Minerva Local School District

Joe Sponseller - 2008

Football and Basketball Player

MHS 1940 Graduate

Football

• Three year letter winner

• Three time First Team All-Tri County

• Tri-County Player of the Year in 1939

Basketball

• Three year letter winner

• Three time First Team All-Tri County

• Three time MHS leading scorer

• Player of the Year 1939

• Player of the Year 1940

College

• Graduate of Case Western Reserve 1947

College Football

• Three year letter winner

• First Team All-Big Four

• First Team All-Ohio

College Basketball

• Three year letter winner

Inducted into Case Western Reserve Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990