ONE OF THE MOST DOMINANT AND ELECTRIFYING ATHLETES EVER TO REPRESENT MCCUTCHEON HIGH SCHOOL. A MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1995, CHAD PECKINPAUGH LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON MAVERICK ATHLETICS THROUGH CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES, RECORD-SETTING ACHIEVEMENTS, AND UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS THAT STILL RESONATE TODAY.

CHAD WAS A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO MULTIPLE IHSAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ACROSS THREE SPORTS. ON THE BASKETBALL COURT, HE HELPED LEAD MCCUTCHEON TO SECTIONAL AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN BOTH THE 1992–93 AND 1994–95 SEASONS, ANCHORING A PROGRAM THAT CONSISTENTLY COMPETED AMONG THE BEST IN THE STATE. HIS LEADERSHIP AND SCORING ABILITY DEFINED AN ERA OF MAVERICK BASKETBALL.

IN BASEBALL, CHAD PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE ON ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAMS IN SCHOOL HISTORY. THE 1993 BASEBALL TEAM CAPTURED SECTIONAL, REGIONAL, AND SEMI-STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, ADVANCING TO THE IHSAA STATE FINALS AND FINISHING AS STATE RUNNER-UP—A REMARKABLE POSTSEASON RUN THAT REMAINS A HIGHLIGHT IN MCCUTCHEON ATHLETICS.

CHAD’S EXCELLENCE EXTENDED TO THE FOOTBALL FIELD AS WELL, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1994 SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM AND EARNED ALL-AREA RECOGNITION, DEMONSTRATING HIS TOUGHNESS AND VERSATILITY AS A MULTI-SPORT ATHLETE.

INDIVIDUALLY, CHAD’S BASKETBALL ACHIEVEMENTS ARE LEGENDARY. HE WAS A THREE-TIME ALL-AREA SELECTION, EARNED ALL-AREA PLAYER OF THE YEAR HONORS, AND WAS CHOSEN AS A NORTH–SOUTH ALL-STAR AND INDIANA ALL-STAR, REPRESENTING THE STATE IN THE PRESTIGIOUS INDIANA VS. KENTUCKY SERIES. HIS IMPACT WAS SO SIGNIFICANT THAT HE WAS FEATURED AS A FRONT-COVER REPRESENTATIVE OF HOOSIER BASKETBALL MAGAZINE DURING HIS SENIOR SEASON.

PERHAPS MOST REMARKABLY, CHAD SET 21 SCHOOL BASKETBALL RECORDS DURING HIS CAREER—MANY OF WHICH STILL STAND TODAY. AMONG THEM IS ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC MARKS IN INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL HISTORY: 58 POINTS IN A SINGLE GAME, A TOTAL THAT STOOD AS THE STATE RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE DECADE OF THE 1990S AND REMAINS THE MCCUTCHEON SCHOOL RECORD.

AS A THREE-YEAR VARSITY STARTER, CHAD LED MCCUTCHEON TO A 61–12 RECORD, THREE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND EARNED TWO TEAM MVP AWARDS, BEFORE BEING AWARDED A FULL BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIP TO EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, CONTINUING HIS PLAYING CAREER AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL.

CHAD PECKINPAUGH REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE AND SCHOOL PRIDE. HIS RECORDS, CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCES HAVE SECURED HIS PLACE AMONG THE GREATEST ATHLETES IN MCCUTCHEON HISTORY.