Indiana Miss Basketball award
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Each year the Indiana Miss Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school
girls basketball
player in the U.S. state
of Indiana
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High school
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girls basketball
Basketball
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player in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
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Award winners
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1976 | Judi Warren | Warsaw Warsaw Community High School Warsaw Community High School is a public high school located in Warsaw, Indiana, the county seat of Kosciusko County. It is under the Warsaw Community Schools Corporation, its current superintendent being Dr. Craig J Hintz of Minnesota. The school's principal is Mr... |
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1977 | Teri Rosinski | Norwell Norwell High School (Indiana) Norwell High School was opened in the fall of 1968 after a consolidation between Rockcreek, Union, Lancaster, and Ossian High Schools. Located in Wells County, Indiana, Norwell serves the entire Northern Wells Community School district. The school district is located in the northern part of Wells... |
Illinois State Illinois State University Illinois State University , founded in 1857, is the oldest public university in Illinois; it is located in the town of Normal. ISU is considered a "national university" that grants a variety of doctoral degrees and strongly emphasizes research; it is also recognized as one of the top ten largest... |
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1978 | Chanda Kline | Warsaw Warsaw Community High School Warsaw Community High School is a public high school located in Warsaw, Indiana, the county seat of Kosciusko County. It is under the Warsaw Community Schools Corporation, its current superintendent being Dr. Craig J Hintz of Minnesota. The school's principal is Mr... |
Indiana State Indiana State Sycamores women's basketball The Indiana State Sycamores basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Missouri Valley Conference. Indiana State basketball is rich in history, with 17 post-season appearances They have won 3 Conference Titles; 3 Indiana Association for Intercollegiate... |
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1979 | LaTaunya Pollard | East Chicago Roosevelt | Long Beach | ||
1980 | Maria Stack | Columbus | Gonzaga Gonzaga University Gonzaga University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Spokane, Washington, United States. Founded in 1887 by the Society of Jesus, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and is named after the young Jesuit saint, Aloysius Gonzaga... |
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1981 | Cheryl Cook | Indianapolis Washington | Cincinnati University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio.... |
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1982 | Trena Keys | Marion Marion High School (Indiana) Marion High School is a high school in Marion, Indiana with more than 1,450 students.- Athletics :The nickname of the students and the athletic teams is the "Giants", and their teams compete in Indiana's North Central Conference... |
Notre Dame University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States... |
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1983 | Jody Beerman | Heritage Heritage High School (Monroeville, Indiana) Heritage Jr.-Sr. High School is a secondary school in Monroeville, Indiana. One of five secondary schools in the East Allen County Schools system, Heritage serves students in grades 7-12 in the communities of Hoagland, Monroeville, New Haven and Poe.-History:... |
Central Michigan Central Michigan University Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan... |
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1984 | Sharon Versyp Sharon Versyp Sharon Versyp is a former American basketball player and current head coach of the Purdue University women’s basketball team.-References:... |
Mishawaka | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
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1985 | Jodie Whitaker | Austin | Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represent the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference, which has historically been the most dominant conference in women's basketball. However, despite reaching national rankings as high as #4, the team has never reached the national... |
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1986 | Kim Barrier | Jimtown | Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball The Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball program represents the University of Alabama in the sport of women's basketball. The team competes in the Southeastern Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association. They are coached by Wendell Hudson, the first African-American student-athlete... /Western Michigan Western Michigan University Western Michigan University is a public university located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2010 semester, its enrollment is 25,045.... |
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1987 | Lori Meinerding | Fort Wayne Northrop Northrop High School Northrop High School is a Fort Wayne Community Schools high school situated in the northern suburbs of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.-Curriculum:... |
Indiana Indiana Hoosiers The Indiana Hoosiers are the athletic teams for the Bloomington campus of Indiana University . Athletic teams sponsored by IU Bloomington include cross country, track, baseball, golf, tennis, rowing, volleyball, soccer, football and basketball... |
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1988 | Vicki Hall | Indianapolis Brebeuf Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is a private college preparatory school founded by the Jesuits and located on the northwest side of Indianapolis. It is a part of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus and geographically located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis.Brebeuf... |
Texas Texas Longhorns women's basketball The Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents The University of Texas at Austin and competes in the Big 12 Conference.The team has long been a national power in women's basketball. Under head coach Jody Conradt, the second NCAA Division I basketball coach to win 900 career games , the... |
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1989 | Renee Westmoreland | Scottsburg | Western Kentucky Western Kentucky University Western Kentucky University is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. It was formally founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a quarter-century earlier.... |
