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Edwin 'Tubby' Essington: 1920-1922
Augustus Hall: 1923
Robert (Bobby) Hines: 1926-27
William Knepper: 1928-1930
Wilbert Pettegrew: 1931
Dr. James H. McCreary: 1932-33
William S. Casey: 1934-1935
Wesley Leas: 1936-1937
Myron McKelvey: 1938
Richard Jones: 1939-1940
Edward Maundrell: 1941
Gerald (Jerry) Johnston: 1942
Robert Gulcher: 1943
Cyril Costoff: 1944
Joseph Myers: 1945
Beverley Moseley: 1946
Devon Kesling: 1947-1948
John E. Criss: 1949
Dale W. York: 1950
Jim Spencer: 1951
James E. Bodman: 1952-1953
George Souder: 1954-1955
Rick Marsh: 1956
Larry Cory: 1957-1958
Lenny Hart: 1959-1960
Terence L. Burton: 1961
Ben Kline: 1962
Bob "Link" Harper: 1963-1964
Mitchell Breece: 1965-1966
Kirby Wyatt: 1967
Jack Swinehart: 1968
Wayne R. Long: 1969-1970
Paul Zubrod: 1971
Barry Kopetz: 1972-1973
Rick Gammage: 1974-1975
Doug Secrist: 1976
Dwight Hudson: 1977-1979
Shelley Graf: 1981
Bruce Hart: 1982-1983
Andy Marks: 1984
Greg Eyer: 1985-1986
Rich Parks: 1987-1988
Dale Wagner: 1989-1990
Lee Sartore: 1991
Brian Berendts: 1992-1993
Karl Neudorfer: 1995-1996
Cory Thompson: 1996-1997
Scott Sommer: 1998
Matt Bally: 1999-2000
Adam Prescott: 2001-2002
Kathryn Mitchell: 2003
Eric Sommer: 2004
Alex Neffenger: 2005
Josh Halter: 2008-2009
Jason Stuckert: 2010-2011
Kyle West: 2012-13
David Pettit: 2014
John LaVange: 2016-2017
Konner Barr: 2018-2019
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