Eagan High School
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Eagan High School is a public high school in east-central Eagan, Minnesota
. The school opened in fall of 1989 for ninth grade students and for grades ten through twelve the following year. It is particularly noted for its fine arts programs and use of technology. As of 2007, it has over 2400 students.
The school is a part of Minnesota Independent School District 196
(Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District), and is affiliated with the Minnesota State High School League
(MSHSL). The school was a member of the Lake Conference from their first year until the 2010-11 school year when they joined the South Suburban Conference(MN).
or Rosemount High School
--both of which were greatly over capacity. Dr. Thomas F. Wilson was appointed as "principal-at-large" in charge of planning a new high school and middle school in east-central Eagan. The $40 million building was designed by Hammel, Green and Abrahamson
(HGA). HGA had designed nearly every school in the District, but the School Board later dropped them after myriad problems with the EHS/DHMS construction project. The building greatly exceeded cost and time estimates and spawned a lawsuit.
Before it opened, students met and chose the Wildcats as the school mascot and decided the school's colors should be Royal Blue, Kelly Green, and Silver. The high school was opened in the fall of 1989 for ninth grade students, and for the grades ten through twelve a year later. The first class to graduate from Eagan High School was the class of 1991.
The first principal was Dr. Thomas F. Wilson. Dr. Wilson held the position for over the first ten years of the high schools existence. Upon his retirement in 2002, a controversial replacement, Dr. Jane Stewart, was appointed. Citing her "paucity of qualifications" and upset at her quick appointment, almost the entire faculty walked out of their first meeting with her. Dr. Stewart nonetheless began as principal, but was involuntarily transferred to a position in the district office—spawning a lawsuit for employment discrimination. Assistant Principal of Fine Arts Polly Reikowski was promoted to Principal.
, and the two schools each have access to a common auditorium, series of athletic fields, and a municipal park. Although they share a common building, the two schools are completely separated and the there is virtually no incidental interaction between the middle school and high school students.
, which publicized EHS worldwide as a "demonstration school." Every room was equipped with a television, which received satellite broadcasts as well as programs from the school's television studio.
Departmental fundraising allowed for the construction of a fully operational television studio within the school. The main purpose of the studio was the ability to loan out the equipment for student or community projects, but the construction of the studio also allowed the school to create a weekly closed circuit television series called "Eagan AM." It is aired every Thursday morning during PAWS, a homeroom
-like activity that takes place each morning. Despite the fact that Eagan AM only uses and has one studio, they still announce that they are broadcasting from "Studio 1A", like the NBC news show "Today."
In 1999, the school helped test the use of fingerprint scans for checking out books in the library—making it one of the first schools in the nation to use biometric data for school services. In 2002, EHS became one of the first high schools in the nation to require students to register for classes online.
Today, the building has wireless WiFi
internet access throughout the school for faculty use. Teachers use laptops to wirelessly transmit attendance and grades to a central server. This information can be accessed through the school's website. The school has ten computer labs, most using Mac OS X
. In 2005, teachers began hosting online class review sessions using Adobe
software. In addition, new "21st Century Classrooms" were installed to sample interactive education technology—including a wireless "slate" that allows students to write answers on the board from the comfort of their desks.
education, rather than specializing. Social studies and English are required each year, and students must choose from a sampling of physical education, fine arts, math, science, and foreign language before graduation. These core requirements leave ample room for electives and individual courses of study, and many students take advantage of Business, Technology Education, Family and Consumer Science, and other courses. Classes are organized into a trimester system and the school day is divided into seven periods.
through its "College in the Schools" (CIS) program or take classes at local universities and college
s through the state-sponsored Post Secondary Enrollment Options
(PSEO) program.
All incoming freshmen to EHS are assigned to a Link Leader, with approximately one dozen students per leader. The Link Crew Leaders are mentors and a source of assistance to freshmen. On the first day of school, freshmen participate with their leader in a welcoming program, consisting of various team-building activities.
