ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION (IHSBCA)

About ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION (IHSBCA)

Established On : 1965

The first meeting of baseball coaches to organiz the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association took place in 1965. Jay Sanders of Highland Park High School was the first President and Ron Klein of New Trier High School was the first Vice-President. The first Executive Board Members were Jack Kaiser of Oak Park-River Forest High School, Jim Phipps of Niles High School, and Claire Lossin of Riverside Brookfield High School. Other significant coaches involved in the formation of the IHSBCA included Ken McGonagle of Evanston High School and Jack Mallory of Waukegan High School.

The organization was originally formed to allow seniors that were left off of American Legion rosters an opportunity to play in the summer. This was sanctioned by the IHSA.At the time, Les Miller, the Head Baseball Coach of The University of Illinois at Chicago was holding annual clinics for coaches. He agreed to share his clinic with the IHSBCA. Thus, the birth of our present day coaches clinic. The first clinic was held at Oak Park-River Forest High School. Since then, many high school and college coaches have contributed to the success and growth of our clinics.

One of the first actions of the IHSBCA was to petition the IHSA to have the 16-game limit for public schools increased. With the support of the Principals, Ron Klein and Marty Wiora of Benet Academy got the schedule expanded to 25 dates, of which ten of those dates could be doubleheaders. As it stands today, all member teams of the IHSA can play 35 total games, with no doubleheader stipulations.The first Hall of Fame banquet was hosted in 1978. The initial inductees were All Budde of Belleville High School, Guy Cartwright of North Chicago High School, George Fencl of Morton High School, Martin McCarty of North Shore County Day High School, Jim Phipps of Niles High School, Ed Papciak of Lane Tech High School, Ed Stonebock of Peoria Manual High School, and Jack Kaiser.

Today our organization boasts over 600 members, we select an All-Area team and an All-State team, our clinic continues to grow in attendance and quality speakers, and we try to be an integral influence on the IHSA in all matters related to Illinois High School Baseball.

Achievements of ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION (IHSBCA)

