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Champions and Award Winners

C. EUGENE CATO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS
Name School

Shamiya Beasley Merrillville

Alaina Clady Plymouth
Mykayla Couchenour South Knox

Rylee Johnson Shenandoah

Logan Owens Henryville
Mike Perkins Prairie Heights

Kinsey Price Rising Sun
Turner Royal Bloomfield

Cooper Rusch New Castle

Kenzee Smith Decatur Central
Savannah Strieter Evansville North

Abigail Teipen South Putnam
Hannah Tippets Brownsburg

Currently in Indiana, more than 160,000 Farm Bureau Insurance, Sport Graphics, Inc.
students from 412 different IHSAA member- and WTHR-13 have partnered in sponsoring
schools participate in high school athletics. the C. Eugene Cato Memorial Scholarship
The Indiana High School Athletic Association Awards. Each year, a minimum of 13 seniors
believes that the athletic arena is merely an are chosen from applicants throughout the
extension of the classroom, and the lessons state to receive a $2,500 scholarship for their
learned through participation will have a high school accomplishments. These recip-
dramatic impact on today’s youth as they ients are Indiana’s brightest stars, and they
prepare to become tomorrow’s leaders. embody everything that is right about high
school sports. These well-rounded, positive
In an effort to reward the efforts of Indiana’s role models have demonstrated excellence
high school student-athletes, the IHSAA, in academics, school and community
Methodist Sports Medicine, the Indianapolis involvement, character, sportsmanship and
Colts, Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, Indiana citizenship.

Named in tribute to former IHSAA Commissioner C. Eugene Cato,
“Gene” served as assistant commissioner of the Association from 1976
to 1983 when he became the commissioner of the IHSAA, providing
leadership until he retired in 1995. His passion for athletics and his
belief in the intrinsic value of athletic competition on the formation of
a child’s character enabled Gene to positively impact generations of
young men and women with his well-known “Firm, Fair, and Friendly”
approach to caring for others.

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