Over 250 players have been honored over the past 30 years, including several honorees that have gone on to successful NCAA Division 1-A careers. Bob Tull (St.Joseph’s, 1974) went on the play for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Another notable Irish performer is Anthony Johnson (John Adams, 1986) who won a National Championship in 1988 under coach Lou Holtz and went on to start for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.
List of Scholar-Athlete Finalists
1974: Dave Cunningham, Penn; Rich Lieberman, Riley; Bob Tull, St. Joseph’s; John VanLaere, LaSalle; Martin Murphy, Marian; Keith Werwas, Washington; Gary Ellis, Riley.
1975: Curtis Phillips, LaSalle; Jim Kretz, Jackson; Vince Keszei, Jackson; Richard Teves, LaSalle; Mark George, Marian.
1976: David O’Connor, Marian; Mike Gullifor, St. Joseph’s; Steve Larimore, Clay; Rich Stopczynski, Washington, Chuck Alexander, Mishawaka; Richard Pine, Washington; Jim Deranek, St. Joseph’s.
1977: Rick Baer, Clay; George Cole, North Liberty; Tom VanDeWalle, Riley; Paul Shubert, Adams; Tony Radecki, Clay; Maury Van Nevel, Riley; Mike Marshall, Adams; Mark Chillag, St. Joseph’s.
1978: Kirk Eggebrecht, Clay; Wayne Baer, Clay; Tom Dincolo, Clay; John Kenney, St. Joseph’s; Michael White, St. Joseph’s; Trent Yeoman, Penn; Alan Selner, North Liberty; Ron Janowczyk, Adams; Emery Molnar, LaSalle; Paul Grossnickle, Riley; Parvez Chand, Washington; Mal Mihajlovich, Mishawaka.
1979: Paul Hummel, Penn; Alex Sheyko, Penn; Duane Sizemore, Penn; John Roggeman, Mishawaka; Kevin Gerig, Mishawaka; Bryan Anderson, Mishawaka; Bill Choler, Elkhart Central; David Pairitz, Elkhart Central; Jim Harness, Elkhart Central; John Greer, Marian; Robert Bergren, Adams; Keith Bloch, LaSalle; Michael Gary, Elkhart Memorial; Tetsu Funabashi, Clay.
1980: Paul Bergren, Adams; Jeff Novotny, Clay; Mark VanderHagen, North Liberty; Mike Brewers, Elkhart Memorial; Kevin Lennon, Adams; Mitch Henderson, Elkhart Memorial; John Tordi, Mishawaka; Kirk Sobecki, Penn; Dave Dziubinski, Adams; Ed Hibshman, Elkhart Memorial; Ken Cotter, Penn; Vince Jacobs, Knox.
1981: Michael Agostino, St. Joseph’s; Tom Thomas, Penn; Pete Groote, Knox; Gary Walker, LaSalle; Scott Reinholt, Knox; Mike O’Neil, Penn; John Kuitse, Elkhart Memorial; Michael Overstreet, Washington; Andrew Pajakowski, LaSalle; Jay Colbert, Adams; Phil Dance, Penn.
1982: Brad Borkowski, Washington; Coppens, Washington; Nick Fiore, Clay; Steve Quimby, Adams; Todd Parker, Adams; Rob Roggeman, Mishawaka; Kevin Semanek, Elkhart Memorial; Mark Hummel, Penn; Monty Freeman, Penn; Jeff Karnes, Penn; Craig Johnson, Penn; Stephen Olson, Riley; John Kucela, Elkhart Central; Matt Rody, Elkhart Central.
1983: James Biggs, Adams; Greg Stroupe, Penn; Pete Dance, Penn; Steve Mark, Penn; Richard Michalak, Washington; Greg Fozo, Washington; Mike Niezgodski, LaSalle; Matt Yeakey, Elkhart Central; Paul Romanetz, Elkhart Central; Woody Koerting, Elkhart Central.
1984: Peter Harris, Adams; Paul Johnson, Adams; Scott Keiser, Penn; Mark Plencner, Penn; John Vogel, Penn; Joseph Polman, St. Joseph’s; Chris Cason, Clay; Gary Galeziewski, LaSalle; Jeff Powers, LaSalle; Steve Robinson, Elkhart Memorial; Karl Werner, Elkhart Memorial; Rodnie Williams, Elkhart Memorial; Tom Walenga, Mishawaka.
