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MHS 2002 Graduate

Cross Country

  • Four Year Letter Winner

  • Four Year Scholar Athlete

  • Four Year All-Stark County First Team  

  • Four Year All-NBC First Team

  • NBC MVP 2000

  • Overall Stark County and District Individual Champion 2000

  • Two Time Individual OHSAA State Qualifier & All Ohioan

  • Led Minerva’s First-Ever State Qualifying Girls Team

Track

  • Four Year Letter Winner

  • Four Year Scholar Athlete

  • Multiple School Record Holder:

    • 4x800 meter relay 10:21.4

    • 800 meter run 2:23.99

    • 1600 meter run 5:17.92

    • 3200 meter run 11:50.2

  • OHSAA State Qualifier & All-Ohioan, 1600 meter run 2001

Alice Kidder Memorial Female Athlete of the Year Winner 2002

Earned Full Athletic Scholarship to The University of Akron

 

College Career

Cross Country

  • Four Year Letter Winner

  • Three Time All Ohio Honoree

  • NCAA Division I Great Lakes All-Region 2004

  • Member of 2005 All-Ohio Championship Team

  • Member of 2005 MAC Championship Team

  • 1st Team All MAC 2005

Track

  • 3 Time Letter Winner in Indoor/Outdoor Track

  • School Record Holder in 3000 meter run indoors 9:41.20

  • NCAA Division I Regional Qualifier 5,000 meter run outdoors 16:44.92

  • Team Member and Scorer for UA’s First-Ever Triple Crown

 

Graduated in 2006 with Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing

Currently Employed at Akron Children’s Hospital

Married to David Howard

Has two sons, Logan & Lincoln

MHS 1985 Graduate

  • Three time letter winner

  • Single Season Rushing Record - 1514 yards

  • Single Season Touchdown Record - 25

  • Single Game Touchdown Record - 5

  • Stark County Leading Scorer - 152 points

  • First Team All-Northeast Ohio

  • First Team Senate League

  • First Team WHBC

  • First Team Alliance Review

  • First Team Akron Beacon Journal

  • WHBC Most Valuable Player

  • Special Mention All-Ohio

  • Accepted admission to US Military Academy at West Point

  • Graduated from Case Western with BS Polymer Science

  • Graduated Case Western MA Polymer Science

  • Graduated University of Pennsylvania MA Technology Managment

 

MHS 2002 Graduate
Twelve time letter winner
Volleyball

  • Four year letter winner

  • Two time First-Team All-NBC

  • NBC Player of the Year in 2001

  • School record holder in a season:

    • Most kills - 329

    • Most solo blocks - 71

    • Most aces - 52

  • Led team to first NBC Championship and best school record 21-4

Basketball

  • Four year letter winner

  • Two time First-Team All-NBC

  • NBC Player of the Year

  • Stark County Player of the Year

  • District 4 Player of the Year

  • Beacon Journal Winter Female Athlete of the Year

  • Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Div. II Player of the Year

  • Currently 4th on All-time career scoring list - 1,003

  • School Record Holder:

    • Game - most rebounds - 21

    • Career - field goal % - 49.6%

    • Freethrow % -  77.4%

  • First Girls' Basketball Player to play in the State of Ohio North/South Game

Softball

  • Four year letter winner

  • First Team All-NBC

College Basketball

  • Graduate of Kent State University

  • Four Year Starter on Women's Basketball Team

  • Three time First Team All-Mid American Conference

  • MAC Player of the Year in 2006

  • Two time ESPN Magazine Academic All-American

  • ESPN Magazine Academic All-American of the Year 2006

  • Finished career third on all-time career scoring list - 1,799

  • Named to Kodak/WBCA All-American Team Honorable Mention in 2006

  • Named Women's Basketball News Service Third-Team All-American

  • Named MAC Player of the Week Five Times

  • Scored 44 points in MAC Championship Game vs Bowling Green in 2005

  • Holds Kent State Record for Most Points in a Single Game

 

MHS 1964 Graduate

Nine-time letter winner, (three each in football, basketball and track)

Sophomore Year

  • Set the school record in shot put

Junior Year

  • First Team All-Tri County in football

  • Second Team All-Tri County in basketball

Senior Year

  • Football

    • First Team All-Tri County

    • All-Stark County

    • All-Alliance Review

  • Basketball

    • Second Team All-Tri County

    • Honorable Mention All-Stark County

  • Set school record in shot put and discus, which stood for over 20  years

1964 - first recipient of the Cliff Draher Award for Most Outstanding Senior Male Athlete

College

  • Lettered two years at Baldwin Wallace in football

  • Played for Legendary Coach Lee Tressell

MHS 1967 Graduate

Football

  • Two time letter winner

  • First 1000-yard back

  • Most interceptions in a season - six

  • Longest run - 89 yards

  • First Team All-Stark County

  • First Team All-Tri County

  • First Team Alliance Review

Basketball

  • Two time letter winner

  • All-Tri County 1966-7

  • First Team Alliance Review

  • Lead team to 18-0 regular season

1967 Cliff Draher VFW Athlete of the Year Award

Received full-ride football scholarship to Youngstown State University

MHS 2006 Graduate 

Basketball

  • Four time letter winner

  • Three time First Team All-NBC

  • Three time First Team District IV

  • Two time First Team AP

  • All-Northeast Inland

  • All-Ohio Special Mention

  • School record holder

    • Currently 5th on all-time scoring list with 1010 points

Softball

  • Four time letter winner

  • Four time First Team All-NBC

  • First Team All-Ohio

2006 Alice Kidder VFW Athlete of the Year Award

 

  • Minerva High School team dentist from 1961 - 1991

  • Football game announcer from 1961 - 1991

  • Known as “The Voice of the Minerva Lions”

  • Press Box Namesake - 1998

  • Varsity Cheerleading Coach for 21 years from 1992 through 2013

  • FIfteen NBC Championships

  • Five OASSA State Championships in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2014

  • Four OASSA State Runnerup in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2013

  • Denise has built the Minerva cheerleading program to one of the most respected and feared programs in the state of Ohio

MHS 1940 Graduate

Football

  • Three year letter winner

  • Three time First Team All-Tri County

  • Tri-County Player of the Year in 1939

Basketball

  • Three year letter winner

  • Three time First Team All-Tri County

  • Three time MHS leading scorer

  • Player of the Year 1939

  • Player of the Year 1940

College

  • Graduate of Case Western Reserve 1947

College Football

  • Three year letter winner

  • First Team All-Big Four

  • First Team All-Ohio

College Basketball

  • Three year letter winner

Inducted into Case Western Reserve Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990

  • Thirty-year Member of the Athletic Booster Club

  • Instrumental in building the following stadium additions:

    • Locker rooms

    • Wrestling rooms

    • Concession stand

    • Ticket booth

  • A fixture at football practice and games before and after his sons participated at the high school level

  • A dedicated, loyal man of Minerva athletics

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