SPORTS MEDIA AWARD

About: 1. The IHSAA School Administrator Award honors the work of media members for their coverage, promotion, and support of education-based activities in Iowa; 2. The award has been presented since 1970; 3. Print, radio, television, and digital outlets may be selected; 4. Member school nomination is required. By Year Name Outlet Name Outlet Name Outlet 1970 1984 1994 Jack North Des Moines Register George Kampling Clinton Herald Gary Bucklin KSIB Radio John O’Donnell Davenport Daily Times Jim Logan Red Oak Express Tim Fleming KGLO Radio 1971 Frosty Mitchell KGRN Radio Terry Hersom Sioux City Journal Bert McGrane Des Moines Register 1985 Jack Marlowe Maquoketa Sentinel Press Tait Cummins WMT Radio Howard Brantz Omaha World Herald Doug Rodenburg Missouri Valley Times 1972 Bob Brooks KHAK Radio Chuck Schoffner Associated Press Jim Zabel WHO Radio & TV Phil Chinitz Atlantic News Telegraph Charles Schram Manilla Times Alex Stoddard Sioux City Journal 1986 1995 1973 Ed Peck Newton Daily News Merlyn Elman Buffalo Center Tribune Russ Smith Waterloo Courier Neil Trobak KCIM-KKRL Radio Rich Fellingham KICD, KASI Andy Woolfries WOI, WMT, KRNT 1987 Leighton Hepker KMAQ Radio Ron Novotny KNOD Radio 1974 Ron Gonder WMT Radio & TV Hal Lagerstrom Dubuque Telegraph-Herald John Sullivan Cascade Pioneer Advertiser Gerald “Red” McAleece KDTH Radio Larry Woellert Manchester Press Gus Schrader Cedar Rapids Gazette Al Grady Iowa City Press-Citizen 1988 1996 1975 Jerry Bloom Logan & Woodbine Newspapers Emmett Mowery Ottumwa Courier Harold Bailey Perry Daily Chief Harry Gundacker New Hampton Tribune Denny Callahan KLEM Radio Frank Buckingham Cherokee Daily Times; KCHE Kevin Evans Waterloo Courier 1976 Don Brandt KBUR-KCRS Radio William Turner KCAU-TV Bob Foster KWAY Radio Bob Brown Fort Dodge Messenger Ed Jenson KWBG Radio George Dorrington WMT-TV 1989 Vern Olson KOAK Radio; Red Oak Express 1977 Dearrel Bates Quad City Times Doug Rieder KGRA Radio; Jefferson Herald Harry Burrell Iowa State University Patrick Fleming WDBQ, KDTH Wayne Grett Des Moines Register 1997 Leighton Housh Des Moines Register & Tribune Lee Hughes KMA Radio Warren Swain KMA Radio 1990 M.E. Messersmith Riceville Recorder 1978 Gary Alban Ogden Reporter Larry Peterson Creston News-Advertiser Gene Sherman KCAU-TV James R. Lindvall Griswold American Gary Rima KOEL Radio R.A. “Bob” Wilson KTIV-TV, KETV-TV Jim Van Heel Mason City Globe Gazette 1998 1979 1991 Todd Kimm Radio Iowa Harold Blake Muscatine Journal Tom Juhl KVDB Radio Ray Locke Waverly Newspapers Dave Potratz KICD Radio Randy Peterson Des Moines Register & Tribune Brad Knowles Denison Bulletin-Review Jim Rose Mount Pleasant News 1980 Dan McCool Des Moines Register Chuck Burdick Des Moines Register & Tribune 1992 Jerry Roberts KDLS Radio Bill Higgins KVFD Radio Roger Bates Muscatine Journal Herb Trapp Dyersville Commerical Alan Hoskins Ottumwa Courier 1999 1981 Dennis O’Grady Carroll Daily Times-Herald Jerry Jurgens Davenport Daily Times Bruce Mathew Oskaloosa