Anita Branscum Kerley
Class of 1978

• 4 year varsity letterwinner in basketball and softball first 4 years of programs.

• Led basketball team in steals (44) and shooting % (52%) her senior year.

• Holds single season home run record with 20 in 1978.

• 2nd all time career home runs with 29.

• 2nd all time in stolen bases with 139.

• Ranked in top 10 all time in runs (150) and runs batted in (107).

• Totaled 108 hits during career with .419 batting average and .629 on base %.

• Voted girls Most Valuable Athlete 1978.

• Played college softball at Shawnee College.

• Was head coach in softball and basketball at Cobden High School.

Nancy Choate Wright
Class of 1975

• Pioneer in the athletic history of girls athletics at VHS.

• Captain of first VHS basketball and softball teams.

• Captain of VHS cheerleading squad her senior year.

• Led softball team in runs (26), hits (17), triples (2), and total bases (30).

• MVP of Carbondale Tourney which team won as the only post season tourney at that time.

• Batted .515 that first season.

• Led basketball team in scoring.

• Received scholarship to Southern Illinois University playing softball and field hockey.

• Led SIU softball team in doubles and sacrifices in one season and triples and runs scored another season.

• Helped lead SIU to two college World Series appearances.

• Coached many years in Indiana at Perry Central Community School in basketball, track, and cross country.