Downtown Waterloo Rotary Club
2022 Athletic Awards
Since 1946 the Waterloo Rotary Club has enjoyed the honor each year to celebrate outstanding performance by high school athletes in the city of Waterloo and surrounding areas. Football coaching staffs at each school in the city nominate a senior MVP from their team. In a secret ballot, area sportswriters make the citywide selection. The winner receives the Glen "Doc" Miller traveling trophy as top player in his sport. The winner is entitled to display the trophy at his school for the next twelve months.
Glen "Doc" Miller Most Valuable Football Player
Carson Hartz, Columbus High School
The regulation-size gold football, mounted on a base, is a travelling trophy given each year by the Downtown Waterloo Rotary to the outstanding player in football in the Waterloo Schools. It is given in memory of an outstanding Rotarian, Glen "Doc" Miller, a great athlete and president of the Waterloo Rotary Club in 1954. "Doc" was captain of the University of Iowa football team in 1923, and a player on the great Iowa teams of 1921-22 which beat Yale.
Awards are presented at a luncheon attended by Rotarians, the senior players from each of the area teams, their coaches, parents, and honored guests. Scroll down to see pictures of the MVP picks from each school.
Presented November 14th, 2022
Honored Guests
Dr. Jared Smith, Superintendent of Schools
Dan Huff, District Athletic Director
Columbus Catholic High School - Tony Harrington, Principal - Tom Novotney, Chief Administrator - Nick Petaros, Activity Coordinator
East High School - Joseph Parker, Principal - Tim Moses, Athletic Director
West High School - Andy Miehe, Principal - Tom Ulses, Athletic Director - Dr. Anthony Pappas
2022 MVP Football Selections
Columbus High School - Carson Hartz
East High School - Billy Clark III
West High School - Kyle Elliott
Columbus High School
Ass’t Coaches: Nick Bellamy, Dan Knipp, Mitch Rahm,
Dru Robinson, Caleb Vesely, Jeff Westhoff
East High School
Head Coach: De’Carlos Anderson
Assistant Coaches: Andrew Bruemmer, Phedrick Cody, A J Harmon,
Corey (Will) Muhammad, Dan Mast, Mike Sailor, AaronTaylor
West High School
Kyle Elliott, Anell Kudic, Xavier Teague,
Assistant Coaches: Ryan Dabney, Joe Davis, John Dunford,
Eric Harbaugh, Jerred Johnston, Nick Lamphler,
DeAngelo Newman, Nick Pelffer, Nick Roe, Brian White,
Ben Thoma, McKinley Hawe
Special thanks to the 2022 Rotary Football Committee: Wade Itzen and Rick Morris.
Thanks Mason Fromm for webpage and videography.