to 1967,his teams went 126 consecutive games with100-percent ratings in sportsmanship.

LOU CVIJANOVICHCalifornia, 1997

From 1958 through 2001, Cvijanovich’s boysbasketball teams compiled an astoundingrecord of 829 victories and 261 losses at Ox-nard (California) Santa Clara High School.His teams reached the state championshipgame four times, with his 1989 and 1990squads claiming California state titles. Inaddition to basketball, Cvijanovich coachedbaseball from 1958 to 1970 and football from1958 to 1976. His overall record in all sportsis 1,091-366-4, with 39 league champi-onships, 16 section titles and 16 VenturaCounty coach-of-the-year awards.

HARRY “SWEDE” DAHLBERGMontana, 1986

Dahlberg coached football, basketball andtrack for more than 40 years at his almamater, Butte (Montana) High School.Dahlberg’s teams brought home nine foot-ball state championships, four basketballstate crowns and 12 track state titles.Dahlberg was an all-state tackle at ButteHigh School and then was a four-yearstarter and team captain of the Universityof Montana football team.

GLENN DANIELAlabama, 1999

With a 302-167-16 record, Daniel ranks sec-ond in football coaching victories in Ala-bama high school history. Daniel began hiscareer by rebuilding the Pine Hill HighSchool football team after the program hadbeen discontinued due to World War II. Inrecognition of his abilities, he was named Al-abama’s coach of the year on three differentoccasions. After eight years at Pine Hill, hemoved to Luverne (Alabama) High School,where he coached for 38 years and had onlyfour losing seasons.

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JERRY DELLINGERIdaho, 1984

In his 26-year coaching career, Dellingerfound much success in the sports of football,basketball and track. He accumulated a 315-122 record and a state championship in bas-ketball, two state golf champions and 14conference crowns – six of which were infootball. Dellinger organized the Idaho StateCoaches Association and the Idaho CoachesClinic.

JOSEPH DIMINICKPennsylvania, 1995

Diminick enjoyed a highly successful 31-year career as football coach at MountCarmel (Pennsylvania) Area High Schoolfrom 1962 to 1992, compiling a 267-81-7win-loss record. Included among his 267 victories were five perfect seasons, fiveSouthern Division championships, threeSusquehanna League titles, three EasternConference crowns and eight playoff appear-ances. Diminick was named league coach ofthe year three times and was honored by thePennsylvania Football Coaches Associationfor outstanding contributions to coaching.

JAMES DREWRYMississippi, 2008

Drewry was the most successful public-school football coach in Mississippi historywith a 327-151-5 record. Drewry coached atBooneville High School from 1990 to 2007after coaching there from 1965 to 1978. Hehas also coached at Kossuth, Brandon andTishomingo in Mississippi. Drewry’s teamswon three state titles (1990, 1999, 2000) andhave finished as runner-up four other times.He was inducted into the MississippiCoaches Hall of Fame in 1992.

DICK DULLAGHANIndiana, 2009

Dullaghan had one of the best footballcoaching careers in Indiana history at threeIndianapolis-area high schools before retir-ing in 2003. Dullaghan’s 31 years as a headfootball coach included four years at Indi-anapolis Bishop Chatard (35-5 record),seven years at Carmel High School (64-12)and 20 years at Indianapolis Ben DavisHigh School (214-41). His overall record of313-58 computes to a remarkable 84.3 win-ning percentage and includes six undefeatedseasons. Dullaghan’s teams claimed eightIndiana state championships – seven at BenDavis and one at Carmel. He was selectedstate coach of the year nine times by the In-diana Football Coaches Association.

EBBIE DUNNMissouri, 1996

From 1955 to 1992, Dunn led St. Louis (Mis-souri) University High School to a remark-able record of 592 victories, 197 losses and104 ties to rank as the winningest highschool soccer coach (now seventh all time).Dunn’s teams appeared in the Missouristate soccer tournament 20 times, with titlesin 1973 and 1990. Dunn was selected na-tional high school soccer coach of the year in1979 and 1987. He coached eight high schoolall-Americans, 14 players who became colle-giate all-Americans, 10 players who playedprofessional soccer and three individualswho played for the U.S. Olympic soccerteam.

OLIVER ELDERSArkansas, 1999

When he retired in 1993, Elders was themost successful basketball coach inArkansas history with a record of 656 winsand 305 losses. He brought home four con-secutive Class 5-A state championships, aswell as two overall state championships.Elders was chosen as the coach of the decadefor the 1980s and as the Arkansas coach ofthe year in 1993. One of his most famousplayers, Sidney Moncrief, is also a memberof the National High School Hall of Fame.

BILL FANNINGColorado, 1998

In 39 years of coaching baseball at GrandJunction (Colorado) High School, Fanningled his teams to three state titles, six run-ner-up finishes and 20 conference champi-onships. He finished his career with a467-172 record. In 1984, he was named thenational high school baseball coach of theyear. Fanning also had a combined 105 sea-sons of high school and collegiate officiatingexperience in baseball, football and basket-ball.

CHARLES FARINAIllinois, 1987

A former high school and college championas a competitor, Farina became the mostsuccessful high school wrestling coach inhistory with 644 career dual-meet victoriesat Franklin Park (Illinois) Leyden HighSchool and Chicago (Illinois) Gordon Tech.After 38 years of coaching high schoolwrestling, Farina retired in 1993. In 1975,he was named national wrestling coach ofthe year by the National High SchoolCoaches Association and was selected Illi-nois wrestling coach of the year three times.

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Len Dawson signs autographs at the 1988 ceremony in KansasCity, Missouri.

GERRY FAUSTOhio, 2004

Faust was one of the best coaches in the na-tion for two decades (1960-80) when he ledCincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller to animpressive 174-17-2 record. His teams won12 Greater Catholic League championships,10 city championships, eight regional titlesand five state championships. Faust’s teamshad nine undefeated seasons and won 53straight regular-season games from 1972 to 1978 and 72 of his last 73 while earningfour mythical national championships. Hecoached 22 all-American and 39 all-Ohioplayers while being six-time Ohio coach ofthe year, 12-time league coach of the yearand two-time national coach of the year.Faust coached at the University of NotreDame for five years and the University ofAkron for nine years.

TED FEDERICIOhio, 1993

In 32 years, Federici coached the Oregon(Ohio) Clay High School football program toa 204-79-19 record. He also started the trackprogram and coached it to eight leaguechampionships. In addition, he started thewrestling program and coached girls basket-ball for one season.

VERGIL FLETCHERIllinois, 1983

Fletcher built a long list of coaching achieve-ments, honors and awards during a 34-yearcareer, which included 32 seasons (1947-78)as the head basketball coach at perennialpowerhouse Collinsville (Illinois) HighSchool. With a 742-170 (.814) record atCollinsville, Fletcher guided the Kahoks tothe state tournament on 14 occasions, win-ning 20 conference championships along theway. His overall coaching record is 794-216(.786).

ALTON FRANKLINLouisiana, 2010

After a stellar 35-year coaching career,Franklin retired after the 2001 season as thesecond-winningest football coach in Louisianahistory and No. 15 nationally. At HaynesvilleHigh School, Franklin compiled a record of 376-76-7 – a .822 winning percentage.Franklin’s teams won 11 state championshipsduring four different decades – two in the1970s, two in the 1980s, six in the 1990s andthe final one in 2000. Haynesville had eightundefeated seasons under Franklin’s guid-ance and won four consecutive state champi-onships from 1993 to 1996. Franklin wasnamed state coach of the year six times anddistrict coach of the year 23 times.

LLOYD GASKILLColorado, 1992

High school football coach Lloyd Gaskillrecorded several lofty marks while headcoach of Limon (Colorado) High School, in-cluding 42 consecutive victories and 10 statechampionships. With an overall coachingrecord of 236-52-8, he was recognized as Col-orado prep coach of the year in 1961, 1967and 1968, and national coach of the year in1980. In honor of his outstanding coachingand education career, Limon High School re-named its stadium “Lloyd E. Gaskill Field”in 1969.

LESLIE GAUDETLouisiana, 1991

From 1937 to 1970, with a three-year break during World War II, Gaudet won 1,026games and lost 353. Once ranked No. 1, hecurrently is sixth all time in boys basketballcoaching victories in the National HighSchool Sports Record Book. Perhaps moreimportant than the record number of victo-ries is the fact that in 1,379 games as a highschool coach, Gaudet never received a tech-nical foul and he never cut a player from hissquad.

BILL GENTRYNew Mexico, 2005

During a five-decade career as football coachat Highland High School and Eldorado HighSchool in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gentrybecame the state’s winningest coach with a305-102-5 record. His Highland teams wonthree state championships, and his teamswere second on five other occasions. Gentrywas nationally known as an expert on theDelaware Wing-T offense. He was namedcoach of the year four times by the NewMexico High School Coaches Association(NMHSCA) and was elected to the NMH-SCA Hall of Honor in 1988. Gentry has alsobeen named to the National High SchoolAthletic Coaches Association and Albu-querque Sports Halls of Fame.

GORDON GILLESPIEIllinois, 1989

In 27 years coaching at Chicago (Illinois)Joliet Catholic High School, Gillespie’s foot-ball teams posted a 224-53-5 record, includ-ing four consecutive state championships. Inwinning the 1978 state title, Joliet regis-tered four consecutive shutout victories.From 1959 to 1965, Gillespie was a “full-cal-endar” coach, taking on basketball and base-ball duties. Gillespie has been inducted intonine other halls of fame, and is the onlycoach to be inducted into three Illinoiscoaches halls of fame.

VI GOODNOWMassachusetts, 1993

The second female coach to be inducted intothe National High School Hall of Fame,Goodnow accumulated more than 1,000coaching wins in field hockey, basketballand softball. With a career record of 476-72-60 at South Deerfield (Massa-chusetts)Frontier Regional High School, Goodnow isthe nation’s sixth all-time winningest fieldhockey coach.

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LOFTON GREENEMichigan, 1986

Greene is the only Michigan coach to be se-lected as coach of the year twice by theMichigan High School Coaches Association.Between 1943 and 1984, Greene coached theRouge High School boy’s basketball programto a 711-200 record and 12 state champi-onships. Greene was named Sportsman ofthe Year by the United Foundation in 1970and national high school basketball coach ofthe year by the National High SchoolCoaches Association in 1972.

RICH GREENOSouth Dakota, 1999

In 40 years of coaching cross country andtrack and field at three South Dakota HighSchools (Philip, Yankton and Sioux FallsLincoln), Greeno’s teams racked up 19 statechampionships and 36 conference titles. Histeams once registered 87 consecutive winsin cross country and 52 in track. In 1974, hewas named national track and field coach ofthe year by the National High School Ath-letic Coaches Association and the 1990 crosscountry coach of the year by the NHSACA.

ROD HARMANOregon, 2012

Harman has coached girls and boys swim-ming at three Beaverton, Oregon, schoolssince 1956, and has won eight state champi-onships along the way – two boys titles andsix girls titles. Harman coached 38 years atBeaverton High School, 10 years at Beaver-ton Aloha High School and the past eightyears at Beaverton Southridge High School.His overall dual-meet record is 278-76. Har-man has been named national swimmingcoach of the year for both boys and girls andhas also coached the Beaverton High Schoolboys water polo team to two state titles. TheHarman Swim Center in Beaverton isnamed after him.

ART HENDRICKSOhio, 1982

After track coaching stints at Gibsonburg(Ohio) High School and Ada (Ohio) HighSchool, Hendricks etched his name amongthe nation’s track coaching greats at Clyde(Ohio) High School, serving from 1938 untilhis retirement in 1966 as the school’s ath-letic director and track coach. He produceda state championship team in 1953 and twosecond-place showings in the state meet in1942 and 1952. Overall, Hendricks’ squadswon 11 league championships, 10 district ti-tles and posted a sparkling dual-meet recordof 116-8.

JACKSON HORNERPennsylvania, 1994

Horner retired in 1993 after 38 years asboys track and field coach and 37 years asboys cross country at State College (Penn-sylvania) High School. Amazingly, in 28 ofhis 38 track seasons and 29 of his 37 crosscountry seasons, his teams were undefeatedfor the entire season. He coached 12 individ-ual state champions, and his 1965 two-milerelay team set a national record. Early in hiscareer, Horner made a commitment tocoaching at the high school level.

DAVE HOULEUtah, 2000

At Orem (Utah) Mountain View HighSchool, Houle has coached boys and girlstrack, boys and girls cross country, and girlsbasketball, winning more than 1,000 con-tests in all sports, and more than 50 statechampionships. In recognition of his accom-plishments, he has been named coach of theyear 37 times. Houle can also boast the re-markable distinction of winning five state ti-tles as a head coach in one academic year.

ROBERT HUGHESTexas, 2003

Hughes is the all-time winningest coach inboys basketball history. He amassed 1,333wins in his 47 years of coaching at FortWorth (Texas) I.M. Terrell and Dunbar(Texas) High Schools. He retired in 2005with an overall record of 1,333-265, a win-ning percentage of .834. In his 32 seasons atDunbar, he only had one losing season.Hughes’ teams won five state titles (three atTerrell and two at Dunbar) and had threerunner-up finishes. He was named coach ofthe year in Fort Worth 19 times and has alsobeen inducted into the Southwestern Ath-letic Conference and Texas Sports Halls ofFame.

JAMES HULSMANNew Mexico, 2003

Hulsman is one of the top boys basketballcoaches in New Mexico history. His teamsfrom Albuquerque High School advanced tothe state tournament 24 times and capturedseven state titles (1971, 1977, 1984, 1990,1993, 1995, 1998). His teams made the statechampionship game five times in a row from1970 to 1974. Hulsman was selected tocoach numerous all-star teams, includingthe McDonald’s All-American Game in 1988.He was inducted into the Albuquerque Hallof Fame in 1990, the New Mexico HighSchool Coaches Association Hall of Honor in1997 and the New Mexico Activities Associ-ation Hall of Fame in 1999.

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LAURICE HUNTERColorado, 1999

Although she coached six sports at Ever-green High School Laurice “Lo” Hunter willalways be remembered for her accomplish-ments as a volleyball coach. She led herteams to nine state titles and to a top-fivefinish at the state championships 16 timesin 21 years. Hunter’s team also saw sevenundefeated seasons and 14 Jefferson CountyLeague titles. A member of five other hallsof fame, Hunter has served on numerouslocal, state and national committees relatingto volleyball.

BOB HURLEYNew Jersey, 2009

Hurley is the nation’s leader among activeboys basketball coaches with 1,017 victoriesin 37 years at St. Anthony High School inJersey City. He ranks 10th all-time with arecord of 1,017-109 through the 2010-11 sea-son. His teams have won the New JerseyState Interscholastic Athletic Associationstate championship 24 times, including nineconsecutive titles from 1983 to 1991. He hascoached five undefeated teams in four differ-ent decades. More than 100 of Hurley’s play-ers have earned scholarships at the NCAADivisions I or II levels, and five of his play-ers have played in the National BasketballAssociation. Hurley has been selected na-tional school coach of the year three timesby USA Today and he received the first Nai-smith High School Coach of the Year Awardin 2008.

WILLARD IKOLAMinnesota, 1992

As head ice hockey coach at Edina (Min-nesota) High School, Ikola compiled a 616-149-38 record, which is sixth-best in thenation. During his 33-year career (1958-91),Ikola’s teams won 22 Lake Conferencechampionships, 19 section titles and eightstate championships. Fifteen of his teams

won more than 20 games, and he had onlyone losing season – his first year as a coach.During his high school coaching career,Ikola was named Minnesota high schoolhockey coach of the year six times.

