Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame
Fourteenth Annual Hall of Fame Classic
The Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Hall of Fame Classic, on Saturday, December 7th, at Center Grove High School starting at 10:00 am. This meet is designed to showcase quality student-athletes in one of the first premier meets on the high school calendar. Invitations were sent to top programs, as determined by the previous year’s IHSAA Swimming and Diving State Championships. Over 300 student-athletes from the following boy and girl’s teams will be participate: Castle, Center Grove, Chesterton, Concord, Floyd Central, Greenfield Central, Northridge, and Zionsville.
The format is unique to other invitational type meets, in that (1) it provides an opportunity to educate athletes and fans about the sport of swimming and diving, (2) it will help foster sportsmanship amongst the student-athletes via the luncheon and motivational speaker, and (3) it will help promote awareness of the Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame luncheon will be provided for all participating athletes and coaches, and will feature guest.
IHSSDHOF GUEST SPEAKER:
Coach Scott Kubly has been the head coach of Zionsville High School boys and girls swimming and diving for 30 years. During his tenure, Zionsville swimmers have won twelve individual state titles and three relay state titles.
Three Zionsville swimmers have also earned the IHSAA Mental Attitude Award. Of his champions, two broke individual state records and the 2017 200-yard Medley Relay set a National Record. His swimmers have also finished as runners-up in 9 individual events and 6 relays.
The Zionsville girls team finished as IHSAA runners-up in 2012 and the boys teams have finished as runners-up in 2015, 2016 & 2017. Coach Kubly has received multiple IHSSCA Sectional Coach of the Year Awards, is the two-time recipient of the IHSSCA Coach of the Year Award and is a three-time recipient of the Hoosier Crossroads Conference Coach of the Year Award.
He credits these honors to Coach Eric Meyer, Head Coach at Zionsville Swim Club who coaches many of the Zionsville High School swimmers throughout the year.
Coach Kubly is also a Mathematics teacher and Chair of the Mathematics Department at Zionsville High School. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Purdue University and a Masters in Education Administration. He is an avid Purdue Boilermaker fan as a 30-year football and men’s basketball season ticket holder.
He is also a passionate Indianapolis 500 fan having attended the race 36 times. Coach Kubly is a native Hoosier, a graduate of Twin Lakes High School in Monticello, Indiana. His family members are his mother, Sharon Kubly and sister, Joelle Kubly
The of Fame is comprised of members representing the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association, the Indiana High School Swim Coaches Association, swimming and diving officials, and former high school coaches and athletes who have worked together to compile information from over 90 seasons of high school swimming and diving to establish each class of Hall of Fame inductees. The committee assembling this information formulated from the following Mission Statement:
The Indiana High School Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame was established to honor those athletes, coaches and special contributors who have contributed to high school swimming and diving in the state of Indiana. It will be a means of recognizing, preserving and promoting swimming and diving in the state. It honors the contributions and accomplishments of individuals who are worthy of recognition as examples for others to emulate.
