The student body is approximately 98%
African American.[5] Marshall High school is a
Title I high school as determined by
U.S. Department of Education standards, meaning that 40% or more of the students come from families that qualify as low income under
United States Census definitions. The school is perhaps best known[according to whom?] for its association with the sport of
basketball. Both its boys' and girls' teams have shown success at the state level. John Marshall has a history of excelling in other sports and academics as well: Baseball, football, fencing, track and field, Liberal Arts Major, Honors Math and Science courses.[citation needed]
Athletics
Marshall competes in the
Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the
Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The school sport teams are stylized as the Commandos. The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:[7] The boys' track and field placed in 3rd in 1960–61. Marshall has won eight state championships, has finished in the top four in state 18 times, and has made 24 appearances in the state final tournament; all of which are records for the state of Illinois.[8]
Basketball
The boys' basketball team has won the state championship three times (1957–58, 1959–60, 2007–08), has four times placed 3rd (1960–61, 1990–91, 2005–06, 2006–07), and twice finished 4th (1981–82, 1982–83). Courtney Hargrays, the head coach of the 07 championship team, is the only coach to win the Chicago city title and state title in his first year. The school's team figures prominently in the 1994
documentary filmHoop Dreams.[9] The Marshall girls' basketball team has been state champions ten times (1981–82, 1984–85, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1998–99, 2007–08, 2017–18, 2018–19) and runners-up three times (1979–80, 1985–86, 1993–94) in addition to placing 3rd six times (1980–81, 1982–83, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2008–09) and 4th in 1983–84.
Notable alumni
Arthur Agee (1991) – former Chicago-area basketball player, best known for being profiled in documentary film Hoop Dreams[10][11]
Dorothy Gaters – Girls basketball coach at the school since 1975. She has led the team to over 900 victories, and in 2009 became the third girls' basketball coach to receive the Morgan Wooten Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[26][27]
^Smith, Darius (26 March 2009), [http as://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/highschool/chi-090326-hoop-reality-movie-review,0,4764983.story "Marshall's Darius Smith reviews 'Hoop Reality'"], Chicago Tribune, retrieved 21 January 2010, Follow-up to "Hoop Dreams, the documentary that won the Sundance Audience Award in 1994 with its depiction of Marshall star Arthur Agee and St. Joseph's William Gates attempting to better their lives through basketball.{{
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^Ebert, Roger (8 July 2001),
"Basketball documentary is the stuff dreams are made of", The Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX, USA), pp. 2D, retrieved 21 January 2010, Arthur cannot graduate from Marshall, his Chicago high school, without transfer credits from St. Joseph's in suburban Westchester ...
^"Stuart Kaminsky", Daily Telegraph (London, UK), 2 December 2009, retrieved 21 January 2010, Stuart Melvin Kaminsky was born on September 29, 1934 in Chicago and grew up on the city's west side. After graduating from Marshall High School, he was awarded a bachelor's degree by the University of Illinois.
^"7 west district high schools to give diplomas". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. 27 January 1946. p. 148.
^Nicholson, Andrew (13 April 2006).
"Rutgers coach Stringer: Pondexter is a champion". PhoenixMercury.com. Retrieved 21 January 2010. When Pondexter was recruited out of John Marshall High School in Chicago, she could basically choose whatever college she wanted to go to. She choose [sic] Rutgers ...
^Hedgpeth, Joel W. (1978). "The Outer Shores", part 1. Mad River Press, Eureka CA.
^Pierson, Don (11 April 2007),
"Stingley 'family hero'.", Chicago Tribune, archived from
the original on 2 November 2012, retrieved 21 January 2010, Administrators at Stingley's alma mater, Marshall High School, announced that the school's grounds will be named the "Darryl Stingley Campus" in honor of the 1969 graduate who played at Purdue before becoming a first-round draft choice of the Patriots in 1973.
^Bach, John (January 2009).
"George Wilson helps USA basketball stay perfect in '64". UC Magazine. Cincinnati, OH, USA: University of Cincinnati. Retrieved 21 January 2010. That's about the same year that Jif, the player, first leaped onto the basketball scene to lead Marshall High School, an all-black team from Chicago, to the first of two Illinois state championships. Recruited by many colleges, Big George chose UC because of his admiration for his hero, Oscar Robertson.
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