Sports Media Award Winners
1. The IHSAA School Administrator Award honors the work of media members for their coverage, promotion, and support of education-based activities in Iowa; 2. The award has been presented since 1970; 3. Print, radio, television, and digital outlets may be selected; 4. Member school nomination is required.
| LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | OUTLET | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alban | Gary | Ogden Reporter | 1990 |
| Allspach | Steven | Sioux City Journal | 2002 |
| Amadeo | Mark | KWKY Radio | 2015 |
| Atzeni | Tony | Sports Spotlight | 2015 |
| Bailey | Harold | Perry Daily Chief | 1988 |
| Bailey | Todd | WHO-TV | 2004 |
| Banning | Troy | Webster City Freeman-Journal | 2017 |
| Bates | Dearrel | Quad City Times | 1989 |
| Bates | Roger | Muscatine Journal | 1992 |
| Baumgartner | Mike | WVRE Radio | 2010 |
| Bell | Perry | Pella-Knoxville Newspapers | 2011 |
| Berns | Dan | KCTN/KADR Radio | 2013 |
| Bingham | Dave | WOI-TV | 2011 |
| Blake | Harold | Muscatine Journal | 1979 |
| Blankman | Jeff | Carroll Broadcasting | 2016 |
| Bloom | Jerry | Logan & Woodbine Newspapers | 1996 |
| Blue | Gerald | Fayette County Union | 2009 |
| Boeckman | Chris | KAYL Radio | 2008 |
| Boesenberg | Ken | Manchester Press | 2008 |
| Bohenkamp | John | Burlington Hawk Eye | 2015 |
| Brandt | Don | KBUR-KCRS Radio | 1988 |
| Brantz | Howard | Omaha World Herald | 1985 |
| Broek | Doug | KSOU Radio | 2008 |
| Brooks | Bob | KHAK Radio | 1985 |
| Brown | Bob | Fort Dodge Messenger | 1976 |
| Buckingham | Frank | Cherokee Daily Times; KCHE | 1975 |
| Bucklin | Gary | KSIB Radio | 1994 |
| Burdick | Chuck | Des Moines Register & Tribune | 1980 |
| Burrell | Harry | Iowa State University | 1977 |
| Byers | Scott | N’West Iowa Review | 2020 |
| Calkins | Blean | KWPC-KFMH Radio | 1982 |
| Callahan | Denny | KLEM Radio | 1996 |
| Campbell | John | KCRG-TV | 2005 |
| Campbell | Scott | North Scott Press | 2008 |
| Chaffee | Darlene | Laurens Sun | 1993 |
| Chaffee | William | Laurens Sun | 1993 |
| Chinitz | Phil | Atlantic News Telegraph | 1985 |
| Coleman | Rick | KWWL-TV | 2003 |
| Coss | Matt | Muscatine Journal | 2012 |
| Cotlar | Larry | WHO, KXNO | 2006 |
| Cummins | Tait | WMT Radio | 1971 |
| Dahn | Jeff | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 2004 |
| Denney | Bob | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 1993 |
| Determan | Gary | KROS Radio | 2002 |
| Dihlmann | Hank | KROS Radio | 1983 |
| Dorrington | George | WMT-TV | 1976 |
| Eaton | Jack | SE Iowa Sports Radio | 1993 |
| Elbert | Joey | KUOO Radio | 2009 |
| Elman | Merlyn | Buffalo Center Tribune | 1995 |
| Evans | Kevin | Waterloo Courier | 1996 |
| Faulkner | Christopher | Fort Madison Daily Democrat | 2003 |
| Fellingham | Rich | KICD, KASI | 1995 |
| Fenske | Bob | New Hampton Tribune | 2019 |
| Field | James | KJAN Radio | 2008 |
| Fisher | Robert | Three Eagles Radio | 2014 |
| Fleming | Patrick | WDBQ, KDTH | 1989 |
| Fleming | Tim | KGLO Radio | 1994 |
| Forsman | Herb | Sumner Gazette | 2007 |
| Foster | Bob | KWAY Radio | 1996 |
| Freiburger | Willie | Bellevue Herald -Leader | 2013 |
| Fridley | Dick | Waverly Newspapers | 2001 |
| Geary | Elwood | Corwith Herald | 2000 |
| Gengler | Matt | Missouri Valley Times-News | 2019 |
| Gerlock | Dale | Fonda Times, Buena Vista Journal | 2004 |
