2016 Phyllis L. Tubbs Service Award
Annie Gunselman
Heritage Hills High School
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
Service Award winner is a graduate of Oakland City University with a bachelor’s
degree in English and a minor in physical education and completed a master’s
degree in Education from the University of Southern Indiana. She has been a volleyball coach for 31 years
beginning her coaching career at South Knox High School and is currently at
Heritage Hills High School. In addition
to her coaching duties she is currently an English 10 teacher at Heritage
Hills.
Earlier
this evening she was honored with our ICGSA 30 Year Award. She has been a successful volleyball coach
and has been honored by the ICGSA with both District and State Coach of the
Year honors. But more importantly the
reason that the ICGSA Executive Board has chosen to honor her tonight with our
Service Award is her dedication and contributions to ICGSA through her service
on the volleyball committee. She has
been a volleyball rater in Class 3A since 1996.
She served as an ICGSA volleyball committee member from District 5 from
1999 through 2005. During that time she
was in charge of the ICGSA state volleyball poll and served as the South All
Star Tryout Director. Her contributions
to our volleyball committee not only impacted her own southern District 5, but
it also had a positive impact on all volleyball athletes in the state of
Indiana.
I
have known our recipient throughout her 31 years of coaching and serving the
ICGSA volleyball committee, and I know that she is a very humble and unassuming
person. I understand that she will be
retiring from coaching this year, so it is only fitting that we says thanks and
honor her for her Service not only to ICGSA but her continued service to the
young female athletes in southern Indiana.
In addition to the plaque that Bruce Fleming, our president is presenting
to Annie, 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 2016 Phyllis L. Tubbs Service Award – Annie Gunselman,
Heritage Hills High School.