Nordhoff High School - Topa Topa Yearbook (Ojai, CA)

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, 1 -Egg-w t 1 In the spring of 1939 a boy finished an ideal junior year. He had been voted student body president of Nordhoff and football captain for his next year. He anxiously waited out the first weeks of summer in ever growing excitement over his coming big senior year. But in the months that followed a drastic thing occurred to this youth--he was stricken with polio. He battled against tremendous odds but fate had other plans for him. A few weeks short of his dream this boy died leaving just memories of a great athlete, scholar and a good guy. In the winter of 1940 members of the Lettermen's Club decided that memories of this lad shouldn't die but instead should be used to inspire others. By a unanimous decision an award was established upon which the name of the best athlete and Sportsman in the senior class of the succeeding years might be placed. It is still the privilege and honor of the Lettermen's Club to select the candidates for this award. The judging is based on the boy's daily practice attendance, how well he follows training rules and his sports attitude in general. The MIKE MIKOS AWARD, through the years following its establishment has served as a shining inspiration to all Nordhoff athletes.