As part of the Link Program, a new period was inserted into the schedule. Termed PAWS (People Achieving Wildcat Spirit), it is a 15 minute homeroom between the second and third periods of the day. Ideally composed of 5 students of each class (freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior), PAWS is a time for announcements to be read and forms handed out. Like Link, PAWS groups also engage in a variety of activities to promote school spirit and connectivity with other classes. PAWS groups are permanent throughout a student's high school career, with the same teacher and students for all four years.
score of 1258 and an average ACT
score of 23.8. A large portion of graduates—92% of the class of 2005—attend two or four year colleges and universities soon after graduation, with the vast majority pursuing four year degrees. This academic success is also reflected in the school's consistently solid number of National Merit Scholars and Commended Scholars, as well as the number of academic awards it has earned.
The school has experienced occasional problems as well. Before Minnesota's star rating system for academic achievement was discontinued in 2006, Eagan high school was a one star school in reading and a four star school in math out of a possible five stars.
On April 21, 2007, the Eagan High School speech team set a new Class AA state record by claiming 20 medalists at the state tournament. Out of those 20 medalists, 4 were state champions.
In 2010, under the direction of coaches Joni Anker and Christopher McDonald, Eagan High School was the only school in the country to win all three trophies distributed at the NFL National Tournament: School of Excellence in Speech, School of Excellence in Debate, and School of Excellence in Speech and Debate.
The school also has a Student Congress
team which competes within the state.
The school competes under the Minnesota State High School League
and is a member of the South
Suburban Conference.
recognized Eagan for its vocal and instrumental music programs by naming it a GRAMMY Signature School in 2001. Through the school's history, more than 125 of its musicians have qualified for All-State Choir, Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra. Its Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble have both performed for the MN Music Educators Association mid-winter convention on multiple occasions.
The EHS Winterguard won the 2004 Championships in the North Star Circuit in the category of Scholastic A, Division II under the direction of Erin Hager and Jessica Maher.
The EHS Winter Drumline
has enjoyed tremendous success in marching percussion. The Eagan Drumline has won 14 state championships since its creation in 1993, always competing in the highest class of Minnesota high school drumline. (1993, 1995, 1997-2006, 2010, 2011)
In 2011 Eagan High School Jazz 1 received 1st place in the prestigious Eau Claire Jazz Festival.
Source:
As of the 2008 school year, there were 2,403 students attending Eagan High School.
Eagan, Minnesota
Eagan is a city south of Saint Paul in Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies on the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from the confluence with the Mississippi River. Eagan and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the fifteenth largest...
. The school opened in fall of 1989 for ninth grade students and for grades ten through twelve the following year. It is particularly noted for its fine arts programs and use of technology. As of 2007, it has over 2400 students.
The school is a part of Minnesota Independent School District 196
Independent School District 196
Independent School District 196 is a K-12 public school district located in the south suburban Twin Cities, near both Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota....
(Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District), and is affiliated with the Minnesota State High School League
Minnesota State High School League
The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...
(MSHSL). The school was a member of the Lake Conference from their first year until the 2010-11 school year when they joined the South Suburban Conference(MN).
History
In the late 1980s, Eagan began to grow rapidly. At that time, Eagan students in District 196 were bussed to nearby Apple Valley High SchoolApple Valley High School (Minnesota)
Apple Valley High School, commonly referred to as AVHS, is a public four-year high school in Apple Valley, Minnesota. It is a part of Independent School District 196 . It is also affiliated with the Minnesota State High School League...
or Rosemount High School
Rosemount High School
Rosemount High School is a public four-year high school in Rosemount, Minnesota founded in 1918. The school is a member of Minnesota Independent School District 196...
--both of which were greatly over capacity. Dr. Thomas F. Wilson was appointed as "principal-at-large" in charge of planning a new high school and middle school in east-central Eagan. The $40 million building was designed by Hammel, Green and Abrahamson
Hammel, Green and Abrahamson
Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, commonly called HGA, is an architecture firm based in Minnesota. It was founded in 1953 by Minnesotans Dick Hammel and Curt Green ....
(HGA). HGA had designed nearly every school in the District, but the School Board later dropped them after myriad problems with the EHS/DHMS construction project. The building greatly exceeded cost and time estimates and spawned a lawsuit.
Before it opened, students met and chose the Wildcats as the school mascot and decided the school's colors should be Royal Blue, Kelly Green, and Silver. The high school was opened in the fall of 1989 for ninth grade students, and for the grades ten through twelve a year later. The first class to graduate from Eagan High School was the class of 1991.
