Logan Elm will be welcoming in a new class to its athletic hall of fame on Saturday afternoon.
The inductees include the 1994 girls’ final four basketball team, long-time boys’ basketball coach Doug Stiverson, 2009 graduate Brandon Amann and Award of Merit recipient Bob Butts.
The group will be honored in between the junior varsity and varsity boys’ basketball games against Hamilton Township Saturday afternoon.
The induction ceremony will take place at approximately 3 p.m.
Saturday’s games and ceremony will take place in the McDowell Gymnasium.
1993-1994 Logan Elm High School varsity girls’ basketball team
The 1993-1994 Logan Elm High School varsity girls’ basketball team made history by becoming the first athletic team in Logan Elm history to qualify for the state final four. They were the first girls’ basketball team in Pickaway County to make the state final four. In fact, they were the first girls’ team in Pickaway County in any sport to make the state final four. Thirty years later, they are still the only varsity girls basketball team in Pickaway County to ever make the girls basketball state final four.
The 1993-94 season started with a 53-33 loss to Liberty Union. With two losses to Teays Valley and losses to state-ranked Unioto and to the eventual Division III state champion Adena, the team entered the state tournament unranked. However, the Lady Braves’ tough regular season schedule prepared them for the road to the final four. The Lady Braves defeated Hamilton Twp. 55-40 to win the sectional championship. They went on to win the Division II Central District championship crown with a 45-40 win over Lakewood. In the regional tournament, the Lady Braves beat No. 10 Gallia Academy 59-48. In the regional final, the Lady Braves defeated the top-ranked team in the state, previously undefeated Dover 52-46. Their Cinderella season ended in the state semi-final game at St. John Arena in front of a crowd of 7,003 people as they lost to eventual state champion Avon Lake 64-44. The Lady Braves finished the year with a 19-7 record.
The 1993-94 Lady Braves were coached by Clayton Stahr. While the girls coach at Logan Elm, coach Stahr compiled a record of 151-114. Coach Stahr was inducted into the Mid-State League Hall of Fame in 2001 and he was inducted into the Logan Elm Athletic Hall of Fame in 2007.
Assistant coaches: Susan Gifford and Richard Halley
Team members:
Angie (Speakman) Carroll
Stacia (White) Conner
Christy (Rhoads) Cook
Beth Egbert
Trina Eveland
Kelly Good
Misti Halley
Amanda (Church) Miller
Julie (Good) Rine
Laura (Kaut) Smith
Ellen (Umsted) Villalobos
Doug Stiverson
Doug Stiverson is the most successful coach in Logan Elm boys basketball history. His entire 24-year head coaching career was spent at Logan Elm, something that has become rare in high school coaching. Stiverson came to Logan Elm in 1999 and retired from coaching in 2023. During this time, coach Stiverson compiled a record of 373-179. His teams have won 16 Pickaway County championships, seven Mid-State League Buckeye Division championships, 14 sectional championships, five Southeast District titles and one regional championship. In 2009, coach Stiverson led his team to the state final four.
Stiverson graduated from Logan High School in 1989 where he was a standout basketball player earning All-Ohio honors and scoring 1,074 career points. He continued his education and playing career at Capital University where he was a three-time letter winner and two-time team co-captain. Stiverson was inducted into the Logan High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. In March, coach Stiverson will be inducted into the Mid-State League Hall of Fame.
