National High School Hall of Fame

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National High School Hall of Fame
National High School Hall of Fame logo.jpg
Formation1982
PurposeAthletic/Educational
Headquarters690 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, United States
Location
  • Indianapolis, Indiana
Region served
United States
Executive Director
Dr. Karissa Niehoff
Parent organization
National Federation of State High School Associations
Websitenfhs.org

The National High School Hall of Fame is a program of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) that honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to high school sports or performing arts. As of 2019, a total of 482 individuals have been inducted since the first class in 1982. Because there is a huge pool of potential candidates, it is considered a very exclusive hall of fame.[1]

Selection Process[]

Each of the National Federation's 51 member associations (50 state associations plus the District of Columbia) is allowed to submit a nomination in six categories: athlete, coach, contest official, administrator, performing arts, and other. A screening committee narrows the field before a separate selection committee makes the final decision. A class generally includes 12 inductees, although some have been larger or smaller.[2]

Many famous professional, college, and Olympic athletes and coaches have been inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame, but the selection criteria have always focused on a candidate's high school career or connection to high school competition as an adult.[3]

History[]

The program was originally known as the National High School Sports Hall of Fame. The word "Sports" was dropped in 2003 when a category for performing arts was added.[4]

The first class was announced in November 1982 and honored on December 14, 1982, in conjunction with the National Athletic Directors Conference in Indianapolis. By design the inaugural class did not include any athletes. Later classes have included members from all categories.[5] For many years the National Federation displayed plaques representing the inductees at its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, while it developed plans for a museum in a separate building nearby. Those plans were later scrapped, and when the Federation moved its headquarters to Indianapolis, Indiana, the plaques were transferred to the respective state high school associations for display.[6]

Since 1986, the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony has been the final event of the National Federation's annual summer meeting, which is held in late June and early July and attended by board members and executives of the state associations.[7]

Inductees by Year[]

In 2012 biographical sketches of inductees were includes in a commemorative 30 year book.[8] The NHFS also maintains biographical sketches of inductees on their website.[9] Below is a list of inductee names. Following each name is the category in which the person was inducted and the state high school association that submitted the nomination. Inductees who spent all or a portion of their career on the staff of the National Federation are indicated by "NF".

1982 (Inaugural class)
  • , coach, Pennsylvania
  • , official, Ohio
  • , administrator, New York
  • , official, Illinois
  • , administrator, Wisconsin
  • , official, South Carolina
  • , coach, Ohio
  • , administrator, Oregon
  • Chuck Moser, coach, Texas
  • H. V. Porter, administrator, Illinois (NF)
  • Walter Shublom, coach, Kansas
  • , coach, Illinois

1983

  • Bill Bradley, athlete, Missouri
  • , coach, Virginia
  • Dwight Eddleman, athlete, Illinois
  • Cliff Fagan, administrator, Wisconsin (NF)
  • , coach, Illinois
  • , administrator, Michigan
  • Ken Hall, athlete, Texas
  • , administrator, Florida
  • Jesse Owens, athlete, Ohio
  • Oscar Robertson, athlete, Indiana
  • Jim Ryun, athlete, Kansas
  • , coach, Tennessee
  • , administrator, Illinois
  • , coach, Missouri
  • Bertha Frank Teague, coach, Oklahoma
  • Gordon Wood, coach, Texas
  • , official, Illinois

1984

  • , athlete, Iowa
  • , coach, South Carolina
  • , coach, Wyoming
  • , coach, West Virginia
  • Win Brockmeyer, coach, Wisconsin
  • , coach, North Dakota
  • , coach, New Jersey
  • , coach, Idaho
  • Dan Gable, athlete, Iowa
  • Harold "Red" Grange, athlete, Illinois
  • , administrator, Wisconsin
  • Jack Nicklaus, athlete, Ohio

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

  • , official, North Dakota
  • , coach, Idaho
  • , administrator, Kansas (NF)
  • , coach, Ohio
  • , coach, Massachusetts
  • , athlete, Kentucky
  • , coach, Kentucky
  • , official, Texas
  • Dallas Long, athlete, Arizona
  • , coach, Missouri
  • Jackie Robinson, athlete, California
  • , administrator, Iowa
  • , coach, Illinois

1994

  • , coach, Colorado
  • Earl Campbell, athlete, Texas
  • , official, South Carolina
  • Pat Donovan, athlete, Montana
  • , administrator, Illinois & Wisconsin (NF)
  • , athlete, Washington
  • , coach, Pennsylvania
  • Phil Jackson, athlete, North Dakota
  • , coach, Kentucky
  • , coach, Ohio
  • , athlete, Ohio
  • Dallas Shirley, official, District of Columbia
  • , coach, Louisiana
  • Willie Varner, coach, South Carolina

1995

  • , coach, Arizona
  • Larry Bird, athlete, Indiana
  • Russell Blunt, coach, North Carolina
  • , official, Ohio
  • , administrator, Mississippi
  • Earl "Dutch" Clark, athlete, Colorado
  • , coach, Pennsylvania
  • Terry Dischinger, athlete, Indiana
  • , official, Colorado
  • Pat Haden, athlete, California
  • , coach, California
  • Ann Meyers-Drysdale, athlete, California
  • , coach, Colorado
  • Mel Renfro, athlete, Oregon
  • , official, Utah

