MVP BASKETBALL

On the court, Coach Sturm's basketball travel teams achieved success winning multiple state and national championships.  As a coach, at the high school level, Mitch has amassed a 108-38 record that includes 2 Indiana State Championships, 4 SAC Conference Tournament Championships, 4 SAC Conference Titles, and an .825 tournament winning percentage and .740 overall in just 8 seasons. In 2009, Mitch was chosen as the boy's head coach of the Indiana All Stars in the Indiana-Ohio Border Wars Classic, and was chosen to work Station 13 in each of his years working Howard Garfinkle's Five Star Basketball Camp. Mitch's biggest strength is his ability to reach out, and lead, children to heights that they had previously not been able to achieve. His "Back to School" program helped drop outs achieve their GED and his free Collegiate Exposure Camps have led to over 250 scholarship offers being made to participating players. He has worked with NBA teams training their players, he served annually under Head Coach Steve Gansey as a training camp instructor for the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA's developmental league and Mitch has worked for professional sports agents training their clients.  His coaching style is built on teaching fundamentals, building basketball IQ and paying attention to the small details.  Because of this, a great majority of his high school and youth players have gone on to play at the collegiate level, and his players have become NBA All-Stars, Collegiate All-Americans, McDonald's and Jordan Brand All-Americans, Indiana All-Stars and Mr. and Miss Basketball Award winners.

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As a player, He was named to an All-State team, All Conference, All Area, All  County and All Tournament Teams, won a Tournament MVP Award, and played in the Indianapolis NBA Summer Pro Leagues.  As a 33 year basketball official, Mitch has officiated a USA Basketball National Championship game on CBS Sports.