Sports Hall of Fame
2008 Euclid High Schools
SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
James English, Jr. Euclid ‘72
Daniel Fowler Euclid ‘74
John Berlan Euclid ‘80
Wendy Potokar Crumbacher Euclid ‘83
Raeshaun Jernigan Euclid ‘93
DeJuan Goulde Euclid ‘96
Antoine Fisher Euclid ‘98
Thomas Banc Coach
Kent Smith Honorary
We are also honoring the State Champion Wrestling Teams of
1949, 1952, and 1958
The schools represented are Euclid Central, Euclid Shore, Euclid Senior, and Euclid High Schools. Since 1908, these schools have fielded approximately 1,150 varsity teams with about 18,000 young men and women athletes competing.
The 2008 inductees have achieved many conference, league, sectional, district, and individual championships in many sports.
Individual player awards went to four who made All-Scholastic Teams, three who made the All-Lake Erie League Team, three who made the All-Greater Cleveland Conference Team, two who won the Most Valuable Player Award on their team, four who were selected to the Plain Dealer All-Star Team, one who was named to the Cleveland Press and Call and Post Teams, three who were named to the News-Herald All-Star Team, one who was picked for the Sun-Journal All Star Team, three who were chosen for a Most Outstanding Player Award, two who made the All-Northeast Ohio Team, three who for two years were singled out for the All-Ohio Team, and one who was selected as Mr. Ohio Football.
As collegians some achieved the following awards: one made the All-Ohio Athletic Conference All-Star Team, two made the All Mid-American Conference Team, one was picked for the All Southeast Conference Team, one won his team's Player of the Year Award, one was named his team's Most Valuable Player, and three were honored with selection to an All-American Team.
On the professional level, two played in the National Football League, and one played in the National Indoor Football League, winning the NIFL's Defensive Player of the Year and MVP Awards.
The coach inductee is the coach with the most football wins in Euclid's history, and the honorary inductee is a man who is also in Euclid's Distinguished Achievement Award Hall of Fame.
A number of this year's inductees are still competing in various sports at the amateur level. One has even had his name assigned by the News-Herald to a prestigious annual award for the most outstanding local football player. We thank you for joining us in honoring these fine people who have given us so many exciting hours on the playing fields, courts, and floors, or in the pools in which they competed.