RICK INSELLTennessee, 2007

As a high school girls basketball coach, noone did it better than Insell. For 28 years(1987-2005), Insell coached at Shelbyville(Tennessee) Central High School, where hecompiled a 775-148 record. His teams won10 state titles and finished runner-up an-other five times. In 28 years, his teams won23 district titles and 16 regional titles. From1988 to 1991, his teams won 110 straightgames, a Tennessee record and seventh-bestnationally. Six of his players have been Ten-nessee Class AAA Miss Basketball and 15 ofhis players were high school all-Americans.Insell was named National Coach of theYear four straight years from 1989 to 1992.

BOB JAMIESONNorth Carolina, 1988

A charter inductee into the North CarolinaHigh School Athletic Association Hall ofFame, Jamieson coached for 43 years atGreensboro (North Carolina) Grimsley HighSchool and accumulated 11 state champi-onships in four sports. In 1945, he was ap-pointed athletic director and, four yearslater, he helped create the North CarolinaCoaches Association. Jamieson also ledmany fund-raising efforts to help build anew football stadium, a new basketball gym-nasium and a new track at Grimsley.

DICK KATTEColorado, 2004

When you have 200 more basketball coach-ing victories than anyone else in state his-tory, you deserve hall of fame recognition.Katte retired in 2012 with a career mark of876-229 during his 48 years. He brought his

team to the state championship game on 10occasions. Denver Christian High Schoolwon the title in five of those appearances, in-cluding back-to-back titles in 1982 and 1983.Katte led Denver Christian to 20 MetroDenver League titles, and six times Kattewas named Colorado High School CoachesAssociation coach of the year. In 2000, he re-ceived the Dave Sanders Award, namedafter the 25-year coach who was killed in theColumbine massacre.

WILLIAM KEANKentucky, 1993

Kean is the most successful high school bas-ketball coach in Kentucky history, with arecord of 856-83 (winning percentage of 91.1percent). His Louisville Central High schoolteams won five state titles in the KentuckyHigh School League and four national titlesin the National Negro High School Tourna-ment. Kean also served as athletic directorand coached football, track and baseballduring his years at Central High (1923-58).

RUSS KRAAIIowa, 1997

For 45 years, Kraai coached football, boysand girls basketball, and boys track, guidingteams from Havelock (Iowa) and Holstein(now Galva-Holstein Community) (Iowa)High Schools to unprecedented success. Hisfootball teams won 16 conference titles andhad 12 undefeated seasons. His overall boysand girls basketball coaching record from1939 to 1978 was an amazing 857-389. As ahead track coach from 1939 to 1972, and anassistant until his retirement in 1984, hewon several conference and district meets,and produced many state qualifiers andchampions. Kraai was director of the Hol-stein Relays for 41 years and also coordi-nated the 1968 boys state meet at Holstein.

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Bob Kanaby, a 2012 inductee into the Hall ofFame, was executive director of the NFHS for17 years and annually delivered the closingspeech at the Hall of Fame Induction Cere-mony.

BILL KRUEGERTexas, 1997

From 1957 to 1996, Krueger compiled a re-markable record of 1,096 wins and 250 wins,fourth-best in boys basketball history.Krueger’s teams won 28 district champi-onships, 24 bi-district crowns, six regionaltitles and appeared in five state champi-onship games. His 1965 San Marcos (Texas)High School and 1989 Houston (Texas)Clear Lake High School team claimed theTexas state basketball championship.Krueger’s teams never had a losing seasonand posted 30 wins or more 18 times. Hisdistrict playoff record is 466-67.

BOB LADOUCEURCalifornia, 2001

Concord (California) De La Salle HighSchool was a high school with a losing foot-ball program before Ladouceur took over ascoach in 1979. Since that time, the programhas accumulated an incredible record of 384-25-3. De La Salle won 151 games in a rowfrom 1992 to 2004, the longest winningstreak in history. Ladouceur was named theNational Football League’s first nationalhigh school coach of the year. In 1998, hewas named coach of the year by the NFHSCoaches Association.

DIANE LAFFEYMichigan, 2000

Since taking over the Harper Woods (Michi-gan) Regina High School girls basketballand softball programs almost 50 years ago,Laffey has built both programs to greatheights of success. In softball, Laffey ranksfourth on the all-time charts with a 1030-375-3 record. Laffey also coached basketballfor a number of years with great success.Also the school’s athletic director, Laffeywas a registered basketball, volleyball andsoftball official for more than 20 years.

CATHERINE LEMPESISSouth Carolina, 2009

Lempesis enjoyed a highly successful 24-year career as a girls cross country andtrack and field coach at four South Carolinahigh schools. From 1978 to 1997, Lempesiscoached girls cross country and track atRichland Northeast High School, SpringValley High School and Ridge View HighSchool – all in Columbia. She led SpringValley to seven state cross country champi-onships and eight state track and field titles.Her other state track title came at RidgeView in 1997. After an eight-year retire-ment, Lempesis returned to coaching in2005 at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo,South Carolina. In the early 1990s, Lempe-sis coached Monique Hennagan, gold medal-ist at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.

JOHN LOWERYWest Virginia, 2002

After beginning his baseball coaching careerin 1971 at Harpers Ferry (West Virginia)High School, Lowery moved to ShenandoahJunction (West Virginia) Jefferson HighSchool, where he still coaches today. Over-all, he has a 1114-288-3 record, good forfourth all time. He has captured seven statetitles and been runner-up three times. Low-ery was named the National High SchoolCoach of the Year by the National HighSchool Athletic Coaches Association in 1998and twice named West Virginia High SchoolBaseball Coach of the Year by the West Vir-ginia High School Coaches Association.

LARRY LUITJENSSouth Dakota, 2012

Luitjens is the all-time winningest boys bas-ketball coach in South Dakota history. Hehas compiled a 704-283 record in 41 years asa head basketball coach (40 in SouthDakota). After one year in North Dakotaand four years at DeSmet High School in

South Datoka, Luitjens has coached 36 sea-sons at Custer High School. His teams havewon seven state championships and finishedsecond five other times to go along withmore than 30 district titles. Off the court,Luitjens has been instrumental in reconcil-iation efforts with Native American schoolsin South Dakota.

RICHARD MAGARIANRhode Island, 2010

During Magarian’s 34-year tenure aswrestling coach at Coventry (Rhode Island)High School (1962-96), he compiled a 239-26record and led his teams to 11 state cham-pionships. In addition, Magarian was a partof eight other state championship teams.Overall, during his tenure at the school,Conventry won 19 state and 22 leaguechampionships. During the 1980s, CoventryHigh School was voted “Team of the Decade”by USA Wrestling. Magarian directed theRhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL)state wrestling championships from 1972until his retirement in 2011. He has been in-ducted into the Rhode Island Wrestling Hallof Fame, the New England Wrestling Hallof Fame and the RIIL Hall of Fame.

BILL MARTINVirginia, 1987

From 1948 to his retirement in 1971, Mar-tin’s wrestling teams at Norfolk (Virginia)Granby High School had a dual-meet recordof 259-9-4, an incredible winning percentageof .960. Martin’s Granby teams won the Vir-ginia Class AAA state championships anamazing 21 times and finished second onanother occasion. Martin coached 109 indi-vidual state champions, including nine fu-ture NCAA champions and one Olympian.

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John Wooden signs autographs at the 1991 ceremony in SanDiego, California.

GARNIS MARTINKentucky, 1994

Martin won more football games than anycoach in Kentucky history during his highlysuccessful career at Bardstown High School,where he won three state titles. In 39 yearsas a high school football coach, Martin com-piled a 271-114-7 record, including 38 yearsat Bardstown High. His teams qualified forthe playoffs 15 times, won 12 Mid-KentuckyConference championships, seven Class “A”district titles and three Class “A” regionalchampionships. The highlight of Martin’smulti-sport coaching career came in 1970,when Bardstown won the Class “A” statefootball crown, the fifth regional basketballtournament and the Class “A” state tracktitle.

FRANK McCLELLANArkansas, 2003

When it comes to high school footballcoaches in Arkansas history, McClellan is atthe top. The former coach of Barton HighSchool, McClellan led the Bears to a state-record 351 victories while accumulating 368for his career. During his tenure, Bartonwon eight state titles. From 1986 to 1990,Barton won 63 consecutive games, which isninth all time. McClellan was named dis-trict coach of the year 24 times, high schoolcoach of the decade by the Arkansas Gazetteand received the Distinguished ServiceAward from the NFHS Coaches Associationin 1990.

JOHN McKISSICKSouth Carolina, 1990

McKissick leads the nation in all-time winsand most wins at the same school with anamazing record of 593-143-13, which spanshis football coaching career at Summerville(South Carolina) High School (1952-2011).Among his victories were 41 consecutivewins from 1978 to 1980, the longest streakever in South Carolina. His teams have won

24 conference titles and nine state champi-onships – including four titles in the 1980s.

SANDRA MEADOWSTexas, 2000

Known as one of the most successful girlsbasketball coaches in history, Sandra Mead-ows coached at three Texas high schools,and had her greatest success at DuncanvilleHigh School. Her overall record of 906-227ranks 11th all time according to the Na-tional High School Sports Record Book.Meadows led her teams to four state cham-pionships, and from 1987 to 1991, she ledDucanville to a national-record 134 consec-utive wins. She was named Converse’s Na-tional High School Coach of the Year in1991.

HERB MEYERCalifornia, 1995

Meyer coached football for 44 years inOceanside, California – first for 17 years atOceanside High School and for the final 27years at El Camino High School. Meyer’soverall record of 338-150-13 (.689) is thebest in the history of San Diego County andNo. 2 all time in state history. Meyer’s nineoverall section titles in football is No. 1 instate history. He also is the only footballcoach to win more than 100 games at twodifferent schools.

RICHARD MEYEROhio, 1989

Meyer is one of Ohio’s winningest dual-sportcoaches in state history, racking up morethan 1,000 victories in basketball and base-ball. In 15 years as basketball coach at Rad-nor and 21 years at Buckeye Valley, Meyerposted a 506-229 record. In 35 years as base-ball coach at the two schools, Meyer was542-498. He is one of this country’s fewcoaches to register 500 victories in two dif-ferent sports.

VINCE MEYERIowa, 1987

Meyer won 1,105 games as a baseball coachat Bancroft (Iowa) St. John High Schoolfrom 1935 to 1981. His baseball teams ap-peared in 32 state tournaments, winning sixchampionships. In addition to numerouscoach of the year honors, Meyer was in-ducted into the Iowa High School BaseballHall of Fame in 1969.

WARREN MITCHELLColorado, 2008

Mitchell began coaching at Limon (Col-orado) High School in 1953, and amazingly,59 years later, he remains as the school’strack and field coach. His track teams havewon 12 state titles and finished second fourtimes. Mitchell also was the school’s headfootball coach for 10 years and an assistantfor 27 years. He coached basketball for 24years, registering a 399-162 mark and ledhis teams to four state championships.Mitchell’s overall three-sport coachingrecord stands at 694-247-6 with 27 teamchampionships. He was inducted into theNational High School Athletic Coaches As-sociation Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Col-orado High School Activities AssociationHall of Fame in 2001.

JOHN MOOREMissouri, 1993

Moore coached the St. Louis (Missouri) Rite-nour High School wrestling program to 14consecutive state championships (1948-61).He produced 56 individual state championsand coached many successful football teamsas well. In 1983, Ritenour Stadium wasnamed John Moore Stadium in his honor.Moore completed his coaching career in 1966with a 191-53-4 record.

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CHUCK MOSERTexas, 1982

In 16 seasons as a head football coach inMissouri and Texas, Moser compiled a life-time mark of 141-29 (.828) that was high-lighted by three state championships. Atwo-time Texas football coach of the year,Moser also served as president of the TexasHigh School Coaches Association and wasappointed by the governor of Texas to theTexas Commission for Physical Fitness. Notonly one of Texas’ all-time great coaches interms of on-field records, Moser is also rec-ognized for his influential role in the devel-opment of the coaching profession in thestate.

CATHERINE NEELYTennessee, 2012

Neely has been volleyball coach at EastRidge High School in Chattanooga, Ten-nessee, for 47 years and has a career recordof 1,371-628. Her 1,371 wins are good forthird in the National High School SportsRecord Book. Her teams have won two statechampionships, finished runner-up twoother times and claimed 16 sectional cham-pionships. In 2006, she was named theNFHS National Volleyball Coach of theYear. Neely also coached basketball at EastRidge for 43 years, compiling a 625-364record and winning eight district champi-onships. She served as athletic director atEast Ridge for 20 years as well.

JOE NEWTONIllinois, 2004

Newton is a coaching legend in Illinois. In53 years as cross country coach at ElmhurstYork High School, Newton’s teams have won27 state titles and 19 national champi-onships. Combined, his track and crosscountry teams have won 255 conferencechampionships and more than 2,000 dualmeets at a 96-percent winning clip. Newtonwas honored as the first high school coach to

be chosen as both a U.S. Olympic coach andmember of the U.S. Track Coaches Associa-tion Hall of Fame.

WALLACE O’BRIENAlabama, 1992

As head basketball coach of three Alabamahigh schools, O’Brien won 423 games andlost only 47 from 1926 until 1944. His teamsadvanced to the state playoffs 12 times andwon five Alabama high school basketballchampionships. Former players creditO’Brien with designing the zone defense,perfecting the fast break, installing the four-corner offense and developing the ball han-dling, playmaking point guard.

PAT PANEKColorado, 1995

Panek coached football for 53 years (1925-77) at five different high schools in Ne-braska and Colorado and concluded hiscareer with 328 wins. Panek spent the ma-jority of his career at Denver (Colorado)East High School and Denver (Colorado)Machebeuf High School. Panek’s teams atDenver East won 16 league championships,two state titles (1949, 1962) and 44 consec-utive games.

RUSS PARSONSWest Virginia, 1986

For 35 years, Parsons coached the sports offootball, basketball and track at four differ-ent West Virginia high schools, and servedas an athletic director as well. His overallcoaching record in football was 267-84-19,including two state championships, whilehis basketball coaching record was 274-63.Perhaps his greatest coaching success of allcame in track, as he coached teams to 10state titles and to nine second-place finishes.

ED PEPPLEWashington, 2010

Pepple retired in 2009 after a phenomenal42-year career as basketball coach at MercerIsland (Washington) High School. Pepplecompiled an 882-237 record at Mercer Is-land, winning four state championships andclaiming 23 league championships. Pepple’soverall 48-year record was 952-306. He isthe winningest coach in Washington historyand ranks No. 11 nationally according to theNFHS National High School Sports RecordBook. Pepple has been inducted into the Na-tional High School Athletic Coaches Associ-ation (NHSACA) Hall of Fame, WashingtonInterscholastic Basketball Coaches Associa-tion (WIBCA) Hall of Fame, Washington In-terscholastic Activities Association Hall ofFame and the Puget Sound Hall of Fame.Pepple was one of the founders of theWIBCA.

DAN PITTSGeorgia, 1996

After retiring in 1998 with 346 wins as headfootball coach at Forsyth (Georgia) MaryPersons High School, Pitts ranks among thetop 40 in all-time coaching wins. Along theway, he coached Mary Persons to four unde-feated seasons (1974, 1979, 1980 and 1994)and 30 consecutive winning seasons. Histeams also won one state championship(1980) and finished second three times(1982, 1984 and 1993).

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The 2001 Hall of Fame class in Maui, Hawaii.

