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It’s 3 men
and a major
Tiger’s game might
be out of the woods
A
UGUSTA,
Ga. — For
some time
now, Tiger
Woods has told us
that he’s “close,” or
even “this close,’’
Bob
pinching his fingers
together to illustrate
the point. Never mind the fact
that he is in a majors slump, at
least by his ridiculous standards. After winning seven majors in 11 tries, Woods has gone
10 without a victory, this Masters being his 11th attempt.
But, he kept saying, he’s
“close.’’
Which started to beg the annoying questions: Close to
what? Close to losing his claim
on being the greatest golfer of
the modern age? Close to making it look like nobody is going
to come close to Jack
Nicklaus’ remarkable
record of 18 majors
victories?
Then, during a golf
marathon at the Masters on Saturday,
Kravitz Woods looked like he
was no longer close to
excellence, but had found it
and embraced it like an old
friend.
Now it’s time for Woods to
write that next great chapter in
his career, time for him to restore the luster to his slightly
faded legend. It’s time for
Woods, who shot himself back
into second place Saturday, to
grab the green jacket and show
everybody he’s truly back.
“I had been hitting quality
See Kravitz, Page C6
■ DiMarco, Woods and Bjorn pull away from
David Cannon / Getty Images
On target: Tiger Woods eyes his shot at No. 4. He was 11 under
on the 26 holes he played Saturday in the rain-delayed event.
2005
MASTERS
■ Bowing out: Nicklaus
likely plays his final round
in the Masters. C6
■ Notebook: Bjorn shoots
himself into contention
with eagles on par-5s. C7
Leaderboard
Round 3
Total
C. DiMarco
Through 9
-13
T. Woods
Through 9
-9
T. Bjorn
Through 9
-8
R. Pampling
Through 12
-4
V. Singh
Through 10
-4
M. Hensby
Through 9
-4
the field heading into the final day of the Masters.
By Phil Richards
phil.richards@indystar.com
AUGUSTA, Ga. — After 21⁄2 days
of slogging through rain delays and
suspensions, sodden turf and false
starts, the 69th Masters began to
sort itself out Saturday. Three men
pulled away.
Chris DiMarco, who over the
past five years has played Augusta
National Golf Club with such consistent excellence, sat atop the
leaderboard at 13 under par. Four
shots back was Tiger Woods,
charging hard and on a quest to become the third man to win a fourth
O’Neal
eager
to adjust
to Pacers
By Mark Montieth
mark.montieth@indystar.com
Jermaine O’Neal sees what’s
going on. He sees the chemistry,
sees the spirit and, most obvious
of all, sees the results.
The objective now for the Indiana Pacers’ leading scorer and
four-time All-Star is simple: Don’t
be the one to mess it up.
O’Neal plans to return to the
Pacers’ lineup sometime this season, whether it’s the final week of
the regular season or in the playoffs. When that happens, the
Pacers will face a peculiar dilemma.
Their offense has been more
balanced, more active and, in the
opinion of many fans, more entertaining since O’Neal went down
with a sprained shoulder in a
game at Denver on March 3.
They’ve gone 13-5 since then, and
take a six-game winning streak
into today’s game against New
York at Conseco Fieldhouse.
On the other hand, a team can’t
turn its back on someone who averages 24.8 points per game,
dropped 55 points in a win over
Milwaukee earlier this season and
offers their only consistent lowpost scoring threat.
So what do they do when
O’Neal returns? It appears everyone is in agreement, including
O’Neal: Work him into the current
system, rather than building the
system around him.
“I want it to be equal-opportunity,” O’Neal said. “I don’t want to
break the chemistry. What we
have is too special and too good
right now. It’s hard for the defense
to play us right now.
“If you add a guy you can throw
it to in the low-post every now
and then, that makes us that much
tougher. If you take a team and say
See O’Neal, Page C11
Today’s game
■ Who: Knicks (29-46)
at Pacers (41-34)
■ Tipoff: 2:30 p.m.
■ TV: WRTV-6
■ Radio: WIBC-1070 AM
LASTSHOT
GLORY
Scramble
continues
for CCWS
at opener
■ Champ Car World
Series puts the final
touches on lineup just
days before its 1st race.
