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Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental Attitude

At the state finals, members of the IHSAA Executive Committee present the Trester Award to the outstanding
senior participant in each classification of the boys basketball state finals. The recipients of this award, who were
nominated by their principals and coaches, must excel in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic
ability in basketball. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, IHSAA corporate partner, presents a $1,000 scholarship
to each school in the name of the recipient.
From 1917 to 1943 the award was known as “The Gimbel Medal for Mental Attitude” in honor of Mr. Jake
Gimbel of Vincennes, who awarded the medal each of those years until his passing prior to the 1943 tournament.
In 1944, it was known as the “IHSAA Medal for Mental Attitude” and in 1945 the IHSAA board officially named the
award “The Arthur L. Trester Medal for Mental Attitude” in honor of the man who served as first commissioner of
the Association from 1929 to 1944. Recipients were given a medal each year from 1945 through 1964, hence
“The Arthur L. Trester Medal for Mental Attitude.” Since 1965, the award was made in the form of a plaque.
Arthur L. Trester Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, IHSAA corporate partner, will present a $1,000 scholarship to each school
IHSAA Commissioner in the name of the recipient. Since 1989, over $629,000 in college scholarships have been presented by Indiana
1929-1944 Farm Bureau Insurance to deserving high school students in Indiana.

2008 Class 4A 2008 Class 3A 2008 Class 2A 2008 Class A
Gordon Hayward Pryce Underwood Lucas Wickersham Jacob Everett
Brownsburg Harding Winchester Triton

Year Name School Year Name School
1916-17 Claude Curtis Martinsville 1949-50 Pat Klein Marion
1917-18 Ralph Esarey Bloomington 1950-51 Robert Jewell Indianapolis Attucks
1918-19 Walter Cross Thorntown 1951-52 Joe Sexson Indpls. Arsenal Technical
1919-20 Harold Laughlin Bedford 1952-53 Harley Andrews Terre Haute Gerstmeyer
1920-21 Ralph Marlowe Sandusky 1953-54 Bobby Plump Milan
1921-22 Reece Jones Vincennes 1954-55 James Henry New Albany
1922-23 Maurice Robinson Anderson 1955-56 Dennis Tepe Elkhart
1923-24 Philip Kessler Richmond 1956-57 Robert Perigo Lafayette Jefferson
1924-25 Russell Walter Kokomo 1957-58 Richard Haslam Crawfordsville
1925-26 Richard Williams Evansville Central Year Name School
1926-27 Franklin Prentice Kendallville 1958-59 James Rayl Kokomo
1927-28 Robert McCarnes Logansport 1959-60 Robert Cantrell East Chicago Washington
1928-29 Emmett Lowery Indpls. Arsenal Technical 1960-61 Tom & Dick VanArsdale Indianapolis Manual
1929-30 Kenneth Young LaPorte 1961-62 John Wilson Evansville Bosse
1930-31 Norman Cottom Terre Haute Wiley 1962-63 Greg Samuels Terre Haute Garfield
1931-32 Jess McAnally Greencastle 1963-64 Mike Weaver Huntington
1932-33 James Seward Indianapolis Shortridge 1964-65 Edward Bopp Indianapolis Washington
1933-34 Arthur Gosman Jasper 1965-66 James Cadwell Michigan City Elston
1934-35 James Lyboult Richmond 1966-67 Charles Nelson Fort Wayne South Side
1935-36 Steve Sitko Ft. Wayne Central 1967-68 James Nelson Gary Roosevelt
1936-37 Robert Menke Huntingburg 1968-69 Joe Sutter Marion
1937-38 Robert Mygrants Hammond 1969-70 James Trout Loogootee
1938-39 Jim Myers Evansville Bosse
1939-40 Duane Conkey Mitchell
1940-41 Donald Server Madison
1941-42 Kenneth Brown, Jr. Muncie Burris
1942-43 Dave Laflin Lebanon
1943-44 Walter McFatridge Kokomo
1944-45 Max Allen Indianapolis Broad Ripple
1945-46 Robert Cripe Flora
1946-47 Ronald Bland Terre Haute Garfield
1947-48 Lee Hamilton Evansville Central
1948-49 James Schooley Auburn
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