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C. Eugene Cato Mental Attitude Award

At the conclusion of the state finals, the IHSAA Executive Committee will present the C.
Eugene Cato Mental Attitude Award to an outstanding senior participant in the boys soccer state
tournament.
The recipient of this award, nominated by his principal and coach, must excel in mental
attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in soccer.
The award is named in honor of Mr. Cato, who served as the Association’s fifth
commissioner from 1983 to 1995, helping soccer become the IHSAA’s 10th sponsored sport
for boys and girls.
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, IHSAA Corporate Partner, will present a scholarship award
of $1,000 to the school in the name of the recipient. Since 1989, over $860,000 in college
C. Eugene Cato scholarships has been presented to deserving high school students in Indiana.

2018 Class A 2018 Class 2A 2018 Class 3A
Noah Martin Brandon Fuentes Joshua Longmire
Covenant Christian Hammond Bishop Noll Zionsville
Year Name School Year Name School
1994-95 Tory Harris North Central (Indpls.) 2011-12 (A) Andy Hamilton Evansville Mater Dei
1995-96 Greg Gotwald Washington (2A) Nathan Kaplan Columbus North
1996-97 Zachary Schaub Washington 2012-13 (A) Chase Moyle Fort Wayne Canterbury
1997-98 Andy Crouch Washington (2A) Reid Wilson Columbus North
1998-99 Cyle Graber Washington 2013-14 (A) Doug Kaskie Guerin Catholic
1999-00 Matthew Abbott Penn (2A) Jonathan Kopp Avon
2000-01 Pat McBride Castle 2014-15 (A) Trevor Waite Tri-West Hendricks
2001-02 Matt Lovell Brownsburg (2A) Isaac Huerta Goshen
2002-03 Kent Melchiors Evansville Memorial 2015-16 (A) Keith Owen Indpls. Cardinal Ritter
2003-04 Dan Fox Carroll (Fort Wayne) (2A) Matthew Roop Harrison
2004-05 Ryan Tunis Fort Wayne Canterbury 2016-17 (A) Nick Berry Providence
2005-06 Robert Bercovitz North Central (Indpls.) (2A) Owen Hallas Chesterton
2006-07 Zachary Carr Carmel 2017-18 (A) Austin Wagner Covenant Christian
2007-08 Mitchell Day Evansville Memorial (2A) Ben Loshe FW Concordia Lutheran
2008-09 Trev Wilgus Evansville Memorial (3A) Pete Newton Harrison (West Lafayette)
2009-10 Harrison Petts Zionsville 2018-19 (A) Noah Martin Covenant Christian
2010-11 Scott Smyth Warsaw (2A) Brandon Fuentes Hammond Bishop Noll
(3A) Joshua Longmire Zionsville

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