The Northwestern Illinois Sports Hall of  Fame was established in 1987 to honor individuals who have made a contribution to athletics in their communities. The following individuals have been selected for Lanark.

1988 – Conrad Aschenbrenner–taught Industrial Arts at Lanark High School from 1954-1986.  He coached fresh-soph football for two years and then was assigned to coach all junior high teams. He continued with these duties until 1981 when he took over the duties of head girls' basketball coach, which he did until his time of retirement. Conrad probably coached and influenced more young individuals than any other coach at Lanark. Asch is unable to report any records for his teams, as he would tell you wins and losses weren’t important–it was the everyday one-on-one!

1989 – Linda Ludwig–A 1970 graduate of Lanark High School, she was very active in the Girls Athletic Association. After graduating from college, Linda was the first coach for girls athletics at Lanark High School. She started the Volleyball, Basketball, and Track & Field programs. She continued with the volleyball program until the consolidation with Shannon High School in 1986. She had the privilege of coaching many talented young athletes. Her record for coaching volleyball was 181 wins and 82 losses. Her volleyball teams won 5 Regional Titles in 12 years.

1990 – Keith Wall–is a 1958 graduate of Lanark High School. He earned 12 varsity letters in sports including basketball, football, baseball, and track. As a senior, he was selected as honorable mention all-state in basketball. While in college, he coached the Lanark town team during the summers. Keith coached for 33 years, 29 as a head coach and took 5 teams from Green Bay Preble High (Wisconsin) to the state tournament. He was selected to the Wisconsin High School Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1997. One of his players made it to the NBA with the Charlotte Hornets and is now the associate head coach at Washington State University in the Pac-10 Conference, Tony Bennett. He was voted Mr. Basketball in the state of Wisconsin in 1988. The same year, Wall's team was rated #1 in the state for virtually the entire year as they took a 24-0 record to state.

1991 – Mel Hawbecker–was a 1959 graduate of Lanark High School. During his high school career, he participated in four years of football, basketball, and baseball. He attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he played three years of varsity basketball and baseball. The 1960-61 basketball team placed 4th in the nation in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Mel was selected to the Nebraska Wesleyan Hall of Fame as a member of the 1961-62 team that went 24-3. During his teaching career of 32 years, he was head basketball coach for 25 years, assistant football for 8, and head golf coach for 5 years. The honor of “Coach of the Year” at both conference and statewide districts in baseball were awarded to him in 1971, 1976, 1980, and 1986.

1992 – Ed Nelson-began his teaching career at Lanark in 1962. He was the assistant football coach under Wally Isham from 1967 to 1974. He recalls that prior to 1965, football games were played in the afternoon until lights were installed on the field. He became athletic director in 1968, which he continued until his retirement in 1995. Ed has a great recollection of sporting events and details that happened during his career.

1995 – Marilyn Berge–was a 1958 graduate of Lanark High School. Marilyn’s teaching career was in the Flanagan School District. She was the advisor for a very active Girls’ Athletic Association. In 1974, she started that girls’ interscholastic sports program at Flanagan and had many successful teams.  Upon retirement from teaching, Marilyn moved back to the Lanark community where she has taken an active interest in local sports.

1996 – Mike Mowen–was a 1968 graduate of Lanark High School, playing varsity football for 3 years. He continued to play football for 2 years at Rock Valley College and 2 years at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. In 1972, he was an Academic All-American. He has been a football coach at Winnebago High School for 25 years. Mike has been a paid or volunteer wrestling coach for 20 years and track for 10 years. He has been a volunteer softball coach for girls softball at Winnebago High School, summer leagues and traveling teams for 12 years.

1997 – Cindy Ludwig Tigges–a 1976 graduate of Lanark High School, she participated on the first volleyball, basketball, and track & field teams at Lanark.  Cindy holds the record at Lanark High School for the most points scored in one basketball game (41) and the highest point average per game (26). After graduating from college, she returned to Lanark to coach the frosh-soph volleyball and basketball teams. Cindy had a remarkable athletic career at Northwestern College where she is also a member of the Hall of Fame.

1998 – Kraig Kniss–was a 1976 graduate of Lanark High School. He had a very successful high school athletic career. As an adult, he has volunteered to coach youth football and assisted with the high school football programs.

1999 – Bill Miller–was a 1951 graduate of Lanark High School.

2000 -  Doug Johnson–was a 1973 graduate of Lanark High School, where he participated in high school athletics. After completing college, Doug returned to Lanark to teach and coach at Eastland High School (consolidated). He coached varsity football and girls softball. Doug coached several successful softball teams. In 2000 his Eastland team placed 2nd in the state.