2011 Athletes
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