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Paul Walker Award<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Presented annually by the OHSBCA to an active coaching member of the association who has made significant contributions to high school basketball. The award is named in honor of the late Paul Walker, the longtime coach of Middletown High School \u2014 at the time of his retirement, he had the most wins as a boys\u2019 basketball coach in Ohio High School Basketball history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Winners, 1977\u20132024<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>Coach<\/th>School<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
2024<\/td>Andrew Booth<\/a><\/td>Wadsworth<\/td><\/tr>
2023<\/td>Dennis Tucci<\/a><\/td>Malvern<\/td><\/tr>
2022<\/td>Greg Nossaman<\/a><\/td>Olentangy Liberty<\/td><\/tr>
2021<\/td>Dan Liedtke<\/a><\/td>Fort Frye<\/td><\/tr>
2020<\/td>Ed Zink<\/a><\/td>Beavercreek<\/td><\/tr>
2019<\/td>Dave Boyce<\/a><\/td>Perrysburg<\/td><\/tr>
2018<\/td>Dave Close<\/a><\/td>Stow-Munroe Falls<\/td><\/tr>
2017<\/td>John Cullen<\/a><\/td>South Range<\/td><\/tr>
2016<\/td>Steve Gray<\/a><\/td>Norwalk<\/td><\/tr>
2015<\/td>Joe Dunlevy<\/a><\/td>Indian Creek<\/td><\/tr>
2014<\/td>Jim Reynolds<\/a><\/td>Madeira<\/td><\/tr>
2013<\/td>Dave Butcher<\/a><\/td>Pickerington North<\/td><\/tr>
2012<\/td>Steve Williman<\/a><\/td>Liberty-Benton<\/td><\/tr>
2011<\/td>Joe Balogh<\/td>Ontario<\/td><\/tr>
2010<\/td>Paul Wayne<\/a><\/td>Holgate<\/td><\/tr>
2009<\/td>Jim Osborne<\/a><\/td>Gallia Academy<\/td><\/tr>
2008<\/td>Larry Jordan<\/a><\/td>Ross Southeastern<\/td><\/tr>
2007<\/td>Jerry Sigler<\/a><\/td>Sylvania Northview<\/td><\/tr>
2006<\/td>Bob Von Kaenel<\/a><\/td>Dover<\/td><\/tr>
2005<\/td>Tom Rettig<\/a><\/td>Tippecanoe<\/td><\/tr>
2004<\/td>Bob Miller<\/a><\/td>Thomas Worthington<\/td><\/tr>
2003<\/td>Rob Sheldon<\/a><\/td>Bucyrus Wynford<\/td><\/tr>
2002<\/td>Norm Persin<\/a><\/td>Chesapeake<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/td>Bob Shoemaker<\/a><\/td>Watkins Memorial<\/td><\/tr>
2000<\/td>Steve Smith<\/a><\/td>Orrville<\/td><\/tr>
1999<\/td>Gary Walters<\/a><\/td>Newark<\/td><\/tr>
1998<\/td>Jim Lawhead<\/a><\/td>Lorain Catholic<\/td><\/tr>
1997<\/td>Jack Van Reeth<\/a><\/td>West Holmes<\/td><\/tr>
1996<\/td>Bob Walsh<\/a><\/td>Vermillon<\/td><\/tr>
1995<\/td>Joe Petrocelli<\/a><\/td>Archbishop Alter<\/td><\/tr>
1994<\/td>Ray Etzler<\/a><\/td>Convoy Crestview<\/td><\/tr>
1993<\/td>Rich Voiers<\/a><\/td>Bay Village<\/td><\/tr>
1992<\/td>Rick Brook<\/a><\/td>Sebring McKinley<\/td><\/tr>
1991<\/td>Fran Guilbault<\/a><\/td>St. Henry<\/td><\/tr>
1990<\/td>Doc Daugherty<\/a><\/td>Euclid<\/td><\/tr>
1989<\/td>John Rossi<\/a><\/td>Middletown Fenwick<\/td><\/tr>
1988<\/td>Bob Guinta<\/a><\/td>Elyria Catholic<\/td><\/tr>
1987<\/td>Gene Millard<\/a><\/td>Bexley<\/td><\/tr>
1986<\/td>Dick Kortokrax<\/a><\/td>Kalida<\/td><\/tr>
1985<\/td>Dick Berning<\/a><\/td>Cincinnati St. Xavier<\/td><\/tr>
1984<\/td>Russ Gregg<\/a><\/td>Columbus Whitehall<\/td><\/tr>
1983<\/td>Richard Meyer<\/a><\/td>Buckeye Valley<\/td><\/tr>
1982<\/td>Marvin McCollum<\/a><\/td>Hamilton<\/td><\/tr>
1981<\/td>Dick Potts<\/a><\/td>Hannibal River<\/td><\/tr>
1980<\/td>Jackie Moore<\/a><\/td>Columbus Walnut Ridge<\/td><\/tr>
1979<\/td>Bob Arnzen<\/a><\/td>Delphos St. John’s<\/td><\/tr>
1978<\/td>CD Hawhee<\/a><\/td>Waverly<\/td><\/tr>
1977<\/td>Herb Russell<\/a><\/td>Grove City<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Presented annually by the OHSBCA to an active coaching member of the association who has made significant contributions to high school basketball. The award is named in honor of the late Paul Walker, the longtime coach of Middletown High School \u2014 at the time of his retirement, he had the most wins as a boys\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"hs_fullhtml":"0","hs_head_html":"\n