1996

  • , administrator, Illinois
  • , coach, New Jersey
  • Cris Collinsworth, athlete, Florida
  • , coach, Missouri
  • Archie Griffin, athlete, Ohio
  • Dick Groat, athlete, Pennsylvania
  • , official, Indiana
  • , athlete, Colorado
  • , coach, Georgia
  • , coach, Kentucky
  • , athlete, Montana
  • , official, Colorado
  • , official, Florida
  • , coach, South Carolina

1997

  • Curley Culp, athlete, Arizona
  • Lou Cvijanovich, coach, California
  • , official, Iowa
  • , coach, Iowa
  • , other, Iowa
  • , coach, Texas
  • Tommy McDonald, athlete, New Mexico
  • Mary Pratt, other, Massachusetts
  • , coach, Alabama
  • , official, Tennessee
  • , coach, Washington
  • , coach, West Virginia
  • Bill Walton, athlete, California
  • , coach, Idaho

1998

  • , coach, Ohio
  • , coach, Colorado
  • Paul Giel, athlete, Minnesota
  • , administrator, Kansas
  • Randy Lewis, athlete, South Dakota
  • , official, Alaska
  • , administrator, Arkansas
  • , official, Texas
  • , coach, Connecticut
  • Jill Sterkel, athlete, California
  • , coach, California
  • , coach, Missouri
  • , administrator, Colorado

1999

  • Dick Ault, official, Missouri
  • , coach, Alabama
  • , coach, Arkansas
  • Heather Farr, athlete, Arizona
  • , coach, South Dakota
  • , other, West Virginia
  • Sam Huff, athlete, West Virginia
  • , coach, Colorado
  • , official, South Carolina
  • , other, Utah
  • , administrator, North Dakota (NF)
  • , coach, Indiana

2000

  • , coach, Rhode Island
  • , other, Missouri
  • , coach, Georgia
  • , official, Pennsylvania
  • Dave Houle, coach, Utah
  • , coach, Michigan
  • , coach, Texas
  • Kevin McHale, athlete, Minnesota
  • , official, Iowa
  • , administrator, Wisconsin
  • Steve Prefontaine, athlete, Oregon
  • , administrator, Wisconsin
  • , administrator, Missouri (NF)
  • Gary Thompson, athlete, Iowa

2001

  • , administrator, North Carolina
  • , other, New York
  • , official, Missouri
  • Tanya Haave, athlete, Colorado
  • Keith Jackson, athlete, Arkansas
  • , athlete, Michigan
  • , official, South Dakota
  • Bob Ladouceur, coach, California
  • , official, Kentucky
  • , administrator, Washington

2002

  • , coach, South Carolina
  • , administrator, Colorado
  • , administrator, New Hampshire
  • Teresa Edwards, athlete, Georgia
  • , official, California
  • , administrator, Wisconsin
  • , official, New Jersey
  • , coach, West Virginia
  • Lindy Remigino, coach, Connecticut
  • Willie Richardson, athlete, Mississippi
  • J. C. Watts, athlete, Oklahoma
  • , official, Illinois

2003

  • , official, West Virginia
  • , official, North Dakota
  • , administrator, South Dakota
  • Robert Hughes, coach, Texas
  • , coach, New Mexico
  • Everett Johnson, performing arts, Iowa
  • , coach, Arkansas
  • , administrator, Minnesota
  • , performing arts, Colorado
  • , administrator, Kansas (NF)
  • Herschel Walker, athlete, Georgia

2004

2005

  • Ty Detmer, athlete, Texas
  • Sean Elliott, athlete, Arizona
  • , coach, New Mexico
  • , administrator, Virginia
  • , official, Arkansas
  • Chad Hennings, athlete, Iowa
  • LaTaunya Pollard, athlete, Indiana
  • , coach, North Dakota
  • , performing arts, South Dakota
  • , administrator, New York
  • Patty Sheehan, athlete, Nevada
  • , performing arts, Mississippi
  • , coach, Michigan

2006

  • Terry Baker, athlete, Oregon
  • , coach, Connecticut
  • , coach, New York
  • Rich Edwards, performing arts, Texas
  • Lou Groza, athlete, Ohio
  • Blaine Lindgren, athlete, Utah
  • , official, Idaho
  • , administrator, Kentucky
  • Jon Sundvold, athlete, Missouri
  • , administrator, Florida
  • , coach, Iowa
  • , official, Maine

2007

  • , coach, New Hampshire
  • , coach, Wisconsin
  • , athlete, Iowa
  • , official, New Jersey
  • Rick Insell, coach, Tennessee
  • , athlete, Michigan
  • Jim Plunkett, athlete, California
  • , official, Alabama
  • Terry Steinbach, athlete, Minnesota
  • , other, North Carolina
  • Charlie Wedemeyer, athlete, Hawaii
  • , coach, Kansas

