TWENTY YEAR AWARDS
2011
RODNEY COLE
SOUTHWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Basketball Coach – 15 years, Varsity Tennis Coach – 22 years.
FRANK DIXON
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Soccer Coach – 20 years, Regional NSCAA Coach of the Year – 3 times, 2002 National NSCAA Coach of the Year, ICGSA District 3 Coach of the Year – 4 times ICGSA State Coach of the Year – 7 times, Coached IHSAA State Championship Team – 8 times, Served on the ICGSA soccer committee.
SAM FIELD
NORTH DECATUR JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Softball Coach – 18 years, Jr. Varsity Basketball Coach – 2 years, Softball Sectional and Regional Champions in 1997-98, Honored as the Mid-Hoosier Softball Coach of the Year 5 times.
SUE JACKSON
EASTBROOK HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Basketball Coach – 2 years, Varsity Assistant Basketball Coach – 2 years, Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach at Indiana Wesleyan – 9 years, 8th Grade Basketball Coach – 5 years, 7th Grade Basketball Coach – 1 year, Assistant Softball Coach – 1 year.
ED LEWTON
TRI HGH SCHOOL
Varsity Golf Coach – 14 years, Jr. High Volleyball Coach – 1 year, Reserve Volleyball Coach – 2 years, Jr. High Cross Country Coach – 1 year, Jr. High Basketball Coach – 3 years, Reserve Basketball Coach – 2 years, Varsity Assistant Basketball Coach – 6 years, Assistant Jr. High Track Coach – 1 year, Assistant High School Track Coach – 4 years, Started the Girls Golf program at Tri as well as the Elementary Basketball program.
LISA PAWLIK
PENN HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Volleyball Coach – 27 years, Varsity Track Coach – 5 years and an Assistant Track Coach – 1 year, Assistant Basketball Coach – 5 years, Varsity Tennis Coach – 2 years, ICGSA Class 4A Volleyball Coach of the Year and Ball State Alumni Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2010, ICGSA Class 4A North Coach of the Year – 3 times, Northern Indiana Conference Coach of the Year – 3 times and White River Athletic Conference Coach of the Year – 1 time, South Bend Tribune Female Coach of the Year in 2001 and South Bend Tribune Sports Fest Metro Coach in 2009, Served on the ICGSA volleyball committee.
RITA ROUSE
GREENFIELD-CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Volleyball Coach – 20 years, Five seasons of 30+ wins, Shelby County Tourney Champions – 8 times, Mid-Hoosier Conference Champions – 7 times, 11 Consecutive Sectional Championships, Regional Champions – 5 times, Volleyball State Finals - 4 times and was the 2003 Class A Champions and the 2004 Class A Runner-Up, ICGSA South Coach of the Year – 4 times, Shelby County Coach of the Year – 7 times, Served on the ICGSA volleyball committee.
TOM RUPERT
JASPER HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Softball Coach - 10 years, Middle School Softball Coach – 2 years, College Softball Coach – 10.5 years, Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 1993 and 1995, Honored as the ICGSA District 5, State, and NFHS Indiana Softball Coach of the Year in 2008.
BERTIE SCHMIDT
OLDENBURG ACADEMY
Varsity Tennis Coach – 24 years, Sectional and Regional Championship and Semi-State team participant in 2010, Honored with the Ammann Brinkmoeller Award in 2010.
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