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National Federation of State High School Associations

National High School Hall of Fame

30th Anniversary Commemorative Program 1982-2012

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATIONS PO Box 690 • , 46206 Phone: 317-972-6900 • Fax: 317.822.5700 www.nfhs.org A Celebration of 30 Years

Anniversaries are a special time. They are a time to reflect and High school sports is a privilege, and it is a privilege like none to celebrate. And the 30th anniversary of the National High School other in the world. No other country has this framework of high Hall of Fame is a reason to celebrate – to celebrate what is good school sports opportunities within the school system – where sports about high school sports and activity programs in the . and other activities such as speech, debate and music truly are an extension of the classroom. It is on the playing fields and courts, and The National Federation of State High School Associations in the band and debate rooms, where young people gain valuable (NFHS) started the National High School Hall of Fame in 1982 to lessons such as teamwork, self-confidence, hard work, sportsman- honor those individuals whose achievements and contributions have ship and self-discipline that will impact them positively throughout been extraordinary, and through the first 30 classes we have been their lives. These valuable life lessons are not available through out- privileged to honor 398 special people – athletes, coaches, officials, of-school activities; they are what make high school sports in the administrators, those in the performing arts, as well as individuals United States special and unique. in the media and sports medicine fields. Of the 139 athletes who have been inducted into the Hall of While the National High School Hall of Fame celebrates the ac- Fame through the first 30 classes, many of these individuals ex- complishments of individuals, high school sports is about individuals celled at the collegiate and professional levels. But as I’ve listened working together for the betterment of the team, their school and to these former high school athletes over the years, most of them re- their community. These inductees have not only enjoyed significant alize that the most significant period of their lives was high school. achievements in their respective activity, but by their actions in life, This was where the groundwork was laid, where their coaches spent they have made a difference in the lives of others. Throughout my hours and hours helping them to grow and improve, both as athletes years of involvement in this prestigious event, I have listened to and as individuals. As , former high school athlete some of the most gifted athletes in the history of high school sports from and star tight in the , talk about how their achievements would not have been possible said in 2001 when he delivered the speech on behalf of the class, without the help of their parents, teammates, coaches and others in “There is no time like high school, no time like high school.” the school. Truly, there is no time like high school, and on behalf of the NFHS and its 51 member associations across the country, we salute the 398 individuals who have been chosen for this prestigious honor of induction into the National High School Hall of Fame and many others who will be so honored in the years to come.

Robert B. Gardner NFHS Executive Director

PAGE 1 National High School Hall of Fame

The National High School Hall of Fame celebrates its 30th an- The National High School Hall of Fame is administered through niversary this year, and this special commemorative program con- the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), tains photographs and biographical sketches on the 398 members which is headquartered in Indianapolis. A listing of all members of of the Hall of Fame through the 2012 class. the Hall of Fame is displayed in the foyer of the NFHS building, along with plaques of the current class. Plaques of previous Hall of The National High School Sports Hall of Fame was started in Fame members are on display in the various state association offices 1982 to honor high school athletes, coaches, officials, administrators around the country. and others for their extraordinary achievements in high school sports. Beginning with the 2003 class, a major change occurred with Members of the National High School Hall of Fame are approved the inclusion of individuals in the performing arts, and the name annually through a two-level selection process, involving a screening was changed to the National High School Hall of Fame. Through the committee composed of active high school administrators, coaches, first 30 years, 139 athletes have been inducted, along with 135 officials and state association administrators, and a final selection coaches, 59 contest officials, 44 administrators, nine in performing committee composed of highly respected athletic, education and arts, and 12 others who have contributed to high school athletics in business leaders around . other ways. As you will see in the pages that follow, some of the true legends of sport in this country are members of this Hall of Fame. Membership in the National High School Hall of Fame is the highest honor an individual associated with high school sports can The first three induction ceremonies (1982, 1983, 1984) were receive. held in conjunction with the National Athletic Directors Conference. In 1986, the ceremony was shifted to the NFHS annual Summer We hope you enjoy looking back at the first 30 years of the Na- Meeting and has been held at that time ever since. Because of this tional High School Hall of Fame as much as we’ve enjoyed bringing shift, no ceremony was held in 1985. A complete listing of the sites it to you. of all 30 ceremonies is contained in this program on the inside back cover. At the 27 ceremonies that have been held at the NFHS Sum- Much of the credit for the Hall of Fame goes to the two previous mer Meeting (1986-2012), state association personnel have served NFHS executive directors – Brice Durbin and Bob Kanaby, both of as presiders. Mo Kelley of was the emcee for the first eight whom are now members of the Hall of Fame – as well as Bob Gard- years (1986-93), and the following individuals have served two-year ner, current NFHS executive director. terms as presiders: Mildred Ball, Indiana (1994-95); Randy Allen, (1996-97); Rick Strunk, North Carolina (1998-99); Sheryl Solberg, North Dakota (2000-01); Nate Hampton, (2002- 03); Mike Wallmark, Oregon (2004-05); Que Tucker, North Carolina (2006-07); Mike Plunkett, Oklahoma (2008-09); and Robert Zayas, (2010-11). A major change with the induction ceremony occurred in 1995 in , Oregon, with the implementation of a Bruce L. Howard full-scale video production by Colortech Video Productions (now Al- Hall of Fame Director legro Media) of City.

PAGE 2 Table of Contents

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

PAGE 3 Athletes

LARRY BIRD JIMMY BOND

mocrats to the 1959 state title as an all-state per game while helping his teams to a 56-0 ATHLETES . He went on to play football at Ore- record and two Class 4A state champi- gon State University, where he won the onships. He was named first team all-state DANNY AINGE Maxwell Award and was the first Heisman both years, and in 1954, he played in the Oregon, 1992 Trophy winner west of the Mississippi River High School Coaches North-South in 1962. game and the High School All-America Ainge played football, and base- game in Murray, . ball at Eugene (Oregon) North High School JOHNNY BENCH and was equally successful in each. In his Oklahoma, 1986 BILL BRADLEY junior football season, Ainge was named all- , 1983 league, all-state and Parade all-America as Bench, who is remembered as the best all- a and defensive back. In base- around catcher in professional his- Considered by most as the finest high school ball, Ainge played shortstop and .402, tory, started for both his high school basketball player in Missouri history, .448 and .500 in his three seasons. In his baseball and basketball teams. In 1964, he Bradley established the state career scoring eventual professional sport, basketball, led his Binger (Oklahoma) High School to record (3,068), including 1,068 his senior Ainge led his teams to the Oregon state the state baseball championship, and helped year while playing at Crystal City High championship in 1976 and 1977 with a com- the basketball team to a runner-up finish School. Bradley pumped in 20 or more bined record of 55-1. His basketball honors the following year. Bench earned all-state points in 89 of his 112 high school games were numerous, including McDonald’s high honors in both sports, and was honorable- and scored more than 30 points on 21 occa- school all-America. Ainge averaged more mention all-America in basketball. He then sions. Besides his brilliant athletic achieve- than 20 at Brigham Young went on to a 15-year career with the Cincin- ments, Bradley was an excellent scholar and University and played and coached in the nati Reds, where he was named rookie of the student leader. He had a stellar NBA career National Basketball Association. year in 1968, and was a MVP with the Knicks and was a United in 1976. States Senator from . ALAN AMECHE Wisconsin, 1986 BILLY BROWN Indiana, 1995 , 1990 Nicknamed the “The Horse” at Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Bird was one of the top basketball players in While at Baker (Louisiana) High School, Ameche twice was named most valuable the state of Indiana and the nation in his Brown dominated the high school track player in the Big 8 Conference in the sport senior season at French Lick (Indiana) scene, winning 12 state championship of football. Ameche also excelled in track Springs Valley High School. He scored 764 medals in three years. As a sophomore and and field, as he won the state championship points in 25 games for a 30.6 average with junior, he won the 100-yard dash, broad in the in 1950. Ameche went to the 516 rebounds and 107 assists. He scored 353 jump, , and the hop-step-and- University of Wisconsin to continue his foot- points for a 16.0 average as a junior for an jump, setting state records in the broad ball career, and in 1954, he was awarded the overall high school career average of 22.9. jump and high jump. As a senior, he won the . Bird went on to have amazing careers at In- 100, 220, broad jump and hop-step-and- diana State University, where he was voted jump. As a 17-year-old junior, Brown was TERRY BAKER player of the year as a senior, and the youngest member of the U.S. Track and Oregon, 2006 also with the Celtics, where he was Field team at the in selected NBA rookie of the year in 1980. Berlin. A three-sport athlete at Portland (Oregon) Jefferson High School, Baker was best JIMMY BOND known for his work on the football field. As Texas, 1990 and tailback, he led his teams to two Oregon School Activities Association Bond led Pampa (Texas) High School to two state championships while compiling a 23-0 state basketball championships in three record in his last two years. In baseball, he years and a 78-2 record. In his junior and was a four-year letterman who led the De- senior seasons, Bond averaged 21.4 points

PAGE 4 Athletes 5 PAGE EARL CLARK Florida, 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 in the in 1975 as a high school sophomore and placed sixth in the 100-meter dash at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal following her junior year in high school. EARL “DUTCH” CLARK , 1995 Clark was one of the best athletes in Col- orado history, earning 16 letters in four sports at Pueblo (Colorado) Central High School from 1923 to 1926. In football, he set career (298 points) and season (157 points) scoring records that still stand today. In bas- ketball, he led Pueblo Central to the 1926 state championship and a second-place fin- ish in a national tournament in . In track, he set school and league records in put and hurdles, and also was a stand- out performer in baseball. MICHAEL CARTER Texas, 2010 Carter owns the longest-standing boys track record in the NFHS National High School in Sports Record Book – a 77-0 shot put toss 1979 during his senior season at Thomas Jefferson High School in , Texas. an Later that year, Carter reached 81-3½ at for out-of-season meet that does not count official high school records. In 2004, USA the rated that effort as his- 16th-top moment in U.S. track and field tory. At Southern Methodist University, put Carter won three NCAA outdoor shot championships. He also was a silver medal- in ist in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics . Carter also enjoyed a nine-year in- career with the 49ers that cluded three titles. CHEESEBOROUGH BILLY BYE BILLY MICHAEL CARTER CHANDRA JACKIE BRUMMER MILT MILT CAMPBELL MILT New Jersey, 1991 A three-sport star (football, and track) at Plainfield (New Jersey) High School, Campbell left school long enough to win the silver medal in the at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Fin- land, at only 17 years of age. That same year, Campbell also scored 23 as a fullback on the undefeated Plainfield football team, won the high and low hurdles and the high jump at the state track meet, and won state swimming titles in the freestyle and freestyle relay. EARL CAMPBELL Texas, 1994 Campbell became only the third running in back in the large-school classification Texas state history to surpass 2,000 yards and rushing with 2,036 yards on 309 carries 28 touchdowns. He led the Tyler (Texas) John Tyler High School Lions to 15 consec- and utive victories, the state championship was a part of perhaps the best team in Texas history in 1973. In five postseason victories 852 en route to the state title, he rushed for yards and scored 11 touchdowns, including a 221-yard, three- effort against Plano. He won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Texas in 1977 and was in- ducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 10-year career with the Oil- ers. spring day in his senior season, Bye won the spring day in his senior season, Bye won district championship in the morning, played on the championship baseball team in the afternoon and qualified for regional in competition in five track and field events the evening. Bye played football at the Uni- and versity of in the late 1940s sea- was the team’s leading scorer all four sons. receives his from Hall of Fame Award Marie Ishida, executive di- rector of the In- terscholastic Federation, at the 2007 ceremony in Palm Desert, California.  Bye is perhaps the most prolific and versa- tile high school athlete in Minnesota history. In four years at Thief River Falls High School and two years at Anoka High School (students in grades 7-12 were eligible for state competition), Bye earned 21 letters in six sports: , golf, football, basket- ball, baseball, and track and field. On a BILLY BYE BILLY Minnesota, 2009 Buckner is one of only two persons to win Buckner is one of only two persons to championships at every level of play — high school, college, Olympics and professional. In high school football, Buckner was all- state as a defensive back and helped Dolton () Thornridge High School to a 10-0 record and a state championship. On the basketball court, he was a three-year starter and led his team to two state champi- onships. He was a four-year basketball starter at Indiana University and helped the to the 1976 NCAA Championship. He played in the NBA for 10 years, includ- ing the 1984 NBA champi- onship team. QUINN BUCKNER Illinois, 1989 Brummer was the most accomplished fe- Brummer was the most accomplished At male gymnast in New York state history. Sweet Home High School in Amherst, New four York, Brummer won the all-around title She consecutive years from 1979 to 1982. also won the vault three times, uneven bars Ari- twice and balance beam three times. At the zona State University, Brummer won NCAA championship in uneven bars in 1984 all- and was NCAA balance beam and is a around champion in 1986. Brummer has member of the Screen Actors Guild and the appeared in several TV commercials, on TV show “Moonlighting” and was a dancer in the movie, “The Purple People Eater.” JACKIE BRUMMER New York, 2008 Athletes DAVID CLYDE BART CONNER

CURLEY CULP GENE DAVIS

DAVID CLYDE NOLAN CROMWELL she wasn’t playing basketball, Curry partic- Texas, 2009 Kansas, 1991 ipated in field hockey, softball, track and volleyball. She had a 36-7 record in her final Clyde was perhaps the most dominating Before an all-pro career with the Los Ange- two years as a pitcher on the softball team. pitcher in high school baseball history dur- les Rams, Cromwell led the Ransom She was a four-year starter and three-time ing his days at Houston Westchester High (Kansas) High School football program to a all-American in basketball at UCLA. School from 1970 to 1973. Amazingly, 34-2 record in four years, won all-league Clyde’s name still appears nine times in the honors twice was named all-state and prep GENE DAVIS National High School Sports Record Book – all-American as a senior quarterback and Montana, 1992 39 years after his high school career. His defensive back. In two years at the Class 1A 842 and 29 shutouts still remain school (84 enrollment), Cromwell passed for In four years at Missoula (Montana) County the top career marks in high school baseball 1,438 yards, rushed for 936 yards, scored 92 High School, Davis was undefeated and un- history. Clyde compiled a 53-13 record at points, threw 19 touchdown passes and av- tied as a wrestler, compiling a 66-0 mark Westchester, including an 18-0 mark as a eraged 45.6 yards per punt. He was also a with 48 falls. He was a four-time state senior with an 0.18 earned-run average. He standout track athlete and basketball player champion in four different weights – 95, 103, played eight years professionally with the at Ransom. He played collegiately at the 112 and 133 pounds. No wrestler in Mon- and . . tana had ever completed four years without a loss. He also was team captain his junior CRIS COLLINSWORTH and senior seasons and was voted outstand- Florida, 1996 , 1997 ing wrestler at the divisional and state tour- naments as a junior and at the divisional Collinsworth was a two-time all-state and While at Yuma (Arizona) High School, Culp tournament as a senior. one-time all-Southern quarterback at Ti- won state heavyweight titles in tusville (Florida) Astronaut High School. 1963 and 1964, finishing with a 15-0 record GLENN DAVIS Following his senior season, he was chosen in the latter year. He was named all-state , 1991 to four national all-American teams, and in both years as well. At the same time, he was 1976, he was named all-Central Florida of- beginning a stellar football career, receiving In the 1954 Ohio state track meet, Davis fensive player of the year. Beyond football, all-state honors on the gridiron in 1963 and won the , 220-yard dash and 180- Collinsworth was the Class 3A 100-yard 1964. Off the field, Culp graduated with a yard hurdles and finished fourth in the 100- dash champion and was a first-team all- 3.1 GPA, and was 30th in a class of 238 stu- yard dash to single-handedly lead Barberton state guard in basketball in 1977. Off the dents. Culp later went on to play profes- High School to the state title. His individual field, Collinsworth was a school leader and sional football, and was an American total was more than any other team. motivator for other students to do their best. Football League all-star and a member of He also was second-team all-Ohio in football He played professionally with the Cincin- the squad that won and scored 15 touchdowns as a junior and 14 nati Bengals and is now a TV commentator. Super Bowl IV in 1970. He was a five-time as a senior. Davis, who was a standout track all-pro and was the National Football athlete at , won gold BART CONNER League’s outstanding defensive player of the medals in the 400-meter hurdles at both the Illinois, 1986 year in 1975. 1956 and 1960 Olympics, and he also was a member of the 1960 mile relay team that Conner, who won the Junior Olympic boys DENISE CURRY won a gold medal. gymnastics all-around title at age 14, won California, 1991 two state all-around titles at Niles West High School in Skokie, Illinois (1974, 1975). As a Curry played five sports at Davis (Califor- senior, he was named to the United States nia) High School, but she dominated the Pan American team. Conner helped the Uni- basketball court, scoring 1,798 points in her versity of Oklahoma win two national titles career, including 806 her senior year. and was a three-time member of the United Curry’s teams won three consecutive Delta States Olympic gymnastics team. He helped League titles, and she was the league’s lead- the U.S. team to the gold medal in 1984. ing scorer and rebounder each season. When

PAGE 6 PAT DONOVAN Athletes

Herschel Walker delivers the acceptance speech for the class CLYDE DUNCAN JEANNE EGGART HELFER at the 2003 induction ceremony in Chicago, Illinois.

LEN DAWSON all-Wabash Valley. At , Before earning a silver medal in the high Ohio, 1988 Dischinger led the in jump at the in Lon- scoring three consecutive years and played don, Eddleman was a three-time high school Dawson was named MVP of his football in the NBA nine years. state champion in the event (1940-42). His team at Alliance (Ohio) High School, and 2,702 points in basketball led Centralia to was also named outstanding Ohio back of PAT DONOVAN three state tournament berths and to the the year by the International News Service. Montana, 1994 1942 Illinois state title. This three-sport athlete set school records in football and in basketball, and was the first Though football eventually became his sport TERESA EDWARDS athlete in 13 years to be named first-team of choice, Donovan excelled in three sports , 2002 all-state in both sports during the same at Helena (Montana) High School. In addi- year. Dawson went on to enjoy a football ca- tion to earning all-state and all-America Teresa Edwards is the only athlete – male reer at Purdue and played 19 successful sea- honors in football, Donovan made headlines or female – to compete in five Olympic sons as a professional quarterback for the in basketball and track. He led his basket- Games. The basketball player starred at Kansas City Chiefs. ball team to the state championship game in Cairo (Georgia) High School and later led his final two seasons, winning the 1971 title the to two NCAA TY DETMER and finishing second in 1970. He was a Final Fours, earning all-America honors her Texas, 2005 unanimous selection to the all-tournament junior and senior seasons. Competing in the team both seasons. In track, he won six first- 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer A five-sport letterman at Southwest High place medals at state track meets, including Olympics, Edwards won four gold medals School in San Antonio, Texas, Detmer be- the shot-put title three times and the discus and one bronze medal. came known for his football prowess as a in his junior and senior seasons. Donovan quarterback. He passed for 8,005 yards in played in three Super Bowls as a member of JEANNE EGGART HELFER his career, including 3,551 as a junior. For the . Washington, 1994 his career, he completed 506 of 910 passes and 71 touchdowns. He earned All-America CLYDE DUNCAN Helfer was a five-sport participant at Walla and Texas Player of the Year honors. He Iowa, 2007 Walla (Washington) High School in the mid- went on to star at Brigham Young Univer- , and her greatest accomplishments sity, setting 59 NCAA records and winning The most dominant high school track and came in the sports of track and basketball. the 1990 Heisman Trophy as a junior. Det- field athlete in Iowa history, Duncan won In track, she was state champion in the mer had a 14-year NFL career with six dif- the 100, 220 and 440 state titles in each of javelin and was one of the top javelin throw- ferent teams. His best season was 1996 with his three years of competition at Des Moines ers in the country. In basketball, she led her the , when he threw for (Iowa) North High School. His nine individ- teams to a 56-6 three-year record and to 2,911 yards and 15 touchdowns. ual titles are the most in the history of Iowa three trips to the state tournament. Helfer, track. When he graduated, he held the state whose name was Jeanne Eggart at that TERRY DISCHINGER record in all three events. At the Drake Re- time, set the following state tournament Indiana, 1995 lays, Duncan won the 100-yard dash all basketball records: most points in a game, three years, twice setting event records. 47; highest average, 27.0; field goals in one Dischinger scored 1,455 points in three Duncan went on to compete at Texas South- game, 19; free throws in one game, 16; and years of basketball play at Terre Haute (In- ern University, where he ran on relay teams assists in one game, 7. diana) Garfield High School. He was team that set three world records. MVP twice, all-Western Indiana three years, captain of the prestigious 1958 Indi- DWIGHT “DIKE” EDDLEMAN ana all-star team that played Kentucky in Illinois, 1983 the annual series between the two states, and won the Wabash Valley Tournament Perhaps the most gifted all-around athlete Sportsmanship Award. In football, in prep sports history, Eddleman starred in Dischinger was a two-time all-state end, as football, basketball, and track and field at well as all-Western Indiana Conference and Centralia (Illinois) High School (1939-42).

PAGE 7 Athletes HEATHER FARR

SUZY FAVOR HAMILTON DAN GABLE PAUL GIEL

SEAN ELLIOTT (Florida) St. Thomas Aquinas High School. JOE FERGUSON Arizona, 2005 Evert won district and state singles and Louisiana, 1986 doubles titles three consecutive years from Elliott was one of the top high school basket- 1970 to 1972, compiling a 43-2 record. She Seventeen years after football star Joe ball players in Arizona history. As a senior was undefeated in her junior and senior sea- Ferguson graduated from Shreveport at Cholla High School in Tucson in 1984-85, sons with a combined 30-0 record. (Louisiana) High School, his name still ap- Elliott averaged 31.3 points per game and peared in the National High School Sports helped his team to the state semifinals. He HEATHER FARR Record Book eight times. The star quarter- was a two-time selection to the Arizona Arizona, 1999 back helped his team win three straight dis- Super All-State team and was Arizona high trict titles as well as the 1968 state crown. school player of the year in 1985. Elliott was During the late 1970s and early 1980s, He also excelled in track, as he was an all- named to four different all-American teams. Heather Farr dominated amateur golf in the state high jumper. As a University of After playing at Arizona for four seasons, he state of Arizona. She won three consecutive Arkansas Razorback, Ferguson was the was the school’s leading scorer with 2,555 Arizona Interscholastic Association state 1971 offensive points. He was a two-time, first-team all- tournaments from 1979 to 1981 while play- player of the year before going on to a pro- American and National Player of the Year ing at Phoenix Xavier College Preparatory. fessional career. in 1988-89. Elliott had a successful 12-year She took her game of golf to Arizona State professional career, mostly with the San An- University where she was a three-time all- DAN GABLE tonio Spurs, scoring nearly 10,000 points. American. In 1985, Farr joined the Ladies Iowa, 1984 Professional Golf Association and played JANET EVANS four years before being diagnosed with This future Olympian accumulated a 64-0 California, 2010 breast cancer in 1989 at age 24. She fought record at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School valiantly for 4½ years before her death in and was a three-time Iowa high school state Evans is arguably the greatest long-distance 1993 at age 28. wrestling champion (1964-66). He went on swimmer in U.S. high school history. After to , where he became setting two national records at El Dorado a three-time all-American, three-time Big High School in Placentia, California, Evans Wisconsin, 2010 Eight Conference champion and a two-time competed in three Olympics, winning four NCAA champion. He was undefeated gold medals. At the 1988 Games in , Favor-Hamilton is one of the greatest dis- throughout high school and college before she won gold in the 400-meter freestyle, set- tance runners in U.S. history. At Stevens losing his final collegiate match. ting a world record that stood for 18 years. Point (Wisconsin) High School, she won four She also held the 1,500-meter freestyle state cross country championships. On the PAUL GIEL world record for 19 years, and the 800-meter track, she won the 1,600-meter state cham- Minnesota, 1998 freestyle world mark set in 1989 was not pionship four consecutive years. She also broken until the Olympics in 2008. claimed titles in the 800-meter run, 1,600- Giel was a three-sport standout at Winona Evans finished her career at the 1996 meter relay and 3,200-meter relay. At the (Minnesota) Senior High School. He was a Olympics in , where she handed the University of Wisconsin, she won nine letterman in football, basketball and base- torch to to light the caul- NCAA titles and was named Big Ten Ath- ball, and earned all-state honors in both dron. At the end of her competitive career, lete of the Decade (). After graduating football and baseball. Later, Giel played Evans held seven world records, five from Wisconsin in 1991, she made three football for the Olympic medals and 45 U.S. national titles. Olympic teams and was ranked No. 1 in the where he was runner-up for the Heisman United States five times. In 2000, she was Trophy. Giel continued his athletic career in CHRIS EVERT ranked No. 1 in the world with a 1,500- professional baseball, playing for the New Florida, 1992 meter time of 3:57.40 and was named USA York Giants, and Min- Track and Field Distance Runner of the nesota Twins. Before Evert turned professional and be- Year. came the most dominant women’s player in history, she had an outstanding high school career at Fort Lauderdale

PAGE 8 HAROLD GRANGE GERI GRIGSBY Athletes

DICK GROAT TANYA HAAVE

JOHN GODINA Ohio, first as a two-time Heisman Trophy 24 Browns records as a kicker at the time of Wyoming, 2010 winner at Ohio State, and later as a first- his retirement. Known as Lou “The Toe” round choice of the Ben- Groza, he accumulated 1,608 points in his il- Godina was a two-sport star at Cheyenne gals. lustrious career. He was inducted into the Central High School. In track and field, he NFL Hall of Fame in 1974. won three state discus titles and two state GERI GRIGSBY shot put titles. In football, Godina was a Kentucky, 1993 RAY GUY two-time all-state selection as an offensive Georgia, 2004 guard and defensive lineman. At UCLA, Go- Grigsby, who is the third-leading female dina was an 11-time NCAA track and field scorer in high school basketball history, Guy was a two-sport athlete at Thomson All-American and won two NCAA discus ti- earned all-state honors three times and also (Georgia) High School, excelling in football tles and one outdoor shot put title. His was named Miss Basketball in her home and baseball. As quarterback, defensive NCAA shot put record of 72-2 still stands state of Kentucky. During her 95-game ca- back, kicker and punter, he led his football today. Godina won the silver medal in the reer, Grigsby averaged a national-record team to two state championships. He was a shot put at the 1996 and 46.1 points per game at McDowell (Ken- two-time all-state player and was runner-up was bronze medalist in 2000. He is a three- tucky) High School. In 1978, she was named for Georgia player of the year while averag- time World outdoor shot put champion and Kentucky’s Sportswoman of the Year. ing 52 yards per punt. He went on to star at a two-time Award winner as Grigsby continued her basketball career at the University of Southern Mississippi. Re- the outstanding American track and field the , where she was garded as the best punter in NFL history, athlete. an outstanding player. Guy played 14 seasons for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders. He played in seven Pro HAROLD E. “RED” GRANGE Bowls and won three Super Bowls. Guy was Illinois, 1984 , 1996 selected to the NFL’s 75th anniversary team and has been inducted into the Pro and Col- The “Galloping Ghost” earned 16 letters in Groat was a three-sport (basketball, base- lege Football Halls of Fame. four different sports at Wheaton (Illinois) ball, volleyball) star at Swissvale (Pennsyl- High School during his prep days. Grange vania) High School. He set the school’s TANYA HAAVE averaged five touchdowns a game even basketball scoring record for a single game Colorado, 2001 though he was a more talented basketball (37) and season (454). In baseball, he rep- player and track star at the time. Grange resented the city of Pittsburgh in the Hearst Haave was a three-year letterwinner in vol- changed his athletic concentration to foot- All-Star Game played at leyball, basketball and track at Evergreen ball at the University of Illinois before play- and was considered one of the nation’s top (Colorado) High School. In basketball, she ing in the League, which baseball players. He was was named Colorado player of the year, and was formed around his football success. player of the year at in in volleyball, her team won consecutive state 1952, and he played baseball professionally, championships and had two undefeated sea- ARCHIE GRIFFIN helping the St. Louis Cardinals to the World sons. She was also named Colorado’s player Ohio, 1996 Series title in 1964. of the year. A two-time Parade all-America selection, Haave continued her two-sport ca- As a senior running back at Columbus LOU GROZA reer at the University of Tennessee, where (Ohio) Eastmoor High School, Griffin rushed Ohio, 2006 she was an all-Southeastern Conference se- for 1,737 yards and scored 170 points in 10 lection in both sports. Following college, she games, including 29 touchdowns. He helped Groza was a dominating force for the Mar- played professional basketball in Europe his team to a 9-1 record, including the tins Ferry (Ohio) High School football team, and for 13 years. Columbus City League championship in leading his team to a co-championship in 1971. In the Columbus league title game 1941 after winning the basketball title the against Columbus Linden McKinley, Griffin year before. He is regarded as the school’s rushed for 267 yards on 31 carries. He also greatest player in history. After serving in rushed for more than 1,000 yards as a jun- World War II, Groza played with the Cleve- ior. Griffin continued to play in the state of land Browns and held 10 NFL records and

