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AWARD WINNERS AWARD WINNERS

MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD — SPRING SPORTS C. EUGENE CATO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS

Sport Class & Award Student & School Presenting Sponsor Name School
Girls Track & Field Emily Loiselle Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Tate Cowan Wawasee
Indianapolis Bishop Chatard
Abigail Fulton Southwestern (Hanover)
Boys Track & Field Robert S. Hinshaw Trenton Heim Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Avon Aubrey Gearhart Winamac Community

Unified Track® & Field Bobby Cox Spirit Natalie Bryan & Evan Barker Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Kennedy Hallam North Posey
of Unified Mental Fishers
Attitude Drew Labhart Perry Central

Girls Tennis Kate Bellia Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Jake Martin Northwestern
South Bend St. Joseph

Softball 1A Addison Baker Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Kennedy Peggs Tri
Northfield
Bennett Schmitt Jasper
Softball 2A Hailey Gotshall Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance William Staggs South Knox
Pioneer

Softball 3A Randi Jo Pryor Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Summer Stogsdill Lebanon
Boonville
Deven Suhka Culver Academies
Softball 4A Grace Renschen Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Megan Wagner Carroll (Flora)
Lake Central
Boys Golf Fred A. Keesling Damon Dickey Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Noah Zahn Huntington North
Franklin Community

Baseball 1A Bretin Boettcher Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Phil Gardner Washington Township
Currently in Indiana, more than 160,000 Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, Indianapolis
Baseball 2A Liam Franz Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance students from 410 different IHSAA member- Colts, Indiana Fever, Indiana Pacers, Sport
L.V. Phillips Eastside schools participate in high school athletics. Graphics, Inc., and Franciscan Health
The Indiana High School Athletic Association Systems all partnered with the IHSAA and the
Baseball 3A Stanley Galbreath Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance believes that the athletic arena is merely an IHSAA Foundation to sponsor the 2020-21 C.
L.V. Phillips Hanover Central extension of the classroom, and the lessons Eugene Cato Memorial Scholarship program.
learned through participation will have a These well-rounded, positive role models all
Baseball 4A Ross Peter Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance dramatic impact on today’s youth as they demonstrated excellence in academics, school
Bob Gardner Jasper
prepare to become tomorrow’s leaders. and community involvement, character,
sportsmanship, and citizenship. Each
To reward the efforts of Indiana’s complete individual received a $2,500 scholarship for
student-athletes, Methodist Sports Medicine, their high school accomplishments.

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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