For the third straight year, Mitchell Kernels head basketball coach Ryker Kreutzfeldt was named the Tom Maxwell/KORN Mitchell Coach of the Year at the Mitchell Athletic Boosters Banquet at the Corn Palace on Wednesday, May 14.
Kreutzfeldt led Mitchell to a 20-4 record and a third straight Class AA state basketball championship game, finishing runner-up during the 2024-25 season.
The fourth year coach is 77-19 overall with the Kernels with a state championship in 2024.
Tom Maxwell/KORN Mitchell Coach of the Year
2025: Ryker Kreutzfeldt – Mitchell Boys Basketball
2024: Ryker Kreutzfeldt – Mitchell Boys Basketball
Audra Rew – Gymnastics
Jeff Meyerink – Mitchell Girls Golf
2023: Ryker Kreutzfeldt – Mitchell Boys Basketball
2022: Pat Moeller – Mitchell Girls Tennis
2021: Audra Rew – Gymnastics
2020: Mark Horan – Boys Golf
2019: Travis Carpenter – Wrestling
2018: Audra Rew – Gymnastics
2017: Kent VanOverschelde – Football
2016: Audra Rew – Gymnastics
2015: Pat Moller – Tennis
2014: Rob Marchand – Golf
2013: Deb Thill – Volleyball
2012: Kent VanOverschelde – Football
2011: Gayle Klein – Tennis
2010: Wes Morgan – Girls Basketball
2009: Travis Carpenter – Wrestling
2008: Audra Rew – Gymnastics
2007: Audra Rew – Gymnastics
2006: Andy Tate – Wrestling
2005: Gary Munsen – Boys Basketball
2004: Barb Bauder, Gymnastics