Batesville senior Jon Moody is the recipient of the 2026 IHSAA Boys Golf Fred A. Keesling Mental Attitude Award.
Moody was presented the award following the IHSAA Golf State Finals, which took place Tuesday and Wednesday at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel.
This award is a tradition following each state championship sporting event, and is presented by the IHSAA Executive Committee to one senior who best demonstrates excellence in mental attitude, scholarship, leadership, and athletic ability during their high school career.
Moody is just the fourth athlete in Batesville school history to receive this award.
However, this marks back-to-back winners of this award for the Batesville Golf program: senior girls golfer Ava South won it in the fall of the 2025-26 school year.
Moody was also announced as a member of the 2026 IHSGCA Academic All-State Team, which is made up of only 15 players in the state each year, based on academic criteria GPA, SAT scores, and IHSAA Sectional participation.
He becomes the first member of the Batesville Golf program to be named to the Indiana High School Golf Coaches Association (IHSGCA) Academic All-State Team since Josie Meyer (girls golf) in 2023.
On the course at this week’s finals, Moody shot a 77 on the first day and fired a 76 on day two, and finished tied for 31st with a two-day total nine-over-par-153.