Vern Shure
This year’s Male All-Around Athlete inductee is Vern Shure. Vern epitomized the term Student-Athlete as he earned seven varsity letters while maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA throughout all three of his high school career.
During his junior year Vern played both ways in football, center on offense and defensive tackle. He was named Player of the Week and Honorable Mention All-DVAL on defense. in Wrestling, Vern jumped up to the 202 lb. division after wrestling varsity at 170 lbs. as a sophomore, placing in the top 3 at three tournaments and a 4th place finish at the DVAL Championships. In Track he took second at the DVAL Championships, fifth at the NCS 3-A meet and qualified for the NCS Meet of Champions. His season best effort was 50’8 3/4” in the shot put.
All this was a prelude for Vern’s Senior year. In Football he was a two-way starter earning all DVAL Second Team on defense and Player of the Week. He was voted Co-Captain and received the Gino Marchetti Award as the top-lineman, the Sal Siino Award, as top scholar-athlete and the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame Scholar
Athlete award.
In Wrestling Shure finished in the top three at four tournaments. He was crowned the DVAL Champion at 202 lbs. and 5th place at the NCS Championships. He was voted team Co-Captain. In Track, Vern teamed up with past ASLHOF inductees Eric Snelson (2010) and Gerald Gamble (2015) to form one of the top Shot Put relay teams in the area and won the Stapleton and Amador Valley Relays. At the DVAL meet Vern finished fourth and qualified for the NCS 3-A Championships.
He was named the AHS Male Athlete of Year and selected Co-Valedictorian. Vern attended Stanford University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa earning his degree in Economics and then earning his MBA from UC Berkeley.