June 29, 2000

Baseball
Matt Harrington - Palmdale High (Calif.)
Opponents hit only .127 against Harrington, as the senior hurler went 10-0 with a 0.59 ERA and 113 strikeouts. Harrington's fastball has been clocked at 98 mph, and the Colorado Rockies selected him as the seventh overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft on June 5.

Softball
Nicole Neuerburg - Brazoswood High (Texas)

	Monique Henderson hopes to represent the U.S. in Sydney at the Summer Games.

Neuerburg achieved perfection this season. She never allowed an earned run and went a perfect 33-0 on the mound. As for Brazoswood, which finished No. 2 in the final SchoolSports.com Top 25, the team won the Class 5A state title with a 15-inning, 1-0 victory over Bryan High. Neuerburg went the distance, striking out 19. She fanned 410 batters this season in a little more than 250 innings pitched.

Girls' outdoor track and field
Monique Henderson - Morse High (Calif.)
The time of 50.74 seconds Henderson turned in running the 400-meter race was not only a national high school record, but it was the third-fastest time by any American woman this year. She will take part in the U.S. Olympic Trials next month for the chance to represent the U.S. in Sydney, Australia.

Boys' outdoor track and field
Rickey Harris - Centreville High (Va.)
His times at the Foot Locker National Outdoor Track & Field Championships speak volumes. Harris won both hurdling events with times of 51.14 seconds (400-meter intermediate) and 13.56 (110-meter high). His time of 50.26 in the 400-meter hurdles this season qualified him for the U.S. Olympic Trials, making him the only male high school participant in the event. He will attend the University of Florida in the fall.

Girls' lacrosse
Lauren Kickham - Mount Hebron High (Md.)
The last time Kickham's team lost was April 18, 1998. That says something. The senior completed her scholastic career with 71 goals and 30 assists this spring. In her four years at Mount Hebron, the girls' lacrosse squad went 79-5 (including a current 50-game winning streak) and won four state championships.

Boy's lacrosse
Ryan Boyle - Gilman School (Md.)
Playing in the tough MIAA Conference, Boyle scored 36 goals and recorded 44 assists this season for 18-1 Gilman. He picked the best times to shine, with a three-goal, three-assist game in the league semifinals. Boyle came back to score four goals and an assist on another in the final.

Boys' tennis
Geoff Russell - Mountain Pointe High (Ariz.) Russell won his second straight state singles title and third in four years this season. The senior didn't lose a match in two years and didn't drop a set all of last season. Russell, who will attend the College of William and Mary (Va.) in the fall, took 56 of 58 sets this spring.

Girls' tennis
Chrissie Nolan - Glenbrook High (Ill.)
Nolan capped her scholastic career - in which she compiled a 106-3 record (30-0 this season) - with a third straight singles championship. Nolan's Glenbrook team placed sixth in the state this year.

Boys' basketball
Darius Miles - East St. Louis High (Ill.)
Miles had a spectacular winter season, averaging 22.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 7.2 blocks, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals while shooting 67 percent from the field. The McDonald's All-American forward led East St. Louis to a 22-11 record and a third-place finish in the state AA tournament. He declared himself eligible for the NBA Draft and was taken third overall by the L.A. Clippers.

Girls' basketball
Morgan Valley - South Burlington High (Vt.)
Led by Valley's 21 points, South Burlington won the state Division I title with a 63-47 victory over Essex High. The University of Connecticut-bound standout led South Burlington to a 23-0 record this winter, a 47-game winning streak overall and a No. 2 ranking in the final SchoolSports.com girls' basketball poll.

Wrestling
Chris Rodrigues - Walker School (Ga.)
Rodrigues, who was the only high school grappler to qualify for the U.S. Greco-Roman Wrestling Olympic Trials, wrapped up his high school career with a state championship in the 130-pound weight class. He lost only two matches during his four years at the Walker School (174-2 overall record) and took home an individual state title every winter.

Ice hockey
Bill Zaniboni - Catholic Memorial High (Mass.)
It was Zaniboni's job to mind the net in 22 games this year for Catholic Memorial High (18-1-1). In leading the Knights to their third straight Division 1A Super 8 state championship, the senior turned in 11 shutouts and allowed just 21 goals. The crafty goalie saved 95 percent of the shots he faced (433-of-454) and gave up just four goals in the Super 8 tourney.