JOHN “WHITEY” PIUREKConnecticut, 1998

Piurek holds the distinction of being theonly Connecticut coach to earn state cham-pionships in three sports. Despite success incoaching football and basketball, his bestwinning percentage came in baseball with acoaching record of 526-115-2. Piurekcoached the West Haven High School base-ball team to two state championships, tworunner-up finishes and 21 district crowns.From 1948 to 1989, Piurek was a profes-sional baseball scout for the New York Yan-kees, Los Angeles Dodgers and SeattleMariners.

JERRY POPPNorth Dakota, 2005

In 29 years as girls and boys cross countrycoach at Bowman (North Dakota) HighSchool, Popp established almost untouch-able records. His girls teams won 23 state ti-tles, a national record, and were runners-uptwice more. On the boys side, Popp coachedthem to 15 state titles and eight runner-upfinishes. Thirteen times both the boys andgirls teams won state titles in the sameyear. In track, his girls teams added sixmore state titles. Combining track and crosscountry, Popp coached 55 individual statechampions, 27 runners-up and more than300 all-state runners.

EARL QUIGLEYArkansas, 1997

From 1914 to 1946, Quigley coached 961 in-terscholastic contests in track, football, bas-ketball and baseball, amassing an overallrecord of 760 wins, 190 losses, 11 ties and 39state titles in four sports at Little Rock (nowCentral) (Arkansas) High School. His teamswon 18 consecutive Arkansas state champi-onships in track, which ranks second in theNational High School Sports Record Book.During his tenure as head basketball coach,Quigley’s teams won four Arkansas state

championships from 1916 to 1930, whenthey posted a 306-95 record. His footballteams won 149 games in his 22 years ofcoaching, winning eight state titles alongthe way. In baseball, Quigley guided LittleRock to nine state crowns between 1916 and1926.

LINDY REMIGINOConnecticut, 2002

Remigino spent his entire coaching career atHartford (Connecticut) Public High School,his alma mater. Beginning as a physical ed-ucation teacher in 1953, Remigino coachedcross country, and indoor and outdoor track,winning 85.5 percent of Hartford’s dualmeets in that time. Remigino coached histrack teams to 31 state championships.Sports Illustrated named him one of the 10best high school track coaches in the countryin 1973 and he was named that again byRunners World magazine in 1983. As anathlete, Remigino competed in the 1952Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Fin-land, winning gold medals in the 100 metersand 4x100-meter relay.

S.T. ROACHKentucky, 1996

As the longtime basketball coach at Lexing-ton (Kentucky) Dunbar High School, andthen the first African-American administra-tor in the Lexington Public Schools, Roachplayed an integral role in the acceptance ofall-black schools into the Kentucky HighSchool Athletic Association. While Roach’steams had a 383-11 record in the all-blackleague, they did not get the respect they de-served until black schools were accepted intothe KHSAA. Roach’s Dunbar High Schoolwas the first black school to join the KHSAAin 1957. From 1957 to 1965, his teams com-piled a remarkable 227-50 record, includingseven district titles, six region champi-onships and two runner-up finishes in theKHSAA state tournament.

DAVID ROBERTSONIllinois, 1991

In 30 years at Winnetka (Illinois) New TrierHigh School as head swim coach, Robert-son’s teams won the state swimming title 14times, finished second 12 times and placedthird three times. His teams were unde-feated from 1946 to 1951, and he accumu-lated 475 varsity and 743 junior varsitydual-meet victories. More than 150 individ-uals earned all-American status underRobertson’s tutelage, and his swimmers es-tablished 65 national records.

JACK RYANOhio, 1994

Ryan’s 44-year football coaching record was257-140-2, and his 47-year baseball coach-ing mark was 471-157. In 26 years of coach-ing basketball at Columbus (Ohio) St.Charles High School, his mark was 373-150.His combined three-sport coaching recordwas a phenomenal 1,101-447-2. Ryan’s foot-ball teams won 13 Central Catholic Leaguechampionships, and his basketball teamswere CCL champions nine times.

VINCENT SCHAEFERFlorida, 1990

In 37 years as head basketball coach atMiami (Florida) Senior High School (1945-82), Schaefer compiled a 704-195 record andwon five state championships. During thatperiod, he also was an assistant footballcoach for Miami teams that won many statechampionships and three mythical nationaltitles. During his basketball coaching days,the National High School Coaches Associa-tion named Schaefer national coach of theyear in 1981.

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WILLIAM “RED” SCHMITTIllinois, 1993

With a career wrestling record of 602-84-5(87.5 percent), Schmitt stands 17th on theall-time coaching list. The majority of his ca-reer came at Granite City (Illinois) HighSchool (1951-85), where he won a state titlein 1965. He was named national coach of theyear by the National High School AthleticCoaches Association in 1977, and was in-ducted into the Greater St. Louis AthleticAssociation Hall of Fame in 1992.

KEN SCHREIBERIndiana, 1999

Schreiber is one of 12 coaches who can claim1,000 wins as a high school baseball coach.With a record of 1,010-216, Schreiber holdsthe record for most Indiana coaching wins inany sport. During 39 years at La Porte (In-diana) High School, Schreiber led teams to25 conference titles, 28 sectional champi-onships, 18 regional titles and seven statechampionships. He was named Indianacoach of the year nine times, Midwest coachof the year four times, and national coach ofthe year three times.

LARRY SHAWWest Virginia, 2011

Shaw retired in 2011 after 31 successfulyears as wrestling coach at Oak Glen HighSchool in New Cumberland, West Virginia.Shaw led his teams to 13 consecutive WestVirginia Secondary School Activities Com-mission AA/A State Wrestling Champi-onships from 1997 to 2009 – tied forfifth-best all-time. He coached 51 individualstate champions and finished with a careerdual-meet record of 330-96-4. He was namedthe National Wrestling Coaches AssociationWest Virginia Coach of the Year numeroustimes and was inducted into the NationalWrestling Hall of Fame in 2010.

PETE SHOCKNew Mexico, 2011

For the past 35 years, Shock has been a busyman – serving as Cliff (New Mexico) HighSchool’s basketball coach, track and fieldcoach, and athletic director. In basketball,Shock is carrying on a family name at theClass A school – his father, Dale Shock, wasboys basketball coach from 1935 to 1974.Pete Shock’s basketball teams have wonnine New Mexico Activities Associationstate championships, and his track teamshave claimed three state titles. His 797 vic-tories in basketball rank No. 2 all-time inNew Mexico history.

WALT SHUBLOMKansas, 1982

The architect of one of the most remarkabledynasties in prep sports history, Shublomcoached the Kansas City (Kansas) Wyan-dotte High School boys basketball programto 10 state titles and three runner-up tro-phies during his 15-year tenure there (1955-69). Shublom’s squads compiled anincredible 296-26 (.919) record, includingtwo undefeated seasons and six others withonly a single loss. Along the way, Wyandottecaptured 13 conference titles in the ruggedSunflower League (including 12 in a row)and a state-record five consecutive state ti-tles from 1957 to 1961.

ROBERT SIDDENSIowa, 1988

During his 26-year wrestling coaching ca-reer at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School,Siddens led the program to a 327-26-3record, a remarkable winning percentage of.918. Siddens coached teams to 11 stateteam championships and seven runner-upfinishes, and he coached 51 individual statechampions. In 1974, he was chosen as thenational wrestling coach of the year. One of

Siddens’ top wrestlers was Dan Gable, whoalso is a member of the National HighSchool Hall of Fame.

JIM SMIDDYTennessee, 1992

Following a 46-year coaching career,Smiddy retired in 1993 as the leader in all-time girls basketball wins with an amazing1,217-206 record (now second all time).Smiddy coached Cleveland (Tennessee)Bradley Central High School to state titlesin 1962, 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976, and tomythical national championships in 1975and 1976 (36-0 both years). During thattime, the Bearettes registered a 90-gamewinning streak, surpassing the 88-gamestreak turned in by John Wooden’s 1972-74men’s basketball UCLA teams.

BOYCE SMITHTennessee, 1983

Smith ranks among the greatest all-timeprep football coaches with a lifetime recordof 288-116-34 at Springfield (Tennessee)High School. He produced six undefeatedteams in a nine-year period from 1935 to1943, and led Springfield to 14 bowl con-tests, winning 10 with only one loss andthree ties. Following his 44-year career,Springfield named the football stadium“Boyce Smith Stadium” in his honor.

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Natasha Kaiser-Brown receives her medallionfrom Rick Wulkow, executive director of theIowa High School Athletic Association, at the2008 ceremony in Washington, D.C.

THOMAS STANTONMissouri, 1983

Known as the “Dean of High SchoolCoaches” in St. Louis and the mentor ofdozens of professional athletes, Stantonused 44 years to build a lifetime basketballcoaching record of 793-191 (.806). He spent32 years at St. Louis (Missouri) BeaumontHigh School with a 590-120 (.831) record, in-cluding 11 St. Louis public school city cham-pionships and five state championships.

JOHN STEVENSONCalifornia, 1998

Stevenson led El Segundo (California) HighSchool baseball team to six California Inter-scholastic Federation-Southern Sectionchampionships, four CIF-Southern Sectionrunner-up finishes and 25 league champi-onships. He is the winningest baseball coachin California history, and his 1,059 victoriesrank ninth all time among high school base-ball coaches. Stevenson coached futuremajor leaguers George Brett and Scott Mc-Gregor at El Segundo.

CASH STONEWashington, 1997

After leading the wrestling program atSpokane (Washington) Mead High Schoolfor 37 years, Stone’s teams posted an amaz-ing 405 wins and five appearances in theWashington state tournament. From 1960to his retirement in 1997, nine Meadwrestlers won individual state titles underStone’s tutelage, while 43 others finished inthe top six in the state in their weight class.He also established the junior wrestling pro-gram in Spokane, Washington, where hecoached from 1969 to 1995. In addition, heran a wrestling camp in the Spokane areafor more than 30 years, inspiring hundredsof youngsters to take up wrestling.

DEWEY SULLIVANOregon, 2008

Sullivan is the winningest football coach inOregon prep history, compiling a 352-84-2win-loss record before his death near theend of the 2006 season. He ranks 12th na-tionally in coaching victories by an individ-ual at one school. Sullivan coached for 42years (1965-2006) at Dayton (Oregon) HighSchool and won five state championships insix appearances. He led his teams to 29 post-season appearances in 30 years, including24 in a row to end his career. A member ofthe Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, Sullivanregistered a 36-game winning streak at onepoint in his career.

EDNA TARBUTTONLouisiana, 1994

From 1947 to 1953, Tarbutton led herBaskin (Louisiana) High School girls basket-ball team to 218 consecutive victories, whichstill stands today as a national record. Dur-ing the streak, Baskin outscored its oppo-nents, 11,709 to 5,300 (an average of 53.7points scored per game and 24.3 points al-lowed per game), and the average victorymargin was nearly 30 points. In 34 years atBaskin (1943-76), Tarbutton posted 654wins, 263 losses and two ties for a 71-per-cent winning mark. Her teams won ninestate championships, including eight in arow from 1948 to 1955.

RALPH TASKERNew Mexico, 1988

Tasker, who retired following the 1997-98season with a 1,122-291 record (winningpercentage of 79.4 percent), ranks third onthe all-time boys basketball victory chart.During his coaching career, Tasker led histeams to 12 New Mexico Activities Associa-tion state titles over the course of five differ-

ent decades. Tasker watched more than 100of his players take their games to the collegelevel and 11 were drafted into professionalcareers.

BERTHA TEAGUEOklahoma, 1983

Considered the most influential coach ingirls high school basketball history, Teagueamassed a record of 1,152-115 (.909).Teague led Ada (Oklahoma) Byng HighSchool to 38 conference titles, 27 districtchampionships, 22 state tournament berthsand eight state titles. She coached five un-defeated seasons, and from 1936 to 1938,Byng won three straight state titles.

ARTHUR TROUTIllinois, 1982

Trout amassed an astonishing 809-334(.708) overall record in basketball at Cen-tralia (Illinois) High School from 1915 to1951, which set an Illinois record and wassixth in the nation at that time. Trout’scoaching laurels also include three statechampionships (1918, 1922 and 1942) andsix finishes among the final four teams. Thestrong tradition Trout established helpedCentralia High School become the firstschool in interscholastic basketball historyto reach the 1,500-win plateau.

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Ann Meyers (right) of California receives her Hall of Famemedallion from Marie Ishida at the 1995 ceremony in Portland,Oregon.

DUANE TWAITIowa, 2006

The most successful coach in Iowa highschool football history, Twait compiled anoverall record of 339-63-2 in 39 years. Histeam’s 28 playoff appearances rank first inIowa history, as does the streak of 20straight appearances. After eight years atHartley (Iowa) High School, Twait coachedat Emmetsburg High School for 29 years,compiling a 280-40 record, and won sevenstate championships with seven runner-upfinishes. Twait was named district coach ofthe year on nine occasions and twice wasnamed Class 2A Coach of the Year. In 2003he received the Outstanding Coach Awardfrom the Iowa chapter of the National Foot-ball Foundation.

WALTER “BUCK” VAN HUSSTennessee, 1990

In 37 years of coaching basketball, VanHuss collected an overall 1,021-313 recordwhile at Hampton (Tennessee) High School(1953-67) and Kingport (Tennessee) Dobyns-Bennett High School (1967-89). Van Huss’teams won 20 or more games in 32 of his 37years of coaching. His teams won 10 districtchampionships, 12 regional championships,17 conference titles and advanced to thestate tournament 14 times. His 1960 Hamp-ton team won the Tennessee state champi-onship.

JEROME VAN METERWest Virginia, 1997

Van Meter coached basketball for 26 yearsat Beckley (West Virginia) Woodrow WilsonHigh School, compiling an outstandingrecord of 501 wins and 159 losses. His teamswon six West Virginia state championships,including four in a row from 1951 to 1954.In 22 years at the helm of the Woodrow Wil-

son High School football team, his recordwas 155-55-12. His 1947 and 1948 teamswent undefeated en route to state titles aspart of a 23-game winning streak whichlasted from 1946 to 1949.

WILLIE VARNERSouth Carolina, 1994

In more than 40 years of coaching football atWoodruff (South Carolina) High School,Varner posted 383 wins, 12th-best in thehistory of high school football. UnderVarner’s guidance, Wood-ruff won 10 statechampionships, 16 upper state titles and 27conference titles, and tied the state recordfor more consecutive championships (4).Varner’s trademark was strong defensiveteams, evidenced by the 197 shutouts histeams posted, including his 1976 and 1980teams, which did not allow any points by theopposition in four playoff games.

PAUL WALKEROhio, 1986

Walker spent 41 years coaching high schoolfootball and basketball in the states of Ohioand Kentucky. Thirty of those years werespent at Middletown (Ohio) High School,where he accumulated a basketball record of564-137, and led the program to 17 districttitles, eight regional titles and five statechampionships. United Press Internationalnamed Walker national high school coach ofthe year in 1974 and 1975.

TAFT WATSONSouth Carolina, 1996

A high school basketball coach for 50 years,Watson etched his name in the record booksas he became one of the few – if not the only– coach to win two state titles on the sameday. Watson guided the Centenary (SouthCarolina) Terrell’s Bay High School girlsbasketball team to the Class A state title,and then added the boys crown. In 45 yearsof coaching boys and girls basketball teams,Watson won almost 1,500 games.

ARTHUR WEISSPennsylvania, 1991

Despite never participating in the sport,Weiss had an outstanding wrestling coach-ing career at Clearfield (Pennsylvania) AreaHigh School with an overall record of 184-37-3 (.860). Weiss’ teams registered 14 un-defeated seasons, won the District 6-9tournament every year except two, andclaimed the unofficial state title nine timesas awarded by the Pennsylvania WrestlingRound-up.