PAGE 9 Athletes PAT HADEN KEN HALL

JOHN HAVLICEK CHAD HENNINGS TRACY HILL ELROY HIRSCH

PAT HADEN BRUTUS HAMILTON as a heavyweight in his senior season. He California, 1995 Missouri, 1988 earned consensus all-American honors at the Air Force Academy and won the Outland Haden still holds virtually all passing In three Missouri state track meets, Hamil- Trophy as best defensive lineman as a sen- records at La Puente (California) Bishop ton took home nine individual champi- ior. Prior to and during his nine-year career Amat High School, where he concluded his onships, setting state records in both the with the Dallas Cowboys (where he won football career in 1970. In three years as high jump and the . Two years three Super Bowl rings), Hennings flew 45 quarterback at Bishop Amat, Haden com- after graduating from Harrisonville (Mis- missions as part of Operation Desert Storm pleted 527 passes for 7,633 yards and 82 souri) High School, Hamilton won a silver and Operation Provide Comfort. touchdowns. Haden led Bishop Amat to the medal at the 1920 Olympics in the decathlon California Interscholastic Federation-South- and was the United States champion and TRACY HILL ern Section championship in 1970 and to the record-holder in the decathlon and pen- Colorado, 2012 finals in 1969. He was CIF-SS co-player of tathlon. At the University of Missouri, the year with teammate John McKay Jr., in Hamilton ran track and picked up the sport Hill scored 2,934 points in four years (1980- 1970. Haden quarterbacked the University of football, where he earned second-team all- 83) at Ridgway (Colorado) High School and of Southern California Trojans to two na- American honors. He was inducted posthu- remains the top scorer in Colorado girls bas- tional championships, and then played in mously with the first class into the Track ketball history. After averaging 15.4 points the NFL for seven years. and Field Hall of Fame in 1975. as a freshman, Hill averaged 33.4 points per game as a sophomore, 38.7 as a junior and CLIFF HAGAN 44.6 as a senior – all before the three-point Kentucky, 1988 Ohio, 1987 shot. She retired with 21 state records and still holds 17 today. After playing at the Uni- In 1949, Hagan led Owensboro (Kentucky) A three-sport standout in football, basket- versity of Missouri, Central Wyoming Col- High School to a state basketball champi- ball and baseball, John Havlicek was the lege and Montana State University, Hill onship by scoring 41 points in the champi- most outstanding athlete in the history of played professionally in Australia and was onship game. He finished his high school Bridgeport (Ohio) High School. In basket- Tasmanian Player of the Year in 1991. She career with 1,635 points and was named ball, he scored 1,569 points, averaging 35.6 then returned to Colorado and coached at third-team all-America. Hagan advanced his points as a junior and 31.2 as a senior. Nucla High School, leading her team to the game to the University of Kentucky, where Havlicek was quarterback and captain of 1998 state title. he helped the Wildcats win an NCAA cham- the football team for four years, and hit .444 pionship and was a two-time all-America se- and .484 in his junior and senior seasons of ELROY HIRSCH lection. Hagan played professionally for 10 baseball. In three years of varsity basket- Wisconsin, 1988 years while accumulating 12,437 points and ball, he helped lead Ohio State University to was named all-pro six consecutive years. a 78-6 record, a national championship, and Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch was a two-time all- to two runner-up finishes. Havlicek then en- conference football tailback at Wausau (Wis- KEN HALL joyed a legendary 16-year career with the consin) High School and a three-year starter Texas, 1983 Boston Celtics. in basketball. Hirsch went to the where he played football, bas- One of the most outstanding offensive per- CHAD HENNINGS ketball, track and baseball and still is the formers in high school football, Hall’s 11,232 Iowa, 2005 only Wolverine to letter in four sports in one rushing yards still stands as the national year. After college, Hirsch went to play three high school record. One of only three players Hennings was a football and wrestling years in the All-American Football Confer- to rush for more than 10,000 yards in a ca- standout at Van Horne (Iowa) Benton Com- ence and nine years in the National Football reer, he established 17 national offensive munity High School. A two-time all-confer- League. records while at Sugar Land (Texas) High ence and one-time all-state defensive tackle, School. The other national record Hall set Hennings played in the All-Star Shrine that stands today is yards rushing per at- Game in 1984. Hennings also excelled in tempt (47.3 vs. Houston [Texas] Lutheran, wrestling, qualifying for the state meet 1953). twice and winning the state championship

PAGE 10 FRED HOIBERG KEITH JACKSON Athletes

 Sam Huff (right) receives his Hall of Fame medallion from Warren Carter, executive direc- tor of the West Virginia Secondary School Ac- tivities Commission, at the 1999 induction ceremony in Washington, D.C. KEVIN JOHNSON JIM JOHNSON

FRED HOIBERG KEITH JACKSON the , and he participated in Iowa, 2012 Arkansas, 2001 three NBA all-star games. After founding and directing St. Hope, a non-profit commu- Hoiberg was an outstanding three-sport Jackson was a three-sport standout in foot- nity organization to re-vitalize inner-city (football, basketball and track) athlete at ball, basketball and track at Little Rock communities through public education, Ames High School in Ames, Iowa, from 1989 (Arkansas) High School. He excelled in foot- Johnson was elected mayor of Sacramento to 1991. In basketball, he led Ames High ball, where he was a three-time all-state se- in 2008. His tireless efforts to keep the School to the 1991 state championship, av- lection, named Arkansas’ high school Kings (NBA) in Sacramento came to fruition eraged 29.8 points per game and was named football athlete of the year and was chosen in 2012 when a deal to finance a new arena Mr. Basketball. In football, he was the quar- Parade all-American. He went to the Uni- was announced. terback for two state playoff teams and is versity of Oklahoma, where he was a two- the school’s career leader in passing yards time all-American and finished with a JIM JOHNSON and total offense. In track, he helped Ames nine-year National Football League profes- Michigan, 2007 High to three state championships. He was sional career with the Philadelphia Eagles, a four-year starter on the Iowa State basket- Dolphins and . The first ice hockey player to be selected for ball team and then played 10 years in the Jackson also is known for his work with the the Hall of Fame, Johnson still remains the NBA with Indiana, Chicago and Minnesota. youth in his community. most prolific scorer in high school ice hockey In 2010, he returned home to coach the Iowa history. He scored 249 goals for Bloomfield State Cyclones’ basketball team PHIL JACKSON Hills (Michigan) Cranbrook High School, a North Dakota, 1994 national record that has stood for 33 years. PAUL HORNUNG Johnson received all-state honors all four Kentucky, 1989 Jackson is considered one of the top basket- years and was a two-time all-American. He ball players to don a uniform in North ranks fifth in goals scored in a season with Before his glory days with the Green Bay Dakota after his days at Williston High 79 in 1971. His 79-goal season was fueled by Packers, Hornung was a high school football School and the University of North Dakota. an eight-goal game, which ranks third all- and basketball star at Louisville (Kentucky) In two seasons at Williston, Jackson scored time. Flaget High School. In basketball, he aver- 427 points as a junior (23.3 average) in aged 14.9 points per game and was named 1961-62 and helped his team to a second- RAFER JOHNSON all-state. Hornung also was a two-time all- place finish in the state championship. As a California, 1990 state selection in football, directing the senior in 1962-63, Jackson led his team to Flaget offense from his quarterback posi- the North Dakota state title, where he As a prelude to his Olympic success in which tion. He was also inducted into the Pro Foot- scored 35 points in the championship game. he won a gold and a silver medal in the de- ball Hall of Fame and into the College He set a tournament record with 37 field cathlon, Johnson was a four-sport star at Football Hall of Fame for his success at the goals, 22 free throws and 96 points. Jackson Kingsburg (California) High School. As a . played in the NBA for 12 years and has won four-time all-league track and field per- nine titles as a coach with the former, Johnson won state championships SAM HUFF and . in the 110-yard hurdles and the decathlon, West Virginia, 1999 which he won twice to set the stage for his KEVIN JOHNSON remarkable Olympic feats. Johnson was also Huff led the 1951 Farmington (West Vir- California, 2012 a three-time leading scorer of his basketball ginia) High School football team to an unde- team, all-league and the leading ground- feated season and he earned all-state honors Johnson led the state of California in scoring gainer in football, and was all-league once in 1952. He also was named to the first-team in basketball as a senior at Sacramento in baseball. all-Mason Dixon Conference, and he played High School in 1983 with a 32.5 points-per- in the 1952 North-South all-star game. Huff game average. He also excelled in baseball played football and baseball at West Virginia and was drafted by the Oakland A’s. After University before spending 14 years in the an outstanding basketball career at the Uni- National Football League, where he was cho- versity of California, Berkeley, Johnson sen most valuable defensive player in 1959. played 13 years in the NBA, primarily with

PAGE 11 Athletes RICH JORDAN JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE NATASHA JANET KARVONEN KAISER-BROWN

DON KESSINGER TOM KROPP (left) and Paul Hornung, who were teammates with the Green Bay Packers, were inducted in the 1989 class at the Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel, Florida.

RICH JORDAN JANET KARVONEN of Nebraska’s 10 greatest athletes by the Michigan, 2001 Minnesota, 1987 World-Herald, and he was Prep Athlete of the Decade for the 1970s as chosen by the Jordan was a standout four-sport athlete at While leading New York Mills (Minnesota) Lincoln Journal Star. Fennville (Michigan) High School. In bas- High School to consecutive state basketball ketball, he was an all-state guard for four championships in 1977, 1978 and 1979, Kar- TOM LANDRY consecutive years and averaged an incredi- vonen scored 3,129 points, more than any Texas, 1991 ble 44.4 points a game during his senior girl or boy in state history. She scored 51 year. Despite standing only 5-foot-7, Jordan points in a regular-season game and holds Twenty years before he began coaching the dunked the ball regularly. He also was an the state tournament record with a 40-point Dallas Cowboys, Landry was one of Texas’s all-state running back in football, where he performance. Karvonen holds the state best two-way football players at Rio Grande set numerous state rushing records. In record for most points in one season (855). Valley Mission High School. As the team’s track, Jordan was a conference and regional quarterback and defensive back, Landry led champion for three years in the pole vault, DON KESSINGER Mission to a 7-3 record as a junior and a 12- high jump and long jump. He batted .550 Arkansas, 1987 0 mark as a senior. Landry was a two-time during his senior baseball season, and he hit all-district and all-Valley selection and was .360 for his career. Though his claim to fame as a professional named team MVP. His senior season, Rio was baseball, Kessinger concentrated on Grande Valley Mission outscored its oppo- JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE basketball, football and track at Forrest City nents, 319-7, while amassing 3,866 yards on Illinois, 1989 (Arkansas) High School, after the school dis- total offense and allowing only 600 yards. continued baseball following his sophomore Joyner-Kersee competed in volleyball, bas- season. Kessinger earned all-state honors RANDY LEWIS ketball and track at Lincoln High School in three times in basketball and set the single- , 1998 East St. Louis, Illinois. She was a member game scoring record in the 1960 state of four state championship teams – one in tournament with 42 points. As a football Lewis began his wrestling career by winning basketball and three in track. Joyner-Kersee quarterback, Kessinger was all-region twice, three state championships at Rapid City won two Olympic gold medals in the hep- all-state once and was named all-American. (South Dakota) Stevens High School, with tathlon and added another gold in the long He also was state champion in the low hur- an overall high school record of 101-2. He jump at the 1988 Summer Games. dles and long jump for the 1960 track team. won 89 consecutive matches, with 83 of those matches decided by pins. In 1977, he NATASHA KAISER-BROWN TOM KROPP was named the South Dakota male athlete Iowa, 2008 Nebraska, 2008 of the year by the South Dakota Sportswrit- ers Association. Lewis won two NCAA titles Kaiser-Brown dominated girls high school Kropp was a four-sport (football, basketball, at the University of Iowa, and captured the track in Iowa in the early 1980s during her baseball, track) standout at Aurora (Ne- gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in days at Theodore Roosevelt High School in braska) High School from 1967 to 1971. He Los Angeles. Des Moines. She was a nine-time state was two-time all-state in football and played champion (six individual events and three in the 1971 Shrine Bowl. In basketball, he relays) and graduated in 1985 with school averaged 33 points and 23 rebounds as a and state records in the 100 meters (:11.5), senior and was named one of the top five 200 meters (:24.1) and 400 meters (:54.09). basketball players in Nebraska history by She lost only one individual race during her the Omaha World-Herald. He was the win- high school career. Kaiser-Brown was a ning pitcher in Aurora’s state baseball member of the 1992 and 1996 U.S. Olympic championship and threw a no-hitter in the teams and was silver medalist in the 4x400- tournament’s semifinals. In track, Kropp meter relay at the 1992 Olympics in was undefeated in the shot put and discus . in his senior season. Kropp was named one

PAGE 12 DENISE LONG ANDRE Athletes

BLAINE LINDGREN

RANDY MATSON JOHN MAYASICH KATRINA McCLAIN RANDALL McDANIEL

BLAINE LINDGREN of the year in 1958. He also excelled in track championship teams. A two-time member of , 2006 and field, where he held the Middletown the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, Mayasich High School records in both the shot put and still holds eight state tournament records in Blaine Lindgren was a premier track and the discus. Lucas then went on to Ohio State the state of Minnesota that were set from football athlete at Magna (Utah) Cypress University, where he helped the Buckeyes 1948 to 1951. High School in the late 1950s. Lindgren win the 1960 NCAA national basketball never lost a high school hurdles race, win- championship and to runner-up finishes in KATRINA McCLAIN ning both the 120-yard high and 180-yard 1961 and 1962. Also in 1960, Lucas and his South Carolina, 2010 low hurdles his junior and senior years, and fellow brought home an Olympic setting state records in both events. At the gold medal in basketball. McClain was one of the top basketball play- , he was a two-time all- ers in the country during her four years American in the high hurdles. Lindgren won BOB MATHIAS (1979-83) at St. Andrews Parrish High a gold medal in the 1963 Pan Am Games, California, 1989 School in Charleston, South Carolina. As a and a silver medal at the 1964 Summer senior, her team won the Class AAA South Olympic Games in , . Mathias set national records in eight track Carolina High School League championship and field meets for Tulare (California) while she averaged 28 points and 15 re- DALLAS LONG Union High School, including new marks in bounds. During her four years, McClain Arizona, 1993 the high hurdles, shot put, discus, low hur- scored 2,344 points and grabbed 1,377 re- dles and decathlon. At the age of 17 in 1948, bounds. At the University of Georgia, Mc- Long, who was an Arizona state champion Mathias became the youngest person ever to Clain helped her teams to a four-year mark three consecutive years while at Phoenix win the Olympic decathlon at the Games in of 116-15, two Southeastern Conference ti- North High School, set the national high . At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, tles, four NCAA playoff berths and one Final school record in the 12-pound shot in 1958, Finland, Mathias repeated his decathlon Four, and she was named national player of which stood for 10 years. Long won three victory and became the first athlete to win the year in 1987. After college, McClain NCAA championships at the University of the grueling event two times. helped the U.S. women’s basketball team to Southern California, as well as a bronze two gold medals and a bronze in Olympic medal in the Olympic Games in the shot competition. In 2012, she was selected for put. Texas, 1988 the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

DENISE LONG ANDRE At Pampa (Texas) High School in the early RANDALL McDANIEL Iowa, 1984 , Matson set state records and won Arizona, 2011 state titles in both the shot put and discus. Andre, who is considered the “Queen” of The Texas Sportswriters Association named McDaniel was a multi-sport star at Agua high school basketball, became the game’s Matson high school athlete of the year in Fria High School in Avondale, Arizona. He all-time leading scorer at Union (Iowa) 1963. He won a silver medal in the shot put was a three-year varsity starter and two- Whitten High School (now is second). She in the 1964 and time all-state selection in football and bas- holds nine records in the state of Iowa and then a gold medal in the 1968 Summer ketball and also played baseball and three national scoring marks. Andre was the Olympic Games. Matson was a three-time participated in track and field, setting the first female to score more than 6,000 points winner of the Texas amateur athlete of the school record in the 100-meter dash as a and the first player — boy or girl — to score year award and won the 1967 Sullivan senior. He would ultimately decide on foot- more than 100 points in a game on two oc- Award. ball where he became an All-American at casions. . McDaniel played JOHN MAYASICH 12 years with the and JERRY LUCAS Minnesota, 1986 two years with the Ohio, 1986 in the National Football League (NFL), Mayasich was a five-sport athlete at Eveleth where he started 202 consecutive games at Lucas was a three-time all-state and all- (Minnesota) High School, but was a two- left guard. McDaniel is a member of the Col- America basketball selection at Middletown time all-state athlete in ice hockey, where he lege Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Foot- (Ohio) High School, as well as Ohio player was a member of four undefeated state ball Hall of Fame.

PAGE 13 Athletes TOMMY McDONALD KEVIN McHALE JAYNE McHUGH KEVIN McREYNOLDS

Archie Griffin receives his Hall of Fame Award  from Dave Fry of Illinois, president of the NFHS in 1996. The induction ceremony was held at Innisbrook Resort in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

TOMMY McDONALD ketball, McHugh led her team to the 1978 school sports. In four years of basketball New Mexico, 1997 state championship, scoring 28 points and competition, she led her teams to an 80-5 pulling down 20 rebounds in the title game. record while averaging 20 points, nine re- McDonald was an all-state performer as a bounds, eight assists and five steals per quarterback in football, leading Albu- KEVIN McREYNOLDS game. Because opportunities in athletics for querque (New Mexico) Highland High Arkansas, 2011 women were limited in the early 1970s, School to a Class A championship in 1952. Meyers participated on boys teams on sev- That season, he scored 151 points, setting a McReynolds led his baseball team at Sylvan eral occasions, including boys high school New Mexico prep record. In basketball, he High School in Sherwood, Arkansas, to the basketball. She played four years at UCLA was an all-state standout in both his junior Arkansas Activities Association Class AA and was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic and senior years, scoring 595 points and state championship in 1978. He was selected basketball team. posting a 24.8 points-per-game average his the tournament’s most valuable player senior season. On the track, he helped his (MVP) and was named Arkansas High CHERYL MILLER team to the state title in 1953, finishing first School Baseball Player of the Year. California, 1990 in five events and setting state records in McReynolds batted .634 as a senior and had three events. McDonald later went on to be- a 16-1 career pitching record. He followed up In four years of high school basketball at come an six-time all-pro during his 12-year his high school career at the University of Riverside (California) Polytechnic High National Football League career. He has Arkansas where he earned all-conference School, Miller scored 3,446 points and pulled been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of and All-American honors. McReynolds then down 1,620 rebounds. Miller was the first fe- Fame. played 12 years in the major leagues with male high school basketball player to score the Padres, and 100 points in a game after a 105-point game KEVIN McHALE . He finished third in the in 1982. Her 672 rebounds during the 1981- Minnesota, 2000 MVP voting in 1988. 82 school year still ranks second all-time. Miller was a three-time national player of McHale earned three varsity basketball let- DEBBIE MEYER the year at the University of Southern Cali- ters at Hibbing (Minnesota) High School, California, 2004 fornia and helped the Trojans to two NCAA where he earned both all-conference and all- titles. She is a member of the Naismith Bas- state honors and was named Mr. Minnesota Meyer is considered one of the top female ketball Hall of Fame. in 1976. McHale played basketball at the swimmers in United States history based on University of Minnesota before continuing her performance as a high school athlete in RALPH MILLER his career professionally with the Boston the 1968 Olympics in . At the Kansas, 1989 Celtics. He helped lead the Celtics to three age of 16, Meyer was the first swimmer to NBA titles, and was named one of the NBA’s win three individual gold medals, capturing At Chanute (Kansas) High School in the late Top 50 Players for the league’s first half-cen- the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyles. 1930s, Miller earned 11 letters in football, tury. From 1967 to 1971, Meyer broke 20 world basketball and track, and he also competed records, 24 American records and won 19 in golf and tennis. In football and basket- JAYNE (GIBSON) McHUGH national championships. She won the AAU’s ball, Miller was all-conference and all-state Colorado, 1996 Sullivan Award in 1968 and was swimmer three times. He once scored six touchdowns of the year by Swimmer’s World three times. in a football game, and as a sophomore, he During her career at Arvada (Colorado) She was inducted into the International led Chanute to the state basketball title by West High School, McHugh became one of Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977. scoring 83 points in four tournament games. the state’s all-time top multi-sport stars for Miller was a highly successful college bas- her exploits in volleyball, basketball and ANN MEYERS ketball coach for many years. track. She participated on four state cham- California, 1995 pionship teams - two in track, one in basket- ball and one in volleyball. Volleyball was At La Habra (California) Sonora High truly McHugh’s forte, earning all-confer- School, Meyers competed in track, basket- ence, all-state and Colorado player of the ball, softball, badminton, field hockey and year honors as a junior and senior. In bas- tennis, and earned 13 MVP awards in high

PAGE 14 DANA MIROBALLI Athletes

RICK MOUNT

BILLY MILLS the conference with 15 rebounds per game nation’s top all-time scorer in five girls bas- South Dakota/Kansas, 1990 during his senior season and was selected ketball at the time. Mulkey played on the MVP at the 1975 Arkansas High School 1984 United States Olympic women’s bas- An Indian from the Pine Ridge Coaches Association’s all-star game while ketball team before becoming an assistant Reservation in South Dakota, Mills rewrote grabbing a record 17 rebounds. coach at Louisiana Tech University. She the record book in the while com- currently is head women’s basketball coach peting for the Haskell Institute in KENNY MONDAY at . Lawrence, Kansas. As a junior, Mills ran a Oklahoma, 2011 4:26.2 mile, which was one of the fastest BRONKO NAGURSKI times in the U.S. As a senior in 1957, Mills Monday was a four-time state champion and Minnesota, 1989 ran a 4:23.3 and a 4:22.8 to break the im- never lost a match while wrestling at Booker mortal Glenn Cunningham’s state record. T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Okla- Before playing with the , Mills’ greatest fame may have come when he homa. Monday finished with a 140-0-1 Nagurski was considered the best football pulled one of the biggest upsets in Olympic record and won Oklahoma Secondary School player Minnesota had ever produced after a history in 1964 by winning the 10,000-meter Activities Association titles at 108, 115, 135 stellar career in the 1920s at International run in Tokyo. and 141 pounds from 1977 to 1980. He went Falls (Minnesota) High School. Though on to wrestle at Oklahoma State University there are no high school records on DANA MIROBALLI where he was a three-time All-American. In Nagurski, he later went on to be an all- Illinois, 2009 his senior year in 1984, he won a national American tackle for the University of Min- championship at 150 pounds. Monday would nesota and was named all-NFL three times. No Illinois athlete dominated the sports of go on to an impressive career at the national The impact of Nagurski on International cross country and track and field like Dana level, winning an Olympic gold medal in Falls was aptly demonstrated in 1941 when Miroballi did at Prospect Heights 1988 and a silver medal in the 1992 Games. the school selected its nickname of “Bron- MacArthur Junior High School and Wheel- He is a member of the National Wrestling cos.” ing High School in the 1980s. Miroballi won Hall of Fame. five consecutive state cross country titles, JACK NICKLAUS with the first coming as an eighth-grader at Ohio, 1984 Prospect Heights. On the track, Miroballi Indiana, 1986 won four consecutive 3,200-meter run titles, Considered to be one of the best professional and she also claimed the 1,600-meter run Mount, winner of the coveted Mr. Basketball golfers of all time, Nicklaus captained the championships as a junior and senior. Over- Award in Indiana in 1966, was the first high Columbus (Ohio) Upper Arlington High all, she won 10 state championships as a school athlete to appear on the cover of School golf team and led it to 70-1-1 dual- high school student and two others as an . He earned all-state and meet record. The team had three undefeated eighth-grader competing against high school all-America honors three times and scored seasons and one state championship. Since students. She later was a standout track 2,595 points during his high school career at then, Nicklaus has won every major cham- and cross country athlete at Indiana Univer- Lebanon (Indiana) High School. Mount went pionship, including six Masters titles, five sity. to Purdue University where he was an PGA championships, four United States all-American, and then played professional Open tournaments and three British Open SIDNEY MONCRIEF basketball in the American Basketball As- titles. Arkansas, 1992 sociation.

