Great list, great young men. We all benefit from this group of outstanding athletes, scholars, and citizens. Congrats and God speed to them all.

How far back does the That's my Boy award go back. I know it was given in the last 80's as Brian Williams from Cov Cath won it and I believe the award is actually named after him now.

 

There is one from SW Ohio and one from NKY.

 

The NKY one:

The Northern Kentucky “That’s My Boy” Award is named for Brian P. Williams, a former winner of the award, who died in New York in the World Trade Center on September, 11, 2001. He was 30 years old. Brian was a three sport star and a star in the classroom at Covington Catholic High School. He had an accumulative grade point average of 4.0 and was a three year varsity letterman in football on two state championship teams. Brian was team captain his senior year and was also First Team All-State as a tight end. He was a two-time silver medalist in the discus throw at the Kentucky State Championships and was also a First Team All Conference Basketball player in Northern Kentucky.

 

Brian continued his football career at Columbia University in New York City where he was a starter at tight end for four years. After graduation Brian began working as a bond trader at Canton-Fitzgerald whose offices were on the top floors of The World Trade Center. We are pleased to honor Brian Williams by naming the Northern Kentucky Award: “The Brian Williams That’s My Boy Award.”

 

So, is the answer to this one, Brian won the Ohio one and they named the Kentucky one after him in 1992?

So, is the answer to this one, Brian won the Ohio one and they named the Kentucky one after him in 1992?

 

I know the award write up in the program from the Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet refers to Brian Williams as a previous award winner...but I believe he was just a previous finalist. Brian graduated from Cov Cath in 1990, and to the best of my knowledge, they did not begin awarding a NKY winner until 1992. Up to that point, they would customarily try to choose one finalist from amongst the football programs in Northern Kentucky.

 

They don't have Brian listed among the previous award winners on their website either:

 

"That's My Boy" Award * National Football Foundation - Greater Cincinnati Chapter

I graduated in the same class as Brian and attended the banquet with him. Maybe it was a different award or run by somebody different, but he definitely won a "That's my boy award." I have the newspaper article from a scrapbook. I'll see if I can dig it up.

I took a picture of the article but the file is too big on my phone. I'll try to edit later but hopefully the headline is small enough.

 

Here is the article

 

littleluck55 said:

I graduated in the same class as Brian and attended the banquet with him. Maybe it was a different award or run by somebody different, but he definitely won a "That's my boy award." I have the newspaper article from a scrapbook. I'll see if I can dig it up.

 

Did a little more research:

So the Southwestern Ohio Football Coaches Association started the "That's My Boy Award" in the 1962. As I mentioned previously, they would traditionally - although not always - try to have a finalist included in for the award representing the football programs from Northern Kentucky. There was never a NKY winner who won the award from the SWOFCA.

Then apparently sometime in the 80's (couldn't come up with an exact year), the Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association organized and started giving out their own "That's My Boy Award" - at which point the SWOFCA stopped including NKY athletes among the finalists for their award.

I can't say for sure at which point the awards banquets merged between the SWOFCA and the NKFCA (logic says 1992), but eventually they started giving out the awards at a joint banquet. As for the NKY award having Brian Williams's name attached to it, the first time I could find mention of the "Northern Kentucky Brian Williams That's My Boy Award" in the Enquirer's archives was in 2002 when they announced the winners. That would have been the first time the award was given out following Brian Williams' death.

Nice research. Thanks for the info.

I came across an old program from the 1999 award ceremony for the Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association's "That's My Boy Award". Per the program, the award winners are assigned according to the (fall) year associated with their senior season. The full list of winners is:

1979/80
Jon Sutkamp - Bellevue

1980/81
Charlie Sutkamp - Bellevue

1981/82
Jeff Meyer - Campbell County

1982/83
Greg Kunkel - Lloyd Memorial

1983/84
Mike Jordan - Newport Central Catholic

1984/85
Greg Kremer - Newport Central Catholic

1985/86
Brian Veatch - Bellevue

1986/87
Frank Jacob - Newport Central Catholic

1987/88
Rob Whitten - Beechwood

1988/89
Paul Hladon - Covington Catholic

1989/90
Brian Williams - Covington Catholic

1990/91
Rick Lehmkuhl - Newport Central Catholic

1991/92
Craig Wilmhoff -Beechwood – Eastern Kentucky

1992/93
Chad Cogswell – Covington Catholic – Northern Kentucky

1993/94
Rob Sandfoss – Newport Central Catholic – Kentucky Wesleyan

1994/95
Jeremy Burns – Campbell County – Valparaiso

1995/96
Cameron Demmerle – Beechwood – Centre
Seneca Gray – Holmes – Kentucky State

