Some of the area’s best high school athletes, coaches and contributors from the past will be honored Nov. 12 as the Elkhart County Sports Hall of Fame holds its 2011 induction ceremony.

Twenty-three honorees will be recognized during a program that begins at 5:30 with a social hour at the Matterhorn Restaurant in Elkhart.

Tickets for the banquet may be purchased at Concord, Memorial, Goshen and NorthWood high schools, The Elkhart Truth and Middlebury State Bank.

All tickets are $20 and no tickets will be sold at the door. For additional tickets information call John Luse at 848-5951 after 6 p.m.



A.J. MILLER

Northridge High School, 2005

Indiana University

** Earned 4 varsity letters in swimming

**Swimmer – 2005 Indiana Swimmer of the Year

** Won the 200 individual medley, 100 backstroke and 200 medley relay at the IHSAA State Finals in 2005

** Led Raiders to 3 straight sectional championships and 4 consecutive Northern Lakes Conference championships

** At IU, placed 11th in the 200 individual medley in the Big Ten Conference championships; helped Hoosiers to first Big Ten men’s title since 1985

** Earned invitation to U.S. Olympic Trials.

ELIOT FRIESEN-MYERS

Bethany Christian High School, 1997

Goshen College, 2002

** Earned 9 varsity letters

** Basketball – 4-year letterwinner … 3-year varsity captain; school-record holder with 1,146 points; school-record holder with 549 rebounds;

** Baseball – 3-year letterwinner

** Tennis – 2-year letterwinner

GARY CHUPP

Bethany Christian High School, 1987

Eastern Mennonite (Pa.) University, 1992

** Earned 8 varsity letters in basketball and baseball

** Basketball – 4-year letterwinner, 814 career points; school-record 88 percent career free throw shooting mark; made 92 percent of free throws in junior season; made 62 consecutive free throws, second all-time in Indiana prep history at the time behind Steve Alford of New Castle; first-team All-Elkhart County in 1987

**Baseball – 4-year starter and letterwinner at second base; carried .392 batting average in senior season; part of school’s first baseball sectional championship team in 1987

** At Eastern Mennonite, was 3-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference; scored 1,745 points (3rd all-time at EMU); school leader in 3-pointers made (294) and 3-point percentage (47 percent); carried 53 percent 3-point shooting percentage (tops nationally at any level)

DAVID GLASSBURN

Concord High School, 1983

Manchester College

Purdue University, 1988

** Earned 4 varsity letters in track, basketball and football

** 2011 Concord Athletic Hall of Fame inductee

** Track – IHSAA State Champion in 1983; sectional champion in 1983; school and Elkhart County record holder with a 6-foot, 11-inch jump; Goshen Relays high jump champion in 1982

** At Manchester, earned 2 varsity letters; NAIA indoor and outdoor national champion (7-2 ¼); NAIA indoor and outdoor All-American

** At Purdue, earned 2 varsity letters; school record holder with 7-4 ¼ jump; Big Ten Conference indoor champion; earned NCAA All-American honors in 1987

JIM HAHN

Concord High School coach, 1983-94

Ball State University, 1979

** Concord Athletic Hall of Fame inductee

** Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame inductee

** 203-68 record in 11 seasons; won 4 Northern Lakes Conference championships; won 6 Elkhart Sectional champions; won 4 Elkhart Regional championships; won 2 Fort Wayne Semistate championships; state runnerup in 1988, 1990; won 61 consecutive home games from 1985-1992

** At Ball State, 4-year starter, 4-year co-captain; school career assist leader; Ball State University Athletic Hall of Fame inductee

PAUL BACHTEL

Concord High School, 1985

Indiana University

** Earned 4 varsity letters in wrestling

** Wrestling – IHSAA State Champion; IHSAA State Runnerup; 3-time Northern Lakes Conference champion; 3-time sectional champion; 2-time regional champion; 2-time semistate runnerup; multiple national and Indiana freestyle champion

REGGIE UNDERWOOD

Elkhart High School, 1971

Illinois State University

Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1975

Cardine High School (Va) coach, 1993-2001

** Earned 6 varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball

** Football – 3-year starter; two-way starter on 1970 and 1968 EHS state football championships; named Northern Indiana Conference MVP in 1970; 36th team MVP as named by The Elkhart Truth; 1971 Indiana All-Star; 1970 Bloomington Herald-Telephone All-State team

** Basketball – helped Elkhart 1970-71 IHSAA State Runnerup; helped EHS to Elkhart Sectional championship

** At Illinois State, 2-year starter in football

** At Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1-year starter in football

** As a coach, compiled 154-49 record with 6 district championships, 2 regional championships, 3 VHSL Final Four appearance and 1 VHSL State Runnerup; 4-time winner of district coach of the year, 2-time regional coach of the year; 2-time head coach of the VHSL All-Star team

