1971: Basketball - North Suburban Conference All-Conference and All-State Honorable mention

1973: Basketball - Junior College All-American at Olney Central College

1973-75: - Basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks

1974, 1975: Member of two Big 8 Champion teams: 2 NCAA Tournament teams at Kansas University

1974: Basketball - Starting forward for the Final Four Kansas Jayhawks

1975: Drafted by the Boston Celtics

1980: Elected to the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame

1975-76: Played Professional Basketball in Europe

Morningstar, a 1971 Dundee High School graduate, was an All-Conference and honorable Mention All-State basketball player at Dundee before playing at Olney Central College, where he was a Junior College All-American, and later at Kansas where he helped the Jayhawks to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths -- including a Final Four appearance in 1974.

In 1975, Morningstar was drafted by Boston and finished his professional career in Europe. Morningstar is an inductee of the Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame.