Ludington High School

Robert “Bob” Ayers Robert "Bob" Ayers, a 1944 Ludington High School graduate, was a state runner-up in high hurdles and fifth in low hurdles his senior year. He also played football and basketball and became an accomplished bowler in Mason County. He helped organize fastpitch softball as the president of the Mason County Softball Association and was an outstanding fastpitch softball pitcher ...Read More...

Dr. Annie (Tewel) Sadosty  Annie (Tewel) Sadosty, a 1987 Ludington High School graduate, earned all-conference, all-area, and all-state honors in basketball and all-conference, all-regional, and all-state honors in track. She was only the second female to score 1,000 career points in basketball at LHS and was a state runner-up in the 3200-meter run in track. Annie played two seasons of basketb ...Read More...

Dave Killips Dave Killips won 100-plus tennis matches at Ludington High School on his way to conference, regional, and state tournament qualification. Dave played in both singles and doubles play and was 29-2 at No. 1 singles his senior year. Killips went on to set a record for victories as a freshman at Central Michigan University and was his flight’s champion in the Mid-American Conference ...Read More...

Adam Johnson earned first-team All-State honors twice while playing soccer at Ludington High School, was a member of the 1994 state runner-up team, and was the first Mason County soccer player to actively play at a Division I college. After his career at Western Michigan University, Adam played for Thames Valley University in London and started on the North London Cup championship team. Johnson pl ...Read More...

Steve Schoenherr Steve Schoenherr is a 1958 graduate of Ludington where he earned all-conference honors twice, scored 705 total points. He set a single high game point total of 42 for a team and league record. He was a winning middle distance runner at LHS. He was named first team All-State by both the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press in 1958 in basketball. He went on to the University of Mi ...Read More...

Rebecca Jensen Dilanni Rebecca Jensen Dilanni garnered top 10 rankings as a youth, and eventually turned professional. She, and twin sister Rachel Jensen Faucett, were ranked in the top five nationally in doubles play and won national tournaments in their teenage years. Dilanni earned a scholarship at Kansas University where she was one half of a doubles national championship. Rebecca was twice ...Read More...

Rachel Jensen Faucett Rachel Jensen Faucett was one of the top individual tennis players for her respective age as a youth, garnering top 10 rankings in singles and doubles, and eventually going professional. Paired with twin sister Rebecca Jensen Dilanni, they were ranked in the top five nationally in doubles play through their teenage years. Faucett experienced high WTA singles ranking, won m ...Read More...

Harrie Lee Volkers Harrie Lee Volkers is a 1960 graduate of Ludington where he played football, basketball, baseball and track. He earned All-Conference and All-State honors during his senior year in basketball, and he amassed 937 career points. Harrie was considered one of LHS’s best “big men” during the golden years of LHS basketball, and voted “Most Athletic” in 1960. He went on to ...Read More...

The 2001 Ludington boys soccer team won the 2001 MHSAA Division 3 soccer state championship with a 24-1-2 record. The Orioles won district and regional titles as well as its conference. The team had two first-team All-State players. The Orioles were coached by Fred Horstman and assisted by Chad Horstman, Tim Bryant and Brad Reed. Members of the team were Joel Budreau, Landon McIntosh, Steve Massie ...Read More...

Wally Schafer is a 1957 graduate of Ludington High School where he set the state record in the mile run in 1956 with a time of 4:37.04. He was the state runner-up the following spring despite losing a shoe on the first lap. He earned four varsity letters and was the Orioles' track captain his senior year while also being named the All-Around Senior. He went to the University of Michigan on a track ...Read More...