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1990 | Patricia Babcock | Culver Girls Academy | Northwestern Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.... |
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1991 | Jennifer Jacoby | Rossville | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
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1992 | Marla Inman | Bedford North Lawrence Bedford North Lawrence High School Bedford North Lawrence High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in the eastern part of Bedford, Indiana and is accredited by the Indiana State Department of Public Instruction and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools... |
Louisville University of Louisville The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General... |
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1993 | Abby Conklin | Charlestown | Tennessee | ||
1994 | Tiffany Gooden Tiffany Gooden Tiffany Gooden was a professional basketball player in the ABL. When her pro career ended, Gooden embarked on a new career as an attorney. Gooden currently practices law as a partner in the firm of Hall & Gooden LLP in her hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana... |
Fort Wayne Snider R. Nelson Snider High School R. Nelson Snider High School is a secondary school in the Fort Wayne Community Schools system, serving the north central and northeast neighborhoods of Fort Wayne, Indiana.- History :... |
Iowa Iowa Hawkeyes The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports, 11 for men and 13 for women. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the... |
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1995 | Stephanie White Stephanie White Stephanie White-McCarty was a basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association. As an intercollegiate athlete, she was named the winner of the Wade Trophy in 1999, which recognizes the top female basketball player in the nation.White was the 1995 Indiana Miss Basketball and was... |
Seeger Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School is the single high school serving Warren County, Indiana, and is located a mile and a half north of the town of West Lebanon. It is administered by the Metropolitan School District of Warren County in Williamsport... |
Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
1999 WNBA Draft 1999 WNBA Draft 1999 WNBA Draft - 6 April 1999*On September 15, 1998, two more players were assigned prior to the expansion draft.*On April 6, 1999 a WNBA expansion draft took place.*On May 3, 1999 another round of player allocation took place.... : 2nd Rnd, 21st overall by the Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting The Charlotte Sting was a Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it was one of the league's eight original teams. The team folded on January 3, 2007.... |
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1996 | Lisa Winter | Huntington North Huntington North High School Huntington North High School is a large public secondary school serving all of Huntington County, Indiana. Enrollment is approximately 2,000 students. The school is operated by the Huntington County Community School Corporation and is located at 450 MacGahan Street in Huntington, Indiana... |
Ball State Ball State University Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings... /Valparaiso Valparaiso University Valparaiso University, known colloquially as Valpo, is a regionally accredited private university located in the city of Valparaiso in the U.S. state of Indiana. Founded in 1859, it consists of five undergraduate colleges, a graduate school, a nursing school and a law school... |
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1997 | Lisa Shepherd | Richmond Richmond High School (Richmond, Indiana) Richmond High School is a public high school in Richmond, Indiana, located at 380 Hub Etchison Parkway. It is the home of the Richmond Red Devils, who are members of the North Central Conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association . The current enrollment of the school is around 1,700... |
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1998 | Kelly Komara | Lake Central | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
2001 WNBA Draft 2001 WNBA Draft 2001 WNBA Draft - 20 April 2001*On April 20, 2001 the regular WNBA draft took place.-College draft:-Round 1:-Round 2:-Round 3:-Round 4:... : 3rd Rnd, 34th overall by the Indiana Fever Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... |
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1999 | April McDivitt | Connersville | Tennessee/Santa Barbara | 2004 WNBA Draft 2004 WNBA Draft 2004 WNBA Draft - 17 April 2004On January 6, 2004 a dispersal draft took place. Players were drafted from the roster of the Cleveland Rockers, who folded after the 2003 season.... : Free Agent by the Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season... |
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2000 | Sara Nord | Jeffersonville | Louisville University of Louisville The University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General... |
2004 WNBA Draft 2004 WNBA Draft 2004 WNBA Draft - 17 April 2004On January 6, 2004 a dispersal draft took place. Players were drafted from the roster of the Cleveland Rockers, who folded after the 2003 season.... : Free Agent by the Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... |
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2001 | Shyra Ely Shyra Ely Shyra Ely is an American basketball player who last played in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky. The 6–2 power forward had originally played for two seasons with the San Antonio Silver Stars... |
Ben Davis Ben Davis High School Ben Davis High School is a three year American high school in Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana. As of 2010 , it has a student enrollment of nearly 3,500 and a staff of 178.-History:... |
Tennessee | 2005 WNBA Draft 2005 WNBA Draft The WNBA Draft is an annual draft held by the Women's National Basketball Association through which WNBA teams can select new players from a talent pool of college and professional women's basketball players... : 2nd Rnd, 14th overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... |
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2002 | Shanna Zolman Shanna Zolman Shanna Annette Crossley is an American professional basketball player for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She attended college at the University of Tennessee and graduated in 2006 with a degree in Broadcasting... |
Wawasee Wawasee High School Wawasee High School is a high school located in Syracuse, Indiana, United States. It was founded in the late 1960s after merging the high schools from Syracuse, Milford and North Webster... |
