RUPE, Stan ~ Graceland' Hall of Fame

RUPE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/25/2013 at 21:26:19

HALL of FAME

Stan Rupe
Graceland University, Lamoni, Iowa

Stan RUPE came to Graceland via Davis County High School in Bloomfield, IA and then Indian Hills Community College. RUPE transferred to Graceland where he thrived in the Jacket athletic scene. While a Jacket Stan participated in both football and baseball. In football he was selected as both a HAAC all-conference player and an all-district player in 1977, he was voted the MVP of the 1977 homecoming football game and he was a member of the 1975 "Mineral Water Bowl" team (inducted 2006) coached by fellow Graceland Hall of Fame inductee Bill DUDEK. Not only was Rupe a standout on the football field, he excelled on the baseball diamond as well. In 1978 he was both a HAAC all-conference and all-district player.

RUPE graduated from Graceland College in 1978 with a degree in Physical Education and Health.

What Stan did at Graceland was outstanding, and he has done very well since graduating. After his playing days were over RUPE got his first job teaching physical education and health as well as coaching at Wayne Community Schools in Corydon, IA. He spent 25 years there before moving to Ottumwa Community Schools. During his 25 years at the two schools he amassed a record of 390-201 in girls basketball, was inducted into the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2006 and is a on the Board of Directors of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association (2005). Stan has also been named State of Iowa Girls High School Basketball Coach of the Year numerous times.

Stan lives in Corydon with his wife of 30 years, Julie. Stan and Julie have two children: Shane, 27 and Rashawn, 21.

NOTE: Hall of Famer Stan RUPE is entering his second year as a Yellowjacket football coach afater a storied coaching career at both the high school and college ranks. He is nationally recognized former high school girls basketball coach and was inducted into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Hall of Fame and named a top 6 finalist for HS Girls national Coach of the Year in 2010.

Stan RUPE was inducted into Graceland University's Hall of Fame in 2008.

SOURCES: gujackets.com/f/Hall_of_Fame.php; supportvolleyball.org/Board/StewMcDole.aspx

Submission by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2013

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