1997 Award Winners — Honored at 1998 Clinic
1A
** NW Tom Elsbecker - North Kossuth
SE William Walters - Burlington Notre Dame
NE Tom Elsbecker - North Kossuth
Central Curt Grimm - Hubbard-Radcliffe
SW John Waddle - Coon Rapids
2A
NW Jeff Scharn - Sioux Central
** SE Jeff Schweibert - Mount Vernon
NE Gary Nyhus - Mason City Newman
Central Tim Harvey - Bondurant-Farrar
SW Trace Petersen -Panora
3A
** West Andy McGaffin - Spencer
SE Jim Murphy - Davenport Assumption
NE Howard Conrad - Benton-Norway
Central Jim Gebhart - Saydel
4A
West Steve Shanks - Sioux City East
** SE Brad Rose - Ottumwa
NE Charles Stumpff - Iowa City West
Central Jim Mahoney - Johnston
2-year College Coach of the Year:
Rick Sandquist - Iowa Central CC
4-year College Coach of the Year:
Dave Schrage - University of Northern Iowa
Assistant Coach of the Year Nominees and Winners
NE: Lee Kolker, Cory Coates, Pat Weber
West: John Rock, Brent Hansen, Dean Harpenau
Central: Jeff Hoogensen, Jack Cottrell, Matt Farup
SE: Scott Beatty, Tim Gall, Dave Chenoweth
All District Umpire Nominees, All District Umpires and Umpire of the Year
** Brent Prange - Des Moines - Umpire of the Year
NE: Bill Boyd, Tim Dunphy, Joel Hibbs
West: Mark Paulsen, Lewie Curtis, Wayne Wuebker
Central: Brent Prange, Jay Flora, Mike Niece
SE: Steve Mason, Brad Geisking, Benny Rios
