IHSAA Media Release
March 29, 2001
Contact: Jim Russell, Sports Information Director
Phone: 317-846-6601
ELEVEN SCHOOLS CELEBRATED IHSAA TITLES DURING WINTER SEASON
The winter portion of the 2000-01 school year is in the IHSAA record book, with 11 different schools of a possible 12 celebrating IHSAA state championships in six sports. Eleven other schools notched runner-up finishes across the six sports. Carmel was the only school with multiple state championships, while North Central of Indianapolis was the lone two-sport runner-up by finishing second to Carmel in girls swimming and boys swimming.
Highlights of the 2000-01 winter season:
2000-01 PARADE OF CHAMPIONS
Sport |
Champion Coach |
Runner-Up Coach |
Score |
Mental Attitude Award Recipient |
Participation |
Girls Swimming Feb. 9-10 I.U. Natatorium, Indianapolis |
Carmel Ken Stopkotte |
North Central (Indianapolis) Mark Hesse |
313 |
Jenni Anderson, Chesterton |
226 schools 3,506 athletes |
Wrestling Feb. 24 Center Grove, H.S., Greenwood |
Evansville Mater Dei Mike Goebel |
Portage Ed Pendoski |
40-16 |
J.T. Young, Bloomington South |
306 schools 3,799 athletes |
Boys Swimming Feb. 23-24 I.U. Natatorium, Indianapolis |
Carmel Ken Stopkotte |
North Central (Indianapolis) Mark Hesse |
274.5 |
Matt McDonald, Hamilton Southeastern |
209 schools 2,689 athletes |
Girls Basketball, Class A March 3 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Triton Mark Heeter |
White River Valley Joe Pigg |
55-38 |
April Williams, White River Valley |
|
Girls Basketball, Class 2A March 3 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Fort Wayne Luers Gary Andrews |
Shenandoah Todd Salkoski |
55-39 |
Rachel King, Fort Wayne Luers |
|
Girls Basketball, Class 3A March 3 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Indianapolis Cathedral Linda Bamrick |
Plymouth Dave Cox |
54-39 |
Carin Benge, Plymouth |
|
Girls Basketball, Class 4A March 3 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Ben Davis Stan Benge |
Fort Wayne Snider Lamar Kilmer |
69-45 |
Shyra Ely, Ben Davis |
379 schools 5,207 athletes |
Gymnastics March 17 Perry Meridian H.S., Indianapolis |
Homestead Ericka McEvoy |
Lawrence Central Michelle Annee |
111.825 |
Katie Dyer, Merrillville |
89 schools 732 athletes |
Boys Basketball, Class A March 24 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Attica Ralph Shrader |
Blue River Valley Barry Huckeby |
64-62 |
Andy Brown, Blue River Valley |
|
Boys Basketball, Class 2A March 24 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Harding Al Gooden |
Batesville Mel Siefert |
73-70 |
Matt Robbins, Batesville |
|
Boys Basketball, Class 3A March 24 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Muncie Southside Rick Baumgartner |
Evansville Mater Dei Roger Sills |
81-78 (OT) |
Brian Bell, Muncie Southside |
|
Boys Basketball, Class 4A March 24 Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis |
Pike Alan Darner |
Penn Dean Foster |
56-42 |
Chris Thomas, Pike |
381 schools 5,505 athletes |
BOYS BASKETBALL
FINAL 2000-01 SCORING LEADERS
As reported to the IHSAA
Player |
School |
Class |
Grade |
Games |
High |
Total |
Avg. |
Seth Colclasure |
Bellmont |
3A |
Junior |
24 |
47 |
706 |
29.4 |
Brandon McKnight |
South Bend LaSalle |
4A |
Senior |
23 |
41 |
657 |
28.5 |
Brandon Gabbard |
South Dearborn |
3A |
Senior |
18 |
39 |
453 |
25.1 |
Tyson Martin |
South Spencer |
2A |
Senior |
23 |
35 |
579 |
25.1 |
Anthony Winchester |
Austin |
2A |
Junior |
22 |
39 |
554 |
25.1 |
Cris Brunson |
Evansville Reitz |
4A |
Senior |
21 |
37 |
526 |
25.0 |
Derrick Graham |
South Bend Washington |
4A |
Junior |
22 |
37 |
551 |
25.0 |
Sylvester Mayes |
South Bend Clay |
4A |
Soph. |
18 |
44 |
449 |
24.9 |
Sean May |
Bloomington North |
4A |
Junior |
23 |
40 |
568 |
24.6 |
Ty Crone |
Eminence |
A |
Junior |
19 |
33 |
464 |
24.4 |
Cody New |
Tippecanoe Valley |
3A |
Senior |
21 |
35 |
510 |
24.2 |
Josh Smith |
Attica |
A |
Senior |
27 |
45 |
649 |
24.0 |
J. R. Angle |
Indian Creek |
2A |
Fr. |
21 |
43 |
502 |
23.9 |
Austin Brooks |
