Hall of Fame

The North High Hall Of Fame was established in October 2005 in conjunction with North High’s 75th anniversary celebration. Each year a committee to include alumni, teachers past and present and the building principal review nominees and select inductees.

Requirements

At least 10 years removed from North High
Be the recipient of significant recognition at the local, state or national level in the area of induction
Be a pioneer and/or role model in their area of induction
Be a positive contributor to the community of North High and beyond

To nominate a North High Graduate for the Hall of Fame, please complete the form below:

Wichita North High School Hall of Fame Form

Class of 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees

John Davis - Nominated by Laura Lent – Area of Induction (left blank) - Class of 1965

Michelle “Miki” McKee Farris – Nominated by Dave Fish – Area of Induction Political and Humanitarian - Class of 1975

Charles Brandon Polk II – Nominated by Jay Crayton – Area of Induction Athletic - Class of 2002

Kent Wade - Nominated by the founding member of the WNHSAA – Area of Induction Business – Class of 1982.

Class of 2025 Biographies

John Davis- Business

Davis, John – Business - Class of 1965 –

John Davis was born in Wichita on March 2,1947. He attended Pleasant Valley Grade school and Pleasant Valley Middle before graduating from North High in 1965. After graduation, John joined the National Guard and was deployed to Okinawa Japan from 1966 to 1969. He returned to Wichita in 1970 and married Jean Long whom he met in 1965 while working at Ray’s Standard. John and Jean eventually moved to St. Louis where he worked for Coats and Clark. This led to them moving to Decatur Illinois. In 1973, John and Jean moved back to Wichita and welcomed their first child, Brian Davis. Then in 1975, John purchased his first liquor store that was across from North High, where the Rent-A-Center is currently. In1976, they welcomed their second child, Kim Davis. John moved the liquor store in 2000 to its current location. In 2008, he opened his second location in Sweetbriar. There are currently four Davis Liquor locations in Wichita. Over the years, John volunteered at the Indian Hills Pool, St. Patrick’s Catholic church, North High booster events, coached soccer for his kids, and attended car shows. John is a member of the Kansas Association of Beverage retailers, where he served 2 terms as president. He is also an avid fighter for small businesses. John is one of the longest members of the KABR, seeing many retailers come and go during his time. He was also a member of the Wichita Chamber of Commerce, which was passed on to Brian upon John’s retirement. John and Davis Liquor store outlets have supported the Wichita North High School Alumni Association and various student projects and North High events, through their many donations to the WNHSAA fundraising events. WNHSAA has sent students to various State and National Academic competitions, purchased athletic equipment, supplied competition meals, and much more. John’s support of North High’s community is beyond words.

Michelle "Miki" McKee Farris - Political and Humanitarian

Farris, Michelle “Miki” McKee – Political and Humanitarian – Class of 1975-

Following your passion, do what you love to do. This easily sums up Miki Farris’ Personal Philosophy. Her journey towards her 40-year career in the non-profit world started when her parents divorced, she was two years old. She saw her mom struggle as a single mom for eight years. When her mother remarried and her stepdad adopted her, the family moved to Wichita from Oklahoma City. Miki attended Cloud Elementary, John Marshall Junior High, and North High School. The years Miki spent at North High were the best years of her life. She made some of her favorite memories raising money through her involvement in many extracurricular activities. She was the United Way Chairperson for All School Fundraising Campaigns. Miki attended Oklahoma State University in the fall of 1975 where she majored in Speech Communication and worked in the Alumni Development office all four years of college. After college she married and had 2 girls. By the time she was 33 she was divorced and much like her mother she was a struggling single mother. Her own personal experience as a single mom ignited her passion to help other struggling families. In 1984, she was the president of her Sunday school class. They soon knew they wanted to do more than just pick the weeds and paint doors. They invited an organization from Tulsa Oklahoma to speak at a potluck dinner about their efforts to feed and diaper needy babies and toddlers in the Tulsa area. The Sunday school class knew this was a project they wanted to take on. Miki took the helm of the project that would become a vital social service agency that has helped nearly 400,000 babies and toddlers over the last 40 years. Today, this organization operates solely on private donations providing one week’s worth of food/formula and diapers 4 times per year from birth until the child turns 4 years old. They operate out of their 35,000 square foot main location in Oklahoma City and cover 29 counties in central Oklahoma though their mobile program. Miki returned to Wichita often while her mother was alive shared with her children and grandchildren the city she grew up in. She also participated in the early formation of Treehouse of Wichita. Her vision has remained the same over the last 40 years, focusing on the basic necessities for the smallest of the poor and hungry. She believes it is unacceptable for any baby or toddler to go to bed hungry. She leads by example with core values of kindness, respect, compassion. Miki loved her time at North High; it laid the foundation of community service for Miki.

