When the Hamilton Southeastern (HSE) High School “We the People” team gathered on Sunday night for their annual dinner, the teams’s coach, Janet Chandler, received a surprise.

Local Indiana State Representative Todd Huston spoke to the crowd on what an important impact Ms. Chandler had on him when he was a student in several of her classes.  He then presented Ms. Chandler with the Sagamore of the Wabash award.

Ms. Chandler joins such Indiana greats as Ryan White, Herman B. Wells, David Letterman and Jeff Gordon as a recipient of this honor.  The governor decides who receives this certificate.

Janet Chandler also coaches the Mock Trial team at HSE High School, and serves as President of the Hamilton Southeastern Education Association.

This year’s HSE “We the People” team finished second in the state, just behind Indiana Champion Fishers High.