Bob Whitehouse-Omaha
Contributor Bob Whitehouse has influenced sports in Nebraska at every level, including as a coach, administrator, and volunteer for more than 50 years. A coach, athletic director and administrator in the Omaha school system, he was inducted into the Omaha Public Schools Hall of Fame as a special contributor in 2012 and the National Interscholastic […]
Mark Wortman-Elkhorn
Coach Mark Wortman turned Elkhorn High School into a football powerhouse. After his arrival in 1980, the Antlers became a cornerstone of the state football playoff field, qualifying for 20 straight years from 1995-2014. At the time of his induction, his teams had won five Class B state championships and reached five other state championship […]
Bill Weber – Lincoln Southeast
Lincoln Southeast (Class of 1980) Bill Weber had an attraction for the action of state tournaments. The Lincoln Journal-Star’s Athlete of the Year in 1980, Weber played in seven state high school state tournaments and three American Legion baseball state tournaments. He earned all-state honors his junior and senior seasons in football while playing defensive […]
Linda Schnitzler Walker – Battle Creek
Battle Creek (Class of 1985) Linda Schnitzler Walker was the cornerstone of Battle Creek’s multi-sport success in the mid-1980s and ’90s. The daughter of Hall of Fame coach Bob Schnitzler, she earned all-state honors in basketball as the Bravettes won back-to-back Class C-1 state championships in 1984 and 1985 – teams that launched a streak […]
Lyle Weyand – Lincoln High
Coach. Lyle started his coaching career at Daykin and from there moved to Glendo, Wyoming, for one year. Then it was back to the “Good Life” in Nebraska for Lyle where he took a job at Lincoln Bethany. It was here that he won his first basketball state championship in Class B in 1938. Moving […]
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 […]
Bobby Williams – Lincoln High
Athlete. Bobby was considered by many the finest all-around athlete in Lincoln High history. In football he was mentioned for all-state his junior year and unanimous all-state as a senior. In 1960 as a senior, he led the team in scoring with 29 touchdowns and six extra points to make him the second highest scorer […]
M.E. “Bus” Whitehead – Scottsbluff.
Athlete. One of the few big men in the state in his day at 6’8’, Bus Whitehead graduated from Scottsbluff High School in 1945. An outstanding senior year contributed to a trip to Lincoln for the Class A State Basketball Championship. One of the few losses for the season was in the finals when Scottsbluff […]
Les “Beanie” Witte – Lincoln High
Athlete. One of two native Nebraskans to be named All-American in basketball, Les “Beanie” Witte was an all around athlete at Lincoln High. Les was a teammate of Bernie Masterson on the 23-0-2 Links football teams from 1927-29. He starred on the 1929 and 1930 basketball teams that went 40-10 winning the 1920 state tournament. […]
Larry Wachholtz – North Platte
Athlete. Larry was a three-sport athlete for the North Platte Bulldogs (Class of 1963) and earned honors in all three. He played offensive and defensive back for two years, then switched to quarterback his senior year while continuing to play defensive back. When the Bulldogs won the state championship in 1962, Larry was a consensus […]