2008

  • , athlete, New York
  • , official, Utah
  • , coach, Florida
  • , official, Illinois
  • , coach, Mississippi
  • Natasha Kaiser-Brown, athlete, Iowa
  • Tom Kropp, athlete, Nebraska
  • , administrator, North Carolina
  • , coach, Colorado
  • , performing arts, Minnesota
  • , athlete, California
  • Dewey Sullivan, coach, Oregon

2009

  • , coach, California
  • , coach, Mississippi
  • , athlete, Minnesota
  • David Clyde, athlete, Texas
  • , coach, Indiana
  • , official, Connecticut
  • Bob Hurley, coach, New Jersey
  • , coach, South Carolina
  • , athlete, Illinois
  • , administrator, Ohio
  • , administrator, South Dakota
  • Himie Voxman, performing arts, Iowa

2010

  • , administrator, North Carolina
  • Michael Carter, athlete, Texas
  • , official, Iowa
  • Janet Evans, athlete, California
  • , coach, Louisiana
  • John Godina, athlete, Wyoming
  • Suzy Favor Hamilton, athlete, Wisconsin
  • , coach/Rhode Island
  • Katrina McClain Johnson, athlete, South Carolina
  • , coach, Washington
  • , other, Virginia
  • , performing arts, Utah

2011

2012

  • , coach/Georgia
  • , coach, Oregon
  • , performing arts, Illinois
  • , athlete, Colorado
  • Fred Hoiberg, athlete, Iowa
  • Kevin Johnson, athlete, California
  • , administrator, New Jersey
  • , coach, South Dakota
  • , coach, Tennessee
  • , official, South Carolina
  • Pat Sullivan, athlete, Alabama
  • , official, Maine

2013

  • , coach, Connecticut
  • Chauncey Billups, athlete, Colorado
  • , administrator, Tennessee
  • Harrison Dillard, athlete, Ohio
  • , performing arts, Texas
  • , athlete, Missouri
  • , official, Kentucky
  • , coach, Indiana
  • , coach, New Hampshire
  • , coach, New York
  • , official, Illinois
  • , coach, Alabama
  • Joe Theismann, athlete, New Jersey

2014

2015

  • , coach, New Mexico
  • , athlete, Georgia
  • , performing arts, Washington
  • , administrator, Wisconsin
  • , coach, Louisiana
  • , coach, Oregon
  • Nikki McCray-Penson, athlete, Tennessee
  • Lincoln McIlravy, athlete, South Dakota
  • , official, Ohio
  • , coach, Arizona
  • , coach, Florida
  • Jackie Stiles, athlete, Kansas

2016

  • , athlete, Michigan
  • , coach, Louisiana
  • Marlin Briscoe, athlete, Nebraska
  • , administrator, Ohio (NF)
  • , coach, Delaware
  • Joni Huntley, athlete, Oregon
  • , coach, Illinois
  • Chuck Kyle, coach, Ohio
  • , administrator, Mississippi
  • , athlete, Colorado
  • Steve Spurrier, athlete, Tennessee
  • , official, Minnesota

2017

  • , coach, Florida
  • Joe Dial, athlete, Oklahoma
  • Lisa Fernandez, athlete, California
  • , official, Illinois
  • , coach, Texas
  • Bobby Richardson, athlete, South Carolina
  • Steve Shondell, coach, Indiana
  • , coach, Maryland
  • , athlete, New York
  • , coach, North Carolina
  • , administrator, Iowa

2018

  • , coach, Alabama
  • , official, Iowa
  • , coach, New Jersey
  • Dick Fosbury, athlete, Oregon
  • , coach, Illinois
  • , coach, Hawaii
  • , administrator, Massachusetts
  • , coach, Vermont
  • Tom Osborne, athlete, Nebraska
  • Nicole Powell, athlete, Arizona
  • Carrie Tollefson, athlete, Minnesota
  • , performing arts, Ohio

2019 (NFHS Centennial)

2020 (induction postponed to 2021)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Howard, p. 176.
  2. ^ Johnson, p. 319.
  3. ^ Howard, p. 177.
  4. ^ National High School Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary Commemorative Program, p. 2.
  5. ^ National High School Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary Commemorative Program, p. 2.
  6. ^ Howard, p. 175.
  7. ^ National High School Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary Commemorative Program, p. 2.
  8. ^ National High School Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary Commemorative Program, p. 54.
  9. ^ National High School Hall of Fame Inductees
  10. ^ "Tim Couch Selected To 2020 Class of NFHS National High School Hall of Fame" (Press release). National Federation of State High School Associations. March 9, 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.

References[]

  • Howard, Bruce (2019). From Chicago to Indy: The First 100 Years. Indianapolis: National Federation of State High School Associations. Published in connection with the National Federation's centennial.
  • Johnson, Scott (2018). Association Work: Whitten, Porter, and the Course of Interscholastics. Bloomington, Ill.: Illinois High School Association. Includes a chapter on the National High School Hall of Fame.
  • "National High School Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary Commemorative Program" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2019. Includes biographies from 1982 to 2012.
  • "National High School Hall of Fame" (HTML). Retrieved 8 July 2019. Includes recent biographies.
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