RICK SONNEBORN

West Greene High School
Penn State University / University of Southern California

West Greene High School

1962 – All State honorable mention
1963 – All State first team and honorable mention All American
Pennsylvania state scoring champion – 1963, averaging 34.7 points per game in 20 games (693 points)
1000 points scorer in 2 seasons
Washington-Greene County single game scoring record of 56 points in 1963 that stands today
Washington-Greene County single season scoring record that stands today
WPIAL scoring champion – 1963

Penn State University

Full athletic scholarship
Leading scorer on the freshman team
Member of the 1965 NCAA regional playoff team that lost by 2 points to the eventual third place finisher Princeton, led by All American Bill Bradley

National League of Thailand

Played 4 professional seasons in Southeast Asia after graduating from Penn State
4 season All Star
Leading scorer 3 years, once scoring 63 points in a league game
Participated in Asian Games Olympic Qualifying exhibitions against teams from Thailand, Japan, Korea and Israel

Waynesburg College

Assistant coach under Hall of Fame coach, Rudy Marisa that went to the District Championship finals for the first time in 1980 and won the District Championship in 1981 for the first time
Team also participated in the NAIA National Championships in Kansas City, MO.

West Greene High School

Head Coach: 1986 – 1993
Coached team to it’s first winning season in 20 years
Coached the first playoff team in school history, making the playoffs a school record 3 times
West Greene was ranked 2nd in the WPIAL in 1992, making it to the quarterfinals that year…also a school record
Coached a school record 4 consecutive winning seasons
Winningest coach in school history