Wauseon Announces 2024 Athletics Hall of Fame Inductees

The Wauseon High School Hall of Fame was established to recognize and honor athletes, coaches and others who have made outstanding and major contributions to the success and integrity of the Wauseon athletic program.

The Hall of Fame committee has been meeting since the fall of 2006, with the commitment to enshrining these deserving members.

The official induction is scheduled for Saturday, December 14, 2024 at the high school, prior to the varsity basketball game against Napoleon. An informal reception will follow the varsity game.

Each inductee will receive a plaque, a duplicate of which will be displayed prominently throughout the high school. This 11th class of inductees includes:

Holly Baird (2009) earned 8 varsity letters in cross country and track. She was a three-time NWOAL individual champion in cross country and earned a second-place finish.

Holly was a 4 time state qualifier with her team and a 2 time state qualifier with a 3rd place and an 11th place finish. The team finished 5th, 9th and 11th with a 3rd place team finish in 2006.

On the NWOAL track, she was a four-time 1600m champion, four-time 3200m champion, member of four 4x800m relay championship teams and three 4x400m relay championship teams.

Holly was a three-time state placer at the state championships and won several regional and district championships. Holly won the 2009 WHS Sterling Award.

Kyle Borton (2007) stood out in both football and track and field for the Indians. He earned 8 varsity letters in those sports. In football, he received league, district and all-Ohio recognition. He was named district co-offensive lineman of the year in 2006.

In track and field, Kyle made 3 trips to state in the shot and discus. He is still a top 5 record holder at WHS with a throw of 55’11” in the shot put.

He later played for the University of Cincinnati. During his two years of competing at the collegiate level, he received a varsity letter, was named a Big East All-American, and placed 6th at the Big East Indoor Conference Championships in the shot put in 2009 .

Kyle chose to return to Wauseon to teach and coach. Kyle is currently on the football team and is also the throwing coach for track and field.

Jacob Ramos (1996) earned 4 varsity letters in wrestling. He was a three-time NWOAL individual champion in wrestling and won three sectional championships and one district title. Jacob was also a 3-time Division II State Placer finishing 3rd twice.

He was a four-time WHS MVP and accumulated a record of 143-7 during his four-year career. He continued his wrestling career where he wrestled at Augustana University in South Dakpta. He was a national qualifier and All-American in 2001.

He returned to Augustana University to coach as an assistant for several years and currently participates in the Wauseon Wrestling program when possible.

Karen (Lammon) Moden (1960) was a pioneer in women’s athletics. Karen was the first person to receive a medal at Wauseon High School for most outstanding female athlete, even though there were no girls’ GAA sports at Wauseon until 1972.

In 1961, Karen tried out and was selected to play for Hazel Walker’s Arkansas Travelers women’s professional basketball team, making her Wauseon’s first professional athlete.

She played professionally for one season and her team traveled the country playing all the men’s teams. The Arkansas Travelers played 220 games that season and won 85% of their games.

Karen was asked to return to play the following season, but she chose to come home and marry her husband.

Marc Emans was head coach of the Wauseon Indians football team for 21 seasons and taught physical education and health in Wauseon for 23 years.

During that time, he became Wauseon’s second-winningest football coach with 118 victories. During this time, WHS football teams won 4 NWOAL championships and appeared in 3 playoffs during which their teams won 1 regional runner-up title, 1 regional championship, and 1 Division 3 state championship in 1993 .

He also coached JV Baseball at Wauseon for 18 seasons.