Before he went on to stardom at the Univer- KIM MULKEY sity of Arkansas and in the NBA, Moncrief Louisiana, 1986 was a high school basketball standout at Little Rock (Arkansas) Hall High School. Mulkey was a member of six championship Moncrief was selected all-conference and all- teams – four at Hammond (Louisiana) High state during his junior and senior seasons School and two at Louisiana Tech Univer- and led his team to runner-up finishes in the sity. This all-American standout posted state tournament both seasons. Moncrief led 4,075 points in high school, making her the

PAGE 15 Athletes

JESSE OWENS JIM PLUNKETT LATAUNYA POLLARD Randall McDaniel signs autographs at the 2011 ceremony in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

CINDY NOBLE BILLY OWENS his Wake Forest University team. Palmer Ohio, 1986 Pennsylvania, 2011 won the Masters on four occasions, the US Open once, and the British Open twice. Noble led both her Frankfort (Ohio) Adena Owens led the boys basketball team at High School basketball and volleyball teams Carlisle High School to four consecutive JIM PLUNKETT to Ohio state titles. As a senior, Noble was Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Asso- California, 2007 named the Ohio athlete of the year. She ciation Class 4-A state championships from then went on to be an all-American basket- 1985 to 1988 while recording a 118-11 Plunkett was an outstanding three-sport ball player at the University of Tennessee. record. He scored 53 points in the 1988 state athlete at James Lick High School in San Noble played on the 1984 United States championship game and finished as the Jose, California in the 1960s. In football, he Olympic basketball team, and was a stand- state’s No. 2 all-time scorer with 3,298 led James Lick to 8-1 and 9-0 records his out international basketball player in Italy points. (He is now third all-time.) His senior final two years, the best marks in school his- and Japan. year, he was named co-MVP of the McDon- tory. In his senior season, he passed for ald’s All-American Game along with Alonzo 1,200 yards and 17 touchdowns to help his AL OERTER Mourning. Owens played three years at team win the league title. He also played New York, 1987 under baseball and was undefeated as a senior in and enjoyed a 10-year career in the National wrestling. He then won the 1970 Heisman One of the most enduring and successful Basketball Association with six different Trophy at . He went on amateur athletes of all time, Oerter got his teams. to play in the NFL for the Pa- start at Floral Park (New York) Sewanhaka triots and Oakland Raiders and won Super High School, where he set a national high JESSE OWENS Bowls in 1981 and 1984 with the Raiders. school record in the discus that stood for six Ohio, 1983 years. While in high school, Oerter won four LATAUNYA POLLARD winter track shot put championships and Before his gold medal exploits at the 1936 Indiana, 2005 four spring track shot put and discus cham- Summer Olympics in Berlin, Owens’ high pionships. His record toss in 1954 was meas- school track and field accomplishments also One of the most dominating players in Indi- ured at 184-2¾. Oerter later became the ranked among the best ever. While at Cleve- ana girls basketball history, Pollard led her only athlete to win a gold medal at four suc- land (Ohio) East Technical High School, he Roosevelt High School (East Chicago) team cessive Olympiads. won nine state track titles and established to a 92-2 record and two state titles. In the national records in three events –the 100- 1977 state tournament, Pollard scored 54 MERLIN OLSEN yard dash (:9.4), 220-yard dash (:20.7), and points in the two sessions, the most ever in Utah, 1987 long jump (24-11¾). He earned three consec- Indiana history. Miss Basketball in Indiana utive state long jump titles (1931-33) and her senior year, Pollard went on to be a Mc- At Logan (Utah) High School, Olsen was highlighted his prep career by winning the Donald’s all-American and was named one named all-region and all-state in football, 100, 220 and long jump at the National In- of Indiana’s 50 Greatest Basketball Players, and also competed in basketball, swimming, terscholastic Championships in Chicago. one of only two females to receive the honor. track and riflery. He sang with the choral She went on to play at Long Beach (Califor- group, was on the school’s debate team and ARNOLD PALMER nia) State University, and then played pro- served as a student body officer. He received Pennsylvania, 1986 fessionally in Italy for eight years. the Rotary Award as an outstanding stu- dent, the Jack Parson Award as the out- Palmer, who is known as one of the greatest standing athlete of Cache Valley and was golfers of all time, lost only one dual match named to The all-America in his four years at Latrobe (Pennsylvania) prep football team in 1958. He later was a Greater Latrobe High School. He won the in- consensus all-American and Outland Tro- dividual championship title in both 1946 phy winner in 1961 at Utah State, and then and 1947. Palmer was his high school team’s played 15 years with the . No. 1 player, as well as the No. 1 player on

PAGE 16 WILLIE RICHARDSON Athletes

STEVE PREFONTAINE

ROY ROBINSON JOE ROMIG JOHN SAUNDERS

STEVE PREFONTAINE OSCAR ROBERTSON JOE ROMIG Oregon, 2000 Indiana, 1983 Colorado, 1990

Prefontaine, who was one of the nation’s One of basketball’s all-time greats, Robert- Romig is one of the best two-sport athletes most dominating track and cross country son is considered by many to be one of the in Colorado history, gaining headlines as a runners, broke the four-minute mile mark most gifted guards and premier all-around lineman in football and as a heavyweight on nine occasions and set 14 American track players in the game. He helped Indianapolis wrestler for (Colorado) Lakewood records. He won two Oregon state cross (Indiana) Crispus Attucks High School win High School. He was an all-state selection in country championships, as well as three back-to-back state championships and 62 of football in his junior and senior seasons state track championships. Prefontaine was 63 games during his final two seasons. (1957, 1958). Following the football seasons named the Oregon high school athlete of the Robertson averaged 24 points during his ca- in each of those years, Romig was the state year in 1969, and continued his running ca- reer and had a 62-point outing. Robertson heavyweight wrestling champion. Athletics reer at the . Tragically was three-time player of the year at the Uni- was not his only area of excellence in high killed in an automobile accident at age 24, versity of Cincinnati (1958-60), and he school, as Romig was valedictorian of his his life story was told in two movies. played in the NBA for 14 years with Cincin- senior class in 1958. nati and . MEL RENFRO JIM RYUN Oregon, 1995 JACKIE ROBINSON Kansas, 1983 California, 1993 Ryun, one of the most sensational middle- Renfro was an outstanding two-sport star distance runners in track and field history, (football, track) at Portland (Oregon) Jeffer- Robinson, who is perhaps best known as the became the first high school runner to break son High School (1957-60), before his illus- first African-American to play Major League the four-minute barrier in the mile. He still trious career with the Dallas Cowboys. Baseball, also was a four-sport athlete in owns the national interscholastic record of Renfro helped the Jefferson football teams both high school and college. In track, he 3:58.3, which he set his senior year at Wi- win 34 consecutive games, including two and his brother led Pasadena John Muir chita (Kansas) East High School while win- state championships and one runner-up fin- High School to the 1936 California Inter- ning the 1965 state championship. A ish. He set the Portland Interscholastic scholastic Federation (CIF) state champi- standout collegiate runner at Kansas Uni- League single-game scoring record of 38 onship. Robinson also won the 1936 versity, Ryun competed in three Summer points and his season total of 242 points is CIF-Southern Section title in the long jump. Olympic Games (1964, 1968 and 1972). also a PIL record. In track, Renfro set state He was an all-America football player and records in the long jump (24-1) and low hur- NCAA long jump champion at UCLA. JOHN SAUNDERS dles (18.9) and scored 31 points himself to Ohio, 1994 help Jefferson to the 1960 track title. ROY ROBINSON Montana, 1996 In four years of high school track competi- WILLIE RICHARDSON tion at Cincinnati (Ohio) Glendale High Mississippi, 2002 Robinson rewrote Montana’s track and field School, Saunders won 10 individual titles, record book as he helped Glasgow High including the 120-yard high hurdles all four Richardson was an all-pro wide receiver for School to four consecutive state champi- years. In addition to winning four high hur- the Baltimore Colts and onships in the early 1960s. In his four-year dles titles from 1935 to 1938, Saunders won during a 10-year career in the National career, Robinson won the 100-yard dash three 100-yard dash championships, with a Football League. Richardson, however, four times, the 220-yard dash three times, best of :10.1; one 220-yard low hurdles title; starred at quarterback at Greenville (Mis- the 180-yard low hurdles three times, the and the long jump title in 1938. Saunders’ sissippi) Coleman High School, leading Cole- 120-yard high hurdles two times and was a 22-6¾ effort in the long jump shattered the man to back-to-back state championships. member of three state championship 880- state record and the mark remained in the He was also a three-time state champion in yard relay teams. As a junior, Robinson books for 36 years until it was bettered in track, running the 440- and 880-yard runs. scored enough points to win the Class A 1974. state championship himself.

PAGE 17 Athletes KAREN SMITH BART STARR

TERRY STEINBACH PAT SULLIVAN

PATTY SHEEHAN the University of California, Berkeley, and PAT SULLIVAN Nevada, 2005 owns the school record for most assists , 2012 (male or female). The first inductee from Nevada, Sheehan Sullivan was one of the top football players was one of the best golfers in state history BART STARR in the state of Alabama as the quarterback and went on to become one of the best on the Alabama, 1989 at John Carroll High School in Birmingham. LPGA tour. She won three consecutive indi- He was a two-time all-state selection and vidual titles at Wooster High School in Long before leading the Green Bay Packers was named the top player in the nation by Reno, Nevada (1972-74) leading her team to to NFL championships, Starr was named one publication. Sullivan also was named the team title all three years. In 1979, she all-city quarterback as a senior at Mont- all-state twice in basketball, and in baseball was the runner-up at the U.S. Women’s Am- gomery (Alabama) Sidney Lanier High as the team’s shortstop. He then quarter- ateur and the following year qualified for School after completing 69 of 122 passes for backed Auburn to a 26-7 record in three the LPGA Tour. She has won 35 LPGA tour- 1,029 yards. He accounted for 30 points in years and won the Heisman Trophy in 1971. naments and six majors. She was Sports Il- his final high school game, and in the 1952 Sullivan spent seven seasons in the Na- lustrated’s 1987 Sportsman of the Year. Alabama all-star game, Starr completed tional Football League before launching his nine of 10 passes for 163 yards. In the all- coaching career. After serving as an assis- JOHN SMITH America football game in Memphis, Starr tant at Auburn and the University of Ala- Oklahoma, 2004 led his team to a 35-14 victory. bama, Birmingham, and at Texas Christian University, Sullivan was Smith ended his high school wrestling ca- TERRY STEINBACH named head football coach at Samford Uni- reer at Del City (Oklahoma) High School Minnesota, 2007 versity in Birmingham in 2006. winning 56 straight matches and two state titles. For his high school career, he held a A two-sport athlete who excelled in baseball PAT SUMMERALL record of 105-5. He then won two NCAA ti- and ice hockey, Steinbach is one of the best Florida, 1987 tles at Oklahoma State University with a high school athletes from Minnesota. He combined 154-7-2 record. At the interna- scored 109 goals in four years in hockey and At Lake City (Florida) Columbia High tional level, Smith was a six-time world was honorable-mention all-state his senior School, Summerall won all-state honors champion, including two gold medals in the year. In baseball, he led his team in hitting once in football and twice in basketball, 1988 and 1992 Olympics in freestyle every year and was all-conference three helping his team to the state basketball title wrestling, most by any American. He has straight years. As a senior, he won the in 1947. He also was all-conference twice in been inducted into the National Wrestling Danny Thompson Award for best player in both sports. Summerall also won two letters Hall of Fame. He has won two NCAA titles Minnesota. He went on to have a solid pro- in baseball and was the individual state as coach at Oklahoma State. fessional career with the Oakland A’s and runner-up in tennis in 1946. He played foot- . He played in three World ball and basketball at the University of KAREN SMITH Series, winning the 1989 Bay Series. Arkansas, and played 10 years in the Na- California, 2008 tional Football League. He then had a leg- JILL STERKEL endary career as a sports broadcaster for Smith excelled in basketball, softball and California, 1998 CBS. volleyball from 1976 to 1980 at Rio Ameri- cano High School in Sacramento, California. At Hacienda Heights (California) Wilson In basketball, she was California Inter- High School, Sterkel set eight American scholastic Federation (CIF) Division I Player high school swimming records. She was of the Year in 1978 and 1979 and was a high named the California Interscholastic Feder- school All-American in 1979 and 1980. She ation-Southern Section female athlete of the still holds school records for points (2,335), year on two separate occasions. At age 15, assists, steals and games played. She batted she helped the United States 400-meter .444 in softball and was three-time all- freestyle relay team take home a gold medal league, as well as two-time all-league in vol- at the 1976 Olympics. She continued her leyball. Smith played college basketball at swimming career at the University of Texas.

PAGE 18 DON SUTTON GARY THOMPSON Athletes

 Wilbur Braithwaite (right) receives his Hall of Fame Award from Brice Durbin, NFHS executive director, at the 1989 ceremony in Wesley Chapel, Florida. BRAD VAN PELT ROBERT VANDIVIER JOYCE WALKER

JON SUNDVOLD GARY THOMPSON high school to coach and serve as the ath- Missouri, 2006 Iowa, 2000 letic director. Vandivier’s squads won 14 of 18 sectional tournaments and reached the Few played basketball better in the state of Thompson was a three-sport athlete at state tournament once. Missouri than Jon Sundvold. In his three- Roland (Iowa) High School in the early year varsity career, he scored 2,175 points, 1950s. In basketball, Thompson was named HERSCHEL WALKER and his 27.5 points per game is sixth in state first-team all-state and first-team all-tour- Georgia, 2003 history. Sundvold also ranks second on the nament three consecutive years, and held all-time Missouri list with 509 assists. He the state’s single-season (835) and career Walker was one of the greatest running was named second-team all-state as a junior (2,042) scoring records. Thompson also backs at the high school and college levels. and first-team as a senior. He went on to pitched six career no-hitters in baseball and During his high school career at Johnson play at the University of Missouri, where he finished with a career batting average of County High School in Wrightsville, Geor- led the Tigers to a 100-28 record and four .450, and was a standout golfer. He played gia, he rushed for 6,137 yards and 86 touch- straight titles. He fin- both basketball and baseball at Iowa State downs, including 3,167 and 42 in his senior ished his career ranked second on the all- University. season. He also was an eight-time state time Missouri scoring list. champion in track. After being named Geor- BRAD VAN PELT gia player of the year and Parade all-Amer- DON SUTTON Michigan, 2011 ican, Walker transformed the football Florida, 1989 program at the University of Georgia, lead- Van Pelt was a four-sport standout at ing the Bulldogs to a 33-3-1 record and to One of baseball’s most successful , Owosso (Michigan) High School. In his sen- three Southeastern Conference titles. Along Sutton got his start at Gonzalez (Florida) ior year (1968-69), he was all-state in foot- the way, he had three all-American seasons Tate High School, where he excelled as a ball, basketball and baseball, which and won the 1982 Heisman Trophy. He was baseball and basketball player. In his junior included a 42- performance in bas- inducted into the Hall of season, Sutton pitched his team to the state ketball and three consecutive no-hitters in Fame in 1999. He then had a highly success- title with a 13- victory in the champi- baseball. He also competed in track and field ful 15-year professional career with four onship game. A four-year performer in base- as a senior and earned eight total letters. teams. ball, Sutton twice was named all-county, Though he was drafted by the Detroit all-conference and all-state. Sutton pitched Tigers, Van Pelt opted to attend Michigan JOYCE WALKER in the major leagues for 23 years with five State University, where he played baseball, Washington, 2004 teams and finished his career with more basketball and football. He was a two-time than 300 wins and 3,000 strikeouts. All-American in football. Van Pelt played 14 One of the best basketball players to ever hit years in the NFL with the , the hardwood in Washington, Walker is best JIM TAYLOR Los Angeles Raiders and . remembered for averaging 35.5 points per Louisiana, 1988 He died of a massive heart attack in Febru- game on 60-percent shooting while leading ary 2009 at the age of 57. Garfield High School to the 1980 state title, Before Taylor was one of the leading full- its second in Walker’s four years. Walker backs in the National Football League, he ROBERT “FUZZY” VANDIVIER was a three-time Parade all-American and was a two-sport athlete at Baton Rouge Indiana, 1986 was named to the Times all-century (Louisiana) High School. He was one of few team. Upon attending Louisiana State Uni- players to ever play in both all-American Vandivier has been called the greatest versity, Walker rewrote LSU and Southeast- high school football and basketball games. player in Indiana basketball history. He led ern Conference record books, scoring 2,906 Taylor perfected the game of football at his Franklin High School team to an 89-9 points at a 24.8 average. She went on to play Louisiana State University before continu- record and three consecutive state champi- professionally in Italy and Germany and ing his career with the Green Bay Packers. onships (1920-22). After playing at Franklin was the second woman ever to play for the (Indiana) College, Vandivier returned to his Globetrotters.

PAGE 19 Athletes RON WALLER J.C. WATTS

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

RON WALLER ceptions. As a sophomore, Warfield was the 34 years before his death in 2010. A movie Delaware, 1991 state champion in the long jump, and two of his life was made in 1988, and he pub- years later, he set Harding High School lished a book in 1993. In 1992 he was given As the quarterback in a single-wing offense, records in the 100-yard dash (9.7), 180-yard the President’s Trophy for Disabled Ameri- Waller recorded some incredible numbers low hurdles (:18.9 — state-record time and can of the Year. his senior season at Laurel (Delaware) High was state champion), and the long jump (23- School: 213 points on 30 touchdowns and 33 9). Each of those marks ranked in the top 10 JERRY WEST PATs in only eight games. His three-year nationally. Warfield played in the NFL for West Virginia, 1990 total was 464 points in 22 games. Waller 13 years and was a member of two Super was named all-state running back in 1949 Bowl championship teams with the Miami At East Bank (West Virginia) High School, and 1950 by the Delaware Sportswriters Dolphins. West scored 1,553 points in three seasons and Broadcasters Association. He was for a 25.8 per-game average. At West Vir- named Delaware’s outstanding athlete of J.C. WATTS ginia University, West was a two-time all- the year two times — in 1950 following his Oklahoma, 2002 America selection and went on to star for senior season and 1955 after his rookie, all- the Los Angeles Lakers for 14 years, earning pro season with the Los Angeles Rams. Watts was an outstanding two-sport star the nickname “Mr. Clutch.” After he retired, (football, basketball) at Eufaula (Oklahoma) West remained with the organization as BILL WALTON High School from 1973 to 1975. He also let- general manager until the 2002 season, California, 1997 tered in track and baseball. Watts subse- when he became general manager of the quently quarterbacked the University of . Walton was named player of the year in Cal- Oklahoma to consecutive Big Eight Confer- ifornia and high school all-American follow- ence championships and victo- BYRON WHITE ing his senior season at La Mesa (California) ries. As a rookie in the Canadian Football Colorado, 1987 Helix High School, where he helped his League, Watts was named most valuable team to a 33-0 record. He grabbed 825 re- player of the Grey Cup. He represented Although records are not available from his bounds in the 1969-70 season, which set a Oklahoma in the U.S. House of Representa- high school playing days, Supreme Court state record and ranks third all time in the tives for several years and travels the coun- Justice White was easily the best student- National High School Sports Record Book. try as a public speaker for the Fellowship of athlete in the early 1930s at Wellington He averaged 25 rebounds per-game and also Christian Athletes and various anti-drug (Colorado) High School. White was the quar- made 78.3 percent of his field goals as a sen- campaigns. terback of the 13-member football team that ior. Walton was a three-time all-American played on rock and gravel fields and led the and two-time college player of the year at CHARLIE WEDEMEYER squad to several victories. He also was a UCLA, where he led the Bruins to two na- Hawaii, 2007 four-year starter on the basketball team and tional titles. He then went on to play 14 competed in the pole vault among other years in the NBA, and was named the The Hawaii Athlete of the Decade in the events in track and field. He had a phenone- league’s MVP in 1978. 1960s, many still believe Wedemeyer is the mal college career at the University of Col- greatest athlete to come from the state. He orado, leading the nation in rushing in 1937. PAUL WARFIELD was all-league three straight years in foot- At Colorado, he obtained the nickname Ohio, 1992 ball, basketball and baseball, an unprece- “Whizzer.” dented accomplishment. He was one of the As a junior, Warfield set a Warren (Ohio) first athletes from Hawaii to be recruited by Harding High School football scoring record a Division I school and went to Michigan of 92 points as he rushed for a team-high State University, where he played on the 810 yards and was voted honorable mention 1965 national championship football team. all-Ohio. The following year, he scored 93 He was given one year to live in 1976 at the points to eclipse his mark and led the team age of 29 when he was diagnosed with ALS with 1,158 rushing yards and three inter- (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) but amazingly lived

PAGE 20 GARY ADAMS GUY ANDERSON Coaches

LETA ANDREWS BOB ARNZEN JULIUS BABB BRON BACEVICH

LYNETTE WOODARD the all-time boys basketball coaching leader Kansas, 1989 COACHES from Fort Worth (Texas) Dunbar High School who retired in 2005 with 1,333 victo- Before becoming the first female member of GARY ADAMS ries. Andrews finished the 2010-11 season the famed , Woodard South Carolina, 2002 with 1,346 career victories. She is the all- led Wichita (Kansas) North High School to time girls basketball coaching leader by al- two state titles in three years. As a sopho- During his career, Adams has coached girls most 150 victories. more, Woodard averaged 25.3 points, fol- softball, and girls and boys basketball, win- lowed by marks of 22.3 as a junior and 32.8 ning more than 1,000 contests in all sports. BOB ARNZEN as a senior. She scored 1,678 points in three Adams is best known for his outstanding Ohio, 1998 years for a 27.1 average. She also grabbed softball coaching record at Iva (South Car- 1,030 rebounds, a 16.6 per-game average. At olina) Crescent High School. In 34 years Arnzen spent his entire 43-year basketball the University of Kansas, Woodard scored a through the 2011 season, Adams has won coaching career at Delphos (Ohio) St. John’s then-NCAA record 3,649 career points, and 852 games and lost only 115. Since 1982, High School, acquiring 11 conference cham- received the in 1981, which is Crescent has won a national-record 18 state pionships, five state tournament berths, two awarded to the most outstanding female titles. Adams also coached the boys basket- runner-up finishes and one state champi- basketball athlete in the United States. ball teams to two state championships and onship. He was named Ohio coach of the one runner-up finish. year on two occasions, and was named the JOHN WOODEN 1976 National Catholic coach of the year Indiana, 1991 GUY ANDERSON and 1990 National High School Athletic California, 2009 Coaches Association regional coach of the Most people think of UCLA at the mention year. of John Wooden’s name, but those in Indi- Anderson has been baseball coach at Cor- ana recognize Wooden as one of the best dova High School in Rancho Cordova, Cali- JULIUS W. “PINKY” BABB players in Indiana high school basketball fornia, for 44 years and has 866 victories. He South Carolina, 1984 history. In four years at Martinsville (Indi- ranks second all-time in California and 12th ana) High School, Wooden led his team to nationally. Anderson’s teams have won 15 During his 43-year football coaching career, the state championship game three times, league championships and five section Babb led three high schools to a 346-86-24 winning the 1927 title and finishing second championships in the California Inter- record. He coached Greenwood (South Car- in 1926 and 1928. He was the team’s leading scholastic Federation Sac-Joaquin Section. olina) High School alone to a 336-81-23 scorer and named to the all-state team his He has been inducted into the American record, which once ranked as the most foot- junior and senior seasons. In the book Baseball Coaches Association and California ball coaching wins at the same high school. “ Hysteria,” Wooden was named to Baseball Coaches Association halls of fame. Along the way, Babb had five undefeated the all-time Indiana high school all-star In addition to coaching baseball, Anderson teams, two state championships and six team. Wooden was the most successful col- has served as assistant principal and ath- mythical state crowns. lege basketball coach in history during his letic director at Cordova for the past 33 27 years (1948-75) at UCLA. Wooden’s years. BRON BACEVICH UCLA teams won 10 NCAA titles from 1964 Ohio, 1991 to 1975, including an 88-game winning LETA ANDREWS streak. Texas, 2011 From 1954 to his retirement in 1974, Bace- vich was 150-40 as head football coach at Andrews is the winningest high school bas- Cincinnati (Ohio) Roger Bacon High School. ketball coach in history – boys or girls. She During this time, his teams won seven has coached for 50 years at five different greater Cincinnati championships, and in schools, most recently her alma mater, 1973, Bacevich was named 1973 national Granbury (Texas) High School. On Decem- coach of the year. Bacevich’s overall coach- ber 7, 2010, her Granbury Lady Pirates de- ing record, which spanned 43 years, was feated Midlothian High School for career 312-91-17, which included 12 victories in win No. 1,334, surpassing Robert Hughes, two seasons at Quincy College in Illinois.

PAGE 21 JAMES BAGGOT JOHN BAGONZI TOM BARRINGER WRIGHT BAZEMORE Coaches

BILL BELISLE NORMA BELLAMY LEWIE BENITZ IRVING BLACK Mo Kelley of the Iowa High School Athletic Association was emcee of the Hall of Fame induction ceremony for eight years (1986-93).

