Haave was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball, basketball and track at Evergreen (Colorado) High School. In basketball, she was named Colorado player of the year, and in volleyball, her team won consecutive state championships, had two undefeated seasons and she was also named Colorado's player of the year. A two-time Parade all-America selection, Haave continued her two-sport career at the University of Tennessee, where she was an all-Southeastern Conference selection in both sports. Following college, she played professional basketball in Europe and Australia for 13 years.

Haden still holds virtually all passing records at La Puente (California) Bishop Amat High School, where he concluded his football career in 1970. In three years as quarterback at Bishop Amat, Haden completed 527 passes for 7,633 yards and 82 touchdowns. Haden led Bishop Amat to the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section championship in 1970 and to the finals in 1969. He was CIF-SS co-player of the year with teammate John McKay, Jr., in 1970. Haden quarterbacked the University of Southern California Trojans to two national championships, and then played in the NFL for seven years.

In 1949, Hagan led Owensboro (Kentucky) High School to a state basketball championship by scoring 41 points in the championship game. He finished high school career with 1,635 points and was named third-team all-America. Hagan advanced his game to the University of Kentucky, where he helped the Wildcats win an NCAA championship and was a two-time all-America selection. Hagan played professionally for 10 years while accumulating 12,437 points and was named all-pro six consecutive years.

One of the most outstanding offensive performers in high school football, Hall's 11,232 rushing yards still stands as the national high school record. The only player to rush for more than 10,000 yards in a career, he established 17 national offensive records while at Sugar Land (Texas) High School. The other national records Hall set that stand today include yards rushing per game (337.1) and yards rushing per attempt (47.3 vs. Houston [Texas] Lutheran, 1953).

In three Missouri state track meets, Hamilton took home nine individual championships, setting state records in both the high jump and the pole vault. Two years after graduating from Harrisonville (Missouri) High School, Hamilton won a silver medal at the 1920 Olympics in the decathlon and was the United States champion and record-holder in the decathlon and pentathlon. At the University of Missouri, Hamilton ran track and picked up the sport of football, where he earned second-team all-American honors. He was inducted posthumously with the first class into the Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1975.

A three-sport standout in football, basketball and baseball, John Havlicek was the most outstanding athlete in the history of Bridgeport (Ohio) High School. In basketball, he scored 1,569 points, averaging 35.6 points as a junior and 31.2 as a senior. Havlicek was quarterback and captain of the football team for four years, and hit .444 and .484 in his junior and senior seasons while helping the Bridgeport High baseball team to back-to-back conference championships. In three years of varsity basketball, he helped lead Ohio State University to a 78-6 record, a national championship, and to two runner-up finishes. Havlicek then enjoyed a legendary 16-year career with the Boston Celtics.

Chad Hennings has been an outstanding athlete at every level of sport as well as an exemplary citizen through his service in the Armed Forces, and his success began as a two-sport start at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa. In football, Hennings was a three-year starter at defensive tackle, earning all-conference honors twice. At the college level, Hennings was a consensus first team all-America in 1987 at the U.S. Air Force Academy and claimed the 1987 Outland Trophy. During his nine-year career as a defensive tackle with the Dallas Cowboys, he won three Super Bowl rings.

Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch was a two-time all-conference football tailback at Wausau (Wisconsin) High School and a three-year starter in basketball. Hirsch went to the University of Michigan where he played football, basketball, track and baseball and still is the only Wolverine to letter in four sports in one year. After college, Hirsch went to play three years in the All-American Football Conference and nine years in the National Football League.

Before his glory days with the Green Bay Packers, Hornung was a high school football and basketball star at Louisville (Kentucky) Flaget High School. In basketball, he averaged 14.9 points per game and was named all-state. Hornung also was a two-time all-state selection in football, directing the Flaget offense from his quarterback position. He was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and into the College Football Hall of Fame for his success at the University of Notre Dame.

Huff led the 1951 Farmington (West Virginia) High School football team to an undefeated season and he earned all-state honors in 1952. He also was named to the first-team all-Mason Dixon Conference, as well as played in the 1952 North-South all-star game. Huff played football and baseball at West Virginia University before spending 14 years with the National Football League, where he was chosen most valuable defensive player in 1959.

Jackson was a three-sport standout in football, basketball and track at Little Rock (Arkansas) High School. He excelled in football, where he was a three-time all-state selection, named Arkansas' high school football athlete of the year and was chosen Parade all-American. He went to the University of Oklahoma, where he was a two-time all-American and finished with a nine-year National Football League professional career with the Philadelphia Eagles, Miami Dolphins and Green Bay Packers. Jackson also is known for his work with the youth in his community.

