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Arnette Tiller "Service to Football" Award
This award, which is sponsored and funded by the IFCA, is intended to provide recognition to a woman closely related to the game of football who has given tirelessly and effectively for the betterment of the game and its participants. The recipient will have exhibited exceptional service and dedication to a football program covered by this NFF chapter.
Selection process: Nominations are accepted throughout the year from NFF chapter members and IFCA members and considered by the IFCA Awards Committee in conjunction with Mrs. Tiller and the NFF chapter, which recommends no more than one recipient per year. The presentation should be made at the annual Honors Dinner in the appropriate IFCA Region. It is recommended that this award be rotated between Region 1(odd numbered years) and Region 4 (even numbered years).
2012 Honoree: Arnette Tiller, wife of Coach Joe Tiller, Purdue University
2013 Honoree: Jamie Marsh, wife of Coach Leroy Marsh, Munster High School
2015 Honoree: Sarah Lim, student football manager, West Lafayette High School & Purdue University
2018 Honoree: Jan O'Shea, wife of Coach Frank O'Shea, Central Catholic High School, and mother of Kevin O'Shea, North Central High School
2021 Honoree: Marion Vruggink, athletic trainer, West Lafayette High School
2022 Honoree: Sandra Dukes, sports photographer
2023 Hooree: Elisheba VanWinkle, volunteer, National Football Foundation
Elisheba VanWinkle received the Arnette Tiller Service to Football Award presented by (left to right) Sandra Dukes and Brad Smith at the National Football Foundation’s Joe Tiller Chapter Honors Brunch, Sunday, Jun. 25, 2023 in West Lafayette.
Sandra Dukes, longtime photographer for Purdue Athletics and sporting events around the country, won the Arnette Tiller Service to Football Award in 2022.
As the matriarch of a successful central Indiana football family, Jan O'Shea was honored with the 2018 award.
Jamie Marsh's contributions to Munster High School's football team, school and community were recognized with the 2013 Arnette Tiller Service to Football Award.
