Family, friends and fans gather for press box dedication in honor of Mitch Einck

The new press box at the Waukon High School football/track and field stadium was dedicated in honor of 2004 Waukon High School graduate and student-athlete Mitch Einck at halftime of the Friday, September 18 Waukon football home game, a 14-3 victory over Dyersville Beckman. Bryan Einck, older brother of Mitch and a 2001 Waukon High School graduate, spoke on behalf of the family as friends and former teammates of Mitch also joined members of the Einck family and Allamakee Community School District administrators during the dedication presentation. Allamakee Community School District Superintendent Dave Herold accepted a donation check in the amount of $26,500 from Dave and Nancy Einck, parents of Mitch Einck, to help fund the new press box. Those donated funds were the product of the generosity of family members and friends of the Einck family at the second annual Mitch Einck Memorial Golf Outing held in June of 2014. Pictured, family members of Mitch Einck gather for a photo with the new press box dedicated in Mitch’s honor standing watch in the background. Those family members included, left to right, Sean and Tiffany (Einck) Merrick of Coralville, with their children, Ben (held by Sean), Katelyn (held by Tiffany) and Luke (standing in front); Nancy Einck; Bryan, Kate and Tyler Einck of Chicago, IL; and Dave Einck. Unable to attend the ceremony was oldest brother, Nate Einck, and his family from Seattle, WA.