Ken Laurence played football, basketball and baseball all four years at McHenry High School, earning six varsity letters, four All-Conference awards and two Honorable Mentions for All-State teams. While playing football he started on the offense, defense, punt, punt return, kick off, and kick off return teams. Ken played varsity basketball part time his sophomore year, earning letters his junior and senior seasons while Co-Captioning the team his senior year. Ken

later went on to play football for Northern Illinois University lettering his junior and senior seasons.

Ken LaurenceCLASS OF 1965

McHenry High School

Football: 2 Varsity Letters

Basketball: 2 Varsity Letters

Baseball: 2 Varsity Letters

Awards1964 Honorable Mention All-State Football

1964 All-Star Team Football-Sun Times

1963 & 1964 All-Area Football

1963 & 1964 All-Conference Football

1965 Honorable Mention All-State Basketball

1965 All-Area Basketball

1964 & 1965 All-Conference Basketball

1964 Co-Captain Football & Basketball

1963 Honorable Mention All-Area Basketball

Matt Eichinger earned nine varsity letters at McHenry High School. He placed 2nd in the North Suburban Golf Tournament as a freshman, held the #1 position all four years and qualified for the Illinois State tournament his junior and senior years. In Basketball Matt earned First Team All-Conference his junior season and went on to

captain the team to the first ever North Suburban Conference Championship with a 22-2 record his senior season. While playing football, he started every game his junior and senior years at the quarterback and linebacker

positions.At Michigan State University in 1959-60, Matt was on the Freshman Golf Team. He also won the New Mexico State Seniors Racquetball Championship in 1978.

Matt EichingerCLASS OF 1959

HIGH SCHOOLGOLF: 4 VARSITY LETTERS

BASKETBALL: 3 VARSITY LETTERS

BASEBALL: 2 VARSITY LETTERS

AWARDS 1959 1st Team All-Chicago Area Basketball - Chicago Tribune

1958 & 1959 1st Team All-Conference North Suburban All Star Basketball

1957 Honorable Mention North Suburban All Star Basketball

An all-around athlete, Pat Stoffel earned All-Conference honors in softball, basketball, tennis and field hockey. She played varsity basketball and softball all four years at McHenry becoming the Athlete of the Year in 1977. Pat went on to play softball and basketball for Western Illinois University achieving All-American honors, All-State honors and

All-Regional honors in both basketball and softball from 1980-1982 . She played four years on the National All-Tournament team, was voted MVP in 1982 and captained her 1981 basketball team becoming its’ MVP. Pat is a

two-time Broderick Award Nominee and was inducted into Western Illinois University’s Hall of Fame in 1998. After completing her college career, Pat went on to star with the Macomb Magic, a Nationally ranked semi-professional

fastpitch softball team. Pat has continued in sports as a coach at Western Illinois and at McHenry High School.

Patricia StoffelCLASS OF 1977

HIGH SCHOOLSOFTBALL: 4 VARSITY LETTERS

BASKETBALL: 4 VARSITY LETTERSTENNIS: 2 VARSITY LETTERS

FIELD HOCKEY: 2 VARSITY LETTERS

AWARDS1977 Athlete of the Year

1975-77 All-Conference Softball1976-77 All-Conference Basketball

John McInerney was awarded All-North Suburban Conference three times in cross country and track his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He was a two time IHSA state qualifier in track and field and school record holder in the mile run with a time of 4:22.2 and 2 mile run at 9:27.0. John went on to achieve NCAA II All-American honors twice in Cross Country at Eastern Illinois University as well as All-American honors in track & field at 1500 meters in 1979 (3:47.01). He ran on the 1977 NCAA II Cross Country National Championship team, earning 37

points, and won the 1978 Mid-Continent Conference Cross Country individual and team awards. John later coached at Eastern Illinois University from 1990-2003 with 16 combined indoor and outdoor track conference championships,

and 6 Men’s and 1 Women’s Ohio Valley Conference Cross Country Championships, 3 NCAA Cross Country National qualifiers and seven time award winner for Coach of the Year in the Ohio Valley Conference.

John McInerney CLASS OF 1975

HIGH SCHOOLCROSS COUNTRY: 3 VARSITY LETTERS

TRACK: 3 VARSITY LETTERS

AWARDS 1973 1st Team North Suburban Conference Cross Country and Track 1974 1st Team North Suburban Conference Cross Country and

Track1975 1st Team North Suburban Conference Cross Country and Track

Eastern Illinois University’s Hall of Fame 2002

2 x IHSA State Qualifier Track and Field

Tom Johnson finished his high school wrestling career 4th all time in the Illinois State record books with 95 career pins. He holds the record for the fastest pin in school history with 11 seconds! Voted team Captain all four years,

Tom finished with the second highest wrestling winning percentage in McHenry’s history with a record of 127-19-1 and a school record 15 tournament wins. In 1989 & 1990, he Co-Captained the football and baseball teams earning

All-Conference and All-Area honors his senior year as a tailback and outfielder, shortstop & pitcher.