JACK WELLSMissouri, 1998

Wells compiled an impressive record of 238-113-6 and led teams to 18 league champi-onships while guiding four differentMissouri high school football teams. Moreimpressive, however, is the fact that hestarted three of those from scratch. He wasnamed the 1981 Sporting News coach of theyear, and was the recipient of the 1985NFHS Coaches Association DistinguishedService Award, and received the 1987Scholastic Magazine National High SchoolCoaching Award.

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JOAN WELLSKansas, 2007

Wells is as dominant as they come in girlsvolleyball coaching with an overall record of865-89 (90.7 winning percentage). In 27years at the helm of Lawrence (Kansas)High School, Wells led her teams to thestate championship match 22 times, win-ning 15. Her volleyball teams won 26 sub-state titles and 15 Sunflower League titles.Three times, her teams were ranked in thetop 25 nationally. Wells coached 29 playerswho went on to play Division I volleyball.Wells also coached softball and won a statetitle in 1977.

KEITH WILLIAMSIdaho, 1997

Williams will be best remembered for thesuccess he had in 33 seasons as wrestlingcoach at Blackfoot (Idaho) Snake River HighSchool, posting a 403-68-6 overall record.His teams also experienced great success inthe postseason, winning 17 district champi-onships, including 12 straight in Class A-2,from 1978 to 1989. Snake River collected sixstate championships under Williams, win-ning three in a row from 1982 to 1984.Williams was named national high schoolwrestling coach of the year in 1982 by theNational High School Athletic Coaches As-sociation.

BOB WOODMichigan, 2005

The first tennis coach to be honored by theNational High School Hall of Fame, Woodwas instrumental in furthering the sport oftennis in Michigan. In his 37-year career,Wood led University Liggett School (GrossePointe Woods, Michigan) to 27 state boystennis championships. In his 13-year careeras girls coach, he added 12 more state titlesto his resume. He is the founder of the

Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Asso-ciation, which currently boasts membershipof more than 320 coaches. Wood was instru-mental in changing the state tournamentformat from an individual to a team concept.Wood was inducted into the National HighSchool Athletic Coaches Association Hall ofFame and Michigan High School CoachesAssociation Hall of Fame.

GORDON WOODTexas, 1983

Woods, who retired in 1985 as the nation’swinningest high school football coach with a396-91-15 record, now ranks ninth on thatlist. He coached teams to 24 district titles,nine state championships and had four un-defeated seasons. The bulk of his successcame at Brownwood (Texas) High School inhis final 23 years. Wood was named Texashigh school football “coach-of-the-year” fourtimes.

ELBERT “LUM” WRIGHTMississippi, 2004

The winningest football coach in Mississippihistory, Wright ranks in the top 30 all-timenationally with 361 victories. He started hiscareer in Texas, winning 122 games beforemoving to Mississippi. His teams registeredsix undefeated seasons and twice compiled27-game winning streaks. Wright wasnamed Texas coach of the year in 1968 andearned the same honor in Mississippi in1975, 1979 and 1992. He also was namedLittle Dixie Conference coach of the year sixtimes, and Mississippi Private School Asso-ciation District 6-A coach of the year in1995.

OFFICIALSDICK AULTMissouri, 1999

Ault both participated in and coached track,but it was officiating where he excelled. Dur-ing his 49-year officiating career, he worked25 Missouri State High School Activities As-sociation state championship meets as ei-ther a meet director, head starter or anassistant meet director. He also served as astarter and referee for every state crosscountry championship from 1970 to 1997.Ault spearheaded the Missouri association’sefforts to begin statewide track and fieldrules interpretation meetings in 1972, andserved as the Show-Me State’s chief trackrules interpreter from 1972 to 1998.

JORDAN BESOZZIOhio, 1982

A legend among Ohio officials, Besozzi wasa familiar and respected figure on footballfields and basketball courts throughout thestate for nearly 50 years. He was selected bythe Ohio High School Athletic Association towork several state football playoffs and offi-ciated state basketball tournament actionfor 10 consecutive years. Realizing the ben-efits of professional associations, Besozziplayed a central role in developing the East-ern District Football Association of Ohio andserved as the group’s rules interpreter untilhis retirement.

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BILL BLACKBURNOklahoma, 1990

Considered the dean of officials in the Okla-homa High School Officials Association,Blackburn retired from active officiating in1984 after a noteworthy 34-year career.During his years as a high school official,Blackburn officiated 10 state football cham-pionship games, 12 state basketball tourna-ments and 18 years of regional and districtbasketball tournaments. Although the ma-jority of his work was in the Tulsa area,Blackburn officiated games in Texas,Kansas and Missouri.

CAROLYN BOWERSOhio, 1995

Bowers was one of the first two female offi-cials inducted into the Hall of Fame and shewas the first gymnastics official to be en-shrined. In 1969, Bowers presented develop-mental plans and regulations to the OhioHigh School Athletic Association for the firstOhio high school girls gymnastics meet, andin 1973, the OHSAA sponsored the firsttournament in any girls sport – gymnastics.Since 1973, Bowers has been OHSAA stategymnastics rules interpreter, and since 1971(except for 1976 and 1985), she has beengirls gymnastics district meet referee, aswell as OHSAA state meet director.

JACK BROWNNorth Dakota, 1993

Brown officiated high school football andbasketball, umpired baseball and startedtrack meets for more than 50 years begin-ning in 1943. He was a charter member ofthe North Dakota Officials Association, ofwhich he was president and also was founderand first president of the Jamestown Offi-cials Association. Among his numerous hon-ors, Brown was inducted into the NorthDakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in1971, and the baseball field in Jamestownwas renamed Jack Brown Stadium.

TIM CARRUtah, 2008

Carr has been a registered official in Utahsince 1973. He officiated basketball from1972 to 1986 and has worked as a footballofficial from 1975 to 1978 and since 1986.Carr has officiated more than 70 footballplayoff games, including six state champi-onships. He officiated 25 basketball playoffgames and was evaluator of basketball offi-cials in Utah from 1986 to 1993. Carr hasbeen a leader locally with the Salt Lake CityFootball Officials Association since 1974,serving 10 years on its board of directors. Atthe national level, Carr was state director ofthe NFHS Officials Association for six yearsand has served on the NFHS Officials Pub-lications Committee for several years.

GARY CHRISTIANSENIowa, 2010

Christiansen is one of four officials in thestate of Iowa who has officiated a statechampionship game in football, girls basket-ball, boys basketball and baseball in thesame school year, and he is the only one toaccomplish the feat four times. In his 40-plus years, Christiansen has officiated morethan 185 state tournament games and 50championship games in football, baseballand boys and girls basketball. A registeredofficial since 1968, Christiansen has servedthe Iowa High School Athletic Association asrules interpreter in baseball, basketball andfootball.

GREEVER CROUSEVirginia, 1987

An active basketball official for 40 years,Crouse is the only official in Virginia historyto officiate in 20 consecutive state basketballtournaments. Crouse was the organizer andcommissioner of the Appalachian OfficialsAssociation, which serves southwest Vir-ginia in football, basketball and wrestling.During his career, Crouse conducted train-

ing clinics for more than 2,000 officialsthroughout southwest Virginia.

BILL CUMMINGSSouth Carolina, 1994

Cummings officiated 581 football games in35 years and more than 3,800 high school,college and American Legion baseballgames. In football, Cummings officiated 25state finals and worked the North-South all-star game in 1967. During his 27 years ofbasketball officiating, Cummings worked1,916 varsity boys and girls games and morethan 500 junior varsity and YMCA games.He officiated in 22 state finals, including 10straight 4A championships.

DICK DEITZIllinois, 2008

Deitz has been working as a football, basket-ball and baseball official in Illinois since1958 and has been the state’s rules inter-preter in basketball and baseball since 1976.He also officiated softball for 26 years. Deitzis the head official for the Illinois HighSchool Association (IHSA) football playoffs,and he is an IHSA clinician in both footballand basketball. Deitz officiated four boysbasketball state tournaments and the 1974and 1996 state championship games. Healso officiated state finals in football, mak-ing him one of a select few in the state towork finals in both major sports. He was in-ducted into the Illinois Basketball CoachesAssociation Hall of Fame in 1998.

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EMRY DILDAYMissouri, 2011

Dilday was considered one of the top footballreferees in Missouri, officiating about 50state tournament playoff games, includingnine state championship games, throughouthis 43-year career. He has been footballrules interpreter for the Missouri State HighSchool Activities Association since 1982. Dil-day was a charter member of the NFHS Of-ficials Association and served as presidentduring the 1999-2000 school year. Dildayalso officiated college football for 36 yearsbefore retiring in 2006. Now in his 29thyear, he continues to officiate track andcross country while also coaching the girlstrack and field team at Springfield CatholicHigh School in Springfield, Missouri.

MARIO DONNANGELOPennsylvania, 2000

In his outstanding 45-year career, Donnan-gelo officiated at the high school and collegelevels and officiated Pennsylvania Inter-scholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) soccerand basketball playoff games, as well as col-lege soccer games. Donnangelo was instru-mental in the development and training ofsoccer officials through his involvement withthe National Intercollegiate Soccer OfficialsAssociation (NISOA) and the NFHS. Heserved a number of years on the NFHS Offi-cials’ Quarterly Publications Committee.

ALBERT FLISCHELMissouri, 2001

Flischel, who served as a high school base-ball official for 47 years, a softball official for30 years, a football official for 35 years anda basketball official for 24 years, also servedas Missouri’s rules interpreter in baseballand softball. Flischel also used his talent inother capacities, as he officiated baseballand basketball games within the Missouri

maximum-security prison and also officiatedwheelchair basketball.

GEORGE FORDConnecticut, 2009

Ford was a high school swimming and div-ing official for 42 years and was the sport’smost respected and senior official in thestate of Connecticut. The founding father ofthe Connecticut Swimming and Diving Offi-cials Association, he served as the organiza-tion’s secretary, recruiter, assigner, rulesinterpreter and head referee. Ford served ashead referee in more league championships,state championships and dual meets thanany other official in the state. He officiatedmore than 3,500 swim meets and assignedreferees and judges for more than 30,000meets. Ford was an officials consultant forthe Connecticut Interscholastic AthleticConference Board of Control for many years.

PAT FRAGILEWest Virginia, 2003

Fragile was one of the best officials in foot-ball, basketball and baseball during the pastthree decades for the West Virginia Second-ary School Activities Commission (WVS-SAC). He has officiated 12 state basketballchampionship games and served as WestVirginia’s rules interpreter for the sport.Fragile was instrumental in implementingthe three-referee system in basketball. Healso officiated seven state baseball champi-onships and one state football title game.Fragile was outstanding basketball officialfor West Virginia in 1990 and 1999 and re-ceived the NFHS Citation for officiating in2003.

DEL GABNorth Dakota, 2003

Gab was one of the top multi-sport officialsin the state of North Dakota for 45 years,and he was equally involved in recruitment,

training, mentoring and promoting of offici-ating. During his career, he officiated threegirls basketball state tournaments, and alsoofficiated baseball, softball and track. Infootball, he was selected to officiate 43 first-round and quarterfinal games, 21 semifinalsand nine championship games. He workedthe first 11-man championship in 1976. Gabwas president of the NFHS Officials Associ-ation board in 1991-92, and served nineyears on the NFHS Officials’ Quarterly Pub-lications Committee.

GEORGE GARDNERGeorgia, 1992

Gardner spent more than 65 years in the of-ficiating avocation, beginning in 1925 whenhe became a high school football official.During that time, Gardner trained morethan 2,500 high school officials and hun-dreds of college officials. He also founded theGeorgia Football Officials Association in1926 and, as a result, members of that grouphave officiated more playoff and state cham-pionship games than all other associationscombined.

KAYE GARMSColorado, 1995

Now retired from active officiating, Garmswas a pioneer in women’s sports officiatingin Colorado, selected to officiate the first 15state girls basketball tournaments and wasassigned to 12 state title games from 1975until her retirement in 1990. Garms also of-ficiated 16 Colorado state track meets andhas been an advocate of improving officiat-ing in women’s sports. She has been a clini-cian for Colorado high school basketballsince 1979 and continues to help women andall young officials in basketball.

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Charlie Wedemeyer receives hisHall of Fame Award from KeithAmemiya, executive director ofthe Hawaii High School AthleticAssociation, at the 2007 cere-mony in Palm Desert, California.Also pictured is Charlie’s wife,Lucy.

DAN GAYLORDAlabama, 1988

Gaylord, who was a charter member of theBirmingham (Alabama) Football Officialsassociation in 1929, served as executive sec-retary-treasurer for nearly 60 years. ABirmingham native, Gaylord officiated foot-ball for 26 years, and also was an umpire-in-chief with the Alabama Umpires Associationfrom 1932 to 1940. Under his direction,many of Gaylord’s pupils advanced to theSoutheastern Conference and other DivisionI conferences.

NORM GESKEIllinois, 1982

An invaluable resource person for his state,Geske was a rules interpreter for the IllinoisHigh School Association for 19 years. As aneducator of officials, his credentials includethe production of instructional tapes onrules and procedures that have been distrib-uted nationally. A football, basketball andtrack official for more than 30 years, Geskealso served on key NFHS committees andwas a featured speaker at four national foot-ball rules interpreters meetings.

JERRY HALLArkansas, 2005

The leader of officiating in Arkansas, Hallbegan officiating football, basketball, andtrack and field in 1952 and continued thoseendeavors for 40 years. He joined theArkansas Activities Association in 1970 asan associate director and immediatelybrought in the Arkansas Officials Associa-tion under the supervision of the AAA. Hallserved the AAA for 25 years and was staterules interpreter in football, basketball,track, golf and tennis. Hall was extremelyinvolved with NFHS rules committees, serv-ing 24 years on the Football Rules Commit-tee and two terms on the Track and FieldRules Committee. He received the NFHS Ci-tation in 1999.

JANE HANSENNew Jersey, 2007

When it comes to officiating both fieldhockey and lacrosse, Jane Hansen is with-out peers. Hansen has umpired a New Jer-sey field hockey final almost every yearsince 1975 and officiated at the lacrossestate championships from 1985 to 2003. Hercontributions as a rules interpreter for theNew Jersey State Interscholastic AthleticAssociation (NJSIAA) are remarkable, hav-ing served as a field hockey interpreter for26 years and lacrosse for 12 years. Amongher contributions in field hockey, Hansenserved on the NCAA Field Hockey Commit-tee for 10 years and the NFHS Field HockeyRules Committee for three terms.

CALVIN HARMSIowa, 1989

Harms retired in 1987 after 32 years as abasketball official and 30 years as a footballand baseball official. During that time, heworked 20 consecutive Iowa state basketballtournaments and also officiated seven cham-pionship games in the state’s football play-offs. In addition to on-the-court activities,Harms has been football and basketballrules clinician for the Iowa High School Ath-letic Association, and was a charter inducteeinto that association’s Officials Hall of Famein 1977.

BEE HARPER South Carolina, 1982

Recognized as one of the country’s top foot-ball officials and a foremost rules authority,Harper served the sport for 43 years as anactive high school official from 1934 to 1977.He contributed endless time to local, stateand national officiating organizations andprograms and excelled as a rules inter-preter, clinician and district assignment of-ficer.

TIM HEENANCalifornia, 2002

During his career, Heenan has officiatedfootball, basketball, baseball, softball, fieldhockey and soccer. In California, Heenanhas officiated 18 Central Coast Section bas-ketball championships and 12 Californiastate championships in basketball. From1990 to 1996, Heenan was commissioner ofofficials in San Jose, contracting with 52high schools to provide them with officialsin 10 sports. At the national level, Heenanwas very active in the NFHS Officials Asso-ciation, serving as board president in 1994-95. He is also a charter member of theNFHS Officials’ Quarterly PublicationsCommittee and in 2000, he was awarded theNFHS Citation for officials.

