A 1978 graduate of Edgewood, Tim participated in Basketball, Football, and Track and Field.
In Basketball, he was named Tri-Captain his senior year and was part of the team that earned Sectional and District Championships before losing out in Regionals. He earned the Hustle, Heart, and Harmony Award in Track & Field and participated in the District Finals in the 880 run in 1976 and the Mile Relay in 1977. He was part of the relay team that held the school record for the Mile Relay in 1977. In Football, he was a three-year Varsity letterman and was named First team All-State, First team All-District, and First Team MML his senior year. His junior year, he received an MML honorable mention as part of the MML Championship team. Tim was pursued by numerous universities to continue his football career, including Coach Woody Hayes from The Ohio State University, Bo Shembechler from Michigan University and 58 others. However, Tim chose to attend Homewood Technical School for Diesel Engineering. For the past 23 years, Tim has been a Senior Engineer for the Canadian National Railroad. Tim and his wife, Dena, live in Carterville, Illinois, and have a son, Heath, and two daughters, Halee and Courtney. His children have given him and his wife four (4) near perfect grandchildren: Logan, Evie, Amelia, and Harper. |