Plump-like finish
completes Zeller’s
splendid season
By Steve Ballard
steve.ballard@indystar.com
By Tracy Dodds
tracy.dodds@indystar.com
WASHINGTON — Maybe Bobby
Plump is not the last of the smalltown heroes after all. Maybe the halfcourt shot Luke Zeller made in the final second of overtime to give Washington High School a state title will
bring him the same kind of legendary
last-shot status.
Time will tell.
Certainly while the folks of this
small town (not quite 12,000) in
southwest Indiana are still smiling and leaving up the words of
congratulations they posted on
business marquees, Zeller is a
hero here. It seems to matter little that the title the
kids brought home was a
Class 3A championship.
The sign on the front of
the school simply says:
“GOT’R DONE.”
For the first time since
Indiana class basketball
went into effect in 1998,
the State Finals had a sellout. There were 18,345
fans at Conseco Fieldhouse for the Class 3A
and 4A games.
Anyone who did not
witness the shot has had a
chance since to see it replayed constantly, either on local TV or on ESPN.
As a result of both his shot and
the rest of his outstanding senior
season (19.6 points, 9.6 rebounds per
game), Zeller was named the 2005 Indianapolis Star Indiana Mr. Basketball.
Zeller received 101 of a possible 247
votes cast by coaches and members of
the media. Dominic James of Richmond was second with 63 votes and
Josh McRoberts of Carmel was third
with 41. Twelve other high school
seniors accounted for the other 42
votes.
In the 74-72 championship-game
victory, the 6-11 center had 27 points,
nine rebounds and 11 assists, including
the 3-pointer that, according to Washington coach Dave Omer, was not a
prayer. It was a shot. There might
have been prayers flying with it, but
that was a play the Hatchets had pracSee Glory, Page C13
See Major, Page C6
■ What: Toyota Grand
Prix of Long Beach
■ When: 3 p.m.
■ TV: WTHR-13
WASHINGTON’S LUKE ZELLER
Sam Riche / The Star
green jacket. The only other player
to separate himself was Thomas
Bjorn of Denmark, 8 under and in
the hunt.
“I’ve got a lot of great players behind me and they’re trying to win,
too,” said DiMarco, who hasn’t
made a bogey since his opening
hole of the tournament. “I’m going
to have to keep my foot on the accelerator for sure.”
That’s where Woods’ is. He was
11 under par for the 26 holes he
played Saturday. He birdied his last
Today’s race
THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR INDIANA MR. BASKETBALL
Taking note: Jermaine O’Neal is
pleased with the play of the
Pacers, who have gone 13-5
since he was sidelined.
3RD
Lifetime highlight:
Luke Zeller gained
national prominence
when his buzzer-beating
half-court shot in
overtime won the Class
3A state championship
game for Washington
High School. The shot
has aired repeatedly on
both local and national
television. The 6-11
center had 27 points,
nine rebounds and 11
assists in the 74-72
victory over Plymouth.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The
media guide for the 2005 Champ
Car World Series season has
biographies on four drivers who
don’t have jobs and is missing
bios on two drivers who do.
Some drivers met their crews
for the first time this weekend.
Others climbed into a Champ Car
for the first time when practice
opened Friday for the seasonopening Toyota Grand Prix of
Long Beach. And only NewmanHaas Racing, the marquee team
in the series and defending champion, has the same two drivers
and primary sponsors it had to
end the 2004 season.
But don’t tell Kevin Kalkhoven,
the Australian billionaire who
has emerged as the driving force
behind the series, that the late
scramble to put a full field together is a sign of weakness.
The only thing that matters, he
said, is that the series’ second
season under new management
begins today with reason to believe its troubled recent past
doesn’t have to extend far into
the future.
“Everything we said we’d do,
we’re doing,” said Kalkhoven,
who with fellow team owners
Gerald Forsythe and Paul Gentilozzi purchased the assets of a
bankrupt CART in January 2004.
“We’re actually ahead of where I
thought we would be at this
point.”
Kalkhoven points to a 19-car
field (a gain of one from last season), a 14-race schedule with
See Scramble, Page C12
Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press
AJ Mast / For The Star (above)
Charlie Nye / The Star (left)
Hot lap: Champ Car veteran Paul
Tracy celebrates after taking the
pole for today’s race with a record-setting lap of 104.983 mph.
