| IHSAA BOYS STATE T&F MEET | |||||
| MENTAL ATTITUDE AWARD | |||||
| (award not given prior to 1962) | |||||
| YR | NAME | SCHOOL | |||
| 1962 | Randall Weddle | Nappanee | |||
| 1963 | Gene Lockyear | Evansville Bosse | |||
| 1964 | Ron Drake | Elwood | |||
| 1965 | Mark Gibbens | West Lafayette | |||
| 1966 | Clyde Peach | Brebeuf | |||
| 1967 | Don Vandrey | Valparaiso | |||
| 1968 | Stephen Porter | Jeffersonville | |||
| 1969 | Charles Baker | Elkhart | |||
| 1970 | David Bell | Highland | |||
| 1971 | Roland Parrish | Hammond | |||
| 1972 | Jeff Stroman | Garrett | |||
| 1973 | Grant Glackman | Tecumseh | |||
| 1974 | Jeffrey Brown | Dunkirk | |||
| 1975 | John Powell | Ft. Wayne Northrop | |||
| 1976 | Rudy Chapa | Hammond | |||
| 1977 | Lee Wildman | Bedford North Lawrence | |||
| 1978 | Ron Vernasco | Ft. Wayne Snider | |||
| 1979 | Kevin King | Bloomington South | |||
| 1980 | John Carwile | Pendleton Heights | |||
| 1981 | Jeff Morrell | Maconaquah | |||
| 1982 | Brett Grove | NorthWood | |||
| 1983 | Mark Keller | Ft. Wayne Northrop | |||
| 1984 | Dan Taylor | Connersville | |||
| 1985 | Glenn Schneider | Harding | |||
| 1986 | Jeff Hupke | Lake Central | |||
| 1987 | John VanSoest | Kankakee Valley | |||
| 1988 | Marvin Setzer | Hammond Noll | |||
| 1989 | Scott Ambrose | Mt. Vernon (Mt. Vernon) | |||
| 1990 | Gregg Hart | Homestead | |||
| 1991 | Jason Casiano | Portage | |||
| 1992 | Jeremy Wright | Southwestern (Shelbyville) | |||
| 1993 | Ty Yeager | Floyd Central | |||
| 1994 | Jeremy Ashcraft | Eastern (Greentown) | |||
| 1995 | Greg Tamer | Lawrence North | |||
| 1996 | Ben Jackson | Floyd Central | |||
| 1997 | Jeremy Allen | Pike | |||
| 1998 | Derek Dyer | Huntington North | |||
| 1999 | Chris Powers | Muncie Central | |||
| 2000 | Nate Lawrie | Roncalli | |||
| 2001 | Chris Swisher | Milan | |||
| 2002 | Kevin Kempf | Ben Davis | |||
| 2003 | Kyle Sweeney | Portage | |||
| 2004 | Christian Wagner | Columbus North | |||
| 2005 | Kevin Mauser | Southport | |||
| 2006 | Christopher Brautzsch | Ft. Wayne Wayne | |||
| 2007 | Samuel Lewis | Ft. Wayne Snider | |||
| 2008 | D'Juan Richardson | Warren Central | |||
| 2009 | Ben Stancombe | Bloomington South | |||
| 2010 | Owen Wagoner | Carroll (Ft. Wayne) | |||
| 2011 | Drew Volz | Bloomington South | |||
| 2012 | Will Schott | Roncalli | |||
| 2013 | Matt Dorsey | Lawrence Central | |||
| 2014 | Calvin Kraft | Fishers | |||
| 2015 | Deakin Volz | Bloomington South | |||
| 2016 | Cooper Williams | West Lafayette | |||
| 2017 | Parker Jones | Pendleton Heights | |||
| 2018 | Colton Crum | Frankfort | |||
| 2019 | Malachi Quarles | Franklin Central | |||
| 2020 | - tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic - | ||||
| 2021 | Trenton Heim | Avon | |||
| 2022 | Leo Maxwell | East Central | |||
| 2023 | Sean Woods | Corydon Central | |||
| 2024 | Jonathan Sever | Franklin | |||