GREG TRUEX, Nappanee High School (1964) ** Earned 6 varsity letters in basketball, track & field and cross country Basketball: ** 3 varsity letters – Team MVP, captain (1963-’64) ** led Elkhart County in scoring with a 22.6 average (1964) ** scored 378 points (1963), 452 points (1964) ** helped Bulldogs to 49-17 record in […]

JAMES PARCELL, Nappanee High School, 1968 **10 varsity letters in 4 sports – baseball, football, basketball, track Football: 2-time varsity letterwinner **MVP, team captain, 1st Team All-Northern Lakes Conference (1967)Basketball: 3-time varsity letterwinner **team captain, averaged 19 points a game in senior year Baseball: 3-time varsity letterwinnerTrack & Field: 2-time varsity letterwinner College: Western Michigan […]

FORREST “IKE’” DUNNUCK, Nappanee High School, 1951, Indiana State University, 1955 Earned 7 varsity letters in basketball, football and fast pitch softball Basketball * 4-time letter winner * 3-year starter * third in Elkhart County scoring junior and senior seasons * 884 career points * All-Elkhart Sectional in sophomore and senior seasons * 1951 set […]

DOUGLAS CHOKEY, Nappanee High School, 1968 Indiana University, 1972 Earned 11 varsity letters in cross country, track, basketball and baseball Basketball – Elkhart Truth All-Sectional team member. Track – IHSAA state runnerup in 880-yard run, 1968; Northern Lakes Conference champion in 880, setting school and league record, 1968; Elkhart County Sectional, Fort Wayne Regional 880 […]

TED NOFFSINGER (Coach), Graduated from Nappanee High School (1965) ** Coached Elkhart Memorial teams to 222 victories in track & field and cross country ** 1985 Indiana High School Coaches Association of Cross Country Coach of the Year ** IHSAA licensed track/cross country official (1976-present) Coaching: ** Boys cross country (1975-’94) ** Girls cross country […]

BOB BERGER, Nappanee High School (1963) Athlete: **Scored 469 career points in basketball, team captain (1962-’63 **helped Bulldogs 35-10 record in career **helped Nappanee end Elkhart High School’s 26-game Elkhart Sectional winning streak (1963) Coaching: **32 years of basketball in the South Bend Community School Corp. including 20 at South Bend Riley High School **career […]

STEVE WALTERS, Nappanee, 1968, 13 varsity letters – 4 track, 3 basketball, 3 football, 3 baseball, Named school’s outstanding athlete (1968), Track Most points (1967, ’68) senior team captain Basketball 731 career points 1st team NLC (’68) 2nd team all NLC (’67) Elkhart Sectional scoring leader (’68) team leading scorer (1967, ’68) team MVP (’68) […]

VANCE LOPP, Nappanee High School, 1957* Earned 10 varsity letters in 3 sports – track, football and basketball * Earned 4 varsity letters in track and field. Helped Bulldogs to mile relay championship at Elkhart County Track Meet in 1954 * Earned 3 varsity letter s in football. Helped Bulldogs compile 22-4 record from 1955-57 […]

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.

HAROLD MICHAEL, Media, Nappanee High School, 1928 * Harold, along with co-inductee Lamar Stoops, 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 * Harold worked in air traffic control for federal government for 34 years beginning in […]