INDUCTION YEAR: 2025

GRADUATION YEAR: 1991

FOOTBALL | BOYS BASKETBALL

THERE ARE PLAYERS WHO LEAVE AN IMPACT, AND THEN THERE ARE PLAYERS WHO REDEFINE EXCELLENCE. JASON HORN WAS THE LATTER. A FORCE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD AND A STANDOUT ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, JASON SET A STANDARD OF STRENGTH, DETERMINATION, AND LEADERSHIP THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE ATHLETES AT MCCUTCHEON TO THIS DAY.

JASON’S CAREER ON THE GRIDIRON WAS NOTHING SHORT OF HISTORIC. A THREE-TIME ALL-STATE SELECTION, HE WAS RECOGNIZED AT EVERY LEVEL FOR HIS DOMINANCE:

ALL-HOOSIER CONFERENCE (1988, 1989, 1990)

ALL-GREATER LAFAYETTE AREA (1988, 1989, 1990)

INDIANA FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STATE (1990)

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER (1990)

DAVID ELLISON MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD WINNER (1990)

TOM MCCAN SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (1990)

INDIANA REGION 4 MVP (1990)

NORTH-SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME PARTICIPANT (1990)

TOM LEMMING’S HIGH SCHOOL ALL-AMERICAN TEAM

DETROIT FREE PRESS BEST OF THE MIDWEST SELECTION

IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT HIS MCCUTCHEON JERSEY #79 WAS RETIRED, A TRUE TESTAMENT TO HIS IMPACT ON THE PROGRAM AND HIS LASTING LEGACY AS ONE OF THE GREATEST MAVERICKS TO EVER TAKE THE FIELD.

AS A THREE-YEAR VARSITY LETTER WINNER IN BASKETBALL, JASON BROUGHT THE SAME INTENSITY AND LEADERSHIP TO THE HARDWOOD, SHOWCASING HIS VERSATILITY AS A PREMIER TWO-SPORT ATHLETE.

JASON’S TALENT EARNED HIM A PLACE AT ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS FOOTBALL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY—THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. AS A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FOR THE WOLVERINES, HE BUILT A REPUTATION AS A RELENTLESS COMPETITOR AND A KEY LEADER ON MICHIGAN’S DEFENSE.

BIG TEN DEFENSIVE TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE (1994, 1995)

BEST DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (1995)

AP SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN (1995)

AFCA DIVISION 1A ALL-AMERICAN TEAM – DEFENSIVE LINE (1995)

SUCCESSFUL FARMING FARM ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAM (1995)

EAST-WEST SHRINE GAME PARTICIPANT (1995)

TO EXCEL AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL TAKES NOT ONLY TALENT, BUT ALSO RELENTLESS DISCIPLINE, WORK ETHIC, AND HEART—QUALITIES JASON EMBODIED THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

JASON HORN’S JOURNEY FROM MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND BEYOND IS A STORY OF PERSEVERANCE, EXCELLENCE, AND LEADERSHIP. WHETHER ON THE FIELD OR IN THE CLASSROOM, HE REPRESENTED MCCUTCHEON WITH DISTINCTION, SETTING A STANDARD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW.

From: U. of Michigan

Learning the value of hard work while growing up on a farm in rural Indiana, Horn's efforts paid off in a stellar defensive career that was capped by being named first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches' Association in 1995. Consistently ranked among team and league leaders in sacks and tackles for loss, he was a two-time first team All-Big Ten pick. He made 18 tackles for loss as a senior and set a Michigan single season record with 122 yards of tackles for loss yardage. He finished as Michigan's second all-time leader in quarterback sacks (24), third in sack yardage (184), third in career tackles for loss (39) and second in TFL yardage (236). CS