Media
Release
May 2, 2014
Harry Inskeep
Scholarship
The
Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the
fifth annual Hall of Fame/Harry Inskeep Athlete Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to one
male and one female who are well-rounded, positive role models that demonstrate
excellence in academics, school and community involvement, character,
sportsmanship, and citizenship.
The recipients will receive a $250 scholarship for their prep
accomplishments, which will be submitted to their future educational
institution. This year’s honorees
include Taylor Seufert from Southridge High School and John Rupp from Columbus
North High
School. Taylor is ranked ninth in her class
with a 3.8 GPA. She is a multi-sport
athlete having participated for four years in high school in swimming and golf and
three years in tennis. She is a member
of her school’s Student Council, National Honor Society, Key Club, Peers
Educating Peers, and Student Against Destructive Decisions. At this time Taylor is undecided on her
college preference and choice of study.
John participated in swimming for four years and earned four varsity
letters. He, too, is ranked ninth in his class with a 4.23 overall GPA. John’s other activities include Key Club, National
Honor Society, and C4 Student Advisory Committee. During high school he has been named to the
honor roll and has earned two academic letters.
As a junior he was the Donner Swim Club Team Athlete Representative to Indiana
Swimming House of Delegates. John’s post
high school plans are to attend Rose-Hulman to study chemical engineering.
Each student must have met certain criteria
to qualify including: 1) enrolled and participating in interscholastic swimming
or diving at an IHSAA member school; 2) be a senior at the IHSAA member school
and will graduate during 2013-14; 3) be nominated by the principal or the
principal’s designee; 4) have no violations of their school’s athletic code of
conduct; 5) must not have been ejected from any IHSAA contest due to unsportsmanlike behavior; 6) must verify that
he/she has made a commitment to remain substance free throughout high school.
Mr. Inskeep was an IHSAA swimming and diving
official for many years, and was inducted into the High School Swimming and
Diving Hall of Fame in 2007. At the time
of his death, the family asked that memorials be directed to the Hall of
Fame. Harry served the IHSAA for 48
years as an IHSAA swimming and diving official. He worked 50 sectionals, 7 state championship
meets as assistant starter, 5 state meets as referee starter, 22 state meets as
stroke and turn judge, and 1 state meet as the diving referee. Harry
typically identified area athletes who exhibited good sportsmanship and
character values, and donated monies earned via his officiating to assist them with
college expenses. He continued to send
money to these individuals throughout their college careers. The scholarship bearing his name is the Hall
of Fame’s way to remember the many hours he devoted to students and to the
sport of swimming.