Evansville Day |
A |
Senior |
24 |
39 |
573 |
23.8 |
Levi Carmichael |
Eastern (Bloomfield) |
2A |
Senior |
25 |
44 |
596 |
23.8 |
Justin Chittick |
Rossville |
A |
Junior |
18 |
39 |
430 |
23.8 |
Kyle Cox |
Blue River Valley |
A |
Junior |
27 |
36 |
640 |
23.7 |
Craig Schoen |
South Central (Elizabeth) |
A |
Junior |
21 |
38 |
497 |
23.6 |
Evan Seacat |
Paoli |
2A |
Junior |
25 |
50 |
586 |
23.4 |
Chris Thomas |
Pike |
4A |
Senior |
29 |
35 |
676 |
23.3 |
Todd Schaefer |
Wheeler |
2A |
Soph. |
19 |
33 |
439 |
23.1 |
Daniel Trabant |
North Knox |
2A |
Senior |
24 |
40 |
556 |
23.1 |
Eric Walsh |
Caston |
A |
Junior |
21 |
40 |
486 |
23.1 |
Brandon Jones |
Peru |
3A |
Senior |
14 |
40 |
323 |
23.0 |
Jared Reeves |
Brownsburg |
4A |
Junior |
20 |
41 |
457 |
22.8 |
Blake Schoen |
Benton Central |
3A |
Junior |
25 |
36 |
560 |
22.4 |
Tyler Clevenger |
Winchester |
2A |
Junior |
21 |
35 |
470 |
22.3 |
Jackson Atoyebi |
Culver Military |
3A |
Senior |
22 |
37 |
490 |
22.2 |
Robert Haney |
Indiana Deaf School |
A |
Senior |
19 |
40 |
423 |
22.2 |
Jake Parker |
Portage |
4A |
Senior |
24 |
46 |
532 |
22.1 |
Pat Jessup |
Lakewood Park Christian |
A |
Senior |
25 |
44 |
551 |
22.0 |
Cole Sinclair |
Bedford North Lawrence |
4A |
Senior |
23 |
32 |
508 |
22.0 |
Martell Taylor |
South Bend Riley |
4A |
Senior |
21 |
40 |
461 |
21.9 |
Gabe Miller |
Carroll (Fort Wayne) |
4A |
Senior |
27 |
39 |
589 |
21.8 |
Avery Sheets |
McCutcheon |
4A |
Junior |
24 |
34 |
522 |
21.7 |
Blair Crawford |
Kokomo |
4A |
Senior |
23 |
34 |
498 |
21.6 |
Chad Miller |
Hauser |
A |
Senior |
22 |
33 |
476 |
21.6 |
George Richey |
Frontier |
A |
Junior |
21 |
40 |
453 |
21.5 |
Marques Bennett |
Brebeuf |
3A |
Junior |
25 |
36 |
536 |
21.4 |
Ricky Hise |
Kouts |
A |
Soph. |
25 |
34 |
530 |
21.2 |
David Logan |
North Central (Indianapolis) |
4A |
Senior |
22 |
42 |
467 |
21.2 |
Anthony Baxter |
Indpls. Broad Ripple |
4A |
Senior |
20 |
42 |
421 |
21.0 |
Andy Emberton |
Eminence |
A |
Senior |
20 |
35 |
414 |
20.7 |
Ric Wyand |
Franklin Central |
4A |
Senior |
22 |
35 |
456 |
20.7 |
Tony Bollier |
Leo |
2A |
Junior |
23 |
45 |
475 |
20.6 |
Nick Otis |
LaPorte |
4A |
Senior |
21 |
37 |
433 |
20.6 |
Sean Kline |
Huntington North |
4A |
Senior |
21 |
31 |
431 |
20.5 |
Chris Adkins |
Glenn |
2A |
Senior |
24 |
31 |
490 |
20.4 |
Marcus Hall |
Oak Hill |
2A |
Senior |
25 |
33 |
508 |
20.3 |
Jon Hunter |
Wes-Del |
A |
Junior |
21 |
30 |
422 |
20.0 |
Andy Marks |
Hebron |
2A |
Senior |
21 |
31 |
420 |
20.0 |
Blake Preusz |
Marion Lakeview Christian |
A |
Junior |
21 |
31 |
420 |
20.0 |
Nick Scott |
Danville |
3A |
Senior |
22 |
43 |
441 |
20.0 |
MILESTONES
Shrya Ely,
a senior from Ben Davis who earlier was voted Indiana’s Miss Basketball for 2001, will receive the Naismith Basketball Player of the Year award from the Atlanta Tipoff Club. Ely was one of 10 national finalists for the award. The other finalists included senior Jacqueline Batteast of South Bend Washington and junior Shanna Zolman of Wawasee. Ely averaged 16.8 points and 10.3 rebounds this past season while leading the Giants to their second consecutive IHSAA Class 4A state title.A. T. (Sam) Rasmussen,
athletic director at Valparaiso, was selected as the 2001 Indiana athletic director of the year by the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association at its annual convention. Rasmussen is in his 14th year as Valparaiso’s athletic director and previously coached boys track and field.Jerry Stauffer
, athletic director at Warren Central, has been elected the 2001-02 president of the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. He succeeds Larry Jackowiak of Concord. Stauffer is in his 13th year as Warren Central’s athletic director after previously serving as football coach where he directed the Warriors to two IHSAA state titles.Chris Thomas
, a senior guard at Pike, was named the Gatorade high school boys basketball player of the year for Indiana and is a finalist for the national award.
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