Susan Hynd Lewis

Class of 1982 Susan (Sue Hynd) Lewis was the first OTHS Lady Pirate to receive a Division I athletic scholarship. She played basketball for 4 years at Eastern Illinois University. This followed her basketball accomplishments at OTHS, where she held at the time the all time career scoring record which she accomplished in her two year varsity career. She continues to hold the all time Lady Pirate scoring average at 18.2 points per game. She ranks 9th in career total points with 801 and 4th in career rebounding with 532. After graduation Sue was selected to play with an American all-star basketball team traveling the Pacific Rim. At OTHS she was also an excellent high jumper for the track and field team, medaling at the 1980-81 AA Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state track and field finals, the largest class of the two competition class tournament, with an 8th place finish. She was selected to represent the Blue-Grey Division in the Illinois Prairie State Games after graduation, medaling in the high jump and helping her team to a 1st place finish in the Games. After graduation from Eastern Illinois University Susan Hynd Lewis began a teaching and basketball coaching career at Wheaton-Warrenville High School. She has additionally traveled to the Dominican Republic and Ethiopia on numerous occasions to help teachers there improve their teaching skills and educational processes.