KBCA releases special award winners
(L-R): Olpe's Chris Schmidt, Sterling's Jill Rowland and Bishop Miege's Rick Zych are three of the coaches honored with KBCA Special Awards. (Photo credit: Evert Nelson/Topeka Capital-Journal; RJ Forbus/Kansas Pregame; Bishop Miege Twitter)
KBCA Middle School Coaches of the Year:
Girls:
Melanie Tolar, Cheney Middle School
Boys:
Dustin San Romani, Council Grove Middle School
KBCA High School Coaches of the Year:
Women’s:
1A Division. 2 Scott Goering, Pretty Prairie
1A Division. 1 Pat Stiles, Claflin-Central Plains
2A Jill Rowland, Sterling
3A Bill Biermann, Goodland
4A Jeff English, Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege
5A Rick Hetzel, Overland Park-St. Thomas Aquinas
6A Kevin Bordewick, Topeka-Washburn Rural
Men’s:
1A Division 2 Josh Gooch Tribune-Greeley County
1A Division 1 Chris Schmidt, Olpe
2A Darrel Knoll, Hillsboro
3A Greg Raleigh, Hesston
4A Rick Zych, Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege
5A Craig Cox, Topeka-Seaman
6A Joe Auer, Wichita Heights
College 4 Year Coaches of the Year:
Tony Hobson, Fort Hays Women’s Basketball
Bill Self, Kansas University Men’s Basketball
College 2 Year Coaches of the Year:
Ben Conrad, Johnson County Community College Women’s Basketball
Jake Williams, Dodge City Community College Men’s Basketball
KBCA Hall of Fame:
Bryce Stallard, Topeka, Ks. (posthumously)
Mike Brinsko, Pueblo, CO., Former Shawnee Mission West Coach
Clint Hill Service Award:
Dennis Reynolds, Hill City, Ks., Hill City High School Athletics
Media Award:
Devin Hanney, Salina, Ks., Eagle Communications
KBCA All Star Team rosters and Mr. and Ms. Kansas Basketball to be determined soon.
KBCA All-Star Games will be played at 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on June 18, 2022 at Kansas Wesleyan University, Mabee
Gym, Salina, Ks.