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Girls Mental Attitude Award Boys Individual State Champions

At the conclusion of the state finals, the IHSAA Executive Committee will present the Mental Attitude Award to an outstanding
senior participant in the Girls Cross Country State Tournament. The recipient, nominated by her principal and coach, must Boys State Finals Records
excel in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability in cross country. Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, IHSAA
corporate sponsor, will present a $1,000 scholarship to the school in the name of the recipient. 5,000-Meter Top Times
Year Name School Time Name School Year
1981-82 Bipasa Bose South Bend Clay 14:42.3 Curt Carey Owen Valley 1980-81
1982-83 Carol McIntyre Carmel 14:43.0 Ken Waterhouse Bloomington South 1981-82
1983-84 Paula Swedeen Michigan City Elston 14:47.2 Marty Bassett Bloomington North 1981-82
1984-85 Sherry Hoover Woodlan 14:48.4 Scott Maddox Fort Wayne Northrop 1981-82
1985-86 Carol Gray * New Prairie 14:48.8 Futsum Zienasellassie North Central (Indpls.) 2011-12
1986-87 Gretchen Powers North Central (Indpls.) 14:54.3 Matt Grady Muncie Northside 1982-83
1987-88 Jamie Gorrell Woodlan 14:56.1 Jeff Grove Bloomington North 1981-82
1988-89 Jennifer Culbertson South Bend Clay 14:56.1 James Murphy Indpls. Bishop Chatard 1980-81
1989-90 Kathy Bullard Southport 14:57.1 Tom Feder Crown Point 1982-83
1990-91 Brooke Dilling Floyd Central 14:57.3 Jeff Wheeler Mount Vernon 1983-84
1991-92 Jennifer Warthan * Bloomington North
1992-93 Jill Nace Penn Fewest Points Scored By Team
1993-94 Amanda Warthan Bloomington North Points School Year
1994-95 Becky Jordan Carmel 32 Anderson 1947-48
1995-96 Courtney Adams * Brebeuf Jesuit 34 Bloomington North 1980-81
1996-97 Nicole Nigh Lake Central 35 Anderson 1951-52
1997-98 Maria Harriman West Noble 37 Anderson 1946-47
1998-99 Nicole Williams Westview 37 Anderson 1952-53
1999-00 Lisa Nicholson Anderson Highland 43 Columbus North 2003-04
2000-01 Robyn Detty Lawrence North 45 West Lafayette 1964-65
2001-02 Jessica Gall * West Lafayette 2019 Mental Attitude Award 47 Anderson 1950-51
2002-03 Cassie Hunt North Putnam 51 Carmel 1993-94
2003-04 Alissa McKaig * Fort Wayne Concordia Mykayla Couchenour 2019 Individual State 55 Muncie Central 1967-68
2004-05 Laura Carr Penn South Knox
2005-06 Jenny Kulow Brown County Champion Closest 1-2 Team Finishes
2006-07 Erica Watson Noblesville Gabriel Sanchez Diff. Year Teams Score
2007-08 Alexandra Banfich * Culver Academies 2 1991-92 Floyd Central over Portage 106-108
2008-09 Erica Ridderman Warsaw Community Lowell 4 1995-96 Ben Davis over Portage 102-106
2009-10 Dana Payonk Lake Central 5 1979-80 Carmel over Muncie Northside 101-106
2010-11 Kaisa Goodman West Lafayette 5 1976-77 Carmel over Crown Point 120-125
2011-12 Renee Wellman Carmel 5 1989-90 Ben Davis over Carmel 63-68
2012-13 Ashley Erba Warsaw Community
2013-14 Kelcy Welch * Carmel
2014-15 Anna Rohrer * Mishawaka
2015-16 Lauren Johnson West Lafayette
2016-17 Rachel Anderson Carmel
2017-18 Katherine Modrall Brebeuf Jesuit Prep
2018-19 Emma Wilson * Greencastle
2019-20 Mykayla Couchenour South Knox 2019 Boys Medalists
* Won individual state championship same year
2019 Girls Medalists

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