DAVE WALKER (Coach), Elkhart High School (1969) ** Earned 4 varsity letters in baseball and football, coached Elkhart Central softball for 22 seasons Football: ** 2 varsity letters – 3-year participant** helped Blue Blazers to 1968 state championship and Northern Indiana Conference title Baseball: ** 2 varsity letters – 3-year participant ** All-Sectional team catcher […]

CLYDE RILEY, JR., Elkhart High School, 1969 ** Earned 5 varsity letters in football, basketball and track and field ** Football – 1-year letter winner … named All-Northern Indiana Conference, all-state, most improved lineman on 1968 state and NIC championship team ** Basketball – 2-year letter winner ** Track – 2-year letter winner … competed […]

GREG STUMP, Elkhart High School (1969) ** Earned 3 varsity letters in track & field ** Concord Hall of Fame inductee (2013) Track: ** 3 varsity letters ** 2-time IHSAA state mile relay participant (1968, ’69), 3-time IHSAA state qualifier ** helped 1969 Blue Blazers to IHSAA team state championship, 3 sectional, 3 regional and […]

STEVE NEFF (Coach), Wakarusa High School (1969) ** Long-time girls basketball and assistant football coach at NorthWood High School ** 2006 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee High School: ** Lettered in basketball, baseball, football and track & field College: **Manchester University (1973), baseball MVP and all-conference (1974) Coaching: Girls Basketball ** Second-winningest coach in […]

DAN GUNN (Coach), Graduated from Marion High School (1969) ** 514 varsity boys basketball wins at NorthWood, Penn and Marion **36-year member of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Coaching: NorthWood **239-180 in 18 seasons (1976-’78; 1993-2007) **2 Northern Lakes Conference championships, 3 sectional championships (1995, 2001, 2007), 1 regional (2007) Penn **3 sectional championships (1983, […]

JIM SHOUP, Middlebury High School, 1969 * Four-year letterwinner in basketball and baseball * Baseball – led Middlebury to school’s first baseball sectional championship (1967) * Basketball – 728 career points, including 459 in senior season * College – Indiana University (1973), batted .388 in Big Ten (1971), third-best in conference, and .330 overall.

Dennis McBrier, Wakarusa High School (1969) Dennis was an outstanding three-sport athlete for Wakarusa from 1967-1969 in football, basketball and track. He was a two-year letter winner in football and a member of Wakarusa’s undefeated 8-0 team. He was named All-County and Honorable Mention All-State as a lineman. As a two-year letter winner in basketball, […]

Donald C. Presser, Bristol and Elkhart High Schools (1969) Don was a baseball player who played for Bristol, Elkhart, Eastern Michigan University and Ball State before playing professional baseball in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ farm system, Don once hit three home runs in a Sectional game. He earned a varsity baseball letter as an 8th grader […]

Jack Jamison, Wakarusa High School (1969) Jack earned a total of 15 letters in basketball, track, cross-country, and baseball. He was named to the All-Sectional Tournament Team by the Elkhart Truth in 1967 and 1968 and was named Wakarusa’s MVP following both his junior and senior seasons. The 1969 Wakarusa team won the final Elkhart […]

BOB FARRELL, Jimtown High School, 1969, Palm Beach Junior College Earned 13 varsity letters in 5 sports — cross country, baseball, track, football, basketball. Cross country — 2 letters.. Baseball — 4 letters .. Three-time MVP … Three-time All-Northern State Conference. Track — 2 letters. Basketball — 1 letter. Football — 2 letters .. All-NSC […]