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Bill Armstrong '68 was honored for his outstanding accomplishments as a football, basketball, baseball and track player at GA In football, he was twice honored as All-Scholastic in Philadelphia and, in 1967, received the Maxwell Club Award for outstanding play in the Inter-ac. He was captain his senior year and later played in the first Montgomery County All-Star game in 1968. He also had a great impact on the basketball, baseball and track teams, where he accumulated 10 varsity letters. After GA, Bill went on to make a mark on the record books of the University of Delaware. He was named an All-American in 1971, led his team to the National Championship for Small Colleges that same year, and his rushing record of 2340 yards is 6th on the all-time rushing list. After he graduated in 1972, he signed with the Miami Dolphins as a free agent.
Coach
In her 14 years at the Academy, Phyllis Morrison Biddle served as coach and girls athletic director. From 1969 to 1981, she was the girls varsity tennis coach, posting an 82-25 record and four undefeated seasons. She also coached the Middle School field hockey, lacrosse and squash teams. Her greatest contribution to GA athletics was the role she played in organizing and founding the Girls Inter-ac League in 1983. Since its inception, girls sports at GA have thrived. To students and colleagues, she was an example of good sportsmanship, integrity and courage. As an athlete herself, she played on the U.S. National Lacrosse team for two years.
Bill Feidler began his career when he was eight years old as a member of the Lighthouse Boys Club in Philadelphia. Here, he joined the Lighthouse United Team that went on to win the U.S. National Junior Soccer Championship. During his years at GA, Bill was named All-Inter-ac in 1953, 1954 and 1955 and All-Scholastic in 1954 and 1955. He also received the Alford Otto Trophy for being the most valuable high school soccer player in the Philadelphia area. He went on to play soccer at Penn State University, where he was elected team captain, competed in the North-South Soccer Bowl in Florida, and was honored as an All-American.
Nancy Ferguson's days as a student-athlete on the GA fields paved the way for her current passion as teacher and coach at Fallston High School in Maryland. She was a three-time letter winner at GA in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse and captained the field hockey team her senior year. She attended Elizabethtown College, earned varsity letters all four years in field hockey and basketball, and was a team captain for each. In field hockey, she was twice chosen to represent the Lancashire Field Hockey Association in the Middle-East Sectional Tournament and was listed in the 1974 edition of Outstanding Athletes of America. In 1985, she was inducted into the Elizabethtown Hall of Fame. Nancy's athletic accomplishments continue today at Fallston High School in Maryland. She has twice been named by the Baltimore Sun as female "Coach of the Year" in Maryland for soccer and basketball and was chosen from a pool of male and female coaches of all sports in the spring of 1995 as the "Coach of the Year" in Eastern Maryland.
As a starter on GA's varsity basketball team for five years, Paul Hutter made quite an impact on the record books. He received All-Inter-ac status for each of those years and led the basketball team to Inter-ac Championships in 1967, 1968 and 1969. He was the Inter-ac scoring leader and player of the year in 1969 and 1970. He held GA's career scoring record for 23 years, the single game scoring record for 16 years and he continues to hold the third highest scoring record in the Inter-ac. Though Basketball was Paul's primary sport, he also played football and competed in track. He was a four year starter on the football team, earning All-Inter-ac status each of those years. He was the Inter-ac player of the year in 1969 as well as a recipient of the Maxwell Club award for outstanding play in the Inter-ac. After GA, he went on to graduate from Princeton University.
John McMaster is being inducted for his outstanding career in track and field. He was the reigning pole vault champion in the Inter-ac in 1935, 1936 and 1937 and held the Inter-ac pole vault record of 12' 8 1/2" of 33 years. In 1936, John placed second in the Regional Olympic Trials. He also placed first the Inter-scholastic track meets at Villanova, the University of Delaware, Dartmouth, Princeton and Harvard. He was named to the All-Scholastic Track and Field Team for three consecutive years. As captain of the track team his senior year, John won the National Inter-Scholastic Track Meet at Randols Island, NY. After graduating from GA, he attended the University of Michigan and won track letters as a sophomore and junior.
Jim Reilly had a remarkable career as a wrestler, both at GA and at Lehigh University. At GA, he won three straight National Prep School Championships and in four years of scholastic competition, compiled a record of 110 wins and 3 losses, which included a winning streak of 86 matches. As co-captain in 1979, he led GA's wrestling team to a come-from-behind first place finish at the National Prep School Wrestling Tournament. He was voted the Most Outstanding Wrestler Trophy for his efforts. He also led GA to two Philadelphia Area Private School Invitational Wrestling Tournament (PAPSWIT) championships and two Inter-ac championships. At Lehigh, Jim' career continued to flourish. As a two-time All-American, he won an EIWA Championship and was nationally ranked.
Coach
A swim coach of international acclaim, Dick Shoulberg has been the Aquatic Director and Head Coach of the boys and girls swim teams at GA since 1968. During this time he has coached eight Olympians and placed a swimmer on the U.S. National Swimming Team for 12 straight years. His swimmers have set world records, American records and high school records. Shoulberg's own accomplishments are equally impressive. He was a member of two U.S. Olympic Swimming Team staffs, a four-time coach of the Pan-American Team, and twice coach of the USA National Team. In 1982 and 1989, he was named Coach of the Year by the American Swimming Coaches Association.
Coach
As a student, coach and Athletic Director at Germantown Academy, Jack Turner's athletic career has been impressive. During his high school years, Jack played football, basketball, baseball and track. He was honored as All-Inter-ac in football his senior year, before going on to the University of Delaware, where he was a three-time letter winner in football and baseball. Jack was honored as a two-time All-American in football and an All-American in baseball and was inducted into the University of Delaware' s Athletic Hall of Fame. He came to work at GA, where he was the Athletic Director from 1964-1986, coached varsity football and varsity baseball. As the football coach, Jack won more games than any other coach in GA's history. One of his most notable seasons was the fall of 1973 when his team went 10-0 and was ranked #2 in the Philadelphia area. Jack played a major role in the development of the men's athletic program at GA.
David Wharton is one of the greatest swimmers in GA's history. He holds four individual school records and two national prep school records. After GA, Dave attended the University of Southern California where he was the Most Valuable Swimmer for four straight years, a four-time All-American in 21 events, the NCAA Athlete of the Year in 1989, the NCAA Swimmer of the year in 1988 and 1989 and the top U.S. Swimming Performer of the Year for three straight years. He has made numerous appearances in the Pan-Pacific Games, the World Championships and the Goodwill Games, and was a member of the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Teams. In the 1988 Olympics, Dave won a silver medal in the 400m IM.
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