Friday morning featured the Awards Banquet for High School Coaches across the country. As noted earlier on this site, Glendale Falcons Coach Jeff Rogers (pictured right above with Chris Lawson, Rockhurst) was recognized as Large School Midwest Regional Coach of the Year. Chris was recognized as the Large School Private/Parochial School Coach of the year. You may recall their teams faced each other in the Large School Missouri High School Final this year with Rockhurst winning 3-0.

Also recognized from the Midwest were Mary Beth Elsen, Winnebago IL Small School Boys Coach of the Year (left, above) and Terry Hair, Olathe East (KS) Large School Girls Coach (pictured with Mary Beth).

David Wald, Mahtomdedi (MN) was Small School Girls Coach and Kevin Roethe, Divine Savior Holy Angels (WI) was the Small School Private/Parochial Coach in the Midwest Region.

There are 8 regions with six categories/divisions making them part of the Top 48 programs in the country. Congratulations!

On a related note, Alexandra Fowler, Notre Dame Regional High School, Cape Girardeau, MO was named to the 2008 NSCAA/adidas Girls High School Scholar All-America Team.

Alexandra’s team was recognized for their academic achievements as were Brad Wittenborn and Jeff Worley from the Boy’s squad at Cape Notre Dame while Matt Darby, Notre Dame de Sion High School, Kansas City, MO was the other winner from Missouri.