The Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association held its 42nd annual Awards Banquet on Saturday, January 30th, at the Marriott Hotel Banquet room in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This year's award winners are listed below.
Hall of Fame Inductees:
Bill Burbach - Dubuque (Player)
John Lewis - Cedar Rapids (Coach)
Harley Schieffer - Clarinda (Coach)
Joe McFarland - Norwalk (Coach)
John Waddle - Coon-Rapids (Coach)
Bill Boyd - New Hampton (Umpire)
True Pitch District Diamonds of the Year Awards:
Northeast District: Mason City Newman
West District: Lewis Central
Central District: Urbandale
Southeast District: Solon
Diamond of the Year Award: Lewis Central - Council Bluffs
College Coaches of the Year Award:
2 year College Coach: Dan Fitzgerald - Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC)
4 year College Coach: Rick Heller - University of Northern Iowa
Media Awards:
East District: Ross Thede - Marshalltown Newspaper
West District: Matt Gengler - Missouri Valley Newspaper
Bill and Sherry Freese "Contributor of the Year" Award:
Jim Gossett and Barry Bruner - Carroll
IHSBCA President's Award:
Tom and Linda Souhrada - Davenport
Harold "Pinky" Primrose Award:
Dr. Bradley Hammer - Des Moines
Umpire of the Year Award winners:
Northwest District: John Bartolo - Algona
Northeast District: Chris Oberbroeckling - Marion
Southwest District: Steve Shantz - Greenfield
Southeast District: Dave Bohnenkamp - North Liberty
"Brent Prange" Umpire of the Year Award: Chris Oberbroeckling - Marion
Dave Harty Umpire Newcomer of the Year Award:
Ricardo Alverio - Norwalk and Shannon McWhirter - Fairfield
Coach of the Year Winners:
Class 1A
Northeast District: Tony Adams - Mason City Newman
Northwest District: Dan Wendal - Alta
Central District: Dan Kopriva - North Tama
Southwest District: Steve Westphal - Lenox
Southeast District: Dave Rock - Calamus-Wheatland
State Coach of the Year Winner: Tony Adams - Mason City Newman
Class 2A
Northeast District: Tom Jenk, Jr. - Dyersville-Beckman
Northwest District: Scott Koch - Cherokee
Central District: Joe Shanks - Ft. Dodge St. Edmond
Southwest District: Ken Schreiber - St. Albert, Council Bluffs
Southeast District: Keith McSweeney - Solon
State Coach of the Year Winner: Joe Shanks - Ft. Dodge St. Edmond
Class 3A
Northeast District: Dennis Olejniczak - Decorah
West District: Don Lyons - Denison and Bill McCabe - Storm Lake
Central District: Chad Wiedmann - Norwalk
Southeast District: Bill Argo - Assumption, Davenport
State Coach of the Year Winner: Chad Wiedmann - Norwalk
Class 4A
Northeast District: Charlie Stumpff - Iowa City West
West District: Brian Drent - Sioux City North and Lee Toole - Lewis Central
North Central District: Steve Hanson - Marshalltown
South Central District: Tim O'Neill - West DM Dowling
Southeast District: Jay Ryan - Davenport
State Coach of the Year Winner: Brian Drent - Sioux City North
Assistant District Coaches of the Year Winners:
Northeast District: Todd Pugh - Cedar Rapids Washington
West District: Curt Kaufman - Glenwood
Central District: Mike Egbert - Ottumwa
Southeast District: Uby Martinez - Iowa City Regina
Service Award Winners:
10 Year Coaching Certificate: Darryl DeRuiter - Pella (umpire), Dave Dirkx - Carlisle, Mike Egbert - Ottumwa,
Jeremy Eldred - West DM Dowling, Travis Griffith - North Linn, Jim Keegel - Albia, Mitch Krumwiede - ADM,
Byron Schlotterback - CR Washington
15 Year Coaching Award: Tony Adams - Mason City Newman, Kevin Dicus - Sioux City North, Dana Fink - Perry, Scott Koch - Cherokee, Paul Goodman - Western Dubuque, Bill Petsche - Central DeWitt, Bret Posegate - Johnston, Ken Singleton - Cedar Rapids Jefferson
20 Year Coaching Award: Bret Hoyer - Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Joe Nugent - Iowa City (umpire), Tom Tisdale - Newton.
30 Year Coaching Award: Rick Admire - Sergeant Bluff-Luton, Dan Crum - Carlisle (umpire), Steve Hanson - Marshalltown
35 Year Coaching Award: Tom Jenk, Jr. - Dyersville-Beckman
40 Year Coaching Award: Lenny Weih - Clinton
Win Club Award Winners:
"100 Win Club": Corey Carlson - Don Bosco, Brian Drent - Sioux City North, Ben Grier - Williamsburg,
Steve Glenn - West Central Valley, Steve Mott - Knoxville, Jared Ocker - Sioux City East
"200 Win Club": Dave Dirkx - Carlisle, Kevin Kelderman - North Mahaska, Jim Marter - Newton, Bret Posegate - Johnston, Troy Rood - Mason City, Brandon Ruffridge - Pocahontas Area
"300 Win Club": Monte Friestad - Waukee, Jake Souhrada - Wilton, Boyd Brittain - Albia
"400 Win Club": Steve Hanson - Marshalltown, Dave Middleton - North Polk
"500 Win Club": Brian Gillogly - Luther College, Bret Hoyer - CR Kennedy, Ken Schreiber - St. Albert
"600 Win Club": Rick Davis - Boone, Steve Westphal-Lenox.