ROBERT HILDEBRANDIowa, 1997

Hildebrand is one of the most celebratedcontest officials in Iowa high school history,having been one of only a select handful ofpeople to work state finals in four sports –boys basketball, girls basketball, baseballand football. Hildebrand began his officiat-ing career in 1955, and he officiated a record23 consecutive boys state basketball tourna-ments, as well as the first Iowa Girls’ HighSchool Athletic Union 5-on-5 championshipgame. In addition to basketball, Hildebrandhas served as a football official for 36 years.Between 1972 and 1993, he worked everyplayoff series in Iowa, including six statechampionship games. He also spent 20 yearsas a baseball umpire, working many statetournament series.

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Dan Gable signs autographs at the 1984 induction ceremonyin Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

COLIN KAPITANSouth Dakota, 2001

“Kappy” has been a registered football, bas-ketball and track official for 40 years. Heserves as the supervisor of officials for theEastern South Dakota Conference, as wellas supervisor of officials for three collegeconferences and a professional basketballleague. He conducts two summer camps forofficials, and implemented officiating “jam-borees” in South Dakota to train young andnew officials. Kapitan is also the executivedirector of the South Dakota Officials Coun-cil.

W.D. “SHORTY” LAWSONTexas, 1993

Lawson, who officiated high school basket-ball and football games in Texas for morethan 30 years, frequently officiated playoffgames, tournaments and state champi-onships. He also worked in the college rankswith the Southwest Conference as well asmany bowl games. Lawson served a term aspresident of the Southwest Basketball Offi-cials Association and two terms on theSouthwest Football Officials Association.

CHARLIE LEENew Jersey, 2002

Lee was a longtime soccer official with 50years of experience at the high school leveland 40 years of experience at the collegelevel. He also has more than a half-centuryworth of experience in basketball and base-ball. Lee also officiated softball and swim-ming in New Jersey. He is a three-timewinner of the NFHS Distinguished ServiceAward in 1966, 1986 and 1993, and has alsowon the New Jersey State InterscholasticAthletic Association’s (NJSIAA) OfficialsAward in 1982. He is member of theNJSIAA Hall of Fame.

VICTOR LISKENew Jersey, 1992

With more than 50 years’ experience as aswimming official, Liske is known as “Mr.Swimming” for his contributions to swim-ming in New Jersey and New York. Liskefounded the New Jersey Swimming OfficialsAssociation and the Union County SwimChampionships, and served as co-directorand referee for the New Jersey state boysswimming championships for more than 30years. Liske officiated his first of more than50 NCAA meets in 1938, and also officiatedSpecial Olympics swimming meets for sev-eral years.

ROBERT MARCINEKIndiana, 1996

Marcinek is the only Indiana official to workstate finals in four sports – boys basketball,girls basketball, baseball and football. Afterbeginning his football officiating career in1955, Marcinek officiated his last contest onNovember 11, 1995, in six inches of snow inSouth Bend, Indiana. He retired from bas-ketball officiating in 1994, ending a 46-yearcareer in that sport. He also has been a su-perb baseball umpire and won the NFHS Of-ficials Association Outstanding BaseballOfficial Award in 1984.

JAMES MASONAlaska, 1998

No other official in Alaska has officiated asmany games as Mason during his 27-yearcareer there. He also had a tremendous rep-utation as an administrator of officials inAlaska, as he served in many leadership po-sitions in several officials associations.Mason officiated numerous Alaska statechampionship games, and is the first andonly official to receive a free lifetime mem-bership to the Anchorage Sports Officials’Association.

BOB MILLERTexas, 1998

During his prolific 35-year officiating career,Miller worked six different sports and cov-ered more than 350 baseball games, 750football games and 1,800 basketball games.He finished his officiating career in eachsport by officiating a Texas University Inter-scholastic League state championship game.Miller held lifetime memberships in theSouthwest Basketball and Football Officials’Associations. He has served as president ofthe Corpus Christi Southwest Officials’ As-sociation in football and basketball, and waspresident of the Texas Track and Field Offi-cials’ Association.

ROBERT OLDISIowa, 2000

Before his retirement in 1997, Oldis offici-ated varsity basketball and football for 45years for the Iowa High School Athletic As-sociation. He also worked as a supervisor offootball officials in the Mississippi ValleyConference, a 14-team large-school confer-ence in Iowa. In the sport of football, Oldisofficiated the playoffs for 22 years, includingfour championship games. On the basket-ball hardwood, Oldis was the floor andbench official for the boys and girls statetournament.

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PAUL OSTYNIdaho, 2006

As a 52-year veteran of high school footballofficiating, Paul Ostyn was elected to serveas an official for the state series every yearthe state series existed. He also officiatedthe sports of basketball, baseball, softballand wrestling, and officiated the state bas-ketball tournament five times. He was acharter member of the NFHS Officials Asso-ciation and served as the association’s sec-ond president and received theDistinguished Service Award in 1984. Hehas also been inducted into the Idaho HighSchool Activities Association and Big SkyCollegiate Football Officials Halls of Fame.

MEL OTERONew Mexico, 1988

Referred to as “Mr. Referee” in New Mexico,Otero officiated high school football and bas-ketball for 26 years. During his career,Otero officiated 74 district, regional and in-vitational basketball tournaments, as wellas four all-star games and 14 state champi-onships. On the football side, Otero offici-ated 25 district, regional and state playoffgames. In 1985, he was inducted into theNew Mexico Officials Association Hall ofFame.

SAM OWENSSouth Carolina, 1999

Owens has served as a high school footballreferee since 1958 and then later expandedto officiating basketball, baseball and soft-ball as well in South Carolina. He worked675 high school football games, including 20state championships, and 2,380 basketballgames, including 23 state championships.Owens also improved the quality of officiat-ing by conducting training sessions foryounger officials. He served on the SouthCarolina High School League ExecutiveCommittee, to which he was elected by fel-low officials throughout the state.

TRUMAN OWENSSouth Carolina, 2012

Owens has dedicated 50 years to high schoolathletics in South Carolina, officiating fourdifferent sports throughout his career. Hehas officiated 858 football games, including32 state championships. In basketball,Owens worked almost 2,900 games, includ-ing 450 playoff games and 23 state champi-onships. He also officiated baseball for 46years and softball for 23 years. The Clintonresident has also been active in recruitingand training new officials. He is the youngerbrother of Sam Owens. The two called 20state championship games together.

RICHARD PACEFlorida, 1991

Known as “Mr. Official” in the state ofFlorida during his 35-year officiating career,Pace worked 1,100 regular-season footballgames and 1,300 regular-season basketballgames, including five state football champi-onships and 23 state basketball tourna-ments. In addition to these accomplish-ments, Pace founded the Central Florida Of-ficials Association. He developed a recruit-ing and training program for officials, whichis run through community school eveningprograms and junior colleges, both for creditand non-credit.

BILL PACKTennessee, 1991

Pack began officiating football at the highschool level in 1939 and continued as an of-ficial for more than 50 years. He also offici-ated high school basketball from 1945 to1961, and also officiated baseball for manyyears. Pack organized the Central Ten-nessee Football Officials Association andcontinued as commissioner and assignerinto the early-1990s.

KEITH PARKERIllinois, 1990

Since 1951 when he began his coaching andteaching career at Bushnell, Illinois, Parkerhas been one of the most successful clini-cians in the country. He was the official bas-ketball rules interpreter for the Illinois HighSchool Association for 25 years and servedon the IHSA Basketball Committee. In themid-1950s, Parker was the leader in organ-izing a meeting of top basketball rules ex-perts, which led to such major changes asadoption of standard black trousers andshoes, and changing the philosophy of block-ing and charging.

MARVIN FAY REIDMississippi, 1987

Reid served as a football official for 42 yearsand basketball official for 36 years, and or-ganized the Northeast Mississippi FootballOfficials Association. Reid’s efforts led to astatewide officials association under theMississippi High School Activities Associa-tion (MHSAA). He also was instrumental insecuring the first full-time supervisor of of-ficials for the MHSAA.

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CHARLES RUTERKentucky, 2001

Ruter is a legend within the state of Ken-tucky, having served as public-address an-nouncer, referee and field judge of theKentucky High School Athletic Association(KHSAA) state track meet for an incredible46 years (1950-95). He was the official scorerof the KHSAA boys state basketball tourna-ment from 1965 to 2010, and for the girlsstate tournament for almost 20 years. Ruterwas also highly involved with USA Trackand Field, as he was the administrator of of-ficials at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

MACK SCHAFFEROhio, 1986

Schaffer officiated high school football andbasketball for 40 years, and served as bas-ketball rules interpreter for the Ohio HighSchool Athletic Association for 18 years. Aformer member of the NFHS BasketballRules Committee, Schaffer is the only Ohioofficial to work in 15 state basketball tour-naments.

ALVIN SCHALGEColorado, 1996

Alvin Schalge had a unique combination ofsports that he officiated (football, basketball,soccer), but he will undoubtedly be remem-bered most for his extraordinary contribu-tions to the sport of soccer through his 30years as a rules interpreter and his trainingof other officials. Schalge, who died of aheart attack while officiating a football play-off game in November 1993, was chairmanof an organization meeting to establish ahigh school soccer officials association inColorado in 1966. He officiated eight consec-utive boys state championship soccer gamesand six straight girls state championshipsoccer games.

BILLY SCHRIVNERTennessee, 1997

Schrivner worked more than 5,450 games infootball, basketball and baseball from 1953to 1993, and he helped with the develop-ment of officials for the Tennessee Second-ary School Athletic Associa tion. Schrivnerbegan his basketball and baseball officiatingcareers in 1953, taking up football a yearlater. He worked as a basketball official for35 years, officiating nearly every year in dis-trict, regional and sub-state playoff games.As a football official for 38 years, he workedalmost every bowl game possible in Ten-nessee and state championship games.

JERRY SEEMANMinnesota, 1992

Best described as the “Official’s Official,”Seeman was an active high school footballofficial for 12 years (1963-74) in Minnesotaand an active basketball official for 23 years(1968-1990). He also was supervisor of offi-cials for Minnesota state basketball cham-pionships and basketball rules interpreterfor Minnesota from 1977 to 1990. Later ap-pointed as director of officiating for the Na-tional Football League, Seeman wasconsidered an exemplary role model for stu-dents, coaches and officials throughout hiscareer in Minnesota.

DALLAS SHIRLEYWashington, D.C., 1994

During a 33-year officiating career, Shirleyofficiated more than 2,000 games. In addi-tion to working high school basketball for 25years in Maryland, Virginia and the Districtof Columbia, Shirley was a National Basket-ball Association official during the league’sfirst season in 1946-47. He conducted nu-merous basketball clinics, both in theUnited States and abroad. He conductedclinics in Germany, Spain, England, Italy,Greece, Turkey, Iceland, Columbia, Canada

and Puerto Rico. Shirley also was presidentof the International Association of ApprovedBasketball Officials.

SAM SHORTAlabama, 2007

Short has been the expert in football andbasketball rules in Alabama for more than50 years. He was instrumental in developingstate camps for officials to gain consistencythroughout the state, and is supervisor of of-ficials for the state association. Short hasserved on the NFHS Basketball Rules Com-mittee and was an advisor to the FootballRules Committee for 15 years. Short was anoriginal board member of the NFHSCoaches Association, and in 1999, receivedthe NFHS Officials Association Contribu-tors Award.

JIM THOMPSONFlorida, 1996

Thompson has been a registered umpire andbasketball official in Florida since 1956 anda registered football official since 1959. Healso has worked softball since 1975 and vol-leyball since 1979. He has earned his supe-rior official status in baseball, basketballand football. In his 40-year career, he hasworked 12 Florida High School Athletic As-sociation (FHSAA) state baseball champi-onships, 12 state boys and girls basketballchampionships, six state football champi-onships, and one state softball state titlegame. Thompson also has served as a clini-cian and presenter at FHSAA officials fieldclinics and conferences and has been instru-mental in the formation of three officials as-sociations in the Central Florida area.

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DOUGLAS TOOLEUtah, 1995

Toole officiated Utah high school footballfrom 1961 to 1987 and high school basket-ball from 1961 to 1991. During that period,he officiated 28 state championship basket-ball finals, including one in each of the fourclassifications. He also officiated 12 statechampionship games in football, includingone in each of the four classifications. Toolealso wrote and edited a manual on four-manofficiating for the Utah High School Activi-ties Association and produced an instruc-tional film showing various penalties in highschool football.

RICK TUCCIFlorida, 2011

Tucci has been an accomplished wrestlingofficial at the state, national and interna-tional levels for more than 30 years. He hasofficiated 23 Florida High School AthleticAssociation (FHSAA) State WrestlingChampionships and has been the FHSAAwrestling rules interpreter since 1976. Na-tionally, he has been president of the USAWrestling Officials Association since 1986.Across the globe, Tucci has officiated sevenOlympic Games and more than 60 WorldChampionships. He has worked moreOlympic matches than any other Americanofficial.

NORM VAN ARSDALENNew Jersey, 1989

Van Arsdalen was an active football officialfor more than 45 years beginning in 1955,but his contributions to the officiating pro-fession go far beyond length of service. Hehas been president of the New Jersey Foot-ball Officials Association five times, NJFOAliaison to the New Jersey State Inter-scholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA),and NJSIAA assigner for all state tourna-ment games. He also officiated the first

NJSIAA championship football game. VanArsdalen was the first person to serve aspresident of the NFHS Officials Association,the International Association of ApprovedBasketball Officials and the Collegiate Bas-ketball Officials Association.

MIKE WEBBWest Virginia, 2004

For more than 40 years, Webb has been anofficial in West Virginia and Ohio in thesports of baseball, basketball and football.In his career, he has officiated more than1,000 football games. Since 1978, he hasserved the West Virginia Secondary SchoolActivities Commission as rules interpreter,clinician and assignor. Webb has also servedas a member of the NFHS Football RulesCommittee and was a charter member of theNFHS Officials Association, where heserved a term on the board of directors. Hereceived the Distinguished Service Awardfrom the NFHS Officials Association in1993.

PETER WEBBMaine, 2006

The first inductee from Maine, Webb offici-ated more than 1,000 baseball games and2,000 basketball games, and has conductedmore than 400 officiating clinics in 24 states.He became an International Association ofApproved Basketball Officials (IAABO)-cer-tified official almost 50 years ago and hasserved as an IAABO-certified rules inter-preter for 41 consecutive years. He wasIAABO’s worldwide president in 2001-02.He served on the NFHS Basketball RulesCommittee from 1992 to 1996 and served asliaison between the NFHS and IAABO. Hehas earned distinguished service awardsfrom IAABO, the National InterscholasticAthletic Administrators Association and theNFHS Officials Association.

HAROLD “RED” WEIRMissouri, 1991

Weir began his officiating career in 1950 inMissouri, working football, basketball, base-ball and track. He worked numerous statefootball and basketball playoffs, and he hadthe privilege of officiating 13 state footballchampionship finals and three state basket-ball championships. He also was a basket-ball rules interpreter for the Missouri StateHigh School Activities Association for 18years and was heavily involved in the re-cruiting and training of young officials.

ROBERT “BOB” WHITEMaine, 2012

Robert “Bob” White officiated soccer in thestate of Maine for 31 years, including 17state championships. White, who resides inCaribou, was the state’s soccer rules inter-preter for 28 years and is a charter memberof the Maine Association of Soccer Officials.Nationally, White was a member of theNFHS Officials Association Board of Direc-tors. White also taught physical educationfor 35 years and spent time teaching biology,health and driver education during his ca-reer.