Herald Jack Ogden Cedar Rapids Gazette 1993 Chuck Offenburger Des Moines Register Don Uker KDSN Radio Darlene Chaffee Laurens Sun Diane Seaman Emmetsburg William Chaffee Laurens Sun 1982 Ron Seaman Emmetsburg Bob Denney Cedar Rapids Gazette Ed Rood Tri-County Times Blean Calkins KWPC-KFMH Radio Jack M. Eaton SE Iowa Sports Radio Harrison “Skip” Weber Iowa Daily Press Association Mike Henderson IGHSAU John Kuhens KILJ Radio Morris Kelley IHSAA 1983 Arden J. Schoep Nevada Evening Journal Hank Dihlmann KROS Radio Charles Ney KAYL, Iowa Radio Network Max Sandeman Creston News Advertiser

IHSAA Awards: Sports Media Award 2020 Update Sports Media Award - By Year Name Outlet Name Outlet Name Outlet 2000 2008 2015 Elwood Geary Corwith Herald Chris Boeckman KAYL Radio Mark Amadeo KWKY Radio Randy Grossman KDSN Radio Ken Boesenberg Manchester Press Tony Atzeni Sports Spotlight Orin Harris KIOW Radio Doug Broek KSOU Radio John Bohenkamp Burlington Hawk Eye Rich Holm Fayette County Union Scott Campbell North Scott Press Jerry Giese Sioux City Journal Heidi Soliday KCCI-TV James Field KJAN Radio Kirk Hardcastle Mason City Globe-Gazette 2001 Dick Kelly Ames Tribune 2016 Dick Fridley Waverly Newspapers Jim Magdefrau South Benton Star Press Jeff Blankman Carroll Broadcasting Kelly Neff KWLO, KCJJ K.J. Pilcher Cedar Rapids Gazette John Jensen Grundy Center Register Jim Sullivan Waterloo Courier 2009 Jim Leitner Dubuque Telegraph-Herald John Walters WOI-TV Gerald Blue Fayette County Union Mike Oeffner Harlan Newspapers 2002 Joey Elbert KUOO Radio Ron Sturgis Calhoun County Journal Steven Allspach Sioux City Journal Bill Haglund Dallas County News 2017 Gary Determan KROS Radio John Naughton Des Moines Register Troy Banning Webster City Freeman-Journal John Martenson KGRN Radio Scott Saville KCRG-TV Beth Lutgen Dyersville Commercial Fritz Nielsen KLGA Radio Ted Schultz Clinton Herald Tom Robinson KSOM Radio Tim Seaman KCAU-TV 2010 Ross Thede Marshalltown Times-Republican 2003 Mike Baumgartner WVRE Radio 2018 Rick Coleman KWWL-TV Kent Harshbarger Mediapolis News Les Houser Wright County Monitor Christopher Faulkner Fort Madison Daily Democrat Donald Nielson Avoca Journal Bill Logan KMCH Radio Dave Paxton Albia Newspapers Dan Voigt Emmetsburg Newspapers Eric Pratt Fort Dodge Messenger Dan Pearson KWQC-TV Lori Wiser Ocheyedan Press-Melvin News 2019 2004 2011 Bob Fenske New Hampton Tribune Todd Bailey WHO-TV Perry Bell Pella-Knoxville Newspapers Matt Gengler Missouri Valley Times-News Jeff Dahn Cedar Rapids Gazette Dave Bingham WOI-TV Bill McIntyre Fort Dodge Messenger Dale Gerlock Buena Vista Journal John Johnson U.S. Amateur Wrestling News Charles Nixon Coon Rapids Enterprise Phil Monson Humboldt Independent Lee Muntz Fairfield Radio 2020 Lance Renaud KFJB-KXIA Radio Scott Unash KCRG/KGYM Radio Scott Byers N’West Iowa Review 2005 Tammy Virgil Columbus Gazette Ryan Stonebraker Tipton Conservative J.R. Ogden Cedar Rapids Gazette 2012 Jon Swisher KMCH Radio Mike Lyon Mapleton Press Matt Coss Muscatine