Nebraska State Champions
Class D Boy's High Jump
| Year | Name | School | Performance |
| 2016 | Greg Gaston | Wauneta-Palisade | 6'4 |
| 2015 | Stetson Meyer | Diller-Odell | 6'5 |
| 2014 | Stetson Meyer | Diller-Odell | 6'6 |
| 2013 | Dominic Abbott | Amherst | 6'5 |
| 2012 | Austin Smith | Pawnee City | 6'5 |
| 2011 | Connor Malone | Sterling | 6'3 |
| 2010 | Lucas Kasson | Amherst | 6'6 |
| 2009 | Connor Malone | Sterling | 6'5 |
| 2008 | Bryan Austin | Pawnee City | 6'4 |
| 2007 | Charlie Shaffer | Loomis | 6'4 |
| 2006 | Charlie Shaffer | Alma | 6'4 |
| 2005 | Kevin Hickman | Arcadia | 6'5 |
| 2004 | Chris Vacha | Elgin Pope John | 6'6 |
| 2003 | Chris Vacha | Elgin Pope John | 6'6 |
| 2002 | Chris Vacha | Elgin Pope John | 6'5 |
| 2001 | Whit Smith | Waterloo | 6'8 |
| 2000 | Scott Biltoft | Davenport | 6'6 |
| 1999 | Derek Bailey | Ansley | 6'9 |
| 1998 | Chad Duryea | Anselmo-Merna | 6'5 |
| 1997 | Chris Isaacson | Loomis | 6'5 |
| 1996 | Chris Isaacson | Loomis | 6'5 |
| 1995 | Chris Isaacson | Loomis | 6'5 |
| 1994 | Travis Black | Giltner | 6'5 |
| 1993 | Ryan Gottula | Table Rock | 6'5 |
| 1992 | Ryan Gottula | Table Rock | 6'6 |
| 1991 | Brian Flesner | Wilcox | 6'3 |
| 1990 | Klay Kluver | Clay Center | 6'7 |
| 1989 | Klay Kluver | Clay Center | 6'6 |
| 1988 | Derek Andrews | Wauneta | 6'5 |
| 1987 | Pat Glunz | Madrid Wheatland | 6'4 |
| 1986 | Matt Bridges | Bruning | 6'3 |
| 1985 | Scott Nicholson | Beaver Valley | 6'4 |
| 1984 | Dale Henry | Maywood | 6'2 |
| 1983 | Bruce Kelley | Beaver Valley | 6'5 |
| 1982 | Pat Oberding | Falls City Sacred Heart | 6'4 |
| 1981 | Steve Derr | Lyman | 6'8 |
| 1980 | Steve Derr | Lyman | 6'6 |
| 1979 | Steve Derr | Lyman | 6'4 |
| 1978 | Bill Freeman | Taylor | 6'2 |
| 1977 | Steve Bixler | Hayes Center | 6'3 |
| 1976 | John Crisler | Sterling | 6'2 |
| 1975 | Doug Sutherland | Murdock | 6'3 |
| 1974 | Mike Mizner | Madrid Wheatland | 6'2 |
| 1973 | Mike Miller | Gurley | 6'4 |
| 1972 | Mike Miller | Gurley | 6'2 |
| 1971 | Robin Casper | Hildreth | 5'10 |
| 1970 | Marlin Loseke | Humphrey | 6' |
| 1969 | Scott Nerud | Mitchell Sunflower | 6' |
| 1968 | Larry Hanson | Mitchell Sunflower | 6'2 |
| 1967 | Bob Beechum | Palmyra | 6'1-1/4 |
| 1966 | Craig Buchholz | Shelby | 6' |
| 1965 | Doug Wadkins | Phillips | 6'-1/4 |
| 1964 | Steve Krebs | Diller | 6'3-1/2 |
| 1963 | Dennis Colson | Elsie | 6'3-1/4 |
| 1962 | Dennis Colson | Elsie | 6'2-1/4 |
| 1961 | Norman Kaufman | Melbeta | 6'1 |
| 1960 | Eugene Premer | Bartley | 6' |
| 1959 | Eugene Premer | Bartley | 5'11 |
| 1958 | Ron Sinn | Alexandria | 5'11 |
| 1957 | Del Blank | Wilcox | 5'9-1/2 |
| 1956 | Tie.Don Brown Ken Harbee Ned Snyder |
Davenport Stapleton Nehawka |
5'8-1/2 |
| 1955 | Gary Sims | Huntley | 5'9-1/2 |
| 1954 | Randy Clark | Melbeta | 5'10-3/4 |
| 1953 | Tie.Randy Clark Jack Bernack Wes Stratman |
Melbeta Raymond Wilcox |
5'8-1/2 |
| 1952 | Gene Kuhlman | Chester | 6' |
| 1951 | Ray Kelly | Danbury | 5'11-1/8 |
| 1950 | Lawrence Murphy | Mitchell Sunflower | 5'8 |
| 1949 | Dean Brittenham | Brady | 5'8-3/4 |
| 1948 | Fred Myers | Bradshaw | 6'-1/2 |
| 1947 | Fred Myers | Cordova | 5'6-1/2 |
| 1946 | Tie.Calvin Leslie William Roberts |
Brock Lewellen |
5'6-1/2 |
| 1945 | Earl Elliott | Brady | 5'11 |
| 1944 | Sheldon Hale | Hardy | 5'7-3/4 |
| 1943 | James Brandt | Malcolm | 5'4-3/8 |
| 1942 | Walter Moon | Mitchell Sunflower | 5'7-3/4 |
| 1941 | Ray Magsmamen | Petersburg | 5'8-1/8 |
| 1940 | Tie.Robert Harris Bob James |
Dickens Alvo |
5'11 |
| 1939 | Leonard Bornschlegl | Ohiowa | 6' |
| 1938 | Leo Fisher | Potter | 5'9-3/4 |
| 1937 | Haag | Lebanon | 5'7-3/4 |
| 1936 | Tie.Lawson Max Quick Lamb Carper |
Burchard Hordville Hubbell Waterloo |
5'6-1/2 |
| 1935 | No Class D | ||
| 1934 | No Class D | ||
| 1933 | No Class D | ||
| 1932 | E. Lee Todd | Max | 5'9 |
| 1931 | Fleer | Winside | 5'7 |
| 1930 | Eby | Woodlake | 5'5-1/4 |
| 1929 | Gene Gilmore | Comstock | 5'9 |
| No Class D Prior to 1929 |
