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Outstanding Official

Dan Halladay to be honored as State’s Top Official

Dan Halladay of Lafayette is the recipient of the 2009
Interscholastic Athletic Official Association Award for A Special Thanks From The IHSAA
excellence in the sport of softball. Dan will be honored in a
special ceremony at this weekend’s state finals tournament. The Indiana High School Athletic Association would like
Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, to recognize and thank the respective administrations
in cooperation with the National Federation of Interscholastic at Ben Davis, Pike, Hamilton Southeastern, and North
Officials Association, recognizes and honors an outstanding Central (Indpls.) high schools for their tireless work in
official in each of 11 sports during the school year. preparing for this year’s Softball State Finals.
During his career, Halladay
has worked 17 sectionals, 13 Your efforts have led to what we expect will be a very
regionals, three semi-states, and memorable and rewarding experience for the student-
three state finals tournaments. athletes, staff and fans of their communities.
Halladay was selected for
this honor by a committee Thank you for your continued support and for helping to
representing the officials as- make this year’s event another success.
sociations. In Indiana there are
26 associations made up of men
and women who give up much
of their personal time to assist
in providing wholesome, worth-
while, and healthy activities for
the student-athletes in our state. Statewide, there are more
than 8,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in 11 sports.
Halladay has completed 20 years of officiating in the Ben Davis Hamilton Southeastern
sports of softball and football and has been a member of the www.wayne.k12.in.us www.hse.k12.in.us
Western, Wabash Valley, and Lake County Officials Associa-
tions. He also officiated for five years in Michigan before
moving to Indiana.
Dan attended Western Michigan University where he
earned a B.A. in Secondary Education; he went on to Indiana
State University where he completed an M.A. in Secondary
Education. He has been a teacher and coach at Southeast
Pike
Fountain School Corporation in Veedersburg for 29 years. North Central (Indpls.) www.pike.k12.in.us
www.msdwt.k12.in.us
Halladay has been married to his wife Karen for 26 years.
They have three children, Brian, Matt and Suzanne.

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