Charles Brandon Polk II- Athletics

Polk II, Charles Brandon – Athletics - Class of 2002 -

Charles led the boys’ basketball team to a 21-4 record his senior year. The team finished 3^rd at state in 2002. He made the All-State Team once and All City twice. After graduating from North, he went to Redlands Community Collage from 2002-2004 where they were the 2004 NJCAA region 2 Division Champions. In 2004, he was part of the NJCAA Nationals All-Tournament team. Charles was also an All American while at Redlands. He then attended Butler University graduating in 2006. While there he was on the All-Newcomer team. He earned second team All Horizon League honors in 2005, as well as Horizon League All-Newcomer team honors. As a Senior he was named the Horizon league player of the year. He also earned first team all-conference honors. After college he went undrafted in the 2006 NBA Draft. Charles moved to Switzerland where he joined the Benetton Fribourg Professional Basketball Club. He helped the club win the Swiss Cup and the league championship. In 2007, he spent time with the Finnish Club but didn’t sign with the team. In the 2008-2009 season, he joined the Kauhajoen Karhu where they won the league Championship that season. In 2010-2011, he moved to Spain to play for two Spain teams, but in 2011 he got injured and had to sit out for the majority of the time. In 2012, Charles rejoined the Hobart Chargers where he finished 7^th in the MVP voting and was named to the 10-man all-star South East Australian Basketball League Team. In 2013, he led the Chargers to a third-place finish in the South Conference and was named again to the 10-man all-star SEABL team. He was then signed to the Frankston Blue for the 2014 and the 2015 season. In 2016, he signed with the Knox Raiders where he helped them finished fourth. He earned Big V All Star Five Honors. In 2016, he signed with the Casey Cavaliers (2017-2019).

Kent Wade- Business

Wade, Kent – Business - Class of 1982-

Kent was a 4-year starter on the varsity football team and key member of the varsity wrestling team. After graduating in 1982, Kent became the Executive Vice President of Integra Technologies. Integra is the largest U.S based outsourced Semiconductor assembly and test provider. Integra was founded in 1983, and its headquarters is in Wichita, Kansas with a second facility in Milpitas, California. He has been one of the three majority owners for many years. As a shareholder and the Executive Vice President of Sales, Kent oversees the company’s global sales strategies, cultivates client relationships, drives revenue growth initiatives, and coordinates project base test development services. He coordinates closely with cross-functional teams like operations and tech to align customers’ needs with services offerings. Kent has been part of the Wichita North High Alumni Association since it was founded.

Hall of Fame Inductees

Athletics

Lynette Woodard ‘77 – 2006
Barry Sanders ‘86 – 2006
Eli Romero ‘48 – 2007
Ray Romero ‘46 - 2007
Dick Sanders ‘49 - 2009
Don Calhoun’70 - 2010
Al Littleton ‘44 – 2010
Brian Holman ‘83 - 2011
Brad Holman ‘86 - 2011
Les Davis ’51 – 2012
Lance Milsap ’81 -2012
Craig Dingman ’92 – 2013
Steph Norris ’70 – 2013
Joe Stevens ’54 – 2013
Artie Dillon ’55 -2014
Wes Shultz ’74 – 2015
Bill Himebaugh ’49 – 2015
Mark Standiford ’84-2015
Judy Bell ’54-2016
Gilbert Carrell ’43-2016
Robert Love ’69-2016
Tim Carter ’74-2017
Wendell Davis ’91-2017
Ramon Olmsted ’50-2018
Elbert Mack III ’04-2018
Larry Dennis ’72-2018
1987 State Championship Team-2019
Tony Johnson ’89-2020
Ian Mork ’90-2021
Riney Lochmann ’62-2022
Tim Blackwell ’75-2023
Clark Cates “CC” Wiley ’55- 2023