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2ND
SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2005
C13
HIGH SCHOOLS
JERMAINE O’NEAL SUPER SHOOTOUT
County rivals come together to win boys game
Roberson leads talented City girls to victory
By Jeff Rabjohns
jeff.rabjohns@indystar.com
With the clock ticking down,
Brandon McPherson tipped away
a pass and shoveled a half-court
heave to Mike Russell for the winning basket at the buzzer.
Nothing unusual?
Maybe not under normal circumstances, but this was a Lawrence North High School player
assisting a Pike player for a gamewinning layup.
“I don’t know how long it’s
been since that happened, because we’re definitely rivals,”
McPherson said after the play that
lifted the County team to a 107-105
victory over the City in the Jermaine O’Neal Super Shootout on
Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse.
“We basically hate each other
because we’re both great teams.
But it was an honor playing with
Mike Russell, and I’m just proud
to say we won the game.”
Pike and Lawrence North, two
of the state’s top programs, have
combined for four of the past five
Class 4A boys basketball titles, the
Red Devils winning in 2001 and
’03 and the Wildcats in 2004 and
’05.
In the girls game, Cathedral’s
Kimberly Roberson scored a
game-high 18 points to lead the
City to an 80-73 victory. It’s only
the second victory for the City in
the girls game, which began in
1993 as the City-County Shootout.
In the boys game, the score was
tied at 101 when Arlington’s Anthony Munford made a steal with
2:21 to play. But a timeout when
the City had none left led to a
technical foul, and the County
scored four consecutive points to
go ahead 105-101.
Arlington’s Deonta Vaughn
tied it at 105 with a 3-pointer from
the left wing with 51.8 seconds
left.
Steve Healey / The Star
Quick move: The City’s Antonio
Murrell (left) drives to the basket against the defense of the
County’s Brandon McPherson in
the first half.
The City had the ball with 30
seconds left, but McPherson swatted away a pass from Tim Smith
as the City worked for the final
shot, leading to the ending in front
of a crowd of 6,104.
McPherson, named the game’s
Most Valuable Player, finished
with 22 points and 10 assists.
“The win means more to me
than the MVP,” said the Valparaiso recruit. “I just wanted to go
out and do all I could do to win. I
contributed a lot, so I’m pretty
proud of my performance.”
Vaughn, an Indiana University
recruit, finished with a game-high
28 points on 8-for-17 shooting.
The event included a recognition banquet and a clinic for
younger players.
“The banquet is probably the
most enjoyable, because everybody is coming out, enjoying
themselves, and I get the opportunity to talk to everybody,” said
JERMAINE O’NEAL
SUPER SHOOTOUT
CITY GIRLS 80,
COUNTY GIRLS 73
O’Neal, who sat courtside for the
games.
The City girls team had a
higher level of talent than in previous City-County games. Roberson (Indiana), Arlington’s Porchia
Green (Ball State) and Tech’s
Candace Jones (Butler) and Brykeesha Tate (IUPUI) gave the
City four Division I players.
Green had a game-high 16 rebounds and eight points while
Jones scored 13 points.
“I’m just proud to be getting the
city a win,” said Green, named
MVP. “We came out and played
hard and felt we deserved it. We
don’t get as much spotlight as
everybody else, so the underdogs
came out on top today.”
The City girls were up 42-35 at
halftime and led by as many as 16
points.
“It says that the girls game is
improving, that we’re taking it to
the next level,” Roberson said of
the team’s four Division I players.
“You look around, the county in
the past was stacked with allstars. It’s our turn now.”
Franklin Central’s Stephanie
Ford, who is headed to Miami
(Ohio), had 10 points to lead the
County girls.
COUNTY GIRLS (0-1) — Amber
Hill 2-6 1-2 7, Lacey Workman
2-4 2-2 7, Stephanie Ford 5-9
0-1 10, Sara Bose 0-2 2-2 2,
Brittany Moore 2-2 5-7 9,
Amanda Bade 1-2 2-4 4, Charisse Hicks 3-5 1-2 7, Mandy Seward 1-1 1-2 3, Anna Weber 4-6
0-0 8, Megan Ridley 0-0 1-2 1,
Erin Westfall 3-5 2-2 8, Nichole
Helfrich 3-3 1-2 7. Totals: 26-45
18-28 73.
