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CHAMPIONS OF EDUCA TION CHAMPIONS OF EDUCA TION

CHAMPIONS Mike Goebel of Mater Dei High School and beginning of the season to the end is the true
Stephanie Bloom of Yorktown High School
measurement of success,” Goebel said.
teach academics and athletics with that
Bloom also believes there’s much to be learned
purpose in mind. And when discussing
of EDUCATION their journeys as educators, one can truly when things don’t go perfectly and emphasizes
the importance of forming good habits.
understand why these two individuals
are champions of both classrooms. More
than that, their personal experiences
provide valuable insight as to what specific “You have to keep in mind that it’s a
process. When I coach, I’m helping create
lessons education-based athletics teach. good habits,” she said. “Not touching a line
As a recipient of this year’s annual report, Many educators in the second classroom while conditioning might seem very minor,
you are what the IHSAA refers to as a are also teachers in the traditional Goebel is a State Championship-winning but all the little things matter. Doing the
champion of high school sports. That means classroom. Those who are effective in either Football and Wrestling coach. He believes ordinary things in an extraordinary way is
you advocate and support the mission understand that education is a journey that one of the most important life lessons really what’s going to make champions.”
of education-based athletics. You are with its purpose being personal growth. student-athletes can learn on the field is
concerned with protecting and preserving learning how to properly respond to failure. Like Goebel, Bloom is a championship-
student-athletes’ opportunities to grow winning coach in her sport, Girls
and develop in the second classroom. “Coaches fail. And athletes fail. But in the Volleyball. But winning championships
end, you pull them aside and recommend how is never her or her team’s end goal.
Champions of high school sports are they can correct their failure and get back up
inherently champions of education and try to go back and do it right,” he said. As the leader of the program, Bloom said,
and understand that the growth and “I need to keep the end goal in mind and
development of students are not Coach Mike Goebel of Mater Dei High School in Goebel believes that a successful season communicate it to the team. Our end goal is
possible without the mentorship and Evansville addresses his student-athletes in the is one in which student-athletes learn to be our very best. And our very best isn’t
guidance of educators—those of both the Lucas Oil Stadium locker room at the Football how to persevere through adversity. always going to be the best. We’re not going to
traditional and the second classroom. State Finals. win every time. Even though we lost, did we
“The ability to get back up and continue get better tonight? Did we learn something?”
going and the improvement from the

STEPHANIE BLOOM MIKE GOEBEL
Yorktown High School Mater Dei High School
• Sport(s): Volleyball (2006-Present) • Sport(s): Football (1997-Present),
• School Subject: Algebra 2 (2006-Present) Wrestling (1979-2007)
• High School Attended, Year Graduated: • School Subject: US History and
Yorktown, 2001 Government (1976-Present)
• High School Attended, Year Graduated:
Mater Dei, 1970

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