Journal Mark Williamson KTLB Radio John Gorman Winterset Madisonian John Campbell KCRG-TV Jerry Kiwala WMT, Mediacom Darren Miller Tipton Conservative W. E. “Ed” Littler Adair News Paul Struck Cherokee Chronicle Times Jerry Mertens Preston Times Mike O’Connor KCOG-KMGO Radio Terry Mertens Preston Times 2006 Ed Sidey Adair County Free Press Larry Cotlar WHO, KXNO 2013 Jeff Linder Cedar Rapids Gazette Dan Berns KCTN/KADR Radio Larry Morgan Mediacom Scott Gonzales Guthrie Center Times Keith Murphy WHO-TV Willie Freiburger Bellevue Herald -Leader BJ Schaben KASI, Mediacom Shawn Kenney KDLS Radio Darin Svenson KDEC Scott Sailor Iowa Cubs 2007 Daryl Schepanski Anamosa Journal-Eureka Herb Forsman Sumner Gazette G. Wyatt Schultz The Predicament Susan Harman Iowa City Press-Citizen 2014 Matt Levins Burlington Hawk Eye Robert Fisher Three Eagles Radio John O’Connor KCHE Radio J.O. Parker Poweshiek County C.R. Mike Peasley KICD Radio Barry Poe Sioux City Journal Steve Sigafoose Council Bluffs Nonpareil Ronald Slechta Kalona News Kevin White Omaha World-Herald Neil Trobak Carroll Broadcasting

IHSAA Awards: Sports Media Award 2020 Update Sports Media Award Alphabetical Last Name, First Name Outlet Year Last Name, First Name Outlet Year Alban, Gary Ogden Reporter 1990 Fleming, Tim KGLO Radio 1994 Allspach, Steven Sioux City Journal 2002 Forsman, Herb Sumner Gazette 2007 Amadeo, Mark KWKY Radio 2015 Foster, Bob KWAY Radio 1996 Atzeni, Tony Sports Spotlight 2015 Freiburger, Willie Bellevue Herald -Leader 2013 Bailey, Harold Perry Daily Chief 1988 Fridley, Dick Waverly Newspapers 2001 Bailey, Todd WHO-TV 2004 Geary, Elwood Corwith Herald 2000 Banning, Troy Webster City Freeman-Journal 2017 Gengler, Matt Missouri Valley Times-News 2019 Bates, Dearrel Quad City Times 1989 Gerlock, Dale Fonda Times, Buena Vista Journal 2004 Bates, Roger Muscatine Journal 1992 Giese, Jerry Sioux City Journal 2015 Baumgartner, Mike WVRE Radio 2010 Gonder, Ron WMT Radio & TV 1987 Bell, Perry Pella-Knoxville Newspapers 2011 Gonzales, Scott Guthrie Center Times 2013 Berns, Dan KCTN/KADR Radio 2013 Gorman, John Winterset Madisonian 2012 Bingham, Dave WOI-TV 2011 Grady, Al Iowa City Press-Citizen 1987 Blake, Harold Muscatine Journal 1979 Grett, Wayne Des Moines Register 1989 Blankman, Jeff Carroll Broadcasting 2016 Grossman, Randy KDSN Radio 2000 Bloom, Jerry Logan & Woodbine Newspapers 1996 Gundacker, Harry New Hampton Tribune 1988 Blue, Gerald Fayette County Union 2009 Haglund, Bill Dallas County News 2009 Boeckman, Chris KAYL Radio 2008 Hardcastle, Kirk Mason City Globe-Gazette 2015 Boesenberg, Ken Manchester Press 2008 Harman, Susan Iowa City Press-Citizen 2007 Bohenkamp, John Burlington Hawk Eye 2015 Harris, Orin KIOW Radio 2000 Brandt, Don KBUR-KCRS Radio 1988 Harshbarger, Kent Mediapolis News 2010 Brantz, Howard Omaha World Herald 1985 Henderson, Mike IGHSAU 1999 Broek, Doug KSOU Radio 2008 Hepker, Leighton KMAQ Radio 1995 Brooks, Bob KHAK Radio 1985 Hersom, Terry Sioux City Journal 1994 Brown, Bob Fort Dodge Messenger 