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s e c t i o n 1 2015-16: A Year Of Passion, Pageantry And Progress

The “Founding” of the IHSAA Foundation

In an effort to assure the continuation of high The IHSAA Foundation is fortunate to be
school sports in Indiana for decades to come, led by a Board of Directors comprised of nine
the IHSAA Board of Directors created the members whose commitment to high school
IHSAA Foundation, making it one of the few sports in Indiana is well documented.
state associations in America to put its name
on a charitable organization.

As funding becomes available, the IHSAA
Foundation will award college scholarships
to student-athletes whose pursuit of excel-
lence on and off the field deserves recognition.
It also will support IHSAA member-schools
through a grant program designed to help fund
special projects.

Introducing the IHSAA Foundation Board of Directors

The IHSAA is privileged to welcome these ardent supporters of education-based athletics
as charter board members of the newly-formed IHSAA Foundation, created to assure the
continuation of high school sports in Indiana for decades to come.

Pictured from left to right are: Bobby Cox, Milton O. Thompson, Blake Ress, James
T. Morris, Dr. Phil N. Eskew Jr., Patrick Shoulders, Jennifer K. Wilfong, and J. Terry
Clapacs. Pete Ward is not pictured.

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