Bill Kotterman was a three-year varsity basketball standout at Riverdale High School, earning all-Ohio honorable mention as a senior and became a three-time first-team all-conference and two-time NAIA District 22 cager at Findlay College. Riverdale compiled a 56-14 record during Kotterman’s three years in the starting lineup, winning three straight sectional and district titles reaching the regional finals when he was a sophomore. Kotterman was first-team all-Hardin County as a junior and senior, second-team all-North Central Conference as a junior, first-team all-NCC as a senior and earned all-Northwest Ohio and all-Ohio honorable mention. He ended his high school career with 875 points (No.3 at Riverdale) and 653 rebounds (No. 3 all-time). He also collected three varsity letters in golf, two in track and one in baseball at Riverdale, where he was an assistant varsity boys’ basketball coach (1996-2004). At Findlay College, he was a four-year starter and scored 1,303 points. He played professionally in Iceland in 1982-83. Co-owner/operator of Falcon View Farms since 1981, the Wharton resident has also worked at DTR Industries in Bluffton since 2007.