The first principal was Dr. Thomas F. Wilson. Dr. Wilson held the position for over the first ten years of the high schools existence. Upon his retirement in 2002, a controversial replacement, Dr. Jane Stewart, was appointed. Citing her "paucity of qualifications" and upset at her quick appointment, almost the entire faculty walked out of their first meeting with her. Dr. Stewart nonetheless began as principal, but was involuntarily transferred to a position in the district office—spawning a lawsuit for employment discrimination. Assistant Principal of Fine Arts Polly Reikowski was promoted to Principal.
School facilities
The high school is attached to Dakota Hills Middle SchoolDakota Hills Middle School
Dakota Hills Middle School is a school in Eagan, Minnesota. It is located in the same building as Eagan High School and is in Independent School District 196. Dakota Hills is a large public school with about 1200-1300 students as of the 2005-2006 school year...
, and the two schools each have access to a common auditorium, series of athletic fields, and a municipal park. Although they share a common building, the two schools are completely separated and the there is virtually no incidental interaction between the middle school and high school students.
Expansion and renovation
When the high school opened, it was built to accommodate 1200 students but designed to be expanded to handle an additional 800 students. This expansion was necessary almost immediately and was completed within a few years of the opening. That 1994 expansion included additional classrooms, teacher offices, and science labs. Another much-needed expansion was completed in 2005. This most recent expansion added yet more classrooms, but also included additional locker bays, circulation improvements to prevent hallway congestion, and an improved entryway for students and visitors.Technology
Eagan High School stresses technology in education, a commitment set down by former principal Dr. Wilson and shown in the school's motto: "Technology-enhanced education with a human touch." When the school opened, it became the first fully networked high school in the nation. Six hundred computers were sold at a discount by Apple ComputerApple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad...
, which publicized EHS worldwide as a "demonstration school." Every room was equipped with a television, which received satellite broadcasts as well as programs from the school's television studio.
Departmental fundraising allowed for the construction of a fully operational television studio within the school. The main purpose of the studio was the ability to loan out the equipment for student or community projects, but the construction of the studio also allowed the school to create a weekly closed circuit television series called "Eagan AM." It is aired every Thursday morning during PAWS, a homeroom
Homeroom
Homeroom or advisory is the classroom session in which a teacher records attendance and makes announcements. It can also be called Registration or Planning Period...
-like activity that takes place each morning. Despite the fact that Eagan AM only uses and has one studio, they still announce that they are broadcasting from "Studio 1A", like the NBC news show "Today."
In 1999, the school helped test the use of fingerprint scans for checking out books in the library—making it one of the first schools in the nation to use biometric data for school services. In 2002, EHS became one of the first high schools in the nation to require students to register for classes online.
Today, the building has wireless WiFi
WIFI
WIFI is a radio station broadcasting a brokered format. Licensed to Florence, New Jersey, USA, the station is currently operated by Florence Broadcasting Partners, LLC.This station was previously owned by Real Life Broadcasting...
internet access throughout the school for faculty use. Teachers use laptops to wirelessly transmit attendance and grades to a central server. This information can be accessed through the school's website. The school has ten computer labs, most using Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
. In 2005, teachers began hosting online class review sessions using Adobe
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
software. In addition, new "21st Century Classrooms" were installed to sample interactive education technology—including a wireless "slate" that allows students to write answers on the board from the comfort of their desks.
Academics
Students receive a liberal artsLiberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...
education, rather than specializing. Social studies and English are required each year, and students must choose from a sampling of physical education, fine arts, math, science, and foreign language before graduation. These core requirements leave ample room for electives and individual courses of study, and many students take advantage of Business, Technology Education, Family and Consumer Science, and other courses. Classes are organized into a trimester system and the school day is divided into seven periods.
Advanced Coursework
A variety of options are offered for high-achieving students, including a decent amount of Advanced Placement courses in the areas of art, literature, writing, history, math and science. Additionally, seniors may earn credit for Language and English at the University of MinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
through its "College in the Schools" (CIS) program or take classes at local universities and college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...
s through the state-sponsored Post Secondary Enrollment Options
Post Secondary Enrollment Options
Post Secondary Enrollment Options is an academic option open to high school seniors and juniors in various US states, such as Minnesota and Ohio. The options allow students to take courses at the college level. It is possible for a student to graduate with both an associate's degree and a high...
(PSEO) program.
