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Column: Derive to Survive
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Top 100: Grant Hill, South Lakes, Basketball, 1990
Seahawks superstar championed Duke to two titles and made the leap to NBA All-Star and Olympic Team.
There was a time before Grant Hill belonged to the rest of the world. There was a time before Hill was a 7-time NBA All-Star and member of the Orlando Magic or Detroit Pistons or even before he was a member of two NCAA champion Duke University basketball teams.
Top 100: Kara Lawson, West Springfield, Basketball, 1999
West Springfield grad is still winning championships.
When Pat Summitt, the head coach of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team, came to West Springfield to recruit Kara Lawson, she could not answer one simple question. She went back to Tennessee, found out the answer and secured the services of the nation's best high school player.
Top 100: Allen Johnson, Lake Braddock, Track, 1989
Rising to the top, over and over again.
It was nearly impossible for his high school teammates to predict the heights Allen Johnson would reach in track and field. The 1989 Lake Braddock grad was an exceptional athlete, but he did not win an individual state title until his senior year.
Top 100: Mia Hamm, Lake Braddock, Soccer, 1989
The Lake Braddock grad handled the pressure of national and global recognition with grace.
She is a household name. Across the globe, girls who play soccer strive to be her, while female athletes who play other sports look up to her. Mia Hamm is the face of women's soccer and an advocate of women's sports.
Top 100: Alan Webb, South Lakes, Track, 2001
Webb still holds several national high school records he set while at South Lakes High School.
Alan Webb, a 2001 South Lakes graduate and 23-year-old international track star, set the American record in the two-mile event at the 2005 Prefontaine Classic at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
Top 100: Tom Dolan, Yorktown, Swimming, 1993
A two-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Dolan became nationally acclaimed sports figure.
An athlete cannot reach greater heights than earning a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
Top 100: Rob Muzzio, Robinson, Track and Field, 1982
Although he had reasons enough to quit multiple times, the brilliant athlete never let those reasons get in the way of his capability.
While other track and field stars were trying out for spots to represent their nation at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Rob Muzzio was in a hospital bed. The 1982 Robinson grad was fighting a severe asthma attack.
Top 100: Tommy Amaker, Woodson, Basketball, 1983
It was mind over body for the former Woodson basketball standout, as his career took him to the top of college basketball as a player and a coach.
Teamwork and defensive brilliance defined the high school and college basketball careers of Tommy Amaker, a 1983 Woodson grad. His basketball mind took him from Woodson to Duke as a player, and from Duke to Seton Hall to the University of Michigan as a coach.
Top 100: Chris Warren, Robinson, Football, 1985
Size and speed accounted for many of the Robinson star's record-breaking rushing yards.
What the defenses of local high school football teams already knew in the early 80’s, the defenses of collegiate and professional teams would find out later on. Chris Warren, the 1985 graduate of Robinson Secondary, was nearly impossible to stop.
Top 100: Hubert Davis, Lake Braddock, Basketball, 1988
Radiant personality and hard work led the former Bruin to a 12-year career in the NBA.
According to his high school basketball coach, Mike Wells, Hubert Davis came into Lake Braddock more highly skilled than most players leave the school.
Top 100: Bob Brower, Madison Everything, 1978
All-region selection in four sports, Brower remains legendary at Madison.
Bob Brower, a 1978 graduate and the only athlete ever to letter in four sports in one year at James Madison High School, is one of those legendary figures. The type of figure whose name has grown in local sports lore.
Top 100: Eric Sievers, Washington-Lee, Football, 1976
Generals tight end Starred at Maryland before flying `Air Coryell' in San Diego.
Think about some of the greatest NFL offenses of all time — the Cleveland Browns of the 1950's under QB Otto Graham; the 1983-84 Redskins who eclipsed the all-time mark for most points scored in a season; the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams of a few years ago who moved the football and scored seemingly at will.
Top 100: Skeeter Swift, George Washington, Basketball, 1965
Skeeter `Legend' thrived on catcalls; was true showman for Presidents on basketball court.
For Skeeter Swift, there was magic with every step he took throughout his basketball career. It was as if the flamboyant, dazzling hard court sensation was meant to be where he was at each respective level of his hoops career.
Top 100: Ed Moses, Lake Braddock Swimming, 1998
Former Bruin exploded on to the national scene after high school.
Ed Moses went from an unknown swimmer to world-ranked in ten months. The 1998 Lake Braddock graduate won two state titles, but his accomplishments go far beyond the high school pools and competition.
Top 100: Wes Suter, South Lakes Gymnastics, 1982
Former Olympian was a pioneer in men's gymnastics, won 15 state titles.
Wes Suter, a 1981 graduate of South Lakes High School and 1988 Olympic gymnast, was so competitive that his physical education teachers had a game that they played with him — one in which he was an unwilling participant.
Top 100: Hummer Brothers Washington-Lee, Basketball, 1963 and 1966
Big Men siblings led `Little Generals' to prominence in 1960s.
In the early 1960's, the Washington-Lee High boys basketball team was a Virginia state power, thanks in large part to 6-foot-6 inch pivot player Ed Hummer. Hummer, a consistent scorer, rebounder and game-changer on defense, was the linchpin player who fueled the Generals to consecutive state 1A titles in both the 1961-62 and 62-63 basketball seasons.
Top 100: Pat Toomay, Edison, Football, 1966
Although he considered himself a basketball player in high school, Pat Toomay went on to have an amazing NFL career. He was a Super Bowl champion with Dallas, a member of a winless team with Tampa Bay and was coached by John Madden while in Oakland.
Top 100: Katie Smrcka-Duffy, Madison, Basketball, 1996
Record-setting Smrcka-Duffy showed competitive fire leading Madison to 1996 region title and two state finals appearances before college and pro career.
Katie Smrcka-Duffy was one of the most competitive athletes ever to come out of the Northern Region. If her play didn't show it, her mouth certainly did. Smrcka-Duffy was often the subject of media scrutiny even as just a junior and senior at Madison High School.