1976 Higgins, Bill KVFD Radio 1980 Buckingham, Frank Cherokee Daily Times; KCHE 1975 Holm, Rich Fayette County Union 2000 Bucklin, Gary KSIB Radio 1994 Hoskins, Alan Ottumwa Courier 1992 Burdick, Chuck Des Moines Register & Tribune 1980 Houser, Les Wright County Monitor 2018 Burrell, Harry Iowa State University 1977 Housh, Leighton Des Moines Register & Tribune 1977 Byers, Scott N’West Iowa Review 2020 Hughes, Lee KMA Radio 1997 Calkins, Blean KWPC-KFMH Radio 1982 Jensen, John Grundy Center Register 2016 Callahan, Denny KLEM Radio 1996 Jenson, Ed KWBG Radio 1996 Campbell, John KCRG-TV 2005 Johnson, John U.S. Amateur Wrestling News 2011 Campbell, Scott North Scott Press 2008 Juhl, Tom KVDB Radio 1991 Chaffee, Darlene Laurens Sun 1993 Jurgens, Jerry Davenport Daily Times 1981 Chaffee, William Laurens Sun 1993 Kampling, George Clinton Herald 1984 Chinitz, Phil Atlantic News Telegraph 1985 Kelley, Morris IHSAA 1999 Coleman, Rick KWWL-TV 2003 Kelly, Dick Ames Tribune 2008 Coss, Matt Muscatine Journal 2012 Kenney, Shawn KDLS Radio 2013 Cotlar, Larry WHO, KXNO 2006 Kimm, Todd Radio Iowa 1998 Cummins, Tait WMT Radio 1971 Kiwala, Jerry WMT, Mediacom 2012 Dahn, Jeff Cedar Rapids Gazette 2004 Knowles, Brad Denison Bulletin-Review 1998 Denney, Bob Cedar Rapids Gazette 1993 Kuhens, John KILJ Radio 1993 Determan, Gary KROS Radio 2002 Lagerstrom, Hal Dubuque Telegraph-Herald 1987 Dihlmann, Hank KROS Radio 1983 Leitner, Jim Dubuque Telegraph-Herald 2016 Dorrington, George WMT-TV 1976 Levins, Matt Burlington Hawk Eye 2007 Eaton, Jack SE Iowa Sports Radio 1993 Linder, Jeff Cedar Rapids Gazette 2006 Elbert, Joey KUOO Radio 2009 Lindvall, James Griswold American 1990 Elman, Merlyn Buffalo Center Tribune 1995 Littler, W.E. Adair News 2012 Evans, Kevin Waterloo Courier 1996 Locke, Ray Waverly Newspapers 1998 Faulkner, Christopher Fort Madison Daily Democrat 2003 Logan, Jim Red Oak Express 1984 Fellingham, Rich KICD, KASI 1995 Logan, Bill KMCH Radio 2018 Fenske, Bob New Hampton Tribune 2019 Lutgen, Beth Dyersville Commercial 2017 Field, James KJAN Radio 2008 Lyon, Mike Mapleton Press 2005 Fisher, Robert Three Eagles Radio 2014 Magdefrau, Jim South Benton Star Press 2008 Fleming, Patrick WDBQ, KDTH 1989 Marlowe, Jack Maquoketa Sentinel Press 1994

IHSAA Awards: Sports Media Award 2020 Update Sports Media Award - Alphabetical Last Name, First Name Outlet Year Last Name, First Name Outlet Year Martenson, John KGRN Radio 2002 Schoffner, Chuck Associated Press 1994 Mathew, Bruce Oskaloosa Herald 1999 Schrader, Gus Cedar Rapids Gazette 1974 McAleece, Gerald KDTH Radio 1974 Schram, Charles Manilla Times 1994 McCool, Dan Des Moines Register 1998 Schultz, Ted Clinton Herald 2009 McGrane, Bert Des Moines Register 1971 Schultz, G. Wyatt The Predicament 2013 McIntyre, Bill Fort Dodge Messenger 2019 Seaman, Diane Emmetsburg 1999 Mertens, Jerry Preston Times 2012 Seaman, Ron Emmetsburg 1999 Mertens, Terry Preston Times 2012 Seaman, Tim KCAU-TV 2002 Messersmith, M.E. Riceville Recorder 1997 Sherman, Gene KCAU-TV 1978 