JAMES BAGGOT headed a program designed to teach values LEWIE BENITZ Colorado, 1994 that would serve throughout life. Wisconsin, 2007

Generally regarded as Colorado’s most suc- WRIGHT BAZEMORE Benitz has had success in his 40 years as cessful high school basketball coach, Baggot Georgia, 1988 wrestling coach at Wisconsin Rapids (Wis- spent the majority of his 29-year coaching consin) Lincoln High School that most career at Greeley (Colorado) Central High At Valdosta (Georgia) High School, Baze- coaches only dream of. Benitz retired in School, which won five state championships more posted a football career coaching 2008 with 18 state championships. His over- under Baggot. His overall coaching record, record of 290-43-6 (.855) and had 15 state all record of 712-70-2 ranks seventh on the including stops at Penrose (Colorado) High championships to accompany it. His teams all-time list. Nine of Benitz’s teams posted School and Colorado Springs (Colorado) were ranked No. 1 in the nation three sepa- undefeated seasons on the way to claiming Fountain High School, was 423-105, an .801 rate times. He also coached the basketball 31 regional titles, 29 sectional champi- winning percentage. team to one state title and to five second- onships and 31 Wisconsin Valley Conference place finishes. For three consecutive years, titles. For seven consecutive years, his JOHN BAGONZI Bazemore was named national coach of the teams were ranked in the top 25 nationally. New Hampshire, 2007 year. IRVING BLACK John Bagonzi is a coaching legend in New BILL BELISLE Connecticut, 2006 Hampshire for his success in baseball and Rhode Island, 2000 basketball. At Woodsville (New Hampshire) In the world of track and field, Black’s ac- High School, Bagonzi won 361 basketball During his 35-year career as head ice hockey complishments are unparalleled – from ath- games and 261 baseball games. In basket- coach at Woonsocket (Rhode Island) Mount lete to coach to meet director to official to ball, his teams won five state championships St. Charles, Belisle has amassed a record of Master’s athlete. His career started in 1948 and had a 62-game , while 904-129-32, giving him the highest winning when he won the Rhode Island state cham- his baseball teams won seven state titles percentage among American high school pionship in the hammer throw. After com- and had a 35-game winning streak. hockey coaches with more than 500 victories peting at , Black became Bagonzi’s basketball teams finished second (88%). During his career, his teams have the track and cross country coach at New three additional times and had 20 consecu- won 26 consecutive state championships Britain (Connecticut) High School in 1953 tive winning seasons. On five occasions, and 42 overall. where his teams went 656-34-2 and claimed Bagonzi won state championships in two 28 state open and class championships in 35 sports in the same school year. NORMA BELLAMY years. In cross country, his teams went Arizona, 1995 315-27-1 while winning three state class TOM BARRINGER championships and two state open champi- Pennsylvania, 1982 Bellamy was one of the most successful girls onships. volleyball coaches in history during her 25- In 23 years at Lawrence Park High School year career at Safford (Arizona) High (1954-65) and Erie (Pennsylvania) Iroquois School, posting a career record of 501-30 High School (1966-77), Barringer compiled (.943). Her Safford volleyball teams won an an outstanding lifetime basketball coaching amazing 21 state championships, which is mark of 433-132 (.766), which included 17 No. 2 all-time in the National High School Erie Country championships and six Penn- Sports Record Book. Bellamy’s teams won sylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association 13 consecutive state volleyball titles from district titles. In averaging nearly 19 wins 1968 to 1980, and among her 501 victories per season, Barringer directed 11 squads to were four winning streaks in excess of 50 more than 20 victories, including a 24-1 matches. As girls track coach, Bellamy’s record at Iroquois during the 1968-69 sea- teams won four state championships and son. Perhaps more impressive, however, was she was named Arizona track coach of the his strong commitment to young people and year twice. his enthusiasm for the game that spear-

PAGE 22 CURT BLADT C.H. BLANCHARD RUSSELL BLUNT AUGIE BOSSU Coaches

RALPH BOWYER JENNINGS BOYD RONALD BRADLEY WILBUR BRAITHWAITE

CURT BLADT AUGIE BOSSU RONALD BRADLEY Iowa, 2011 Ohio, 1988 Georgia, 2012

In 34 years as Harlan football coach through In 40 years of coaching high school football, Bradley retired in 2010 after a 49-year 2010, Bladt led his teams to 10 Iowa High Bossu compiled a record of 279-95-18 and coaching career at eight schools in Georgia. School Athletic Association Class 3A state led Cleveland (Ohio) Benedictine High He finished with a 1,019-322 mark in boys championships and a stellar 364-41 (.899) School to three Ohio state championships. basketball and 353-91 record in girls basket- record – barely one loss a year. His 364 wins He also was a highly successful baseball ball, giving him a 1372-413 overall record are No. 2 in Iowa history, although at this coach with a record of 599-228. In 1973, he and a 77 percent winning percentage. His rate, Bladt will move up to No. 1 (391 wins) was named Ohio coach of the year by United 1,019 victories in boys basketball ranks 10th in just a few years. Off the field, Bladt has Press International and had seven of his all-time nationally. Bradley, whose longest overcome the effects of Miller-Fisher Syn- players play in the National Football coaching stints were at Newton County drome, which causes the immune system to League. High School (21 years) and George Walton attack nerves, and he has modeled sports- Academy (12 years), won three state cham- manship – most recently in 2008 when he RALPH BOWYER pionships in boys basketball. His Newton took 33 Harlan students to Parkersburg, New Mexico, 1990 County team holds the national record for Iowa, to help that community that was rav- consecutive home wins with 129 (1959-67). aged by an F-5 tornado. In a coaching career from 1937 to 1967, He also coached football and baseball, accu- Bowyer led his teams to eight state football mulating a combined 288 wins, 129 losses C.H. “OKIE” BLANCHARD championships, three state basketball and six ties. Wyoming, 1984 championships and two state track champi- onships. Perhaps his most remarkable claim WILBUR BRAITHWAITE This multi-sport coach brought home 31 to fame occurred during the 1946-47 school Utah, 1989 state championships and 57 district titles in year when Bowyer’s Carlsbad (New Mexico) more than four decades. Blanchard coached High School won state championships in all During 37 basketball seasons at Manti football, basketball and track and was able three sports – football, basketball and track. (Utah) High School, Braithwaite compiled a to leave his mark at five different high Bowyer was one of the members of the orig- 534-267 record, including a state champi- schools. inal committee that formed the New Mexico onship and three second-place finishes. High School Coaches and Officials Associa- Even though he was offered a teaching and RUSSELL BLUNT tion. coaching position at Utah State, Braith- North Carolina, 1995 waite kept a promise made to the Manti su- JENNINGS BOYD perintendent to return to his birthplace, In more than six decades of coaching, West Virginia, 1984 hometown and high school to coach the Blunt’s Durham (North Carolina) Hillside school’s basketball team. His tennis teams track and field teams won 16 state champi- Boyd led the Northfolk (West Virginia) Blue were also outstanding, with a 190-21 dual- onships, and during one 12-year period, his Demons to nine basketball state champi- meet record and 11 state championships. He teams lost only two dual meets in 120 out- onships, eight of which were consecutive was a charter member of the NFHS ings and won numerous individual meets. (1974-81). He accumulated a lifetime coach- Coaches’ Quarterly Publications Committee, His 1993 and 1994 titles came at the ages of ing record of 307-62 (.831) and was named on which he served for 10 years. 85 and 86, respectively, and Blunt coached the West Virginia coach of the year eight track until he was almost 90 years of age. times. Under Boyd’s direction, Northfolk From 1955 to 1973, Blunt also coached foot- posted winning streaks of up to 40 games, ball at Hillside, and his overall high school and at one point had 62 consecutive home- football coaching record was 95-71-6. court victories and 48 consecutive tourna- ment wins.

PAGE 23 HARRY BRELAND WIN BROCKMEYER JIMMIE BRYAN Coaches

EDWARD BURNS

JOHN CAMPBELL LARRY CAMPBELL JOE CESARI MADELYN CHIOMENTO

HARRY BRELAND JIMMIE BRYAN LARRY CAMPBELL Mississippi, 2009 Virginia, 1983 Georgia, 2000

Breland retired before the start of the 2008 In addition to his reputation as an outstand- During his 39-year career at Lincolnton baseball season at Oak Grove High School ing basketball coach, Bryan earned the ad- (Georgia) Lincoln County High School, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, concluding a re- miration and gratitude of thousands of Campbell has accumulated a 459-78-2 markable 37-year career. Breland compiled fellow coaches as a result of his professional record and has brought home nine state ti- a 824-223 record and led his teams to nine leadership. Known as “Mr. Coach” in Vir- tles. Campbell ranks third all-time in coach- Mississippi High School Activities Associa- ginia, his high school credentials include a ing victories. He also serves as the school’s tion state championships in his career that lifetime mark of 478-94 (.836) over 29 years athletic director, and track and baseball started in 1971. Breland coached basketball at three Virginia schools, mainly Lynchburg coach. Campbell has been named Georgia for four years in Purvis, Mississippi, before (Virginia) Glass High School. Bryan placed coach of the year seven times, region coach starting the baseball program at Oak Grove a strong emphasis on defense, and devel- of the year 11 times and a finalist for na- in 1971. In addition to the nine state titles, oped a 1-3-1 and a “magnetic tional coach of the year. his teams finished second twice and won 11 wheel” defense. south state championships and 21 district ti- JOE CESARI tles. In 2005, the baseball field at Oak Grove EDWARD BURNS Pennsylvania, 1992 High School was renamed Harry Breland , 1992 Baseball Field. Before retiring in 1989 from coaching Burns’ all-time ice hockey coaching record of wrestling at Ashland (Pennsylvania) North WIN BROCKMEYER 695-167-62 at Arlington (Massachusetts) Schuykill High School, Cesari compiled a Wisconsin, 1984 High School ranks No. 2 all time in the Na- 357-31-2 record for a 92-percent winning tional High School Sports Record Book. Dur- mark. Eight times during his 27-year career, Over a 39-year span, Brockmeyer compiled ing his amazing 50-year career at Arlington, his teams completed undefeated seasons. a football coaching record of 271-41-12 (.866). he guided the program to seven state cham- Starting the program from scratch in 1964, At Wausau High School, Coach Brockmeyer pionships, one New England championship Cesari’s teams went on to win 19 league produced 13 undefeated teams and 26 cham- and 34 major titles. He also was the first championships, eight district champi- pionships in the Wisconsin Valley and Big coach to use three lines in 10-minute peri- onships, five regional titles and one state River conferences. Brockmeyer coached foot- ods, the first to use the power play in one- championship in 1983, when he was named ball Hall of Famer Elroy Hirsch, as well as minute penalty time period and the first to national coach of the year. 1942 Heisman trophy winner . use four lines in 12-minute periods. MADELYN CHIOMENTO PAUL BROWN JOHN CAMPBELL New Jersey, 1996 Ohio, 1987 Indiana, 1989 When it comes to coaching field hockey, few In nine years (1932-40) at his alma mater, Campbell’s track and field teams won nine have matched the accomplishments of Brown coached Massillon (Ohio) Washing- straight track and field state titles at Gary Chiomento, who concluded her 40-year ca- ton High School to an 80-8-2 record. His (Indiana) Roosevelt High School from 1981 reer in New Jersey in 1993 as the nation’s teams had separate winning streaks of 33 to 1989. Campbell has been honored as In- third all-time winningest field hockey coach and 26 games. Brown’s Massillon teams diana coach of the year 10 times and was na- (now 10th all time). Spending her career at drew national attention, as many players tional track coach of the year for District 2 Palmyra (New Jersey) High School (two advanced to successful college and profes- in 1972 and District 4 in 1985. The city of years) and Pitman (New Jersey) High sional careers. Brown coached Ohio State Gary, Indiana, honored Campbell by nam- School (38 years), her overall coaching University to an 18-8-1 record in three ing a multi-million-dollar sports complex the record was 412-105-88. Included among her years, and coached the Cleveland Browns to Hudson-Campbell . many victories at Pitman were New Jersey a 165-68-9 record, and to four consecutive state Group I championships in 1974, 1981, All-American Football Conference titles and 1982 and 1983. Her teams won the Tri- five straight National Football League County championship 19 times, including 10 championships. consecutive conference titles.

PAGE 24 SID CICHY NANCY COLE JOSEPH COVIELLO LOUISE CROCCO Coaches

DWIGHT CHURCH

RALPH CUMMINS LOU CVIJANOVICH HARRY DAHLBERG GLENN DANIEL

DWIGHT CHURCH JOSEPH N. COVIELLO LOU CVIJANOVICH , 1993 New Jersey, 1984 California, 1997

Church coached the Lewiston (Idaho) High Coviello spent 34 years coaching prep foot- From 1958 through 2001, Cvijanovich’s boys School baseball program to a 673-231 record ball while compiling a lifetime record of 243- basketball teams compiled an astounding and to seven state championships between 51-10 (.827). In 16 seasons at West New record of 829 victories and 261 losses at Ox- 1960 and 1989. He also coached American York (New Jersey) Memorial High School, nard (California) Santa Clara High School. Legion baseball teams that won 21 state Le- Coviello coached seven state championship His teams reached the state championship gion championships in 35 years. Church was teams. He also introduced the “Wing-T” of- game four times, with his 1989 and 1990 the first Idahoan to serve on the NFHS fense to New Jersey. squads claiming California state titles. In Baseball Rules Committee. addition to basketball, Cvijanovich coached LOUISE CROCCO baseball from 1958 to 1970 and football from SID CICHY Florida, 2008 1958 to 1976. His overall record in all sports North Dakota, 1984 is 1,091-366-4, with 39 league champi- Crocco is one of the most successful coaches onships, 16 section titles and 16 Ventura In his 30 years of coaching football at Fargo in high school volleyball history. She County coach-of-the-year awards. (North Dakota) Shanley High School, Cichy started the volleyball program at Cardinal compiled a lifetime coaching career of 231- Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, HARRY “SWEDE” DAHLBERG 38-3 (.859) and brought home 16 state cham- Florida in 1969, four years after graduating Montana, 1986 pionships. His teams were ranked No. 1 four from the school. In the ensuing 39 years, her other seasons, when there were no playoffs. teams won 1,132 matches and lost only 123, Dahlberg coached football, basketball and In 1975, Cichy brought national recognition a winning percentage of .901. She led her track for more than 40 years at his alma to North Dakota as he was named national teams to 18 state championships. Crocco mater, Butte (Montana) High School. coach of the year. ranks seventh all-time nationally in victo- Dahlberg’s teams brought home nine foot- ries according to the NFHS National High ball state championships, four basketball NANCY COLE School Sports Record Book. From 1975 to state crowns and 12 track state titles. New York, 2006 1999, her teams won 368 consecutive regu- Dahlberg was an all-state tackle at Butte lar-season matches. She was the first High School and then was a four-year The winningest field hockey coach in New woman to be inducted into the Florida Ath- starter and team captain of the University York with 552 victories, Cole ranks third na- letic Coaches Association Hall of Fame in of Montana football team. tionally on the all-time victory list. Her 1990. teams at Centereach (New York) High GLENN DANIEL School won 30 league titles, 13 Suffolk RALPH CUMMINS Alabama, 1999 County titles, 13 Long Island crowns and six Virginia, 1990 state championships in 32 years. From 2003 With a 302-167-16 record, Daniel ranks sec- to 2007, Cole coached at Ward Melville High Cummins retired as Clintwood (Virginia) ond in football coaching victories in Ala- School in East Setauket, New York. Cole High School football coach in 1987 after bama high school history. Daniel began his coached six high school all-Americans, 15 compiling a 267-89-15 record and winning career by rebuilding the Pine Hill High NCAA all-Americans, four national team three state championships. In his final 15 School football team after the program had members and one Olympian. She has been seasons at the helm, his teams were 144-23- been discontinued due to World War II. In inducted into the National Field Hockey 2, including a stretch from 1973 to 1979 recognition of his abilities, he was named Al- Coaches Hall of Fame. when they won 64 consecutive regular-sea- abama’s coach of the year on three different son games. Cummins’ teams also won the occasions. After eight years at Pine Hill, he Lonesome Pine District sportsmanship tro- moved to Luverne (Alabama) High School, phy on 23 occasions, and from 1955 to 1967, where he coached for 38 years and had only his teams went 126 consecutive games with four losing seasons. 100-percent ratings in sportsmanship.

PAGE 25 JERRY DELLINGER JOSEPH DIMINICK JAMES DREWRY DICK DULLAGHAN Coaches

EBBIE DUNN OLIVER ELDERS BILL FANNING CHARLES FARINA Len Dawson signs autographs at the 1988 ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri.

JERRY DELLINGER DICK DULLAGHAN OLIVER ELDERS Idaho, 1984 Indiana, 2009 Arkansas, 1999

In his 26-year coaching career, Dellinger Dullaghan had one of the best football When he retired in 1993, Elders was the found much success in the sports of football, coaching careers in Indiana history at three most successful basketball coach in basketball and track. He accumulated a 315- Indianapolis-area high schools before retir- Arkansas history with a record of 656 wins 122 record and a state championship in bas- ing in 2003. Dullaghan’s 31 years as a head and 305 losses. He brought home four con- ketball, two state golf champions and 14 football coach included four years at Indi- secutive Class 5-A state championships, as conference crowns – six of which were in anapolis Bishop Chatard (35-5 record), well as two overall state championships. football. Dellinger organized the Idaho State seven years at Carmel High School (64-12) Elders was chosen as the coach of the decade Coaches Association and the Idaho Coaches and 20 years at Indianapolis for the 1980s and as the Arkansas coach of Clinic. High School (214-41). His overall record of the year in 1993. One of his most famous 313-58 computes to a remarkable 84.3 win- players, Sidney Moncrief, is also a member JOSEPH DIMINICK ning percentage and includes six undefeated of the National High School Hall of Fame. Pennsylvania, 1995 seasons. Dullaghan’s teams claimed eight Indiana state championships – seven at Ben BILL FANNING Diminick enjoyed a highly successful 31- Davis and one at Carmel. He was selected Colorado, 1998 year career as football coach at Mount state coach of the year nine times by the In- Carmel (Pennsylvania) Area High School diana Football Coaches Association. In 39 years of coaching baseball at Grand from 1962 to 1992, compiling a 267-81-7 Junction (Colorado) High School, Fanning win-loss record. Included among his 267 EBBIE DUNN led his teams to three state titles, six run- victories were five perfect seasons, five Missouri, 1996 ner-up finishes and 20 conference champi- Southern Division championships, three onships. He finished his career with a Susquehanna League titles, three Eastern From 1955 to 1992, Dunn led St. Louis (Mis- 467-172 record. In 1984, he was named the Conference crowns and eight playoff appear- souri) University High School to a remark- national high school baseball coach of the ances. Diminick was named league coach of able record of 592 victories, 197 losses and year. Fanning also had a combined 105 sea- the year three times and was honored by the 104 ties to rank as the winningest high sons of high school and collegiate officiating Pennsylvania Football Coaches Association school soccer coach (now seventh all time). experience in baseball, football and basket- for outstanding contributions to coaching. Dunn’s teams appeared in the Missouri ball. state soccer tournament 20 times, with titles JAMES DREWRY in 1973 and 1990. Dunn was selected na- CHARLES FARINA Mississippi, 2008 tional high school soccer coach of the year in Illinois, 1987 1979 and 1987. He coached eight high school Drewry was the most successful public- all-Americans, 14 players who became colle- A former high school and college champion school football coach in Mississippi history giate all-Americans, 10 players who played as a competitor, Farina became the most with a 327-151-5 record. Drewry coached at professional soccer and three individuals successful high school wrestling coach in Booneville High School from 1990 to 2007 who played for the U.S. Olympic soccer history with 644 career dual-meet victories after coaching there from 1965 to 1978. He team. at Franklin Park (Illinois) Leyden High has also coached at Kossuth, Brandon and School and Chicago (Illinois) Gordon Tech. Tishomingo in Mississippi. Drewry’s teams After 38 years of coaching high school won three state titles (1990, 1999, 2000) and wrestling, Farina retired in 1993. In 1975, have finished as runner-up four other times. he was named national wrestling coach of He was inducted into the Mississippi the year by the National High School Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992. Coaches Association and was selected Illi- nois wrestling coach of the year three times.

PAGE 26 TED FEDERICI VERGIL FLETCHER ALTON FRANKLIN LLOYD GASKILL Coaches

GERRY FAUST

LESLIE GAUDET BILL GENTRY GORDON GILLESPIE VI GOODNOW

GERRY FAUST ALTON FRANKLIN BILL GENTRY Ohio, 2004 Louisiana, 2010 New Mexico, 2005

Faust was one of the best coaches in the na- After a stellar 35-year coaching career, During a five-decade career as football coach tion for two decades (1960-80) when he led Franklin retired after the 2001 season as the at Highland High School and Eldorado High Cincinnati (Ohio) Archbishop Moeller to an second-winningest football coach in Louisiana School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Gentry impressive 174-17-2 record. His teams won history and No. 15 nationally. At Haynesville became the state’s winningest coach with a 12 Greater Catholic League championships, High School, Franklin compiled a record 305-102-5 record. His Highland teams won 10 city championships, eight regional titles of 376-76-7 – a .822 winning percentage. three state championships, and his teams and five state championships. Faust’s teams Franklin’s teams won 11 state championships were second on five other occasions. Gentry had nine undefeated seasons and won 53 during four different decades – two in the was nationally known as an expert on the straight regular-season games from 1972 1970s, two in the 1980s, six in the 1990s and Delaware Wing-T offense. He was named to 1978 and 72 of his last 73 while earning the final one in 2000. Haynesville had eight coach of the year four times by the New four mythical national championships. He undefeated seasons under Franklin’s guid- Mexico High School Coaches Association coached 22 all-American and 39 all-Ohio ance and won four consecutive state champi- (NMHSCA) and was elected to the NMH- players while being six-time Ohio coach of onships from 1993 to 1996. Franklin was SCA Hall of Honor in 1988. Gentry has also the year, 12-time league coach of the year named state coach of the year six times and been named to the National High School and two-time national coach of the year. district coach of the year 23 times. Athletic Coaches Association and Albu- Faust coached at the University of Notre querque Sports Halls of Fame. Dame for five years and the University of LLOYD GASKILL Akron for nine years. Colorado, 1992 GORDON GILLESPIE Illinois, 1989 TED FEDERICI High school football coach Lloyd Gaskill Ohio, 1993 recorded several lofty marks while head In 27 years coaching at Chicago (Illinois) coach of Limon (Colorado) High School, in- Joliet Catholic High School, Gillespie’s foot- In 32 years, Federici coached the Oregon cluding 42 consecutive victories and 10 state ball teams posted a 224-53-5 record, includ- (Ohio) Clay High School football program to championships. With an overall coaching ing four consecutive state championships. In a 204-79-19 record. He also started the track record of 236-52-8, he was recognized as Col- winning the 1978 state title, Joliet regis- program and coached it to eight league orado prep coach of the year in 1961, 1967 tered four consecutive shutout victories. championships. In addition, he started the and 1968, and national coach of the year in From 1959 to 1965, Gillespie was a “full-cal- wrestling program and coached girls basket- 1980. In honor of his outstanding coaching endar” coach, taking on basketball and base- ball for one season. and education career, Limon High School re- ball duties. Gillespie has been inducted into named its stadium “Lloyd E. Gaskill Field” nine other halls of fame, and is the only VERGIL FLETCHER in 1969. coach to be inducted into three Illinois Illinois, 1983 coaches halls of fame. LESLIE GAUDET Fletcher built a long list of coaching achieve- Louisiana, 1991 VI GOODNOW ments, honors and awards during a 34-year Massachusetts, 1993 career, which included 32 seasons (1947-78) From 1937 to 1970, with a three-year break as the head basketball coach at perennial during World War II, Gaudet won 1,026 The second female coach to be inducted into powerhouse Collinsville (Illinois) High games and lost 353. Once ranked No. 1, he the National High School Hall of Fame, School. With a 742-170 (.814) record at currently is sixth all time in boys basketball Goodnow accumulated more than 1,000 Collinsville, Fletcher guided the Kahoks to coaching victories in the National High coaching wins in field hockey, basketball the state tournament on 14 occasions, win- School Sports Record Book. Perhaps more and softball. With a career record of 476-72- ning 20 conference championships along the important than the record of victo- 60 at South Deerfield (Massa-chusetts) way. His overall coaching record is 794-216 ries is the fact that in 1,379 games as a high Frontier Regional High School, Goodnow is (.786). school coach, Gaudet never received a tech- the nation’s sixth all-time winningest field nical foul and he never cut a player from his hockey coach. squad.

PAGE 27 LOFTON GREENE RICH GREENO ROD HARMAN ART HENDRICKS Coaches

JACKSON HORNER DAVE HOULE ROBERT HUGHES JAMES HULSMAN

LOFTON GREENE ART HENDRICKS ROBERT HUGHES Michigan, 1986 Ohio, 1982 Texas, 2003

Greene is the only Michigan coach to be se- After track coaching stints at Gibsonburg Hughes is the all-time winningest coach in lected as coach of the year twice by the (Ohio) High School and Ada (Ohio) High boys basketball history. He amassed 1,333 Michigan High School Coaches Association. School, Hendricks etched his name among wins in his 47 years of coaching at Fort Between 1943 and 1984, Greene coached the the nation’s track coaching greats at Clyde Worth (Texas) I.M. Terrell and Dunbar Rouge High School boy’s basketball program (Ohio) High School, serving from 1938 until (Texas) High Schools. He retired in 2005 to a 711-200 record and 12 state champi- his retirement in 1966 as the school’s ath- with an overall record of 1,333-265, a win- onships. Greene was named Sportsman of letic director and track coach. He produced ning percentage of .834. In his 32 seasons at the Year by the United Foundation in 1970 a state championship team in 1953 and two Dunbar, he only had one losing season. and national high school basketball coach of second-place showings in the state meet in Hughes’ teams won five state titles (three at the year by the National High School 1942 and 1952. Overall, Hendricks’ squads Terrell and two at Dunbar) and had three Coaches Association in 1972. won 11 league championships, 10 district ti- runner-up finishes. He was named coach of tles and posted a sparkling dual-meet record the year in Fort Worth 19 times and has also RICH GREENO of 116-8. been inducted into the Southwestern Ath- South Dakota, 1999 letic Conference and Texas Sports Halls of JACKSON HORNER Fame. In 40 years of coaching cross country and Pennsylvania, 1994 track and field at three South Dakota High JAMES HULSMAN Schools (Philip, Yankton and Sioux Falls Horner retired in 1993 after 38 years as New Mexico, 2003 Lincoln), Greeno’s teams racked up 19 state boys track and field coach and 37 years as championships and 36 conference titles. His boys cross country at State College (Penn- Hulsman is one of the top boys basketball teams once registered 87 consecutive wins sylvania) High School. Amazingly, in 28 of coaches in New Mexico history. His teams in cross country and 52 in track. In 1974, he his 38 track seasons and 29 of his 37 cross from Albuquerque High School advanced to was named national track and field coach of country seasons, his teams were undefeated the state tournament 24 times and captured the year by the National High School Ath- for the entire season. He coached 12 individ- seven state titles (1971, 1977, 1984, 1990, letic Coaches Association and the 1990 cross ual state champions, and his 1965 two-mile 1993, 1995, 1998). His teams made the state country coach of the year by the NHSACA. relay team set a national record. Early in his championship game five times in a row from career, Horner made a commitment to 1970 to 1974. Hulsman was selected to ROD HARMAN coaching at the high school level. coach numerous all-star teams, including Oregon, 2012 the McDonald’s All-American Game in 1988. DAVE HOULE He was inducted into the Albuquerque Hall Harman has coached girls and boys swim- Utah, 2000 of Fame in 1990, the New Mexico High ming at three Beaverton, Oregon, schools School Coaches Association Hall of Honor in since 1956, and has won eight state champi- At Orem (Utah) Mountain View High 1997 and the New Mexico Activities Associ- onships along the way – two boys titles and School, Houle has coached boys and girls ation Hall of Fame in 1999. six girls titles. Harman coached 38 years at track, boys and girls cross country, and girls Beaverton High School, 10 years at - basketball, winning more than 1,000 con- ton Aloha High School and the past eight tests in all sports, and more than 50 state years at Beaverton Southridge High School. championships. In recognition of his accom- His overall dual-meet record is 278-76. Har- plishments, he has been named coach of the man has been named national swimming year 37 times. Houle can also boast the re- coach of the year for both boys and girls and markable distinction of winning five state ti- has also coached the Beaverton High School tles as a head coach in one academic year. boys team to two state titles. The Harman Swim Center in Beaverton is named after him.

