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Varsity "I" Awards

Achievement Award

Year Name Sport
1970 Claude H. "Buddy" Young '46 Football, Track & Field
1971 Leland M.T. Stilwell '24 Basketball
1972 Barton Cummings '35 Football, Track & Field
1973 Ray Eliot '32 Football, Baseball
1974 Robert C. Wright '36 Football, Track & Field
1975 Willard G. "Bill" Franks '49 Football, Track & Field
1976 Perry Graves Sr. '15 Football, Baseball
1977 George S. Halas '18 Football, Basketball, Baseball
1978 Charles W. Bennis '35 Football
1979 Charles R. Charney '22 Football, Basketball
1980 Duane A. Cullinan '37 Track & Field
1981 Wayne D. Paulson '66 Football
1982 Cirilo A. McSween '54 Track & Field
1983 Dike Eddleman '49 Football, Basketball, Track & Field
1984 Thomas C. Stewart '50 Football
1985 Russell W. "Ruck" Steger '48 Football, Baseball
1986 Willard P. Thomson '55 Track & Field
1987 Louis Boudreau '40 Basketball, Baseball
1988 Dave Downey '63 Basketball
1989 Tom Riggs '41 Football
1990 Dick Butkus '65 Football
1991 Tom Haller '59 Baseball, Basketball, Football
1992 Bill Butkovich '47 Baseball, Football
1993 Jerry Colangelo '62 Basketball
1994 Bobby Mitchell '58 Football, Track & Field
1995 Tal Brody '65 Basketball
1996 Joe Tanner '72 Swimming
1997 Eddie Johnson '81 Basketball
1998 John Wright '68 Football
1999 Doug Mills '62 Football, Basketball, Baseball
2000 Joel Hirsch '63 Golf
2001 N/A (9/11)
2002* Arthur Wyatt '49 Golf
2003 Mark Hogan '73 Football Manager
2004 James DeBord '69 Swimming
2005 Charles Finn '55 Football Manager
2006 Mannie Jackson '60 Basketball
2007 Ron Bess '68 Football
2008 Justin Dooley '86 Gymnastics
2009 Rick (Roderick) Schmidt '75 Basketball
2010 Steve Stricker '89 Golf
2011 Bob Noelke '80 Football
2012 Richard Erickson '68 Football
2013 Ron Guenther '67 Football
2014 Stu Levenick '76 Football
2015 David Clapp '82 Baseball
2016 Bob Bucklin '72 Football
Sheila Crump Johnson '70 Cheerleading
2017 Rick Anderson '68 Swimming
Ellen Bailey Dickson '84 Volleyball
2018 Maria Salinas-Hayes '78 Gymnastics
Dennis Swanson '61 Basketball Manager
2019 Mark Avery '78 Cross Country, Track & Field
Tonja Buford-Bailey '93 Track & Field
2020 N/A (COVID-19)
2021 Mark Steinberg '89 Basketball
2022 Beverly Washington '79 Track & Field 

*2001 banquet canceled due to 9/11; 2001 honorees were recognized at 2002 banquet.