| Giese | Jerry | Sioux City Journal | 2015 |
| Gonder | Ron | WMT Radio & TV | 1987 |
| Gonzales | Scott | Guthrie Center Times | 2013 |
| Gorman | John | Winterset Madisonian | 2012 |
| Grady | Al | Iowa City Press-Citizen | 1987 |
| Grett | Wayne | Des Moines Register | 1989 |
| Grossman | Randy | KDSN Radio | 2000 |
| Gundacker | Harry | New Hampton Tribune | 1988 |
| Haglund | Bill | Dallas County News | 2009 |
| Hardcastle | Kirk | Mason City Globe-Gazette | 2015 |
| Harman | Susan | Iowa City Press-Citizen | 2007 |
| Harris | Orin | KIOW Radio | 2000 |
| Harshbarger | Kent | Mediapolis News | 2010 |
| Henderson | Mike | IGHSAU | 1999 |
| Hepker | Leighton | KMAQ Radio | 1995 |
| Hersom | Terry | Sioux City Journal | 1994 |
| Higgins | Bill | KVFD Radio | 1980 |
| Holm | Rich | Fayette County Union | 2000 |
| Hoskins | Alan | Ottumwa Courier | 1992 |
| Houser | Les | Wright County Monitor | 2018 |
| Housh | Leighton | Des Moines Register & Tribune | 1977 |
| Hughes | Lee | KMA Radio | 1997 |
| Jensen | John | Grundy Center Register | 2016 |
| Jenson | Ed | KWBG Radio | 1996 |
| Johnson | John | U.S. Amateur Wrestling News | 2011 |
| Juhl | Tom | KVDB Radio | 1991 |
| Jurgens | Jerry | Davenport Daily Times | 1981 |
| Kampling | George | Clinton Herald | 1984 |
| Kelley | Morris | IHSAA | 1999 |
| Kelly | Dick | Ames Tribune | 2008 |
| Kenney | Shawn | KDLS Radio | 2013 |
| Kimm | Todd | Radio Iowa | 1998 |
| Kiwala | Jerry | WMT, Mediacom | 2012 |
| Knowles | Brad | Denison Bulletin-Review | 1998 |
| Kuhens | John | KILJ Radio | 1993 |
| Lagerstrom | Hal | Dubuque Telegraph-Herald | 1987 |
| Leitner | Jim | Dubuque Telegraph-Herald | 2016 |
| Levins | Matt | Burlington Hawk Eye | 2007 |
| Linder | Jeff | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 2006 |
| Lindvall | James | Griswold American | 1990 |
| Littler | W.E. | Adair News | 2012 |
| Locke | Ray | Waverly Newspapers | 1998 |
| Logan | Jim | Red Oak Express | 1984 |
| Logan | Bill | KMCH Radio | 2018 |
| Lutgen | Beth | Dyersville Commercial | 2017 |
| Lyon | Mike | Mapleton Press | 2005 |
| Magdefrau | Jim | South Benton Star Press | 2008 |
| Marlowe | Jack | Maquoketa Sentinel Press | 1994 |
| Martenson | John | KGRN Radio | 2002 |
| Mathew | Bruce | Oskaloosa Herald | 1999 |
| McAleece | Gerald | KDTH Radio | 1974 |
| McCool | Dan | Des Moines Register | 1998 |
| McGrane | Bert | Des Moines Register | 1971 |
| McIntyre | Bill | Fort Dodge Messenger | 2019 |
| Mertens | Jerry | Preston Times | 2012 |
| Mertens | Terry | Preston Times | 2012 |
| Messersmith | M.E. | Riceville Recorder | 1997 |
| Miller | Darren | Tipton Conservative | 2005 |
| Mitchell | Frosty | KGRN Radio | 1984 |
| Monson | Phil | Humboldt Independent | 2004 |
| Morgan | Larry | Mediacom | 2006 |
| Mowery | Emmett | Ottumwa Courier | 1975 |
| Muntz | Lee | Fairfield Radio | 2011 |
| Murphy | Keith | WHO-TV | 2006 |
| Naughton | John | Des Moines Register | 2009 |
| Neff | Kelly | KWLO, KCJJ | 2001 |
| Ney | Charles | KAYL, Iowa Radio Network | 1983 |
| Nielsen | Fritz | KLGA Radio | 2002 |
| Nielson | Donald | Avoca Journal | 2010 |
| Nixon | Charles | Coon Rapids Enterprise | 2019 |
| North | Jack | Des Moines Register | 1970 |
| Novotny | Ron | KNOD Radio | 1995 |
| O’Connor | Mike | KCOG-KMGO Radio | 2005 |
| O’Connor | John | KCHE Radio | 2007 |
| O’Donnell | John | Davenport Daily Times | 1970 |
