![]() “I was a goalie for the soccer team and even played some goalie for the water polo and lacrosse teams, so I guess I had good hands,” Gooden said. His prowess as a 5-foot-7 inch senior setter sparked the Wildkits to a 31-1 record, including a victory over Downers Grove South in the finals of the season-ending tournament at Niles West that crowned the unofficial state champ.īoys volleyball became an Illinois High School Association sanctioned sport in 1992. ![]() Now the successful women’s volleyball head coach at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Gooden will be remembered by fellow classmates as the guy with the good hands. He was a pioneer in the sport of boys volleyball, leading the Wildkits to an unofficial state championship and earning Player of the Year recognition as a senior. Now Gooden is a part of the most successful graduating class in school athletic history, joining seven other 1989 graduates as a member of the Hall of Fame. Evanston Township High School's iconic "castle-like" structure and main entrance, as viewed from Dodge Avenue.Ray Gooden found his niche in the Evanston athletic program in a sport that was still growing in the late 1980s. ETHS is fully accredited by the State of Illinois. Evanston Township High School has 589 certified staff members. ![]() The attendance area of the school is home to Northwestern University. Nichols, King Arts, Bessie Rhodes, Haven, Chute
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