Tom Johnson CLASS OF 1990

HIGH SCHOOLWrestling: 4 Varsity LettersBaseball: 2 Varsity LettersFootball: 2 Varsity Letters

AWARDS1988, 1989 & 1990 1st Team All-Conference

Wrestling1990 1st Team All-Area Football and Baseball1990 1st Team All-Conference Football and

Baseball1990 MVP Football, Baseball and Wrestling

1990 MCHS Athlete of the Year1987-1990 Wrestling Captain

1989 & 1990 Co-Captain Football and Baseball1989 5th in State Wrestling 140 lbs.

Class President and National Honors Society member, Amber Cremeens was voted one of the top twenty softball players in the state of Illinois in 1992. She held the state record for stolen bases in a single season with a total of 64 and ranks in the top twenty in state with a .525 batting average. Later that year Amber was voted to play in Europe

on the Super 60 All-Star team. She went on to letter in softball for four years at Northwest Missouri State

Amber Cremeens CLASS OF 1992

HIGH SCHOOLSoftball: 3 Varsity Letters

Basketball: 2 Varsity Letters

AWARDS

1992 1st Team All-State Softball

1992 Academic All-State Softball

1991 & 1992 All-Conference Softball and Basketball

1991 & 1992 MVP Softball

1992 MVP Basketball

Stacy Pierce was a dominant figure in track and field for the McHenry Warriors. She was a state qualifier in the 100m and 300m hurdles, placed top 4 in the state high jump three out of her four

seasons, including a state championship her junior year. Stacy went on to earn a full scholarship to Illinois State University where she became a Heptathelete (Seven events: 100 m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 m, long jump, javelin throw and 800 metres) two of her seasons becoming

conference champion in one.

Stacy Pierce Okyne

CLASS OF 1995

HIGH SCHOOLTrack and Field: 4 Varsity Letters

Basketball: 3 Varsity Letters

AWARDS 1994 State Champion AA High Jump Track and

Field

1995 2nd In State AA High Jump Track and Field

1993 4th In State AA High Jump Track and Field

1993, 1994, 1995 State Qualifier Hurdles 100m & 300m

A graduate of Michigan State University at East Lansing following 4 years in the US Army Air Force as a B-17 Flying Fortress & B-29 Bomber Instructor during WWII, Chuck Cuda played on both the

Spartan Varsity Basketball & Golf Squads. While at Morton High School he played on the 1941 State basketball Champs and the following year captained the Squad to a 4th place finish at State. Chuck came to McHenry High School in 1951 where he began a long career in coaching & education. He coached football and basketball but had his greatest impact as MCHS Varsity Golf Coach for 37 years! Coach Cuda's teams won 330 dual matches, took 12 conference championships, sent 20 individual qualifiers to State plus 12 different teams qualified for state during that span. The 1982 team took Second Place in State while the 1978 squad finished in Third Place. Coach Cuda was

inducted into the IHSA Coaches Hall of Fame in 1998.

Charles “Chuck” CudaCoach

37 Years Varsity Golf

12 Years Sophomore Football

5 Years Sophomore Basketball

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A graduate of Illinois State at Normal, after a 2-year stint in the US Navy during WWII, which included time at Oklahoma A & M under famed Coach Hank Iba and two years at LaSalle, Peru, Oglesby Jr. College, Don Seaton played football at all 3 colleges. After

receiving his diploma Don went to work as an educator/administrator and coach in LaRose, East Alton Wood River, Buda and Fox Lake Grant school districts before coming

to McHenry High School in 1959. Coach Seaton would coach football as line coach helping the Warriors to their only North Suburban Championship in 1961. He also

coached track, girl's basketball and cross-country where during the late-60's his harriers would go undefeated in dual meets and lost only in the Districts to the top 3 teams in

state. Coach Seaton instituted the McHenry Relays Track Invitational which has been a showcase for local high school track talent in the county for over 45 years. In his later

years Don Seaton coached junior high cross country teams to cap 35 plus seasons in his overall coaching career!

Don Seaton Coach

1960-1962 Head Line Coach Varsity Football

1968-1971 Varsity Cross Country

1963-1968 Varsity Track

1959-1984 Assistant Coach Girl's Basketball, Track, and Football

Undefeated in match play, 12-0 dual record in regular season competition, winning the Fox Valley Conference Tourney by 20 strokes, the MCHS Golf Team would shoot an astounding team total of 290 as

District Champs plus win the Lake Bluff Sectionals - the first ever. At State Finals in Peoria, the team would complete their two day competition with a score of 619 only 6 strokes behind State Champ New

Trier. In 35 seasons "it was the best team Coach Cuda ever coached!"

McHenry High SchoolHall of Fame

1982 Golf Team2nd Place Finish in

State

Steve Svec, Tom Neumann, Kirk Barnicle, Mike Bauml, Chris

Vehring, Brad Adams and Coach Chuck Cuda