Nominations for the Grand Island Senior High School Hall of Honor are accepted throughout each year. Nominations are reviewed each year and inductees are named. We are excited to announce the Hall of Honor Banquet & Celebration is projected to be held again in 2024.
The Hall of Honor, inaugurated in 1983, recognizes Grand Island Senior High School alumni who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the betterment of society. Nominees must have graduated more than 20 years ago from the high school. Each year, at least one person is inducted into the Hall of Honor.
Nomination Form
Online nominations are encouraged using the online form below. Email foundation@gips.org with questions.
Paper nominations also accepted using the PDF below. Paper nomination forms must be returned to the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation, Attn: Kari Hooker-Leep, 123 S. Webb Rd., PO Box 4904, Grand Island, NE 68802.
Robert C. Reynolds
Class of 1949
Hall of Honor 1983
Bob Reynolds, the “super soph,” set numerous NCAA records during the 1950 football season at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He scored 156 points in one season, averaging 17.4 points per game, an NCAA record which still stands. In 1982, Reynolds was the 66th Inductee into the Lincoln Journal’s Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame.
The college All-American went on to a successful career in business as the senior partner with Reynolds-Simmons-Nelson Insurance.