Jackson is considered one of the top basketball players to don a uniform in North Dakota after his days at Williston High School and the University of North Dakota. In two seasons at Williston, Jackson scored 427 points as a junior (23.3 average) in 1961-62 and helped his team to a second-place finish in the state championship. As a senior in 1962-63, Jackson led his team to the North Dakota state title, where he scored 35 points in the championship game. He set a tournament record with 37 field goals, 22 free throws and 96 points. Jackson played in the NBA for 12 years and won nine titles as a coach with the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers.

As a prelude to his Olympic success in which he won a gold and a silver medal in the decathlon, Johnson was a four-sport star at Kingsburg (California) High School. As a four-time all-league track and field performer, Johnson won state championships in the 110-yard hurdles and the decathlon, which he won twice to set the stage for his remarkable Olympic feats. Johnson was also a three-time leading scorer of his basketball team, all-league and the leading ground-gainer in football, and was all-league once in baseball.

Jordan was a standout four-sport athlete at Fennville (Michigan) High School. In basketball, he was an all-state guard for four consecutive years and averaged an incredible 44.4 points a game during his senior year. Despite standing only 5-foot-7, Jordan dunked the ball regularly. He also was an all-state running back in football, where he set numerous state rushing records. In track, Jordan was a conference and regional champion for three years in the pole vault, high jump and long jump. He batted .550 during his senior baseball season, and he hit .360 for his career.

Joyner-Kersee competed in volleyball, basketball and track at Lincoln High School in East St. Louis, Illinois. She was a member of four state championship teams, one in basketball and three in track. Joyner-Kersee won two Olympic gold medals in the heptathlon and added another gold in the long jump at the 1988 Summer games.

While leading New York Mills (Minnesota) High School to consecutive state championships in 1977, 1978 and 1979, Karvonen scored 3,129 points, more than any girl or boy in state history. She scored 51 points in a regular-season game and holds the state tournament record with a 40-point performance. Karvonen holds the state record for most points in one season (855).

Though his claim to fame as a professional was baseball, Kessinger concentrated on basketball, football and track at Forrest City (Arkansas) High School, after the school discontinued baseball following his sophomore season. Kessinger earned all-state honors three times in basketball and set the single-game scoring record in the 1960 state tournament with 42 points. As a football quarterback, Kessinger was all-region twice, all- state once and was named all-American. He also was state champion in the low hurdles and long jump for the 1960 track team.

Twenty years before he began coaching the Dallas Cowboys, Landry was one of Texas's best two-way football players at Rio Grande Valley Mission High School. As the team's quarterback and defensive back, Landry led Mission to a 7-3 record as a junior and a 12-0 mark as a senior. Landry was a two-time all-district and all-Valley selection and was named team MVP. His senior season, Rio Grande Valley Mission outscored its opponents, 319-7, while amassing 3,866 yards on total offense and allowing only 600 yards.

Lewis began his wrestling career by winning three state championships at Rapid City (South Dakota) Stevens High School, with an overall high school record of 101-2. He won 89 consecutive matches, with 83 of those matches decided by pins. In 1977, he was named the South Dakota male athlete of the year by the South Dakota Sportswriters Association. Lewis won two NCAA titles at the University of Iowa, and captured the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

Long, who was an Arizona state champion three consecutive years while at Phoenix North High School, set the national high school record in the 12-pound shot in 1958, which stood for 10 years. Long won three NCAA championships at the University of Southern California, as well as a bronze medal in the Olympic Games in the shot put.

Andre, who is considered the "Queen" of high school basketball, became the game's all-time leading scorer. She holds nine records in the state of Iowa and three national scoring marks. Andre is the first female to score more than 6,000 points and the first player, boy or girl, to score more than 100 points in a game on two occasions.

Lucas was a three-time all-state and all-America basketball selection at Middletown (Ohio) High School, as well as Ohio player of the year in 1958. He also excelled in track and field, where he held the Middletown High School records in both the shot put and the discus. Lucas then went on to Ohio State University, where he helped the Buckeyes win the 1960 NCAA national basketball championship and to runner-up finishes in 1961 and 1962. Also in 1960, Lucas and his fellow Americans brought home an Olympic gold medal in basketball.

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

At Pampa (Texas) High School in the early 1960s, Matson set state records and won state titles in both the shot put and discus. The Texas Sportswriters Association named Matson high school athlete of the year in 1963. He won a silver medal in the shot put in the 1964 Summer Olympic Games and then a gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. Matson was a three-time winner of the Texas amateur athlete of the year award and won the 1967 Sullivan Award.

