SOURCE: National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (June 21, 2018) — The National High School Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on July 2 and Hall of Fame Press Conference on July 1 are among several events at the 2018 Summer Meeting of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) in Chicago that will be streamed live on the NFHS Network. All Summer Meeting events can be accessed on the NFHS Network at no cost.
The Hall of Fame Press Conference will be held at 1:45 p.m. CDT (2:45 p.m. Eastern time) on Sunday, July 1, at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile in Chicago, Illinois, followed by the 36th annual induction ceremony at 6 p.m. CDT (7 p.m. Eastern time) on Monday, July 2.
The Hall of Fame Press Conference will be available at no cost on the NFHS Network at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/nfhs/evt885743f5e9 and the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony can be accessed at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/nfhs/evt7f107de5cd .
All 12 inductees will be on hand at the press conference and induction ceremony, including Dorothy Gaters, the winningest high school basketball coach in Illinois history from John Marshall High School in Chicago; Tom Osborne, a four-sport high school star in Hastings, Nebraska, before his outstanding career as the University of Nebraska football coach; Dick Fosbury, who established the “Fosbury Flop” as a high school sophomore in Medford, Oregon;Carrie Tollefson, who won 13 individual cross country and track titles in Minnesota before her standout college and Olympic career; and Nicole Powell, star basketball player at Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix who played at Stanford and in the WNBA.
In addition, four other events during the June 28-July 2 NFHS Summer Meeting will be streamed live on the NFHS Network. The “We Are High School” Opening Ceremony at 3:00 p.m. June 29 can be accessed at https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/nfhs/evtfb164fb09f, followed by the First General Session (https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/nfhs/evtedfb7a7e16) at 4:15 p.m.
At the Opening Ceremony, Marissa Walker of Waterford (Connecticut) High School will receive the National High School Spirit of Sport Award, and Cecelia Egan of Riverside St. Mary Academy-Bay View (Rhode Island) will receive the National High School Heart of the Arts Award.
Other NFHS Summer Meeting events available on the NFHS Network are the Second General Session at 9 a.m. June 30(https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/nfhs/evtbd8da74ebb) and the AwardsLuncheon at 12 p.m. July 1 (https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/nfhs/evt105b20b485).
The Awards Luncheon will feature the presentation of NFHS Citations to 12 individuals. State association honorees include Steve Timko of New Jersey, Melissa Mertz of Pennsylvania, Keith Alexander of Louisiana, Craig Ihnen of Iowa, David Cherry of Kansas, T.J. Parks of New Mexico, Becky Anderson of Utah andTrevor Wilson of Wyoming.
Other Citation recipients are Joe Manjone of Alabama(NFHS Officials Association), Scott Evans of New Mexico (NFHS Coaches Association), Alan Greiner of Iowa (NFHS Music Association) and Tara Tate of Illinois (NFHS Speech/Debate/Theatre Association).
About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing rules for 17 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,000 high schools and nearly 12 million participants in high school activity programs, including more than 7.8 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and activities. For more information, visit the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.