CITY GIRLS (1-0) — Porchia
Green 3-8 2-5 8, Kimberly Roberson 7-11 2-6 18, Janee Covington 1-2 0-0 2, Candace
Jones 6-9 0-1 13, Brykeesha
Tate 2-3 2-2 6, Starla Gary 0-2
2-2 2, Rachel Harrell 1-1 0-0 3,
Jornae Hunt 1-1 0-2 2, Stacy
Wagner 0-0 0-0 0, Asia Dozier
3-3 3-3 9, Keyuana Bradshaw
3-3 1-2 8, Kelly Miller 3-7 1-2 9.
Totals: 30-50 13-25 80.
Halftime: City 42, County 35.
3-point goals: County 3-8 (Hill
2-4, Workman 1-3, Bose 0-1);
City 7-12 (Roberson 2-3, Miller
2-3, Jones 1-1, Harrell 1-1,
Bradshaw 1-1, Tate 0-1, Green
0-2). Rebounds: County 45
(Workman 8), City 41 (Green
16). Assists: County 5 (Hill,
Workman, Ford, Bade, Helfrich), City 2 (Roberson, Tate).
COUNTY BOYS 107,
CITY BOYS 105
Award winners
Franklin Central’s Donald
Washington won the slam-dunk
contest.
Sean Towles of Covenant
Christian won the boys’ 3-point
contest, and Lacey Workman of
Ben Davis won for the girls.
Vaughn (boys) and Roberson
(girls) won City Player of Year
awards, and Ford (girls) and Lawrence North’s Donald Cloutier
(boys) won County Player of the
Year honors.
■ Call Star reporter Jeff Rabjohns at
(317) 444-6183.
Steve Healey / The Star
On top of the defense: The County team’s Brandon McPherson shoots over the
City’s Michael Woodson in the second half.
Luke Zeller
Born: April 7, 1987, in Ames, Iowa. Because of his
father’s job with Perdue Farms, the family moved to
California and Minnesota before settling in Indiana
13 years ago. He’s been here long enough to say,
“Basketball is IT in small-town Indiana.”
Size: 6-11, 240 pounds. He eats a lot of Perdue turkey, he says, adding that the Perdue plant in Washington is the only one in the state not producing
chickens.
Washington High School: Has a gem of a classic gym,
built in 1967. It ranks 12th in the state with a capacity of 7,090. Hanging from the rafters are state title
banners from 1941 and 1942, when Marion Crawley
(later of Lafayette Jeff) was coach. A member of the
current team is Bryan Bouchie, son of former
Hatchets star Steve Bouchie, the 1979 Mr. Basketball.
Scholar: Zeller has a 4.0 grade-point average and is
co-valedictorian of his class. Will pursue a degree in
business.
Athlete: A four-year starter for the basketball team,
Zeller was a McDonald’s All-American; the only firstteam 2005 All-State player not from a 4A school;
Street & Smith’s magazine All-American, fall 2004;
USA Olympic Youth Development Festival, 2004; Nike
All-America Camp, 2003 and 2004. His coach, Dave
Omer, who is retiring after a 40-year career, calls
Zeller the best basketball player he has coached.
ESPN highlight: His half-court shot with 1.8 seconds
remaining in overtime gave Washington its state title. ESPN called him “Cool Hand Luke.”
Notre Dame: Made his commitment to play for the
Irish in March of his junior year, stopping the phone
calls that caused the family to get caller ID. Final five
choices included Stanford, Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.
Zeller driveway team: Steve (6-3 father) and Lorri
(6-3 mother) played basketball at Springville High
School in Iowa; brother Tyler is a 6-7 freshman who
plays at Washington, and brother Cody, who is 12,
plays for the Indianapolis Municipal Gardens AAU
team. His mother, who also played at Coe College
and coached seventh- and eighth-grade girls basketball for five years, used to be able to beat him at
HORSE. But not lately.
No. 40: Because his grandfather, Marv Eberhard,
wore No. 40 when he played on the Hampton High
School team that won the Nebraska Class D state title in 1942. That was the first year Nebraska had
class basketball.
Pro connection: Zeller’s uncle, Al Eberhard, is a
member of the University of Missouri’s Athletic Hall
of Fame and was the first-round draft pick of the Detroit Pistons in 1974. Al, a 6-6 power forward, played
for the Pistons for four seasons.
Churches: With his family, he attends Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, which now has this sign in the
church yard: “Luke and Hatchets are No. 1! Because
we believe!” With some teammates, he attends Antioch Christian Church.
