Gallaudet University

Awards:

• In track he was a State Class B champion in the 220- and 440-yard dashes, setting Deaf American prep records in both events with times of 23.1 and 52.6. 
• He was chosen to represent the 1957 USA track and field team at Milan, Italy, and set a new Deaf World Record of 49.7 by out-running the 440-meter run champion from Denmark.
• He also took the bronze medal in the 220-meter run in 23.0, silver medal in the 1,600-meter relay and took the gold medal in the 400-meter relay.
• After graduating from Gallaudet, he led his basketball team Council Bluffs Association of the Deaf to six consecutive trips to the American Athletic Association of the Deaf (AAAD) Nationals by winning the Midwest Athletic Association of the Deaf (MWAAD) Championships. 
• His team won the AAAD Nationals in 1962, and he was voted as AAAD's Most Valuable Player. 
• He was also the Most Valuable Player in the MWAAD tournament for four consecutive years,was selected to the all-star teams six times, and set individual records of one game of 59 points and 112 for three games.
• He was voted to the AAADAll-Star Team five times and was chosen to play basketball on the 1961 AAAD team in the International Games for the Deaf in Helsinki, Finland, where he, of course, returned home with another gold medal.