IHSBCA Award Winners IHSBCA HALL OF FAME AWARD WINNERS MAN OF THE YEAR 1975 Les Miller 1975 Bob Plaskas 1976 Gordie Gillespie 1976 Terry Ryser 1977 Ron Klein 1977 Don Kuehner 1978 Ron Mellen 1978 Ron Czarnecki 1979 Gene DaCosse 1979 Larry Pohlman 1980 Bill Bonk 1980 1981 Ken McGonagle 1981 1982 Frank Eccles 1982 1983 Lee Eilbracht 1983 Jack Mallory 1984 Don Robinson 1984 Ron Czarnecki 1985 Jack Kaiser 1985 Jack Kaiser 1986 Bill Seiple 1986 Kirby Smith 1987 Larry Pohlman 1987 Ron Wojeicki, James Stuart 1988 Randy Rose 1988 Gary Bevington, Fred Schmidt, John Bellino 1989 Ron Czarnecki 1989 Jay Thompson, Fred Blumberg 1990 John Wendell 1990 Tom Pile, Ed Moore 1991 Ron DeBolt 1991 John Dunlop, Al Foppe 1992 John Dyke 1992 Frank Ganser, Rod Molek 1993 Bob Schlemmer 1993 Doug Mullaney,Ned Graham 1994 Mike McDonald 1994 Joe Rodeghero, Jeff Sefcik 1995 Rich Piatchek 1995 Dennis Steele, Bill Zeman 1996 1996 Pat Momey, Rich King 1997 Phil Lawler 1997 Paul Groot, Jeff Sefcik 1998 Harvey Foster 1998 Tom Pile, Greg Bee 1999 Ron Ryan 1999 Len Asquini, Eric Regez 2000 Jim Hall 2000 Mike Napolean, Dave Greer 2001 Mike Moyzis 2001 Mike Mulligan, Steve Schulte 2002 Dan "Duck" Hogan 2002 Doug Sutor, Ron Smith 2003 Frank Eccles 2003 Kevin Feeney, George Ushela 2004 Dave Rogers 2004 Joe Thompson, Bob Kostuch 2005 Jim Newbill 2005 Kevin Feeney, Jim Hall 2006 Anthony Holman 2006 Jerry Rashid, Bill Seiple/Phil Lawler 2007 Phil Fox 2007 Dustin Nail, Robin Renner 2008 Jay Thompson 2008 Robert Lonergan, Ron Smith, Joel Hawkins, Dave Haskins 2009 Dave Rogers 2009 Chris Paproth, Ron Smith, Jared Voss, Mike Napoleon 2010 Pete Caliendo 2010 Jeff Moeller, Justin Fleener, Pat Moomey, Bill Seiple 2011 Dan Kusinski 2011 Greg Pohlman, Justin Fleener, Brian Aversa, George Ushela 2012 Dan Schoessling 2012 Kenny Miller, Jim Collins, Phil Wail, Chris Ledbetter 2013 Curtis Granderson 2013 Andy Skaer, Pete Meyer, Jared Voss, Brian Hurry 2014 William "Bill" Haley 2014 Mark Kjensted, Dave Greer, Brian Storako, Mark Smith ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR SUMMER LEAGUE COACH OF THE YEAR 1987 Harold Severns 1987 Jack Kaiser 1988 Dick Trout 1988 Ken McGonague 1989 Dave Engle 1989 Bill Seiple 1990 Dick Davis 1990 Garry Gustafson 1991 Phil Lawler 1991 Frank Ganser 1992 Mike Mulligan 1992 Frank Ganser 1993 Steve Heaton 1993 Jack Kaiser 1994 Tom Mueller 1994 Mike Napolean 1995 Bob Guilland 1995 Bob Mackey 1996 Dennis Short 1996 Carl Hunckler 1997 Ken Dobson 1997 Jim Panther 1998 Mike Waldo 1998 Jack Kaiser 1999 Craig Sincora 1999 Joe Rodeghero 2000 Mike Tice 2000 Greg Sharpe 2001 Don "Butch" Markelz 2001 Len Asquini 2002 Leo Maholic 2002 George Ushela 2003 Dan McCarthy 2003 Paul Groot 2004 Bill Hearn 2004 George Ushela 2005 Kurt Engle 2005 Mike Zunica 2006 Bill Taylor, Terry Kent 2006 George Ushela 2007 John Sime 2007 Doug Sutor 2008 John Theriault 2008 Paul Babcock 2009 Greg Billo 2009 Mike Zunica 2010 Tom Malloy 2010 Lee Milano 2011 Tim Cranford 2011 Joe Skarbek 2012 John Fumagalli 2012 George Ushela 2013 Tim Rife 2013 Mike Zunica 2014 Tony Folino 2014 Jared Voss SCOUT OF THE YEAR UMPIRE OF THE YEAR 1984 Glen Van Poppel 1984 Jim Lapetina 1985 John Hennessy 1985 Bill Lemonier 1986 Nick Kamzik 1986 Joe Pompon 1987 Frank Piet 1987 Tom Balle 1988 Walter Millie 1988 Bob Flores 1989 Tony Levato 1989 Gene Fowler 1990 Bob Hale 1990 Bill Olson 1991 Doug Horning 1991 Bill O'Ciepka 1992 Bob Szmkowski 1992 DeWayne Gailiaert 1993 Jim Belz 1993 Rich Panovich 1994 Stan Zielinski 1994 Don Cobb 1995 Bill Bryk 1995 Marv Meinz 1996 Mike Herbert 1996 Jay Baum 1997 Al Otto 1997 Harry Rosenberg 1998 Nathan Durst 1998 Tim Kerr 1999 Tim Kelly 1999 Kevin Hayes 2000 Stu Cann 2000 Jeff Collis 2001 Marty Miller 2001 Steve Scheffer 2002 Ernie Pederson 2002 Dave Weglarz 2003 Terry Sullivan 2003 Henry Wilson 2004 Steve Breen 2004 Randy