LARRY WILCOXENIllinois, 2002

Wilcoxen, an official in more than 5,700 con-tests, has more than 40 years’ experience asan official for basketball, football, baseballand softball in Illinois. At the state tourna-ment level, he has officiated six Illinois HighSchool Association state finals in basketball,three in football and baseball, and two insoftball. He is the only official in Illinois towork five different high school state finals.

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FRED YOUNGIllinois, 1983

Young began officiating in 1918 and contin-ued for 30 years until a leg injury put an endto his career. He was also known as one ofthe top officials in the Big 10 Conference inboth basketball and football. Young was awell-known sports editor for a local newspa-per for more than 36 years.

PERFORMING ARTSRICH EDWARDSTexas, 2006

Although working his entire career in thecollegiate ranks, no one has contributedmore to high school speech and debate thanEdwards. He started in 1979 as a memberof the NFHS Wording Committee for the na-tional debate topic. In 1980, he started hiswork with the Forensic Quarterly, and stillserves as author of three of the four annualissues of FQ. In 1984 he joined the NFHSSpeech Advisory Committee and still re-turns annually to serve as an advisor. Heplayed an integral role in the Cross Exami-nation Debate Topic Selection Committeewhere he served three terms as chair.

JAN HEITEENIllinois, 2012

Heiteen has served as head speech coachand drama director at Downers Grove SouthHigh School in Illinois for 32 years. In addi-tion to her 14 team state championships inspeech, Heiteen’s students have been in-volved in more than 70 state individualchampionships. As the drama director, shehas been responsible for more than 100plays, musicals and talent shows. In 2009,Heiteen was inducted into the NationalForensic League Hall of Fame.

EVERETT JOHNSONIowa, 2003

Johnson was the first music individual to beinducted into the Hall of Fame because ofhis work to promote music at a nationallevel. The executive secretary of the IowaHigh School Music Association (IHSMAA)from 1978 to 2001, he developed new pro-grams to enhance music education. He trav-eled to 17 states to provide adjudicationtraining for music educators. Johnson wasalso instrumental in the Iowa all-statemusic festival, which has annual participa-tion of 1,100 students. Johnson was chair ofthe NFHS Music Committee from 1983 to1991 and was a member of the first NFHSSportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Com-mittee (1989-94).

DONUS ROBERTSSouth Dakota, 2005

Known as the most successful speech anddebate coach in South Dakota history,Roberts coached for 39 years at Watertown(South Dakota) High School. His teams won14 state championships and finished secondnine times. His students won 22 individualchampionships in extemporaneous speakingcontests, and his orators won another 10 ti-tles. The forensics department at Water-town was ranked in the top five nationallyfor 31 consecutive years. Roberts chaired theNational Forensic League committee thatinvented Public Forum Debate, which hasbecome popular across the country.

BARBARA SENGMinnesota, 2008

Seng retired from active teaching and coach-ing in 1997 after 43 years as coach/directorof speech, drama and one-act play at HenrySibley High School and White Bear LakeHigh School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She alsoserved briefly at Sarasota (Florida) HighSchool. Although retired from active teach-ing, Seng remains active in various roles

with the Minnesota State High SchoolLeague (MSHSL). She has been the MSHSLspeech, debate and one-act play consultantsince 1976 and has served as a judge inthese programs since 1954. She conductscertification clinics for speech judges and in-service clinics for speech coaches.

FRANK SFERRAColorado, 2003

The first speech and debate coach to be in-ducted in the Hall of Fame, Sferra was thekey player behind sanctioning debate in Col-orado high schools. Most of his phenomenal50-year career was spent at Mullen HighSchool, where his teams won the state de-bate championships 12 times. He was pres-ident of the National Forensic League (NFL)from 1985 to 1995 and has been on the NFLExecutive Council since 1969. He served onthe NFHS Speech Committee and hostedthe Debate Topic Selection Meeting fourtimes. He is a member of the Colorado HighSchool Activities Association and NFL Hallsof Fame.

HIMIE VOXMANIowa, 2009

Voxman’s credentials and career establishhim as one of our nation’s founders of mod-ern instrumental music education. The Vox-man Selected Studies editions can be foundin virtually every high school’s band room inthe United States. Voxman’s numerous com-positions and arrangements are consideredto be standard repertoire for high schoolmusic students. Voxman has served as ahigh school music adjudicator in Iowa, Mis-souri, Colorado, Wisconsin and Nebraska,and his service to high school students inIowa spanned almost 50 years. In additionto his incredible contributions to high schoolmusic programs, Voxman was first an in-structor and then a director at the Univer-sity of Iowa School of Music from 1939 to1980.

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Jim Hulsman (left) receives his Hall of Famemedallion from Dan Salzwedel, executive direc-tor of the New Mexico Activities Association, atthe 2003 induction ceremony in Chicago, Illi-nois.

GEORGE WELCHUtah, 2010

Welch had a profound impact on thousandsof young people during his 35-year educa-tional career. He was director of vocal musicat Murray High School and Bingham HighSchool for seven years before serving aneight-year stint as coordinator of fine artsfor the Jordan School District in Salt LakeCity. He then moved into administrativeroles as coordinator of recruiting for the Jor-dan School District, principal of BrightonHigh School for three years and executivedirector of human resources for the JordanSchool District. In addition to these posi-tions, Welch was director of the Salt LakeSymphonic Choir for 31 years. He was in-ducted into the Utah High School ActivitiesAssociation Circle of Fame in 2005.

BETTY WHITLOCKMississippi, 2005

Whitlock retired in 2005 after a 30-year ca-reer as speech/debate/drama coach at Clin-ton (Mississippi) High School. There shestarted a National Forensic League (NFL)chapter and also brought Mississippi its ownNFL district and two Catholic ForensicLeague dioceses. Her teams won numerousstate titles and several national awards. Shefounded and directed the Stennis Novice De-bate Tournament and was the primary di-rector of the Mississippi Youth Congress for19 years.

ADMINISTRATORSCHARLES ADAMSNorth Carolina, 2001

One of the most innovative and visible stateassociation executive directors, Adams wasexecutive director of the North CarolinaHigh School Athletic Association (NCHSAA)for 26 years until his retirement in 2010.

Under his guidance, the NCHSAA was oneof the first in the nation to have an extensivecorporate sponsorship program. He alsooversaw the creation of the NCHSAA En-dowment, the NCHSAA Hall of Fame,Scholar-Athlete Program and the Scholar-ship Program. At the national level, Adamswas involved with the NFHS in numerousways, including a term as president of theNFHS in 1997-98.

ALICE BARRONColorado, 1992

Barron became the first female administra-tor in the Hall of Fame for her exemplary23-year career with the Golden (Colorado)Jefferson County Public Schools. Barronbuilt the Jefferson County girls programfrom no sports in 1967 to 11 in 1989 with a$1 million budget. From 1975 to 1989, Jef-ferson County girls programs won 31 of 95(32 percent) state 3A and 4A champi-onships. In addition, she served 15 years onthe Colorado High School Activities Associ-ation Board of Control, the first woman toserve on the board.

KURT BEYERNew York, 1982

During his 42 years in sports administra-tion, Beyer held many positions of local,state and national importance. For 18 years,he was president of Section IV in New Yorkand served a two-year term as president ofthe New York State High School AthleticAssociation (NYSHSAA). Even after his re-tirement, Beyer assisted the NYSHSAA,working primarily in the area of statewideclassification and assisting in special proj-ects.

WILLIE BRADSHAWNorth Carolina, 2010

Bradshaw enjoyed a legendary career inNorth Carolina athletics. He starred on the1943 Durham Hillside High School football

team that won every game by shutout enroute to the state title. After a professionalbaseball stint, he began a basketball andfootball coaching career at I.E. JohnsonHigh School in Laurinburg. He also coachedat Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill, Dud-ley High School in Greensboro and Hillsidein Durham. Bradshaw won three state titlesat Lincoln. He also served as the system ath-letic director for the Durham City Schoolsfor 13 years before working in a similar ca-pacity with the merged Durham Countyschool system until his retirement in 1995.

OLA BUNDYIllinois, 1996

Bundy was one of the key figures in the riseof girls high school athletic programs for 35years. Retired in 1996 from the Illinois HighSchool Association, she is the only person toadminister Illinois’ state tournament seriesin girls volleyball, boys volleyball, and girlstrack and field. She was the original admin-istrator for girls tennis, girls bowling, girlsbadminton, girls golf, girls field hockey andgirls gymnastics. She also helped write theIllinois State Board of Education Sex EquityRules, which are standards for all secondaryschools in Illinois.

LINDY CALLAHANMississippi, 1995

Perhaps no one has given to young peopleand promoted high school athletics morethan Callahan during his 39-year career inthe Gulfport, Mississippi, schools. From1955 to 1966, Callahan was head footballcoach and athletic director, and from 1966to his retirement in 1992, he served as ath-letic director for the Gulfport School System.Callahan coached in the Mississippi highschool all-star football game in 1957 and1961. He was responsible for the establish-ment of the Mississippi-Alabama highschool “Battle of the Best” game played an-nually between outstanding seniors in eachstate.

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Tom Landry signs autographs at the 1991 induction ceremonyin San Diego, California.

ROB CONKLINColorado, 2002

Conklin served the Denver Public Schoolsystem for 44 years, after starting as a coachat Denver (Colorado) South High School in1960. In 1971, Conklin was named directorof athletics and student activities for DenverPublic Schools, covering 10 high schools, 18middle schools and 80 elementary schools.He served in that position for 17 years, re-tiring in 1990. He was also one of the earlyleaders of the National Interscholastic Ath-letic Administrators Association (NIAAA),serving on the Organizing Committee andas its first president in 1977.

JIM DESMARAISNew Hampshire, 2002

Desmarais joined the New Hampshire Inter-scholastic Athletic Association in 1984 as ex-ecutive director and served 22 years untilhis retirement in 2006. Before that, heserved as principal of Plymouth (NewHampshire) Area High School. In 1998-99,Desmarais served as NFHS President andwas awarded the NIAAA State Award ofMerit in 1988. He has also served as presi-dent of the New Hampshire InterscholasticAthletic Association. His alma mater, Nas-son College, honored him with its Outstand-ing Alumni Award for Community Servicein 1982.

CLAUDIA DODSONVirginia, 2004

Dodson was one of the recognized leaders inthe promotion of girls athletics nationallyduring her 30-year career with the VirginiaHigh School League (VHSL). She was justthe fourth woman in the country to be hiredas a state association administrator whenshe joined the VHSL in 1971. Dodson ex-panded the opportunities for girls to partic-ipate in Virginia – from one sport to 13. Shewas the first woman to serve on the Na-tional Basketball Rules Committee for the

NCAA, NAIA and NFHS and was a majorfactor in starting the NFHS Equity Commit-tee in the 1990s.

BRICE DURBINKansas, 1993

Durbin, who was executive director of theNFHS from 1977 to 1993, began his careeras a high school teacher and basketballcoach. In 1957, he joined the Kansas StateHigh School Activities Association, and wasexecutive secretary from 1962 to 1976. Morethan 40 new programs and services werestarted under his leadership at the NFHS,including the National High School Hall ofFame and National High School ActivitiesWeek.

JIM DUTCHERMontana, 1986

For 21 years, Dutcher served as the directorof health, physical education and athleticsin the Billings (Montana) Public School Sys-tem, the largest school system in Montana.He directed the first four-classification boysand girls state track meet in Montana, andcreated the first computerized state trackmeet in the state. Dutcher was the first ath-letic director to receive the Award of Meritfrom the National Interscholastic AthleticAdministrators Association.

CLIFF FAGANWisconsin, 1983

Fagan, who began his influential inter-scholastic sports career as a coach and offi-cial, served as the executive secretary of theWisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Associa-tion (1951-57) and then as the executive di-rector of the NFHS (1959-77). During hisdirectorship at the NFHS, Fagan expandedthe organization to include non-athletic ac-tivities and completed the enrollment of allstate associations as NFHS members. Faganalso organized the National InterscholasticAthletic Administrators Association.

CHARLES FORSYTHEMichigan, 1983

Forsythe, who was involved with high schoolathletic administration for 45 years, servedas the Michigan High School Athletic Asso-ciation (MHSAA) executive director for 32years. At the MHSAA, he expanded statechampionship events to the sports of basket-ball, swimming, and track and field.Forsythe published many books pertainingto sports administration that stand todayamong the most important publishing ef-forts in the history of high school athletics.

TOM FREDERICKIllinois/Wisconsin, 1994

The growth of the high school athletic ad-ministration field is due in large part to thetireless efforts of Tom Frederick, who servedas assistant and associate director of theNFHS for 22 years. During his career withthe NFHS, Frederick directed the NFHSfilm program, served as national track rulesinterpreter and editor of the track and fieldrules, and was the NFHS’ meeting planner.He also was responsible for starting the Na-tional Conference of High School Directorsof Athletics in 1971, when 355 athletic direc-tors attended. By the time he retired in1989, more than 1,500 athletic directorswere attending the annual national confer-ence.

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EARL GILLESPIEVirginia, 2005

Gillespie enhanced the level of officiatingand athletic administration during his 33years with the Virginia High School League,including eight years as executive director.Gillespie developed a comprehensive re-cruiting and training program that encom-passed nine sports and 5,500 officials,netting him the title of “Father of HighSchool Officiating” in Virginia. He was in-strumental in the creation of the VirginiaState High School Athletic Directors Associ-ation. Gillespie served on the NFHS Foot-ball Rules Committee for 33 years and hereceived the NFHS Award of Merit in 1995.

MARLYN GOLDHAMMERSouth Dakota, 2003

Goldhammer was very involved in changingthe South Dakota high school sports land-scape during his 43-year career, including22 years as executive director of the SouthDakota High School Activities Association.Among the changes made were the imple-mentation of football playoffs, expansionfrom two classes to three in basketball andthe addition of volleyball as a sport. TheSDHSAA sponsors a free coaching clinicthat tripled in enrollment under Goldham-mer and formed all-star games in six sports.He served two terms on the NFHS Board ofDirectors and finished his career as presi-dent of the NFHS in 2000-01.

HARLEY GRAFWisconsin, 1982

During his 32 years as a leader in the ad-ministration of athletics in Wisconsin, Grafnot only served his community and statewith distinction, but emerged as a signifi-cant force in the betterment of athletics onthe national level as well. Graf, athletic di-rector at Brookfield Central High School for22 years, served as president of both theWisconsin High School Coaches Association

and the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Asso-ciation.

CLIFF HARPERAlabama, 1987

Harper became the first full-time executivesecretary of the Alabama High School Ath-letic Association in 1948 and served in thatcapacity for 17 years. It was during thattime that he became nationally recognizedfor his audio-visual aids for explaining foot-ball and basketball rules and the develop-ment of illustrated rules books thateventually were incorporated into officialpublications by the NFHS and the NCAA.

NELSON HARTMANKansas, 1998

Hartman, who was involved with educationfor 44 years, was executive director of theKansas State High School Activities Associ-ation (KSHSAA) for 17 years. He was aprominent figure in the NFHS, where heserved on numerous committees, includingthe Executive Committee, the Awards Com-mittee and numerous rules committees.Some of his accomplishments include the es-tablishment of the nation’s first citizenship-sportsmanship rule and the development ofthe 10-yard-line overtime procedure, whichsince has been adopted by the NFHS. Hart-man was also committed to expanding gen-der, minority and ethnic representation inthe KSHSAA.

