2011 THIRTY YEAR AWARDS
JIM BATES
MCCUTCHEONHIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Softball Coach – 26 years, Varsity Basketball Coach – 4 years, His teams have won 7 Conference, 10 Sectional, 7 Regional Championships, has appeared in Final Four – 3 times finishing as the Class 4A Runner-Up in 2005 and was the Class 4A State Champion in 2008, Conference Coach of the Year – 6 times, ICGSA District 1 Coach of the Year – 2003, Received the ICGSA Softball Service Award – 2004, Inducted into the ICGSA Softball Hall of Fame – 2008, NFCA 500 Win Award – 2010, Currently serves as the Co-Chairperson for the ICGSA softball committee.
JOE COX
RIVERTONPARKEHIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Softball Coach – 5 years, Summer and Travel Softball Coach – 30 years, 2010 Class 1A Sectional, Regional, Semi-State, and State Champions, Riverton Parke Tourney Champions – 5 times, Banks of Wabash Softball Tourney Champions – 3 times, ASA Hall of Fame Award, ASA Hall of Fame Indiana Force Team Award, and Montezuma Aztecs Alumni of the Year Award – 2010.
PENNY LEE COX
RIVERTONPARKEHIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Softball Coach – 21 years, Summer and Travel Softball Coach – 30 years, Teams have won 17 Sectional, 6 Regional, and 2 Semi-State Championships, 2010 Class 1A State Championship, Riverton Parke Tourney Champions – 5 times, Banks of Wabash Tourney Champions – 3 times, ASA Hall of Fame Award and ASA Hall of Fame Indiana Force Team Award – 2010.
DAVID HOWELL
LAFAYETTEJEFFHIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Cross Country Coach – 30 years, Jr. High Basketball Coach – 14 years, 2002 National Assistant Coach of the Year, ICGSA Twenty Year Award in 2004.
MARY JONES
SCOTTSBURGHIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Cross Country Coach - 30 years, Varsity Track Coach - 10 years, Elementary Basketball Coordinator - 16 years, Middle School Track Coach - 18 years, Varsity Basketball Assistant Coach – 1 year, Member of coaching staff of 1989 State Basketball Championship Team, Coached an individual State Championship Long Jumper in 1989, ICGSA Twenty Year Award in 2000, Served on the ICGSA Track and Cross Country committee, Served on the ICGSA Executive Board, and is the current ICGSA President.
RANDYSHORE
UNION (MODOC) HIGH SCHOOL
Varsity Track Coach – 18 years, Jr. High Track Coach – 2 years, Varsity Basketball Coach – 11 years, Jr. High Basketball Coach – 4 years, Elementary Basketball Coach – 9 years, Jr. High Cross Country Coach – 6 years, Varsity Volleyball Coach – 2 years, JV Volleyball Coach – 1 year, Mid Eastern Conference Basketball Coach of the Year – 1986-87, Honored with the Mid Eastern Conference Star Award – 9 times, ICGSA Twenty Year Award in 2003.