INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Historical Society (IHS) announced its Annual Award Winners for 2025.
Each year, IHS recognizes outstanding individuals whose efforts have enriched the lives of others by conveying awareness and appreciation of Indiana's history on local, regional and statewide levels, according to a provided news release.
Among the IHS 2025 Award Winners is the Kosciusko County Historical Society, Warsaw, which received the Indiana History Outstanding Organization Event or Project Award. The award recognizes an organization for an exceptional educational event or history project implemented during the past year, either one-time or ongoing, which relates to that organization’s mission.
The Kosciusko County Historical Society honored the county’s top female athletes, reuniting girls high-school state basketball championship teams from the past 50 years and hosting hands-on sports demonstrationss (hockey, pickleball, rugby, Jiu-Jitsu). The celebration continues through the 2025 featured exhibit with artifacts from girls’ teams dating back 100 years.
For more information about the Indiana Historical Society, call 317-232-1882 or visit www.indianahistory.org.
The Indiana Historical Society collects and preserves Indiana's unique stories; brings Hoosiers together in remembering and sharing the past; and inspires a future grounded in our state's uniting values and principles. IHS is a Smithsonian Affiliate.