PAGE 28 LAURICE HUNTER WILLARD IKOLA Coaches

 Bob Kanaby, a 2012 inductee into the Hall of Fame, was executive director of the NFHS for 17 years and annually delivered the closing speech at the Hall of Fame Induction Cere- mony. BOB JAMIESON DICK KATTE WILLIAM KEAN RUSS KRAAI

LAURICE HUNTER won more than 20 games, and he had only team to the state championship game on 10 Colorado, 1999 one losing season – his first year as a coach. occasions. Denver Christian High School During his high school coaching career, won the title in five of those appearances, in- Although she coached six sports at Ever- Ikola was named Minnesota high school cluding back-to-back titles in 1982 and 1983. green High School Laurice “Lo” Hunter will hockey coach of the year six times. Katte led Denver Christian to 20 Metro always be remembered for her accomplish- Denver League titles, and six times Katte ments as a volleyball coach. She led her RICK INSELL was named Colorado High School Coaches teams to nine state titles and to a top-five Tennessee, 2007 Association coach of the year. In 2000, he re- finish at the state championships 16 times ceived the Dave Sanders Award, named in 21 years. Hunter’s team also saw seven As a high school girls basketball coach, no after the 25-year coach who was killed in the undefeated seasons and 14 Jefferson County one did it better than Insell. For 28 years Columbine massacre. League titles. A member of five other halls (1987-2005), Insell coached at Shelbyville of fame, Hunter has served on numerous (Tennessee) Central High School, where he WILLIAM KEAN local, state and national committees relating compiled a 775-148 record. His teams won Kentucky, 1993 to volleyball. 10 state titles and finished runner-up an- other five times. In 28 years, his teams won Kean is the most successful high school bas- BOB HURLEY 23 district titles and 16 regional titles. From ketball coach in Kentucky history, with a New Jersey, 2009 1988 to 1991, his teams won 110 straight record of 856-83 (winning percentage of 91.1 games, a Tennessee record and seventh-best percent). His Louisville Central High school Hurley is the nation’s leader among active nationally. Six of his players have been Ten- teams won five state titles in the Kentucky boys basketball coaches with 1,017 victories nessee Class AAA Miss Basketball and 15 of High School League and four national titles in 37 years at St. Anthony High School in his players were high school all-Americans. in the National Negro High School Tourna- Jersey City. He ranks 10th all-time with a Insell was named National Coach of the ment. Kean also served as athletic director record of 1,017-109 through the 2010-11 sea- Year four straight years from 1989 to 1992. and coached football, track and baseball son. His teams have won the New Jersey during his years at Central High (1923-58). State Interscholastic Athletic Association BOB JAMIESON state championship 24 times, including nine North Carolina, 1988 RUSS KRAAI consecutive titles from 1983 to 1991. He has Iowa, 1997 coached five undefeated teams in four differ- A charter inductee into the North Carolina ent decades. More than 100 of Hurley’s play- High School Athletic Association Hall of For 45 years, Kraai coached football, boys ers have earned at the NCAA Fame, Jamieson coached for 43 years at and girls basketball, and boys track, guiding Divisions I or II levels, and five of his play- Greensboro (North Carolina) Grimsley High teams from Havelock (Iowa) and Holstein ers have played in the National Basketball School and accumulated 11 state champi- (now Galva-Holstein Community) (Iowa) Association. Hurley has been selected na- onships in four sports. In 1945, he was ap- High Schools to unprecedented success. His tional school coach of the year three times pointed athletic director and, four years football teams won 16 conference titles and by USA Today and he received the first Nai- later, he helped create the North Carolina had 12 undefeated seasons. His overall boys smith High School Coach of the Year Award Coaches Association. Jamieson also led and girls basketball coaching record from in 2008. many fund-raising efforts to help build a 1939 to 1978 was an amazing 857-389. As a new football stadium, a new basketball gym- head track coach from 1939 to 1972, and an WILLARD IKOLA nasium and a new track at Grimsley. assistant until his retirement in 1984, he Minnesota, 1992 won several conference and district meets, DICK KATTE and produced many state qualifiers and As head ice hockey coach at Edina (Min- Colorado, 2004 champions. Kraai was director of the Hol- nesota) High School, Ikola compiled a 616- stein Relays for 41 years and also coordi- 149-38 record, which is sixth-best in the When you have 200 more basketball coach- nated the 1968 boys state meet at Holstein. nation. During his 33-year career (1958-91), ing victories than anyone else in state his- Ikola’s teams won 22 Lake Conference tory, you deserve hall of fame recognition. championships, 19 section titles and eight Katte retired in 2012 with a career mark of state championships. Fifteen of his teams 876-229 during his 48 years. He brought his

PAGE 29 BILL KRUEGER BOB LADOUCEUR DIANE LAFFEY CATHERINE LEMPESIS Coaches

JOHN LOWERY LARRY LUITJENS RICHARD MAGARIAN John Wooden signs autographs at the 1991 ceremony in San Diego, California.

BILL KRUEGER CATHERINE LEMPESIS South Datoka, Luitjens has coached 36 sea- Texas, 1997 South Carolina, 2009 sons at Custer High School. His teams have won seven state championships and finished From 1957 to 1996, Krueger compiled a re- Lempesis enjoyed a highly successful 24- second five other times to go along with markable record of 1,096 wins and 250 wins, year career as a girls cross country and more than 30 district titles. Off the court, fourth-best in boys basketball history. track and field coach at four South Carolina Luitjens has been instrumental in reconcil- Krueger’s teams won 28 district champi- high schools. From 1978 to 1997, Lempesis iation efforts with Native American schools onships, 24 bi-district crowns, six regional coached girls cross country and track at in South Dakota. titles and appeared in five state champi- Richland Northeast High School, Spring onship games. His 1965 San Marcos (Texas) Valley High School and Ridge View High RICHARD MAGARIAN High School and 1989 Houston (Texas) School – all in Columbia. She led Spring Rhode Island, 2010 Clear Lake High School team claimed the Valley to seven state cross country champi- Texas state basketball championship. onships and eight state track and field titles. During Magarian’s 34-year tenure as Krueger’s teams never had a losing season Her other state track title came at Ridge wrestling coach at Coventry (Rhode Island) and posted 30 wins or more 18 times. His View in 1997. After an eight-year retire- High School (1962-96), he compiled a 239-26 district playoff record is 466-67. ment, Lempesis returned to coaching in record and led his teams to 11 state cham- 2005 at Dutch Fork High School in Irmo, pionships. In addition, Magarian was a part BOB LADOUCEUR South Carolina. In the early 1990s, Lempe- of eight other state championship teams. California, 2001 sis coached , gold medal- Overall, during his tenure at the school, ist at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. Conventry won 19 state and 22 league Concord (California) De La Salle High championships. During the 1980s, Coventry School was a high school with a losing foot- JOHN LOWERY High School was voted “Team of the Decade” ball program before Ladouceur took over as West Virginia, 2002 by USA Wrestling. Magarian directed the coach in 1979. Since that time, the program Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL) has accumulated an incredible record of 384- After beginning his baseball coaching career state wrestling championships from 1972 25-3. De La Salle won 151 games in a row in 1971 at Harpers Ferry (West Virginia) until his retirement in 2011. He has been in- from 1992 to 2004, the longest winning High School, Lowery moved to Shenandoah ducted into the Rhode Island Wrestling Hall streak in history. Ladouceur was named the Junction (West Virginia) Jefferson High of Fame, the New England Wrestling Hall National Football League’s first national School, where he still coaches today. Over- of Fame and the RIIL Hall of Fame. high school coach of the year. In 1998, he all, he has a 1114-288-3 record, good for was named coach of the year by the NFHS fourth all time. He has captured seven state BILL MARTIN Coaches Association. titles and been runner-up three times. Low- Virginia, 1987 ery was named the National High School DIANE LAFFEY Coach of the Year by the National High From 1948 to his retirement in 1971, Mar- Michigan, 2000 School Athletic Coaches Association in 1998 tin’s wrestling teams at Norfolk (Virginia) and twice named West Virginia High School Granby High School had a dual-meet record Since taking over the Harper Woods (Michi- Baseball Coach of the Year by the West Vir- of 259-9-4, an incredible winning percentage gan) Regina High School girls basketball ginia High School Coaches Association. of .960. Martin’s Granby teams won the Vir- and softball programs almost 50 years ago, ginia Class AAA state championships an Laffey has built both programs to great LARRY LUITJENS amazing 21 times and finished second on heights of success. In softball, Laffey ranks South Dakota, 2012 another occasion. Martin coached 109 indi- fourth on the all-time charts with a 1030- vidual state champions, including nine fu- 375-3 record. Laffey also coached basketball Luitjens is the all-time winningest boys bas- ture NCAA champions and one Olympian. for a number of years with great success. ketball coach in South Dakota history. He Also the school’s athletic director, Laffey has compiled a 704-283 record in 41 years as was a registered basketball, volleyball and a head basketball coach (40 in South softball official for more than 20 years. Dakota). After one year in North Dakota and four years at DeSmet High School in

PAGE 30 FRANK McCLELLAN JOHN McKISSICK SANDRA MEADOWS HERB MEYER Coaches

GARNIS MARTIN

RICHARD MEYER VINCE MEYER WARREN MITCHELL JOHN MOORE

GARNIS MARTIN 24 conference titles and nine state champi- VINCE MEYER Kentucky, 1994 onships – including four titles in the 1980s. Iowa, 1987

Martin won more football games than any SANDRA MEADOWS Meyer won 1,105 games as a baseball coach coach in Kentucky history during his highly Texas, 2000 at Bancroft (Iowa) St. John High School successful career at Bardstown High School, from 1935 to 1981. His baseball teams ap- where he won three state titles. In 39 years Known as one of the most successful girls peared in 32 state tournaments, winning six as a high school football coach, Martin com- basketball coaches in history, Sandra Mead- championships. In addition to numerous piled a 271-114-7 record, including 38 years ows coached at three Texas high schools, coach of the year honors, Meyer was in- at Bardstown High. His teams qualified for and had her greatest success at Duncanville ducted into the Iowa High School Baseball the playoffs 15 times, won 12 Mid-Kentucky High School. Her overall record of 906-227 Hall of Fame in 1969. Conference championships, seven Class “A” ranks 11th all time according to the Na- district titles and three Class “A” regional tional High School Sports Record Book. WARREN MITCHELL championships. The highlight of Martin’s Meadows led her teams to four state cham- Colorado, 2008 multi-sport coaching career came in 1970, pionships, and from 1987 to 1991, she led when Bardstown won the Class “A” state Ducanville to a national-record 134 consec- Mitchell began coaching at Limon (Col- football crown, the fifth regional basketball utive wins. She was named Converse’s Na- orado) High School in 1953, and amazingly, tournament and the Class “A” state track tional High School Coach of the Year in 59 years later, he remains as the school’s title. 1991. track and field coach. His track teams have won 12 state titles and finished second four FRANK McCLELLAN HERB MEYER times. Mitchell also was the school’s head Arkansas, 2003 California, 1995 football coach for 10 years and an assistant for 27 years. He coached basketball for 24 When it comes to high school football Meyer coached football for 44 years in years, registering a 399-162 mark and led coaches in Arkansas history, McClellan is at Oceanside, California – first for 17 years at his teams to four state championships. the top. The former coach of Barton High Oceanside High School and for the final 27 Mitchell’s overall three-sport coaching School, McClellan led the Bears to a state- years at El Camino High School. Meyer’s record stands at 694-247-6 with 27 team record 351 victories while accumulating 368 overall record of 338-150-13 (.689) is the championships. He was inducted into the for his career. During his tenure, Barton best in the history of San Diego County and National High School Athletic Coaches As- won eight state titles. From 1986 to 1990, No. 2 all time in state history. Meyer’s nine sociation Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Col- Barton won 63 consecutive games, which is overall section titles in football is No. 1 in orado High School Activities Association ninth all time. McClellan was named dis- state history. He also is the only football Hall of Fame in 2001. trict coach of the year 24 times, high school coach to win more than 100 games at two coach of the decade by the Arkansas Gazette different schools. JOHN MOORE and received the Distinguished Service Missouri, 1993 Award from the NFHS Coaches Association RICHARD MEYER in 1990. Ohio, 1989 Moore coached the St. Louis (Missouri) Rite- nour High School wrestling program to 14 JOHN McKISSICK Meyer is one of Ohio’s winningest dual-sport consecutive state championships (1948-61). South Carolina, 1990 coaches in state history, racking up more He produced 56 individual state champions than 1,000 victories in basketball and base- and coached many successful football teams McKissick leads the nation in all-time wins ball. In 15 years as basketball coach at Rad- as well. In 1983, Ritenour Stadium was and most wins at the same school with an nor and 21 years at Buckeye Valley, Meyer named John Moore Stadium in his honor. amazing record of 593-143-13, which spans posted a 506-229 record. In 35 years as base- Moore completed his coaching career in 1966 his football coaching career at Summerville ball coach at the two schools, Meyer was with a 191-53-4 record. (South Carolina) High School (1952-2011). 542-498. He is one of this country’s few Among his victories were 41 consecutive coaches to register 500 victories in two dif- wins from 1978 to 1980, the longest streak ferent sports. ever in South Carolina. His teams have won

PAGE 31 CHUCK MOSER CATHERINE NEELY JOE NEWTON WALLACE O’BRIEN Coaches

PAT PANEK RUSS PARSONS ED PEPPLE DAN PITTS The 2001 Hall of Fame class in Maui, Hawaii.

CHUCK MOSER be chosen as both a U.S. Olympic coach and ED PEPPLE Texas, 1982 member of the U.S. Track Coaches Associa- Washington, 2010 tion Hall of Fame. In 16 seasons as a head football coach in Pepple retired in 2009 after a phenomenal Missouri and Texas, Moser compiled a life- WALLACE O’BRIEN 42-year career as basketball coach at Mercer time mark of 141-29 (.828) that was high- Alabama, 1992 Island (Washington) High School. Pepple lighted by three state championships. A compiled an 882-237 record at Mercer Is- two-time Texas football coach of the year, As head basketball coach of three Alabama land, winning four state championships and Moser also served as president of the Texas high schools, O’Brien won 423 games and claiming 23 league championships. Pepple’s High School Coaches Association and was lost only 47 from 1926 until 1944. His teams overall 48-year record was 952-306. He is appointed by the governor of Texas to the advanced to the state playoffs 12 times and the winningest coach in Washington history Texas Commission for Physical Fitness. Not won five Alabama high school basketball and ranks No. 11 nationally according to the only one of Texas’ all-time great coaches in championships. Former players credit NFHS National High School Sports Record terms of on-field records, Moser is also rec- O’Brien with designing the zone defense, Book. Pepple has been inducted into the Na- ognized for his influential role in the devel- perfecting the fast break, installing the four- tional High School Athletic Coaches Associ- opment of the coaching profession in the corner offense and developing the ball han- ation (NHSACA) Hall of Fame, Washington state. dling, playmaking . Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Associa- tion (WIBCA) Hall of Fame, Washington In- CATHERINE NEELY PAT PANEK terscholastic Activities Association Hall of Tennessee, 2012 Colorado, 1995 Fame and the Hall of Fame. Pepple was one of the founders of the Neely has been volleyball coach at East Panek coached football for 53 years (1925- WIBCA. Ridge High School in Chattanooga, Ten- 77) at five different high schools in Ne- nessee, for 47 years and has a career record braska and Colorado and concluded his DAN PITTS of 1,371-628. Her 1,371 wins are good for career with 328 wins. Panek spent the ma- Georgia, 1996 third in the National High School Sports jority of his career at Denver (Colorado) Record Book. Her teams have won two state East High School and Denver (Colorado) After retiring in 1998 with 346 wins as head championships, finished runner-up two Machebeuf High School. Panek’s teams at football coach at Forsyth (Georgia) Mary other times and claimed 16 sectional cham- Denver East won 16 league championships, Persons High School, Pitts ranks among the pionships. In 2006, she was named the two state titles (1949, 1962) and 44 consec- top 40 in all-time coaching wins. Along the NFHS National Volleyball Coach of the utive games. way, he coached Mary Persons to four unde- Year. Neely also coached basketball at East feated seasons (1974, 1979, 1980 and 1994) Ridge for 43 years, compiling a 625-364 RUSS PARSONS and 30 consecutive winning seasons. His record and winning eight district champi- West Virginia, 1986 teams also won one state championship onships. She served as athletic director at (1980) and finished second three times East Ridge for 20 years as well. For 35 years, Parsons coached the sports of (1982, 1984 and 1993). football, basketball and track at four differ- JOE NEWTON ent West Virginia high schools, and served Illinois, 2004 as an athletic director as well. His overall coaching record in football was 267-84-19, Newton is a coaching legend in Illinois. In including two state championships, while 53 years as cross country coach at Elmhurst his basketball coaching record was 274-63. York High School, Newton’s teams have won Perhaps his greatest coaching success of all 27 state titles and 19 national champi- came in track, as he coached teams to 10 onships. Combined, his track and cross state titles and to nine second-place finishes. country teams have won 255 conference championships and more than 2,000 dual meets at a 96-percent winning clip. Newton was honored as the first high school coach to

PAGE 32 JOHN PIUREK JERRY POPP EARL QUIGLEY Coaches

S.T. ROACH DAVID ROBERTSON JACK RYAN VINCENT SCHAEFER

JOHN “WHITEY” PIUREK championships from 1916 to 1930, when DAVID ROBERTSON Connecticut, 1998 they posted a 306-95 record. His football Illinois, 1991 teams won 149 games in his 22 years of Piurek holds the distinction of being the coaching, winning eight state titles along In 30 years at Winnetka (Illinois) New Trier only Connecticut coach to earn state cham- the way. In baseball, Quigley guided Little High School as head swim coach, Robert- pionships in three sports. Despite success in Rock to nine state crowns between 1916 and son’s teams won the state swimming title 14 coaching football and basketball, his best 1926. times, finished second 12 times and placed winning percentage came in baseball with a third three times. His teams were unde- coaching record of 526-115-2. Piurek LINDY REMIGINO feated from 1946 to 1951, and he accumu- coached the West Haven High School base- Connecticut, 2002 lated 475 varsity and 743 junior varsity ball team to two state championships, two dual-meet victories. More than 150 individ- runner-up finishes and 21 district crowns. Remigino spent his entire coaching career at uals earned all-American status under From 1948 to 1989, Piurek was a profes- Hartford (Connecticut) Public High School, Robertson’s tutelage, and his swimmers es- sional baseball scout for the New York Yan- his alma mater. Beginning as a physical ed- tablished 65 national records. kees, and Seattle ucation teacher in 1953, Remigino coached Mariners. cross country, and indoor and outdoor track, JACK RYAN winning 85.5 percent of Hartford’s dual Ohio, 1994 JERRY POPP meets in that time. Remigino coached his North Dakota, 2005 track teams to 31 state championships. Ryan’s 44-year football coaching record was Sports Illustrated named him one of the 10 257-140-2, and his 47-year baseball coach- In 29 years as girls and boys cross country best high school track coaches in the country ing mark was 471-157. In 26 years of coach- coach at Bowman (North Dakota) High in 1973 and he was named that again by ing basketball at Columbus (Ohio) St. School, Popp established almost untouch- Runners World magazine in 1983. As an Charles High School, his mark was 373-150. able records. His girls teams won 23 state ti- athlete, Remigino competed in the 1952 His combined three-sport coaching record tles, a national record, and were runners-up Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Fin- was a phenomenal 1,101-447-2. Ryan’s foot- twice more. On the boys side, Popp coached land, winning gold medals in the 100 meters ball teams won 13 Central Catholic League them to 15 state titles and eight runner-up and 4x100-meter relay. championships, and his basketball teams finishes. Thirteen times both the boys and were CCL champions nine times. girls teams won state titles in the same S.T. ROACH year. In track, his girls teams added six Kentucky, 1996 VINCENT SCHAEFER more state titles. Combining track and cross Florida, 1990 country, Popp coached 55 individual state As the longtime basketball coach at Lexing- champions, 27 runners-up and more than ton (Kentucky) Dunbar High School, and In 37 years as head basketball coach at 300 all-state runners. then the first African-American administra- Miami (Florida) Senior High School (1945- tor in the Lexington Public Schools, Roach 82), Schaefer compiled a 704-195 record and EARL QUIGLEY played an integral role in the acceptance of won five state championships. During that Arkansas, 1997 all-black schools into the Kentucky High period, he also was an assistant football School Athletic Association. While Roach’s coach for Miami teams that won many state From 1914 to 1946, Quigley coached 961 in- teams had a 383-11 record in the all-black championships and three mythical national terscholastic contests in track, football, bas- league, they did not get the respect they de- titles. During his basketball coaching days, ketball and baseball, amassing an overall served until black schools were accepted into the National High School Coaches Associa- record of 760 wins, 190 losses, 11 ties and 39 the KHSAA. Roach’s Dunbar High School tion named Schaefer national coach of the state titles in four sports at Little Rock (now was the first black school to join the KHSAA year in 1981. Central) (Arkansas) High School. His teams in 1957. From 1957 to 1965, his teams com- won 18 consecutive Arkansas state champi- piled a remarkable 227-50 record, including onships in track, which ranks second in the seven district titles, six region champi- National High School Sports Record Book. onships and two runner-up finishes in the During his tenure as head basketball coach, KHSAA state tournament. Quigley’s teams won four Arkansas state

PAGE 33 WILLIAM SCHMITT KEN SCHREIBER LARRY SHAW PETE SHOCK Coaches

Natasha Kaiser-Brown receives her medallion  from Rick Wulkow, executive director of the Iowa High School Athletic Association, at the 2008 ceremony in Washington, D.C. WALT SHUBLOM ROBERT SIDDENS JIM SMIDDY BOYCE SMITH

WILLIAM “RED” SCHMITT PETE SHOCK Siddens’ top wrestlers was Dan Gable, who Illinois, 1993 New Mexico, 2011 also is a member of the National High School Hall of Fame. With a career wrestling record of 602-84-5 For the past 35 years, Shock has been a busy (87.5 percent), Schmitt stands 17th on the man – serving as Cliff (New Mexico) High JIM SMIDDY all-time coaching list. The majority of his ca- School’s basketball coach, track and field Tennessee, 1992 reer came at Granite City (Illinois) High coach, and athletic director. In basketball, School (1951-85), where he won a state title Shock is carrying on a family name at the Following a 46-year coaching career, in 1965. He was named national coach of the Class A school – his father, Dale Shock, was Smiddy retired in 1993 as the leader in all- year by the National High School Athletic boys basketball coach from 1935 to 1974. time girls basketball wins with an amazing Coaches Association in 1977, and was in- Pete Shock’s basketball teams have won 1,217-206 record (now second all time). ducted into the Greater St. Louis Athletic nine New Mexico Activities Association Smiddy coached Cleveland (Tennessee) Association Hall of Fame in 1992. state championships, and his track teams Bradley Central High School to state titles have claimed three state titles. His 797 vic- in 1962, 1970, 1973, 1975 and 1976, and to KEN SCHREIBER tories in basketball rank No. 2 all-time in mythical national championships in 1975 Indiana, 1999 New Mexico history. and 1976 (36-0 both years). During that time, the Bearettes registered a 90-game Schreiber is one of 12 coaches who can claim WALT SHUBLOM winning streak, surpassing the 88-game 1,000 wins as a high school baseball coach. Kansas, 1982 streak turned in by John Wooden’s 1972-74 With a record of 1,010-216, Schreiber holds men’s basketball UCLA teams. the record for most Indiana coaching wins in The architect of one of the most remarkable any sport. During 39 years at La Porte (In- dynasties in prep sports history, Shublom BOYCE SMITH diana) High School, Schreiber led teams to coached the Kansas City (Kansas) Wyan- Tennessee, 1983 25 conference titles, 28 sectional champi- dotte High School boys basketball program onships, 18 regional titles and seven state to 10 state titles and three runner-up tro- Smith ranks among the greatest all-time championships. He was named Indiana phies during his 15-year tenure there (1955- prep football coaches with a lifetime record coach of the year nine times, Midwest coach 69). Shublom’s squads compiled an of 288-116-34 at Springfield (Tennessee) of the year four times, and national coach of incredible 296-26 (.919) record, including High School. He produced six undefeated the year three times. two undefeated seasons and six others with teams in a nine-year period from 1935 to only a single loss. Along the way, Wyandotte 1943, and led Springfield to 14 bowl con- LARRY SHAW captured 13 conference titles in the rugged tests, winning 10 with only one loss and West Virginia, 2011 Sunflower League (including 12 in a row) three ties. Following his 44-year career, and a state-record five consecutive state ti- Springfield named the football stadium Shaw retired in 2011 after 31 successful tles from 1957 to 1961. “Boyce Smith Stadium” in his honor. years as wrestling coach at Oak Glen High School in New Cumberland, West Virginia. ROBERT SIDDENS Shaw led his teams to 13 consecutive West Iowa, 1988 Virginia Secondary School Activities Com- mission AA/A State Wrestling Champi- During his 26-year wrestling coaching ca- onships from 1997 to 2009 – tied for reer at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School, fifth-best all-time. He coached 51 individual Siddens led the program to a 327-26-3 state champions and finished with a career record, a remarkable winning percentage of dual-meet record of 330-96-4. He was named .918. Siddens coached teams to 11 state the National Wrestling Coaches Association team championships and seven runner-up West Virginia Coach of the Year numerous finishes, and he coached 51 individual state times and was inducted into the National champions. In 1974, he was chosen as the Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2010. national wrestling coach of the year. One of

PAGE 34 THOMAS STANTON JOHN STEVENSON CASH STONE DEWEY SULLIVAN Coaches

EDNA TARBUTTON RALPH TASKER ARTHUR TROUT

THOMAS STANTON DEWEY SULLIVAN ent decades. Tasker watched more than 100 Missouri, 1983 Oregon, 2008 of his players take their games to the college level and 11 were drafted into professional Known as the “Dean of High School Sullivan is the winningest football coach in careers. Coaches” in St. Louis and the mentor of Oregon prep history, compiling a 352-84-2 dozens of professional athletes, Stanton win-loss record before his death near the BERTHA TEAGUE used 44 years to build a lifetime basketball end of the 2006 season. He ranks 12th na- Oklahoma, 1983 coaching record of 793-191 (.806). He spent tionally in coaching victories by an individ- 32 years at St. Louis (Missouri) Beaumont ual at one school. Sullivan coached for 42 Considered the most influential coach in High School with a 590-120 (.831) record, in- years (1965-2006) at Dayton (Oregon) High girls high school basketball history, Teague cluding 11 St. Louis public school city cham- School and won five state championships in amassed a record of 1,152-115 (.909). pionships and five state championships. six appearances. He led his teams to 29 post- Teague led Ada (Oklahoma) Byng High season appearances in 30 years, including School to 38 conference titles, 27 district JOHN STEVENSON 24 in a row to end his career. A member of championships, 22 state tournament berths California, 1998 the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame, Sullivan and eight state titles. She coached five un- registered a 36-game winning streak at one defeated seasons, and from 1936 to 1938, Stevenson led El Segundo (California) High point in his career. Byng won three straight state titles. School baseball team to six California Inter- scholastic Federation-Southern Section EDNA TARBUTTON ARTHUR TROUT championships, four CIF-Southern Section Louisiana, 1994 Illinois, 1982 runner-up finishes and 25 league champi- onships. He is the winningest baseball coach From 1947 to 1953, Tarbutton led her Trout amassed an astonishing 809-334 in California history, and his 1,059 victories Baskin (Louisiana) High School girls basket- (.708) overall record in basketball at Cen- rank ninth all time among high school base- ball team to 218 consecutive victories, which tralia (Illinois) High School from 1915 to ball coaches. Stevenson coached future still stands today as a national record. Dur- 1951, which set an Illinois record and was major leaguers and Scott Mc- ing the streak, Baskin outscored its oppo- sixth in the nation at that time. Trout’s Gregor at El Segundo. nents, 11,709 to 5,300 (an average of 53.7 coaching laurels also include three state points scored per game and 24.3 points al- championships (1918, 1922 and 1942) and CASH STONE lowed per game), and the average victory six finishes among the final four teams. The Washington, 1997 margin was nearly 30 points. In 34 years at strong tradition Trout established helped Baskin (1943-76), Tarbutton posted 654 Centralia High School become the first After leading the wrestling program at wins, 263 losses and two ties for a 71-per- school in interscholastic basketball history Spokane (Washington) Mead High School cent winning mark. Her teams won nine to reach the 1,500-win plateau. for 37 years, Stone’s teams posted an amaz- state championships, including eight in a ing 405 wins and five appearances in the row from 1948 to 1955. Washington state tournament. From 1960 to his retirement in 1997, nine Mead RALPH TASKER wrestlers won individual state titles under New Mexico, 1988 Stone’s tutelage, while 43 others finished in the top six in the state in their weight class. Tasker, who retired following the 1997-98 He also established the junior wrestling pro- season with a 1,122-291 record (winning gram in Spokane, Washington, where he percentage of 79.4 percent), ranks third on coached from 1969 to 1995. In addition, he the all-time boys basketball victory chart. ran a wrestling camp in the Spokane area During his coaching career, Tasker led his for more than 30 years, inspiring hundreds teams to 12 New Mexico Activities Associa- of youngsters to take up wrestling. tion state titles over the course of five differ-

PAGE 35 DUANE TWAIT WALTER VAN HUSS JEROME VAN METER WILLIE VARNER Coaches

PAUL WALKER TAFT WATSON ARTHUR WEISS JACK WELLS Ann Meyers (right) of California receives her Hall of Fame medallion from Marie Ishida at the 1995 ceremony in Portland, Oregon.

