IHSAA Boys Basketball

Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental Attitude through 2007-08

 

At the state finals, members of the IHSAA Executive Committee present the Trester Award to the outstanding senior participant in each classification of the boys’ basketball state finals. The recipients of this award, who were nominated by their principals and coaches, must excel in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership and athletic ability in basketball. Farm Bureau Insurance, IHSAA corporate partner, presents a $1,000 scholarship to each school in the name of the recipient.

From 1917 to 1943 the award was known as “The Gimbel Medal for Mental Attitude” in honor of Mr. Jake Gimbel of Vincennes, who awarded the medal each of those years until his passing prior to the 1943 tournament. In 1944, the award became known as the “IHSAA Medal for Mental Attitude”.  In 1945, the IHSAA board officially named the award “The Arthur L. Trester Medal for Mental Attitude” in honor of the man who served as first commissioner of the Association from 1929 to 1944.

Recipients were given a medal each year from 1945 through 1964, hence “The Arthur L. Trester Medal for Mental Attitude.” Since 1965, the award has been made in the form of a plaque with a copy of the original medal incorporated on the face of the plaque, hence “The Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental Attitude.”

    

Gimbel Medal for Mental Attitude

Year

 

Name

School

1916-17

 

Claude Curtis

Martinsville

1917-18

 

Ralph Esarey

Bloomington

1918-19

 

Walter Cross

Thorntown

1919-20

 

Harold Laughlin

Bedford

1920-21

 

Ralph Marlowe

Sandusky

1921-22

 

Reece Jones

Vincennes

1922-23

 

Maurice Robinson

Anderson

1923-24

 

Philip Kessler

Richmond

1924-25

 

Russell Walter

Kokomo

1925-26

 

Richard Williams

Evansville Central

1926-27

 

Franklin Prentice

Kendallville

1927-28

 

Robert McCarnes

Logansport

1928-29

 

Emmett Lowery

Indianapolis Arsenal Technical

1929-30

 

Kenneth Young

LaPorte

1930-31

 

Norman Cottom

Terre Haute Wiley

1931-32

 

Jess McAnally

Greencastle

1932-33

 

James Seward

Indianapolis Shortridge

1933-34

 

Arthur Gosman

Jasper

1934-35

 

James Lyboult

Richmond

1935-36

 

Steve Sitko

Fort Wayne Central

1936-37

 

Robert Menke

Huntingburg

1937-38

 

Robert Mygrants

Hammond

1938-39

 

Jim Myers

Evansville Bosse

1939-40

 

Duane Conkey

Mitchell

1940-41

 

Donald Server

Madison

1941-42

 

Kenneth Brown, Jr.

Muncie Burris

1942-43

 

Dave Laflin

Lebanon

IHSAA Medal for Mental Attitude                                                           

1943-44

 

Walter McFatridge

Kokomo

Arthur L. Trester Award for Mental Attitude

1944-45

 

Max Allen

Indianapolis Broad Ripple

1945-46

 

Robert Cripe

Flora

1946-47

 

Ronald Bland

Terre Haute Garfield

1947-48

 

Lee Hamilton

Evansville Central

1948-49

 

James Schooley

Auburn

1949-50

 

Pat Klein

Marion

1950-51

 

Robert Jewell

Indianapolis Attucks

1951-52

 

Joe Sexson

Indianapolis Arsenal Technical

1952-53

 

Harley Andrews

Terre Haute Gerstmeyer

1953-54

 

Bobby Plump

Milan

1954-55

 

James Henry

New Albany

1955-56

 

Dennis Tepe

Elkhart

1956-57

 

Robert Perigo

Lafayette Jefferson

1957-58

 

Richard Haslam

Crawfordsville

1958-59

 

James Rayl

Kokomo

1959-60

 

Robert Cantrell

East Chicago Washington

1960-61

 

Tom & Dick VanArsdale

Indianapolis Manual

1961-62

 

John Wilson

Evansville Bosse

1962-63

 

Greg Samuels

Terre Haute Garfield

1963-64

 

Mike Weaver

Huntington

1964-65

 

Edward Bopp

Indianapolis Washington

1965-66

 

James Cadwell

Michigan City Elston

1966-67

 

Charles Nelson

Fort Wayne South Side

1967-68

 

James Nelson

Gary Roosevelt

1968-69

 

Joe Sutter

Marion

1969-70

 

James Trout

Loogootee

1970-71

 

Jerry B. Lamberson

New Castle

1971-72

 

Mark Inman

Jeffersonville

1972-73

 

Garry Abplanalp

Franklin

1973-74

 

Jon & Don McGlocklin

Franklin

1974-75

 

Steve Walker

Lebanon

1975-76

 

Jack David Colescott

Marion

1976-77

 

Mark Herrmann

Carmel

1977-78

 

Jack Moore

Muncie Central

1978-79

 

Malcolm Cameron

Terre Haute South

1979-80

 

Jeff Todd

Marion

1980-81

 

Karl Donovan

Vincennes Lincoln

1981-82

 

Phillip Wendel

Plymouth

1982-83

 

John Harter

Anderson

1983-84

 

Milan Petrovic

Lake Central

1984-85

 

Todd Graf

Richmond

1985-86

 

Todd Anderson

Shelbyville

1986-87

 

Marvin Rea

Gary Roosevelt

1987-88

 

Sam Long

Muncie Central

1988-89

 

Patrick Graham

Floyd Central

1989-90