1985: Robert Brogle, Clay; Adam Dexter, Elkhart Memorial; John Duggan, St. Joseph’s; Tim Graf, St. Joseph’s; Steven Gruenig, Adams; Dan Haas, Penn; Bill Kambol, LaSalle; Tom Klaer, Mishawaka; Adam Remaly, Jimtown; Bret Romeo, Mishawaka.
1986: Chris Engdahl, Riley; Sam Jemielity, St. Joseph’s; Anthony Johnson, Adams; Sean McKenna, Marian; Todd miller, Elkhart Central; Steve Papandrea, Concord; Scott Rankert, Washington; Steve Roggeman, Mishawaka; Todd Schiltz, Elkhart Memorial; Cary Starnal, Jimtown.
1987: Kevin Bice, Penn; Peter Boyles, Elkhart Memorial; David DeGroff, Elkhart Central; Michael Gallagher, St. Joseph’s; Robert Hejl, Concord; Brian Kemble, Mishawaka; Christopher Powers, Riley; Jeff Pethick, Adams; David Pflug, Elkhart Central; Daniel Rotello, St. Joseph’s.
1988: Frank Agostino, St. Joseph’s; Pete Horvath, St. Joseph’s; David McCormick, St. Joseph’s; Thomas Crowley, Marian; Rich Wood, Mishawaka; Pete Kasper, Clay; Todd Grice, Concord; Dave Kyle, Penn; Matt Meilstrup, Penn; Bryan Boyer, Penn; Robert Anderson, Riley; Michael Komasinksi, Adams.
1989: Tony Agostino, St. Joseph’s; Thomas Casteel, Clay; Dan Coffman, Penn; Greg Eldred, Mishawaka; Bobby Foyle, Elkhart Central; Jim Griffin, Penn; Pat Hittle, Penn; Christopher Mesecar, Riley; Mike Pogue, Penn; Brian Zimmer, St. Joseph’s.
1990: Mark Adams, Mishawaka; Chad Austgen, Penn; Chris Baldwin, Penn; Chris Caldwell, Penn; Tim Conley, LaSalle; Chris Faulkens, LaSalle; Greg Gallagher, St. Joseph’s; Eric Kline, Penn; Brendan Kluszynski, Marian; Andrew Martin, Elkhart Memorial; Robert Quaco, Washington; Ryan Sergeant, Mishawaka.
1991: Mark Andrzejewski, Washington; Ryan Bach, Penn; Bryan Dennis, LaSalle; Michael Freel, Washington; Rob Kania, Penn; Andy Lough, Elkhart Memorial; Derrick Martin, Concord; Ernest Mudis, Adams; Patrick Roberts, Mishawaka; Charles Willour, Elkhart Central.
1992: Ryan Bradley, Adams; Calvin Daniels, Washington; Ty Dawson, Elkhart Memorial; Chad Hendrickson, Penn; Robert Jones, Elkhart Central; Jason Kasper, Clay; Greg Schermier, Penn; Dean Skwarcan, St. Joseph’s; Eric Teitsma, Concord; Clayton Wooldridge, Riley.
1993: Jonathan Adamson, Riley; Bryce Bowman, Clay; Joel Duthie, Elkhart Central; Tim Geesman, Penn; Benjamin Jennings, New Prairie; Jason Kreag, Penn; Joseph Macah, Marian; Dan Olson, Marian; Jeff Szuba, Marian; Steve Yarger, Clay.
1994: Ryan De Lee, Washington; Billy Banks, Marian; Charles Farrell, St. Joseph’s; Richie Hayes, Adams; Jason Kado, Concord; Ryan Mrozinske, New Prairie; Matt Portolese, Adams; Bob Proudfit, Penn; Mark Thompson, Adams; Todd Wenzel, Clay.
1995: Greg Dikos, Penn; Brian Reichenbach, Jimtown; Sam Reschly, NorthWood; Greg Bovenkerk, Washington; Todd Dvorak, Marian; Jason Hooley, Concord; Chris Knott, Concord; Joe Littrell, St. Joseph’s; Andy Roeder, NorthWood; Jeremy Sickmiller, Plymouth.
1996: David Birky, Elkhart Central; Tim Dyszkiewics, Washington; Matt Evans, LaPorte; Matt Geesman, Penn; Joe Leniski, Penn; Art McCormick, St. Joseph’s; Terence O’Rourke, Marian; Nick Ricketts, Bremen; David Stamper, Mishawaka; Wes Steiner, Clay; Joe Vance, Elkhart Memorial; Matt Wood, Washington.
