'16 Jack Blackwell
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- Year:
- 2016
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- Position:
- Lifetime Contributor
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- Team:
- Indian Hills Community College
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- Career Highlights:
- Owner of Blackwell Tire • Founding member of IHCC Booster Club • Provides scholarship to IHCC Baseball
For over 40 years, Jack Blackwell has made a lasting impact on the athletic programs at Indian Hills Community College and Centerville Community College. A native of Ranger, Texas, where he played high school sports, he owned Blackwell Tire Company for four decades before retiring in October 2014. Blackwell has been a loyal supporter of the college and its athletic programs, offering financial support for the baseball, softball, golf and basketball teams as well as various sports camps. He has also supported the IHCC Foundation's annual golf tournament, Celebrity Night and auction events. Blackwell's company has been a radio sponsor of Indian Hills athletic contests, sponsored home basketball tournaments each year, and was one of the founding members of the Indian Hills Athletics Booster Club. He also provides a scholarship each year to a member of the IHCC baseball team.