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DONALD L. (DON) YODER, Goshen High School, Coach * Two-year letterwinner in football, basketball and track and field * Football – team captain in senior year, honorable mention All-State in basketball * Basketball – first team All-Sectional in senior year * In 1942, became head football coach and coached until 1959 with a 69-61-12 record […]

FRANK WALTHER, Bristol High School, 1954 * Four-year letterwinner in basketball * Basketball – first freshman to play at Bristol, played on first Bristol team to win Brighton Tournament (1954), career-high 26 points vs. Jimtown, 325 points in 1954.

PERRY STOW, Elkhart Memorial High School , 1976 * Two-year letterwinner in football and track and field * Track – set school pole vault record (15-2 1/4) in 1976, placed fourth at State Meet as junior * Named Elkhart Memorial Male Athlete of the Year for 1976 * College – University of Notre Dame (1980 […]

LAMAR STOOPS, Media, Nappanee High School, 1925 * Along with co-inductee Harold Michael worked radio broadcasts for Nappanee High School basketball from 1929 to mid-1930s, believed to be the first public broadcast of high school games in the nation.

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 […]

GREG STANLEY, Elkhart Memorial High School, 1974 * Three-year letterwinner in football and track, one-year letterwinner in basketball * Football – MVP and leading tackler in junior and senior seasons, all-Northern Indiana Conference, All-State in 1974 * Track – discus and shot put, set school and Elkhart city meet record of 163-7 in discus, shot […]

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.

JANET SCHOLL, Concord High School, 1976 * Four-year letterwinner in volleyball, tennis and basketball, one-year letterwinner in track * Earned MVPs in volleyball and tennis * Fast pitch softball – played from 1972-78 with Swathwood Roadrunners, Elkhart Komets and Goshen Sport Spot, the 1978 ASA Class A state champions * College – Indiana University (1981 […]

ERIC RISSER, Bethany Christian High School, 1988 * Four-year letterwinner in baseball, three-year letterwinner in basketball * Baseball – school record holder in career wins (14), lowest earned-run average (2.27), career triples (9), career runs scored (100) and career walks (79) * Basketball – led team to best single-season record (19-3) in 1987-88 season, third-best […]

SUSAN (BOGER) PETERS, Elkhart Central High School, 1977 * Four-year letterwinner in swimming. * Swimming – Elkhart County’s first girls IHSAA state champion in 100 freestyle (1975), runnerup in 50 free (’75), fourth in state in 100 free (’76), unbeaten in sophomore and junior seasons, set 7 school records. * College – New Mexico State […]