IHSBCA - Iowa Baseball Coaches

1996

1996 Hall of Fame Class #28

Terry Fox - Colfax-Mingo
Charles “Al” Huppert - Panora
Bill Hand - Hampton
Eugene Meister - Algona Garrigan
Kevin Rhomberg - Dubuque

The IHSBCA Hall of Fame Class of 1996 included, Al Huppert - Panora, Kevin Rhomberg - Dubuque, Eugene Meister - Algona Garrigan, Bill Hand - Hampton and Terry Fox of Colfax-Mingo.

Class 4A District Coaches of the Year for 1996 included Ed Feyen - Dubuque Wahlert, Brad Rose - Ottumwa and Steve Shanks of Sioux City East.

College Coaches of the Year in 1996 included Rick Heller of Upper Iowa University and Rick Sandquist of Iowa Central Community College.

Class 2A District Coaches of the Year for 1996 included, Ken Schreiber - CB St. Albert and Dave Middleton - North Polk.

Class 3A District Coaches for 1996 included, Jim Gebhart - Saydel, Steve Daeges - Harlan and Larry Milledge of Chariton.

District Umpires of the Year for 1996 included, Ev Peterson - Cedar Rapids, Fr. Craig Collison - Carroll and Troy Plummer - DesMoines.

Hall of Famers Dick Wagner - Burlington and Pinky Primrose of Cedar Rapids.

1996 Award Winners — Honored at 1997 Clinic
1A
**     NW      Tom Elsbecker - North Kossuth
        SE        Jeff Bloomer - Harmony
        NE      Gary Stamp - Lisbon
        Central Trev Houck - Hubbard-Radcliffe
        SW       Trace Petersen - Panorama
2A
        NW       Tim Snyder - West Lyon
        SE        Jeff Schweibert - Mount Vernon
        NE        Tom Jenk Jr. - Dyersville Beckman
        Central Dave Middleton - North Polk
**     SW       Ken Schreiber - Council Bluffs St. Albert
3A
**     West    Steve Daeges - Harlan
        SE        Larry Milledge - Chariton
        NE        Mike Morrison - West Delaware
        Central Jim Gebhart - Saydel
4A
        West     Steve Shanks - Sioux City East
**     SE        Brad Rose - Ottumwa
        NE        Ed Feyen - Dubuque Wahlert
        Central Jim Blythe - Indianola

2-year College Coach of the Year:
Rick Sandquist - Iowa Central CC
4-year College Coach of the Year:
Rick Heller - Upper Iowa University

Assistant Coach of the Year Nominees and Winners
NE:          Al Read, Roger Banwart, Pat Weber
West:       Tim O’Neil, Dean Harpenau, Stan Funkhouser
Central:    Mike Moses, Matt Farup, Chuck Stevens
SE:           Jay Fitzgerald, Dan Eversmeyer, Mike Wiley

All District Umpire Nominees, All District Umpires and Umpire of the Year
** Fr. Craig Collison - Carroll - Umpire of Year

NE:           Ev Peterson, Brad Giesking, Jack Lynch
West:        Fr. Craig Collison, Dan Pomeroy, Mark Paulsen
Central:     Troy Plummer, Neils Johnson, Mike Niece
SE:            Mike Droll, Steve Mason, Benny Rios

Umpire Newcomers of Year: Tim Hughes - Carroll, Roger Menke - Fort Madison, Scott Sernett - Cedar Falls

West District Assistant Coach of the Year 1996

Tim O’Neil - Sioux City Heelan

Class 3A NE District Coach of the Year 1996

Mike Morrison - West Delaware

President Phil Lebo is photographed with 1996 Media Award Winners Gary Bucklin - Creston Radio, Arden Schoep - Nevada Journal and Dearrel Bates of Quad City Times.