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Girls State Champions Mental Attitude Award

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 track and field state finals. The recipient of this award, who was nominated
by his principal and coach, must excel in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in track and field.
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, IHSAA Corporate Partner, will present a $1,000 scholarship to the winner’s school in
the name of the recipient. Since 1989, over $840,000 in college scholarships has been presented to deserving high
school students in Indiana.
Year Name School
1993-94 Kierstin Doyle Benton Central
1994-95 Carri Long Northview
1995-96 Amy Yoder East Noble
1996-97 Arlaina Davis Lawrence Central
1997-98 Kim Parman Leo
1998-99 Stacy Martin Edgewood
1999-00 Sara Fields Bloomington North
2000-01 Emily Loomis Fort Wayne Bishop Luers
2001-02 Rebecca Berdel Jennings County
2002-03 Tiffany Redlarczyk Lake Central
2003-04 Marie Grabinski Carmel
2022-23 IHSAA Girls Track and Field State Champion 2004-05 Geneva Trotter Brebeuf Jesuit
Noblesville Millers 2005-06 Rachel Thiel Lowell
2006-07
Marta Scheiwe
Lawrence North
Year Champion Coach Runner-Up Score 2007-08 Chelsea Blanchard Carroll (Fort Wayne)
Park Tudor
Hannah Farley
2008-09
IU Track Stadium, IUPUI, Indianapolis
1993-94 Gary Wallace Rhonda Brady-Gilles Benton Central 39-34 2009-10 Kate DeSimone Fort Wayne Canterbury
Portage
Tori Bliss
2010-11
1994-95 Harding Bill Copeland Gary Wallace 55-29
1995-96 Harding Bill Copeland — 49-49 2011-12 Skyler Carpenter Westview
Lawrence Central Joe Heitzman 2012-13 Bethany Neeley Eastern (Greentown)
North Central High School, Indianapolis 2013-14 Holly Hankenson Bellmont
1996-97 Pike Wayne Angel Gary Wallace 47-46 2014-15 Haley Harris Carmel
IU Track Stadium, IUPUI, Indianapolis 2015-16 Megan Grabowski Bloomington South
1997-98 Carmel Tim Mylin Pike 40-38 2016-17 Madison Kiser Pioneer
1998-99 Carmel Tim Mylin Pike 45-38 2017-18 Addie Wanner South Adams
1999-00 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson Gary West Side 44-35 2018-19 Emma May Tate West Lafayette
2000-01 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson Carmel 55-46 2019-20 Tournament Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic
2001-02 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson Warren Central 60-49 2020-21 Emily Loiselle Indpls. Bishop Chatard 2023 Mental Attitude Award
2002-03 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson Warren Central 93-85 2021-22 Hope Fox East Central
Robert C. Haugh Track Complex, Indiana University, Bloomington 2022-23 Rachel Mehringer Forest Park Rachel Mehringer
2003-04 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson Fort Wayne Concordia 90-81 Forest Park
2004-05 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson Lawrence Central 65-37
2005-06 Warren Central Hope Robinson FW Northrop/Muncie Central 47-41
2006-07 Warren Central James Taylor Lawrence North/Valparaiso 64-34
2007-08 Warren Central James Taylor North Central (Indpls.) 47-43
2008-09 Lawrence North Hillary Church Warren Central 51-45
2009-10 Lawrence Central Tim Richey Lawrence North 44-41
2010-11 Fort Wayne Northrop Tom Knudson — 42-42
Lawrence North Hillary Church
2011-12 Pike DeDee Nathan Fort Wayne Northrop 55-49
2012-13 Fort Wayne Northrop Harmony Ake Lawrence Central 60-51
2013-14 Lawrence Central Tim Richey Pike 47-38
2014-15 Pike DeDee Nathan Warren Central 50-48
2015-16 Warren Central Le’gretta Smith Pike 70-48
2016-17 Warren Central Le’gretta Smith Hamilton Southeastern 55-46
2017-18 Hamilton Southeastern Julie Alano Brebeuf 62-44
2018-19 North Central (Indianapolis) Mark Haste Warren Central 75-52
2019-20 Tournament Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic
Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis
2020-21 Indianapolis Cathedral John O’Hara Warren Central 39-38
Robert C. Haugh Track Complex, Indiana University, Bloomington
2021-22 North Central (Indianapolis) Mark Haste Noblesville 55-40
2022-23 Noblesville James Pearce Warren Central 45-44
For Full Girls Track & Field State Tournament History,
please visit IHSAA.org
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