Kerschke 2005 Mike Daughtry 2005 Bob Copas 2006 Steve Arnieri 2006 Bert Person 2007 Scott Engler 2007 Danny Meziere 2008 Tom Barnard 2008 Chuck Graber 2009 Chris Heidt 2009 Dave Alstadt 2011 Andy Stack 2010 Brad Salley, Tom Sternquist 2011 Kris Gross 2011 Wayne Williams 2012 Bob Szymkowski 2012 Bob Jenkins 2013 Joel Murrie 2013 Jim Ellison 2014 Les Pajari 2014 Rich Panovich PRESIDENTS AWARD MEDIA RELATIONS MAN OF THE YEAR 1987 Phil Lawler 1987 Keith Reinhard 1988 Gene DeCosse 1988 Jerry Shnay 1989 Bob Miller 1989 Darryl Van Schowen 1990 Ron DeBolt 1990 Tony Baranek 1991 John Ostrowski, Tom Purcell 1991 Jim Wilorick 1992 Don Robinson, Tom Haas 1992 Marty Stengle 1993 Jim Newbill, Jay Thompson 1993 Norm Sanders 1994 Rich Piatchek 1994 Joe Bush 1995 Tony D'Anza 1995 Art Kimball 1996 1996 Terry Coley 1997 Frank Eccles, Randy Rose 1997 Dale Bowman 1998 Ron Ryan, Jim Schmid 1998 Jim Edison 1999 Bob Quinn 1999 Dick Goss 2000 Dennis St. Leger/Kevin Burns 2000 Art Menke 2001 Ed Mathey 2001 Bill Jauss 2002 Harvey Foster 2002 Marty Maciaszek 2003 Jeff Sedivy 2003 Kevin Schmit 2004 Bill Seiple 2004 Pat Disabato 2005 Len Asquini 2005 Sean Duncan 2006 Mike Riley 2006 Joe Stevenson 2007 Kenny Fullman 2007 Larry Gross 2008 Phil Lawler 2008 Ken Karrson 2009 Jeff Bonebrake 2009 Drake Skleba 2010 Eric Regez 2010 Steve Soucie 2011 Gordie Gillespie 2011 Ben Diggle 2012 combined with "MAN OF THE YEAR" 2012 John Lemon 2013 Jerry Fitzpatrick 2014 Mike Clark PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1990 Tom Price -- Edwardsville 1991 Cliff Floyd -- Thornwood 1992 Jason Imirsek -- Andrew 1993 Kelly Dransfeldt -- Morris 1994 Sean Johnson -- Highland Park 1995 Jody Gerut -- Willowbrook 1996 James Williamson -- Oak Park-River Forest 1997 Jayson Werth -- Chatham Glenwood 1998 Vince Serafini -- Lockport 1999 Jim Caine -- St. Charles 2000 Carmen Pignatello -- Providence Catholic 2001 Wade Greenlee -- Bradley Bourbonnais 2002 Geoff Orr -- Sandburg 2003 Sean Walker -- Carmel (Mundeline) Kyle O'Brien -- Glenbard East 2004 Dean Cademartori -- Notre Dame (Niles) 2005 Tanner Roarke -- Wilmington Mike Bowden -- Waubonsie Valley Matt Otteman -- Lockport 2006 Zach McAllister -- Illinois Valley Central Colin Bates -- Naperville Central High School 2007 Ben Thoma -- Columbia Jake Smolinski -- Rockford Boylan 2008 Joe Zeller -- Routt Catholic Adam Davis -- Driscoll Catholic Jake Odorizzi -- Highland Nick Martini -- Prairie Ridge 2009 Josh Glick -- Lincolnwood Matt Frahm -- Olympia Nick Ratajczak -- Joliet Catholic Seth Schwindenhammer -- Limestone Community 2010 Ryan Perez -- Westminster Christian Derek Thompson -- Teutopolis Jake Ingold -- Glenwood Shane Conlon -- Naperville Central 2011 Sam Coonrod -- Carrollton Derek Thompson -- Teutopolis Bobby Thorson -- Kaneland Connor Cuff -- Lyons Township 2012 Ben Hecht -- St. Anthony Jacob Hendren -- University High Brett Lilek -- Marian Catholic Zach Weigel -- Oak Park-River Forest 2013 Zach Neff -- Gibault Catholic Alex Ventrella -- Lisle Chris Tschida -- Joliet Catholic Jerry Houston -- Mt. Carmel 2014 Sam Geraci -- Illinois Lutheran Cole Hamilton -- Pleasant Plains Jake Latz -- Lemont Ryan Nutof -- South Elgin DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD 2002 Jim Koller -- Palatine High School 2003 Mike Fritz -- Conant High School 2004 Bill Bentivegna -- Palatine High School 2005 Bill Pirman -- St. Viator High School 2006 Bob "Red" Miller -- Gordon Tech High School 2007 Bob Taylor -- Stevenson High School 2008 Jim Reiland -- Marmion High School 2009 Len DiForte -- Summer Collegiate Baseball 2010 Gary Bereiter -- Zion Benton High School 2011 Frank Mariani -- Palatine High School 2012 Tom Lyons -- Fenger High School 2013 Greg Kolke -- Argo High School 2014 Pat Kenny -- Downers Grove South High School

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