IBCA E-Newsletter

2020 Mildred Ball Award

Congratulations to the Mildred Ball Award Winner: Gary Wier

Gary Wier of Plainville is the winner of the 2020 Mildred Ball Award.

Wier officiated boys basketball and girls basketball for 32 years. During his officiating career, he worked 17 sectionals, 11 regionals, six semi-states and three State Finals in the boys’ tournament (2003, 2007 and 2010). On the girls’ side, he worked 21 sectionals, 16 regionals, eight semi-states and five State Finals (1999, 2002, 2005, 2008 and 2012).

He was the recipient of the 2013 Interscholastic Athletic Official Award for excellence in the sport of girls’ basketball. He is a past member of the Southwestern Official Association. Knee issues and a subsequent knee replacement prompted Wier’s retirement as a basketball official in 2013.

Wier is a 1978 graduate of Shakamak High School, where he excelled in basketball – at one-time holding the school record of 1,206 points – and competed in track & field. He went on to Rend Lake Junior College, competing in basketball there and graduating in 1981.

He has been employed with the Indiana State Police since 1988.

Wier and his wife, Jill, have been married for 35 years. Jill Wier, who works in health care, officiated volleyball for 35 years; for 11 years, Gary and Jill officiated volleyball together. The couple has one son, Mitch, 30, a former U.S. Marine who has been employed with the Indiana State Police since 2014.