DUANE TWAIT son High School football team, his record TAFT WATSON Iowa, 2006 was 155-55-12. His 1947 and 1948 teams South Carolina, 1996 went undefeated en route to state titles as The most successful coach in Iowa high part of a 23-game winning streak which A high school basketball coach for 50 years, school football history, Twait compiled an lasted from 1946 to 1949. Watson etched his name in the record books overall record of 339-63-2 in 39 years. His as he became one of the few – if not the only team’s 28 playoff appearances rank first in WILLIE VARNER – coach to win two state titles on the same Iowa history, as does the streak of 20 South Carolina, 1994 day. Watson guided the Centenary (South straight appearances. After eight years at Carolina) Terrell’s Bay High School girls Hartley (Iowa) High School, Twait coached In more than 40 years of coaching football at basketball team to the Class A state title, at Emmetsburg High School for 29 years, Woodruff (South Carolina) High School, and then added the boys crown. In 45 years compiling a 280-40 record, and won seven Varner posted 383 wins, 12th-best in the of coaching boys and girls basketball teams, state championships with seven runner-up history of high school football. Under Watson won almost 1,500 games. finishes. Twait was named district coach of Varner’s guidance, Wood-ruff won 10 state the year on nine occasions and twice was championships, 16 upper state titles and 27 ARTHUR WEISS named Class 2A Coach of the Year. In 2003 conference titles, and tied the state record Pennsylvania, 1991 he received the Outstanding Coach Award for more consecutive championships (4). from the Iowa chapter of the National Foot- Varner’s trademark was strong defensive Despite never participating in the sport, ball Foundation. teams, evidenced by the 197 shutouts his Weiss had an outstanding wrestling coach- teams posted, including his 1976 and 1980 ing career at Clearfield (Pennsylvania) Area WALTER “BUCK” VAN HUSS teams, which did not allow any points by the High School with an overall record of 184- Tennessee, 1990 opposition in four playoff games. 37-3 (.860). Weiss’ teams registered 14 un- defeated seasons, won the District 6-9 In 37 years of coaching basketball, Van PAUL WALKER tournament every year except two, and Huss collected an overall 1,021-313 record Ohio, 1986 claimed the unofficial state title nine times while at Hampton (Tennessee) High School as awarded by the Pennsylvania Wrestling (1953-67) and Kingport (Tennessee) Dobyns- Walker spent 41 years coaching high school Round-up. Bennett High School (1967-89). Van Huss’ football and basketball in the states of Ohio teams won 20 or more games in 32 of his 37 and Kentucky. Thirty of those years were JACK WELLS years of coaching. His teams won 10 district spent at Middletown (Ohio) High School, Missouri, 1998 championships, 12 regional championships, where he accumulated a basketball record of 17 conference titles and advanced to the 564-137, and led the program to 17 district Wells compiled an impressive record of 238- state tournament 14 times. His 1960 Hamp- titles, eight regional titles and five state 113-6 and led teams to 18 league champi- ton team won the Tennessee state champi- championships. United Press International onships while guiding four different onship. named Walker national high school coach of Missouri high school football teams. More the year in 1974 and 1975. impressive, however, is the fact that he JEROME VAN METER started three of those from scratch. He was West Virginia, 1997 named the 1981 Sporting News coach of the year, and was the recipient of the 1985 Van Meter coached basketball for 26 years NFHS Coaches Association Distinguished at Beckley (West Virginia) Service Award, and received the 1987 High School, compiling an outstanding Scholastic Magazine National High School record of 501 wins and 159 losses. His teams Coaching Award. won six West Virginia state championships, including four in a row from 1951 to 1954. In 22 years at the helm of the Woodrow Wil-

PAGE 36 JOAN WELLS KEITH WILLIAMS BOB WOOD GORDON WOOD Officials

ELBERT WRIGHT JORDAN BESOZZI

JOAN WELLS Michigan High School Tennis Coaches Asso- Kansas, 2007 ciation, which currently boasts membership OFFICIALS of more than 320 coaches. Wood was instru- Wells is as dominant as they come in girls mental in changing the state tournament DICK AULT volleyball coaching with an overall record of format from an individual to a team concept. Missouri, 1999 865-89 (90.7 winning percentage). In 27 Wood was inducted into the National High years at the helm of Lawrence (Kansas) School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Ault both participated in and coached track, High School, Wells led her teams to the Fame and Michigan High School Coaches but it was officiating where he excelled. Dur- state championship match 22 times, win- Association Hall of Fame. ing his 49-year officiating career, he worked ning 15. Her volleyball teams won 26 sub- 25 Missouri State High School Activities As- state titles and 15 Sunflower League titles. GORDON WOOD sociation state championship meets as ei- Three times, her teams were ranked in the Texas, 1983 ther a meet director, head starter or an top 25 nationally. Wells coached 29 players assistant meet director. He also served as a who went on to play Division I volleyball. Woods, who retired in 1985 as the nation’s starter and referee for every state cross Wells also coached softball and won a state winningest high school football coach with a country championship from 1970 to 1997. title in 1977. 396-91-15 record, now ranks ninth on that Ault spearheaded the Missouri association’s list. He coached teams to 24 district titles, efforts to begin statewide track and field KEITH WILLIAMS nine state championships and had four un- rules interpretation meetings in 1972, and Idaho, 1997 defeated seasons. The bulk of his success served as the Show-Me State’s chief track came at Brownwood (Texas) High School in rules interpreter from 1972 to 1998. Williams will be best remembered for the his final 23 years. Wood was named Texas success he had in 33 seasons as wrestling high school football “coach-of-the-year” four JORDAN BESOZZI coach at Blackfoot (Idaho) Snake River High times. Ohio, 1982 School, posting a 403-68-6 overall record. His teams also experienced great success in ELBERT “LUM” WRIGHT A legend among Ohio officials, Besozzi was the postseason, winning 17 district champi- Mississippi, 2004 a familiar and respected figure on football onships, including 12 straight in Class A-2, fields and basketball courts throughout the from 1978 to 1989. Snake River collected six The winningest football coach in Mississippi state for nearly 50 years. He was selected by state championships under Williams, win- history, Wright ranks in the top 30 all-time the Ohio High School Athletic Association to ning three in a row from 1982 to 1984. nationally with 361 victories. He started his work several state football playoffs and offi- Williams was named national high school career in Texas, winning 122 games before ciated state basketball tournament action wrestling coach of the year in 1982 by the moving to Mississippi. His teams registered for 10 consecutive years. Realizing the ben- National High School Athletic Coaches As- six undefeated seasons and twice compiled efits of professional associations, Besozzi sociation. 27-game winning streaks. Wright was played a central role in developing the East- named Texas coach of the year in 1968 and ern District Football Association of Ohio and BOB WOOD earned the same honor in Mississippi in served as the group’s rules interpreter until Michigan, 2005 1975, 1979 and 1992. He also was named his retirement. Little Dixie Conference coach of the year six The first tennis coach to be honored by the times, and Mississippi Private School Asso- National High School Hall of Fame, Wood ciation District 6-A coach of the year in was instrumental in furthering the sport of 1995. tennis in Michigan. In his 37-year career, Wood led University Liggett School (Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan) to 27 state boys tennis championships. In his 13-year career as girls coach, he added 12 more state titles to his resume. He is the founder of the

PAGE 37 Officials BILL BLACKBURN CAROLYN BOWERS JACK BROWN TIM CARR

GARY CHRISTIANSEN GREEVER CROUSE BILL CUMMINGS DICK DEITZ

BILL BLACKBURN TIM CARR ing clinics for more than 2,000 officials Oklahoma, 1990 Utah, 2008 throughout southwest Virginia.

Considered the dean of officials in the Okla- Carr has been a registered official in Utah BILL CUMMINGS homa High School Officials Association, since 1973. He officiated basketball from South Carolina, 1994 Blackburn retired from active officiating in 1972 to 1986 and has worked as a football 1984 after a noteworthy 34-year career. official from 1975 to 1978 and since 1986. Cummings officiated 581 football games in During his years as a high school official, Carr has officiated more than 70 football 35 years and more than 3,800 high school, Blackburn officiated 10 state football cham- playoff games, including six state champi- college and baseball pionship games, 12 state basketball tourna- onships. He officiated 25 basketball playoff games. In football, Cummings officiated 25 ments and 18 years of regional and district games and was evaluator of basketball offi- state finals and worked the North-South all- basketball tournaments. Although the ma- cials in Utah from 1986 to 1993. Carr has star game in 1967. During his 27 years of jority of his work was in the Tulsa area, been a leader locally with the basketball officiating, Cummings worked Blackburn officiated games in Texas, Football Officials Association since 1974, 1,916 varsity boys and girls games and more Kansas and Missouri. serving 10 years on its board of directors. At than 500 junior varsity and YMCA games. the national level, Carr was state director of He officiated in 22 state finals, including 10 CAROLYN BOWERS the NFHS Officials Association for six years straight 4A championships. Ohio, 1995 and has served on the NFHS Officials Pub- lications Committee for several years. DICK DEITZ Bowers was one of the first two female offi- Illinois, 2008 cials inducted into the Hall of Fame and she GARY CHRISTIANSEN was the first gymnastics official to be en- Iowa, 2010 Deitz has been working as a football, basket- shrined. In 1969, Bowers presented develop- ball and baseball official in Illinois since mental plans and regulations to the Ohio Christiansen is one of four officials in the 1958 and has been the state’s rules inter- High School Athletic Association for the first state of Iowa who has officiated a state preter in basketball and baseball since 1976. Ohio high school girls gymnastics meet, and championship game in football, girls basket- He also officiated softball for 26 years. Deitz in 1973, the OHSAA sponsored the first ball, boys basketball and baseball in the is the head official for the Illinois High tournament in any girls sport – gymnastics. same school year, and he is the only one to School Association (IHSA) football playoffs, Since 1973, Bowers has been OHSAA state accomplish the feat four times. In his 40- and he is an IHSA clinician in both football gymnastics rules interpreter, and since 1971 plus years, Christiansen has officiated more and basketball. Deitz officiated four boys (except for 1976 and 1985), she has been than 185 state tournament games and 50 basketball state tournaments and the 1974 girls gymnastics district meet referee, as championship games in football, baseball and 1996 state championship games. He well as OHSAA state meet director. and boys and girls basketball. A registered also officiated state finals in football, mak- official since 1968, Christiansen has served ing him one of a select few in the state to JACK BROWN the Iowa High School Athletic Association as work finals in both major sports. He was in- North Dakota, 1993 rules interpreter in baseball, basketball and ducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches football. Association Hall of Fame in 1998. Brown officiated high school football and basketball, umpired baseball and started GREEVER CROUSE track meets for more than 50 years begin- Virginia, 1987 ning in 1943. He was a charter member of the North Dakota Officials Association, of An active basketball official for 40 years, which he was president and also was founder Crouse is the only official in Virginia history and first president of the Jamestown Offi- to officiate in 20 consecutive state basketball cials Association. Among his numerous hon- tournaments. Crouse was the organizer and ors, Brown was inducted into the North commissioner of the Appalachian Officials Dakota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in Association, which serves southwest Vir- 1971, and the baseball field in Jamestown ginia in football, basketball and wrestling. was renamed Jack Brown Stadium. During his career, Crouse conducted train-

PAGE 38 EMRY DILDAY MARIO DONNANGELO ALBERT FLISCHEL GEORGE FORD Officials

 Charlie Wedemeyer receives his Hall of Fame Award from Keith Amemiya, executive director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, at the 2007 cere- mony in Palm Desert, California. Also pictured is Charlie’s wife, Lucy. PAT FRAGILE DEL GAB GEORGE GARDNER KAYE GARMS

EMRY DILDAY maximum-security prison and also officiated training, mentoring and promoting of offici- Missouri, 2011 wheelchair basketball. ating. During his career, he officiated three girls basketball state tournaments, and also Dilday was considered one of the top football GEORGE FORD officiated baseball, softball and track. In referees in Missouri, officiating about 50 Connecticut, 2009 football, he was selected to officiate 43 first- state tournament playoff games, including round and quarterfinal games, 21 semifinals nine state championship games, throughout Ford was a high school swimming and div- and nine championship games. He worked his 43-year career. He has been football ing official for 42 years and was the sport’s the first 11-man championship in 1976. Gab rules interpreter for the Missouri State High most respected and senior official in the was president of the NFHS Officials Associ- School Activities Association since 1982. Dil- state of Connecticut. The founding father of ation board in 1991-92, and served nine day was a charter member of the NFHS Of- the Connecticut Swimming and Diving Offi- years on the NFHS Officials’ Quarterly Pub- ficials Association and served as president cials Association, he served as the organiza- lications Committee. during the 1999-2000 school year. Dilday tion’s secretary, recruiter, assigner, rules also officiated college football for 36 years interpreter and head referee. Ford served as GEORGE GARDNER before retiring in 2006. Now in his 29th head referee in more league championships, Georgia, 1992 year, he continues to officiate track and state championships and dual meets than cross country while also coaching the girls any other official in the state. He officiated Gardner spent more than 65 years in the of- track and field team at Springfield Catholic more than 3,500 swim meets and assigned ficiating avocation, beginning in 1925 when High School in Springfield, Missouri. referees and judges for more than 30,000 he became a high school football official. meets. Ford was an officials consultant for During that time, Gardner trained more the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic than 2,500 high school officials and hun- MARIO DONNANGELO Conference Board of Control for many years. dreds of college officials. He also founded the Pennsylvania, 2000 Georgia Football Officials Association in PAT FRAGILE 1926 and, as a result, members of that group In his outstanding 45-year career, Donnan- West Virginia, 2003 have officiated more playoff and state cham- gelo officiated at the high school and college pionship games than all other associations levels and officiated Pennsylvania Inter- Fragile was one of the best officials in foot- combined. scholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) soccer ball, basketball and baseball during the past and basketball playoff games, as well as col- three decades for the West Virginia Second- KAYE GARMS lege soccer games. Donnangelo was instru- ary School Activities Commission (WVS- Colorado, 1995 mental in the development and training of SAC). He has officiated 12 state basketball soccer officials through his involvement with championship games and served as West Now retired from active officiating, Garms the National Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Virginia’s rules interpreter for the sport. was a pioneer in women’s sports officiating Association (NISOA) and the NFHS. He Fragile was instrumental in implementing in Colorado, selected to officiate the first 15 served a number of years on the NFHS Offi- the three-referee system in basketball. He state girls basketball tournaments and was cials’ Quarterly Publications Committee. also officiated seven state baseball champi- assigned to 12 state title games from 1975 onships and one state football title game. until her retirement in 1990. Garms also of- ALBERT FLISCHEL Fragile was outstanding basketball official ficiated 16 Colorado state track meets and Missouri, 2001 for West Virginia in 1990 and 1999 and re- has been an advocate of improving officiat- ceived the NFHS Citation for officiating in ing in women’s sports. She has been a clini- Flischel, who served as a high school base- 2003. cian for Colorado high school basketball ball official for 47 years, a softball official for since 1979 and continues to help women and 30 years, a football official for 35 years and DEL GAB all young officials in basketball. a basketball official for 24 years, also served North Dakota, 2003 as Missouri’s rules interpreter in baseball and softball. Flischel also used his talent in Gab was one of the top multi-sport officials other capacities, as he officiated baseball in the state of North Dakota for 45 years, and basketball games within the Missouri and he was equally involved in recruitment,

PAGE 39 Officials DAN GAYLORD NORM GESKE JERRY HALL JANE HANSEN

CALVIN HARMS BEE HARPER TIM HEENAN ROBERT HILDEBRAND Dan Gable signs autographs at the 1984 induction ceremony in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

DAN GAYLORD JANE HANSEN TIM HEENAN Alabama, 1988 New Jersey, 2007 California, 2002

Gaylord, who was a charter member of the When it comes to officiating both field During his career, Heenan has officiated Birmingham (Alabama) Football Officials hockey and , Jane Hansen is with- football, basketball, baseball, softball, field association in 1929, served as executive sec- out peers. Hansen has umpired a New Jer- hockey and soccer. In California, Heenan retary-treasurer for nearly 60 years. A sey field hockey final almost every year has officiated 18 Central Coast Section bas- Birmingham native, Gaylord officiated foot- since 1975 and officiated at the lacrosse ketball championships and 12 California ball for 26 years, and also was an umpire-in- state championships from 1985 to 2003. Her state championships in basketball. From chief with the Alabama Umpires Association contributions as a rules interpreter for the 1990 to 1996, Heenan was commissioner of from 1932 to 1940. Under his direction, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic officials in San Jose, contracting with 52 many of Gaylord’s pupils advanced to the Association (NJSIAA) are remarkable, hav- high schools to provide them with officials Southeastern Conference and other Division ing served as a field hockey interpreter for in 10 sports. At the national level, Heenan I conferences. 26 years and lacrosse for 12 years. Among was very active in the NFHS Officials Asso- her contributions in field hockey, Hansen ciation, serving as board president in 1994- NORM GESKE served on the NCAA Field Hockey Commit- 95. He is also a charter member of the Illinois, 1982 tee for 10 years and the NFHS Field Hockey NFHS Officials’ Quarterly Publications Rules Committee for three terms. Committee and in 2000, he was awarded the An invaluable resource person for his state, NFHS Citation for officials. Geske was a rules interpreter for the Illinois High School Association for 19 years. As an CALVIN HARMS ROBERT HILDEBRAND educator of officials, his credentials include Iowa, 1989 Iowa, 1997 the production of instructional tapes on rules and procedures that have been distrib- Harms retired in 1987 after 32 years as a Hildebrand is one of the most celebrated uted nationally. A football, basketball and basketball official and 30 years as a football contest officials in Iowa high school history, track official for more than 30 years, Geske and baseball official. During that time, he having been one of only a select handful of also served on key NFHS committees and worked 20 consecutive Iowa state basketball people to work state finals in four sports – was a featured speaker at four national foot- tournaments and also officiated seven cham- boys basketball, girls basketball, baseball ball rules interpreters meetings. pionship games in the state’s football play- and football. Hildebrand began his officiat- offs. In addition to on-the-court activities, ing career in 1955, and he officiated a record JERRY HALL Harms has been football and basketball 23 consecutive boys state basketball tourna- Arkansas, 2005 rules clinician for the Iowa High School Ath- ments, as well as the first Iowa Girls’ High letic Association, and was a charter inductee School Athletic Union 5-on-5 championship The leader of officiating in Arkansas, Hall into that association’s Officials Hall of Fame game. In addition to basketball, Hildebrand began officiating football, basketball, and in 1977. has served as a football official for 36 years. track and field in 1952 and continued those Between 1972 and 1993, he worked every endeavors for 40 years. He joined the BEE HARPER playoff series in Iowa, including six state Arkansas Activities Association in 1970 as South Carolina, 1982 championship games. He also spent 20 years an associate director and immediately as a baseball umpire, working many state brought in the Arkansas Officials Associa- Recognized as one of the country’s top foot- tournament series. tion under the supervision of the AAA. Hall ball officials and a foremost rules authority, served the AAA for 25 years and was state Harper served the sport for 43 years as an rules interpreter in football, basketball, active high school official from 1934 to 1977. track, golf and tennis. Hall was extremely He contributed endless time to local, state involved with NFHS rules committees, serv- and national officiating organizations and ing 24 years on the Football Rules Commit- programs and excelled as a rules inter- tee and two terms on the Track and Field preter, clinician and district assignment of- Rules Committee. He received the NFHS Ci- ficer. tation in 1999.

PAGE 40 COLIN KAPITAN W.D. LAWSON CHARLIE LEE VICTOR LISKE Officials

ROBERT MARCINEK JAMES MASON BOB MILLER ROBERT OLDIS

COLIN KAPITAN VICTOR LISKE BOB MILLER South Dakota, 2001 New Jersey, 1992 Texas, 1998

“Kappy” has been a registered football, bas- With more than 50 years’ experience as a During his prolific 35-year officiating career, ketball and track official for 40 years. He swimming official, Liske is known as “Mr. Miller worked six different sports and cov- serves as the supervisor of officials for the Swimming” for his contributions to swim- ered more than 350 baseball games, 750 Eastern South Dakota Conference, as well ming in New Jersey and New York. Liske football games and 1,800 basketball games. as supervisor of officials for three college founded the New Jersey Swimming Officials He finished his officiating career in each conferences and a professional basketball Association and the Union County Swim sport by officiating a Texas University Inter- league. He conducts two summer camps for Championships, and served as co-director scholastic League state championship game. officials, and implemented officiating “jam- and referee for the New Jersey state boys Miller held lifetime memberships in the borees” in South Dakota to train young and swimming championships for more than 30 Southwest Basketball and Football Officials’ new officials. Kapitan is also the executive years. Liske officiated his first of more than Associations. He has served as president of director of the South Dakota Officials Coun- 50 NCAA meets in 1938, and also officiated the Corpus Christi Southwest Officials’ As- cil. Special Olympics swimming meets for sev- sociation in football and basketball, and was eral years. president of the Texas Track and Field Offi- W.D. “SHORTY” LAWSON cials’ Association. Texas, 1993 ROBERT MARCINEK Indiana, 1996 ROBERT OLDIS Lawson, who officiated high school basket- Iowa, 2000 ball and football games in Texas for more Marcinek is the only Indiana official to work than 30 years, frequently officiated playoff state finals in four sports – boys basketball, Before his retirement in 1997, Oldis offici- games, tournaments and state champi- girls basketball, baseball and football. After ated varsity basketball and football for 45 onships. He also worked in the college ranks beginning his football officiating career in years for the Iowa High School Athletic As- with the as well as 1955, Marcinek officiated his last contest on sociation. He also worked as a supervisor of many bowl games. Lawson served a term as November 11, 1995, in six inches of snow in football officials in the Mississippi Valley president of the Southwest Basketball Offi- South Bend, Indiana. He retired from bas- Conference, a 14-team large-school confer- cials Association and two terms on the ketball officiating in 1994, ending a 46-year ence in Iowa. In the sport of football, Oldis Southwest Football Officials Association. career in that sport. He also has been a su- officiated the playoffs for 22 years, including perb baseball umpire and won the NFHS Of- four championship games. On the basket- CHARLIE LEE ficials Association Outstanding Baseball ball hardwood, Oldis was the floor and New Jersey, 2002 Official Award in 1984. bench official for the boys and girls state tournament. Lee was a longtime soccer official with 50 JAMES MASON years of experience at the high school level Alaska, 1998 and 40 years of experience at the college level. He also has more than a half-century No other official in Alaska has officiated as worth of experience in basketball and base- many games as Mason during his 27-year ball. Lee also officiated softball and swim- career there. He also had a tremendous rep- ming in New Jersey. He is a three-time utation as an administrator of officials in winner of the NFHS Distinguished Service Alaska, as he served in many leadership po- Award in 1966, 1986 and 1993, and has also sitions in several officials associations. won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Mason officiated numerous Alaska state Athletic Association’s (NJSIAA) Officials championship games, and is the first and Award in 1982. He is member of the only official to receive a free lifetime mem- NJSIAA Hall of Fame. bership to the Anchorage Sports Officials’ Association.

PAGE 41 Officials PAUL OSTYN MEL OTERO SAM OWENS TRUMAN OWENS

Terry Dischinger (right) receives his Hall of  Fame medallion from Bob Gardner, commis- sioner of the Indiana High School Athletic As- sociation, at the 1995 ceremony in Portland, Oregon. RICHARD PACE BILL PACK KEITH PARKER MARVIN FAY REID

PAUL OSTYN TRUMAN OWENS KEITH PARKER Idaho, 2006 South Carolina, 2012 Illinois, 1990

As a 52-year veteran of high school football Owens has dedicated 50 years to high school Since 1951 when he began his coaching and officiating, Paul Ostyn was elected to serve athletics in South Carolina, officiating four teaching career at Bushnell, Illinois, Parker as an official for the state series every year different sports throughout his career. He has been one of the most successful clini- the state series existed. He also officiated has officiated 858 football games, including cians in the country. He was the official bas- the sports of basketball, baseball, softball 32 state championships. In basketball, ketball rules interpreter for the Illinois High and wrestling, and officiated the state bas- Owens worked almost 2,900 games, includ- School Association for 25 years and served ketball tournament five times. He was a ing 450 playoff games and 23 state champi- on the IHSA Basketball Committee. In the charter member of the NFHS Officials Asso- onships. He also officiated baseball for 46 mid-1950s, Parker was the leader in organ- ciation and served as the association’s sec- years and softball for 23 years. The Clinton izing a meeting of top basketball rules ex- ond president and received the resident has also been active in recruiting perts, which led to such major changes as Distinguished Service Award in 1984. He and training new officials. He is the younger adoption of standard black trousers and has also been inducted into the Idaho High brother of Sam Owens. The two called 20 shoes, and changing the philosophy of - School Activities Association and Big Sky state championship games together. ing and charging. Collegiate Football Officials Halls of Fame. RICHARD PACE MARVIN FAY REID MEL OTERO Florida, 1991 Mississippi, 1987 New Mexico, 1988 Known as “Mr. Official” in the state of Reid served as a football official for 42 years Referred to as “Mr. Referee” in New Mexico, Florida during his 35-year officiating career, and basketball official for 36 years, and or- Otero officiated high school football and bas- Pace worked 1,100 regular-season football ganized the Northeast Mississippi Football ketball for 26 years. During his career, games and 1,300 regular-season basketball Officials Association. Reid’s efforts led to a Otero officiated 74 district, regional and in- games, including five state football champi- statewide officials association under the vitational basketball tournaments, as well onships and 23 state basketball tourna- Mississippi High School Activities Associa- as four all-star games and 14 state champi- ments. In addition to these accomplish- tion (MHSAA). He also was instrumental in onships. On the football side, Otero offici- ments, Pace founded the Central Florida Of- securing the first full-time supervisor of of- ated 25 district, regional and state playoff ficials Association. He developed a recruit- ficials for the MHSAA. games. In 1985, he was inducted into the ing and training program for officials, which New Mexico Officials Association Hall of is run through community school evening Fame. programs and junior , both for credit and non-credit. SAM OWENS South Carolina, 1999 BILL PACK Tennessee, 1991 Owens has served as a high school football referee since 1958 and then later expanded Pack began officiating football at the high to officiating basketball, baseball and soft- school level in 1939 and continued as an of- ball as well in South Carolina. He worked ficial for more than 50 years. He also offici- 675 high school football games, including 20 ated high school basketball from 1945 to state championships, and 2,380 basketball 1961, and also officiated baseball for many games, including 23 state championships. years. Pack organized the Central Ten- Owens also improved the quality of officiat- nessee Football Officials Association and ing by conducting training sessions for continued as commissioner and assigner younger officials. He served on the South into the early-1990s. Carolina High School League Executive Committee, to which he was elected by fel- low officials throughout the state.

