IBCA E-Newsletter

Mildred Ball Award

Kim Yelich

Kim is a 1991 graduate of Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in education. She has been a kindergarten teacher for the Lake Central School Corporation for the past 16 years. She is a 20 year member of the Lake County Official’s Association and has served on the board in various leadership positions. During her 20 career she has officiated 14 sectionals, 9 regionals, five semi-states and the 2004 and 2007 state finals. In 2008 Kim officiated the Indiana-Kentucky all star game and in 2003 and 2008 she officiated the Hall of Fame games. Kim has been involved in numerous charity events served as a basketball clinician and mentored young official through her association’s “Hatch Class” and observation program. Kim, thanks for your years of service to Indiana High School basketball.