Harry May - McHenry High School District 156

Harry May
CLASS OF 1962
HIGH SCHOOL
Basketball: Two Varsity Letters
Baseball: Three Varsity Letters
Harry May, class of 1962, participated in baseball, basketball and football at MCHS and earned allconference honors in baseball. He attended Culver-Stockton College where he starred in baseball for four
years and led the team in batting average, total bases, stolen bases and extra base hits. He was also an allconference selection twice. Harry is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters Hall of Fame. He played
with the Johnsburg Tiger baseball team from 1962 to 1980. He coached football, basketball and track at
Johnsburg Junior High School for seven years and served as the Athletic Director during that period. Harry
also played competitive softball with Hiller & Hamm which won numerous state championships.
Erica Jean
Watson Borggren
CLASS OF 1998
HIGH SCHOOL
Tennis: Four Varsity Letters
Badminton: One Varsity Letter
Erica was a four year varsity tennis player at MCHS. She played No. 1 singles each of those years and
never lost a Fox Valley Conference match. She also won Sectionals her sophomore, junior and senior
years as she qualified for State each season. In 1997 Erica won the Tom Pitchford Sportsmanship
Award and was All-State Honorable Mention the following year. Accepted into West Point, Erica was
singles and doubles player for three years. Transferring to Oxford University in England, Erica played
on their Lawn Tennis Squad in 2002-2003 and was awarded Most Valuable Player.
Bill Oeffling
CLASS OF 1960
HIGH SCHOOL
Football: One Varsity Letter
Basketball: Two Varsity Letters
Baseball: Two Varsity Letters
Bill Oeffling, class of 1960, participated in cross country, football, baseball and basketball at MCHS,
and earned all-conference honors in football, baseball and basketball. He played on the North
Suburban Conference championship basketball team in 1958-59. After high school Bill was named to
numerous all-star teams in basketball and softball and is in the Catholic Order of Foresters Basketball
Hall of Fame. He was the 1973 batting champion at the Wisconsin state softball championships plus
was named to the All-State teams ‘71, ‘73, ‘75 and ‘76. Bill played and managed 11 league
championship teams and 10 playoff championship teams with Hettermann’s 16” softball club.
Tim Jacobs
CLASS OF 1996
HIGH SCHOOL
Golf: Four Varsity Letters
Baseball: One Varsity Letter
Timothy Jacobs, class of 1996, was a varsity player in both golf and baseball at MCHS. For four years
he was McHenry’s most valuable golfer. He was a two-time conference champion, twice was the
Northwest Herald’s Player of the Year and twice earned a berth in the state championships. He attended
Marquette University on a Chick Evans Scholarship where he was a four-year letterman, captain and
MVP of the golf team and was named Conference USA player of the week in 1999. He also qualified for
the US Jr. Amateur championships and the US Golf Association Amateur. Tim won two medals as low
qualifier at the USGA sectionals. He placed second in the ’98 Illinois State Amateur Tournament and in
the top ten at the ’96 Western Jr. Amateur.
Ryan Shanahan
CLASS OF 1992
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Swimming: Four Varsity Letters
Water Polo: Four Varsity Letters
Ryan was an exceptional swimmer for each of the four years he attended McHenry High School. Ryan
was voted by conference coaches as Fox Valley MVP Swimmer in the years ’90, ’91, and ’92. Ryan was
Sectional Champion and State Qualifier in the years ’90, ’91, ’92 and placed seventh in the State Finals
Individual Medley in 1991. As a Water Polo star Ryan was selected All-State third team in 1990, second
team in 1991 and first team in 1992. From 1993-1996, Ryan swam for Western Illinois and helped lead
them to four straight conference championships. During that time he was elected team captain (2 years)
and broke school records in the 200, 500 and 1000 freestyle events. Ryan was chosen the Speedo
Midwest Swimmer of the Year in 1996.
Ian Shanahan
CLASS OF 1997
HIGH SCHOOL
Boys Swimming: Four Varsity Letters
Water Polo: Four Varsity Letters
Ian was a standout performer in McHenry Water Polo. He led the Warriors in scoring and is still the alltime leading scorer. He was chosen All-State in Water Polo in ’95, ’96 and ’97. While participating on
the swim team Ian swam the 50 and 100 yard freestyle events plus the butterfly. After high school Ian
went to Western Illinois University where he swam for the Water Polo Team and was named the
Midwest Zone Speedo Water Polo Player of the Year 2001. He currently coaches swimming at
Woodstock HS.
Nicole Marzano
Jordan
CLASS OF 2001
HIGH SCHOOL
Basketball: Four Varsity Letters
Softball: Four Varsity Letters
Nicole was brought up to the girls Varsity Basketball team as a freshman and earned four varsity letters
plus All-Conference honors in two of those years. She scored over 1000 points during her four seasons as
point guard. Nicole was named All-Conference during every softball season at MCHS where she pitched
the Warriors into the State Playoffs. After high school Nicole played Division One Softball at Oakland
University in Michigan for four seasons. In her first two seasons Nicole was named First Team AllConference in the Mid-Continent Conference. She led her team to their first ever Conference
Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance and was named Pitcher of the Year in the
Conference, all in her sophomore year. Nicole was named on Second Team All-Conference her junior
year.
Alexis Watson
Perley
CLASS OF 2000
HIGH SCHOOL
Tennis: Four Varsity Letters
Track: Two Varsity Letters
Alexis was a standout Varsity Tennis player for each of the four years she spent at MCHS. Her first two
years, as No. 2 singles, she lost only to her older sister in the Sectionals. In four years Alexis never lost
a Fox Valley match, won two Sectional Titles her junior and senior years and was a State qualifier all
four years. After high school Alexis played four Varsity seasons at Division I University of Wisconsin at
Green Bay on a full scholarship. While at Green Bay she was a two-time NCAA qualifier, Team Captain
her senior year and member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
Earle “Coop” Cooper
Athletic Trainer
1961-1982
Earle Cooper, known to everyone at MCHS simply as “Coop”, was the athletic trainer at McHenry HS
for all sports from 1961-1982, many of those early years as a volunteer. “Earle Cooper looked after
Warrior athletes as if they were his own children. In his time, Coop probably used enough tape to circle
the globe as a trainer for the Warriors.” Dick Rabbitt in his Northwest Herald column.
Coach Mike
“Sonny” Shanahan
Head Girls Swimming
Head Boys Swimming
Head Boys Water Polo
1975-2014
1971-2010
1972-2010
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Water Polo 3rd Place State – 1978
Water Polo 4th Place State – 1988
Water Polo Coach of the Year – 1988
Water Polo Hall of Fame – 1990
Mike Shanahan came to McHenry High School after four years at Western Illinois University as a
swimmer and water polo athlete – captain of each team. After 3 seasons as a coach at other schools he
landed in McHenry where he coached all swim teams. During that time he coached an All-State
swimmer, an All-State water polo player, 18 State girls swim qualifiers and 15 State boys swim qualifiers.