Miller, Darren Tipton Conservative 2005 Sidey, Ed Adair County Free Press 2012 Mitchell, Frosty KGRN Radio 1984 Sigafoose, Steve Council Bluffs Nonpareil 2007 Monson, Phil Humboldt Independent 2004 Slechta, Ronald Kalona News 2014 Morgan, Larry Mediacom 2006 Smith, Russ Waterloo Courier 1973 Mowery, Emmett Ottumwa Courier 1975 Soliday, Heidi KCCI-TV 2000 Muntz, Lee Fairfield Radio 2011 Stoddard, Alex Sioux City Journal 1972 Murphy, Keith WHO-TV 2006 Stonebraker, Ryan Tipton Conservative 2020 Naughton, John Des Moines Register 2009 Struck, Paul Cherokee Chronicle Times 2005 Neff, Kelly KWLO, KCJJ 2001 Sturgis, Ron Calhoun County Journal 2016 Ney, Charles KAYL, Iowa Radio Network 1983 Sullivan, John Cascade Pioneer Advertiser 1995 Nielsen, Fritz KLGA Radio 2002 Sullivan, Jim Waterloo Courier 2001 Nielson, Donald Avoca Journal 2010 Svenson, Darin KDEC 2006 Nixon, Charles Coon Rapids Enterprise 2019 Swain, Warren KMA Radio 1977 North, Jack Des Moines Register 1970 Swisher, Jon KMCH Radio 2020 Novotny, Ron KNOD Radio 1995 Thede, Ross Marshalltown Times-Republican 2017 O’Connor, Mike KCOG-KMGO Radio 2005 Trapp, Herb Dyersville Commerical 1998 O’Connor, John KCHE Radio 2007 Trobak, Neil KCIM-KKRL Radio 1986 O’Donnell, John Davenport Daily Times 1970 Trobak, Neil Carroll Broadcasting 2014 O’Grady, Dennis Carroll Daily Times-Herald 1992 Turner, William KCAU-TV 1988 Oeffner, Mike Harlan Newspapers 2016 Uker, Don KDSN Radio 1981 Offenburger, Chuck Des Moines Register 1999 Unash, Scott KCRG/KGYM Radio 2011 Ogden, Jack Cedar Rapids Gazette 1981 Van Heel, Jim Mason City Globe Gazette 1978 Ogden, J.R. Cedar Rapids Gazette 2005 Virgil, Tammy Columbus Gazette 2011 Olson, Vern KOAK Radio; Red Oak Express 1996 Voigt, Dan Emmetsburg Newspapers 2010 Parker, J.O. Poweshiek County C.R. 2014 Walters, John WOI-TV 2001 Paxton, Dave Albia Newspapers 2003 Weber, Harrison Iowa Daily Press Association 1982 Pearson, Dan KWQC-TV 2003 White, Kevin Omaha World-Herald 2007 Peasley, Mike KICD Radio 2007 Williamson, Mark KTLB Radio 2005 Peck, Ed Newton Daily News 1986 Wilson, R.A. KTIV-TV, KETV-TV 1990 Peterson, Randy Des Moines Register & Tribune 1991 Wiser, Lori Ocheyedan Press-Melvin News 2010 Peterson, Larry Creston News-Advertiser 1997 Woellert, Larry Manchester Press 1995 Pilcher, K.J. Cedar Rapids Gazette 2008 Woolfries, Andy WOI, WMT, KRNT 1973 Poe, Barry Sioux City Journal 2014 Zabel, Jim WHO Radio & TV 1972 Potratz, Dave KICD Radio 1979 Pratt, Eric Fort Dodge Messenger 2018 Renaud, Lance KFJB-KXIA Radio 2004 Rieder, Doug KGRA Radio; Jefferson Herald 1996 Rima, Gary KOEL Radio 1997 Roberts, Jerry KDLS Radio 1998 Robinson, Tom KSOM Radio 2017 Rodenburg, Doug Missouri Valley Times 1994 Rood, Ed Tri-County Times 1999 Rose, Jim Mount Pleasant News 1991 Sailor, Scott Iowa Cubs 2013 Sandeman, Max Creston News Advertiser 1983 Saville, Scott KCRG-TV 2009 Schaben, BJ KASI, Mediacom 2006 Schepanski, Daryl Anamosa Journal-Eureka 2013 Schoep, Arden Nevada Evening Journal 1993

IHSAA Awards: Sports Media Award 2020 Update