Swimming

Grace Higley, daughter of Andy and Jenny Higley, is one of the individuals from Ludington High School selected to receive the 2024 Mason County Sports Hall of Fame Life Lessons Award. Grace has chosen West Shore Family Support as her charity to receive a donation in her honor. Grace is currently ranked fifth in her class with a grade point average of 4.170 while participating in a rigorous cour ...Read More...

John Kasley, a 1981 graduate of Ludington, was a standout swimmer, capturing a state championship in 1981 in the 50 meter freestyle as well as state runner-up titles in the 100 freestyle and the 400 freestyle relay. Kasley was the first Oriole to win a state championship in swimming. Upon graduation, Kasley held six school records at Ludington, the 50 and 100 freestyle, 100 backstroke, 200 Medley ...Read More...

RyAnn Rohrer is a 2022 graduate of Ludington High School and participated in swimming, basketball, and track & field while an Oriole. RyAnn qualified for the swimming state championships 15 times while in high school. She was Academic All-State in swimming in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. She was also All-Conference first team in swimming 11 times and second team five times. She set three Donald Bald ...Read More...

A graduate of Ludington High School, Chazz Is the son of Christopher and D’ann Rohrer. His athletic accomplishments are spread over his entire four years of high school and include soccer, swimming, and track & field. Chazz, as a four-year member of the Oriole swim team, he was first team all-conference in 2017 through 2021. He was Swim Team Captain his senior year, and was All State in the 5 ...Read More...

Caleb Schoon earned 11 varsity letters through his high school career – three in soccer and four each in swimming and track. In soccer, he was an All-District and All-Region selection, his junior and senior years, and he was a second team All-State selection his senior year. He was on Ludington‘s 2017 MHSAA Division III state runner-up team. Schoon qualified for the MHSAA Division Three swimmi ...Read More...

Jay Hansen was one of the most prolific swimmers to come through Ludington High School. Hansen, a 1988 graduate, won 11 individual Coastal Conference titles and set five league records while an Oriole. He set five school records and still owns four of them and he won three individual state championships and set one state record. He was at his best in the 100-yard butterfly, even recording the 34th ...Read More...

Noah Dobrzelewski brought leadership to the field and the pool in his years at Ludington High School as he competed in football, swimming and diving and track and field. Dobrzelewski swam for four seasons for Ludington, earning the Coaches' Award in his ninth grade year and following that with Most Valuable Swimmer honors his sophomore through senior years. Dobrzelewski also earned honorable me ...Read More...