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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
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.
Year Name School
1981-82 Bipasa Bose South Bend Clay Boys State Finals Records
1982-83 Carol McIntyre Carmel
1983-84 Paula Swedeen Michigan City Elston 5,000-Meter Top Times
1984-85 Sherry Hoover Woodlan Time Name School Year
1985-86 Carol Gray * New Prairie 14:42.3 Curt Carey Owen Valley 1980-81c
1986-87 Gretchen Powers North Central (Indpls.) 14:43.0 Ken Waterhouse Bloomington South 1981-82c
1987-88 Jamie Gorrell Woodlan 14:47.2 Marty Bassett Bloomington North 1981-82
1988-89 Jennifer Culbertson South Bend Clay
1989-90 Kathy Bullard Southport 14:48.4 Scott Maddox Fort Wayne Northrop 1981-82
1990-91 Brooke Dilling Floyd Central 14:48.8 Futsum Zienasellassie North Central (Indpls.) 2011-12c
1991-92 Jennifer Warthan * Bloomington North 14:54.3 Matt Grady Muncie Northside 1982-83c
1992-93 Jill Nace Penn 14:56.1 Jeff Grove Bloomington North 1981-82
1993-94 Amanda Warthan Bloomington North 14:56.1 James Murphy Indpls. Bishop Chatard 1980-81
1994-95 Becky Jordan Carmel 14:57.1 Tom Feder Crown Point 1982-83
1995-96 Courtney Adams * Brebeuf Jesuit 14:57.3 Jeff Wheeler Mount Vernon 1983-84c
1996-97 Nicole Nigh Lake Central
1997-98 Maria Harriman West Noble
1998-99 Nicole Williams Westview Fewest Points Scored By Team
1999-00 Lisa Nicholson Anderson Highland Points School Year
2000-01 Robyn Detty Lawrence North 32 Anderson 1947-48
2001-02 Jessica Gall * West Lafayette 34 Bloomington North 1980-81
2002-03 Cassie Hunt North Putnam 35 Anderson 1951-52
2003-04 Alissa McKaig * Fort Wayne Concordia 2022 Mental Attitude Award 37 Anderson 1946-47
2004-05 Laura Carr Penn
2005-06 Jenny Kulow Brown County Bridget Gallagher 37 Anderson 1952-53
2006-07 Erica Watson Noblesville Guerin Catholic 43 Columbus North 2003-04
2007-08 Alexandra Banfich * Culver Academies 45 West Lafayette 1964-65
2008-09 Erica Ridderman Warsaw Community 2022 Individual State 47 Anderson 1950-51
2009-10 Dana Payonk Lake Central 51 Carmel 1993-94
2010-11 Kaisa Goodman West Lafayette Champion 55 Muncie Central 1967-68
2011-12 Renee Wellman Carmel Kole Mathison
2012-13 Ashley Erba Warsaw Community
2013-14 Kelcy Welch * Carmel Carmel Closest 1-2 Team Finishes
2014-15 Anna Rohrer * Mishawaka Diff. Year Teams Score
2015-16 Lauren Johnson West Lafayette 2 1991-92 Floyd Central over Portage 106-108
2016-17 Rachel Anderson Carmel 3 2022-23 Carmel over Zionsville 103-106
2017-18 Katherine Modrall Brebeuf Jesuit Prep 4 1995-96 Ben Davis over Portage 102-106
2018-19 Emma Wilson * Greencastle 5 1979-80 Carmel over Muncie Northside 101-106
2019-20 Mykayla Couchenour South Knox 5 1976-77 Carmel over Crown Point 120-125
2020-21 Abigail Lynch Brownsburg
2021-22 Karina James Lowell 5 1989-90 Ben Davis over Carmel 63-68
2022-23 Bridget Gallagher Guerin Catholic

* Won individual state championship same year
2022 Boys Medalists
2022 Girls Medalists

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