The Michael and Terry Gohn Football Scholarship has been established through the Southeast Missouri University Foundation.
Adam and Shvetha Gohn of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and Michael Mike Gohn of Bridgeton, Missouri, made gifts to establish the award.
The renewable scholarship will be awarded to a Southeast Missouri State University football student-athlete. First preference will go to a student from southeast Missouri. Second preference will be given to a student from the St. Louis, Missouri, metro area. Third preference will go to a student from anywhere in Missouri. Fourth preference will be given to any football student-athlete. A minimum 2.0 grade point average is required, and the Department of Athletics will select the recipient.
Mike Gohn
Born and raised in Jackson, Missouri, Mike Gohn was a three-sport letterman and captain in football, basketball and track in high school before attending Southeast. At Southeast, he lettered in football and track for four years and was named to the All-American Football Team as a defensive end. Mike started his coaching and teaching career at Pattonville High School. After three years, he left Pattonville to take a position on the football staff at the University of Illinois. Two years later, he returned to St. Louis, Missouri, to teach and coach at Parkway North High School.During his time at Parkway North, he was the coordinator of industrial technology, track coach, football coach, and for five of his 10 years, he was the activities coordinator.In 1996, Mike was named director of athletics and activities for the Parkway School District, a role in which he served until retirement in 2014.As director of athletics and activities, he supervised 23 varsity programs and more than 300 coaching positions.
Terry Gohn
Mike was inducted into the Southeast Missouri State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2007 for his accomplishments as a student-athlete at Southeast. During his professional career, Mike was selected as the St. Louis Area Athletic Director of the Year in 2001 by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. In 2008, he was named the Missouri Athletic Director of the Year and received the Missouri State High School Activities Associations (MSHSAA) Distinguished Service Award in 2011.
Terry Gohn was a Jackson native and an avid football fan. He thoroughly enjoyed watching football at all levels, from youth to high school, in addition to college and the NFL. He played football for Jackson High School, and although he never attended college, was very proud that his children, brother, nephew and many of his cousins attended Southeast. Terry was also proud that his brother, Mike, excelled as a football player at Southeast. Terry passed away in 2016 after a valiant battle with cancer.
Adam and Shvetha Gohn
Adam and Shvetha Gohn are avid supporters of Southeast Athletics and legend-level members of the Redhawks Club. They also were the 2018 recipients of the Southeast Alumni Associations Distinguished Young Alumni Service Award, which honors alumni under the age of 37 for their outstanding service to and support of the University. They have also established the Shvetha and Adam Gohn Basketball Scholarship, awarded to a mens or womens basketball student-athlete. Adam and Shvetha work side by side in a local law firm, Glaus and Gohn, LC, serving the southeast Missouri area. They are very proud to continue to support Southeasts football program and local football players through this scholarship honoring Mike Gohn and in memory of Terry Gohn.