Ainge played football, basketball and baseball at Eugene (Oregon) North High School and was equally successful in each. In his junior football season, Ainge was named all-league, all-state and Parade all-America as a wide receiver and defensive back. In baseball, Ainge played shortstop and hit .402, .448 and .500 in his three seasons. In his eventual professional sport, basketball, Ainge led his teams to the Oregon state championship in 1976 and 1977 with a combined record of 55-1. His basketball honors were numerous, including McDonald's high school all-America. Ainge averaged more than 20 points per game at Brigham Young University and played and coached in the National Basketball Association.

Nicknamed the "The Horse" at Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Ameche twice was named most valuable player in the Big 8 Conference in the sport of football. Ameche also excelled in track and field, as he won the state championship in the shot put in 1950. Ameche went to the University of Wisconsin to continue his football career, and in 1954, he was awarded the Heisman Trophy.

Bench, who is remembered as the best all-around catcher in professional baseball history, started for both his high school baseballand basketball teams. In 1964, he led his Binger (Oklahoma) High School to the state baseball championship, and helped the basketball team to a runner-up finish the following year. Bench earned all-state honors in both sports, and was honorable-mention all-America in basketball. He then went on to a 15-year career with the Cincinnati Reds, where he was named rookie of the year in 1968, and was a World Series MVP in 1976.

Bird was one of the top basketball players in the state of Indiana and the nation in his senior season at French Lick (Indiana) Springs Valley High School. He scored 764 points in 25 games for a 30.6 average with 516 rebounds and 107 assists. He scored 353 points for a 16.0 average as a junior for an overall high school career average of 22.9.
Bird went on to have amazing careers at Indiana State
University, where he was voted college player of the year as a senior, and also with the Boston Celtics, where he was selected NBA rookie of the year in 1980.

Bond led Pampa (Texas) High School to two state basketball championships in three years and a 78-2 record. In his junior and senior seasons, Bond averaged 21.4 points per game while helping his teams to a 56-0 record and two Class 4A state championships. He was named first team all-state both years, and in 1954, he played in the Texas High School Coaches North-South game and the High School All-America game in Murray, Kentucky.

Considered by most as the finest high school basketball player ever produced by Missouri, Bradley established the state career scoring record (3,068), including 1,068 his senior year while playing at Crystal City High School. Bradley pumped in 20 or more points in 89 of his 112 high school games and scored more than 30 points on 21 occasions. Besides his brilliant athletic achievements, Bradley was an excellent scholar and student leader. He had a stellar NBA career with the New York Knicks and was a United States Senator from New Jersey.

While at Baker (Louisiana) High School, Brown dominated the high school track scene, winning 12 state championship medals in three years. As a sophomore and junior, he won the 100-yard dash, broad jump, high jump, and the hop-step-and-jump, setting state records in the broad jump and high jump. As a senior, he won the 100, 220, broad jump and hop-step-and-jump.
As a 17-year-old junior, Brown was the youngest member of the U.S. Track and Field team at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

Buckner is one of only two persons to win 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 (Illinois) 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 championships. He was a four-year basketball starter at Indiana University and helped the Hoosiers to the 1976 NCAA Championship. He played in the NBA for 10 years, including the 1984 Boston Celtics NBA championship team.

Campbell became only the third running back in the large-school classification in Texas state history to surpass 2,000 yards rushing with 2,036 yards on 309 carries and 28 touchdowns. He led the Tyler (Texas) John Tyler High School Lions to 15 consecutive victories, the state championship and was a part of perhaps the best team in Texas history in 1973. In five post-season victories en route to the state title, he rushed for 852 yards and scored 11 touchdowns, including a 221-yard, three-touchdown effort against Plano. He won the Heisman Trophy at the University of Texas in 1977 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a 10-year career with the Houston
Oilers.

A three-sport star (football, swimming and track) at Plainfield (New Jersey) High School, Campbell left school long enough to win the silver medal in the decathlon at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, at only 17 years of age. That same year, Campbell also scored 23 touchdowns 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.

While attending Jacksonville (Florida) Ribault High School, Cheeseborough set national records in the 100-yard dash (10.3) and 220-yard dash (23.3). She competed in the Pan American Games 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.

Clark was one of the best athletes in Colorado 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 basketball, he led Pueblo Central to the 1926 state championship and a second-place finish in a national tournament in Chicago. In track, he set school and league records in the shot put and hurdles, and also was a standout performer in baseball.

Collinsworth was a two-time all-state and one-time all-Southern quarterback at Titusville (Florida) Astronaut High School. Following his senior season, he was chosen to four national all-American teams, and in 1976, he was named all-Central Florida offensive player of the year. Beyond football, Collinsworth was the Class 3A 100-yard dash champion and was a first-team all-state guard in basketball in 1977. Off the field, Collinsworth was a school leader and motivator for other students to do their best. He is still considered the finest role model in sports in school history.

