STEVE ADAMS, Concord High School, 1981 * Earned 10 varsity letters in 3 sports – football, wrestling, track * Earned 3 varsity letters in football. Two-time All-Northern Lakes Conference; team MVP and captain (1980), North All-Star; graduated as school’s all-time leading rusher * Earned 4 varsity letters in track. Won Sectional championships in 400M and […]

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 […]

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.

MYRON BONTREGER, Bethany Christian High School, 1987 * Three-year letterwinner and varsity starter in soccer, basketball and baseball * Soccer – holds school career record (66) and single-season record (33) for goals scored * Basketball – third in career assists (242) and in games started (61) * Baseball – second in career home runs (7), […]

TODD BEER, NorthWood High School, 1982 * Three-year letterwinner, starter in basketball * Basketball – finished career as third all-time in assists (178), fourth in points (881) and seventh in rebounds (249), co-MVP in 1982, all-Northern Lakes Conference in 1982, second-leading scorer in Elkhart County (1982) * College – U.S. Air Force Academy (1986), four-year […]

JOHN BABCOCK, Elkhart High School, 1971 * Three-year letterwinner in baseball, two-year letterwinner in football and basketball, 1971 Bringle Award winner as top male athlete in Elkhart Community Schools * Football – helped EHS to “mythical” 1970 state championship, honorable mention All-America (1970), first team All-State (’70), first team All-Northern Indiana Conference (’69-70), and North-South […]