2014 Phyllis L. Tubbs Service Award
Kathy Elliott
Sullivan Jr. HS, North Knox HS
In 1975-76 the ICGSA
Executive Board established this award to be given to honor an ICGSA member who
has served girls’ athletics for several years.
The recipient should have been or is an active member of ICGSA, and has
established longevity through several years of service to girls’ athletics and
the association. In 2002-03 the
Executive Board named this award the Phyllis L. Tubbs Service Award.
Our 2014 Service Award
recipient is a 1984 graduate of Indiana State University with a degree in
Health and Physical Education and a Masters Degree in Education tried to retire
from coaching last year after 30 years at various levels of basketball, track,
and softball – but North Knox talked her into returning as a volunteer
assistant with the Jr. High teams. She
continues to teach 6th and 7th grade computer education,
7th/8th grade physical education, and 8th
grade health at Sullivan Middle School. She became active with ICGSA when she
was elected to our Executive Board from District 5 in 2002 and served two terms
on the Board through 2008. In 2003 she assumed our Treasurer position, and it
is there that she made a unique and valuable contribution to our organization. She reorganized our books, set up committee
budgets, and more importantly started investing some our money to keep ICGSA in
a financially stable position at the time and for our future. It has allowed us to keep dues reasonable,
put on our spring conferences, present our numerous athlete and coaching
awards, give our sports committee necessary funds for some of their events as
well as have “rainy day” funds for the future.
Also during her tenure she had to endure an IRS query that questioned our
non-profit status, and got all that paperwork in order so hopefully we will not
have to go through that battle again.
Needless to say that was quite an endeavor as she and I dug through past
minutes and books to present to the IRS, but in the end it paid off for our
organization. We honored with our ICGSA
Twenty Award in 2003 and if she would ever fill out the info sheet we could
give her Thirty Year Award.
Tonight the Executive
Board has chosen to honor Kathy Elliott for her service not only to ICGSA but
her continued service to young female athletes in the state of Indiana. In addition to the plaque that our president
is presenting to Kathy, she will receive the gold Service Award ring from Gary
Clark of Clarks School Service our Herff Jones Corporate Sponsor. On behalf of
the ICGSA Executive Board, I present to you the recipient of our 2014 Phyllis
L. Tubbs Service Award – Kathy Elliott, from Sullivan Jr. High School and North
Knox High School.