LINK program
To increase school spirit and soften the transition from middle school to high school, EHS began facilitating the Link Program in the 06-07 school year. At the end of the 05-06 school year, around 300 sophomores and juniors were nominated by staff to serve on the Link Crew the following year. About 110 were selected to be Link Crew Leaders and participated in several dozen hours of training in August 2006.All incoming freshmen to EHS are assigned to a Link Leader, with approximately one dozen students per leader. The Link Crew Leaders are mentors and a source of assistance to freshmen. On the first day of school, freshmen participate with their leader in a welcoming program, consisting of various team-building activities.
As part of the Link Program, a new period was inserted into the schedule. Termed PAWS (People Achieving Wildcat Spirit), it is a 15 minute homeroom between the second and third periods of the day. Ideally composed of 5 students of each class (freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior), PAWS is a time for announcements to be read and forms handed out. Like Link, PAWS groups also engage in a variety of activities to promote school spirit and connectivity with other classes. PAWS groups are permanent throughout a student's high school career, with the same teacher and students for all four years.
Academic Strength
The school has experienced success academically. The class of 2005 had an average SATSAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
score of 1258 and an average ACT
ACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
score of 23.8. A large portion of graduates—92% of the class of 2005—attend two or four year colleges and universities soon after graduation, with the vast majority pursuing four year degrees. This academic success is also reflected in the school's consistently solid number of National Merit Scholars and Commended Scholars, as well as the number of academic awards it has earned.
The school has experienced occasional problems as well. Before Minnesota's star rating system for academic achievement was discontinued in 2006, Eagan high school was a one star school in reading and a four star school in math out of a possible five stars.
Special Education Program
The school puts significant focus on its Special Education program which has caused the school's special education demographic to swell to 11%. In setting goals for future achievement through Minnesota's teacher incentive pay program, Eagan High School's sole goal was to increase standardized test scores for Special Education while other schools chose to focus on Advanced Placement programs. The Special Education program is very successful at sports as well, with many of the students contributing to Dakota United's annual success at softball and hockey.Extracurricular activities
The school has many extracurricular activities with over seventy percent of its faculty coaching or advising some sort of after-school program.Forensics
Eagan High School has been most noted for its forensics programs. Through its speech and debate teams, it has won numerous awards including state and national titles in many categories. For the last decade, the National Forensics League (NFL) has recognized EHS as one of the top 1% of schools in forensics nationwide. The NFL has also given its "School of Excellence" Award to Eagan every year since 1999 and named it one of the top five schools in the nation. In 2005, the school was given the Bruno E. Jacob National Team Award.On April 21, 2007, the Eagan High School speech team set a new Class AA state record by claiming 20 medalists at the state tournament. Out of those 20 medalists, 4 were state champions.
In 2010, under the direction of coaches Joni Anker and Christopher McDonald, Eagan High School was the only school in the country to win all three trophies distributed at the NFL National Tournament: School of Excellence in Speech, School of Excellence in Debate, and School of Excellence in Speech and Debate.
The school also has a Student Congress
Student Congress
Congressional Debate is a form of high school debate in the United States and Pakistan. The National Forensic League , National Catholic Forensic League , many national debate tournaments, State Forensic Associations, and the IEEE Pakistan Student Congress all offer Congressional Debate as an event...
team which competes within the state.
Athletics
Eagan High School currently offers twenty-seven interscholastic athletic activities and a variety of intramural sports programs, including adaptive soccer, floor hockey, and softball for special needs students.The school competes under the Minnesota State High School League
Minnesota State High School League
The Minnesota State High School League is a voluntary, non-profit association for the support and governance of interscholastic activities at high schools in Minnesota, United States. The association supports interscholastic athletics and fine arts programs for member schools...
and is a member of the South
Suburban Conference.
Music and drama
The school stages regular plays and musicals. The Music Department at Eagan High School enrolls nearly 700 students in one of its five curricular bands or six curricular choirs. They are instructed by five full-time teachers. The National Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
recognized Eagan for its vocal and instrumental music programs by naming it a GRAMMY Signature School in 2001. Through the school's history, more than 125 of its musicians have qualified for All-State Choir, Band, Jazz Band, and Orchestra. Its Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble have both performed for the MN Music Educators Association mid-winter convention on multiple occasions.
The EHS Winterguard won the 2004 Championships in the North Star Circuit in the category of Scholastic A, Division II under the direction of Erin Hager and Jessica Maher.