1996/97
Eddie Eviston – Newport Central Catholic – Georgetown

1997/98
Scott Kuhnhein – Highlands – Ohio State

1998/99
Tom Beechem – Covington Catholic – Dayton

1999/00
Matt Atkins – Newport – Thomas More

2000/01
Brent Grover – Highlands – Purdue

2001/02
Rob Smith – Highlands – Tennessee

2002/03
Brandent Englemon – Holmes – Michigan

2003/04
Jeff Wera – Beechwood – William and Mary

2004/05
Trevor Stellman – Conner – Thomas More

2005/06
Lance Durbin – Conner – Cincinnati

2006/07
Scott Gray – Ryle – Marshall

2007/08
Cory Farris – Boone County – Kentucky

2008/09
Patrick Van Sant – Covington Catholic – Georgetown

2009/10
Tate Nichols – Ryle – Notre Dame

2010/11
Troy Timmerman – Covington Catholic - Air Force

2011/12
Patrick Towles – Highlands – Kentucky

2012/13
Donovan McCoy – Highlands – Kentucky

2013/14
Sam Burchell – Covington Catholic – Cincinnati
Andrew Way – Connor – Dayton

2014/15
Ryan Woolf – Ryle – Georgetown

2015/16
Brett Slusher – Beechwood – Kentucky

2016/17
Hunter Ziegelmeyer – Covington Catholic – Dartmouth

2017/18
Jake Chisholm – Ryle – Dayton

Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

I came across an old program from the 1999 award ceremony for the Northern Kentucky Football Coaches Association's "That's My Boy Award". Per the program, the award winners are assigned according to the (fall) year associated with their senior season. The full list of winners is:

 

1979/80
Jon Sutkamp - Bellevue

1980/81
Charlie Sutkamp - Bellevue

1981/82
Jeff Meyer - Campbell County

1982/83
Greg Kunkel - Lloyd Memorial

1983/84
Mike Jordan - Newport Central Catholic

1984/85
Greg Kremer - Newport Central Catholic

1985/86
Brian Veatch - Bellevue

1986/87
Frank Jacob - Newport Central Catholic

1987/88
Rob Whitten - Beechwood

1988/89
Paul Hladon - Covington Catholic

1989/90
Brian Williams - Covington Catholic

1990/91
Rick Lehmkuhl - Newport Central Catholic

1991/92
Craig Wilmhoff -Beechwood – Eastern Kentucky

1992/93
Chad Cogswell – Covington Catholic – Northern Kentucky

1993/94
Rob Sandfoss – Newport Central Catholic – Kentucky Wesleyan

1994/95
Jeremy Burns – Campbell County – Valparaiso

1995/96
Cameron Demmerle – Beechwood – Centre
Seneca Gray – Holmes – Kentucky State

1996/97
Eddie Eviston – Newport Central Catholic – Georgetown

1997/98
Scott Kuhnhein – Highlands – Ohio State

1998/99
Tom Beechem – Covington Catholic – Dayton

1999/00
Matt Atkins – Newport – Thomas More

2000/01
Brent Grover – Highlands – Purdue

2001/02
Rob Smith – Highlands – Tennessee

2002/03
Brandent Englemon – Holmes – Michigan

2003/04
Jeff Wera – Beechwood – William and Mary

2004/05
Trevor Stellman – Conner – Thomas More

2005/06
Lance Durbin – Conner – Cincinnati

2006/07
Scott Gray – Ryle – Marshall

2007/08
Cory Farris – Boone County – Kentucky

2008/09
Patrick Van Sant – Covington Catholic – Georgetown

2009/10
Tate Nichols – Ryle – Notre Dame

2010/11
Troy Timmerman – Covington Catholic - Air Force

2011/12
Patrick Towles – Highlands – Kentucky

2012/13
Donovan McCoy – Highlands – Kentucky

2013/14
Sam Burchell – Covington Catholic – Cincinnati
Andrew Way – Connor – Dayton

2014/15
Ryan Woolf – Ryle – Georgetown

2015/16
Brett Slusher – Beechwood – Kentucky

2016/17
Hunter Ziegelmeyer – Covington Catholic – Dartmouth

2017/18
Jake Chisholm – Ryle – Dayton

 

Played on some good teams with the ‘79 and ‘80 winners. Played against the ‘81 winner and went on a college trip to Dayton with him. Lucky enough to have seen or know a lot of these guys.

On 10/8/2014 at 9:28 AM, Phantom4753 said:

Wilmhoff is a college professor, not sure where, and giving back to the Beechwood program as the freshmen head coach. Super smart dude.

The last time I talked to his dad Craig lives in Eastern Kentucky. I think he lives in or near Hazard. 

On 4/23/2021 at 10:18 PM, Jason Bucklen said:

The last time I talked to his dad Craig lives in Eastern Kentucky. I think he lives in or near Hazard. 

Craig is a biology teacher at Perry Central High School down in Hazard, yeah.

https://www.perry.kyschools.us/1/olc/199

Just heard that 2002/03 winner Brandent Englemon has passed away, unfortunately. He was an operations manager at Fed Ex.

On 8/5/2021 at 12:19 PM, Colonels_Wear_Blue said:

Just heard that 2002/03 winner Brandent Englemon has passed away, unfortunately. He was an operations manager at Fed Ex.

This is sad. From reading all of the comments on Facebook he was very loved. 

Pendleton County Head Boys Basketball Coach Sam Elsbernd graduated with Brandent. He posted this earlier today on twitter.