Press Release

JANUARY 26, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: RUDY YOVICH, SID
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Stefankiewicz Headed to the “Hall”

Indianapolis, IN- IPFW head men’s and women’s soccer coach Terry Stefankiewicz has been selected to be inducted into the Indiana Soccer Hall of Fame.

Induction ceremonies will be held on Saturday, February 7 at 7:00 p.m. at the Adams Mark Hote,l located at the airport in Indianapolis.

Stefankiewicz has led the soccer program at IPFW since 1978. He has since become the winningest soccer coach in the school's history.

Besides his duties as head coach, Stefankiewicz is also very involved in the Fort Wayne community. He is founder and former president of the Pepsi Youth Soccer Organization and coaches a traveling summer squad.

Stefankiewicz was the driving force behind the wildly successful IPFW Soccer Showcase, bringing the top collegiate soccer programs in the country to the Hefner Soccer Fields. This past year’s showcase included the eventual men’s and women’s Division-I NCAA Champions (North Carolina and Indiana). He also initiated the “Mini ‘Dons Soccer League”, a free instructional league for kids in grades K-4. The unique program was so successful that it was featured nationally in the NCAA News.

Coach Stefankiewicz has also been a major factor in the organization of the Community Park, located across St Joseph's River from IPFW.

“We recognized Terry this year because of his volunteer efforts,” said Hall-of-Fame member Chuck Graham. “He has done a lot of great things for the sport of soccer in the past 25 years.”

A Gary native, Stefankiewicz is the only person to be enshrined this year.

He graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in physical education in 1972. He received a master's degree in physical education two years later form Saint Francis College in Fort Wayne. While at IU, he played for fellow Hall-of-fame inductee, Jerry Yeagley.

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