LANCE ALLEN SWANK, Jimtown High School, 1979 ** Earned 12 varsity letters in football, wrestling, track and field ** Football – 4-year letter winner … named Associated Press all-state, team co-captain as a senior; two-way starter in junior and senior seasons ** Wrestling – 4-year letter winner … sectional champion, regional runnerup at 177 as […]

PATRICK PARKS, NorthWood High School, 1979, University of Indianapolis, 1982, Shelbyville High School, coach Earned 9 varsity letters in football, basketball and track & field Track, earned 4 varsity letters – MVP, IHSAA state qualifier in shot put, school-record holder in shot put and discus, sectional champion in shot put and discus, 1979. Basketball, earned […]

STEVE SWIHART, Goshen High School, 1979, Goshen High School, coach Earned 6 varsity letters in football and baseball 21 years as assistant football coach, 8 years assistant wrestling coach, 6 years head boys golf coach; coached only GHS golf teams to IHSAA state tournament. Football, earned 3 varsity letters – Co-Captain, Co-MVP on Redskins’ 1978 […]

MARK VILMURE, Elkhart Central High School, 1979 Earned 3 varsity letters in swimming & diving Swimming & diving – All-State team in 1979; team captain, MVP, mental attitude awards in 1979; IHSAA state diving runner up as a senior, 4th in State as a junior; 2-time sectional and Northern Indiana Conference champion; record-holder in diving […]

DAVID THOMAS, Elkhart Central (1979) , High School Football: 2-year letterwinner, Team MVP, Elkhart Truth MVP, 1978 First Team All-State Punter, 1978 All-NIC Quarterback, 1978 Captain. Basketball: 2-year letterwinner. Track: 2-year letterwinner. Golf: 2-year letterwinner, 2-time First Team All-state selection, Captain of 1979 State Championship Team. , College Attended Indiana University at Bloomington. 4-year letterwinner […]

Dan Glanders, Elkhart Central High School (1979) Dan’s major sport at Elkhart Central H.S. was basketball and he excelled at it. A two-year letterman, he was an important part of Sectional Championship teams in 1978 and 1979 and Regional and Semi-State Championships in 1978. Dan was All-County, All-NIC, All-Sectional (both 1978 and 1979) and an […]

MIKE GARY, Elkhart Memorial,1979 Mike was one of the triple threat stars, earning three varsity letters each in football and track and two in basketball. A Bringle Award winner and Memorial and Kiwanis Athlete of the Year, Mike also was UPI All-State (FB), All-NIC defensive back, and Scholastic Coach Second Team All-American. While he set […]

KATHY RICE LUTTER, JIMTOWN HIGH,1978 Kathy twice won the state gymnastics all-around championship, in 1975 and 1978. She also competed in the hurdles and high jump at the regional level in track. While not competing, she also was a cheerleader. Kathy competed in gymnastics four years at Indiana University, earning all-Big Ten honors and was […]

LISA LATTIMER, Concord High School, 1979 Lisa lettered four years in volleyball, basketball and tennis, winning MVP honors in volleyball three years, had the most winning sets two years and was honorary team captain two years. She also played on four sectional volleyball teams and two regional runnerup teams, was a unanimous all Northern Lakes […]