JOHN WEAVER

Elkhart High School, 1960

Ball State University, 1964

Coached at Elkhart High (1964-‘67), Hammond Clark (1967-‘70), Fairfield High School (1970-’82), Northridge High School (1982-’88)

** Earned 5 varsity letters in wrestling and football

** Wrestling – captain in junior and senior seasons; sectional champion, regional runner and 4th in IHSAA State Finals at 133 pounds; helped Elkhart to seventh-place finish as a team at IHSAA State Finals

** Football – 2-time winner of best offensive lineman award; team captain and mental attitude winner in senior season

** At Ball State University, 3-year letterwinner in wrestling

** Coaching – Elkhart High School – assistant in wrestling and football programs; Hammond Clark – head wrestling coach, assistant football coach; Fairfield High School head football coach (12 seasons), head wrestling coach (10 seasons); Northridge High School – head football coach (7 seasons)

** Media contributor – Provided color commentary for high school football games from 1988-2009 on WTRC Elkhart, working more than 300 games.

MARK FIORITTO

Central High School, 1980

Ole Miss

Ball State University

** Earned 6 varsity letters in football and wrestling

** Earned 1980 Tim Bringle Award for Elkhart’s top senior male athlete; earned Elkhart Kiwanis Male Athlete of the Year honor in 1980;

** Football – earned All-State honors in junior and senior seasons; earned All-Northern Indiana Conference honors in junior and senior seasons; MVP and team captain; school record holder in single-season and single-game tackles

** Wrestling – sectional champion, regional runnerup in senior year with 18-3 record

JIM POWERS Sr.

South Bend Central High School, 1943

Indiana State University, 1950

Memorial High School basketball coach 1973-76

** Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee in 1993

** Indiana State University Hall of Fame inductee in 2008

** Indiana Silver Anniversary team honoree in 1968

** Memorial High School – 53-38 record, Elkhart Sectional, Elkhart Regional champions in 1974

JIM POWERS, Jr.

Memorial High School, 1974

Furman University

SW Michigan College

DePauw University

** Indiana Silver Anniversary team honoree in 1999

**Earned six varsity letters in basketball, baseball and tennis (11 total including Rochester High School)

** Basketball – scored 1,235 career points and grabbed 490 rebounds; averaged 17.0 for high school career; holds single-season scoring mark with 611 points; All-Northern Indiana Conference in senior season

** Baseball – MVP, helped team to sectional championship in 1974; hit first home run in school history

STEVE JOHNSON

Memorial High School head basketball coach 1978-’83; 1994-2006

Concord High School head basketball coach 1968-‘72

Batesville High School head basketball coach 1972-‘73

Valparaiso University assistant coach 1990-‘94

Out of Door Basketball Academy 2006-present

Indiana University

North Central (Ill.) College

** Concord Athletic Hall of Fame inductee in 1991

** Elkhart County Coach of the Year in 1979, ’80 and ‘81

** Northern Lakes Conference Coach of the Year 2002, 2006

** Coached in 625 games – 366 wins, 259 losses; coached 4 Elkhart Sectional championships

MELISSA “MISSY” (YODER) JENNETTE

Fairfield High School, 1988

Southwestern Michigan College

** Earned 10 varsity letters in volleyball, basketball, track and baseball (team mgr.)

** Basketball – 4-year starter and letterwinner; 4-time team MVP; 4-time All-Northeast Corner Conference; set career (1,355), single-game (37) scoring records; career leader in rebounds (611), steals (269) and assists (189)

** Volleyball – 3-year starter, 2-time All-Northeast Corner Conference, 2-time MVP

PETE WEDDELL

Goshen High School, 1967

Clemson University, 1971

Goshen High School coach 1971-‘80

** Earned 5 varsity letters in basketball and tennis

** Basketball – MVP, team captain during senior season; 3-time winner of team rebounding award; was third all-time leading scorer in school history at graduation (851 points)

** Tennis – helped team to Northern Indiana Conference championship during senior season

** At Clemson, earned 3 varsity letters in basketball; named most improved player during senior season

** As a GHS coach, boys varsity basketball assistant (1971-’77), varsity track assistant (1972-’74), head boys tennis coach (1973-’80)

PENNY (HOFFMAN) DiPOMAZIO

Goshen High School, 1977

Southern Illinois University, 1980

** Earned 8 varsity letters in diving and track & field

** Track – IHSAA State Finals Runner in high jump during senior season; 2-time sectional champion; Northern Lakes Conference champion in high jump and long jump during senior season

** Diving – Twice placed third in sectional; placed 14th at IHSAA State Finals during senior season

** At Southern Illinois, earned 7 letters in diving and track; school record holder in high jump, NCAA qualifier

** As a high school coach in Lubbock, Texas, named Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches State Coach of the Year in 2006; 17-time district diving coach of the year; 11-time region diving coach of the year; National Federation of High Schools State Coach of the Year in track (2009-’10); current president of Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association