Favorite Bible passage: Philippians 4:13. “I can do all
things through Christ, who strengthens me.”
Trester Award: Was handed the Class 3A tournament’s award for mental attitude just after his halfcourt shot dropped.
Stats
Year
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
PPG
15.3
18.1
19.8
19.6
RPG
8.0
8.4
9.4
9.6
FG%
61.1
58.6
56.1
59.1
FT%
80
80
67.3
71.9
COUNTY BOYS (1-0) — Donald
Cloutier 5-8 0-0 10, Kyle Duncan 8-14 1-3 18, Braxton Mills
1-4 1-2 3, Brandon McPherson
7-9 6-6 22, Mike Russell 7-15
0-2 15, Shyron Ely 3-4 1-2 7,
Matt Bennett 2-5 0-0 4, Steven
Gambles 5-13 0-0 10, Mario
Thomas 3-5 0-0 6, Donald
Washington 2-2 0-1 4, Xavier
Weatherford 2-6 1-3 6, Evan
Lewers 1-3 0-0 2, T.J. Hunter
0-2 0-0 0. Totals: 46-90 10-18
107.
CITY BOYS (0-1) — Carl
Bauchman 6-9 2-4 14, Anthony
Munford 4-5 7-13 15, Antonio
Murrell 2-3 0-0 5, David
Squires 0-1 0-2 0, Deonta
Vaughn 8-17 7-9 28, A.J. Cushinberry 1-5 0-2 3, Tyke Cockerham 3-7 1-4 7, Terry Coleman
0-6 1-5 1, Jeff McIntosh 3-9 0-0
8, Tim Smith 2-5 2-2 6, Michael
Woodson 4-10 1-2 10, Sean
Towles 1-3 0-1 2, Keith Radcliff
2-5 0-0 6. Totals: 36-85 21-44
105.
Halftime: County 53, City 48.
3-point goals: County 5-17
(McPherson 2-2, Duncan 1-2,
Weatherford 1-3, Russell 1-5,
Bennett 0-1, Lewers 0-1,
Hunter 0-1); City 12-30
(Vaughn 5-8, McIntosh 2-6,
Radcliff 2-4, Murrell 1-1, Cushinberry 1-3, Woodson 1-3, Munford 0-1, Squires 0-1, Cockerham 0-1, Baucham 0-2).
Rebounds: County 52 (Cloutier
12, Mills 9, Gambles 8), City 46
(Bauchman 10, Coleman 9,
Munford 7). Assists: County 22
(McPherson 10), City 23
(Cockerham 4, Radcliff 4).
Mr. Basketball winners
Charlie Nye / The Star
Student of history: Luke Zeller did a junior research project on the movie “Hoosiers,” learning what portions
of the Milan basketball legend were accurately portrayed. “I know they got the last shot right,” he said.
Glory
■ Zeller didn’t want loss on
someone else’s shoulders.
From C1
ticed.
Plymouth was leading the game
by a point, but Washington had the
ball with 1.8 seconds left in overtime.
In the huddle, Zeller asked for
the ball. Omer agreed, making
Zeller promise to turn and dribble
the ball before the shot. Plenty of
time.
As soon as the inbound pass
from the far baseline reached Zeller’s hands, he turned, took a running dribble, jumped from the
midcourt line and sent the high,
arching shot sailing with six-tenths
of a second on the clock.
Because his parents had to be
on the court when he was presented with the Trester Award for
mental attitude, they were standing behind cheerleaders under the
basket during the overtime and
didn’t see the shot leave his hands.
“All I saw was the ball coming
through the bottom of the net,”
said his mother, Lorri Zeller. “I
was worried that it might not
count because I couldn’t see the
clock, but when I saw the refs running off the court, that was good
enough for me.”
After the game, Zeller told reporters he wanted to take the shot
because he didn’t want that on
Darron Cummings / Associated Press
It’s on him: Washington’s Luke
Zeller is hugged by teammate Justin Smith (right) after hitting his
state title-winning shot.
anyone else’s shoulders.
“I’m going on to Notre Dame,”
Zeller explained later. “I’m going
to have other chances.
“I’ve seen what missing free
throws to lose a final game can do
to a person. I was thinking that if
something happened so it goes the
other way, I didn’t want that put
on anyone.”
Omer said Zeller’s ability to
lead and get his teammates on his
side was key to the team’s success
this season.
