News Release – Ohio High School Athletic Association
Executive Director Doug Ute
For Immediate Release – February 15, 2023
Fourteen Individuals Set to Enter OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame
Annual hall of fame banquet June 24 to enshrine new class of inductees
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Fourteen individuals have been selected for induction into the Ohio High School Athletic Association Officials Hall of Fame. The OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame induction banquet is scheduled for June 24 in Columbus at the Hilton Polaris and will welcome these 14 individuals selected by the OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame Committee.
Each of the 14 inductees is being honored for outstanding officiating careers and significant contributions to interscholastic officiating in Ohio. More information on the OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame is posted at:
http://www.ohsaa.org/Officiating/HOF
“We are proud to have an Officials Hall of Fame where the best in Ohio are recognized for their outstanding careers and their dedication to officiating,” said Beau Rugg, OHSAA Senior Director of Officiating and Sport Management and himself a member of the Hall of Fame. “Officiating is a service, and these 14 highly respected individuals have earned induction into the Hall of Fame through their commitment to that service.”
2023 OHSAA Officials Hall of Fame Induction Class
Rick Bayless, Delaware (BK)
Dave Campbell, Cincinnati (BK, FB, CC, TF)
Phil Colflesh, Dublin (FB)
Charles “Ron” Golemon, Van Wert (BK, BB)
Andrew Holloman, Orwell (BB, SB, BK)
Carl Jordan Sr., Pepper Pike (BK)
Bill Mason, Granville (BK, LX)
Donald Mason, Zanesville (WR)
Cheryl Opperman, Wellington (SB)
Michael Porpora, Wadsworth (SO)
Michael Rauch, Beverly (BK)
Katie Roesch, Galion (VB, TF, BK)
Kevin Schwarzel, Athens (BK)
John Whitson, Newark (BK, FB, BB)
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