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2024 Outstanding Official

Tim Born to be honored with Oustanding Officials Award
Tim Born of Evansville, Indiana is the recipient of With the Southern Indiana Officials Association,
the 2025 Interscholastic Athletic Official Tim was the President from 2019-2022 and a
Association Award for excellence in the sport Clinician for Baseball from 2007-2021.
of Baseball. Tim will be honored in a special Tim has also spent time officiating Division I and
ceremony during this weekend’s Baseball State II Baseball and has called numerous post season
Finals. conference tournaments. He was a College
Baseball Umpire from 1981-
Each year, the Indiana High 1997. Tim called games for
School Athletic Association, in Southern California, Midwestern
cooperation with the National Collegiate, Missouri Valley, Great
Federation of Interscholastic Lakes Valley, and the Big 10.
Officials Association, recognizes
and honors an outstanding Tim volunteers his time with the
official in each of 11 sports Indiana Super Lawyers as a
during the school year. Born Lecturer for continuing legal edu-
was selected for this honor by a cation courses on civil trials and
committee representing the 24 alternative dispute resolutions.
officials associations in Indiana. He has also spent time with the
Parish Education Commission,
Tim is a member of the Southern Parish Finance Commission, and
Indiana Officials Association and served as a Life Choices Board
has been a licensed baseball Member.
official for 20 years! During
that time, he has officiated 19 The most rewarding part about
sectionals, ten (10) regionals, five (5) semi-state officiating to Tim is working with the student
contests, and five (5) State Championship Games. athletes and their coaches to teach life lessons
Born has also been apart of five (5) Indiana All on the baseball diamond, preparing the associa-
Star Games, three (3) of which he was behind the tion members each season by teaching classes
plate for. and conducting clinics, and the friendship with his
fellow officials.

24 IHSAA - Pure Spirit. Pure Sport!