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Outstanding Official

Mike DeBoy Honored as Top Baseball Official

School Athletic Association, in coop- much of their personal time to assist
eration with the National Federation of in providing wholesome, worthwhile,
Interscholastic Officials Association, and healthy activities for the student-
recognizes and honors an outstanding athletes in our state. Statewide, there
official in each of 11 sports during the are more than 8,000 officials licensed
school year. by the IHSAA in 11 sports.
Deboy’s career as a baseball of- A member of the Western Indiana
ficial spans 31 years. He has worked Officials Association, DeBoy has
every level of the state tournament, served as an IHSAA clinician, rules
including 18 sectionals, 15 regionals, interpreter, and local association clini-
12 semi-states and four state finals. cian since 1993. DeBoy also served
He last officiated the baseball state as the Baseball Sportschair for his
finals in 2005. DeBoy is also licensed association for 15 years.
Mike DeBoy of Lafayette is the to officiate football and basketball. In the community, DeBoy helps
recipient of the 2012 Interscholastic In 2007, he worked the football state train youth league umpires and
Athletic Official Association Award for finals. coaches youth league teams.
excellence in the sport of Baseball. DeBoy was selected for this honor DeBoy has been married to his
DeBoy will be honored in a special by a committee representing the wife Kathy, for 20 years. The couple
ceremony at this weekend’s state Indiana officials associations. In Indi- has five children, Kati (18), Ryan (15),
finals. ana there are 26 associations made Nicholis (9), Caroline (6) and Jimmy
Each year, the Indiana High up of men and women who give up (deceased, 9).

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