FORREST “IKE’” DUNNUCK, Nappanee High School, 1951, Indiana State University, 1955 Earned 7 varsity letters in basketball, football and fast pitch softball Basketball * 4-time letter winner * 3-year starter * third in Elkhart County scoring junior and senior seasons * 884 career points * All-Elkhart Sectional in sophomore and senior seasons * 1951 set […]

PAUL LIKENS, Elkhart High School, 1951 * Earned 2 varsity letters in basketball. Named MVP during junior season; helped lead Blue Blazers to sectional championships in 1950 and 1951 College Career * Four-year starter, letter winner at the University of North Carolina; named co-captain in junior and senior seasons * Oxford University Rhodes Scholar

DICK STARNER, Elkhart High School, 1951 * Four-year letterwinner in track, three-year letterwinner in football and basketball, named Tim Bringle Award winner in 1951 as top male athlete in Elkhart Community Schools * Track – set school record in high hurdles (15.1), won three sectional titles, two regional titles * Basketball – named team best […]

JOHN DAVID “DAVE” UMMEL, Wakarusa High School (1951) Dave’s senior basketball year was one for the record books. His 55 points against Millersburg, including 21 in the fourth quarter, was the high for the state that year and he became the first Elkhart County player to score more than 400 points for the season and […]

Lester LeVon Mann, Jefferson High School (1951) One of the highlights of “LeVon’s” basketball career occurred in the 1951 sectional when he set the one-game sectional scoring record of 34 points in the evening game against Bristol after scoring 21 points earlier in the afternoon against Concord. Jefferson won both games, but was beaten by […]

MILLIE FERRO, Elkhart High School, 1951, Volleyball Coached state runnerup 1970 (GAA) Won two NLC titles and twice was regional runnerup Basketball Concord Invitational title, `78 Three invitational runnersup and one sectional runnerup. Tennis Coached NLC tourney champs, `79 Three NLC No. 1 singles title winners and five state qualifiers Track Coached state champ 440 […]