Shelter Insurance® Honors East St. Louis Senior High School’s Coach Nino Fennoy

10/20/2022

COLUMBIA, MO – Shelter Insurance^® honored Nino Fennoy with one of the company’s most prestigious awards. Shelter President and CEO, Randa Rawlins, presented the Fred V. Heinkel Award of Excellence to Fennoy on October 24, 2022 at the Jackie Joyner Kersee Community Center in East St. Louis, Illinois.

Fennoy is a legendary high school girls track and field, and cross country, head coach in East St. Louis. He was the head coach of Lincoln High School from 1976-1997 and is currently the head coach at East St. Louis Senior High School. Fennoy has coached his teams to 17 Illinois state track and field championships and eight state runners-up. He has coached many of his athletes to individual state championships and national acclaim. The most notable are six-time Olympic and Gold Medalist, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and two-time Olympian and Gold Medalist Dawn Harper-Nelson. Fennoy has been named the National Coach of the Year twice and is a member of the Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association, National High School Athletics Association, and St. Louis Sports Halls of Fame.

While his leadership and achievements on the field are impressive, the impacts he’s had off the field are even bigger. He is looked upon as a role model to his athletes, school, and community. He relies on his strong faith to religion and education to teach those around him to be even better than they already are. With more than 50 years of volunteer service, he’s made lasting impressions on almost everyone in his community.

“Coach Fennoy is the embodiment of what this award represents,” Rawlins said. “To have someone with outstanding morals and a long record of dedication to improving the lives of those around him is priceless. Shelter Insurance® is proud and honored to be able to tell Coach Fennoy thank you for everything he has done.”

Shelter Insurance^® has presented the annual award, named after the company’s first president and chairman, since 1982 to people that have demonstrated excellence in one or more areas that include science, medical, research, health services, education, history, agriculture, athletics, or overall community service. Each recipient is nominated by a Shelter employee or agent. The winner is then chosen by the Board of Directors of Shelter’s charitable organization, the Shelter Insurance^® Foundation. Each winner is also given a $2,500 award.

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Shelter Insurance^® is a group of companies with four personal lines property and casualty companies, a reinsurance company, and a life insurance company. Shelter markets through Shelter Insurance^®, AmShield Insurance^®, Haulers Insurance, and offers auto, home, life, farm, and business insurance services to customers in 21 states. The firm’s corporate headquarters is in Columbia, Missouri and more information is available at ShelterInsurance.com.

For more information about the Fred V. Heinkel Award for Excellence, contact Jay MacLellan, Director of Public Relations at (573) 214-4393.