Marshall Metropolitan High School
Marshall Metropolitan High School | |
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Address | |
3250 W. Adams Street | |
Athletics conference | Chicago Public League[2] |
Team name | Commandos[2] |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
Yearbook | The Review[4] |
Website | marshallmetro |
John Marshall Metropolitan High School (commonly known as simply Marshall) is a
Background
The student body is approximately 98%
Athletics
Marshall competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The school sport teams are stylized as the Commandos. The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:[7] The boys' track and field placed in 3rd in 1960–61. Marshall has won eight state championships, has finished in the top four in state 18 times, and has made 24 appearances in the state final tournament; all of which are records for the state of Illinois.[8]
Basketball
The boys' basketball team has won the state championship three times (1957–58, 1959–60, 2007–08), has four times placed 3rd (1960–61, 1990–91, 2005–06, 2006–07), and twice finished 4th (1981–82, 1982–83). Courtney Hargrays, the head coach of the 07 championship team, is the only coach to win the Chicago city title and state title in his first year. The school's team figures prominently in the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams.[9] The Marshall girls' basketball team has been state champions ten times (1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2017–18, 2018–19) and runners-up three times (1979–80, 1985–86, 1993–94) in addition to placing 3rd six times (1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09) and 4th in 1983–84.
Notable alumni
- Arthur Agee (1991) – former Chicago-area basketball player, best known for being profiled in documentary film Hoop Dreams[10][11]
- NBA player, most notably for the Golden State Warriors.
- NBA player, formerly for the Los Angeles Clippers, Houston Rockets, Chicago Bulls, Philadelphia 76ers and currently for the Milwaukee Bucks.
- quarks[12]
- Larry Friend – National Basketball Association (NBA) player
- Emmy Award-winning writer[12]
- Stuart M. Kaminsky (1953) – mystery writer who wrote novels[13][14]
- William J. Keester (1907) – Rear Admiral in the United States Coast Guard
- Cleve Killingsworth (1966) – served as Chairman, President, and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MA[15][16]
- Benjamin Libet – Pioneering scientist in the field of human consciousness
- Peter Lisagor (1934) – journalist who served as Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the Chicago Daily News (1959–76)[12]
- Dr. Harry Martin (1908) – medical director of 20th Century Fox Studios
- Odas Nicholson (1942), attorney, judge and delegate to the Illinois Constitutional Convention
- Shauneille Perry (1946), stage director, playwright, and actress[17]
- Julius B. Richmond – (1935) 12th Surgeon General of the United States (1977–81)[12]
- Edward Ricketts (1914) – Marine biologist, inspiration for the character "Doc" in John Steinbeck's Cannery Row[19]
- Hyman G. Rickover (1918) – Admiral in the United States Navy, described as "Father of the Nuclear Navy,"
- Vincent Starrett – news reporter and author[12]
- NBA guard[22]
- Carleton Washburne (attended) – author and prominent proponent of progressive education[23]
Notable staff
- Dorothy Gaters – Girls basketball coach at the school since 1975. She has led the team to over 900 victories, and in 2009 became the third girls' basketball coach to receive the Morgan Wooten Lifetime Achievement Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[26][27]
References
- ^ "High School Code Search". College Board. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ a b c "Chicago (Marshall)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Institution Summary for Marshall Metropolitan High School". North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ (tm), e-yearbook.com. "Marshall High School - Review Yearbook (Chicago, IL), Class of 1956, Pages 18 - 28". Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ a b "Chicago Public Schools: Marshall". Chicago Public Schools.
- ^ The Chicago High Schools Report Card: A Guide to Finding the Right School - Marshall HS
- ^ "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ "Table of Titles - Girls Basketball". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ Roger Ebert, Review of Hoop Dreams. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
- ^ Smith, Darius (26 March 2009), [http as://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/chi-090326-hoop-reality-movie-review,0,4764983.story "Marshall's Darius Smith reviews 'Hoop Reality'"], Chicago Tribune, retrieved 21 January 2010,
Follow-up to "Hoop Dreams, the documentary that won the Sundance Audience Award in 1994 with its depiction of Marshall star Arthur Agee and St. Joseph's William Gates attempting to better their lives through basketball.
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value (help) - ^ Ebert, Roger (8 July 2001), "Basketball documentary is the stuff dreams are made of", The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX, USA), pp. 2D, retrieved 21 January 2010,
Arthur cannot graduate from Marshall, his Chicago high school, without transfer credits from St. Joseph's in suburban Westchester ...
- ^ a b c d e f g "John Marshall Metropolitan High School". Honor Roll of Alumni. CPSalumni.org. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Stuart Kaminsky", Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 2 December 2009, retrieved 21 January 2010,
Stuart Melvin Kaminsky was born on September 29, 1934 in Chicago and grew up on the city's west side. After graduating from Marshall High School, he was awarded a bachelor's degree by the University of Illinois.
- ^ Jensen, Trevor (13 October 2009), "Stuart M. Kaminsky, 1934-2009: Chicago author wrote detective series set around the globe - His characters lived in city, LA, Moscow, Florida", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 21 January 2010,
Mr. Kaminsky graduated from Marshall High School and got a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois, starting at the downstate campus and finishing in Chicago, his son said.
- ^ Devaux D, Dreyfus A (January 2011). "An insurer adds a new twist to an old idea". Health Aff (Millwood) 30 (1): 62.
- ^ "Investing, Advice, Retirement and Banking | TIAA".
- ^ "7 west district high schools to give diplomas". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. 27 January 1946. p. 148.
- ^ Nicholson, Andrew (13 April 2006). "Rutgers coach Stringer: Pondexter is a champion". PhoenixMercury.com. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
When Pondexter was recruited out of John Marshall High School in Chicago, she could basically choose whatever college she wanted to go to. She choose [sic] Rutgers ...
- ^ Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1978). "The Outer Shores", part 1. Mad River Press, Eureka CA.
- ^ de Vries, Lloyd (5 April 2007). "Paralyzed NFL Player Darryl Stingley Dies: Cause Of Death Not Known; His Neck Was Broken In 1978 By Hard Hit During Exhibition Game". CBS News. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
Stingley was born and raised in Chicago. He was a star running back at John Marshall High School. He attended Purdue on a football scholarship.
- ^ Pierson, Don (11 April 2007), "Stingley 'family hero'.", Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 21 January 2010,
Administrators at Stingley's alma mater, Marshall High School, announced that the school's grounds will be named the "Darryl Stingley Campus" in honor of the 1969 graduate who played at Purdue before becoming a first-round draft choice of the Patriots in 1973.
- ^ "Keifer Sykes College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Carleton W. Washburne | Winnetka Historical Society".
- ^ Bach, John (January 2009). "George Wilson helps USA basketball stay perfect in '64". UC Magazine. Cincinnati, OH, USA: University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
That's about the same year that Jif, the player, first leaped onto the basketball scene to lead Marshall High School, an all-black team from Chicago, to the first of two Illinois state championships. Recruited by many colleges, Big George chose UC because of his admiration for his hero, Oscar Robertson.
- ^ "George Wilson". statistics & biographic information. Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "Morgan Wootten Lifetime Achievement Award". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 2009. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ^ JET Magazine - Coach Dorothy Gaters Builds Winning Tradition At Chicago's John Marshall High School - April 26, 1999