Megan Neuvirth- West Point Central Catholic
Athlete-2005 When Megan Neuvirth got to high school, the W’s came in bunches. In her four years at WPCC, the Bluejays won eight State Championship in volleyball and basketball. An All-Stater in volleyball and basketball, she was named the Nebraska Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year in 2005. She graduated having never experienced a loss […]
Russ Ninemire-Sandy Creek
Coach Russ Ninemire forged one of the all-time greatest dynasties in Nebraska high school girls athletics. Under his guidance, the Sandy Creek girls basketball team put together a 95-game win streak and won 10 state championships, including six straight between 1996 and 2001. Ninemire, the 2018 National Coach of the Year, departed from the program […]
Jill Noel Korta – Lincoln Pius X
Athlete. Jill could possibly have been the first four-time state girl’s cross country champion had that sport been sanctioned by the NSAA in 1979, her freshman year at York. So she ran with the boys that year and finished second in her first race. In her next three years, she never lost a race in […]
Carol Nunnally Countryman – McCook, Lincoln High
Athlete. Carol started collecting gold medals from the beginning. She began competing in AAU meets as a youngster. She competed on the boys cross-country team her freshman year at McCook because there was no girl’s team. She was the number 3 runner in most of the meets. Track season was her real forte, she won […]
Jerry Neely – Norfolk
Official. Jerry’s 40-year officiating career started while he was in the military service. While waiting for an injury to mend he started refereeing basketball games among service teams. While attending Hastings College and on the basketball team, he did some intramural refing and then added some high school games while still competing himself. After graduation, […]
Lyle Nannen – Syracuse
Coach, Athlete. A member of a very athletic family, Lyle excelled in football, basketball and track. Lyle was a four-year letterman in football and basketball and would have been in track had it not been for a knee injury in the last basketball game his senior year. Playing at three positions in football — quarterback, […]
Jason “Bump” Novacek – Gothenburg
Athlete. Tremendously successful in football, basketball and track, Jason “Bump” Novacek epitomized the vision of an all-around athlete. In football, he starred as quarterback, running back and defensive back, leading Gothenburg to a state runner-up finish his junior year. He earned all-state honors in 1984, gained high school All-American status, and won the Nebraska Shrine […]
Dan Newmyer – North Platte
Inducted with officiating partner, Dennis Logan. They officiated together for 40 years, so they will be inducted into the Hall of Fame together. They began officiating basketball while students at Doane College in the late 1940s and they retired in the late 1980s. They began officiating football games with Hall of Fame referee Dick Thompson […]
Gary Neibauer – Scottsbluff
ATHLETE No matter the sport, Gary Neibauer had it mastered. Whether it was winning the state championship in the low hurdles or twice leading the Big Ten in scoring on the basketball court, Neibauer commanded the game. He was all-conference twice in football playing quarterback and earned all-state honors as a senior. He declined a […]
Danny Noonan – Lincoln Northeast
Danny Noonan Lincoln Northeast Athlete A consensus all-state player, Danny Noonan led Lincoln Northeast to a runner-up finish in the Class A state playoffs in 1982. Playing on the offensive and defensive lines for the Rockets, Noonan lettered three times and earned a scholarship to play at Nebraska. Playing middle guard for the Cornhuskers, he […]
