2011 Athletes

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John Sitar - RHS Class of 1943

  • Football - 3-year starter
  • 1st RHS All-State Football Player, 3rd Team
  • All-PVC Football Player
  • Track - 3 year runner
  • West Virginia State Meet 880 yards

Lilburn Henderson - RHS Class of 1944

  • RHS Athlete of the Year 1943 to 1944
  • Football
  • All-PVC twice
  • All-State Honorable Mention
  • Baseball - 3-year letterman
  • Track

Bob Sirk - RHS Class of 1950

  • Football - All Conference as a Senior
  • On 1949 West Virginia State Champion Football Team
  • Football - Played Potomac State College
  • Baseball - 4-year starter
  • Potomac State College 1st-Team Junior College All-America Football
  • Potomac State College Hall of Fame
  • Baseball - Played Potomac State College and Shepherd College
  • Coach RHS 1964 State Baseball Runner-up Team
  • PVC Coach of the Year 1964

Bill Sirk - RHS Class of 1950

  • Football - Quarterback of 1949 West Virginia State Champion Football Team
  • All-State 2nd Team 1949
  • Football - Played Potomac State College
  • Basketball
  • Baseball - Played at Potomac State College and West VirginiaU
  • Teacher of the Year - Fairfax County, Virginia

John Shawen - RHS Class of 1953

  • Football - All-Conference as a Senior
  • 1952 West Virginia All-State 1st Team
  • Football - Played Potomac State College
  • Military Service Football

Roger Parker - RHS Class of 1954

  • Football - 4-year letterman
  • 1953 West Virginia State Runner-up Football Team
  • 1953 West Virginia North-South All-Star Football Game
  • Football - Played Potomac State College and Morris Harvey College
  • Baseball - 4-year player
  • 1953 West Virginia State Runner-up Baseball Team
  • 1953 West Virginia State All-Tournament Baseball Team
  • Baseball - Played Potomac State College
  • Basketball - 3 year letterman
  • Coach RHS 1961 Undefeated Football Team
  • Twice Conference Coach of the Year - Football
  • Coach RHS 1964 PVC Track Champion Team
  • Coach RHS Basketball
  • Coach Shepherd College Football 1965 - 1968
  • Founded Shepherd College Men's Tennis Team 1970
  • Founded Shepherd College Women's Tennis Team 1976
  • Coach - Shepherd College Tennis Teams 1970 - 1993
  • West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 1977, 1979, 1985, 1987 and 1988. Tennis Teams - Won 5 WVAC Team
  • Championships and 4 NAIA District Championships
  • Governor's Award for 30 years of service to Shepherd University
  • College Football Centennial Award in Appreciation of Significant Contributions to College Football
  • Presidential Sports Award for Tennis and Jogging

Bill Maphis - RHS Class of 1960

  • Basketball - 4-year letterman
  • 2-year West Virginia All-State
  • Captain of All-State Team as a Senior
  • 1960 State Champion Basketball Team
  • 1960 West Virginia's "Mr. Basketball"
  • 1960 Parade Magazine - 1st Team Basketball All-American
  • Basketball - 3-year starter West VirginiaU
  • Played NCAA Tournament 1963 and 1965
  • Baseball - 3-year All-PVC
  • West Virginia All-State as a Junior
  • Track - PVC Record in High Jump and Long Jump

Bryan Swisher - HHS Class of 1972

  • 3 sport standout: Football Basketball Track
  • Football All-PVC and All-TriValley as Junior and Senior
  • 1971 West Virginia All-State Football 2nd Team as a Senior
  • Basketball All-Sectional, All-Conference and West Virginia All-State Honorable Mention as a Junior
  • All-Sectional, All-Regional, All-Conference as a Senior
  • 1972 West Virginia All-State Basketball 2nd Team as a Senior
  • Set Hampshire High School (HHS) Scoring and Rebounding Records
  • Track - Set Hampshire High School (HHS) Record in Shot Put
  • Placed 5th in West Virginia State Track Meet as a Junior and 2nd as a Senior in Shortput

Jim Cookman - HHS Class of 1972

  • Football - 3-year letterman
  • All-PVC All-TriValley and All-State as Junior and Senior
  • 1971 Parade Magazine - Football All-American
  • 1971 Scouting Systems of America High School Football All-American
  • West Virginia UniversityFootball Scholarship (collegiate career cut short by knee injury)
  • Track - Set Hampshire High School (HHS) Record in Discus

Jennifer (Davis) Buckley -HHS Class of 2001

  • Cross Country - 3-year letterman
  • West Virginia Cross Country Champion as a Sophmore
  • West Virginia Cross Country 2nd Place as a Senior (behind her twin Susan)
  • West Virginia Cross Country 3rd Place as a Junior
  • Basketball - 3-year letterman
  • All-Area 1st Team as a Junior and Senior
  • Special Mention All-State
  • Honorable Mention West Virginia All-State as a Junior and Senior
  • Track - 3-year letterman
  • West Virginia State 3200 Meter Track Champion as a Senior (2nd in the 800 Meter and 1,600 Meter)
  • Track - Set Hampshire High School (HHS) Record in 400 Meter and 800 Meter.
  • 2000 to 2001 Cumberland Times News Co-Area Athlete of the Year (with twin Susan)
  • Track - Earned All-American honors at West VirginiaU twice
  • 2005 Won the ECAC 3,000 Meter run

Susan (Davis) Braithwaite - HHS Class of 2001

  • Cross Country - 3-year letterman
  • West Virginia Cross Country Champion as a Senior
  • West Virginia Cross Country 2nd Place as a Junior
  • Basketball - 3-year letterman
  • All-Area 1st Team and All-State as a Junior& Senior
  • 2001 West Virginia All-State AAA 1st Team and Team Captain
  • Track - 3-year letterman
  • West Virginia State 1600 and 3200 2nd place as a Junior
  • Track - Set Hampshire High School (HHS) Record in 1,600 Meter and 3,200 Meter
  • 2000-2001 Cumberland Times News Co-Area Athlete of the Year (with twin Jennifer)
  • Track - Earned All-American honors at West Virginia University
  • West Virginia University Won the Fred Schaus Top Captains Award

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