HELEN PASKUTIS BROWN

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