“We dealt with some jealousy in
the past,” Omer said. “I think it is
because Luke is so unselfish that
the team came together so well
this year.”
And they all won a state title,
no matter who made the shot of
which books and movies are made.
Asked if he had heard of Bobby
Plump before so many people remarked upon the similarity, Zeller
said: “I did my entire junior research project on the movie ‘Hoosiers,’ finding out which parts
were true and which parts weren’t.
“I know they got the last shot
right. It’s in Bobby Plump’s book.”
Zeller got an A on that English
paper. He is finishing his four
years at Washington High School
with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average.
The title of Plump’s book, “Last
of the Small Town Heroes,” refers
to the impossibility of a tiny
school ever again knocking off a
giant school to win the Indiana
state title, as Milan High School
(which is one-tenth the size of
Washington High) did on Plump’s
last shot in 1954.
With class basketball, the best a
3A school can do is win the 3A title.
Zeller doesn’t fret over such details. That’s beyond his control.
The way he sees it, God is directing his life, and since God
made him 6-11 and blessed him
with talent and directed his family
to this part of Indiana, he was
meant to play basketball for this
high school.
He was meant to take that shot,
which some would call a prayer.
■ Call Star reporter Tracy Dodds
at (317) 444-6399.
Athletes who have been selected Indianapolis Star Indiana Mr. Basketball since the
award’s inception:
1939: George Crowe, Franklin
1940: Ed Schienbein, Southport
1941: John Bass, Greenwood
1942: Bud Brown, Muncie Burris
1945: Tom Schwartz, Kokomo
1946: Johnny Wilson, Anderson
1947: Bill Garrett, Shelbyville
1948: Bob Masters, Lafayette Jeff
1949: Dee Monroe, Madison
1950: Pat Klein, Marion
1951: Tom Harrold, Muncie Central
1952: Joe Sexson, Tech
1953: Hallie Bryant, Attucks
1954: Bobby Plump, Milan
1955: Wilson Eison, Gary Roosevelt
1956: Oscar Robertson, Attucks
1957: John Coalmon, South Bend Central
1958: Mike McCoy, Fort Wayne South
1959: Jimmy Rayl, Kokomo
1960: Ron Bonham, Muncie Central
1961: Tom and Dick VanArsdale, Manual
1962: Larry Humes, Madison
1963: Rick Jones, Muncie Central
1964: Dennis Brady, Lafayette Jeff
1965: Billy Keller, Indianapolis Washington
1966: Rick Mount, Lebanon
1967: Willie Long, Fort Wayne South
1968: Billy Shepherd, Carmel
1969: George McGinnis, Indianapolis Washington
1970: Dave Shepherd, Carmel
1971: Mike Flynn, Jeffersonville
1972: Phil Cox, Connersville
1973: Kent Benson, New Castle
1974: Steve Collier, Southwestern (Hanover),
and Roy Taylor, Anderson
1975: Kyle Macy, Peru
1976: Dave Colescott, Marion
1977: Ray Tolbert, Anderson Madison Heights
1978: David Magley, South Bend LaSalle
1979: Steve Bouchie, Washington
1980: Jim Master, Harding
1981: Dan Palombizio, Michigan City Rogers
1982: Roger Harden, Valparaiso
1983: Steve Alford, New Castle
1984: Troy Lewis, Anderson, and Delray
Brooks, Michigan City Rogers
1985: Jeff Grose, Warsaw
1986: Mark Jewell, Lafayette Jeff
1987: Jay Edwards and Lyndon Jones, Marion
1988: Woody Austin, Richmond
1989: Pat Graham, Floyd Central
1990: Damon Bailey, Bedford North Lawrence
1991: Glenn Robinson, Gary Roosevelt
1992: Charles Macon, Michigan City Elston
1993: Maurice “Kojak” Fuller, Anderson
1994: Bryce Drew, Valparaiso
1995: Damon Frierson, Ben Davis
1996: Kevin Ault, Warsaw
1997: Luke Recker, DeKalb
1998: Tom Coverdale, Noblesville
1999: Jason Gardner, North Central
2000: Jared Jeffries, Bloomington North
2001: Chris Thomas, Pike
2002: Sean May, Bloomington North
2003: Justin Cage, Pike
2004: A.J. Ratliff, North Central
2005: Luke Zeller, Washington
Note: No award was given in 1943 and ’44
because of World War II.