PAGE 42 CHARLES RUTER MACK SCHAFFER ALVIN SCHALGE BILLY SCHRIVNER Officials

JERRY SEEMAN SAM SHORT JIM THOMPSON

CHARLES RUTER BILLY SCHRIVNER and Puerto Rico. Shirley also was president Kentucky, 2001 Tennessee, 1997 of the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials. Ruter is a legend within the state of Ken- Schrivner worked more than 5,450 games in tucky, having served as public-address an- football, basketball and baseball from 1953 SAM SHORT nouncer, referee and field judge of the to 1993, and he helped with the develop- Alabama, 2007 Kentucky High School Athletic Association ment of officials for the Tennessee Second- (KHSAA) state track meet for an incredible ary School Athletic Association. Schrivner Short has been the expert in football and 46 years (1950-95). He was the official scorer began his basketball and baseball officiating basketball rules in Alabama for more than of the KHSAA boys state basketball tourna- careers in 1953, taking up football a year 50 years. He was instrumental in developing ment from 1965 to 2010, and for the girls later. He worked as a basketball official for state camps for officials to gain consistency state tournament for almost 20 years. Ruter 35 years, officiating nearly every year in dis- throughout the state, and is supervisor of of- was also highly involved with USA Track trict, regional and sub-state playoff games. ficials for the state association. Short has and Field, as he was the administrator of of- As a football official for 38 years, he worked served on the NFHS Basketball Rules Com- ficials at the 1984 Summer Olympics. almost every bowl game possible in Ten- mittee and was an advisor to the Football nessee and state championship games. Rules Committee for 15 years. Short was an MACK SCHAFFER original board member of the NFHS Ohio, 1986 JERRY SEEMAN Coaches Association, and in 1999, received Minnesota, 1992 the NFHS Officials Association Contribu- Schaffer officiated high school football and tors Award. basketball for 40 years, and served as bas- Best described as the “Official’s Official,” ketball rules interpreter for the Ohio High Seeman was an active high school football JIM THOMPSON School Athletic Association for 18 years. A official for 12 years (1963-74) in Minnesota Florida, 1996 former member of the NFHS Basketball and an active basketball official for 23 years Rules Committee, Schaffer is the only Ohio (1968-1990). He also was supervisor of offi- Thompson has been a registered umpire and official to work in 15 state basketball tour- cials for Minnesota state basketball cham- basketball official in Florida since 1956 and naments. pionships and basketball rules interpreter a registered football official since 1959. He for Minnesota from 1977 to 1990. Later ap- also has worked softball since 1975 and vol- ALVIN SCHALGE pointed as director of officiating for the Na- leyball since 1979. He has earned his supe- Colorado, 1996 tional Football League, Seeman was rior official status in baseball, basketball considered an exemplary role model for stu- and football. In his 40-year career, he has Alvin Schalge had a unique combination of dents, coaches and officials throughout his worked 12 Florida High School Athletic As- sports that he officiated (football, basketball, career in Minnesota. sociation (FHSAA) state baseball champi- soccer), but he will undoubtedly be remem- onships, 12 state boys and girls basketball bered most for his extraordinary contribu- DALLAS SHIRLEY championships, six state football champi- tions to the sport of soccer through his 30 Washington, D.C., 1994 onships, and one state softball state title years as a rules interpreter and his training game. Thompson also has served as a clini- of other officials. Schalge, who died of a During a 33-year officiating career, Shirley cian and presenter at FHSAA officials field heart attack while officiating a football play- officiated more than 2,000 games. In addi- clinics and conferences and has been instru- off game in November 1993, was chairman tion to working high school basketball for 25 mental in the formation of three officials as- of an organization meeting to establish a years in Maryland, Virginia and the District sociations in the Central Florida area. high school soccer officials association in of Columbia, Shirley was a National Basket- Colorado in 1966. He officiated eight consec- ball Association official during the league’s utive boys state championship soccer games first season in 1946-47. He conducted nu- and six straight girls state championship merous basketball clinics, both in the soccer games. United States and abroad. He conducted clinics in Germany, Spain, England, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iceland, Columbia, Canada

PAGE 43 Officials DOUGLAS TOOLE RICK TUCCI NORM VAN ARSDALEN MIKE WEBB

PETER WEBB HAROLD WEIR ROBERT WHITE LARRY WILCOXEN

DOUGLAS TOOLE NJSIAA championship football game. Van HAROLD “RED” WEIR Utah, 1995 Arsdalen was the first person to serve as Missouri, 1991 president of the NFHS Officials Association, Toole officiated Utah high school football the International Association of Approved Weir began his officiating career in 1950 in from 1961 to 1987 and high school basket- Basketball Officials and the Collegiate Bas- Missouri, working football, basketball, base- ball from 1961 to 1991. During that period, ketball Officials Association. ball and track. He worked numerous state he officiated 28 state championship basket- football and basketball playoffs, and he had ball finals, including one in each of the four MIKE WEBB the privilege of officiating 13 state football classifications. He also officiated 12 state West Virginia, 2004 championship finals and three state basket- championship games in football, including ball championships. He also was a basket- one in each of the four classifications. Toole For more than 40 years, Webb has been an ball rules interpreter for the Missouri State also wrote and edited a manual on four-man official in West Virginia and Ohio in the High School Activities Association for 18 officiating for the Utah High School Activi- sports of baseball, basketball and football. years and was heavily involved in the re- ties Association and produced an instruc- In his career, he has officiated more than cruiting and training of young officials. tional film showing various penalties in high 1,000 football games. Since 1978, he has school football. served the West Virginia Secondary School ROBERT “BOB” WHITE Activities Commission as rules interpreter, Maine, 2012 RICK TUCCI clinician and assignor. Webb has also served Florida, 2011 as a member of the NFHS Football Rules Robert “Bob” White officiated soccer in the Committee and was a charter member of the state of Maine for 31 years, including 17 Tucci has been an accomplished wrestling NFHS Officials Association, where he state championships. White, who resides in official at the state, national and interna- served a term on the board of directors. He Caribou, was the state’s soccer rules inter- tional levels for more than 30 years. He has received the Distinguished Service Award preter for 28 years and is a charter member officiated 23 Florida High School Athletic from the NFHS Officials Association in of the Maine Association of Soccer Officials. Association (FHSAA) State Wrestling 1993. Nationally, White was a member of the Championships and has been the FHSAA NFHS Officials Association Board of Direc- wrestling rules interpreter since 1976. Na- PETER WEBB tors. White also taught physical education tionally, he has been president of the USA Maine, 2006 for 35 years and spent time teaching biology, Wrestling Officials Association since 1986. health and driver education during his ca- Across the globe, Tucci has officiated seven The first inductee from Maine, Webb offici- reer. Olympic Games and more than 60 World ated more than 1,000 baseball games and Championships. He has worked more 2,000 basketball games, and has conducted LARRY WILCOXEN Olympic matches than any other American more than 400 officiating clinics in 24 states. Illinois, 2002 official. He became an International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO)-cer- Wilcoxen, an official in more than 5,700 con- NORM VAN ARSDALEN tified official almost 50 years ago and has tests, has more than 40 years’ experience as New Jersey, 1989 served as an IAABO-certified rules inter- an official for basketball, football, baseball preter for 41 consecutive years. He was and softball in Illinois. At the state tourna- Van Arsdalen was an active football official IAABO’s worldwide president in 2001-02. ment level, he has officiated six Illinois High for more than 45 years beginning in 1955, He served on the NFHS Basketball Rules School Association state finals in basketball, but his contributions to the officiating pro- Committee from 1992 to 1996 and served as three in football and baseball, and two in fession go far beyond length of service. He liaison between the NFHS and IAABO. He softball. He is the only official in Illinois to has been president of the New Jersey Foot- has earned distinguished service awards work five different high school state finals. ball Officials Association five times, NJFOA from IAABO, the National Interscholastic liaison to the New Jersey State Inter- Athletic Administrators Association and the scholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), NFHS Officials Association. and NJSIAA assigner for all state tourna- ment games. He also officiated the first

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FRED YOUNG RICH EDWARDS JAN HEITEEN EVERETT JOHNSON

 Jim Hulsman (left) receives his Hall of Fame medallion from Dan Salzwedel, executive direc- tor of the New Mexico Activities Association, at the 2003 induction ceremony in Chicago, Illi- nois. DONUS ROBERTS BARBARA SENG FRANK SFERRA HIMIE VOXMAN

FRED YOUNG EVERETT JOHNSON with the Minnesota State High School Illinois, 1983 Iowa, 2003 League (MSHSL). She has been the MSHSL speech, debate and one-act play consultant Young began officiating in 1918 and contin- Johnson was the first music individual to be since 1976 and has served as a judge in ued for 30 years until a leg injury put an end inducted into the Hall of Fame because of these programs since 1954. She conducts to his career. He was also known as one of his work to promote music at a national certification clinics for speech judges and in- the top officials in the Big 10 Conference in level. The executive secretary of the Iowa service clinics for speech coaches. both basketball and football. Young was a High School Music Association (IHSMAA) well-known sports editor for a local newspa- from 1978 to 2001, he developed new pro- FRANK SFERRA per for more than 36 years. grams to enhance music education. He trav- Colorado, 2003 eled to 17 states to provide adjudication training for music educators. Johnson was The first speech and debate coach to be in- also instrumental in the Iowa all-state ducted in the Hall of Fame, Sferra was the PERFORMING ARTS music festival, which has annual participa- key player behind sanctioning debate in Col- tion of 1,100 students. Johnson was chair of orado high schools. Most of his phenomenal RICH EDWARDS the NFHS Music Committee from 1983 to 50-year career was spent at Mullen High Texas, 2006 1991 and was a member of the first NFHS School, where his teams won the state de- Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Com- bate championships 12 times. He was pres- Although working his entire career in the mittee (1989-94). ident of the National Forensic League (NFL) collegiate ranks, no one has contributed from 1985 to 1995 and has been on the NFL more to high school speech and debate than DONUS ROBERTS Executive Council since 1969. He served on Edwards. He started in 1979 as a member South Dakota, 2005 the NFHS Speech Committee and hosted of the NFHS Wording Committee for the na- the Debate Topic Selection Meeting four tional debate topic. In 1980, he started his Known as the most successful speech and times. He is a member of the Colorado High work with the Forensic Quarterly, and still debate coach in South Dakota history, School Activities Association and NFL Halls serves as author of three of the four annual Roberts coached for 39 years at Watertown of Fame. issues of FQ. In 1984 he joined the NFHS (South Dakota) High School. His teams won Speech Advisory Committee and still re- 14 state championships and finished second HIMIE VOXMAN turns annually to serve as an advisor. He nine times. His students won 22 individual Iowa, 2009 played an integral role in the Cross Exami- championships in extemporaneous speaking nation Debate Topic Selection Committee contests, and his orators won another 10 ti- Voxman’s credentials and career establish where he served three terms as chair. tles. The forensics department at Water- him as one of our nation’s founders of mod- town was ranked in the top five nationally ern instrumental music education. The Vox- JAN HEITEEN for 31 consecutive years. Roberts chaired the man Selected Studies editions can be found Illinois, 2012 National Forensic League committee that in virtually every high school’s band room in invented Public Forum Debate, which has the United States. Voxman’s numerous com- Heiteen has served as head speech coach become popular across the country. positions and arrangements are considered and drama director at Downers Grove South to be standard repertoire for high school High School in Illinois for 32 years. In addi- BARBARA SENG music students. Voxman has served as a tion to her 14 team state championships in Minnesota, 2008 high school music adjudicator in Iowa, Mis- speech, Heiteen’s students have been in- souri, Colorado, Wisconsin and Nebraska, volved in more than 70 state individual Seng retired from active teaching and coach- and his service to high school students in championships. As the drama director, she ing in 1997 after 43 years as coach/director Iowa spanned almost 50 years. In addition has been responsible for more than 100 of speech, drama and one-act play at Henry to his incredible contributions to high school plays, musicals and talent shows. In 2009, Sibley High School and White Bear Lake music programs, Voxman was first an in- Heiteen was inducted into the National High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also structor and then a director at the Univer- Forensic League Hall of Fame. served briefly at Sarasota (Florida) High sity of Iowa School of Music from 1939 to School. Although retired from active teach- 1980. ing, Seng remains active in various roles

PAGE 45 Administrators

GEORGE WELCH BETTY WHITLOCK CHARLES ADAMS ALICE BARRON

KURT BEYER WILLIE BRADSHAW OLA BUNDY LINDY CALLAHAN Tom Landry signs autographs at the 1991 induction ceremony in San Diego, California.

GEORGE WELCH Under his guidance, the NCHSAA was one team that won every game by shutout en Utah, 2010 of the first in the nation to have an extensive route to the state title. After a professional corporate sponsorship program. He also baseball stint, he began a basketball and Welch had a profound impact on thousands oversaw the creation of the NCHSAA En- football coaching career at I.E. Johnson of young people during his 35-year educa- dowment, the NCHSAA Hall of Fame, High School in Laurinburg. He also coached tional career. He was director of vocal music Scholar-Athlete Program and the Scholar- at Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill, Dud- at Murray High School and Bingham High ship Program. At the national level, Adams ley High School in Greensboro and Hillside School for seven years before serving an was involved with the NFHS in numerous in Durham. Bradshaw won three state titles eight-year stint as coordinator of fine arts ways, including a term as president of the at Lincoln. He also served as the system ath- for the Jordan School District in Salt Lake NFHS in 1997-98. letic director for the Durham City Schools City. He then moved into administrative for 13 years before working in a similar ca- roles as coordinator of recruiting for the Jor- ALICE BARRON pacity with the merged Durham County dan School District, principal of Brighton Colorado, 1992 school system until his retirement in 1995. High School for three years and executive director of human resources for the Jordan Barron became the first female administra- OLA BUNDY School District. In addition to these posi- tor in the Hall of Fame for her exemplary Illinois, 1996 tions, Welch was director of the Salt Lake 23-year career with the Golden (Colorado) Symphonic Choir for 31 years. He was in- Jefferson County Public Schools. Barron Bundy was one of the key figures in the rise ducted into the Utah High School Activities built the Jefferson County girls program of girls high school athletic programs for 35 Association Circle of Fame in 2005. from no sports in 1967 to 11 in 1989 with a years. Retired in 1996 from the Illinois High $1 million budget. From 1975 to 1989, Jef- School Association, she is the only person to BETTY WHITLOCK ferson County girls programs won 31 of 95 administer Illinois’ state tournament series Mississippi, 2005 (32 percent) state 3A and 4A champi- in girls volleyball, boys volleyball, and girls onships. In addition, she served 15 years on track and field. She was the original admin- Whitlock retired in 2005 after a 30-year ca- the Colorado High School Activities Associ- istrator for girls tennis, girls bowling, girls reer as speech/debate/drama coach at Clin- ation Board of Control, the first woman to badminton, girls golf, girls field hockey and ton (Mississippi) High School. There she serve on the board. girls gymnastics. She also helped write the started a National Forensic League (NFL) Illinois State Board of Education Sex Equity chapter and also brought Mississippi its own KURT BEYER Rules, which are standards for all secondary NFL district and two Catholic Forensic New York, 1982 schools in Illinois. League dioceses. Her teams won numerous state titles and several national awards. She During his 42 years in sports administra- LINDY CALLAHAN founded and directed the Stennis Novice De- tion, Beyer held many positions of local, Mississippi, 1995 bate Tournament and was the primary di- state and national importance. For 18 years, rector of the Mississippi Youth Congress for he was president of Section IV in New York Perhaps no one has given to young people 19 years. and served a two-year term as president of and promoted high school athletics more the New York State High School Athletic than Callahan during his 39-year career in Association (NYSHSAA). Even after his re- the Gulfport, Mississippi, schools. From tirement, Beyer assisted the NYSHSAA, 1955 to 1966, Callahan was head football ADMINISTRATORS working primarily in the area of statewide coach and athletic director, and from 1966 classification and assisting in special proj- to his retirement in 1992, he served as ath- CHARLES ADAMS ects. letic director for the Gulfport School System. North Carolina, 2001 Callahan coached in the Mississippi high WILLIE BRADSHAW school all-star football game in 1957 and One of the most innovative and visible state North Carolina, 2010 1961. He was responsible for the establish- association executive directors, Adams was ment of the Mississippi-Alabama high executive director of the North Carolina Bradshaw enjoyed a legendary career in school “Battle of the Best” game played an- High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) North Carolina athletics. He starred on the nually between outstanding seniors in each for 26 years until his retirement in 2010. 1943 Durham Hillside High School football state.

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ROB CONKLIN JIM DESMARAIS CLAUDIA DODSON BRICE DURBIN

JIM DUTCHER CHARLES FORSYTHE TOM FREDERICK

ROB CONKLIN NCAA, NAIA and NFHS and was a major CHARLES FORSYTHE Colorado, 2002 factor in starting the NFHS Equity Commit- Michigan, 1983 tee in the 1990s. Conklin served the Denver Public School Forsythe, who was involved with high school system for 44 years, after starting as a coach BRICE DURBIN athletic administration for 45 years, served at Denver (Colorado) in Kansas, 1993 as the Michigan High School Athletic Asso- 1960. In 1971, Conklin was named director ciation (MHSAA) executive director for 32 of athletics and student activities for Denver Durbin, who was executive director of the years. At the MHSAA, he expanded state Public Schools, covering 10 high schools, 18 NFHS from 1977 to 1993, began his career championship events to the sports of basket- middle schools and 80 elementary schools. as a high school teacher and basketball ball, swimming, and track and field. He served in that position for 17 years, re- coach. In 1957, he joined the Kansas State Forsythe published many books pertaining tiring in 1990. He was also one of the Activities Association, and was to sports administration that stand today leaders of the National Interscholastic Ath- executive secretary from 1962 to 1976. More among the most important publishing ef- letic Administrators Association (NIAAA), than 40 new programs and services were forts in the history of high school athletics. serving on the Organizing Committee and started under his leadership at the NFHS, as its first president in 1977. including the National High School Hall of TOM FREDERICK Fame and National High School Activities Illinois/Wisconsin, 1994 JIM DESMARAIS Week. New Hampshire, 2002 The growth of the high school athletic ad- JIM DUTCHER ministration field is due in large part to the Desmarais joined the New Hampshire Inter- Montana, 1986 tireless efforts of Tom Frederick, who served scholastic Athletic Association in 1984 as ex- as assistant and associate director of the ecutive director and served 22 years until For 21 years, Dutcher served as the director NFHS for 22 years. During his career with his retirement in 2006. Before that, he of health, physical education and athletics the NFHS, Frederick directed the NFHS served as principal of Plymouth (New in the Billings (Montana) Public School Sys- film program, served as national track rules Hampshire) Area High School. In 1998-99, tem, the largest school system in Montana. interpreter and editor of the track and field Desmarais served as NFHS President and He directed the -classification boys rules, and was the NFHS’ meeting planner. was awarded the NIAAA State Award of and girls state track meet in Montana, and He also was responsible for starting the Na- Merit in 1988. He has also served as presi- created the first computerized state track tional Conference of High School Directors dent of the New Hampshire Interscholastic meet in the state. Dutcher was the first ath- of Athletics in 1971, when 355 athletic direc- Athletic Association. His alma mater, Nas- letic director to receive the Award of Merit tors attended. By the time he retired in son College, honored him with its Outstand- from the National Interscholastic Athletic 1989, more than 1,500 athletic directors ing Alumni Award for Community Service Administrators Association. were attending the annual national confer- in 1982. ence. CLIFF FAGAN CLAUDIA DODSON Wisconsin, 1983 Virginia, 2004 Fagan, who began his influential inter- Dodson was one of the recognized leaders in scholastic sports career as a coach and offi- the promotion of girls athletics nationally cial, served as the executive secretary of the during her 30-year career with the Virginia Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Associa- High School League (VHSL). She was just tion (1951-57) and then as the executive di- the fourth woman in the country to be hired rector of the NFHS (1959-77). During his as a state association administrator when directorship at the NFHS, Fagan expanded she joined the VHSL in 1971. Dodson ex- the organization to include non-athletic ac- panded the opportunities for girls to partic- tivities and completed the enrollment of all ipate in Virginia – from one sport to 13. She state associations as NFHS members. Fagan was the first woman to serve on the Na- also organized the National Interscholastic tional Basketball Rules Committee for the Athletic Administrators Association.

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EARL GILLESPIE MARLYN GOLDHAMMER HARLEY GRAF CLIFF HARPER

NELSON HARTMAN BOB KANABY KAREN KUHN FLOYD LAY Rafer Johnson (right) receives his Hall of Fame Award from Brice Durbin, executive director of the NFHS, at the 1990 cer- emony in , Minnesota.

EARL GILLESPIE and the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Asso- and principal for 23 years. During his time Virginia, 2005 ciation. with the NFHS, Kanaby was instrumental in creating a stronger national presence of Gillespie enhanced the level of officiating CLIFF HARPER the organization, which included moving the and athletic administration during his 33 Alabama, 1987 organization from Kansas City, Missouri, to years with the Virginia High School League, Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2000. He started including eight years as executive director. Harper became the first full-time executive the NFHS Foundation, citizenship pro- Gillespie developed a comprehensive re- secretary of the Alabama High School Ath- grams, steroid awareness materials, the T- cruiting and training program that encom- letic Association in 1948 and served in that Mobile Invitational basketball tournament passed nine sports and 5,500 officials, capacity for 17 years. It was during that and the NFHS Authenticating Mark Pro- netting him the title of “Father of High time that he became nationally recognized gram. School Officiating” in Virginia. He was in- for his audio-visual aids for explaining foot- strumental in the creation of the Virginia ball and basketball rules and the develop- KAREN KUHN State High School Athletic Directors Associ- ment of illustrated rules books that Wisconsin, 2002 ation. Gillespie served on the NFHS Foot- eventually were incorporated into official ball Rules Committee for 33 years and he publications by the NFHS and the NCAA. Serving Wisconsin public schools for nearly received the NFHS Award of Merit in 1995. 40 years, Kuhn finished her career as asso- NELSON HARTMAN ciate director of the Wisconsin Interscholas- MARLYN GOLDHAMMER Kansas, 1998 tic Athletic Association (WIAA). She was a South Dakota, 2003 pioneer for girls sports not only in Wiscon- Hartman, who was involved with education sin, but throughout the country. Kuhn is the Goldhammer was very involved in changing for 44 years, was executive director of the first female inducted from the state of Wis- the South Dakota high school sports land- Kansas State High School Activities Associ- consin. She was the 2000 winner of WIAA scape during his 43-year career, including ation (KSHSAA) for 17 years. He was a Scholar-Athlete Award and twice was given 22 years as executive director of the South prominent figure in the NFHS, where he the Meritorious Service Award by the Dakota High School Activities Association. served on numerous committees, including United States Volleyball Association and Among the changes made were the imple- the Executive Committee, the Awards Com- the Lifetime Achievement Award by the mentation of football playoffs, expansion mittee and numerous rules committees. Women’s Sports Advocates of Wisconsin, from two classes to three in basketball and Some of his accomplishments include the es- Inc. the addition of volleyball as a sport. The tablishment of the nation’s first citizenship- SDHSAA sponsors a free coaching clinic sportsmanship rule and the development of FLOYD LAY that tripled in enrollment under Goldham- the 10-yard-line procedure, which Florida, 1983 mer and formed all-star games in six sports. since has been adopted by the NFHS. Hart- He served two terms on the NFHS Board of man was also committed to expanding gen- Few people in interscholastic sports history Directors and finished his career as presi- der, minority and ethnic representation in have been more involved with the overall dent of the NFHS in 2000-01. the KSHSAA. administration of athletics at the state and national levels than Floyd Lay. During his HARLEY GRAF BOB KANABY 24-year service with the Florida High School Wisconsin, 1982 New Jersey, 2012 Athletic Association (including 18 years as executive secretary), Lay was responsible During his 32 years as a leader in the ad- Bob Kanaby retired as executive director of for the state association tripling in size, the ministration of athletics in Wisconsin, Graf the NFHS in May 2010 after an outstanding expansion in state tournaments and the re- not only served his community and state 17-year career directing the nation’s leader- vision of the FHSAA By-Laws. He also with distinction, but emerged as a signifi- ship organization for high school athletic served as the president of the NFHS. cant force in the betterment of athletics on and performing arts activities. Prior to join- the national level as well. Graf, athletic di- ing the NFHS in 1993, Kanaby was execu- rector at Brookfield Central High School for tive director of the New Jersey State 22 years, served as president of both the Interscholastic Athletic Association, after Wisconsin High School Coaches Association serving as a teacher, coach, vice principal

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BILL MAYO PAUL McCALL JERRY McGEE DOROTHY McINTYRE

CLAIR MUSCARO PAUL NEVERMAN JOHN OLSON

BILL MAYO versity, Southern Illinois University, East PAUL F. NEVERMAN Arkansas, 1998 Carolina University and Duke University). Wisconsin, 1982 He was founder of the National Executive Mayo served as a coach and administrator Directors Council, which was started in Neverman served as the executive director for 40 years, including 25 years at 2002 to unify the various state athletic di- of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic As- Blytheville (Arkansas) High School. In 1981, rector associations. sociation from 1924 to 1951, and was one of he was named Arkansas athletic director of the founders of the NFHS. He was particu- the year by the National Council of Second- DOROTHY McINTYRE larly influential in the areas of sport safety ary School Athletic Directors. Mayo was also Minnesota, 2003 and equipment. Neverman initiated the chosen as president of the National Inter- Wisconsin Athletic Benefit Plan, which scholastic Athletic Administrators Associa- McIntyre was a leader in expanding oppor- served as the nation’s first insurance plan tion in 1987, and was also a key figure in the tunities for girls to participate in high school for athletes. formation of the Arkansas High School Ath- sports in Minnesota. Thanks to her 32 years letic Administrators Association. of service, more than 80,000 girls are com- JOHN OLSON peting in Minnesota. She joined the Min- Wisconsin, 2000 PAUL McCALL nesota State High School League (MSHSL) Oregon, 1982 in 1970 with a task of assisting schools to Prior to his retirement from the Madison develop girls sports programs. Her efforts (Wisconsin) Metropolitan School District in McCall, who entered high school athletics as were unparalleled and she was equally as 1998, Olson taught science and physical ed- a coach in 1946, retired in 1980 after spend- successful with the MSHSL’s chemical- ucation courses; served as head football ing 22 years as director of athletics for Port- health program and coordination of the coach; and served as high school athletic land (Oregon) Public Schools – a system that League’s officiating program. She received director, assistant principal, district admin- includes 14 schools and nearly 25,000 stu- the NFHS Citation and was selected as one istrator of athletics and assistant superin- dents. McCall also gained recognition for a of Minnesota’s 100 Most Important Sports tendent of the school district in a career that fund-raising drive that generated more than Figures of the Century by the Minneapolis spanned 39 years. In addition to his very $230,000 from the community to offset the Star Tribune. busy schedule at the local level in Madison, defeat of a school tax levy that threatened Olson was heavily involved with the state elimination of high school activities. He orig- CLAIR MUSCARO athletic directors association and had enor- inated a program in conjunction with a med- Ohio, 2009 mous contributions to the NFHS and the ical association to provide injury clinics for NIAAA. One of the key contributions over coaches and school personnel, and encour- Muscaro retired in July 2004 after an out- the years has been in the field of writing, aged the development of programs and fund- standing 48-year career as a teacher, coach, having been published in several profes- ing for participation of girls long before Title assistant principal, athletic director, princi- sional journals, including the Interscholastic IX. pal and state administrator – all in Ohio. Athletic Administration magazine. After teaching and coaching for 11 years, JERRY McGEE Muscaro became principal of Peninsula North Carolina, 2008 (Ohio) Woodridge High School in 1967 and served in that capacity for 17 years. He then McGee was athletic director at Edenton was assistant commissioner of the Ohio (North Carolina) Holmes High School (1962- High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) 65) and Elizabeth City (North Carolina) for 5½ years before being named OHSAA Northeastern High School (1976-81) prior to commissioner in 1990. Among his accom- serving as athletic director for the Elizabeth plishments at the OHSAA, Muscaro initi- City-Pasquotank Public School System from ated the elimination of tournament entry 1981 to 1997. Since 1991, he has been exec- fees in 1992. In 1997, he started the OHSAA utive director of the North Carolina Athletic Foundation and initiated a scholar-athlete Directors Association. McGee also coached award program. four years at the high school level and 11 years at the college level (Kansas State Uni-