The EHS Winter Drumline
Drumline
A drumline is a section of percussion instruments usually played as part of a musical marching ensemble. High school and college marching bands, drill and drum corps, drum and bugle corps, indoor percussion ensembles, and pipe bands usually incorporate drumlines; however, drumlines can exist...
has enjoyed tremendous success in marching percussion. The Eagan Drumline has won 14 state championships since its creation in 1993, always competing in the highest class of Minnesota high school drumline. (1993, 1995, 1997-2006, 2010, 2011)
In 2011 Eagan High School Jazz 1 received 1st place in the prestigious Eau Claire Jazz Festival.
Other activities
The school has a number of other activities, including:- French, Spanish, and German clubs.
- Eagan Independent, EHS's monthly newspaper.
- Eagan AM, the school's student-run closed-circuit TV news program.
- Mock TrialMock trialA Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
, a club where students present a law case in court, filling the roles of lawyers and witnesses. - Supermileage, a group of students who build a fuel-efficient vehicle throughout the school year, and later enter it into a competition.
- Science Olympiad, in which students compete in various competitions that involve the application of science.
- FIRST Robotics, the schools team is 2220 Blue Twilight
Demographics
The racial and ethnic composition (as of the 2008 school year) was as follows:- WhiteWhite AmericanWhite Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...
: 84.9% - BlackAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
: 4.9% - Hispanic/LatinoHispanic and Latino AmericansHispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
: 3.2% - AsianAsian AmericanAsian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
: 6.8% - American IndianNative Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
: 0.2%
Source:
As of the 2008 school year, there were 2,403 students attending Eagan High School.
Awards
- National Forensics League (NFL) School of Excellence, 1999–2006
- National Forensics League (NFL) Bruno E. Jacob Excellence Award for Speech-Debate Programs, 2005
- National Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesNational Academy of Recording Arts and SciencesThe National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, Inc., known variously as The Recording Academy or NARAS, is a U.S. organization of musicians, producers, recording engineers and other recording professionals dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for music and its...
GRAMMY Signature High School, 2001 - National Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools ProgramThe Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
of Excellence, 2001 - National Technology Exemplar School, 1996
- RedbookRedbookRedbook is an American women's magazine published by the Hearst Corporation. It is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.-History:...
, Best of the State, 1996 - National Blue Ribbon SchoolBlue Ribbon Schools ProgramThe Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created in 1981 to honor schools which have achieved high levels of performance or significant improvements with emphasis on schools serving disadvantaged students. The program centers around a self-assessment conducted by the...
of Excellence, 1995 - McGraw-HillMcGraw-HillThe McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., is a publicly traded corporation headquartered in Rockefeller Center in New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial, education, publishing, broadcasting, and business services...
21st Century School of Technology, 1995
Notable alumni
- Natalie DarwitzNatalie DarwitzNatalie Darwitz is an American ice hockey player. Natalie has been the Captain of the US Women's National Team since the start of the 2007-08 season...
, women's hockey player, three-time Winter Olympic GamesWinter Olympic GamesThe Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event, which occurs every four years. The first celebration of the Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. The original sports were alpine and cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping and speed skating...
medalist. - Mike SchneiderMike Schneider (poker player)Mike Schneider is a professional poker player from Eagan, Minnesota who, at the age of 22, won the "PartyPoker.com Million V" for $1,000,000. He is also a member of Team CardRunners a group of sponsored professional poker players on Full Tilt Poker.Schneider graduated from Eagan High School in 2002...
, professional poker player, winner of PartyPoker.com Million V. - Laura OsnesLaura OsnesLaura Ann Osnes is an American stage actress, and the winner of the role of "Sandy" on the televised Grease: You're the One that I Want! competition. She played Sandy in the 2007 Broadway run of Grease, which opened August 19, 2007, starring alongside the other winner, Max Crumm, who played the...
, stage actress and winner of reality TV show "Grease: You're The One That I Want". - Dan BjornlieDan BjornlieDan Bjornlie is an American ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Vienna Capitals of the Erste Bank Hockey League....
, professional hockey player. - Mallory Weggemann, paralympic gold medalist swimmer and recipient of 2011 ESPY for "Best Female Athlete with a Disability"Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY AwardThe Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 2005 to the female, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to be the best athlete with a physical disability...
.