Boys' swimming
Adam Peirsol - Newport Harbor High (Calif.)
Peirsol, a sophomore, turned in the third-fastest time ever in the 200-meter backstroke (1:57.03) at this year's Phillips 66 USA Championships in Federal Way, Wash. To be sure, no one caught up to the teen during his high school campaign.

Girls' swimming
Marie Labosky - Germantown Academy (Pa.)
Labosky was like a shark among guppies this year, never once losing a high school event. She also qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in four different events (1,000-meter freestyle, 400 individual medley, 200 backstroke and 100 backstroke).

Boys' indoor track
Alan Webb - South Lakes High (Va.)
Most of the attention Webb received was during his run at the four-minute mile this spring, but his dominance started during the indoor track season. The junior distance runner recorded the best high school 1,600-meter indoor time this season (4:07.07) at the Virginia Northern Region Indoor Track Championships. He also won the 3,200 at the Virginia Tech Invitational (9:12.81).

Girls' indoor track
Laura Gerraughty - Nashua High (N.H.)
Gerraughty had the nation's best girls' indoor shot put distance this year at 49 feet, 9 inches. Her accomplishment came Feb. 26 at the New England Indoor Championships. She also won the Foot Locker Outdoor title two weeks ago with a throw of 51-11 1/4.

Football
Brock Berlin - Evangel Christian Academy (La.)
Berlin was the easiest selection to make. Throughout his high school career, which came to a close last fall, the quarterback went 45-0 and threw for 13,902 yards and 145 touchdowns. He led Evangel Christian to the Class 5A state title this year.

Boys' cross country
Dathan Ritzenhein - Rockford High (Mich.)
Ritzenhein won the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship in a course- and meet-record time of 14:29.8 at Walt Disney World's Shades of Green Golf Course. In the Michigan state meet, the junior harrier led Rockford to a second-place finish (behind Novi High) while taking home the top individual honor.

Girls' cross country
Victoria Chang - Punahou High (Hawaii)
After winning her state cross country championship, Chang, who will attend Stanford in the fall, went on to win the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championship in a course- and meet-record time of 17:05.

Girls' volleyball
April Ross - Newport Harbor High (Calif.)
Ross, a 6-foot-2 senior, averaged 16 kills, 13 digs and three blocks per game while helping Newport Harbor (37-2) win its second straight Division I title. In that championship contest, Ross delivered big with 18 kills and three blocks. Four times this season she registered more than 30 kills in a match.

Boys' volleyball
Kevin Hansen - Corona del Mar High (Calif.)
The 6-foot-5 setter led Corona del Mar to its fourth straight section final and the Sea Kings' first Division I championship. Hansen's emotional exuberance also helped the Sea Kings earn championship titles in the Santa Barbara Tournament and Pacific Coast League. The Southern Section's best setter will attend Stanford next year.

Boys' soccer
Alecko Eskandrian - Bergen Catholic High (N.J.)
The senior scored 66 goals and assisted on 22 others in 26 games this year. Eskandrian led Bergen Catholic to the state title with a 24-2 record this past season.

Girls' soccer
Michelle Mione - Seminole Osceola High (Fla.)
After suffering a season-ending ACL injury last year, Mione, a junior, came back to tally 47 goals and 25 assists to lead Seminole Osceola (21-4-2) to a second-place finish in the Class 2A finals. Her 47 goals this year, and 105 for her career, are both school records.

Boys' golf
Hunter Mahan - McKinney High (Texas)
As the No. 1-ranked junior golfer in the country, Mahan turned in back-to-back rounds of 68 en route to winning the Class 5A championship this season. It was his second state title in as many years. The USC-bound righty recently led the U.S. junior team to the World Junior Golf team championship in Japan.

Girls' golf
Natalie Gulbis - Granite Bay High (Calif.)
While playing on the Granite Bay boys' golf team, Gulbis was among the elite golfers in the state. She took part in the U.S. Women's Amateur last fall and fired a tournament-record 7-under-par 137.