Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League

 
Short was one of the best linebackers in WPIAL football history, a dominant player on McKeesport’s 1994 team that won WPIAL and state Quad-A championships. He was a Parade All-American and a USA Today All-American. But he also was the starting center on McKeesport’s WPIAL championship basketball team in 1995. He went on to become an All-American linebacker at Penn State and played seven years in the NFL.