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KARASIAK, BEN
KARASIAK, BEN
Born on October 7, 1949
Savannah, GA
Inducted On
May 18, 2012
Location Inducted
South Bend, IN
Region Number
2
South Bend LaSalle
Player
South Bend LaSalle
1968
Played defensive end 2 years and linebacker senior year; named team's Most Valuable Defensive Player and Most Valuable Defensive Back; All-Northern Indiana Valley Conference Team; Kiwanis Club's Sportsmanship Award; Monogram Club president.
Rock Valley Junior College 2 years; University of Evansville 1973; Indiana University MA
1973
All-Conference 1st Team 1969, 1970 at Rock Valley; while at U of E 1971, 1972 - All-Indiana Collegiate Conference and ICC Most Valuable Defensive Lineman in 1971 & 1972 - AP College Division All-American Defensive End, College Division Academic All-American, Kiwanis Sportsmanship Award, and William V. Slyker All-Sports Award; 1973 - Tony Hinkle Award Nominee, Ace Award, and Headhunter Award; 1972 and 1973 - Outstanding College Athletes of America, Alumni Certificate of Excellence, Evansville Chamber of Commerce Sports Award, and Who's Who; also received All-ICC Baseball Honorable Mention in 1973 as 3rd baseman.
Member of University of Evansville Hall of Fame; served as Marian HS Athletic Director 1978, 1981 and assistant principal 1982-1984; assistant principal at Elkhart Memorial HS 1984-1989 and vice-principal 1989-1995; assistant principal at West Side Middle School 1995-1997; Athletic Director at Penn High School 1997 until 2015 in Mishawaka.
Wife, Linda; children, Shera, Kacie, and Karie.
Coaching Experience: Varsity assistant football coach at Mishawaka Marian 1973-1980; head baseball coach at Marian 1976-1980 and head wrestling coach 1973-1975; retired from coaching in 1980.

Coaching Honors: Football team was State Champion in 1973, 1975, and 1976.