1997: Brian Amus, Elkhart Memorial; Nick Bamber, Clay; Scott Becker, Penn; Matthew Foley, Riley; Scott Grenert, LaVille; Andy Hall, LaPorte; Darin Holsopple, Fairfield; Michael Jones, Elkhart Central; Benjamin Kauffman, Concord; Courtney Lehman, Jimtown; Brian Sharpe, Jimtown; Aaron Young, Riley.
1998: Rob Baughman, Penn; Benjamin Dames, LaPorte; Neil Durban, Marian; Ben Matherly, Elkhart Memorial; Kevin Miller, Goshen; Brad Monhaut, Penn; Matt Lewinski, Jimtown; Brad Wilson, Washington; Nathan Van Laere, Riley; Jake Yoder, Northwood.
1999: Ben Aronson, Riley; Cory Briner, Jimtown; Michael De Shano, St. Joseph’s; Matt Gibson, Northridge; Brad Greenlee, Northwood; Jason Gromski, LaSalle; Justin Hendricks, LaVille; Craig Hisey, Jimtown; Brian Miller, Adams; Anthony Paiano, Mishawaka; Daniel Reiff, Concord; Kevin Smith, Penn.
2000: Troy J. Anderson, South Bend Riley; Eric Bilinski, Washington; Eric Chudzicki, LaSalle; Brant Fowler, Concord; Brandon Gadacz, New Prairie; Jeremy Glenn, Washington; Justin Lantzer, Northwood; Pat Luecke, Clay; John Myers, Mishawaka; Dirk Peterson, LaPorte; Tom Pieszchala, New Prairie; David Sharpe, Jimtown; Vincenzo Siciliano, Marian; Andy Yoder, Goshen.
2001: Kevin Carney, St. Joseph’s; David Clark, Jimtown; David Cramer, Penn; Benjamin Driscoll, Mishawaka; Joe Janas, New Prairie; Bryan Kelly, Concord; Jeremy Lail, Elkhart Memorial; Eric Larson, Penn; Ben Martinsen, LaPorte; Spencer McSorley, Elkhart Central; Ian Nelson, Concord; Matt Nyerges, Elkhart Memorial; A.J. Rodino, Elkhart Memorial; Adam Smith, Clay; Justin Smith, Penn; Mike Stoller, Bremen; Jeff Thompson, Penn; Kevin Wiseman, Riley.
2002: James M. Bent, Mishawaka; Conrad Brammer, Marian; Marques Bolden, John Adams; Brad Clark, Jimtown; David DeBoer, Marian; Mike Gerbasich, Washington; Mark Gromski, LaSalle; Zack Johnson, Jimtown; Jeremy Lugbill, Concord; Aaron McCuddy, Jimtown; Scott Murphy, Elkhart Memorial; Mike Pinter, Penn; Kyle Sears, Elkhart Memorial; Mark Schellinger, LaPorte; Adam Skoczylas, St. Joseph’s; Kyle Walton, Penn; Mike Whitten, Northridge.
2003: Mark Bauernfeind, Penn; Zachary Brettnacher, Marian; Eric Brumbaugh, Northwood; Justin Colanese, New Prairie; Adam Cramer, Penn; Cody Coppotelli, Goshen; Tony Cunningham, Marian; Tony Glenn, Washington; Robert Hyde, Washington; James Marchbank, Marian; Michael Macellari, Clay; Eric Meckley, Elkhart Memorial; Graham Nelson, Clay; Roderick Roberts II, Riley; Alex Sandroni, Penn; Dan Schmit, Plymouth; Scott Wasulko, Marian; Sam Yoder, Bremen.
2004: Jared Adams, Jimtown; Cory Block, Marian; Beau Butler, Concord; Kyle Cepeda, LaPorte; Corey Groh, Jimtown; Wade Iams, Penn; Kyle Kownacki, New Prairie; Gary Landuyt, Washington; Jimmy Lanphear, Adams; Mike Peters, Jimtown; Patrick Reardon, St. Joseph’s; Eric Reese, John Glenn, Walkerton; Rob Schuelke, Niles; Casey Sponseller, Penn; Chris Taylor, Rochester; Jeff Taylor, Elkhart Memorial; Gavin Wilkinson, Concord; Brad Wisler, Mishawaka.
