Dennis Hitzemann – WHS Class of 1972

Football – three years; Southwest Conference Honorable Mention ‘71

Basketball – three years; Southwest Conference Honorable Mention ‘72

Baseball – three years; All-Southwest Conference ’71, ‘72; MVP ‘72; Southwest Conference Champs ‘72

Academics – National Honor Society

College – Worthington Community College, Baseball All State ’73, ‘74; South Dakota State University ‘74-76, Baseball ’75 & ‘76, All-NCC ‘76; Mankato State University, Masters Degree

Dennis and his wife, Margaret (Brandt) have 2 daughters: Jennifer and Camille.  Dennis has been a teacher in Lynd, Barrett and Verndale.  He was Head Baseball Coach at Barrett and Verndale, Assistant Basketball Coach at Barrett, Junior High Football Coach at Lynd.  He is currently retired after serving as the principal at Onamia High School, Onamia, MN. He was inducted into the Trojan Hall of Fame in 2002.