The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association held its 43rd annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 29th, at the Marriott Hotel Banquet room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This year’s award winners are listed below:
Hall of Fame Inductees:
Scott Pose – West Des Moines Dowling (Player)
Bill Varner – Decorah (Player)
William Wuebker – Spalding Catholic (Coach)
Steve Hanson - Marshalltown (Coach)
Steve Sanders – Oelwein (Coach)
Milo Hamilton – Fairfield (Contributor)
Paul Keitel – DeWitt (Umpire)
True Pitch District Diamonds of the Year Awards:
Northeast District: Dyersville-Beckman
West District: St. Albert, Council Bluffs
Central District: Marshalltown
Southeast District: Williamsburg
Diamond of the Year Award: Marshalltown
College Coaches of the Year Award:
2 year College Coach: Mark Rardin – Iowa Western Community College (National Championship)
4 year College Coach: Steve Eddie - Buena Vista University
Media Awards:
East District: Gary and Corey Lindsey – Leon Journal-Reporter
West District: Jeff Blankman – Carroll Radio (KCIM)
Bill and Sherry Freese “Contributor of the Year” Award: Dave and Kendra Rock – Calamus-Wheatland
IHSBCA President’s Award: Jack Roeder – Cedar Rapids Kernels Baseball
Harold “Pinky” Primrose Award: Milo Hamilton - Fairfield
Umpire of the Year Award winners:
Northwest District: Jim Molitor - Carroll
Northeast District: Jay Flora - Marshalltown
Southwest District: Joe Nelson – Des Moines
Southeast District: Jeff Frese - Norway
“Brent Prange” Umpire of the Year Award: Jim Molitor - Carroll
Dave Harty Umpire Newcomer of the Year Award:
Brett Fuller - Altoona, Dean Kirkpatrick – Des Moines, JP Richardson – Ames.
Coach of the Year Winners:
Class 1A
Northeast District: Corey Carlson – Gilbertville, Don Bosco
Northwest District: Jim Klein – Remsen St. Marys
Central District: Dan Kopriva – North Tama
Southwest District: Justin Dehmer – Martensdale-St. Marys
Southeast District: Dave Rock – Calamus-Wheatland
1A State Coach of the Year Winner: Justin Dehmer – Martensdale-St. Marys
Class 2A
Northeast District: Tom Jenk, Jr. – Dyersville-Beckman
Northwest District: Scott Koch – Cherokee
Central District: Joe Shanks – Ft. Dodge St. Edmond
Southwest District: Randy Snyder – Kuemper, Carroll
Southeast District: Keith McSweeney - Solon
2A State Coach of the Year Winner: Keith McSweeney - Solon
Class 3A
Northeast District: Rick Gabel – Charles City
West District: Brett Elam - Glenwood
Central District: Dave Dirkx - Carlisle
Southeast District: Steve Mott - Knoxville
3A State Coach of the Year Winner: Brett Elam - Glenwood
Class 4A
Northeast District: Bret Hoyer – Cedar Rapids Kennedy
West District: Brian Drent – Sioux City North
North Central District: Troy Rood – Mason City
South Central District: Tim O’Neill – West DM Dowling
Southeast District: Jay Ryan - Davenport
4A State Coach of the Year Winner: Bret Hoyer – Cedar Rapids Kennedy
Assistant District Coaches of the Year Winners:
Northeast District: Tyler Downing – Charles City
West District: Steve Sonka - Cherokee
Central District: Jeff Hoogensen - Marshalltown
Southeast District: Terry Matzen – Calamus-Wheatland
Service Award Winners:
10 Year Coaching Certificate: Denny Allen – East Marshall, Billy Argo – Davenport Assumption, Jason Berning – Clarion-Goldfield, Sheldon Card – Pleasantville, Matt Den Hartog – Boyden Hull-Rock Valley, Stan Hunt – Louisa-Muscatine, Steve Shantz – Greenfield (Umpire).
15 Year Coaching Award: Bill Carlson, Jr. – Anamosa, Matt Elsbecker – Fort Dodge, Bill Petsche – Central DeWitt, Chad Rodgers – Griswold, Troy Rood – Mason City.
20 Year Coaching Award: Alden Altena – Western Christian, Scott Belger – SE Polk, Bill Boyd – New Hampton (Umpire), Ryan Cooley – West DM Valley, Tim Gall – Danville, Dennis Knoop – Iowa City High, Scott Koch – Cherokee, Seth Koch – South Tama, Brian Luft – DM East, Tony Nunez – West Harrison, Chris Oberbroeckling – Marion (Umpire),
Joe Shanks – St. Edmond Ft. Dodge, Jack Sole – Cedar Falls, Daryl Tutje – Sibley-Ocheyedan, Wyatt Zoske – North Polk.
25 Year Coaching Award: Jeff Hoogensen – Marshalltown, Dave Middleton - North Polk, Jim Struve – Vinton-Shellsburg, Steve Warren – Southeast Warren.
30 Year Coaching Award: Phil Katz – Alburnett, Ken Schreiber – St. Albert, Tom Witry – Dubuque Hempstead.
35 Year Coaching Award: Jack Lynch – Lawler (Umpire), Steve Sanders – Oelwein.
45 Year Coaching Award: Jim Kloewer - Stuart.
50 Year Coaching Award: Larry Peterson – Sioux Rapids (Umpire).
55 Year Coaching Award: Tom Jenk, Sr. – Dyersville-Beckman.
Win Club Award Winners:
“100 Win Club”: Jason Berning – Clarion-Goldfield, Lee Crawford – Sigourney, Justin Dehmer – Martensdale-St. Mary’s, Brett Elam – Glenwood, Derek Flack – DM Christian, Ray Harrington – Hudson, Seth Koch – South Tama, Mike Kuba – CR Jefferson, Cory McDonald – New Hampton, Scott McKinley – Woodward-Granger, Andy Osborne – Sioux City Heelan, Jared Pirkl – Mount Mercy, Mike Richman – Manson Northwest Webster, Chad Wiedmann – Norwalk.
“200 Win Club”: Mark Hey – Ankeny, Dan Kopriva – North Tama.
“300 Win Club”: Scott Koch – Cherokee, Tony Nunez – West Harrison, Chad Slagle – North Sentral Kossuth.
“500 Win Club”: Rick Admire – Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Dan Hovden – North Fayette, John Waddle – Coon Rapids-Bayard.
“800 Win Club”: Mike Laird – William Penn College.
“900 Win Club”: Jerry Roling – Dubuque Wahlert.
