John “Jay” Mathias, Class of 1966 Mathias enters the Hall of Fame posthumously. A member of the Indiana Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame as of May 3, 2015, Mathias was Chesterton’s first all-state player in 1965, the year he also was named a Parade All-American. He led the Trojans to the Calumet Conference title and earned all-conference honors at quarterback. He ran hurdles and in his junior and senior seasons made it to the state meet in the high jump. A two-year starter at safety at Indiana University, he played against USC in the Rose Bowl. In 1969, Jay set the since-broken school record for interceptions (five). Jay’s father, John Mathias, was the athletic director at Chesterton, taking the position when Jay was at IU. Tom Keegan's article of Jay Mathias https://www.onwardtrojans.com/24-25-stories/john%22jay%22mathias