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Outstanding Official

Jay Slater to be Honored as Basketball’s Outstanding Official

Jay Slater of Sullivan, Indiana is the recipient of the 2023- Slater is a member of the Wabash Valley Officials
24 Interscholastic Athletic Official Award for excellence in Association. Slater previously served as a board member
the sport of Girls Basketball. and president of the association. Slater has served as the
baseball chair for the past 20 years and a lead clinician for
Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, the past 25 basketball clinics. He credits his success to the
in cooperation with the National great group of officials he has worked
Federation of Interscholastic Officials with and learned from over the years.
Association, recognizes and honors an
outstanding official in each sport. Officials Professionally, Slater worked at Sony in
selected for this distinction have gone above Terre Haute for over 30 years and was
and beyond to serve their association, the Safety and Environmental
community, and the IHSAA. Each have Specialist. He retired March 31, 2022
shown exceptional qualities of leadership, and currently is the Safety and
dedication, and loyalty to their sport, our Environmental Specialist at Central
student-athletes, and their fellow officials. Fab Great Dane in Terre Haute and has
been there for 22 months.
Jay has been a licensed IHSAA basketball
official for 36 years and has overseen 32 Slater is a 1976 graduate of Shakamak
girls’ sectionals, 19 regionals, eight (8) High School, where he played
semi-states, and five (5) Girls Basketball basketball and baseball. He attended
State Championship games (2007, 2010, Heritage Environmental Institution.
2013, 2016 and 2023). Slater has also worked four Slater and his wife, Cindy, have two children – Heather, 38,
boys’ basketball State Finals (2008, 2011, 2014 and and Ashlee, 36. Jay also has 7 grandchildren: Kate, Addie,
2017). In addition, he is a licensed football official and Ridge, Sadie, Charlee, Lexi and Quinn.
officiated the 2014, 2018 and 2022 football State Finals.
Slater officiated in the 2019 Indiana North-South All-Star Jay was selected for this honor by a committee representing
Football Game, the 2003 girls and 2004 boys’ basketball the 24 officials associations in Indiana. There are more than
Hall of Fame Classic events. Slater has also worked the 6,000 officials licensed by the IHSAA in 11 sports. These
baseball state finals in 2007, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, officials work tirelessly to provide safe, competitive
2018, 2019 and 2023. environments for over 160,000 student athletes in Indiana.

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