Conner, who won the Junior Olympic boys gymnastics all-around title at age 14, won two state all-around titles while in high school. As a senior, he was named to the United States Pan American team. Conner helped the University of Oklahoma win two national titles and was a three-time member of the United States Olympic gymnastics team.

Before an all-pro career with the Los Angeles Rams, Cromwell led the Ransom (Kansas) High School football program to a 34-2 record in four years, won all-league honors twice was named all-state and prep all-American as a senior quarterback and defensive back. In two years at the Class 1A school (84 enrollment), Cromwell passed for 1,438 yards, rushed for 936 yards, scored 92 points, threw 19 touchdown passes and averaged 45.6 yards per punt. He was also a standout track athlete and basketball player at Ransom.

While at Yuma (Arizona) High School, Culp won state heavyweight wrestling titles in 1963 and 1964, finishing with a 15-0 record in the latter year. He was named all-state both years as well. At the same time, he was beginning a stellar football career, receiving all-state honors on the gridiron in 1963 and 1964. Off the field, Culp graduated with a 3.1 GPA, and was 30th in a class of 238 students. Culp later went on to play professional football, and was an American Football League all-star and a member of the Kansas City Chiefs squad that won Super Bowl IV in 1970. He was a five-time all-pro and was the National Football League's outstanding defensive player of the year in 1975.

Curry played five sports at Davis (California) High School, but she dominated the basketball court, scoring 1,798 points in her career, including 806 her senior year. Curry's teams won three consecutive Delta League titles, and she was the league's leading scorer and rebounder each season. When she wasn't playing basketball, Curry participated in field hockey, softball, track and volleyball. She had a 36-7 record in her final two years as a pitcher on the softball team. She was a four-year starter and three-time all-American in basketball at the University of California-Los Angeles.

In four years at Missoula (Montana) County High School, Davis was undefeated and untied as a wrestler, compiling a 66-0 mark with 48 falls. He was a four-time state champion in four different weights; 95, 103, 112 and 133 pounds. No wrestler in Montana had ever completed four years undefeated except Davis. He also was team captain his junior and senior seasons and was voted outstanding wrestler at the divisional and state tournaments as a junior and at the divisional tournament as a senior.

In the 1954 Ohio state track meet, Davis won the long jump, 220-yard dash and 180-yard hurdles and finished fourth in the 100-yard dash to single-handedly lead Barberton High School to the state title. His individual point total was more than any other team. He also was second-team all-Ohio in football and scored 15 touchdowns as a junior and 14 as a senior. Davis, who was a standout track athlete at Ohio State University, won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at both the 1956 and 1960 Olympics, and he also was a member of the 1960 mile relay team that won a gold medal.

Dawson was named MVP of his football team at Alliance (Ohio) High School, and was also named outstanding Ohio back of the year by the International News Service. This three-sport athlete set school records in football and in basketball, and was the first athlete in 13 years to be named first-team all-state in both sports during the same year. Dawson went on to enjoy a football career at Purdue and played 19 successful seasons as a professional quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs.

Ty Detmer lettered in five sports (football, basketball, baseball, golf and track) at Southwest High School in San Antonio, Texas, from 1983 to 1986. Detmer passed for 8,005 yards, which included a one-season best of 3,551 yards as a junior. As a quarterback at Brigham Young University, Detmer won the Heisman Trophy in 1990. He set 59 NCAA records, including most touchdown passes (121), most yards passing (15,031). At the professional level, Detmer has played for six teams during his 14-year National Football League career.

Dischinger scored 1,455 points in three years of basketball play at Terre Haute (Indiana) Garfield High School. He was team MVP twice, all-Western Indiana three years, captain of the prestigious 1958 Indiana all-star team that played Kentucky in the annual series between the two states, and won the Wabash Valley Tournament Sportsmanship Award. In football, Dischinger was a two-time all-state end, as well as all-Western Indiana Conference and all-Wabash Valley. At Purdue University, Dischinger led the Big Ten Conference in scoring three consecutive years and played in the NBA nine years.

Though football eventually became his sport of choice, Donovan excelled in three sports at Helena (Montana) High School. In addition to earning all-state and all-America honors in football, Donovan made headlines in basketball and track. He led his basketball team to the state championship game in his final two seasons, winning the 1971 title and finishing second in 1970. He was a unanimous selection to the all-tournament team both seasons. In track, he won six first-place medals at state track meets, including the shot-put title three times and the discus in his junior and senior seasons. Donovan played in three Super Bowls as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.

Perhaps the most gifted all-around athlete in prep sports history, Eddleman starred in football, basketball, and track and field at Centralia (Illinois) High School (1939-42). Before earning a silver medal in the high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Eddleman was a three-time high school state champion in the event (1940-42). His 2,702 points in basketball led Centralia to three state tournament berths and to the 1942 Illinois state title.

Teresa Edwards is the only athlete, male or female, to compete in five Olympic Games. The basketball player starred at Cairo (Georgia) High School and later led the University of Georgia to two NCAA Final Fours, earning all-America honors her junior and senior seasons. Competing in the 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics, Edwards won four gold medals and one bronze medal.