BOB KANABYNew Jersey, 2012

Bob Kanaby retired as executive director ofthe NFHS in May 2010 after an outstanding17-year career directing the nation’s leader-ship organization for high school athleticand performing arts activities. Prior to join-ing the NFHS in 1993, Kanaby was execu-tive director of the New Jersey StateInterscholastic Athletic Association, afterserving as a teacher, coach, vice principal

and principal for 23 years. During his timewith the NFHS, Kanaby was instrumentalin creating a stronger national presence ofthe organization, which included moving theorganization from Kansas City, Missouri, toIndianapolis, Indiana, in 2000. He startedthe NFHS Foundation, citizenship pro-grams, steroid awareness materials, the T-Mobile Invitational basketball tournamentand the NFHS Authenticating Mark Pro-gram.

KAREN KUHNWisconsin, 2002

Serving Wisconsin public schools for nearly40 years, Kuhn finished her career as asso-ciate director of the Wisconsin Interscholas-tic Athletic Association (WIAA). She was apioneer for girls sports not only in Wiscon-sin, but throughout the country. Kuhn is thefirst female inducted from the state of Wis-consin. She was the 2000 winner of WIAAScholar-Athlete Award and twice was giventhe Meritorious Service Award by theUnited States Volleyball Association andthe Lifetime Achievement Award by theWomen’s Sports Advocates of Wisconsin,Inc.

FLOYD LAYFlorida, 1983

Few people in interscholastic sports historyhave been more involved with the overalladministration of athletics at the state andnational levels than Floyd Lay. During his24-year service with the Florida High SchoolAthletic Association (including 18 years asexecutive secretary), Lay was responsiblefor the state association tripling in size, theexpansion in state tournaments and the re-vision of the FHSAA By-Laws. He alsoserved as the president of the NFHS.

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Rafer Johnson (right) receives his Hall of Fame Award fromBrice Durbin, executive director of the NFHS, at the 1990 cer-emony in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

BILL MAYOArkansas, 1998

Mayo served as a coach and administratorfor 40 years, including 25 years atBlytheville (Arkansas) High School. In 1981,he was named Arkansas athletic director ofthe year by the National Council of Second-ary School Athletic Directors. Mayo was alsochosen as president of the National Inter-scholastic Athletic Administrators Associa-tion in 1987, and was also a key figure in theformation of the Arkansas High School Ath-letic Administrators Association.

PAUL McCALLOregon, 1982

McCall, who entered high school athletics asa coach in 1946, retired in 1980 after spend-ing 22 years as director of athletics for Port-land (Oregon) Public Schools – a system thatincludes 14 schools and nearly 25,000 stu-dents. McCall also gained recognition for afund-raising drive that generated more than$230,000 from the community to offset thedefeat of a school tax levy that threatenedelimination of high school activities. He orig-inated a program in conjunction with a med-ical association to provide injury clinics forcoaches and school personnel, and encour-aged the development of programs and fund-ing for participation of girls long before TitleIX.

JERRY McGEENorth Carolina, 2008

McGee was athletic director at Edenton(North Carolina) Holmes High School (1962-65) and Elizabeth City (North Carolina)Northeastern High School (1976-81) prior toserving as athletic director for the ElizabethCity-Pasquotank Public School System from1981 to 1997. Since 1991, he has been exec-utive director of the North Carolina AthleticDirectors Association. McGee also coachedfour years at the high school level and 11years at the college level (Kansas State Uni-

versity, Southern Illinois University, EastCarolina University and Duke University).He was founder of the National ExecutiveDirectors Council, which was started in2002 to unify the various state athletic di-rector associations.

DOROTHY McINTYREMinnesota, 2003

McIntyre was a leader in expanding oppor-tunities for girls to participate in high schoolsports in Minnesota. Thanks to her 32 yearsof service, more than 80,000 girls are com-peting in Minnesota. She joined the Min-nesota State High School League (MSHSL)in 1970 with a task of assisting schools todevelop girls sports programs. Her effortswere unparalleled and she was equally assuccessful with the MSHSL’s chemical-health program and coordination of theLeague’s officiating program. She receivedthe NFHS Citation and was selected as oneof Minnesota’s 100 Most Important SportsFigures of the Century by the MinneapolisStar Tribune.

CLAIR MUSCAROOhio, 2009

Muscaro retired in July 2004 after an out-standing 48-year career as a teacher, coach,assistant principal, athletic director, princi-pal and state administrator – all in Ohio.After teaching and coaching for 11 years,Muscaro became principal of Peninsula(Ohio) Woodridge High School in 1967 andserved in that capacity for 17 years. He thenwas assistant commissioner of the OhioHigh School Athletic Association (OHSAA)for 5½ years before being named OHSAAcommissioner in 1990. Among his accom-plishments at the OHSAA, Muscaro initi-ated the elimination of tournament entryfees in 1992. In 1997, he started the OHSAAFoundation and initiated a scholar-athleteaward program.

PAUL F. NEVERMANWisconsin, 1982

Neverman served as the executive directorof the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic As-sociation from 1924 to 1951, and was one ofthe founders of the NFHS. He was particu-larly influential in the areas of sport safetyand equipment. Neverman initiated theWisconsin Athletic Benefit Plan, whichserved as the nation’s first insurance planfor athletes.

JOHN OLSONWisconsin, 2000

Prior to his retirement from the Madison(Wisconsin) Metropolitan School District in1998, Olson taught science and physical ed-ucation courses; served as head footballcoach; and served as high school athletic director, assistant principal, district admin-istrator of athletics and assistant superin-tendent of the school district in a career thatspanned 39 years. In addition to his verybusy schedule at the local level in Madison,Olson was heavily involved with the stateathletic directors association and had enor-mous contributions to the NFHS and theNIAAA. One of the key contributions overthe years has been in the field of writing,having been published in several profes-sional journals, including the InterscholasticAthletic Administration magazine.

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H.V. PORTERIllinois, 1982

The first full-time executive secretary of theNFHS, Porter was primarily responsible forthe early development of the organization aswell as the subsequent prominent positionit holds today in the United States. Duringthe 18 years he directed the NFHS (1940-58), he recodified rules in basketball, foot-ball, baseball, soccer, and track and field.His experimental work and promotion re-sulted in the development and legalizationof a smaller, fan-shaped basketball back-board and the first molded basketball.

RUTH REHNSouth Dakota, 2009

Rehn retired in 2008 after overseeing thegrowth of girls sports programs for theSouth Dakota High School Activities Asso-ciation for 34 years. Since she joined the as-sociation in 1974, basketball, volleyball andcross country have been added as girlssports throughout the state. She led the ef-fort as South Dakota was the first state toadvocate the use of a smaller basketball forgirls, and she assisted in the development ofcheer safety guidelines. Rehn was instru-mental in developing officials associations ingymnastics, basketball, football, wrestling,volleyball, competitive cheer and competi-tive dance. At the national level, Rehnserved on numerous NFHS committees, in-cluding Volleyball Rules, Equity andRecords.

JOHN ROBERTSWisconsin, 2000

As a high school standout, Roberts was atwo-time undefeated Iowa High School Ath-letic Association wrestling champion atWest Des Moines (Iowa) Valley High School.As a coach, he impacted the sport by start-ing the wrestling program at Stevens Point(Wisconsin) High School, where he coachedsix years and won one state title. In addition

to officiating at the high school and collegelevels for more than 20 years, Robertsserved as the executive director of the Wis-consin Interscholastic Athletic Associationfor 29½ years.

BERNIE SAGGAUIowa, 1993

As executive director of the Iowa HighSchool Athletic Association (IHSAA) for 38years, Saggau dedicated his life to educationwith primary emphasis on the rules of highschool athletics and activities programs.Under Saggau’s guidance, the IHSAA hasaddressed many issues in student wellnessand drug prevention. In 1989-90, Saggauwas president of the NFHS, and later thatyear, he delivered the keynote address atthe National Conference of High SchoolCoaches and Officials.

DICK SCHINDLERNorth Dakota, 1999

The one word that most quickly comes tomind when reviewing Dick Schindler’s out-standing 42-year career in high school ath-letics is “rules.” From his 13 years with theNorth Dakota High School Activities Asso-ciation to his 18 years with the NFHS,Schindler became the country’s recognizedexpert in high school football and basketballrules. His greatest contributions come in hisroles as a national rules interpreter andcommittee liaison in three sports. Duringhis career, he coached four sports and offici-ated three and served as a principal.

HERMAN “BUBBA” SCOTTAlabama, 1990

As executive director of the Alabama HighSchool Athletic Association, Scott success-fully merged Alabama’s black and whitehigh school athletic programs during tumul-tuous times in the late-1960s. Scott also or-ganized and conducted the first statefootball championship program, initiated a

total girls athletic program in 1968, reorgan-ized the state high school basketball cham-pionship program, and organized andconducted the first junior high school bas-ketball championship in Alabama.

SANDRA SCOTTNew York, 2005

Scott became the first female to lead a stateathletic/activity association on a full-timebasis when she became executive director ofthe New York State Public High School Ath-letic Association (NYSPHSAA) in 1990.Scott helped increase fiscal control of statetournaments as well as the number of statetournaments the NYSPHSAA offered. Scottalso initiated the Female Athlete Triad andWrestling Minimum Weight CertificationProgram. On a national level, she served onthe NFHS Field Hockey Rules Committee,NFHS Awards Committee and NFHS Eq-uity Committee.

DON SPARKSMissouri, 2000

From 1959 to 1976, Sparks held a variety ofpositions for the St. Louis (Missouri) Park-way Secondary Schools, including football,basketball and baseball coach; athletic di-rector; and physical education director. In1976, Sparks joined the Missouri State HighSchool Activities Association as an assistantexecutive director, and two years later became the association’s first associate ex-ecutive director. At the MSHSAA, Sparksserved as supervisor of officials, andlaunched a statewide educational campaignto improve the public’s understanding of thescope and philosophy of interscholastic ath-letics. Sparks was an assistant director ofthe NFHS from 1981 to 1998. He was in-strumental in starting the NFHS OfficialsAssociation and the NFHS Coaches Associ-ation.

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Terry Steinbach (left)receives his Hall ofFame medallion fromDave Stead, execu-tive director of theMinnesota State HighSchool League, at the2007 ceremony inPalm Desert, Califor-nia.

MILT SPRUNGERIllinois, 1983

Sprunger spent more than four decades ineducation and athletics, including 21 yearsas the assistant executive secretary of theIllinois High School Association. He coveredrules changes at national meetings for theNFHS, and as a result, is viewed as the “fa-ther” of national rules interpretation meet-ings. He also authored a series of books andpamphlets published by the NFHS includ-ing “So Now You’re An Official.”

WAYNE TAYLORFlorida, 2006

Taylor is a founding member of the FloridaInterscholastic Athletic Administrators As-socia-tion (FIAAA) and a charter member ofthe National Interscholastic Athletic Ad-ministrators Association (NIAAA). Heserved on the board of directors and as pres-ident of both organizations. He was the firstFIAAA representative to serve on theFlorida High School Athletic AssociationBoard of Directors. Taylor was a high schoolathletic director, coach and business man-ager for 33 years, including 16 years atMiami (Florida) Palmetto Senior HighSchool. Taylor received countless awards,including the NFHS Citation in 1980, andthe highest NIAAA award, the Award ofMerit, in 1991.

SUSAN TRUEKansas, 2003

In the 1980s and 1990s, no one advancedgirls participation in high school sports atthe national level more than Susan True. Asassistant director of the NFHS for 17 years,True was a leader in girls gymnastics, vol-leyball, field hockey, swimming and diving,water polo and spirit. She also was vital tothe start of the NFHS Equity Committee,and helped build working relationships withvarious national governing bodies to helptheir understanding of the NFHS. She

served as vice president and on the board oftrustees of the Women’s Sports Foundation.True was one of the organizers of theWomen’s Intersport Network, which is in-volved in annually hosting the Girls andWomen in Sports Day celebration in KansasCity.

BARBARA TWARDUSWashington, 2001

In 1999, Twardus ended a 31-year career asa teacher, coach and administrator for theSeattle Public Schools, where she becamethe first female director of the Seattle SchoolDistrict athletic program. She also served asthe first female president of the National In-terscholastic Athletic Admini strators Asso-ciation in 1985. Twardus received numerousawards, including the WIAAA State Awardof Merit in 1988 and the NIAAA Award ofMerit in 1990. She was among the originalclass to earn Certified Athletic Administra-tor status.

DAN WASHBURNAlabama, 2011

Washburn retired in 2007 after 16 years asexecutive director of the Alabama HighSchool Athletic Association (AHSAA). Aftergraduating from the University of Chat-tanooga, Washburn was a high schoolteacher and coach for 21 years, followed byeight years as superintendent of schools inLanett, Alabama, before joining the AHSAA.Washburn was instrumental in bringing thestate basketball championships – as well asthe six football championships – to Birming-ham. He also established the STAR Sports-manship initiative as an eligibilityrequirement. Washburn served on theNFHS Board of Directors and was NFHSpresident in 2005-06.

SHARON WILCHColorado, 1998

One of the pioneers in the fight for women’sequity, Wilch had a profound effect on thecourse of interscholastic activities in Col-orado and across the nation. A 27-year mem-ber of the Colorado High School ActivitiesAssociation, Wilch was one of the first ad-ministrators in the nation to form a summitfor state educators on how to effectively dealwith Title IX equity issues. She also servedas the chairperson for the NFHS Gymnas-tics Rules Committee for 15 years, which isthe longest term as the head of any NFHScommittee.

JOHN YOUNGBLOODVirginia, 1988

Youngblood coached four different sports atthe high school level before serving as direc-tor of athletics at Arlington (Virginia) Wash-ington-Lee High School and supervisor ofathletics for the Arlington Public Schools.He was named Virginia’s athletic director ofthe year in 1975-76. Youngblood was alsothe founding father of and first president ofthe Virginia High School Athletic DirectorsAssociation. He was a member of the Na-tional Interscholastic Athletic Administra-tors Association (NIAAA) organizingcommittee, and served as NIAAA president.

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OTHERSAL BURRMissouri, 2000

The epitome of the “student’s principal,”Burr served as a high school principal in theSt. Louis area for 30 years. He was a mem-ber of the Missouri State High School Activ-ities Association (MSHSAA) Board ofControl for 12 years and was the organiza-tion’s president for one year. At the nationallevel, Burr was president of the NFHS. Healso was named one of the 60 most exem-plary principals in the United States in astudy by the NASSP.

WILBUR CRISPNew York, 2001

Crisp was a teacher and coach at Little Falls(New York) High School who made manycontributions to the sporting world. He in-vented the first electronic timer for amateurwrestling matches, and in basketball, Crispintroduced the electric score clock. Crisp’sother inventions include the first back-wards-moving clock, the rebound and tap-inbasket, adjustable baskets and personal foulflip cards.

JOHN GRIFFITHIllinois, 1986

Griffith, who founded a magazine devoted tothe coaching profession called the AthleticJournal, was the first commissioner of theWestern Conference (now the Big Ten Con-ference). In 1909, he created the famedDrake Relays, and he was one of the organ-izers behind the first NCAA track and fieldchampionships held in 1921. He later servedas the president and secretary-treasurer ofthe NCAA.

DOUG HUFFWest Virginia, 1999

Huff began his career in sports in highschool as he kept statistics for New Mar-tinsville (West Virginia) Magnolia HighSchool. After graduating with a journalismdegree from West Virginia University, Huffworked as a sports editor at two West Vir-ginia newspapers before joining the Wheel-ing (West Virginia) Intelligencer in 1967. Hehas been there ever since, serving as sportseditor since 1978. Perhaps Huff’s greatestcontribution to high school sports is in thearea of record-keeping on a national level.He was instrumental in the original re-search for the first National High SchoolSports Record Book.

