Cameron Gingerich, Kristin Davis, Dwight Gingerich, Naomi Miller, Dallas Ney, Laura Hochstetler, Chance Miller

Six students from Iowa Mennonite School were among 500 from throughout the state of Iowa that attended the Pursuing Victory With Honor Summit at the University of Iowa on Oct 2. The students attended break-out sessions and listened to speakers and a panel of Hawkeye student-athletes.  Topics throughout the day included leadership, discipline, decision making, and character.  Keynote speakers were Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize winner and the New York Times bestselling author of five books, including Season of Life and Hawkeye women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder.

Following the input and break-out sessions, the students broke down into individual school groups to develop an action plan to take back to their school.  

The event was sponsored by Character Counts in Iowa.  Student-athletes representing IMS were seniors Cameron Gingerich, Laura Hochstetler, Naomi Miller, and Chance Miller and juniors Kristin Davis and Dallas Nye.  The group was accompanied by Athletic Director Dwight Gingerich.