| O’Grady | Dennis | Carroll Daily Times-Herald | 1992 |
| Oeffner | Mike | Harlan Newspapers | 2016 |
| Offenburger | Chuck | Des Moines Register | 1999 |
| Ogden | Jack | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 1981 |
| Ogden | J.R. | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 2005 |
| Olson | Vern | KOAK Radio; Red Oak Express | 1996 |
| Parker | J.O. | Poweshiek County C.R. | 2014 |
| Paxton | Dave | Albia Newspapers | 2003 |
| Pearson | Dan | KWQC-TV | 2003 |
| Peasley | Mike | KICD Radio | 2007 |
| Peck | Ed | Newton Daily News | 1986 |
| Peterson | Randy | Des Moines Register & Tribune | 1991 |
| Peterson | Larry | Creston News-Advertiser | 1997 |
| Pilcher | K.J. | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 2008 |
| Poe | Barry | Sioux City Journal | 2014 |
| Potratz | Dave | KICD Radio | 1979 |
| Pratt | Eric | Fort Dodge Messenger | 2018 |
| Renaud | Lance | KFJB-KXIA Radio | 2004 |
| Rieder | Doug | KGRA Radio; Jefferson Herald | 1996 |
| Rima | Gary | KOEL Radio | 1997 |
| Roberts | Jerry | KDLS Radio | 1998 |
| Robinson | Tom | KSOM Radio | 2017 |
| Rodenburg | Doug | Missouri Valley Times | 1994 |
| Rood | Ed | Tri-County Times | 1999 |
| Rose | Jim | Mount Pleasant News | 1991 |
| Sailor | Scott | Iowa Cubs | 2013 |
| Sandeman | Max | Creston News Advertiser | 1983 |
| Saville | Scott | KCRG-TV | 2009 |
| Schaben | BJ | KASI, Mediacom | 2006 |
| Schepanski | Daryl | Anamosa Journal-Eureka | 2013 |
| Schoep | Arden | Nevada Evening Journal | 1993 |
| Schoffner | Chuck | Associated Press | 1994 |
| Schrader | Gus | Cedar Rapids Gazette | 1974 |
| Schram | Charles | Manilla Times | 1994 |
| Schultz | Ted | Clinton Herald | 2009 |
| Schultz | G. Wyatt | The Predicament | 2013 |
| Seaman | Diane | Emmetsburg | 1999 |
| Seaman | Ron | Emmetsburg | 1999 |
| Seaman | Tim | KCAU-TV | 2002 |
| Sherman | Gene | KCAU-TV | 1978 |
| Sidey | Ed | Adair County Free Press | 2012 |
| Sigafoose | Steve | Council Bluffs Nonpareil | 2007 |
| Slechta | Ronald | Kalona News | 2014 |
| Smith | Russ | Waterloo Courier | 1973 |
| Soliday | Heidi | KCCI-TV | 2000 |
| Stoddard | Alex | Sioux City Journal | 1972 |
| Stonebraker | Ryan | Tipton Conservative | 2020 |
| Struck | Paul | Cherokee Chronicle Times | 2005 |
| Sturgis | Ron | Calhoun County Journal | 2016 |
| Sullivan | John | Cascade Pioneer Advertiser | 1995 |
| Sullivan | Jim | Waterloo Courier | 2001 |
| Svenson | Darin | KDEC | 2006 |
| Swain | Warren | KMA Radio | 1977 |
| Swisher | Jon | KMCH Radio | 2020 |
| Thede | Ross | Marshalltown Times-Republican | 2017 |
| Trapp | Herb | Dyersville Commerical | 1998 |
| Trobak | Neil | KCIM-KKRL Radio | 1986 |
| Trobak | Neil | Carroll Broadcasting | 2014 |
| Turner | William | KCAU-TV | 1988 |
| Uker | Don | KDSN Radio | 1981 |
| Unash | Scott | KCRG/KGYM Radio | 2011 |
| Van Heel | Jim | Mason City Globe Gazette | 1978 |
| Virgil | Tammy | Columbus Gazette | 2011 |
| Voigt | Dan | Emmetsburg Newspapers | 2010 |
| Walters | John | WOI-TV | 2001 |
| Weber | Harrison | Iowa Daily Press Association | 1982 |
| White | Kevin | Omaha World-Herald | 2007 |
| Williamson | Mark | KTLB Radio | 2005 |
| Wilson | R.A. | KTIV-TV, KETV-TV | 1990 |
| Wiser | Lori | Ocheyedan Press-Melvin News | 2010 |
| Woellert | Larry | Manchester Press | 1995 |
| Woolfries | Andy | WOI, WMT, KRNT | 1973 |
| Zabel | Jim | WHO Radio & TV | 1972 |