Tennessee | 2006 WNBA Draft 2006 WNBA Draft On November 16, 2005, the Women's National Basketball Association held an expansion draft for the Chicago Sky. It was the first expansion draft since the 2000 season, when the WNBA welcomed the Miami Sol, Portland Fire, Indiana Fever, and Seattle Storm into the league.On April 5, 2006, the WNBA... : 2nd Rnd, 16th overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio... |
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2003 | Katie Gearlds | Beech Grove | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
2007 WNBA Draft 2007 WNBA Draft The 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.... : 1st Rnd, 7th overall by the Seattle Storm Seattle Storm The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... |
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2004 | Jaclyn Leininger | Warsaw Warsaw Community High School Warsaw Community High School is a public high school located in Warsaw, Indiana, the county seat of Kosciusko County. It is under the Warsaw Community Schools Corporation, its current superintendent being Dr. Craig J Hintz of Minnesota. The school's principal is Mr... |
Miami (OH) Miami RedHawks Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, features 18 different varsity level sports teams for men and women, all of which are known as the Miami RedHawks... |
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2005 | Jodi Howell | Alexandria-Monroe | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
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2006 | Amber Harris Amber Harris Amber Harris is a professional basketball player, currently playing for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball at Xavier.-WNBA:... |
Indianapolis North Central | Xavier Xavier University (Cincinnati) Xavier University is a co-educational Jesuit university in the United States located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,000 students and graduate enrollment of 2,600 students. Xavier is primarily... |
2011 WNBA Draft 2011 WNBA Draft The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut... : 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season... |
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2007 | Ta'Shia Phillips Ta'Shia Phillips Ta'Shia Phillips is a basketball player who most recently played for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association.She is the sister of Cinncinnati Reds second baseman, Brandon Phillips.-WNBA:... |
Indianapolis Brebeuf Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is a private college preparatory school founded by the Jesuits and located on the northwest side of Indianapolis. It is a part of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus and geographically located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis.Brebeuf... |
Xavier Xavier University (Cincinnati) Xavier University is a co-educational Jesuit university in the United States located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The University is the sixth-oldest Catholic university in the nation and has an undergraduate enrollment of about 4,000 students and graduate enrollment of 2,600 students. Xavier is primarily... |
2011 WNBA Draft 2011 WNBA Draft The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut... : 1st Rnd, 8th overall by the Atlanta Dream Atlanta Dream The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta... traded to the Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... |
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2008 | Brittany Rayburn | Attica | Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
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2009 | Skylar Diggins Skylar Diggins Skylar Diggins is currently a women's basketball player for the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. She was a McDonald's All-American coming out of high school... |
South Bend Washington Washington High School (South Bend, Indiana) Washington High School is a public high school located at 4747 W. Washington on the West Side of South Bend, Indiana. It is part of the SBCSC magnet program, where it is the Medical/Allied Health Magnet Program.-History:... |
Notre Dame Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame's nickname is inherited from Irish immigrant soldiers who fought in the Civil War with the Union's Irish Brigade, , recollected among other places in the poetry of Joyce Kilmer who served with one of the Irish Brigade regiments during World War I... |
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2010 | Courtney Moses | Oak Hill Oak Hill High School (Indiana) Oak Hill High School is a high school located outside of Converse, Indiana.-Athletics:The Golden Eagles compete in the Central Indiana Conference . They switched to the CIC in 2006 after formerly being in the Three Rivers Conference . Oak Hill is known to have had a strong football tradition,... |
Purdue Purdue Boilermakers Women's Basketball The Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team is a college basketball program that competes in NCAA Division I and the Big Ten Conference. Purdue is rich in tradition and history, holding the record for Big Ten Championships, along with being the only program in the conference to boast winning... |
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2011 | Bria Goss | Ben Davis Ben Davis High School Ben Davis High School is a three year American high school in Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana. As of 2010 , it has a student enrollment of nearly 3,500 and a staff of 178.-History:... |
Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball The Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represent the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference, which has historically been the most dominant conference in women's basketball. However, despite reaching national rankings as high as #4, the team has never reached the national... |
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Schools with multiple winners
School | Number of Awards | Years |
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Warsaw Warsaw Community High School Warsaw Community High School is a public high school located in Warsaw, Indiana, the county seat of Kosciusko County. It is under the Warsaw Community Schools Corporation, its current superintendent being Dr. Craig J Hintz of Minnesota. The school's principal is Mr... |
3 | 1976, 1978, 2004 |
Indianapolis Brebeuf Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School is a private college preparatory school founded by the Jesuits and located on the northwest side of Indianapolis. It is a part of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus and geographically located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis.Brebeuf... |
2 | 1988, 2007 |
Ben Davis Ben Davis High School Ben Davis High School is a three year American high school in Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana. As of 2010 , it has a student enrollment of nearly 3,500 and a staff of 178.-History:... |
2 | 2001, 2011 |