# An all-state athletes wall with room for every honoree to come

> Build an all-state athletes wall that lists every honoree by sport, year and selection, with a profile telling the story of the season that earned it.

Source: https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/all-state-athletes-wall · HistoryShowcase · Updated 2026-10-26

All-state selection is one of the biggest honors a high school athlete can earn. Give every honoree a place on the wall, with the sport, the year and the season behind it.

## What is an all-state athletes wall?

An all-state athletes wall lists every student from a school named to an all-state team, with the sport, year and selection level, and it usually hangs in a gym lobby or near the weight room. With HistoryShowcase, each honoree gets one profile that holds every selection they earned, and visitors can filter the wall by sport, selection or year.

- Made for: athletic directors and head coaches
- Where schools put it: Weight room entrance, Gym lobby, Awards night
- Layouts: Honors ledger, Portrait gallery
- Visitors can filter by: Sport, Selection, Year
- Cost: Free to use. No payment details required.

## A certificate and a newspaper line isn’t enough

All-state honors usually arrive as a certificate, a mention in the local paper and a post on the team’s page. Then the season ends. Each sport receives its selections from a different association or coaches’ group, so no one keeps the full list. A painted or plaque wall fills up, and new names have nowhere to go.

An all-state athletes wall keeps every honoree together and leaves room for the next one. Each athlete gets a profile with the sport, year and selection, plus the season that earned it. Athletes honored in more than one sport or year stay in one profile, and younger athletes walking past can see exactly what it takes.

## How does an all-state athletes wall compare with an all-state plaque?

| What matters | All-state plaque | HistoryShowcase |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Room for new honorees | Limited by the plates left on the plaque | A new profile for each season’s selections |
| Selection level | Sometimes left off for space | First team, second team or honorable mention |
| Athletes honored more than once | A separate plate each time | One profile with every selection |
| Academic all-state | Often a separate certificate | Its own collection, if your state names it |
| Sharing with families | Seen when they visit school | Opened from any web browser |

## What goes on an all-state wall

- **Every honoree by sport.** List all-state selections for every sport your school plays, boys and girls, in the same format.
- **The selection level.** Show first team, second team, honorable mention or the categories your state uses, so the honor is clear.
- **Multi-year and multi-sport athletes.** Keep every selection in one profile, so an athlete named in two sports or three seasons is easy to recognize.
- **The season behind the honor.** Write a short summary of the season that earned the selection, in your coach’s words.
- **Academic all-state.** If your state recognizes academic all-state teams, give those honorees their own collection.
- **Photos from the season.** Add action shots and the award photo to each profile, up to 100 per athlete.

## How to set up your all-state wall

Group honorees by season so the wall mirrors your athletic calendar. Ledgers list names cleanly; portraits put faces to them.

Site: All-State Athletes

- **Fall sports** (Honors ledger): One row per honoree with sport, selection and year.
- **Winter sports** (Honors ledger): Wrestlers can carry their weight class in the subtitle.
- **Spring sports** (Honors ledger): Track and swim honorees can list their events.
- **Honoree portraits** (Portrait gallery): A portrait for every all-state athlete, each opening a full profile.

Visitors can filter by: Sport, Selection, Year.

## How do you set up an all-state athletes wall?

1. **Find the full list.** Ask coaches for past selections and check old programs and clippings. Many schools find honorees they had forgotten.
2. **Import or type the honorees.** Import a spreadsheet with sport, selection and year columns, or type each athlete in and add photos later.
3. **Publish, then add each season.** Preview the wall privately, publish it, and add new honorees as soon as each season’s selections are announced.

## Where should an all-state athletes wall go?

- **Weight room entrance.** Athletes see the standard they’re working toward every time they lift.
- **Gym lobby.** Families and visiting fans see it before games.
- **Awards night.** Open the wall on a screen while new honorees are recognized.

## All-state athletes wall questions

### We don’t have a complete list of past honorees. Should we wait?

No. Publish the selections you can confirm and add older ones as you find them. Changes save to a private draft until someone with publishing access publishes them.

### How do we show athletes honored more than once?

Give each athlete one profile and list every selection in the subtitle and biography. Use the selection filter for the highest honor if that suits your school.

### Can visitors find a single sport?

Yes. Add filters such as sport and selection, plus year, so a visitor can narrow the wall to one program in a couple of taps. They can also search by name.

### Can honorees share their profile?

Yes. The published site has its own web address, so athletes and families can open the wall in any web browser.

## Related

- [Athletic Hall of Fame Touchscreen](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/athletic-hall-of-fame-touchscreen): What fans actually do at the screen: tap a sport, search a name and open a full athlete profile.
- [College Signing Day Wall](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/college-signing-wall): Every athlete who signed to play in college, with the school, the sport and photos from signing day.
- [Historical Team Rosters](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/historical-team-rosters): Every season’s roster for every sport, pulled from old programs and yearbooks into one searchable place.
- [Academic Recognition Display](https://history-showcase.com/use-cases/academic-recognition-display): Department awards, academic letters and awards-night honors on one screen, by subject and year.

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