FROM IHSAA PRESS RELEASE:
INDIANAPOLIS – Brenda McCoy Hoodlebrink of Hagerstown is the recipient of the 2018 Interscholastic Athletic Official Award for excellence in the sport of gymnastics.
Brenda will be honored in a special ceremony at Saturday’s state finals tournament.
Each year, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, in cooperation with the National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association, recognizes and honors an outstanding official in each of 11 sports during the school year.
Each year, multiple individuals are nominated for the Outstanding Official of the Year award.
While many deserving nominees are submitted, only one is selected by his or her officiating peers in each sport.
Brenda graduated from Hagerstown High School and completed her Bachelor’s in Accounting at St. Mary of the Woods.
In over 30 years of experience as a gymnastics official, she has worked 24 sectionals, 20 regionals and 13 state finals, including Saturday’s state championship meet.
Brenda and her husband, Jim, have four children: Tyler (24), Erin (22), Geoffrey (20), and Aimee (18).
Brenda was selected for this honor by a committee representing the officials associations.
In Indiana there are 26 associations made up of men and women who assist in providing wholesome, worthwhile 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.
Read the entire IHSAA release here.