HELEN PASKUTIS BROWN

2014 – BASKETBALL – POSTHUMOUS

Cecil High School / Hickory High School

Captain and MVP leading Hickory High School to a division title – 1929 / 30
1929: Set a single game scoring record of 76 points
Featured in “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not”, this record is thought to be intact to this day
Played semi professional basketball with the Coca-Cola All Stars – 1930 / 31

Track

WCIAA medalist – quarter mile relay
Cecil High School medalist – 75 yard dash and broad jump

Other

Hickory High School class valedictorian and May Queen – 1930
Offered an athletic / academic scholarship to Waynesburg College
Accepted a work / academic scholarship to Saint Francis School of Nursing