The Classic Tournament, Inc. is the not-for-profit organization made up of community volunteers charged with organizing and operating the State Farm Holiday Classic.
Below are the committee members and the year each member became part of The Classic Tournament, Inc.
2023 Tournament Committee Members
Tournament President
Kyle Myers (2017)
Bloomington-Normal Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
Chair: Matt Hawkins (2006)
Communications/Marketing
Chairs: Jeff Findley (2000) and Ben Matthews (2004)
- Greg Halbleib (2006)
- Dave Harris (2004)
- Bill Matthews (1995)
Finances
Chair: Karson Lueck (2019)
- Seyller Green (2022)
- Matt Lage (2022)
- Landyn Ludolph (2022)
- Chad Lueck (2022)
- Holden Lueck (2022)
- Brett Myers (2022)
Hospitality
Chairs: Dave Mizer (1998) and Cary Frey (2018)
- Kaedon Hull (2013)
- Katy Javoronok (2019)
Officials
Chairs: Kraig Komnick (2015) and Ken Meisner (2022)
- Carlos Burton (2012)
- Tom Daugherty (2010)
- Mark Jontry (2019)
- Roger Nichols (2021)
- Darrin Sortor (2009)
Revenue Generation
Chair: Dave Oloffson (1995)
- Carrie Corson (2018)
Ron Knisley Memorial Shootout presented by the State Farm Holiday Classic and S.O.A.R.
Chairs: Maggie Rutenbeck (2013) and Julie Smith (2006)
- RKMS Shootout Crew
Student-Athlete Recognition
Chairs: Dan Highland (1995) and Mike Sondgeroth (1995)
- Angie Codron (2016)
- Tim Fairchild (2019)
- Sondra Findley (2014)
- Shelly Gruenwald (2022)
- Rebekah Mounce (2018)
- Tom “Bucky” Hilton (2019)
Tournament Management
Chairs: Chris Highland (2009) and Justin Strader (2019)
- Matt “The Cat” Adams (2000)
- Jason Alsene (2015)
- Brendon Bacon (2018)
- Leon Bacon (2021)
- Mark Blanchard (2016)
- Abby Bontigao (2023)
- Reid Butts (2019)
- Eric Christian (2007)
- Jason Deutsch (2014)
- Steve Endsley (2018)
- Matt Frahm (2022)
- Mike Harris (2004)
- Sean Johnson (2018)
- Rick Lewis (2009)
- Jon Luthe (2011)
- Ben Studebaker (2014)
- Briana Turcotte (2019)
- Bethany Warren (2023)
- Jake Wegner (2016)
- Matt Wegner (2014)
- Mike Wilkinson (2006)
