“WE ARE TIGERS” ATHLETIC DINNER AND AUCTION
The Third Annual “We are Tigers” dinner and auction filled the Heritage Room in Winona Lake
for the second time in three years. This year, 10 individuals and the 1976 Lady Tiger Basketball state championship team were honored as the first ever induction class of the Warsaw Athletics Hall of Fame.
The inaugural inductees included:
Donald Stamats- 1921- 440 yards dash state champion (53.8)
Robert Chambers- 1937- Mile state champion (4:38.2)
Dave Burke- 1951- High Jump state champion (6’1 3/4”)
Max Truex- 1954- Mile state champion (4:20)
Larry Ruch- 1959- Pole Vault state champion (13’0)
Dick Fancil- 1961- Pole Vault state champion (12’9”)
Ted Pinnick- 1974 State Champion wrestler 145 lbs.
Henry Ford- 1979 State Champion wrestler 140 lbs.
Scott Hutcherson- 1981 State Champion wrestler 98 lbs.
Troy Furnivall- 1982 State Champion in 400. (47.83)
Their pictures and biographies can be seen online at www.warsaw-tigers.com, and later this
spring an interactive display will be unveiled in the T-RAC on a 65-inch touch-screen TV on
which Tiger fans can scroll through the inductees’ pictures and accomplishments.
The Auction and team donations raised over $44,000 in support of the athletic teams who
participated and the athletic department to help offset the cost of the Senior Banners.
As part of that, $5,111 dollars in donations were raised to help financially support team bonding
events over the next year. Over $30,000 was raised in the three different auctions that took
place, and $12,045 were raised from ticket sales.
The Warsaw Athletic Department would like to thank sponsors, everyone who attended,
those who had the high bid for auction items, volunteers and Hall of Fame inductees for a very memorable night in which we honored our past and prepared for the future of Tiger
Athletics.
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