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St. Anthony's (Jersey City, N.J.) Bob Hurley, one of the most successful coaches in high school basketball history, and David Clyde, one of the most dominating pitchers in high school baseball history from Houston's Westchester High School, are among the 2009 inductees into the National High School Hall of Fame.

Hurley and Clyde are among 12 legends of the high school game who will be inducted in the National Federation of State High School Associations' National High School Hall of Fame on July 1 in Chicago.

Dana Miroballi, who won 10 state cross country and track and field championships at Wheeling (Illinois) High School in the 1980s, and Billy Bye, who won an amazing 21 letters in six sports at Thief River Falls (Minnesota) High School and Anoka (Minnesota) High School in the 1940s, join Clyde as former high school athletes in the 2009 class.

In addition to Hurley, the five coaches selected for induction into this year's class have led their teams to a combined total of 56 state championships. Other coaches in the 2009 class are Dick Dullaghan, who won seven of his eight state football championships at Indianapolis (Indiana) Ben Davis High School; Catherine Lempesis, who has won 15 state titles in cross country and track and field at four South Carolina high schools; Harry Breland, who recently retired after 824 victories and nine state baseball championships at Hattiesburg (Mississippi) Oak Grove High School; and Guy Anderson, who has won 822 games in 39 years at Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California.

Two administrators were selected for the 2009 class: Clair Muscaro, commissioner of the Ohio High School Athletic Association for 14 years who served as a teacher, coach, athletic director, principal and state administrator at the high school level for 48 years, and Ruth Rehn, a leader in the development of girls sports programs at the state and national levels during her 34 years as assistant executive director of the South Dakota High School Activities Association.

Selected in the Officials category for 2009 is George Ford, the top swimming and diving referee in Connecticut who is now in his 41st season as an official. The final inductee in this year's class in the fine arts category is Iowa's Himie Voxman, whose music compositions and arrangements can be found in virtually every high school band room in the United States.

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 sports and activity programs. This year's class increases the number in the Hall of Fame to 362, and this year's event will be the 27th induction ceremony.

The 12 individuals were chosen after a two-level selection process involving a screening committee composed of active high school state association administrators, coaches and officials, and a final selection committee composed of coaches, former athletes, state association officials, media representatives and educational leaders. Nominations were made through NFHS member associations.