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Perhaps you missed it:
Jay Novacek, Gothenburg product, was commemorated for his 2008 induction into the College Football Hall of Fame at half-time of the Wyoming Cowboys football game on 9/13/08. Novacek was inducted into the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. See his profile.

           NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Steve Borer – Seward
31 years in education...Presentlly Assistant Principal & Activities Director at Seward High School....Nine years at Madison Public Schools as Principal/Activities Director, 17 years at Brady as Teacher-Coach-Administrator, three years at Wheeler Central as Teacher-Coach-Activities Director. ...Elgin High, Wayne State graduate.

Kathi Wieskamp – Lincoln
20 years in education - Lincoln Public Schools.
Presentlly Assistant Activities Director at Lincoln Northstar....17 years as a Teacher-Volleyball Coach at Lincoln Southeast....Norris High School, UNL graduate. Played volleyball at UNL from 1984 -1987 (Academic & athletic All-American).

History of the Hall of Fame Foundation --  CLICK HERE

OUR MISSION:
The purpose of the Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation is to honor:
Athletes for outstanding high school careers.
Administrators, coaches, officials and community members who have made significant contributions to high school athletes.
Athletes who have had a significant impact on their chosen field or in our society following completion of their high school careers.
OUR GOALS:
1. Establish a Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame facility that will preserve the rich heritage of Nebraska high school athletics and serve as a repository for all memorabilia acquired.
2. Develop and implement programs and services consistent with the intent and purpose of the Hall of Fame.

What We're About 
The Hall of Fame Foundation is a non-profit organization operating for more than 20 years with the idea of preserving the history of high school sports. It makes several awards annually honoring individuals and teams and has inducted more than 240 athletes, coaches and/or contributors, including some of the great names in Nebraska sports such as Gale Sayers, Johnny Rodgers, Carol Frost, the Fischer family, Tom Kropp, Nancy Kindig-Malone, Bob Gibson, Bob Boozer, Amy Stephens and Tom Osborne.

We Have a Good Cause:
Please Help Us Out

   The Hall of Fame officially kicked off its capital fund drive on 11/23/08, with a press conference and a tour of our exhibition hall in the Nebraska School Activities Association building at 500 Charleston Street in Lincoln. 
   Thanks to a sizeable donation by a person preferring anonymity, the drive has reached $500,000. 
   The goal is $1.5 million, which has been determined as a minimum requirement  to provide an entertaining, modern presentation of Nebraska high school sports’ past in the 7,000 square foot area.
   “We anticipate we will begin to furnish the hall as soon as we get to the halfway point,” said  Bob Whitehouse, president of the foundation board of directors. “We’re paying rent now and we’ve started working on schematics.”
   Fund drive chairman is Steve Johnsen, director of the the Nebraska Coaches Association, also officed in the NSAA complex.  For more information or to make a contribution, please contact Johnsen (steve@ncacoach.org), Hall of Fame executive director Dick Beechner (golopers@aol.com), president Whitehouse (Bob.Whitehouse@ops.org ) or any of the board members listed elsewhere in this website (board).
  
The hall will include a theater and it was unveiled at 11/23 as the Wally McNaught Theatre, named after longtime Lincoln Southeast basketball coach and athletic director. The anonymous donor made the McNaught honor possible. A video was shown at the McNaught announcement which included testimonials from Tom Osborne, Frank Solich, current Southeast basketball coach Jeff Smith and Lincoln North Star assistant athletic director Kathi Wieskamp.
   “A lot of us had a vision 15 years ago when this Hall of Fame was started,” said McNaught, a former president of the board and hall inductee this year. “I certainly wouldn’t have envisioned seeing my name on anything.”


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The Hall of Fame is pleased the Nebraska Sports Council  handles the sale and distribution of tickets to our annual awards banquet.
Nebraska Sports Council is at
PO Box 29366, Lincoln, NE 68529.The Nebraska Sports Council long has been a supporter of high school sports, and is best known for its annual Cornhusker State Games.

 

www.cornhuskerstategames.com


The NSAA's new building...where the Hall of Fame will have a home.
MEMBERSHIPS: Everybody is encouraged to become a member of the Hall of Fame. Keep up with our progress, receive newsletter and other mailings.Click to see Membership Form.
NEWSLETTER: If you want to receive the Hall of Fame Newsletter, or wish to send an address correction for same, please contact Buck Mahoney, Sue Wilcoxen or Jerry Stine.
NEW AWARD CATEGORY
Dominant Dynasties. 
Purpose: To honor schools/teams whose achievements were dominant over a period of time.
Print a nomination form

OFFICERS

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DICK BEECHNER
3214 20th Ave. Kearney, 68845,
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PRESIDENT ROBERT WHITEHOUSE
1103 Mackensey Dr Papillion 68046

VICE PRESIDENT JACK GUGGENMOS
P. O. Box 426, Waverly 68462

TREASURER
DENNIS SMITH
1123 Delmar, Papillion, 68046

SECRETARY JERRY STINE
1004 Lake Vista Drive, Papillion 68046

PAST PRESIDENT WALLY McNAUGHT
21901 Woodland Hills Cr, Eagle 68347

 

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