Helfer was a five-sport participant at Walla Walla (Washington) High School in the mid-1970s, and her greatest accomplishments came in the sports of track and basketball. In track, she was state champion in the javelin and was one of the top javelin throwers in the country. In basketball, she led her teams to a 56-6 three-year records and to three trips to the state tournament. Helfer, whose name was Jeanne Eggart at that time, set the following state tournament basketball records: most points in a game, 47; highest average, 27.0; field goals in one game, 19; free throws in one game, 16; and assists in one game, seven.

Sean Elliott was one of the brightest basketball stars in Arizona schoolboy history. As a senior at Cholla High School in Tucson in the 1984-85 season, Elliott scored 844 points and averaged 31.3 points per game. Elliott then played at the University of Arizona (1986-89) and helped the Wildcats to four consecutive NCAA playoff berths, including one Final Four in 1988. He is the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,555 points. Elliott spent 11 of his 12 NBA seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, winning an NBA title in 1999, scoring almost 10,000 points and averaging 14.4 points per game.

Before Evert turned professional and became the most dominant women's tennis player in history, she had an outstanding high school career at Fort Lauderdale (Florida) St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Evert won district and state singles and doubles titles three consecutive years from 1970 to 1972, compiling a 43-2 record. She was undefeated in her junior and senior seasons with a combined 30-0 record.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the late Heather Farr dominated amateur golf in the state of Arizona. She won three consecutive Arizona Interscholastic Association's state tournaments from 1979 to 1981 while playing at Phoenix Xavier College Preparatory. She took her game of golf to Arizona State University where she was a three-time all-American. In 1985, Farr joined the Ladies Professional Golf Association and played four years before being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989 at age 24. She fought valiantly for 4½ years before her death in 1993 at age 28.

Seventeen years after football star Joe Ferguson graduated from Shreveport (Louisiana) High School, his name still appeared in the National High School Sports Record Book eight times. The star quarterback helped his team win three straight district titles as well as the 1968 state crown. He also excelled in track, as he was an all-state high jumper. As a University of Arkansas Razorback, Ferguson was the 1971 Southeastern Conference offensive player of the year before going on to a professional career.

This future Olympian accumulated a 64-0 record at Waterloo (Iowa) West High School and was a three-time Iowa high school state wrestling champion (1964-66). He went on to Iowa State University, where he became a three-time all-American, three-time Big Eight Conference champion and a two-time NCAA champion. He was undefeated throughout high school and college before losing his final collegiate match.

Giel was a three-sport standout at Winona (Minnesota) Senior High School. He was a letterman in football, basketball and baseball, and earned all-state honors in both football and baseball. Later, Giel played football for the University of Minnesota where he was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy Award. Giel continued his athletic career in professional baseball, playing for the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Minnesota Twins.

The "Galloping Ghost" earned 16 letters in four different sports at Wheaton (Illinois) High School during his prep days. Grange averaged five touchdowns a game even though he was a more talented basketball player and track star at the time. Grange changed his athletic concentration to football at the University of Illinois before playing in the American Football League, which was formed around his football success.

As a senior running back at Columbus (Ohio) Eastmoor High School, Griffin rushed for 1,737 yards and scored 170 points in 10 games, including 29 touchdowns. He helped his team to a 9-1 record, including the Columbus City League championship in 1971. In the Columbus league title game against Columbus Linden McKinley, Griffin rushed for 267 yards on 31 carries. He also rushed for more than 1,000 yards as a junior. Griffin continued to play in the state of Ohio, first as a two-time Heisman Trophy winner at Ohio State, and later as a first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Grigsby, who is the third-leading female scorer in high school basketball history, earned all-state honors three times and also was named Miss Basketball in her home state of Kentucky. During her 95-game career, Grigsby averaged a national-record 46.1 points per game at McDowell (Kentucky) High School. In 1978, she was named Kentucky's Sportswoman of the Year. Grigsby continued her basketball career at the University of Kentucky, where she was an outstanding
player.

Groat was a three-sport (basketball, baseball, volleyball) star at Swissvale (Pennsylvania) High School. He set the school's basketball scoring record for a single game (37) and season (454). In 1948, he led the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League, District 7, in scoring. In baseball, he represented the city of Pittsburgh in the Hearst All-Star Game played at Yankee Stadium and was considered one of the nation's top baseball players. He was college basketball player of the year at Duke University in 1952, and he played baseball professionally, helping the St. Louis Cardinals to the World Series title in 1964.

Ray Guy was a quarterback, defensive back, punter and kicker at Thomson (Georgia) High School from 1965 to 1969 and led his football teams to two state championships. At the University of Southern Mississippi, he recorded a 77-yard punt in his first collegiate game and led the NCAA in punting in 1972 with a 46.2 average. He was a unanimous all-America choice as a senior, the first in school history. Guy is generally regarded as the greatest punter in NFL history during his 14-year career with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, which ended in 1987. Guy had seven Pro Bowl appearances (six straight) and had a lifetime
punting average of 42.4.