NEWTON ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Inaugural Class Inducted on January 13, 2018 CLASS OF 2018 Kyler Booher Carl Ferguson 2010 Fastpitch Kelly Herbst Travis Duffey Vicki Whiting Shawn Landis 1947-48 Boys Basketball
Kyler Booher 2007 Graduate of Newton High School All Ohio in Golf, Basketball, & Track All Time Boys Basketball leading scorer (1762) In addition, still holds the following Newton records: o Track 100M dash (11.3), 200M dash (23.3), 400M dash (50.41) o Golf Lowest 9 Hole (32), Lowest 18 Hole (67), & Lowest Ind. Avg. (37.8) o Boys Basketball PPG Career (21.5), PPG Season (25.0), Most FG Made Career (601), Most FT Made Career (412) Basketball: o 3 Time All-Ohio, 1 st Team Sr. Yr. o 4 Time SWD, POY Sr. Yr. o 4 Time District 9 Media Team o 4 Time Conference 1 st Team, 2 Time Conference POY Golf: o All Ohio State Qualifier o 3 Time District Qualifier o 3 Time Conference 1 st Team Track: o All Ohio State Qualifier o District & Conference Champion
Carl Ferguson Boys Basketball Coach at Newton HS for 9 years (1945-1954) Teacher & Principal at Newton HS Overall Record as Varsity Boys Basketball Coach 162-50 Longest tenured coach in Newton Boys Basketball History Highest Winning Percentage (76%) Most Wins (162) Head Coach of the 1947-48 Boys Basketball Team, which went 24-1 and won the Miami County Championship. 24 straight wins is still a school record Never had a losing record as a coach and only 1 season lost double digit games
2010 Fastpitch 2010 D-IV Fastpitch State Champions 27-5 Final Record Only team in school history to win State Championship Head Coach Kirk Kadel, Assistant Coach Jane Jess Roster: o Kirsten Burden Reck o Danielle Sando Ingram o Tiara Jackson o Brooke Knepper Wilson o Fawn King o Hannah Oburn o Taylor Steck o Marina Snipes o Kasey Thompson o Andee Welbaum o Destiny Hanshaw o Lacey Jackson o Emilie Oakes o Ashley Robinson o Ashley Frey
Kelly Herbst 1995 Graduate of Newton High School 4 year Varsity letter winner in Volleyball, Basketball, & Fastpitch At time of graduation held school records for: o VB Most Kills (139), Most Kills in a match (17) o BKB Most FG made in a game (13) o FP Most SO s in a game (18), Most SO s in Career (452) Still holds two Fastpitch School Records: o Most RBIs in a season (53) o Most SO s in a season (242) Team MVP, Conference 1 st Team & All- District in Volleyball, Basketball, & Fastpitch District POY in Basketball & Fastpitch Conference POY 2 times in Faspitch Junior & Senior years led Fastpitch team to State (Semis in 1994 & Finals in 1995) Played on Junior Olympic Team VB & USA HS Girls Softball Team Received a 4 Yr. Athletic Scholarship to play D-I College Softball at Wright State University She is currently the Assistant Director for Academic Support at the University of Florida
Travis Duffey 1995 Graduate of Newton High School Only Newton HS Athlete to receive POY for the State of Ohio (D-IV POY in 1995) Played Baseball & Soccer at Newton and lettered in both sports all 4 years 1 st Team All Conference & All District Junior & Senior Years Player of the Year in Miami County, Miami Valley his senior year 2 nd Team All-American his Junior & Senior Years Still holds the following Baseball records at Newton: o Most Hits Season (42), Career (144) o Most Triples Season (8), Career (14) o Most Doubles Career (37) o Most Runs Scored Career (121) Received a full 4 Yr. Athletic Scholarship to play D-IV Baseball at Miami University Invited to try-out for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1995
Vicki Whiting 1980 Graduate of Newton High School All Conference in Volleyball, Basketball, & Fastpitch District & State honors were not given to girls during the time Vicki participated in athletics at Newton, if they were she most certainly would have received those as well Held the All-Time Girls Basketball scoring record for 38 years and currently stands 3 rd on that list Still holds the following Girls Basketball records at Newton: o Career PPG (19.2) o Season PPG (19.8) o Most FT Attempted in a game (17) o Most Rebounds in a game (30)
Shawn Landis 1998 Graduate of Newton High School Lettered in Soccer, Basketball, & Baseball at Newton Started on the 1996-97 Boys Basketball team that went 20-4 and is the only Boys Basketball team in Newton history to win a District Championship In Baseball: o 1 st All Conference as a Sophomore o Conference POY as a Junior & Senior o 1 st Team All Area as a Sophomore & Junior o Miami Valley POY as a Senior o 2 nd Team All State as a Junior o 1 st Team All State as a Senior Still holds the following Baseball records at Newton: o Most Wins Season (11), Career (32) o Most SO s Season (106), Career (316) o Most Shut outs Season (6), Career (14) o Lowest Career ERA (1.13) Received Scholarships to play D-I Baseball at the University of Dayton & Miami University
1947-48 Boys Basketball 24-1 Overall Record Miami County Champions Hold Newton Boys Basketball Records for: o Most Wins (24) o Most Consecutive Wins (24) o Highest Winning Percentage (96%) o Least Points Allowed in single game (17 vs. Staunton) Head Coach Carl Ferguson Roster: o Nelson Hall o John Jackson o Andrew Jackson o Clyde Martin o Dick Wahl o Robert Amick o Myron Burns o Paul Newlin o Harry Rudy o Bill Schultz o Max Sweitzer o Manager Sam Adams