John Newman Award The Illinois Swim Hall of Fame award, named in honor of Lane Tech's John Newman, is presented annually by the Illinois Swimming & Diving Association to that person who during his/her career has promoted boy's swimming in Illinois at all levels through leadership, service and outstanding achievement. This is the highest award presented in Illinois aquatics. Voting is conducted by the I.S.D.A. through its membership. 1965 Dan O'Brien - Fenwick 1966 Dave Robertson 1967 Dr. Harold Henning -President FINA 1968 Ken Pettigrew -Ill. Parents Association 1969 Dobbie Burton- Evanston 1970 Don Watson - Hinsdale Central 1971 Archie Harris -Illinois State University 1972 Bud Reagan -Illinois Swimming Officials 1973 Bob Steele- Northwestern University 1974 Don Sammons- University of Illinois 1975 Art Van Aman- Glenbrook North 1976 Florence Metzgers - Central AAU 1977 Ray Essick- National AAU 1978 Ralph Erickson- Loyola University 1979 Bill Stetson - Glenbrook South H.S. 1980 Jack Bolger -Northwestern 1981 Bill Wolff- New Trier East High School 1982 Joe Ruberg - Moline 1983 Vito Lopin -Rockford East 1984 Don May- Rockford Guilford 1985 Jim Blickenstaff- Evanston High School 1986 Don Allen - Glenbrook South High School 1987 Charles Wild- Rockford West 1988 Al Gilberg- Carl Sandburg 1989 Dawn Butler- Maine South 1990 Don Anderson - Hersey 1991 Tim Dowling - Glenbrook North 1992 Art Edstrom- Deerfield 1993 Gene Cassioppi- Rockford Guilford 1994 Arnie Cajet- New Trier 1995 Jim Kelly-Marmion Academy 1996 Bob Teichart -St. Charles 1998 John C. Weber- Lyons Township 1999 John Carle -Maine West High School 2000 Wayne Oras - Buffalo Grove 2001 Chuck Fargo - Evanston 2002 George Klumb -Naperville North 2003 Carolyn Lambert -Hinsdale 2004 Dave Perry- Fenwick 2005 Joe Plack- Deerfield 2006 Tom Musch - Waubonsie Valley 2007 Bill Kelly- Bloom 2008 Bob Groseth -Northwestern University 2009 Paul Reef- Fremd 2010 Tom Schweer- Hinsdale Central 2011 Dave Bart- St. Charles 2011 Jim Caliendo -Fenwick/Carl Sandburg 2012 Mark Onstott- New Trier 2013 Joe Cabel- St. Charles 2014 Corky King- Richwoods/Hinsdale Central 2016 Mike Adams - Naperville Central Peter Quinn - Oak Park River Forest 2017 Kevin Auger - Evanston 2018 Scott Walker - Lyons Township 2019 Chad Allen - Neuqua Valley | Bruce Woodbury Award The Illinois Swim Hall of Fame award is named in honor of New Trier's Bruce Woodbury and is presented annually by the Illinois Swimming & Diving Association to that person who during his/her career has promoted girl's swimming in Illinois at all levels through leadership, service and outstanding achievement. This is the highest swimming award presented in Illinois aquatics. Voting is conducted by the I.S.D.A. through its membership. 2009 Bruce Woodbury- New Trier 2009 Ed Richardson- Palatine 2010 Jennifer Heyer- St. Charles 2011 Carol Lambert Bobo- Hinsdale Central 2012 Jon Carlson- Naperville Central 2013 Dick Raab- Naperville North 2014 Bill Schalz - Rosary 2015 Judy Busse - Downers Grove North 2016 Lea Maurer - Lake Forest 2019 Jim Bart - Barrington |
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