Six high school administrators were elected to the IHSAA Board of Directors during the annual elections conducted by mail vote Dec. 1-10.

Three individuals were re-elected to serve three-year terms while three others were elected for the first time. Each member school principal had the opportunity to vote for the candidates running for seats in their respective district.

For the first time, members were elected from three legislative districts rather than the five that had been recognized since 1916. For purposes of election and representation, the Board of Directors voted to reorganize its legislative districts from five to three during its annual meeting on April 30, 2001.

Re-elected to serve a new three-year term were:

• Mike Powell, Principal of Mississinewa High School, in District II.
• Lee Lonzo, Assistant Principal of Carmel High School, in District II.
• Roger Weaver, Principal of White River Valley High School, in District III.

Elected to serve three-year terms for the first time were:

• Debb Stevens, Athletic Director of Caston High School, in District I.
• Dennis Bunda, Athletic Director of Calumet High School, in District I.
• Randy Barrett, Principal of Brown County High School, in District III.

Each individual will begin their service on the Board of Directors July 1, 2002 and serve through June 30, 2005. They also will serve on the IHSAA's Executive Committee, composed of representatives in their second and third years, in the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years.

Please note that due to the upcoming holidays, state scoring leaders and season bests will not be compiled the next two weeks. We will resume our normal compilation with the next news release on Tuesday, January 8, 2002. The deadline for reporting is 5 p.m. Monday, January 7.

www.ihsaa.org/g-basketball/02ScoringLeaders.htm

http://www.ihsaa.org/g-basketball/02Bests.htm

Please note that due to the upcoming holidays, state scoring leaders and season bests will not be compiled the next two weeks. We will resume our normal compilation with the next news release on Tuesday, January 8, 2002. The deadline for reporting is 5 p.m. Monday, January 7.

www.ihsaa.org/b-basketball/02ScoringLeaders.htm

www.ihsaa.org/b-basketball/02Bests.htm

Katie Lester, a junior at Blue River Valley, knocked down nine three-pointers to equal this season's state best mark as the Vikings downed Muncie Burris, 63-52, on Dec. 13.

Sonya Wahl, a senior at New Washington, scored 39 points and tied this season's state best mark of 25 rebounds as the Mustangs defeated West Washington, 74-54, on Dec. 15.

Assistant Athletic Director Carol Tumey of Center Grove High School in Greenwood was one of eight outstanding high school athletic directors from around the country to be chosen for a 2001 Citation by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) recently.

Tumey, along with the other recipients, were to receive their awards on December 15 in Orlando, Florida at the 32^nd Annual National Conference of High School Directors of Athletics.

NFHS Citations are presented annually to outstanding athletic directors in recognition of contributions to interscholastic athletics at the local, state and national levels.

Serving as Assistant Athletic Director at Center Grove for the past 26 years and an employee of the school since 1963, Tumey helped develop the Trojans' girls athletic program into one of the state's best. She has coached volleyball, basketball, cross country and track and field. During an outstanding tenure as track coach, Tumey received the National High School Coaches Association Girls Track Coach of the Year award in 1980, and she received the National High School Coaching Gold Award in 1987.

Nationally, Tumey has been a member of the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) since its inception in 1977. In 1991, she received the NIAAA State Award of Merit and she currently serves on the NIAAA Hall of Fame Ad Hoc Committee and as vice-chair of the NIAAA Awards Committee.

At the state level, Tumey was the first woman elected to the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (IIAAA) Board of Directors. Since 1983, she has served as the IIAAA awards chairperson in which she is responsible for the awards presentations at the annual state conference.

Minutes of the December meeting of the IHSAA Executive Committee have been posted to the IHSAA website at:

http://www.ihsaa.org/Board/2001-02/121101.htm

Dec. 22-26 -- Office closed.

Dec. 27-28 -- Office open, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST).

Dec. 29-Jan. 1 -- Office closed.

Jan. 2 -- Regular schedule resumes.