Without doubt, the years 1961-73 stand out as the "Golden Age" of Prempeh College. Within this period the school achieved unparalleled feats both in the academic and sporting fields in the country.

In the academic field, Prempeh College (also known as THE UNIVERSITY OF SOFOLINE) was always ahead of the so-called big schools. The school continued to increase each year the number of "A" Level students admitted to the Medical School at Legon more than any other secondary school in Ghana. The result is that the majority of the current generation of Doctors in the country are Amanfoo. We were also tops in the other facilities in the country's universities. In 1973, for instance, The University of Sofoline set an all-time record in the G.C.E. "O" Level exams. Of the 100 students presented only a few did NOT obtain distinction. I am happy to say that the 1984 G.C.E. O-Level Best student in West Africa was a Prempconian, Master Ashiagbor Wyczinsky. He was given the W.A.E.C International Award. The following year Ohemeng Anthony also became tops by winning the Best West African Student Award by the West African Exams Council (WAEC) in the 1985 SC/GCE A-Level Exams. Then came N.O.A. Caesar (of Pearson House) who won the 1988 version of this award (This was the same guy who set Ghana's record in the 1982/83 Common Entrance exam). Caesar went on to become the Senior Prefect of the School and again performed wonders at A-Levels.

Prempeh College can also boast of students that hold the highest (all-time) Common Entrance Exam Record and the highest Common Entrance Essay score. K. K. Edusah Amankwah of Aggrey House holds the nations record in Common Entrance exams.

As a matter of fact, since the National Inter-Schools Science Quiz Competition began in the mid-90s, Prempeh is the only school that has won it more than once (twice in a three year period) and has been runner-up twice. The idea of having the schools in the nation grouped into two (Nortnern Sector and Southern Sector) for the purpose of the quiz was discarded after an outpour of public protests in which they attributed Prempeh College's dominance to her being placed in an easy preliminary group--the Northern Sector. The Ministry of Education thereby put all schools in all 10 regions together in one group. Darkness did befall all critics in broad daylight on National Television as Prempeh College made it all the way to the finals for two consecutive years and becoming the only school to win it that many times.

Prempeh College has consistently "topped" the National SSCE leavers exam every year, except 1994.

The only Inter-Scools Science Competition in the 80s was held in 1986 and 1987 at U.S.T. Strange as it may sound, both of these competitions, for the two years in a row, were won by Prempeh College's Freeman House Prefects Sampson Adjei Sarpong and Osei Kwadwo Kankam II. Samson Sarpong went on to win the Math Quiz organized by the Mathematical Association of Ghana (MAG) that same year.

These wonderful achievements over a ten-year period inspired former Ghana Secretary of Education, Mr. K.B. Asante to praise Prempeh College. Mr. Asante said the following comment about our Board of Governors: "men of wonderful expertise and experience prepared to labour voluntarily for the proper education of students in Prempeh College.

When asked by a media correspondent about her impressions of Prempeh College, Joyce Aryee, the former Secretary of Education and the Guest Speaker of the 1985 Prempeh Speech & Prize Giving day, said: "one could see men of distinguished reputation and sterling qualities."

Mr. Ato Ahwoi, former Ghana Minister of Energy said "By the time I sat for my SC/GCE Exam in 1962, Prempeh College had been transformed into the leading school in the country. In academics, Prempeh was the best, in sports we were unbeatable, in discipline we were par excellence."

Currently, Prempeh College graduates occupy many prestigious positions throughout the world, including the Governor of Bank of Ghana and Former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Ghana’s Consul Generals to Canada and Switzerland, The President of The Sickle Cell Association of America, CNN's Regional Director for Africa, and many many more. When GTV airs the Prempeh College Documentary in 1999, it may feature distinguished alumni like the Ghana Presidential Candidate Mr. John Kufuor; Osagyefo Kuntunkununku II, President of the prestigious National House of Chiefs; Dr. Asamoah-Baah of the World Health Organization; and media Broadcasting personalities David Gyimah (BBC/ITN News London), Kwasi Kyei Darkwah and Fritz Baffour.

