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TIM WEAVER, NorthWood High School (1982) While at NorthWood, Tim proved he was one of NorthWood’s best all-around athletes. He was a stand-out in baseball, football and basketball, lettering three years in baseball and football and two years in basketball. In football he was MVP his senior year and named All-NLC on both offense and […]

FLOYD TROSPER, Goshen High School (1967) Floyd was an exceptional and versatile athlete at Goshen High School achieving ten letters in three sports during his high school career. As a three-year letterman in football, he led the Redskins in rushing, receiving and tackles and was named to the All-Northern Indiana Conference First Team and was […]

AARON THOMAS, Northridge High School (2000) Aaron was an outstanding basketball player for Northridge, lettering four years and helping the Raiders to Sectional Championships in 1997,1998 and 2000 and to a Northern Lakes Conference Championship in 1998. He finished with 1,262 points, the second highest in school history, and set a single game scoring record […]

PEG (STEPHENSON) KELLY, Concord High School (1976) Peg was an outstanding athlete for the Minutemen in volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, tennis and track and field and received the Concord Female Athlete of the Year award. As a freshman she earned State Champion honors in advanced trampoline. She earned three varsity letters and was undefeated as a […]

JAMES P. “JIM” SPEICHER, Fairfield High School (1978) Jim was an outstanding three-sport athlete with the Falcolns, earning eleven varsity letters. He was one of only three to be named MVP in football, baseball and basketball in 1978. He played baseball on a scholarship to Bethel College and compiled a .334 career batting average. Jim […]

RAYMOND “HAP” SORENSEN, Elkhart High School (Coach) Hap served as an outstanding boys tennis coach for the Blue Blazers from 1935-1949. As coach, he led the team to 10 NIHSL championships in fifteen years. While coach at Western Michigan University from 1950-1972 he helped win fourteen Mid-American Conference Championships including eleven straight titles. As an […]

Jeannine (Roberts) George, Northridge High School (Coach) Jeannine has served as coach of five different sports at Northridge. As volleyball coach from 1974-1984, her teams won Sectional Championships in 1977, 1978 and 1982. Her volleyball teams were .500 or better all ten seasons. She helped develop Northridge’s first Division I female athlete (Michelle Erickson). Jeannine […]

Dale Rems, Elkhart Memorial High School (Coach) Dale served eleven seasons as the Head Football Coach at Memorial and was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Dale also had served as an assistant coach at Mishawaka and South Bend Riley High Schools. He was also an assistant for eight years and […]

Bryan Rathke, Goshen High School (Coach) Coach Rathke served as the boys swimming and diving coach from 1968-1983 and 1992-1994 and girls swimming and diving coach from 1991-1997. He led the Redskin boys to a record of sixty-one consecutive dual meet victories. Bryan was named NLC Coach of the Year five times. While he was […]

Lenore (Doering) Pletcher, Wakarusa High School (1933) Lenore was one of Elkhart County’s best female athletes during the 1930’s. As a pioneer she played basketball from 1930-1934 and started all four years. She also served as a cheerleader for the boys team. She once scored 47 points in a 63-5 victory over Jefferson Township. After […]