SARAH ELIZABETH THOMPSON, Bethany Christian High School, 2002 Spelman College (NCAA Div. III), 2006 Earned 13 varsity letters in 4 sports — soccer, cross country, basketball and tennis. Soccer — 4 years, 4 varsity letters … Set BCHS career record for assists (41) … Finished career with 60 goals and 161 points … First-team all-conference […]

JEFF SCHROCK, NorthWood High School, 1994 Purdue University, 1998 Earned 10 varsity letters in 3 sports — cross country, track, basketball. Cross country — 4 letters .. Four-time All-Northern Lakes Conference … Three-time conference champion … Sectional champion, 1993 … Three-time state qualifier … All-State, 1993. Track — 4 letters .. Helped Panthers to sectional […]

STEPHANIE (REICH) STROUT, Elkhart Memorial High School, 1985 Ball State University, 1989 Earned 3 letters in 1 sport — gymnastics. Gymnastics — 3 letters .. Earned 13 IHSAA sectional titles, 6 regional titles and 2 state championships on balance beam College Sports: Gymnastics — Earned Ball State’s Outstanding Academic Achievement honor, 1986 … 6th in […]

STU SWARTZ, (Media), Goshen High School, 1967 Has covered Elkhart County high school sports since 1967 Iowa State University Goshen News Sports Editor IHSAA Distinguished Service Award, 1996. Indiana Football Coaches Association Media Award, 2000. Indiana Baseball Coaches Association district Media Award, 2007. Two-time Phil Kotek Memorial Award winner from GHS IHSAA Distinguished Media Service […]

M. SCOTT MILLER, M.D. , Elkhart High School, 1965 University of Iowa Earned 4 varsity letters in 2 sports — football, basketball. Football — 2 letters … First team All-Northern Indiana Conference, first team All-State … Helped Blue Blazers to 1965 state championship … Earned award for team’s top lineman. Basketball — 2 letters … […]

DR. ROBERT ABEL, WAKARUSA HIGH, 1942 “Doc” played varsity base­ball at Wakarusa, but he is being honored for his more than 45 years as a volunteer team physician-and community leader. He remains team physician for Jimtown as well as NorthWood and also had served its predecessors, Wakarusa and Nappanee. His biggest thrill is being associated […]

JIM ANDREWS, NAPPANEE HIGH,1965 A four-sport athlete at Nappanee High School, including MVP in football, Jim is being honored for his outstanding coaching career. At NorthWood, his first football team, in 1972, was 4-6, then he compiled 19 straight winning seasons with a career total of 150 victories and 67 losses. His 20-year average was […]

KENNETH APP, ELKHART HIGH, 1939 Kenny began 40 years of athletic service to the area in 1942. He was a scorekeeper, referee, line judge, public address announcer, starter, timer, finish judge and chain gang coordinator for high school events. Kenny worked with track coaches Chelsea Boone, Matt Ronzone and Jim Eger. He was right-hand man […]

DOUG BROOKINS, FAIRFIELD HIGH, 1971 Doug led the Falcons to two Sectional basketball championships (1969 & 1971) and lost the ’70 championship game by a single point, finishing 20-3. He led the team in rebounds as a soph and was leading scorer and MVP his junior and senior seasons. Brookins scored 1,293 points in his […]

TOM EASTMAN, ELKHART CENTRAL HIGH,1973 Tom earned 3 letters each in football and track and 2 in basketball. In his sophomore year, the Blazers were State and NIC champs at 10-0 and finished 9-1 the following year, repeating the NIC title. He was named team captain as a senior, All-NIC, All-State and named to North-South […]