ICGSA
FORTY YEAR AWARD
2014
DIANE ROBERTS
MERRILLVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL
Varsity Gymnastics Coach – 41 years, Middle
School Gymnastics Coach – 31 years, Track Coach – 7 years, Member of the
Merrillville Coaches Hall of Fame, ICGSA District Gymnastics Coach of Year
Honors – 16 times, ICGSA Gymnastics State Coach of the Year – 7 times, 1987
Regional Gymnastics Coach of the Year and National Nominee for Gymnastics Coach
of Year honors, Indiana National Team Gymnastics Coaching Staff in 1988, 1992,
2000, and 2003, Her teams have won 13 Conference, 16 Sectional, and 11 Regional
Championships as well as one 4th place State finish, five 3rd
place State finishes, four State Runner-Up finishes, and two State
Championships, She has coached two IHSAA Mental Attitude Award winners and 13
Individual State Champions, Her dual meet record as January 30, 2014 was 502
wins and 97 losses, served on the ICGSA Gymnastics Committee and ICGSA
Executive Board, ICGSA Twenty and Thirty Year Award Winner, and a Charter
Member of ICGSA since 1973.