2005: Thomas Balestri, Warsaw; Thomas Bemenderfer, Penn; Rocky Buchta, LaPorte; Brandon Bugg, Penn; Colin Caffrey, Elkhart Memorial; Joe Curtis, John Glenn; Tyler Fraunfelter, Rochester; Keith Gassman, Adams; Adam Harker, Penn; Ryan Johnson, Rochester; Gary Nijak, Washington; Ryan Pickell, Plymouth; Laszlo “Lotsey” Pinnyei, Jimtown; Christo Sevov, Clay; Revor Shields, Northwood; Michael Spencer, Mishawaka; Bryan Wong, Tippecanoe Valley; Derek Woznicki, St. Joseph’s; Jason A. York, Jimtown.
2006: Matthew Boyce, Concord; Peter Brandsetter, Niles; Matt Celmer, St. Joseph’s; Keith Condon, Knox; Tim Davis, John Glenn; Craig Downs, Concord; Thomas Flynn, Plymouth; Keith Gadacz, New Prairie; Eric Jackowiak, Concord; Derek Johnson, Rochester; Tyler Leoffelholz, Penn; Zachary Lusk, New Prairie; Nate Parks, Niles; John Pote, Mishawaka Marian; Sean Sears, Elkhart Memorial; Evan Sobecki, Penn; John Soli, Jimtown; Ricky Storm, Niles; Jeremy Taylor, Elkhart Memorial; Steve Thayer, Jimtown; Daniel Scott Thomas, Rochester; Jared Ward, Jimtown.
2007: James Byers, Jimtown; Zachary DuBois, Jimtown; Scott Harmon, Warsaw; Mitchell Huber, Bremen; Tyler James, LaPorte; Koby Keck, New Prairie; Niell Li, Penn; Michael McMahon, Mishawaka Mairan; Jeremy Miller, Concord; Drew Nesser, St. Joseph; Ryan Orlowski, South Bend Washington; Christopher Taylor, Elkhart Memorial; Mike Thomas, Mishawaka Marian; Andrew Wiand, South Bend Riley; Nick Yoder, Concord; Shawn Yoder, Northwood
2008: John Aversa, St. Joseph’s; Joseph Borelli, Marian; Ben Brandstatter, Niles; Chris Brennan, Marian; Robert Crumlich, New Prairie; Zachary Foreman, New Prairie; Brian Groendyke, Mishawaka; Kenneth Kozinski, Marian; Matt McCullough, Elkhart Memorial; Kevin Plude, Marian; Mitchell Speer, St. Joseph’s; Michael Tomchaney, Adams; Tony Torma, Marian.
2009:: Adam Arsenault, St. Joseph’s; Mike Carroll, Penn; John Fagan, South Central; Craig Fitzgerald, John Glenn; Thomas Gringrich, Goshen; Kyle Hoff, Mishawaka; Brett Hunter, Goshen; Aaron Miers, Elkhart Central; Paul Ogren, Mishawaka Marian; Jeremy Rent, Plymouth; Erich Sale, Warsaw Community; Skyler Titus, Northwood; Brandon Williams, Northwood; Ben Zelmer, Penn; Eric Zeltwanger, Bremen.
2010: Jacob Bontrager, Goshen; Aaron Bulger, Marian; Justin Clemens, Warsaw; Cody Coblentz, LaVille; Zachary Crowell, John Adams; Tom Daniels, Warsaw; Dustin Demuth, LaPorte; Mitchell Derucki, Marian; Tyler Dvorak, Penn; Thomas Eich, John Glenn; Jake Farber, Jimtown; Jack Favorite, John Adams; Adam Hibshman, Elkhart Memorial; Gordon Holloway, Plymouth; Andrew Hooley, Northridge; Ryan Lippold, South Central; Kyle Miller, Niles; Nathanial O'Dell, John Glenn; Matthew Reisdorf, Mishawaka; Terry Riggs, John Adams; Kevan Secrist, Rochester; Kyle Secrist, Rochester; Ryan Serafino, Jimtown; Jacob Sheridan, Culver; Mitchell Smith, South Central; Andrew Stegelmann, Goshen; Steven Straits, Warsaw; Nathan Swihart, Goshen; Tom Waidner, Jimtown; P.J. Warmoth, Mishawaka; Andy Wiseman, Penn.
