State Champions

Baron Athletes Won 105 Individual State Championships

Multi-Championship Winners:

  • Nancy Chapman (above) won eight state championships in swimming, more than any Baron in any sport: 1961 (200 and 400 Yard Freestyle), 1962 (200 and 400 Yard Freestyle), 1963 (100 Yard Butterfly and 400 Yard Freestyle), and 1964 (100 Yard Butterfly and 200 Yard Freestyle Relay).
  • Andy Guy won six state championships in track, more than any Baron in any boys sport: 1963 (100 and 220 Yard Dash), 1964 (100 and 220 Yard Dash), and 1965 (100 Yard Dash and 440 Yard Relay).
  • Ray Harrelson won four state championships in wrestling, more than any Baron wrestler, and the first wrestler in state history to accomplish this: 1961 (127 lbs.), 1962 (133 lbs.), 1963 (145 lbs.), and 1964 (154 lbs).
  • Eddie Branch won three state championships in track: 1965 (Pole Vault and 440 Yard Relay), 1966 (Pole Vault)
  • Albert Baker won three state championships in swimming, more than any Baron boys swimmer: 1965 (100 Yard Backstroke), 1966 (100 Yard Backstroke), 1967 (100 Yard Backstroke)
Two-Time State Champions:  
  • Michael Godlewski (Wrestling, 1961 - 1962)
  • Michael Swanson (Wrestling, 1962 - 1963)
  • Missy Smith (Swimming, 1962 - 1964)
  • Barbara Weeks (Swimming, 1963 - 1964)
  • Donnie Massey (Wrestling, 1963 - 1964)
  • Stephen Godlewski (Wrestling, 1963 - 1965)
  • Jane Moore (Swimming, 1964)
  • Kenneth Curl (Wrestling, 1964 - 1965)
  • Chuck Purvis (Track, 1965)
  • Bruce Cox (Track, 1965 - 1966)
  • Eddie Kavelage (Wrestling, 1965 - 1966)
  • Larry Graham (Wrestling, 1966 1967)
  • Randy Lane Wrestling (1966 - 1967)
  • John Zamoscinski (Wrestling, 1969 - 1970)
  • Pete Alexander (Gymnastics, 1973 - 1974)
  • Phil Manson (Gymnastics, 1974 - 1975)
  • Mike Gary (Gymnastics, 1977 - 1978)
  • Claudia Escribano (Track, 1977 - 1979)
  • Phillip McWilliams (Gymnastics, 1978 - 1979)
  • Eric Kristen (Wrestling, 1979 - 1980)

State Champions:
  • Betsy Atkinson (Swimming, 1962)
  • Mimi Milligan (Swimming, 1962)
  • Elizabeth Settle (Swimming, 1962)
  • Ronald Stripling (Wrestling, 1962)
  • William Harper (Wrestling, 1962)
  • Larry Wiggins (Wrestling, 1963)
  • Nancy Smith (Swimming, 1964)
  • Steven Curl (Wrestling, 1964)
  • Tom Cheatham (Track, 1965)
  • James Hope (Wrestling, 1965)
  • Ronnie Griffis (Wrestling, 1966)
  • Jack Nicholson (Track, 1966)
  • Craig Brewer (Track 1966)
  • Jim Rogers (Track, 1966)
  • Kathy Rudolph (Tennis, 1967)
  • Ginny Montgomery (Tennis, 1967)
  • Billy Saville (Wrestling, 1967)
  • Hal Schanker (Wrestling, 1967)
  • Roslyn Harden (Swimming, 1968)
  • Regina Kinsey (Swimming, 1968)
  • Ann McHenry (Swimming, 1968)
  • Cathy Umstead (Swimming, 1968)
  • Jerry Goldstein (Wrestling, 1968)
  • Wes Helms (Wrestling, 1968)
  • Janet Brown (Tennis, 1969)
  • Ed Campbell (Tennis, 1969)
  • Betty Morgan (Tennis, 1969)
  • Larry Powell (Tennis, 1969)
  • Nina Powell (Tennis, 1969)
  • Martha Shults (Gymnastics, 1969)
  • Joey Cheshire (Wrestling, 1971)
  • David Nelson (Golf, 1972)
  • Mike Perkins (Wrestling, 1972)
  • David Ellwanger (Swimming, 1973)
  • Bobby Saville (Wrestling, 1973)
  • John Vining (Wrestling, 1973)
  • Sally King (Track, 1974)
  • Brian Mendel (Wrestling, 1977)
  • Jimmy Van Buren (Wrestling, 1977)
  • Ray Stainback (Gymnastics, 1979)
  • David Titshaw (Gymnastics, 1979)

16 Baron Teams Won State Championships:

1962 Wrestling State Champions

1963 Wrestling State Champions

1962 Girls Swimming State Champions

1964 Swimming State Champions

1964 Wrestling State Champions

1965 Wrestling State Champions

1966 Wrestling State Champions

1967 Wrestling State Champions

1968 Swimming State Champions

1968 Soccer State Champions

1971 Soccer State Champions

1972 Soccer State Champions

1974 Gymnastics State Champions

1977 Gymnastics State Champions

1978 Gymnastics State Champions

1979 Gymnastics State Champions