Mayasich was a five-sport athlete at Eveleth (Minnesota) High School, but was a two-time all-state athlete in ice hockey, where he was a member of four undefeated state championship teams. A two-time member of the U.S. Olympic ice hockey team, Mayasich still holds eight state tournament records in the state of Minnesota that were set from 1948 to 1951.

McDonald was an all-state performer as a quarterback in football, leading Albuquerque (New Mexico) Highland High School to a Class A championship in 1952. That season, he scored 151 points, setting a New Mexico prep record. In basketball, he was an all-state standout in both his junior and senior years, scoring 595 points and posting a 24.8 points-per-game average his senior season. On the track, he helped his team to the state title in 1953, finishing first in five events and setting state records in three events. McDonald later went on to become an six-time all-pro during his 12-year National Football League career.

McHale earned three varsity basketball letters at Hibbing (Minnesota) High School, where he earned both all-conference and all-state honors and was named Mr. Minnesota in 1976. McHale played basketball at the University of Minnesota before continuing his career professionally with the Boston Celtics. He helped lead the Celtics to three NBA titles, and was named one of the NBA's Top 50 Players for the league's first half-century.

During her career at Arvada (Colorado) West High School, Gibson-McHugh became one of the state's all-time top multi-sport stars for her exploits in volleyball, basketball and track. She participated on four state championship teams - two in track, one in basketball and one in volleyball. Volleyball was truly Gibson-McHugh's forte, earning all-conference, all-state and Colorado player of the year honors as a junior and senior. In basketball, Gibson-McHugh led her team to the 1978 state championship, scoring 28 points and pulling down 20 rebounds in the title game.

Debbie Meyer is considered one of the top female swimmers in U.S. history as a result of her incredible performances as a high school student at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. At the age of 16, Meyer was the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals in Olympic history, winning the 200-meter, 400-meter and 800-meter freestyle races. At one point, she held five world freestyle records simultaneously; 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters, 880 yards and 1,500 meters. Though no organized athletics existed for women at that time, Meyer was chosen the top female athlete at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California, in 1970.

At La Habra (California) Sonora High School, Meyers competed in track, basketball, softball, badminton, field hockey and tennis, and earned 13 MVP awards in high school sports. In four years of basketball competition, she led her teams to an 80-5 record while averaging 20 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and five steals per game. Because opportunities in athletics for women were limited in the early 1970s, Meyers participated on boys teams on several occasions, including boys high school basketball. She played four years at UCLA and was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic basketball team.

In four years of high school basketball at Riverside (California) Polytechnic High School, Miller scored 3,446 points and pulled down 1,620 rebounds. Miller was the first female high school basketball player to score 100 points in a game after a 105-point game in 1982 in a 179-15 Polytechnic victory. Her 672 rebounds during the 1981-82 school year still ranks second all-time. Miller was a three-time national player of the year at the University of Southern California and helped the Trojans to two NCAA titles.

At Chanute (Kansas) High School in the late 1930s, Miller earned 11 letters in football, basketball and track, and he also competed in golf and tennis. In football and basketball, Miller was all-conference and all-state three times. He once scored six touchdowns in one football game, and as a sophomore, he led Chanute to the state basketball title by scoring 83 points in four tournament games.

An Oglala Sioux Indian from the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Mills rewrote the record book in the mile run while competing for the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas. As a junior, Mills ran a 4:26.2 mile, which was one of the fastest times in the U.S. As a senior in 1957, Mills ran a 4:23.3 and a 4:22.8 to break the immortal Glenn Cunningham's state record. Mills' greatest fame may have come when he pulled one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history in 1964 by winning the 10,000-meter run in Tokyo.

Before he went on to stardom at the University of Arkansas and in the NBA, Moncrief was a high school basketball standout at Little Rock (Arkansas) Hall High School. Moncrief was selected all-conference and all-state during his junior and senior seasons and led his team to runner-up finishes in the state tournament both seasons. Moncrief led the conference with 15 rebounds per game during his senior season and was selected MVP at the 1975 Arkansas High School Coaches Association's all-star game while grabbing a record 17 rebounds.

Mount, winner of the coveted Mr. Basketball Award in Indiana in 1966, was the first high school athlete to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. He earned all-state and all-America honors three times and scored 2,595 points during his high school career at Lebanon (Indiana) High School. Mount went to Purdue University where he was an all-American, and then played professional basketball in the American Basketball Association.

Mulkey was a member of six championship teams; four at Hammond (Louisiana) High School and two at Louisiana Tech University. This all-American standout posted 4,075 points in high school, making her the nation's top all-time scorer in five girls basketball. Mulkey played on the 1984 United States Olympic women's basketball team before becoming an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University.