2017 Phyllis
L. Tubbs Service Award
Bev Arnold
Jay County
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 recipient retired from teaching physical education and math after
40 ˝ years and a long coaching career – although she does substitute teaching
now and says she enjoys teaching again – how can you enjoy substitute teaching?
As
the organizer of the club swimming program in 1992 she still continues to coach
in that program along with the summer league swimming program to keep her
active in the swimming world. Her
coaching career included swimming and diving for 35 years, gymnastics for 22
years, soccer for 10 years, volleyball and
tennis for 2 years each, and even 3 years as an athletic administration.
In addition, she was the Jay County Patriot Guard Director for 30 years. During her coaching career she has been
honored as the ICGSA District Coach of the Year – 6 times, IHSSCA Sectional
Coach of the Year – 5 times, ICGSA State Swimming Coach of the Year – 2 times,
has coached 6 individual NISCA Academic All Americans, 3 NISCA Team Scholar
Academic All Americans, and 24 out of 33 years has had state qualifiers in
swimming and diving, she was also honored as the ICGSA District 4 Gymnastics
Coach of the Year – 2 times and twice her teams were Sectional Champions, had
several individual regional and state qualifiers along with one individual and one
team All American. She was the first female in the nation to become a NFHS
Level 1 Accredited Interscholastic Coach in 2009. She has been honored by the
ICGSA with our Twenty, Thirty, and Forty Year Coaching Awards.
More
importantly we are honoring our recipient because of her service to ICGSA in
numerous roles since she was first a member in 1980 and continues as a Lifetime
Member. She has served on our Executive
Board since 1991 in these various positions of Gymnastics Committee, Swimming
Committee, Swimming Committee Chairperson, IIAAA Swimming Liaison, IHSAA State
Meet Liaison, Treasurer, Financial Advisor, Conference Hotel/Facilities
Chairperson, Scholarship Chairperson, Academic All State Chairperson, 1st
Vice President,
President for two terms, and Past President. She also developed our first website that has
become our lifeline and current mode of communication. We were sad to see her
retire, but at the same time we were happy so we could honor her for many years
of service and contributions to ICGSA.
There are not too many people that have served an organization is so
many positions for so many years.
I
know her family of her husband, Steve, of 46 ˝ years and some of their 4
children, and 7 grandchildren are here to help celebrate this honor and I will
let her share more about them in her response, and she is looking forward to
doing more of her hobbies especially travelling and beaching walking in the
years to come. Ladies and Gentlemen
will you join the ICGSA Executive Board in honoring Bev Arnold, Jay County High
School, as our 2017 Phyllis L. Tubbs Service Award winner. She will receive a plaque from our
President-Elect, Jeff Theobald, as well as a gold ring from Gary Clark of Clark
School Services of Herff Jones Cooperate Sponsor for this award.