MAURIE KLINE

Goshen High School, 1977

Ohio State University

** Earned 6 varsity letters in track and cross country

** Cross country – helped team compile 59-2 meet record in three seasons; sectional and Northern Lakes Conference championships in senior season; team MVP, IHSAA State Finals Runnerup individually during senior season; sectional individual champion during senior season

** Track – IHSAA state qualifier, 2nd at regional, sectional champion in 2-mile run during senior season; 7th at IHSAA State Finals, 4th at regional, sectional champion in 2-mile run during junior season; still holds Goshen Sectional record for 3,200-meter (converted) at 9:16

MARCUS CARPENTER

Jimtown High School, 1995

University of Wisconsin, 1999

** Earned 12 varsity letters in football, basketball and track

** Football – Career 3,652 rushing yards, 71 touchdowns, 426 total points; helped team to 1991 IHSAA Class 2A state championship; helped team to 3 Northern State Conference championships, 4 sectional championships, 1 regional championship; 3-time all-state selection, Mr. Football finalist, North-South All-Star selection

** Basketball – All-Northern State Conference selection during junior year; 1st team All-Sectional during senior season; career 606 points, 325 rebounds

** Track – NSC champion in high jump as a sophomore

** At Wisconsin, played on 4 bowl teams, including 2-time Rose Bowl champions; lead blocker for 1999 Heisman Trophy winner Ron Dayne

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 letterwinner; 3-year starter; third in Elkhart County scoring junior and senior seasons; 884 career points; named All-Elkhart Sectional in sophomore and senior seasons; helped team to 1951 Elkhart Sectional championship

** Football – Played on Nappanee’s first organized football squad

** At Indiana State, 2-time letterwinner in basketball

TIFFANY BRENNEMAN

Northridge High School, 2003

Kent State University

** Earned 7 varsity letters in cross country and track

** Cross country – helped team to IHSAA State Finals Runnerup finish during senior season; 5th individually at IHSAA State Finals during senior season; helped team to 1 regional, 1 semistate, 4 sectional and three Northern Lakes Conference championships; team MVP in junior and senior seasons

** Track – Placed 4th at the IHSAA State Finals in 3,200-meter run, 4-event regional champion, 3-event sectional champion and 4-event Northern Lakes Conference champion during senior season; helped team to 1 regional, 3 sectionals, 2 NLC championships; set NLC Meet records in 1,600 and 3,200-meter run in 2003

GINA YODER

NorthWood High School, 1989

Michigan State University, 1993

** Earned 8 varsity letters in girls and boys golf

** Girls golf – IHSAA State Finals individual champion, Northern Lakes Conference individual champion in 1988; 3-time sectional champion, 1-time regional champion

** Boys golf – MVP and team captain during senior season

** At Michigan State, earned 4 varsity letters, team captain and low scoring average award winner during senior season

** As a coach, NorthWood High School boys golf coach (1995), Xavier University women’s golf coach (2001-’05), Dartmouth University women’s golf coach (2011)

BILL BURKHOLDER

NorthWood High School, 1978

Purdue University, 1982

** Earned 9 varsity letters in track, football and basketball

** Track – earned 4 letters; IHSAA State Finals Runnerup in pole vault during senior season; school record holder at 15-1 in pole vault; helped NorthWood to first team sectional championship during senior season; 2-time state qualifier; regional pole vault champion during junior season; Field events MVP during junior season

** Football – Team co-captain during senior season

** Basketball – 2-year letterwinner

** At Purdue, 4-year letterwinner in track; team co-captain during senior season; placed in 7 of 8 Big Ten Championships; NCAA Div. I indoor and outdoor championships qualifier during senior season

JOYCE MOYER

Wakarusa High School, 1948

** Earned 10 varsity letters in basketball, track and baseball

** Basketball – 2-time All-Elkhart Sectional team selection; 3rd-leading scorer in Elkhart County during junior season

VINCE TURNER

Media Contributor

** Elkhart Truth sportswriter (1977-’85) – Earned Associated Press “Best Sportswriting’’ award in 1981; Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Media Award winner; Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association Media Award winner

** WTRC radio sports director (1985-’98) – Play-by-play voice for high school basketball, football and University of Notre Dame basketball; Earned 22 AP, UPI broadcast honors for play-by-play (9), sports reporting (6), sports features (5) and commentary (2); IHSAA Media Award winner in 1997; Indiana High School Football Coaches Association Media Award winner; Indiana High School Athletic Directors Association Media Award winner

** Also contributed print and voice work for Blue & Gold Illustrated, Indiana Sports Weekly, AP Radio Sports, NBC Radio Sports and WFAN (New York)

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