30 times larger. Leelanau is by far the smallest school in Michigan ever to place so high in an MHSAA open (unrestricted by enrollment) state championship. Other accomplishments include: 1991 state Class D boys' Alpine skiing regional champions and runner-up state champions 1990 state Class D boys' soccer district champions 1945 state Class D boys' track and field runners-up 1944 state Class D boys' track and field champions 1940 state Class C boys' track and field runners-up February 17, 1989: Michigan state record for most points in a boys' basketball game (171) against Free Soil Combined with Free Soil's 94 points, both teams' total of 265 is also a state record, while Anton Phillips' 84 for Leelanau that day is still the most points scored by a Michigan high schooler since 1911. During the summer months, the campus' comfortable temperatures and north woods setting plays host to several NCAA varsity squads' preseason training camps, including cross-country and volleyball squads from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, as well as the University of Virginia women's soccer team, among others. Alumni Notable alumni include: Dan Gerber, American poet Najeeb Halaby, Federal Aviation Administration director, chairman of Pan Am and father of Queen Noor of Jordan Willis Hawkins, aeronautical engineer, designed the C-130 Hercules and other Lockheed aircraft Ralph Meeker, film actor, best known for his role as Mike Hammer in Kiss Me Deadly Walter Netsch, architect, designer of the United States Air Force Academy chapel Jay Nordlinger, conservative columnist, managing editor of National Review magazine Lane Smith, film and television actor, played Perry White on the television series Lois and Clark Ramón Rodríguez, film and television actor, played Bakuto on the television series The Defenders References Literature Connie Benac, ed. Leelanau – the First Fifty Years. Recorded by Those Who Were There 1929-1979, The Village Press, Traverse City 1979. Michael Huey, Straight as the Pine, Sturdy as the Oak. Skipper & Cora Beals and Major & Helen Huey in the Early Years of Camp Leelanau for Boys, the Leelanau Schools, and the Homestead in Glen Arbor. Volume One: 1921-1963, Schlebrügge, Vienna 2013. External links "Leelanau Talk" Wikileaks archive Private high schools in Michigan Non-profit organizations based in Michigan Preparatory schools in Michigan