AN OUTSTANDING THREE-SPORT ATHLETE, BRIAN WAY
EARNED 10 VARSITY LETTERS WHILE AT LAWRENCEBURG.
A FOUR-YEAR LETTER WINNER, MEDALIST, AND TEAM CAPTAIN IN
GOLF, GARNISHED THREE LETTERS FOR BASKETBALL, AND WAS A
THREE-YEAR LETTERMAN IN FOOTBALL. BRIAN WAS AN EIAC ALL-
CONFERENCE PERFORMER IN ALL THREE SPORTS.
RUNNING THE HARDWOOD FOR THE TIGERS, WAY STARTED
FOR THREE YEARS, CHOSEN CAPTAIN AND ALL-EIAC AS A JUNIOR
AND A SENIOR. LED HIS TEAM TO THE 1979 SECTIONAL CROWN.
IF YOU’RE A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF LAWRENCEBURG, AND
YOU HEAR THE NAME, BRIAN WAY, YOU SHOULD THINK OF TIGER
FOOTBALL. HE STARTED FOR THREE YEARS. AS A SOPHOMORE,
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 1976 STATE RUNNER-UP TIGERS.
ALL-EIAC AND ALL-STATE HIS JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS.
TEAM CAPTAIN HIS SENIOR SEASON, AND WHAT A SEASON IT WAS,
LEADING HIS 1978 TIGER TEAM TO A 13 AND OH RECORD, AN EIAC
TITLE, AND LAWRENCEBURG’S SECOND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
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AFTER THE STATE FINAL GAME, BRIAN WAS NAMED THE 1978 PHIL
ESKEW MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD WINNER.
BRIAN ROLLED UP 1725 YARDS ON 175 CARRIES, ALMOST 10
YARDS A POP THAT SEASON. NOT ONLY THAT, BRIAN HELD THE
FOLLOWING RECORDS:

-MOST TOUCHDOWN CATCHES IN A GAME WITH FOUR.
-LONGEST TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE, 92 YARDS.
-LONGEST KICK-OFF-RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN, 86 YARDS.
-MOST TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME WITH FIVE, AND MOST IN A
SEASON WITH 30.
-MOST POINTS SCORED IN A GAME, 32 VS. SHENANDOAH,
AND MOST POINTS IN A SEASON-202.
BEFORE HIS STELLAR SENIOR CAMPAIGN, WAY APPEARED
ON THE COVER OF THE 1978 HOOSIER GRIDIRON MAGAZINE, AND
WAS NAMED AS ONE OF THE BLOOMINGTON HERALD’S TOP 33
PLAYERS IN THE STATE. HIS FINAL ACCOLADE AS A PREP STAR,
WAS BEING SELECTED TO THE SOUTH TEAM FOR INDIANA
FOOTBALL NORTH-SOUTH ALL-STAR GAME.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL BRIAN WAS AWARDED A FOOTBALL
SCHOLARSHIP TO BALL STATE.