Honorary "I" Award

Year Names
1952 Edwin Manley, Lloyd Morey
1960 Paul K. Bresee, H.R. "Tiz" Bresee
1964 Shelby D. Himes
1966 Charles E. Flynn
1967 Don C. Seaton
1968 David Condon, Dallas L. Donnan, Leo T. Johnson, A. Rollin Staley
1969 Paul F. Kent, Robert T. Nicolette, Marc C. Norton, Frank K. Robeson, Kenneth W. Stotler
1970 Charles MacGregor Bellatti, Monsignor Edward Duncan, David Dodds Henry, Joseph B. Shirley
1971 Clancy R. Burrell, Robert Eisner Jr., George A. Legg, John G. Pace
1972 Gene Lamb, Paul E. Schaede, George W. Stark, Dean Fred H. Turner
1973 C.Virgil Martin, Clarence D. Oberwortmann, Wayne A. “Bud” O’Neal, Wendall B. Trenchard
1974 William B. Hopper, C. Douglas Monsson, John C. Wilson, Dr. Harvey R. Workman
1975 Stanley L. Funk, William G. Karnes, Bill McMahon, James Merlo, William R. Spurlock, Larry Stewart
1976 Roy J. Carver, Jay C. Hill, Thomas A. Murphy, Jay Van Pickerall, William H. Rice
1977 Russel O. Derby, H.K. Kemper, Russell G. Stewart, Harold W. Storer, John P. Trebellas, Frances Best Watkins
1978 Lewis H. Clausen, Alan M. Hallene, Samuel L. Harris, William S. Kinkead, Robert W. (Bob) Mayer, Robert H. Suter
1979 James A. Fink, Robert D. Grant, Frederic B. Hoppin, James G. Turpin, Fred H. “Brick” Young
1980 John J. Bratsakis, Dr. Richard D. Corley, Dick Moody, Dr. Morgan C. Powell, R. William Sticklen, Ray Timpone
1981 David L. Diana, John F. Homeier, Howard C. Humphrey, Richard A. Martin
1982 William H. Cofel, Loren B. Tate, Robert C. Thornton, Stanley B. Weaver, Virgil C. Wikoff
1983 Judith A. Cain, John A. Edwards, Jack C. Richmond, Emily S. Watts, W.T. “Chuck” Webb
1984 Marion Brownfield, William C. Butler, Paul McMichael, John E. Perring, Dr. Mel E. Schulmeister
1985 John E. Cribbet, Charles L. Daily, William A. Ferguson, Harold S. Jester, Robert Slade
1986 Robert W. Evans, Ernest D. Gannon, John C. Hirschfeld, Richard D. Irwin, H.B. Stubbs
1987 Joseph Antonello, Mrs. Alyce Taylor Cheska, Harry Hazelrigg Sr., Erland V. Kondrup, Louis Proano, Terrance Rathgeber, George T. Shapland, William E. Winter
1988 Clinton C. Atkins, Gary K. Bielfeldt, Teddy Eddleman, Peter R. Elliott, Donald E. Nordlund, Ralph L. Proffitt, Mary Ann Tucker
1989 Richard W. Black*, Ben F. Crackel, Paul A. Eichelberger, Thomas E. Harrington, Betty Ann Knight, Claude Langford, James O’Malley, Perry Thomas
1990 Francis R. Callahan, Marajen Stevick Chinigo, Phillip A. Dethloff, Jack Watson, Charles E. Willis
1991 Ann H. Cofel, Jane Hayes Rader, Kenneth J. Snyder
1992 H.W. Knapheide, William Olson, Dan Perrino, J. Kenneth Steidinger
1993 Lila Jeanne Eichelberger, Dennis Hackett, Dr. Karol Kahrs, Louis D. Liay, James E. Phillips
1994 James Anderson, Harold Collins, Mildred Griggs, Dr. Stanley Ikenberry, Tim Ubben
1995 Kenneth Boyle, Dave Chicoine, Lou Henson, Charlie Pond, Jack Robinson, Arnie Yarber
1996 William Bunte, Ron Harr, John Oltman, Roger T. Roberson
1997 Carlotta J. Bielfeldt, R. Guy Michael, Gary E. Smith, Gary Wieneke, Dr. Henry T. Wilkinson
1998 Harlan Burgess, Frances “Fritzi” Frary, Robert W. Lynch, John “Skip” Pickering, Barb Ward
1999 Craig Bazzani, Yoshi Hayasaki, Linda Mills, Glenn Werry, Jr.
2000 Susan Stitt Atkins, George Bunn, Terry Cole, Diane Noelke, Billy Pinkstaff, Michael Tokarz
2001 N/A (9/11)
2002* Rod Cardinal, Jim Herbison, Mary L. Wright
2003 Dr. Roger Powell, Bobby Slade Jr., Dr. Erwin Small, Jeff Tinervin
2004 Burris, Martin G. Burris, Gladys Frost, Harry Frost, Joan Hansen, Jim Lauritsen, Richard Niemann Sr.
2005 Debbie Babcock, Jean Bender, Jim Waddell
2006 Richard Demirjian, Shahid Khan, Carl Larson, Douglas Roberts
2007 David Dorris, Peter Fox, Barbara Hundley
2008 Tom DiSanto, Jackie Pipher, Robert Gurtler
2009 Jim Turner, Denny Smith, Mark Goldenberg, Joe Gutman, Gail Fischer
2010 Bill Barry, Dan Barry, Jerry Burnam, Jeff Kyrouac, Richard Owen
2011 Evan & Dixie Dickens, Bill Zerrusen, Dan Zerrusen, Kurt Zerrusen
2012 Michael & Jane Bartlett, Steve & Cleo D'Arcy, John & Mary Ellen Penicook
2013 John Giuliani, Alice & Rex Martin, Henry Dale & Betty Smith
2014 Richard & Colleen Burns, Jimmy Collins, Brent & Jean Wadsworth
2015 Tom Bryan, John & Trixy Corley, Richard "Itch" Jones, John Stevenson
2016 Fred & Carolyn Helmuth, Mark Johnson, Floyd & Sarah Yoder
2017 Philip & Heidi Sarnecki, Matt Wheeler
2018 Jim Benson, Ron and Paula Filler, Mary Henson
2019 Tom and Julie Scott, Mike Hatfield, Al Martindale, Andy Dixon
2020 N/A (COVID-19)
2021 Dana Brenner, Greg Heckman
2022 Jane & John Santogrossi, Paula Smith

*2001 banquet canceled due to 9/11; 2001 honorees were recognized at 2002 banquet.

Merit Award

Year Name Sport
1999 J.C. Caroline '56 Football
2000 Karol Kahrs Administration
2001 N/A (9/11)
2002* Ed Swartz Coaching Staff
2003 Tom Porter '63 Wrestling
2004 Linda Michael Administration
2005 Don Sammons '55 Swimming
2006 Jesse Ratliff Administration
2007 Gary Winckler Coaching Staff
2008 Carl Meyer Coaching Staff
2009 N/A
2010 Jeff Kyrouac Sports Medicine Staff
2011 Willie Williams Coaching Staff
2012 Terry Hite-David '72 Volleyball
2013 Jim Grabowski '66 Football
2014 Karen Iehl-Morse Athletic Training Staff
2015 Jim Wright '54 Basketball, Track & Field
2016 Tony Clements '70 Basketball, Football
2017 Harv Schmidt '57 Basketball
2018 Ken Zimmerman '63 Football, Fencing
2019 Bill Tate '53 Football
2020 N/A (COVID-19)
2021 N/A
2022 N/A

*2001 banquet canceled due to 9/11; 2001 honorees were recognized at 2002 banquet.