Sofoline, could in fact, be dubbed "Where Kings have trod!" Consistent with its royal heritage, Prempeh College has produced more Chiefs and Kings than any other school in Ghana. The list of Prempeh College Royals is endless, including Adansihene (King of Adansi Traditional Area), Kumawuhene (King of Kumawu), Ashanti; Mamponghene (King of Mampong), Ashanti; Akyempemhene of Ashanti; Paramount Chief of Akyem Abuakwa (President of the National House of Chiefs), Juabenhene (Chief of Juaben), Acherensuahene (President of the Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs) and many many more. In fact, the Amanfoo Durbar of Chiefs held at Prempeh in February 1999 was a homecoming of Chief from all areas of the country--from Brong Ahafo to the Eastern Region! For the May 1998 Launching of the Golden Jubilee, the Asante King, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II sent the school the following passage: "Prempeh College is the Kings College! It is our Kings College. It was established by King Prempeh himself. The founder of the Asante Confederacy, Osei Tutu himself has a house bearing his name. And so is Ohemaa Serwah, and now a Opoku Ware House."

Prempeh College, the only school to produce such many distinguished officers for The Central Bank of Ghana, achieved a new feat in 1998 by becoming the first school in Ghana to have produced two Presidential Candidates in the same Presidential Primaries. In the November '98 NPP Primaries, John Kufuor of the Prempeh Class of '58 faced John Koduah of Prempeh Class of '62. Oxford and Cambridge have achieved that in the U.K, and Yale has done it in the USA. Prempeh College was Ghana's first!

Reflecting her tradition of excellence in the sciences, Prempeh College has produced the giants of the pioneers of Medicine in Africa. Prempeh Doctors are featured in the most distinguished of international newspapers and news magazines (e.g., Dr. Emmanuel Tuffuor--New York Times, December 1995; Dr. K.A.B. Akosah--West African Magazine, February 1997) as well US News & World Report's Annual America's 100 Best Doctors.
In addition, a Prempeh College grad, Dr. Anarfi Asamoah-Baah is the first Ghanaian to be appointed to the Office of the Director-General of The World Health Organization!

Besides being the first and the only Ghanaian school to have her alumni raked among 100 Best Doctors in the far away United States (US News & World Reports Annual Ranking), Prempeh College produced the first African to be elected to the Chair of the United Nations Statistical Commission. Moreover, in January 1993, Daasebre Oti Boateng was elected Chairman of the 15th International Conference of Labor Statisticians in Geneva, Switzerland. By this achievement, he again became the first African to assume the Chairmanship of the International Conference of labor Statisticians since it was established in 1923.

In sports too, especially in athletics, there was no challenger. Indeed, the years 1963-68 saw Prempeh reaching the apogee of her fame in athletics. This was the period that Prempeh won the National Inter-Collegiate Athletics in Accra for the upteenth time. As for the Regional contest in Kumasi our "TEAM C" had no challenger. Those were the days when the school's dynamic "die-hard" supporters union used to sing our famous and inspiring song "OBI BEWU KWA" which literally means: "Somebody's son will die a useless death." The period saw the reign of S. Owusu-Mensah (Torino), Joshua Owusu and Stan Allotey. Those athletes were of international repute and before any race, the inferiority complex effect (I.C.E) alone defeated opponents. They represented Ghana in the Commonwealth Games and in the Olympics. In appreciation of the sterling qualities as a great athlete, Ghana's President Dr. Kwame Nkrumah despatched Mr. Ohene Djan, the then director of Sports to the school in 1965 to present Owusu-Mensah with the accolade "Osagyefo's Golden Boy." Some may still remember the day Owusu-Mensah defeated Achimota’s S.S Abugri on the tracks.

Some of America's Collegiate Athletic records are held by Prempeh College products.

Sierra Leone's national record in the 200 metres and the 4 x 100 relays is also held by Pierre Lisk, a Prempeh College Olympian. Lisk also holds NCAA records in the 55 meter dash at the University of Kansas.

Prempeh also produced great athletes like Andrew "Archiman" Manu (1964-71), who was one of Ghana's greatest hockey players, if not the Greatest. He later played for the Ghana national Team while at Legon. Others include the tripple jumper "Dziffa;" Obeng "Santo" Ntiforo (1961-69), who won so many laurels before Santo Jr. came in the 1970s to duplicate some of his records. Obeng "Santo Jr" Ntiforo even competed for Ghana in the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Canada. And there were the legendary Joshua Owusu and Stan Allotey who made Ghana proud in the 1960s’ and 70s’ Olympics and Commonwealth Games. In a recent publication by Ghana Review International Magazine entitled "40 years of Ghana Sports," the editors described Stan Allotey as "Ghana’s best athlete of all time." More Prempeh sports accomplishments can be found at the AMANFOO SPORTS HALL OF FAME.