Greg Price, Elkhart and Elkhart Memorial High Schools (1973) At the conclusion of Greg’s senior year at Elkhart Memorial, he was selected as the school’s “Athlete of the Year.” Indiana University awarded him a track scholarship after he made his mark at the county, conference, and state levels in the shot put (2nd at State) […]

James (Jim) Miller, Middlebury High School (1945) Jim earned 12 letters in basketball, baseball, and track with the Middies. In baseball, his teams were Elkhart County champions all four years as he played shortstop and had a batting average of .335. In the 1950s, he played first base for the Keene Machine softball team. As […]

Ernie Miller, Middlebury High School (1960) Ernie led the county and set a school record in basketball scoring with 439 points and a 19.9 points per game average his senior year for Middlebury HS, scoring 32 and 30 points in two separate games. He was also the team’s leading rebounder that year and one of […]

E. Dale Swihart, Elkhart High School (1939) Dale earned eleven varsity letters in four sports at Elkhart HS in the late 1930’s. He earned All-State honors as a quarterback in 1938, then played football at Indiana University under coach Bo McMillin. During WWII, he served in Europe for 3 1/2 years with the Fifth Armored […]

Floyd Lamar “Bill” Tipmore, Elkhart High School (1937) Bill was an outstanding basketball and football player for the Elkhart “Blue Avalanche” (Blue Blazers in basketball) during the late 1930s. In his senior year, he was captain of the football and basketball teams, as well as quarterback and MVP of the football team. He was consistently […]

Wilmer Wine, Wakarusa High School (Coach) Coach Wine taught science and coached at Wakarusa High School from 1929-1943 and in the 1932-33 season his basketball team went all the way to the Sweet Sixteen, losing to Greencastle, finishing with a 24-4 record. Those were the only sectional and regional crowns in the history of Wakarusa […]

Raymond N. Ball, Elkhart High School (1954) Some consider Ray to be one of the best athletes to perform for Elkhart High School. He was an outstanding basketball and track athlete. In basketball, as a senior, he scored 528 points and played on an EHS team that advanced to the Final Four in 1954. After […]

Brian Bemiller, Northwood High School (1980) Brian earned All-State honors at NorthWood HS for his football achievements and was a standout baseball pitcher for the school, earning a slot in the North-South All-Star Series. As a senior pitcher, he won 12 games, six of which were shutouts and struck out 117 in 114 innings as […]

Ron Brookins, New Paris High School (1958) Ron’s high school coach, Jim Hettler, calls Brookins the best athlete at New Paris during the coach’s tenure. Though Ron seemed to be a mild-mannered, friendly player, his opponents came to know him as a fierce competitor who, when the going got tough, would rebound and score as […]

Brooke Doriot, Goshen High School (1975) Brooke is remembered as one of Goshen HS’ all-time great athletes and as a pioneer among female athletes. Before girls were allowed to compete in IHSAA sponsored contests, she placed second in the state 100-yard dash as a sophomore after winning district and regional titles in the 50 and […]