1995
1994
Sharon Zavala – Grand Island Central Catholic
Sharon Zavala Grand Island Central Catholic Coach Sharon Zavala epitomized coaching excellence with a career of sustained success that covered 40-plus years and a variety of situations. After arriving fresh out of college in 1975, Zavala built Grand Island Central Catholic into a powerhouse that consistently produced collegiate players and championships. At the time of […]
Howard Zook – Fairfield
Coach. A high school and college track standout, Howard Zook coached several sports and found success in all. In a 28-year coaching career at 10 schools in Nebraska and Wyoming, he piled up more than 350victories in basketball and 80 in football, even though some of the schools didn’t offer football. A 1930 Peru State […]
Leroy A. Zentic – Lincoln East
Coach. Lee Zentic, the inaugural coach at Lincoln East, promptly put the school in the thick of championship races. He directed six state championship teams – 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1979 — and coached 57 all-state players. His coaching honors include 1975 Lincoln Journal Star Coach of the Year, 1976 Omaha World-Herald Coach […]
Allen Zikmund – Kearney
Athlete. This multi-talented gentleman began his long connection with Nebraska athletics as an all-state quarterback for Ord High School from which he graduated in 1939. Ord High was state champion his senior year on the gridiron and undefeated. Later he was a member of the famous Cornhusker football team which played in the 1941 Rose […]
W.L. “Dutch” Zorn – Gothenburg
Coach–How to build a successful track & field program within Nebraska high schools could have been a book written by this winning coach of Gothenburg High School. The cardinal & white Swedes won the Class B state track meet five times, in 1949, 1957, 1962, 1967 and 1971. No doubt the ability to inspire a […]
P.J. Wiseman – Ralston
P.J. Wiseman Ralston Athlete Any distance, any stroke, P.J. Wiseman could swim it and win it. A five-time individual gold medalist at the state swim meet, he set the state record in the 100 backstroke and 200 individual medley and swam on the Rams record-setting 400 freestlyle relay. The relay and 200 IM records stood […]
Jan Wall – Lincoln Northeast
Jan Wall Lincoln Northeast Athlete Able to hit from any angle on the basketball court, and able to keep from getting hit on the baseball diamond, earned Jan Wall Athlete of the Year staus in 1958. Wall excelled on the basketball court as a two-year all-stater and three-year starter for the Rockets. He averaged 22.3 […]
Terry Williams – Omaha Central
Athlete. Class of 1962 Terry Williams can stake a claim to the title as Nebraska’s fastest man. His sprint times — 9.7 seconds in the 100-meter dash and 20.9 in the 220 — ranked at the top of Nebraska’s alltime charts and stood sixth in the nation in 1962. The 5-foot-11, 170-pounder swept the 100 […]