DAVE KRIDERIndiana, 1997

As a sportswriter covering high schoolsports for almost 50 years, Krider was thefirst newspaper journalist to be inductedinto the Hall of Fame. After 30 years assports editor of the LaPorte Herald-Argus inLaPorte, Indiana, Krider joined the staff ofUSA Today in 1994 as a full-time sportswriter. He was associated with USA Todaysince its inception in 1982, having been thesole person to rate teams and select all-America teams for the paper in high schoolfootball and basketball. Krider now covershigh school sports for MaxPreps. Krider in-terviewed many sports legends on their wayup through the high school ranks. He wrotethe first national stories on Magic Johnsonand Patrick Ewing while both were in highschool, and he later penned a cover story onChris Webber for High School Sports Maga-zine.

HERMAN MASINNew York, 1991

Known as the “Lou Gehrig” of the printingindustry, Masin was editor of ScholasticCoach for more than 55 years and editedmore than 550 issues without missing one.Masin’s writings and editorial skills pro-vided coaches throughout time with invalu-able resource materials. He also providedopportunities for coaches to have their the-ories and coaching secrets published andshared with colleagues.

DR. VITO PERRIELLOVirginia, 2010

Perriello, who passed away in March 2009,had a profound impact on thousands on stu-dent-athletes at many different levels. In1971, Perriello moved to Charlottesville asa founding partner of Pediatrics Associates.By the end of his career, he was often caringfor the third or fourth generation of his pa-tients' families. Perriello developed an ex-pertise in attention deficit hyperactivitydisorder (ADHD) as well as sports medicine.He gave lectures around the country and au-thored leading manuals for coaches on con-cussions and weight loss in wrestling.Perriello also served 11 years on the NFHSSports Medicine Advisory Committee, in-cluding five years as chair.

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The charter class of the National High School Hall of Fame wasinducted in 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

MARY PRATTMassachusetts, 1997

As an athlete, teacher, coach and official,Pratt has been one of the most importantfigures in the development of girls highschool athletic programs for more than 60years. Pratt was an accomplished highschool athlete from 1933 to 1936, in a timewhen interscholastic competition was not of-fered to girls. She played basketball, soft-ball, field hockey and lacrosse during herearly years, often competing against boys.Following her playing career, Pratt becamea high school teacher and coach, and shecoached basketball, softball and soccer atthe high school level. She also was a certi-fied basketball and softball official in the1940s. Pratt co-founded the New AgendaNortheast Women’s Hall of Fame, which an-nually honors women of the New Englandarea for their athletic ability and service inthe promotion of girls and women in sports.

DICK ROSETTAUtah, 1999

Since joining the newspaper in 1963,Rosetta has served as the prep editor, sportseditor, executive sports editor, columnistand feature writer at the Salt Lake City(Utah) Tribune. During that time, he haschampioned the benefits and values of highschool athletics. He expanded the Tribune’scoverage of high school sports, and manyother newspapers in the state followed hislead. Rosetta often featured those who re-ceived less attention, such as girls sports orless-successful teams.

DR. THAD STANFORDOregon, 2004

The first person from the field of sports med-icine to be inducted in the Hall of Fame,Stanford is one of the leaders in promotinghealth and safety to high school student-athletes. He was one of the founders of theOregon Medical Aspects of Sports Commit-tee and served as its chair. In 2001, Stanfordwas instrumental in passing Oregon legisla-tion that required all school districts to con-duct thorough pre-participation physicalexaminations. He was named to the NFHSSports Medicine Advisory Committee in1996 and served as chairman of the commit-tee. Stanford oversaw the publication of thefirst and second editions of the NFHS SportsMedicine Handbook.

TIM STEVENSNorth Carolina, 2007

Just the fourth journalist inducted into theHall of Fame, Stevens has devoted his entirelife to covering high school sports. He beganhis career as a 15-year-old with the RaleighTimes, and took a full-time post there upongraduation from Garner (North Carolina)High School. He worked at the Times until1987, when the Raleigh News and Observerbought the Times. Since 1990, he has beenthe high school sports editor of the Newsand Observer. His PrepPlus coverage, whichappears weekly, is one of the best and mostin-depth high school sports sections in thecountry. In 1998, he received an NFHS Ci-tation.

LOUIS STOUTKentucky, 2006

Stout has been involved in every aspect ofhigh school sports. A basketball standout atCynthiana (Kentucky) High School, Stoutaveraged 30.9 points and 24.0 rebounds asa senior while being all-conference, all-re-gion and all-state. He went on to coach atLexington (Kentucky) Dunbar High School,where his teams claimed two district titlesand two runner-up finishes in the regionaltournament. As a baseball and softball offi-cial, Stout earned a reputation as one of thebest umpires in Kentucky. In 1994 he be-came the first African-American to serve asthe executive director of a state high schoolassociation when he was named to direct theKentucky High School Athletic Association.

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1982C. Thomas Barringer Jordan J. Besozzi Kurt E. Beyer Norman GeskeHarley Graf James (Bee) HarperArt HendricksE. Paul McCallCharles H. MoserH.V. Porter Walter R. Shublom Arthur L. Trout

1983Willam Warren BradleyJames Benton BryanThomas Dwight EddlemanClifford B. FaganVergil H. FletcherCharles F. Forsythe C. Kenneth HallFloyd E. LayJesse OwensOscar RobertsonJames Ronald RyunWilliam Boyce SmithMilton F. SprungerThomas C. StantonBertha Frank TeagueGordon L. WoodFred Henry Young

1984Denise Long AndreJulius W. “Pinky’’ BabbC.H. “Okie’’ BlanchardJennings BoydWin BrockmeyerSid F. CichyJoseph N. CovielloJerry DellingerDan GableHarold E. “Red’’ GrangePaul F. NevermanJack Nicklaus

1986Alan D. AmecheJohnny L. BenchBart W. ConnerHarry “Swede’’ DahlbergJames DutcherJoe C. Ferguson Jr.Lofton C. GreeneJohn L. GriffithJerry R. LucasJohn E. MayasichRick MountKimberly D. MulkeyCindy Jo NobleArnold D. PalmerRuss ParsonsMack SchafferRobert P. “Fuzzy’’ VandivierPaul C. Walker

1987Paul E. BrownChandra D. CheeseboroughGreever CrouseCharles J. FarinaJ. Clifford HarperJohn Joseph HavlicekJanet KarvonenDonald E. KessingerWilliam P. MartinVince J. MeyerAlfred A. OerterMerlin Jay OlsenMarvin Ray ReidGeorge “Pat’’ SummerallByron R. White

1988Wright BazemoreAugie BossuLen DawsonDan GaylordCliff HaganBrutus HamiltonElroy HirschBob JamiesonRandy MatsonMel OteroRobert SiddensRalph TaskerJim TaylorJohn Youngblood

1989Wilbur BraithwaiteQuinn BucknerJohn CampbellGordon GillespieCalvin HarmsPaul HornungJackie Joyner-KerseeBob MathiasRichard MeyerRalph MillerBronko NagurskiBart StarrDon SuttonNorm Van ArsdalenLynette Woodard

1990Bill BlackburnJim BondRalph BowyerBilly BrownRalph CumminsRafer JohnsonJohn McKissickCheryl MillerBilly MillsKeith ParkerJoe RomigVincent SchaeferHerman “Bubba’’ ScottWalter “Buck’’ Van HussJerry West

1991Bron C. BacevichMilt CampbellNolan N. CromwellDenise CurryGlenn DavisLeslie C. GaudetTom LandryHerman MasinRichard A. “Dick’’ PaceBill PackDavid H. RobertsonRon WallerHarold R. WeirArthur WeissJohn Wooden

1992Danny AingeAlice A. BarronEdward BurnsJoseph G. CesariGene DavisChris EvertGeorge C. GardnerLloyd E. GaskillWillard “Ike’’ IkolaVictor B. LiskeSidney MoncriefWallace “Mickey’’ O’BrienJerry T. SeemanJames L. SmiddyPaul Dryden Warfield

1993Jack BrownDwight S. ChurchBrice B. DurbinTheodore R. FedericiVi GoodnowGeri GrigsbyWilliam L. KeanWilliam D. “Shorty’’ LawsonDallas Crutcher Long IIIJohn L. MooreJackie RobinsonBernie Saggau Jr.William “Red’’ Schmitt

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Year-by Year

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1994James J. BaggotEarl CampbellW.R. “Bill’’ CummingsPatrick DonovanThomas E. FrederickJeanne Eggart HelferJackson G. HornerPhil JacksonGarnis MartinJack RyanJohn B. SaundersJ. Dallas ShirleyEdna TarbuttonW.L. “Willie’’ Varner

1995Norma J. BellamyLarry BirdRussell BluntCarolyn Osborn BowersLindy T. CallahanEarl “Dutch” ClarkJoseph DiminickTerry DischingerKaye L. GarmsPat HadenHerb MeyerAnn Meyers-DrysdalePat PanekMel RenfroDouglas B. Toole

1996Ola Marie BundyMadelyn “Bunny” ChiomentoCris CollinsworthEdward “Ebbie” DunnArchie M. GriffinDick GroatBob MarcinekJayne Gibson-McHughDan PittsSanford T. RoachRoy RobinsonAlvin L. SchalgeJim ThompsonTaft M. Watson

1997Curley CulpLou CvijanovichRobert HildebrandRuss KraaiDave KriderBill KruegerTommy McDonaldMary PrattEarl QuigleyBilly SchrivnerCash StoneJerome Van MeterBill WaltonKeith Williams

1998Bob ArnzenBill FanningPaul GielNelson HartmanRandy LewisJames MasonBill MayoBob MillerJohn PiurekJill SterkelJohn StevensonJack WellsSharon Wilch

1999Dick AultGlenn DanielOliver EldersHeather FarrRich GreenoDoug HuffSam HuffLo HunterSam OwensDick RosettaDick SchindlerKen Schreiber

2000Bill BelisleAl BurrLarry CampbellMario DonnangeloDavid HouleDiane LaffeySandra MeadowsKevin McHaleRobert OldisJohn OlsonSteve PrefontaineJohn RobertsDon SparksGary Thompson

2001Charles AdamsWilbur CrispAl FlischelTanya HaaveKeith JacksonRich JordanColin KapitanBob LadouceurCharles RuterBarbara Twardus

2002Gary AdamsRob ConklinJim DesmaraisTeresa EdwardsTim HeenanKaren KuhnCharlie LeeJohn LoweryLindy RemiginoWillie RichardsonJ.C. WattsLarry Wilcoxen

2003Pat FragileDel GabMarlyn GoldhammerRobert HughesJames HulsmanEverett JohnsonFrank McClellanDorothy McIntyreFrank SferraSusan TrueHerschel Walker

2004Claudia DodsonGerry FaustRay GuyDick KatteDebbie MeyerJoe NewtonJohn SmithDr. Thad StanfordJoyce WalkerMike WebbElbert “Lum” Wright

2005Ty DetmerSean ElliottBill GentryEarl GillespieJerry HallChad HenningsLaTaunya PollardJerry PoppDonus RobertsSandy ScottPatty SheehanBetty WhitlockBob Wood

2006Terry BakerIrving BlackNancy ColeRich EdwardsLou GrozaBlaine LindgrenPaul OstynLouis StoutJon SundvoldWayne TaylorDuane TwaitPeter Webb

2007John BagonziLewie BenitzClyde DuncanJane HansenRick InsellJim JohnsonJim PlunkettSam ShortTerry SteinbachTim StevensCharlie WedemeyerJoan Wells

2008Jackie BrummerTim CarrLouise CroccoDick DeitzJames DrewryNatasha Kaiser-BrownTom KroppJerry McGeeWarren MitchellBarbara SengKaren SmithDewey Sullivan

2009Guy AndersonHarry BrelandBilly ByeDavid ClydeDick DullaghanGeorge FordBob HurleyCatherine LempesisDana MiroballiClair MuscaroRuth RehnHimie Voxman

2010Willie BradshawMichael CarterGary ChristiansenJanet EvansAlton ”Red” FranklinJohn GodinaSuzy Favor HamiltonRichard MagarianKatrina McClainEd PeppleDr. Vito PerrielloGeorge Welch

2011Leta AndrewsCurt BladtEmry DildayRandall McDanielKevin McReynoldsKenny MondayBilly OwensLarry ShawPete ShockRick TucciBrad Van PeltDan Washburn

2012Ronald BradleyRod HarmanJan HeiteenTracy HillFred HoibergKevin JohnsonRobert F. KanabyLarry LuitjensCatherine NeelyTruman OwensPat SullivanBob White

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1. Fast facts from the 139 inductees in the Athletes category:

A. Of the 139 athletes, 109 are maleand 30 are female.

B. Almost one-half of the athleteswere multi-sport participants.

Multi-sport – 66Basketball – 26Track/Cross Country – 17Football – 9Wrestling – 5Golf – 4Swimming – 3Baseball – 2Tennis – 1Ice Hockey – 1Girls Gymnastics – 1Boys Gymnastics – 1

C. Top 10 states with number of athletes in Hall of Fame.

California – 14Ohio – 11Texas – 8Indiana – 7Iowa – 7Illinois – 6Minnesota – 6Colorado – 6Florida – 5Arizona – 5

2. Fast facts from the 135 inductees in the Coaches category:

A. A breakdown of the sports coachedby the inductees.

Basketball – 34Football – 31Multi-sport – 28Wrestling – 11Track/Cross Country – 9Baseball – 8Field Hockey – 3Volleyball – 3Ice Hockey – 3Swimming – 2Tennis – 1Soccer – 1

B. Of the 135 coaches, 121 are maleand 14 are female.

C. Top 10 states with number ofcoaches in Hall of Fame.

Ohio – 10Illinois – 7Colorado – 7South Carolina – 6Texas – 6Tennessee – 5California – 5Pennsylvania – 5Iowa – 5West Virginia – 5

3. Fast facts from the 59 inductees in the Officials category:

A. Top sports officiated by inductees:

Multi-sport – 29Football/Basketball – 12Football – 4Basketball – 3Soccer – 2Swimming – 2Track/Cross Country – 2Wrestling – 1Field Hockey/Lacrosse – 1Girls Gymnastics – 1

4. Fast facts from the 44 inductees in the Administrators category:

State Administrators – 22Local Athletic Directors – 14National Administrators – 8

5. Top 10 states overall with number of inductees in Hall of Fame:

Ohio – 25Illinois – 24California – 20Iowa – 19Colorado – 19Texas – 17Missouri – 13Florida – 12Indiana – 12Minnesota – 11Wisconsin – 11South Carolina – 11

Frequently Asked Questions

1982 — Indianapolis, IN1983 — Kissimmee, FL1984 — Milwaukee, WI1986 — Las Vegas, NV1987 — Denver, CO1988 — Kansas City, MO1989 — Wesley Chapel, FL1990 — Minneapolis, MN1991 — San Diego, CA1992 — Fort Lauderdale, FL

1993 — Nashville, TN1994 — Palm Desert, CA1995 — Portland, OR1996 — Tarpon Springs, FL1997 — San Antonio, TX1998 — Denver, CO1999 — Washington, DC2000 — Minneapolis, MN2001 — Maui, HI2002 — Boston, MA

2003 — Chicago, IL2004 — San Diego, CA2005 — San Antonio, TX2006 — Orlando, FL2007 — Palm Desert, CA2008 — Washington, DC2009 — Chicago, IL2010 — San Diego, CA2011 — Philadelphia, PA2012 — Nashville, TN

Tracking the Years

State by State