Math/Science

Gene Jackson ‘51 - 2009
Val Jackson ‘51 – 2009
Jill Cobb ’60- 2010
Vernon Smith’44 - 2010
Dr. Art Risser ’56 – 2011
Paul Humann ’56 – 2012
Robert Cowan ’38-2016
Dr. Eugene Adams ’38-2017
Alfred Berg ’66-2017
Molly Black ’93-2017
Sheldon Preskorn ’66-2017
Wendell Johnson ’40-2018
Dr. Tim Watt ’76-2019

Arts/Entertainment

Bonnie Bing ‘65 - 2009
Mark McCormick ‘86 – 2009
David Yust ’57 – 2012
Babs Mellor ’47 – 2013
Kate Snodgrass ’66 – 2013
Bill Gardner ’75 – 2014
Rhonda Haug Vickers ’61- 2015
Stephen Perry ’66-2016
Rudy Love Sr. ’66-2017
Jan Harrison ’74-2018
Brian Schodorf ’02-2022
Mindy Marteney East ’77- 2023

Business/Education

Curtis McClinton Jr.’56 – 2006
Dr. Martin Ortiz ‘39– 2006
Kenton Cox ’60 – 2008
Gary Hay ’61 – 2010
Herbert Coin ’53 – 2013
Rodney Davis ’50 – 2013
Malinda Matney ’84 – 2013
Charlie Russell ’52 – 2013
Chester Anderson ’60 - 2014
Don Stephan ’51 – 2014
Jeff Turner ’69 – 2015
Bill Kelley ’68-2016
William Smith ’56-2016
Donna Schafer ’66-2017
Dr. M. Lee Pelton ’68-2019
Gloria Farha Flentje ’61- 2021
Jim Hess ’65-2021
Terry Lowry ’65-2021
H. Richard Lawson ’62-2022
Opal (Wootton) Singleton Hendershot ’64-2023

Faculty/Staff

Bill Kincaid -2007
Monk Edwards – 2008
C.E. Strange – 2009
Dennis Brunner-2010
Maurice Hendershot-2010
Bob Shepler-2010
Roy Groe-2011
Lou Valadez-2012
Harland Wiley-2013
Dwayne Schmidt-2016
Roger McCune-2020

Politics/Humanitarian

Dr. Cramer Reed ‘33 –2006
Jean Kindel Garvey ‘40 -2007
Col James Jabara ‘42 – 2009
Kent Frizzell ‘47 2010
Cirillo Arteaga ’42 - 2011
Vern Miller ’46 – 2011
Mason Whitney ’63 – 2012
Dent Hamilton ’46 – 2013
Lynn Stephan ’60 – 2013
Robert Smith ’62 2014
Richard Cowan ’40 – 2015
Vellma Lunt Wallace ’35 – 2015
Ragene Aldrich Moore ’61- 2017
Janis Cox ’66-2017
Corp. John David Guillen ’66- 2017
PFC. John Graber ’66-2017
Robb Rumsey ’77-2017
Col. Sam Sadler ’50-2017
Robert Stephan ’50-2017
Alumni Association-2018
Linda Kizzire ’76-2018
Dr. Richard Hinderliter ’54- 2018
Frank Minton ’52-2018
Linda Weir-Enegren ’65-2018
Barbara Huff ’63-2019
Sidney Aldrich Rowe ’59-2019
Bobby Joe Argumedo ’52-2020
Richard LaMunyon ’59-2020
Tyler Lockett ’51-2020
Barbara Yarnell Chamberlin ’69-2020
J Sharon Powell Quincy ’65- 2021
Ronald Voegeli ’60-2021
Maj. Daniel Hugh Forbes, Jr ’37-2022
Col. Nathan L. Lewis ’97-2022
David L. Riches ’62-2022
Col. Mac Sanders ’51-2022
Charles Tom Whitney ’62-2022