2023 GHS Athletic Hall Of Fame
Jeff Quick
18 Years At Geneseo
Assistant Basketball Coach
Head Coach Boys & Girls Cross Country
Assistant (& Later Head) Boys Track Coach
Girls XC NCIC, Regional, & Sectional Champions
5th Place At State In 1984
Boys XC NCIC Champions 2 Times
16 State Qualifiers
2 All-State Athletes
Moline Head XC & Track Coach
Returned To GHS In 2006 As An Assistant Track Coach
Inducted Into the Illinois Track Coaches Hall Of Fame In 2000.
Kendra (Bos) Ervin
1996 Graduate
3 Sport Varsity for 4 Years
Volleyball
All-NCIC, MVP, & Captain During Junior & Senior Year
Track
3-Time NCIC & Sectional Champion In Shot Put
Discus Champion
All-State In Shot Put Twice
Basketball
Game, Season, & Career Point Leader
2-Time All-NCIC
QCA Basketball Player Of The Year
Basketball Scholarship To Illinois State
Later Transferred To St. Ambrose
Arthur Atwell
2016 Graduate
2016 State Champion In Pole Vault
2016 All-State In Pole Vault
Held & Broke GHS Pole Vault Record 8 Times
3-Time State Qualifier
NIB XII Record Holder
2-Time NIB XII Champion
Catalyst for 2016 Team State Runner-Up
2016 Quad City Area Track Athlete Of The Year
Coaches Pole Vault At GHS
Nick Verbeck
2014 Graduate
All-State In Three Sports
Football
3-Year Starter, All-NIB XII On Offense & Defense
NIB XII Defensive Player Of The Year
QCA Honoree
Anchored Line For 2013 State Runner-Up
Football Scholarship To Truman State
3-Year Starter & Captain
All-GLVC Honors
Assistant Coach At Fort Hays State
Assistant Coach At GHS
Wrestling
Regional & Sectional Champion
4th In State
Track & Field
7th In State For Shot Put
Roger Miller
1958 Graduate
Three Sport Letter Winner
Football QB & DB
Basketball 2-Year Starter & Captain
Track, Multiple Events
Coached At All Levels In Multiple Sports For More Than 60 Years
Youth Programs In Football, Basketball, & Baseball
Coach High School Boys & Girls Basketball
2006-06 Freshmen Boys Basketball Finished Undefeated In NIB XII Play
Coached Varsity Summer Basketball For Both Boys & Girls
Tim Holmstrom
1982 Graduate
Earned Honors In Football & Track
Augustana College
4-Year Letter Winner In Football & Track
2-Time All-Conference In Football
All-American In Football
Played On Three NCAA DIII National Championship Teams
Track Conference Champion In Shot Put & Discus
Nationals In 1985-86
All-American
Augustana Hall Of Fame
Hunter Grau
2016 Graduate
2-Time State Wrestling Champion
4-Year Letter Winner
2-Time Regional & Conference Champion
Qualified For State All Four Years
161 Career Wins
4-Years All Quad City Metro
3-Time GHS MVP
Led Team To Regional & Sectional Championships In 2013 (State Runner-Up), 2014 (State Runner-Up), & 2015 (Elite Eight)
Coaches Blue Line Youth Program
Will Daniels
2016 Graduate
3-Sport Standout
Football QB & DB On Playoff Teams
Basketball Starter On 2015 Regional Champions
Track
Multiple NIB XII & Sectional Honors
State Meet 2016 2nd In Long Jump
State Meet 2016 3rd In High Jump
Central College
2-Time National Champion In Heptathlon & NCAA DIII Record
National Champion In Decathlon
7th In High Jump
All-American
University Of Iowa
Heptathlon & Decathlon Records
All-American
Olympic Trials
2016 Boys Track & Field Team
Conference & Sectional Champions
State Runner-Up
Arthur Atwell Pole Vault Champion
Will Daniels 2nd In Long Jump & 3rd In High Jump
Reed Vanderheyden 2nd In 300m Hurdles
3200 Relay 2nd Place
Andrew Pitschke 5th In High Hurdles & 9th In 300 Hurdles
Josh Mathis 9th In Shot Put
Lucas Hofer, Nathan Soria, Nick Swartzendruber, & Reed Vanderheyden 4th In 1600 Relay
Other Qualifiers Included Sam Thomas, Quinn Singbush, Logan Weber, & Erik Sammons
2016 3200 Relay Team
Nick Swartzendruber, Nathan Soria (absent from photo), Andrew Benhart, & Cayson Frerichs
State Runner-Up
Sectional Champions
Swartzendruber & Soria Teamed Up With Reed Vanderheyden & Lucas Hofer To Finish Fourth In The 1600 Relay To Close Out The GHS Point Total At 55 For The State Runner-Up Team
All 3200 Runners Were Multi-Sport Athletes