Bill Schrandt Award
From time to time, SCSA recognizes an individual who has made a substantial contribution to youth soccer in the Southeast Cincinnati area.
Winners of the award include:
1978 S. Jackson Hubbard
1979 John C. Dacey
1980 Jim Tuke
1982 Barry Johnson
1985 Jim Martella
1986 Virginia Rodgers
1987 Biz Martella
1989 Linda Crawford
1994 Bill Bertram
1995 Wayne Hermann
1996 Steve Wilson
1997 Gail and Gary Goodpaster
1998 Dan Ilg
1999 Gretchen Willis
2006 Todd Zech
2014 Jim Waldron
2015 Richard Pendleton
2016 Chris Hovde
2017 Tim Feldman
2018 Chris Daniels
2019 Brian Berning
In 2019, Brian Berning was presented with the Schrandt award. About 12 years ago, Brian proposed a deal to the board: if SCSA would help with the tuition for an advanced youth soccer license, Brian would bring his knowledge back to the program by training our coaches. Every coach is invited to his training sessions before the spring and fall seasons, where they learn age-specific instructional games and a philosophy of keeping practices fun while working on foundational skills. He is also a teacher at Seven Hills School.
Brian (left) is pictured with fellow SCSA board member Scott Gillard
Tim Feldman receives the Schrandt award for his many contributions to boys soccer. Left to right: Jim Waldron, Todd Zech, Chris Hovde, Tim Feldman, Dan Ilg and Steve Wilson.
We recognized Chris Daniels in 2018 for training referees for over 20 years. Chris has worked with both teens and adults interested in learning to call games. His students have gone on to call high school, college and professional games. Thank you, Chris, for giving our refs a start!
In December 2017, Tim Feldman was recognized. Tim is a long-time coach who won the Rec Soccer Coach of the Year for the Midwest region. As a long-time board member he has worked on referee development, training new refs, instituting a retraining program for returning refs, as well as representing SCSA at the local Ohio South council of programs. He has pushed to connect our program with FC Cincinnati, organizing the SCSA day at FC Cincinnati last summer. Thanks for all your hard work!
In December 2016, Chris Hovde was presented with the award. Chris joined the board in 2005 and has worked on coach training, the web site, team shirts and team photos, plus some refereeing and player placement. In 2016 he took over as president of the board. He is shown with former Schrandt award winners.
left to right: Todd Zech, Steve Wilson, Chris Hovde, Richard Pendleton, and Dan Ilg
Richard Pendleton (right) receives the Schrandt Award an a plaque commemorating his service on the board.
In 2015, we recognized Richard Pendleton. Richard served on the board of directors from 2006 through 2015. During that time, he contributed greatly by serving (simultaneously) as head of player placement and as the player placement representative for several divisions. He returned to a second stint as head of player placement when his replacement was unable to continue. He continues to coach and referee games, and he plans to work as an advisor to the new head of player placement. Thanks for a decade of hard work!
Schrandt Award winners Steve Wilson (1996), Todd Zech (2006), Dan Ilg (1998) and Richard Pendleton (2015).