Stephen Protsman Memorial Warrior Basketball Scholarship

Stephen William Protsman, Chief Master Sergeant, US AF retired, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on April 2, 2008 after a courageous battle with diabetes and cancer. Stephen Protsman was born and raised in Lansing, Iowa on August 27, 1949. He graduated from Kee High School in 1967 in Lansing, Iowa. He went on to attend Winona State University in Winona, Minnesota. He was a member of the Warriors’ conference championship basketball team for the 1968-69 season and earned first-team all-conference honors for the 1969-70 and 1970-71 seasons. He was inducted into the Winona State University Athletic Hall of Fame on October 6, 2001. Stephen graduated from Winona State University with a Bachelors Degree in teaching in 1972. He married Kathleen Curran of Lansing, Iowa on June 8, 1974. Stephen served 27 years in the US AF retiring in 2000. During his military career, Stephen earned Airman of the Year honors in 1975 to go along with earning the Air Force Commendation Medal three times and the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal twice.

Scholarship contact is Spencer Yohe.