- Pickaway County Champions 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Mid-State League Buckeye Division Champions 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2021
- Sectional titles 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, ’2020, 2021, 2022
- District titles 2006, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2020
- Regional title 2009
- Final Four 2009
- MSL Buckeye Coaches Award 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2021
- District 14 Coach of the Year 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014
- Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association Division II State Coach of the Year 2009
- Associated Press Division II State Coach of the Year 2009
- Associated Press Southeast District Coach of the Year 2004, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2021
- Coached in the Ohio/West Virginia All-Star Game, Ohio/Kentucky All-Star Game, and the North/South All-Star Game, District 14 All-Star Game, Mid-State League All-Star Game, Sertoma All-Star Game
- Received the Bob Arnzen Award in 2020 for coaching 20 consecutive years at the same school
- Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association District 14 Director 2006-2014, Member of Hall of Fame and Player of the Year committees for the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association
- Coached seven 1,000-point scorers, seven all-state first, second, or third team players, and six Mid-State League Buckeye Division players of the year
Doug Stiverson is the son of Chris and Kathy Stiverson who are his number one fans. He has been married to his wife, Shawn, for 28 years. Together they have two daughters, Rylee (LE Class 2016), who is a speech language pathologist for Madison-Champaign County ESC, and Reagan (LE Class 2021) who is a junior at Miami University, majoring in school psychology.
Brandon Amann – Class of 2009
While a student-athlete at Logan Elm for only one year, Brandon Amann made a big impact on the basketball court earning all-league, district and state honors.
Basketball
- 1st Team All-Mid-State League Buckeye Division – 2007, 2009
- 1st Team All-Southeast District – 2009
- Southeast District Player of the Year – 2009
- 1st Team District 14 – 2009
- District 14 Player of the Year – 2009
- 1st Team All-Ohio – 2009
- Mid-State League Buckeye Division Championship Team – 2009
- Sectional Championship Team – 2009
- Southeast District Championship Team – 2009
- Regional Championship Team – 2009
- State Final Four Team – 2009
- 1,119 Career Points Scored
- Amann was the team’s leading scorer on the highly decorated Final Four team of 2009 averaging 21.2 points per game. He scored a total of 552 points his senior season which, at the time, was a school record for points scored in a single season. Today, it ranks him second all-time for most points scored in a season.
Amann is the owner of Ole Roundtown Barbershop in Circleville. He and his wife, Kaci (Keller), have three boys: Carsen, Nolan and Brycen. He coaches youth basketball and travel baseball, and he enjoys spending time with his kids, playing sports with them and traveling with his wife.
“I went to Logan Elm for only one year. I want to thank the Logan Elm community and the best coaches in the world in coach (Doug) Stiverson and coach (Jeff) Holbert. I would like to thank all of my teammates for welcoming me in. I’m very thankful for the lasting friendships I was able to make. Once a Brave ALWAYS a Brave!” Amann said.
Bob Butts – Award of Merit
For more than 30 years, Bob Butts has been one of Logan Elm’s most generous supporters. Over the years, Butts has donated time and money to many of our athletic teams. During the late ’90s, Logan Elm was one of the only schools in the area that still had a cinder track. The Logan Elm Athletic Boosters came up with a plan to pay for and install a new all-weather track here at the school. The project would not have been successful without Bob Butts being the largest financier of the project. It was a regular occurrence for him to attend and support the fund raisers our athletic teams held. At Chinese auctions, he often bought so many tickets that it seemed his name would be called for most of the prizes! However, he would ask that another name be drawn or he would give the prizes away to kids who also were in attendance.
Butts is a 1949 graduate of Laurelville High School where he played on the basketball team. He spent his free time working at the Sohio Gas Station run by his father. After graduation, Butts served in the Army during the Korean War where he drove and repaired dump trucks and tanks. When he came home from the war, he became a volunteer fireman for the Laurelville Fire Department and also began working for DuPont in Circleville, a job he held for 21 years. During that time, he also began to haul gravel and do some excavating work. In 1975, Butts started his own excavating business.
Butts and his wife, Louise, live in Laurelville. He has four children: Teresa, Mike, Tom and Caressa, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. He is an active member of The Church of Christ in Christian Union where he serves as a trustee. Bob and Louise love attending any activity that their grandchildren and great grandchildren are involved in. Chances are you’ll see them in the stands at many events cheering them on. Butts would like to thank everyone for always being so kind to him. He appreciates everyone who takes time at the ball games to stop and talk.
