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Memorial Scholarships

MICAH SHREWSBERRY
Jake Tippmann of Snider High School in Fort Head Men’s Basketball Coach,
Wayne has earned three varsity letters in Football University of Notre Dame
and served as Team Captain this past Fall for the
Class 5A State Champion Panthers. He ranks first Shrewsberry, a Jeffersonville native,
in his senior class of 453 students, posting a 4.93 attended Cathedral High School in
weighted GPA. He has earned Academic All-State Indianapolis where he participated in
honors for his work in the classroom and was baseball and basketball for the Irish.
named to the Indianapolis Colts Academic Team, Shrewsberry went on to earn his
awarded to 24 football players each year. Jake was bachelor’s degree from Hanover College in
also named an Indiana Association of Principals 1999 and his master’s degree from
Rising Star for the Class of 2024. He currently Indiana State in 2003. As a basketball
serves as Vice President of the IHSAA Student player at Hanover, Shrewsberry was a
Advisory Committee, where he assists with State three-year starting guard and team tri-
Finals events throughout the year and serves as captain leading the league in free throw
an ambassador to student-athletes throughout the percentage and assists during the 1998–
state. Jake has been a mentor with Big Brothers 99 season.
Big Sisters for three years, meeting with younger
football players in his school district each week. After his playing career, Shrewsberry
He’s also a member of Snider’s Student Council began coaching as a Graduate Assistant at the University of
Jake Tippmann and Bio-Med Charity Council. Jake works Indianapolis. He then had assistant coaching stops at Wabash College and
Fort Wayne Snider part-time as a Swim Instructor and Team Leader DePauw University before serving as Director of Basketball Operations at
for Emler Swim School. He will be attending Marshall University for two seasons.
Purdue University in the Fall.
In 2005, Shrewsberry was named the head coach at Indiana University-
South Bend, his first head coaching gig, where he served until 2007, when
he joined Brad Stevens’ staff at Butler University. With Shrewsberry on the
Culver Academies senior Erin Zhu has earned a 3.86 sidelines, the Bulldogs compiled an 87-21 record, won two Horizon League
unweighted GPA thus far, while participating in regular-season championships and two Horizon League Tournament titles
Swimming & Diving (four varsity letters), Tennis (two and made three NCAA Tournament appearances – which included back-to-
varsity letters), Volleyball (two varsity letters), and Track back runs to the national championship game in 2010 and 2011.
and Field. She currently serves as Admission Co-Chair
for Culver Girls Academy, overseeing and acting as a Following his time at Butler, Shrewsberry experienced two separate stints
liaison for all prospective and enrolled students. In this at Purdue University, one as assistant coach from 2011-13 and another as
position, she provides training, arranges student tours, associate head coach from 2019-21, and spent six seasons, from 2013-19
recruits other ambassadors, and organizes committee with the NBA’s Boston Celtics as an assistant coach reuniting with Brad
meetings with other Admissions ambassadors. Erin is Stevens.
also a part of the Campus Activities Board, promoting,
planning, and regulating all the activities and events at During his tenure, the Celtics reached the playoffs in five consecutive
Culvers Girls Academy. Additionally, Erin created Sin seasons, including back-to-back appearances in the Eastern Conference
Fronteras, a Spanish Club that promotes awareness and Finals in 2017 and 2018. Shrewsberry played a key role in the development
appreciation for the cultures of Spanish speaking of current NBA stars Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, who were the No. 3
countries through cultural activities and weekly picks in the 2016 and 2017 NBA Drafts, respectively.
meetings. She has served as Prefect in numerous
departments, something unique to those who attend In 2021, Shrewsberry was hired as Head Coach at Penn State University.
a boarding/military school. Working as Prefect, Erin In his two seasons with the school, he compiled a 37-31 record and led the
worked to ensure rules were followed and that the other Erin Zhu Nittany Lions to their first NCAA Tournament Appearance since 2011 and
students were aware of what’s expected of them and the Culver Academies first NCAA Tournament victory since 2001 in the 2022-23 season.
standards they must follow. Erin works part-time as a Following that season, Shrewsberry was hired as the 18th Men’s Basketball
Lifeguard with the City of Elgin Aquatics. She will be Head Coach at the University of Notre Dame and finished his first season at
attending Tulane University in the Fall.
the helm this past March.

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