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2009 inductee · Alumni · Class of 1993
Amy Johnson Deverteuil
The leading scorer in OTHS basketball history, boys or girls, with 1,781 points.
From the Hall of Fame plaque
Class of 1993 Amy Johnson was an outstanding athlete at Ottawa High. She is the all time leading scorer in basketball, both boy’s and girl’s, with 1,781 points as a four year varsity starter for the Girl’s basketball program. She is also the all time leading girl’s rebounder with 730 rebounds. She averaged 17.3 points per game during her career, with the record for most points in a single game, 45. The Lady Pirates were 23-4 her senior year, and she was named All-State and played in the IBCA all-state game. Amy Johnson also played softball for three years and volleyball for two, leading the softball team in hitting her freshman year. She earned a basketball scholarship to the University of Michigan, where she started 63 games, averaging nine points a game for the Big Ten Wolverines. Her career high at Michigan was a 31 point game. She also competed for the Michigan track team, earning a varsity letter as a javelin thrower, thereby lettering in two sports at the Division I university.
Induction speech
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A player is made in the off-season
She played in the arenas she dreamed of