Athletic Excellence
The ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE AWARD is named in honor of Walter “Babe” Bartlett, Elder coach of many different sports for 25 years, covering four decades. It is awarded to a member of the Elder community who embraces the values of fair competition and whose tenacity and sacrifice have advanced the Elder athletic tradition.
Our past recipients include the following:
1993 Rev. Erwin Bertke '35
1994 Steve Grote '73
1995 Mike Honold '56
1996 Dan A. James '55
1997-98 Rev. Edward Rudemiller '50
1999 Paul "Hans" Frey '57
2000 Don Ruberg '47
2001 Jim Kelly '46
2002 Bill Wauligman '65
2003 Dave Dabbelt '66
2004 Dick Selcer '55
2005 Jim Massa '50
2006 Jerry Federle
2007 Bob Fry '49
2008 Ed Bauer '71
2009 Dick Royer '55
2010 John Raterman '68
2011 Paul Kelly '55
2012 Bill Krumpelbeck '72
2013 Ron Krechting '68
2014 Bob Roncker '61
2015 Ray Bachus '65
2016 Stephen Spencer
2017 Paul Weidner '63
2018 Dick McCoy
2019 Eric Wood '04
2020 Steve Keller '89
2021 Joe Schoenfeld '77
2022 Chad Kamstra '96
2023 Doug Ramsey
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1993 Rev. Erwin Bertke '35
1994 Steve Grote '73
1995 Mike Honold '56
1996 Dan A. James '55
1997-98 Rev. Edward Rudemiller '50
1999 Paul "Hans" Frey '57
2000 Don Ruberg '47
2001 Jim Kelly '46
2002 Bill Wauligman '65
2003 Dave Dabbelt '66
2004 Dick Selcer '55
2005 Jim Massa '50
2006 Jerry Federle
2007 Bob Fry '49
2008 Ed Bauer '71
2009 Dick Royer '55
2010 John Raterman '68
2011 Paul Kelly '55
2012 Bill Krumpelbeck '72
2013 Ron Krechting '68
2014 Bob Roncker '61
2015 Ray Bachus '65
2016 Stephen Spencer
2017 Paul Weidner '63
2018 Dick McCoy
2019 Eric Wood '04
2020 Steve Keller '89
2021 Joe Schoenfeld '77
2022 Chad Kamstra '96
2023 Doug Ramsey
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