INDIANAPOLIS, IN (March 24, 2005) - Among the athletes that head a list of 13 individuals selected for induction into the 2005 class of the National High School Hall of Fame is Chad Hennings, a standout football player and wrestler at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa, in the early 1980s.     Hennings, a college football star at the U.S. Air Force Academy, later played on three Super Bowl teams with the Dallas Cowboys. Ceremonies will be held July 2 in San Antonio.    BIOGRAPHY: Chad Hennings - Iowa    Chad Hennings has been an outstanding athlete at every level of sport as well as an exemplary citizen through his service in the Armed Forces, and his success began as a two-sport star at Benton Community High School in Van Horne, Iowa.    In football, Hennings was a three-year starter at defensive tackle, earning all-conference honors twice and all-state honors as a senior. He was captain of his team as a senior and played in the All-Star Shrine game in 1984. In wrestling, Hennings was a two-time state meet qualifier and won the state heavyweight championship in 1984. He was 31-0 as a senior wrestler, won five tournaments and allowed only two match points against him during the state tournament series.    Hennings was a member of the National Honor Society and was inducted into the Iowa High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2001 for his high school accomplishments.    At the college level, Hennings was a consensus first-team All-America in 1987 at the U.S. Air Force Academy and claimed the 1987 Outland Trophy. He was named Western Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Decade and was a two-time Academic All-American.    Prior to and during his nine-year career as a defensive tackle with the Dallas Cowboys, which included three Super Bowl rings, Hennings fulfilled his military commitment. He flew 45 missions over Iraq in an A-10 Thunderbolt II in support of Operation Desert Storm/Operation Provide Comfort. He then served as a major in the Air Force Reserves and as a national spokesperson for the U.S. military.    Other honors include induction into the Iowa High School Football Hall of Fame and the GTE Academic Hall of Fame. Today, Hennings devotes much of time to ministry, charity work and working with kids.     Sean Elliott, a high school and college basketball star in Arizona who played 11 years with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and Ty Detmer, a record-setting quarterback at Southwest High School in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1980s who recently completed his 13th season in the National Football League (NFL) are among the other honorees.    Other former high school athletes selected for the 2005 class are LaTaunya Pollard, 1979 Miss Basketball in Indiana after an outstanding four-year career at Roosevelt High School in East Chicago, Indiana; and Patty Sheehan, a three-time state golf champion at Wooster High School in Reno, Nevada, in the early 1970s who later won 35 events on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tour. Sheehan is the first individual from Nevada to selected for the Hall of Fame.    These former outstanding high school athletes, along with three coaches, one contest official, two administrators and two individuals in the fine arts field, will be inducted into the 23rd class of the National High School Hall of Fame July 2 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, site of the National Federation of State High School Associations' (NFHS) 86th annual Summer Meeting.    The National High School Hall of Fame was started in 1982 by the NFHS to honor high school athletes, coaches, contest officials, administrators, fine arts coaches/directors and others for their extraordinary achievements and accomplishments in high school athletics. This year's class increases the number in the Hall of Fame to 314.    Jerry Popp, who won 15 North Dakota state boys cross country championships and 23 state girls cross country championships in 29 years at Bowman (North Dakota) High School, is one of three coaches selected for induction this year. Other coaches chosen for the 2005 class include Bill Gentry, who won 305 games and three state championships in 38 years as football coach at Highland High School and Eldorado High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Bob Wood, who won 27 state championships in 37 years as tennis coach at University Liggett School in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan.    Jerry Hall, who officiated the sports of football and basketball for almost 40 years in Arkansas, is the lone official selected for the 2005 class. Hall, who also served 25 years as associate director of the Arkansas Activities Association, is the 47th contest official to be inducted in the Hall of Fame.    Two former state high school association executive directors were chosen for this year's class, including Sandy Scott, the first female to head a state association on a full-time basis. Scott served the New York State Public High School Athletic Association for 26 years, including the last 11 (1990-2000) as executive director. Also selected in the Administrator category was Earl Gillespie, a member of the Virginia High School League staff for 34 years who served as executive director from 1986 until his retirement in 1994.    Fine arts inductees for 2005 include Donus Roberts, director of the speech activities program at Watertown (South Dakota) High School for 39 years (1961-99), and Betty Whitlock, who will be retiring in June after 30 years as speech/debate/drama coach at Clinton (Mississippi) High School. Roberts and Whitlock are the third and fourth individuals, respectively, in the fine arts field to be inducted in the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was expanded to include fine arts in 2003.    The 13 individuals were chosen for the National High School Hall of Fame after a two-level selection process involving a screening committee composed of active high school administrators, coaches and officials, and a final selection committee composed of coaches, former athletes, state association officials, media representatives and educational leaders. Nomination were made through member state high school athletic/activity associations.    2005 National High School Hall of Fame Class     Athletes    Ty Detmer, Football, Southwest High School, San Antonio, Texas  Sean Elliott, Basketball, Cholla High School , Tucson, Arizona  Chad Hennings, Football, Wrestling, Benton Community High School, Van Horne, Iowa       LaTaunya Pollard, Basketball , Roosevelt High School, East Chicago, Indiana  Patty Sheehan, Golf, Wooster High School, Reno, Nevada    Coaches    Bill Gentry, Football, Highland High School and Eldorado High School, Albuquerque, New Mexico  Jerry Popp, Cross Country and Track, Bowman High School, Bowman, North Dakota  Bob Wood, Tennis, University Liggett School, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan    Contest Official    Jerry Hall, Football, Basketball, North Little Rock, Arkansas     Administrators    Sandy Scott, Delanson, New York  Earl Gillespie, Charlottesville , Virginia    Fine Arts    Donus Roberts, Watertown, South Dakota  Betty Whitlock, Clinton, Mississippi    Click here for the biographies of the other 12 inductees for the National High School Hall of Fame