BILL SHARPE, South Bend LaSalle High School, 1968 / Rock Valley Junior College, 1969-’70 / University of Evansville, 1971-‘72, Coaching:**Head football coach, Jimtown High School, 1980-2006 **Coached school to 4 IHSAA state championships (1A, 1991; 2A, 1997, 1998; 2A, 2005) and 2 state runnerup (1A, 1985, ’87) **Won 6 semistate titles, 10 regional titles, 17 […]

ROD MORGAN, Elkhart Memorial High School, 1978 ** Earned 8 varsity letters in football, wrestling and track and field ** Football – 3-year letter winner … two-time All-Northern Indiana Conference selection ** Wrestling – 2-year letter winner … recorded most takedowns as a senior; fourth in IHSAA state final in senior season ** Track and […]

FRED MYERS, Concord High School, 1965 ** Earned 7 varsity letters in gymnastics, track and field; inducted into Concord Athletic Hall of Fame (1990) ** Gymnastics – 4-year letter winner … two-time IHSAA state champion in tumbling in junior and senior season; IHSAA state champion on trampoline in senior season; led team to 2 IHSAA […]

JIM MONTAGANO, Elkhart Memorial High School, 1977 ***5 varsity letters in 2 sports – football, baseball **EMHS Male Athlete of the YearFootball: 3-year varsity letterwinner; Team captain (1976), Baseball: 2-year varsity letterwinner; Team captain (1977) **1st Team All-Northern Indiana Conference (1977), 2nd Team All-NIC (1976) **Indiana All-Star Game selection 88.371 career batting average, 8 career […]

GARY NICHOLS, Elkhart High School, 1964 **5 varsity letters in 3 sports – football, wrestling and track **1964 Tim Bringle Memorial Award winner as Elkhart’s top male athlete in Elkhart Community Schools, Football: 2-time varsity letterwinner **team co-captain, Northern Indiana Conference champion, state champion in 1963 **All-NIC, All-State selection (’63), team Best Defensive Back, Most […]

KARI M. HEUSINKVELD, Bethany Christian High School, 2008 **12 varsity letters in 3 sports – soccer, basketball, softball **Senior Athlete of the Year, Basketball: 4-year starter **3-year team captain … school record 88 games played **1,035 career points (2nd all-time in school history), 178 assists Soccer: 4-year varsity starter **2-year team captain **143 career points […]

GREG TRUEX, Nappanee High School (1964) ** Earned 6 varsity letters in basketball, track & field and cross country Basketball: ** 3 varsity letters – Team MVP, captain (1963-’64) ** led Elkhart County in scoring with a 22.6 average (1964) ** scored 378 points (1963), 452 points (1964) ** helped Bulldogs to 49-17 record in […]

MEGAN JACKSON- ELLIOTT, Northridge High School, 2006 **8 varsity letters in 2 sports – cross country and track , Cross country: **3-time team MVP (2003-05), 4-time All-Northern Lakes Conference selection **NLC, sectional, regional team champion (2002-05), 4-time IHSAA state qualifier; finished 13th (2002), 8th (2003), 6th (2004) and 11th (2005) as an individual at IHSAA […]

DAVID WHITTAKER (Coach), Graduate of Elkhart High School (1968) ** All-time career victories leader for Elkhart Central High School (528) ** Eight-time Northern Indiana Coach of the Year in tennis Girls Tennis: ** Elkhart Central girls (1988-2013) – 291-137 career record ** 12 sectional titles, 8 regional titles, 3 Northern Indiana Conference titles, 1 semi […]

Peggy Bough, North Miami High School, 1975 Coaching: NorthWood High School (1979-2007) **Head volleyball coach, 1991-2007 **Compiled 358-159 varsity record **Teams 2 won 10 sectional titles, including 8 consecutive **2 regional titles (1997-98) **1 Northern Lakes Conference title (1997) **1-time semistate finalist (1998) **NorthWood High School: Freshman volleyball coach for 2 years **NorthWood Middle School: […]