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H.V. PORTER RUTH REHN BERNIE SAGGAU

Terry Steinbach (left)  receives his Hall of Fame medallion from Dave Stead, execu- tive director of the Minnesota State High School League, at the 2007 ceremony in Palm Desert, Califor- nia. DICK SCHINDLER HERMAN SCOTT SANDRA SCOTT DON SPARKS

H.V. PORTER to officiating at the high school and college total girls athletic program in 1968, reorgan- Illinois, 1982 levels for more than 20 years, Roberts ized the state high school basketball cham- served as the executive director of the Wis- pionship program, and organized and The first full-time executive secretary of the consin Interscholastic Athletic Association conducted the first junior high school bas- NFHS, Porter was primarily responsible for for 29½ years. ketball championship in Alabama. the early development of the organization as well as the subsequent prominent position BERNIE SAGGAU SANDRA SCOTT it holds today in the United States. During Iowa, 1993 New York, 2005 the 18 years he directed the NFHS (1940- 58), he recodified rules in basketball, foot- As executive director of the Iowa High Scott became the first female to lead a state ball, baseball, soccer, and track and field. School Athletic Association (IHSAA) for 38 athletic/activity association on a full-time His experimental work and promotion re- years, Saggau dedicated his life to education basis when she became executive director of sulted in the development and legalization with primary emphasis on the rules of high the New York State Public High School Ath- of a smaller, fan-shaped basketball back- school athletics and activities programs. letic Association (NYSPHSAA) in 1990. board and the first molded basketball. Under Saggau’s guidance, the IHSAA has Scott helped increase fiscal control of state addressed many issues in student wellness tournaments as well as the number of state RUTH REHN and drug prevention. In 1989-90, Saggau tournaments the NYSPHSAA offered. Scott South Dakota, 2009 was president of the NFHS, and later that also initiated the Female Athlete Triad and year, he delivered the keynote address at Wrestling Minimum Weight Certification Rehn retired in 2008 after overseeing the the National Conference of High School Program. On a national level, she served on growth of girls sports programs for the Coaches and Officials. the NFHS Field Hockey Rules Committee, South Dakota High School Activities Asso- NFHS Awards Committee and NFHS Eq- ciation for 34 years. Since she joined the as- DICK SCHINDLER uity Committee. sociation in 1974, basketball, volleyball and North Dakota, 1999 cross country have been added as girls DON SPARKS sports throughout the state. She led the ef- The one word that most quickly comes to Missouri, 2000 fort as South Dakota was the first state to mind when reviewing Dick Schindler’s out- advocate the use of a smaller basketball for standing 42-year career in high school ath- From 1959 to 1976, Sparks held a variety of girls, and she assisted in the development of letics is “rules.” From his 13 years with the positions for the St. Louis (Missouri) Park- cheer safety guidelines. Rehn was instru- North Dakota High School Activities Asso- way Secondary Schools, including football, mental in developing officials associations in ciation to his 18 years with the NFHS, basketball and baseball coach; athletic di- gymnastics, basketball, football, wrestling, Schindler became the country’s recognized rector; and physical education director. In volleyball, competitive cheer and competi- expert in high school football and basketball 1976, Sparks joined the Missouri State High tive dance. At the national level, Rehn rules. His greatest contributions come in his School Activities Association as an assistant served on numerous NFHS committees, in- roles as a national rules interpreter and executive director, and two years later cluding Volleyball Rules, Equity and committee liaison in three sports. During became the association’s first associate ex- Records. his career, he coached four sports and offici- ecutive director. At the MSHSAA, Sparks ated three and served as a principal. served as supervisor of officials, and JOHN ROBERTS launched a statewide educational campaign Wisconsin, 2000 HERMAN “BUBBA” SCOTT to improve the public’s understanding of the Alabama, 1990 scope and philosophy of interscholastic ath- As a high school standout, Roberts was a letics. Sparks was an assistant director of two-time undefeated Iowa High School Ath- As executive director of the Alabama High the NFHS from 1981 to 1998. He was in- letic Association wrestling champion at School Athletic Association, Scott success- strumental in starting the NFHS Officials West Des Moines (Iowa) Valley High School. fully merged Alabama’s black and white Association and the NFHS Coaches Associ- As a coach, he impacted the sport by start- high school athletic programs during tumul- ation. ing the wrestling program at Stevens Point tuous times in the late-1960s. Scott also or- (Wisconsin) High School, where he coached ganized and conducted the first state six years and won one state title. In addition football championship program, initiated a

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MILT SPRUNGER WAYNE TAYLOR SUSAN TRUE BARBARA TWARDUS

DAN WASHBURN SHARON WILCH JOHN YOUNGBLOOD

MILT SPRUNGER served as vice president and on the board of SHARON WILCH Illinois, 1983 trustees of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Colorado, 1998 True was one of the organizers of the Sprunger spent more than four decades in Women’s Intersport Network, which is in- One of the pioneers in the fight for women’s education and athletics, including 21 years volved in annually hosting the Girls and equity, Wilch had a profound effect on the as the assistant executive secretary of the Women in Sports Day celebration in Kansas course of interscholastic activities in Col- Illinois High School Association. He covered City. orado and across the nation. A 27-year mem- rules changes at national meetings for the ber of the Colorado High School Activities NFHS, and as a result, is viewed as the “fa- BARBARA TWARDUS Association, Wilch was one of the first ad- ther” of national rules interpretation meet- Washington, 2001 ministrators in the nation to form a summit ings. He also authored a series of books and for state educators on how to effectively deal pamphlets published by the NFHS includ- In 1999, Twardus ended a 31-year career as with Title IX equity issues. She also served ing “So Now You’re An Official.” a teacher, coach and administrator for the as the chairperson for the NFHS Gymnas- Seattle Public Schools, where she became tics Rules Committee for 15 years, which is WAYNE TAYLOR the first female director of the Seattle School the longest term as the head of any NFHS Florida, 2006 District athletic program. She also served as committee. the first female president of the National In- Taylor is a founding member of the Florida terscholastic Athletic Administrators Asso- JOHN YOUNGBLOOD Interscholastic Athletic Administrators As- ciation in 1985. Twardus received numerous Virginia, 1988 socia-tion (FIAAA) and a charter member of awards, including the WIAAA State Award the National Interscholastic Athletic Ad- of Merit in 1988 and the NIAAA Award of Youngblood coached four different sports at ministrators Association (NIAAA). He Merit in 1990. She was among the original the high school level before serving as direc- served on the board of directors and as pres- class to earn Certified Athletic Administra- tor of athletics at Arlington (Virginia) Wash- ident of both organizations. He was the first tor status. ington-Lee High School and supervisor of FIAAA representative to serve on the athletics for the Arlington Public Schools. Florida High School Athletic Association DAN WASHBURN He was named Virginia’s athletic director of Board of Directors. Taylor was a high school Alabama, 2011 the year in 1975-76. Youngblood was also athletic director, coach and business man- the founding father of and first president of ager for 33 years, including 16 years at Washburn retired in 2007 after 16 years as the Virginia High School Athletic Directors Miami (Florida) Palmetto Senior High executive director of the Alabama High Association. He was a member of the Na- School. Taylor received countless awards, School Athletic Association (AHSAA). After tional Interscholastic Athletic Administra- including the NFHS Citation in 1980, and graduating from the University of Chat- tors Association (NIAAA) organizing the highest NIAAA award, the Award of tanooga, Washburn was a high school committee, and served as NIAAA president. Merit, in 1991. teacher and coach for 21 years, followed by eight years as superintendent of schools in SUSAN TRUE Lanett, Alabama, before joining the AHSAA. Kansas, 2003 Washburn was instrumental in bringing the state basketball championships – as well as In the 1980s and 1990s, no one advanced the six football championships – to Birming- girls participation in high school sports at ham. He also established the STAR Sports- the national level more than Susan True. As manship initiative as an eligibility assistant director of the NFHS for 17 years, requirement. Washburn served on the True was a leader in girls gymnastics, vol- NFHS Board of Directors and was NFHS leyball, field hockey, swimming and diving, president in 2005-06. water polo and spirit. She also was vital to the start of the NFHS Equity Committee, and helped build working relationships with various national governing bodies to help their understanding of the NFHS. She

PAGE 51 AL BURR WILBUR CRISP JOHN GRIFFITH DOUG HUFF Others

DAVE KRIDER HERMAN MASIN DR. VITO PERRIELLO The charter class of the National High School Hall of Fame was inducted in 1982 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

DOUG HUFF HERMAN MASIN OTHERS West Virginia, 1999 New York, 1991

AL BURR Huff began his career in sports in high Known as the “Lou Gehrig” of the printing Missouri, 2000 school as he kept statistics for New Mar- industry, Masin was editor of Scholastic tinsville (West Virginia) Magnolia High Coach for more than 55 years and edited The epitome of the “student’s principal,” School. After graduating with a journalism more than 550 issues without missing one. Burr served as a high school principal in the degree from West Virginia University, Huff Masin’s writings and editorial skills pro- St. Louis area for 30 years. He was a mem- worked as a sports editor at two West Vir- vided coaches throughout time with invalu- ber of the Missouri State High School Activ- ginia newspapers before joining the Wheel- able resource materials. He also provided ities Association (MSHSAA) Board of ing (West Virginia) Intelligencer in 1967. He opportunities for coaches to have their the- Control for 12 years and was the organiza- has been there ever since, serving as sports ories and coaching secrets published and tion’s president for one year. At the national editor since 1978. Perhaps Huff’s greatest shared with colleagues. level, Burr was president of the NFHS. He contribution to high school sports is in the also was named one of the 60 most exem- area of record-keeping on a national level. DR. VITO PERRIELLO plary principals in the United States in a He was instrumental in the original re- Virginia, 2010 study by the NASSP. search for the first National High School Sports Record Book. Perriello, who passed away in March 2009, WILBUR CRISP had a profound impact on thousands on stu- New York, 2001 DAVE KRIDER dent-athletes at many different levels. In Indiana, 1997 1971, Perriello moved to Charlottesville as Crisp was a teacher and coach at Little Falls a founding partner of Pediatrics Associates. (New York) High School who made many As a sportswriter covering high school By the end of his career, he was often caring contributions to the sporting world. He in- sports for almost 50 years, Krider was the for the third or fourth generation of his pa- vented the first electronic timer for amateur first newspaper journalist to be inducted tients' families. Perriello developed an ex- wrestling matches, and in basketball, Crisp into the Hall of Fame. After 30 years as pertise in attention deficit hyperactivity introduced the electric score clock. Crisp’s sports editor of the LaPorte Herald-Argus in disorder (ADHD) as well as sports medicine. other inventions include the first back- LaPorte, Indiana, Krider joined the staff of He gave lectures around the country and au- wards-moving clock, the rebound and tap-in USA Today in 1994 as a full-time sports thored leading manuals for coaches on con- basket, adjustable baskets and personal foul writer. He was associated with USA Today cussions and weight loss in wrestling. flip cards. since its inception in 1982, having been the Perriello also served 11 years on the NFHS sole person to rate teams and select all- Sports Medicine Advisory Committee, in- JOHN GRIFFITH America teams for the paper in high school cluding five years as chair. Illinois, 1986 football and basketball. Krider now covers high school sports for MaxPreps. Krider in- Griffith, who founded a magazine devoted to terviewed many sports legends on their way the coaching profession called the Athletic up through the high school ranks. He wrote Journal, was the first commissioner of the the first national stories on Western Conference (now the Big Ten Con- and while both were in high ference). In 1909, he created the famed school, and he later penned a cover story on , and he was one of the organ- for High School Sports Maga- izers behind the first NCAA track and field zine. championships held in 1921. He later served as the president and secretary-treasurer of the NCAA.

PAGE 52 MARY PRATT DICK ROSETTA DR. THAD STANFORD Others

TIM STEVENS LOUIS STOUT

MARY PRATT DR. THAD STANFORD LOUIS STOUT Massachusetts, 1997 Oregon, 2004 Kentucky, 2006

As an athlete, teacher, coach and official, The first person from the field of sports med- Stout has been involved in every aspect of Pratt has been one of the most important icine to be inducted in the Hall of Fame, high school sports. A basketball standout at figures in the development of girls high Stanford is one of the leaders in promoting Cynthiana (Kentucky) High School, Stout school athletic programs for more than 60 health and safety to high school student- averaged 30.9 points and 24.0 rebounds as years. Pratt was an accomplished high athletes. He was one of the founders of the a senior while being all-conference, all-re- school athlete from 1933 to 1936, in a time Oregon Medical Aspects of Sports Commit- gion and all-state. He went on to coach at when interscholastic competition was not of- tee and served as its chair. In 2001, Stanford Lexington (Kentucky) Dunbar High School, fered to girls. She played basketball, soft- was instrumental in passing Oregon legisla- where his teams claimed two district titles ball, field hockey and lacrosse during her tion that required all school districts to con- and two runner-up finishes in the regional early years, often competing against boys. duct thorough pre-participation physical tournament. As a baseball and softball offi- Following her playing career, Pratt became examinations. He was named to the NFHS cial, Stout earned a reputation as one of the a high school teacher and coach, and she Sports Medicine Advisory Committee in best umpires in Kentucky. In 1994 he be- coached basketball, softball and soccer at 1996 and served as chairman of the commit- came the first African-American to serve as the high school level. She also was a certi- tee. Stanford oversaw the publication of the the executive director of a state high school fied basketball and softball official in the first and second editions of the NFHS Sports association when he was named to direct the 1940s. Pratt co-founded the New Agenda Medicine Handbook. Kentucky High School Athletic Association. Northeast Women’s Hall of Fame, which an- nually honors women of the New England TIM STEVENS area for their athletic ability and service in North Carolina, 2007 the promotion of girls and women in sports. Just the fourth journalist inducted into the DICK ROSETTA Hall of Fame, Stevens has devoted his entire Utah, 1999 life to covering high school sports. He began his career as a 15-year-old with the Raleigh Since joining the newspaper in 1963, Times, and took a full-time post there upon Rosetta has served as the prep editor, sports graduation from Garner (North Carolina) editor, executive sports editor, columnist High School. He worked at the Times until and feature writer at the Salt Lake City 1987, when the Raleigh News and Observer (Utah) Tribune. During that time, he has bought the Times. Since 1990, he has been championed the benefits and values of high the high school sports editor of the News school athletics. He expanded the Tribune’s and Observer. His PrepPlus coverage, which coverage of high school sports, and many appears weekly, is one of the best and most other newspapers in the state followed his in-depth high school sports sections in the lead. Rosetta often featured those who re- country. In 1998, he received an NFHS Ci- ceived less attention, such as girls sports or tation. less-successful teams.

PAGE 53 Year-by Year

1982 1986 1988 1991 C. Thomas Barringer Alan D. Ameche Wright Bazemore Bron C. Bacevich Jordan J. Besozzi Johnny L. Bench Augie Bossu Milt Campbell Kurt E. Beyer Bart W. Conner Len Dawson Nolan N. Cromwell Norman Geske Harry “Swede’’ Dahlberg Dan Gaylord Denise Curry Harley Graf James Dutcher Cliff Hagan Glenn Davis James (Bee) Harper Joe C. Ferguson Jr. Brutus Hamilton Leslie C. Gaudet Art Hendricks Lofton C. Greene Elroy Hirsch Tom Landry E. Paul McCall John L. Griffith Bob Jamieson Herman Masin Charles H. Moser Jerry R. Lucas Randy Matson Richard A. “Dick’’ Pace H.V. Porter John E. Mayasich Mel Otero Bill Pack Walter R. Shublom Rick Mount Robert Siddens David H. Robertson Arthur L. Trout Kimberly D. Mulkey Ralph Tasker Ron Waller Cindy Jo Noble Jim Taylor Harold R. Weir 1983 Arnold D. Palmer John Youngblood Arthur Weiss Willam Warren Bradley Russ Parsons John Wooden James Benton Bryan Mack Schaffer 1989 Thomas Dwight Eddleman Robert P. “Fuzzy’’ Vandivier Wilbur Braithwaite 1992 Clifford B. Fagan Paul C. Walker Quinn Buckner Danny Ainge Vergil H. Fletcher John Campbell Alice A. Barron Charles F. Forsythe 1987 Gordon Gillespie Edward Burns C. Kenneth Hall Paul E. Brown Calvin Harms Joseph G. Cesari Floyd E. Lay Chandra D. Cheeseborough Paul Hornung Gene Davis Jesse Owens Greever Crouse Jackie Joyner-Kersee Chris Evert Oscar Robertson Charles J. Farina Bob Mathias George C. Gardner James Ronald Ryun J. Clifford Harper Richard Meyer Lloyd E. Gaskill William Boyce Smith John Joseph Havlicek Ralph Miller Willard “Ike’’ Ikola Milton F. Sprunger Janet Karvonen Bronko Nagurski Victor B. Liske Thomas C. Stanton Donald E. Kessinger Bart Starr Sidney Moncrief Bertha Frank Teague William P. Martin Don Sutton Wallace “Mickey’’ O’Brien Gordon L. Wood Vince J. Meyer Norm Van Arsdalen Jerry T. Seeman Fred Henry Young Alfred A. Oerter Lynette Woodard James L. Smiddy Merlin Jay Olsen Paul Dryden Warfield 1984 Marvin Ray Reid 1990 Denise Long Andre George “Pat’’ Summerall Bill Blackburn 1993 Julius W. “Pinky’’ Babb Byron R. White Jim Bond Jack Brown C.H. “Okie’’ Blanchard Ralph Bowyer Dwight S. Church Jennings Boyd Billy Brown Brice B. Durbin Win Brockmeyer Ralph Cummins Theodore R. Federici Sid F. Cichy Rafer Johnson Vi Goodnow Joseph N. Coviello John McKissick Geri Grigsby Jerry Dellinger Cheryl Miller William L. Kean Dan Gable Billy Mills William D. “Shorty’’ Lawson Harold E. “Red’’ Grange Keith Parker Dallas Crutcher Long III Paul F. Neverman Joe Romig John L. Moore Jack Nicklaus Vincent Schaefer Jackie Robinson Herman “Bubba’’ Scott Bernie Saggau Jr. Walter “Buck’’ Van Huss William “Red’’ Schmitt Jerry West

PAGE 54 1994 1998 2003 2008 James J. Baggot Bob Arnzen Pat Fragile Jackie Brummer Earl Campbell Bill Fanning Del Gab Tim Carr W.R. “Bill’’ Cummings Paul Giel Marlyn Goldhammer Louise Crocco Patrick Donovan Nelson Hartman Robert Hughes Dick Deitz Thomas E. Frederick Randy Lewis James Hulsman James Drewry Jeanne Eggart Helfer James Mason Everett Johnson Natasha Kaiser-Brown Jackson G. Horner Bill Mayo Frank McClellan Tom Kropp Phil Jackson Bob Miller Dorothy McIntyre Jerry McGee Garnis Martin John Piurek Frank Sferra Warren Mitchell Jack Ryan Jill Sterkel Susan True Barbara Seng John B. Saunders John Stevenson Herschel Walker Karen Smith J. Dallas Shirley Jack Wells Dewey Sullivan Edna Tarbutton Sharon Wilch 2004 W.L. “Willie’’ Varner Claudia Dodson 2009 1999 Gerry Faust Guy Anderson 1995 Dick Ault Ray Guy Harry Breland Norma J. Bellamy Glenn Daniel Dick Katte Billy Bye Larry Bird Oliver Elders Debbie Meyer David Clyde Russell Blunt Heather Farr Joe Newton Dick Dullaghan Carolyn Osborn Bowers Rich Greeno John Smith George Ford Lindy T. Callahan Doug Huff Dr. Thad Stanford Bob Hurley Earl “Dutch” Clark Sam Huff Joyce Walker Catherine Lempesis Joseph Diminick Lo Hunter Mike Webb Dana Miroballi Terry Dischinger Sam Owens Elbert “Lum” Wright Clair Muscaro Kaye L. Garms Dick Rosetta Ruth Rehn Pat Haden Dick Schindler 2005 Himie Voxman Herb Meyer Ken Schreiber Ty Detmer Ann Meyers-Drysdale Sean Elliott 2010 Pat Panek 2000 Bill Gentry Willie Bradshaw Mel Renfro Bill Belisle Earl Gillespie Michael Carter Douglas B. Toole Al Burr Jerry Hall Gary Christiansen Larry Campbell Chad Hennings Janet Evans 1996 Mario Donnangelo LaTaunya Pollard Alton ”Red” Franklin Ola Marie Bundy David Houle Jerry Popp John Godina Madelyn “Bunny” Chiomento Diane Laffey Donus Roberts Suzy Favor Hamilton Cris Collinsworth Sandra Meadows Sandy Scott Richard Magarian Edward “Ebbie” Dunn Kevin McHale Patty Sheehan Katrina McClain Archie M. Griffin Robert Oldis Betty Whitlock Ed Pepple Dick Groat John Olson Bob Wood Dr. Vito Perriello Bob Marcinek Steve Prefontaine George Welch Jayne Gibson-McHugh John Roberts 2006 Dan Pitts Don Sparks Terry Baker 2011 Sanford T. Roach Gary Thompson Irving Black Leta Andrews Roy Robinson Nancy Cole Curt Bladt Alvin L. Schalge 2001 Rich Edwards Emry Dilday Jim Thompson Charles Adams Lou Groza Randall McDaniel Taft M. Watson Wilbur Crisp Blaine Lindgren Kevin McReynolds Al Flischel Paul Ostyn Kenny Monday 1997 Tanya Haave Louis Stout Billy Owens Curley Culp Keith Jackson Jon Sundvold Larry Shaw Lou Cvijanovich Rich Jordan Wayne Taylor Pete Shock Robert Hildebrand Colin Kapitan Duane Twait Rick Tucci Russ Kraai Bob Ladouceur Peter Webb Brad Van Pelt Dave Krider Charles Ruter Dan Washburn Bill Krueger Barbara Twardus 2007 Tommy McDonald John Bagonzi 2012 Mary Pratt 2002 Lewie Benitz Ronald Bradley Earl Quigley Gary Adams Clyde Duncan Rod Harman Billy Schrivner Rob Conklin Jane Hansen Jan Heiteen Cash Stone Jim Desmarais Rick Insell Tracy Hill Jerome Van Meter Teresa Edwards Jim Johnson Fred Hoiberg Bill Walton Tim Heenan Jim Plunkett Kevin Johnson Keith Williams Karen Kuhn Sam Short Robert F. Kanaby Charlie Lee Terry Steinbach Larry Luitjens John Lowery Tim Stevens Catherine Neely Lindy Remigino Charlie Wedemeyer Truman Owens Willie Richardson Joan Wells Pat Sullivan J.C. Watts Bob White Larry Wilcoxen

PAGE 55 Frequently Asked Questions

1. Fast facts from the 139 inductees 2. Fast facts from the 135 inductees 3. Fast facts from the 59 inductees in the Athletes category: in the Coaches category: in the Officials category:

A. Of the 139 athletes, 109 are male A. A breakdown of the sports coached A. Top sports officiated by inductees: and 30 are female. by the inductees. Multi-sport – 29 B. Almost one-half of the athletes Basketball – 34 Football/Basketball – 12 were multi-sport participants. Football – 31 Football – 4 Multi-sport – 28 Basketball – 3 Multi-sport – 66 Wrestling – 11 Soccer – 2 Basketball – 26 Track/Cross Country – 9 Swimming – 2 Track/Cross Country – 17 Baseball – 8 Track/Cross Country – 2 Football – 9 Field Hockey – 3 Wrestling – 1 Wrestling – 5 Volleyball – 3 Field Hockey/Lacrosse – 1 Golf – 4 Ice Hockey – 3 Girls Gymnastics – 1 Swimming – 3 Swimming – 2 Baseball – 2 Tennis – 1 4. Fast facts from the 44 inductees Tennis – 1 Soccer – 1 in the Administrators category: Ice Hockey – 1 Girls Gymnastics – 1 B. Of the 135 coaches, 121 are male State Administrators – 22 Boys Gymnastics – 1 and 14 are female. Local Athletic Directors – 14 National Administrators – 8 C. Top 10 states with number C. Top 10 states with number of of athletes in Hall of Fame. coaches in Hall of Fame. 5. Top 10 states overall with number of inductees in Hall of Fame: California – 14 Ohio – 10 Ohio – 11 Illinois – 7 Ohio – 25 Texas – 8 Colorado – 7 Illinois – 24 Indiana – 7 South Carolina – 6 California – 20 Iowa – 7 Texas – 6 Iowa – 19 Illinois – 6 Tennessee – 5 Colorado – 19 Minnesota – 6 California – 5 Texas – 17 Colorado – 6 Pennsylvania – 5 Missouri – 13 Florida – 5 Iowa – 5 Florida – 12 Arizona – 5 West Virginia – 5 Indiana – 12 Minnesota – 11 Wisconsin – 11 South Carolina – 11

PAGE 56 Tracking the Years

1982 — Indianapolis, IN 1993 — Nashville, TN 2003 — Chicago, IL 1983 — Kissimmee, FL 1994 — Palm Desert, CA 2004 — San Diego, CA 1984 — Milwaukee, WI 1995 — Portland, OR 2005 — San Antonio, TX 1986 — Las Vegas, NV 1996 — Tarpon Springs, FL 2006 — Orlando, FL 1987 — Denver, CO 1997 — San Antonio, TX 2007 — Palm Desert, CA 1988 — Kansas City, MO 1998 — Denver, CO 2008 — Washington, DC 1989 — Wesley Chapel, FL 1999 — Washington, DC 2009 — Chicago, IL 1990 — Minneapolis, MN 2000 — Minneapolis, MN 2010 — San Diego, CA 1991 — San Diego, CA 2001 — Maui, HI 2011 — Philadelphia, PA 1992 — Fort Lauderdale, FL 2002 — Boston, MA 2012 — Nashville, TN

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