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Doug Ute
Executive Director Since September 8, 2020
 
Doug Ute, a former coach, teacher, athletic administrator, principal and superintendent who spent 35 years in Ohio’s schools, was named the Executive Director of the Ohio High School Athletic Association on September 8, 2020. He is the OHSAA’s 11th leader in its 117-year history.
 
Highlights of Ute’s tenure at the Association include added participation opportunities for student-athletes, streamlined technology solutions for school administrators and officials, enhanced mental health training for coaches, increased financial support for schools and an emphasis on sportsmanship across the high school athletics landscape.
 
Ute led the OHSAA’s adoption of girls wrestling and boys volleyball as sanctioned sports beginning with the 2022-23 school year and the Association’s support for a pair of non-sanctioned partner sports in spirit and esports. In addressing the statewide shortage of sports officials, Ute has developed an OHSAA partnership with RefReps to move the classroom curriculum for new officials to a more convenient online platform. In a partnership with The Ohio State University’s LiFEsports/Coach Beyond program, Ute has emphasized training Ohio’s interscholastic coaches on the importance of being able to address their athletes’ mental health concerns. Technology updates include electronic ticketing for OHSAA tournament events and new tools for member school administrators that connect them with contest assigners and officials and in a single platform. In addition, sportsmanship among fans, competing teams and toward officials continues to be one of Ute’s priorities, with an expanded OHSAA-sponsored sportsmanship initiative set to be unveiled during the 2023-24 school year.
 
Financial policies put in place under Ute have seen the Association establish an appropriate rainy day fund for non-profit organizations while also distributing over $1 million to high schools through a new Athletic Enrichment Fund, paying over $1 million in travel stipends to schools participating in regional and state team tournaments and distributing nearly $175,000 in scholarships to outstanding senior scholar-athletes.
 
Along with his duties as executive director, Ute serves as the OHSAA’s sport administrator for girls and boys basketball, directly overseeing the coordination of the regional and state tournaments in those sports.
 
Ute joined the OHSAA near the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and guided the organization through the ever-changing pandemic environment. Under his leadership, the OHSAA was able to navigate financial, attendance and facility availability restrictions in order to complete all of its state tournament events during the 2020-21 school year.
 
Ute was a school superintendent for 20 years—nine years at Marion Elgin Local Schools and 11 years at Newark City Schools—prior to assuming his post at the OHSAA. He also coached and taught at Noble Local Schools in eastern Ohio and Buckeye Central High School, which is near his hometown of Bellville in north central Ohio.
  
At Newark, a district of 6,500 students, Ute helped create the Social, Emotional and Academic Success (SEAS) program that includes counselors, teachers and staff to discuss ways to help students succeed in life. He expanded the free lunch program, made free breakfast available to all students, and put a strong emphasis on student and family social and emotional health. The school district responded with its highest-ever graduation rate and a renewed sense of pride in the city and school district. In 2019, the Youth Leadership Council of Licking County presented him the Ruth Satterfield Award for Prevention Excellence, given to an individual who actively supports youth development and advances youth prevention. 
 
Ute began his career in 1988 as a basketball coach and part-time business teacher at Noble Local Schools (Shenandoah High School) in Sarahsville in eastern Ohio. He then went to Buckeye Central in New Washington as a teacher and coach, while also serving as the athletic administrator. In 1996 he became the principal at Marion Elgin and then took over as superintendent in 2000 at Elgin, a district of 1,500 students. Ute became superintendent in Newark in 2009.
 
In early 2020, Ute was tabbed as Deputy Director of the Buckeye Association of School Administrators (BASA) before assuming the OHSAA’s Executive Director role later that year.
 
An active member of BASA for over 20 years, Ute served as that association’s president during the 2019-20 school year. He served on the OHSAA’s Central District Athletic Board in 2008-09 and was the Central District’s secretary from the 2011-12 school year until taking the lead role at the OHSAA in 2020.
 
Ute was a standout student-athlete at Clear Fork High School, graduating in 1980, and played basketball at Ashland University, where he led the team in assists all four years and left as the school’s career assists leader (he currently ranks second with 687, an average of 6.36 per game). He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing and would later return to Ashland to earn a master’s degree in school administration, a graduate teaching degree in business, a principal’s license and a superintendent’s license.
 
Ute and his wife, Kory, a retired school nurse from Marion Elgin High School and currently the head girls volleyball coach at Marion Pleasant High School, have four children and eight grandchildren.
 
 
Kristin Ronai
Associate Executive Director since April 2024
Director of Compliance from January 2019-March 2024
Assistant Director of Compliance from 2014-2019
Joined OHSAA August 1, 2011
Kristin joined the OHSAA in August 2011 and held a variety of titles before being named the Associate Executive Director in April 2024. She is currently responsible for oversight of all student eligibility issues and also serves as the liaison for legislative affairs. Other primary responsibilities include responding to concerns/questions of administrators regarding eligibility guidelines and bylaw interpretations, co-chairing the Competitive Balance Committee, providing testimony and explanations for the OHSAA Appeals Panel and legal cases, and collecting EMIS data for divisional alignment purposes.
 
Kristin (Daugherty) graduated from Warsaw River View High School, where her teams won two girls basketball D2 state titles and she was named the OHSBCA’s “Miss Basketball” award winner her junior and senior seasons. She then went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from the University of Dayton. While at UD, Kristin played on the women’s basketball team for the Flyers and was a four-time All-Conference honoree and served as a three-time captain. She was also the Atlantic-10 Women’s Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year in 2011 and an inductee into the University of Dayton Athletic Hall of Fame in January 2020. Kristin resides in Mount Vernon with her husband, Jared, who is the head men’s basketball coach at Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU). The couple has three children, Kyler (9), Kamryn (6), and Kolton (4), who are frequently seen running around MVNU’s Ariel Arena.  
 
 
Bob Goldring
Director of Communications and Special Projects since February 18, 2021
Director of Operations from August 7, 2008 to February 17, 2021
Assistant Commissioner from June 9, 2005 to August 6, 2008
Director of Information Services from October 2, 1995 to June 8, 2005

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Bob joined the Ohio High School Athletic Association in the fall of 1995 as Director of Information Services. He was promoted to Assistant Commissioner in June 2005 and served in that role until August 2008. During those 13 years, he was responsible for media and public relations; publications, and had oversight of the media at state tournaments and of the office webmaster. In that time he helped enhance the Association’s relationship with the media by providing more and timely information such as news releases, publishing the OHSAA Working With the Media Handbook for athletic administrators and tournament managers and the OHSAA Public Relations Guide for Coaches and creating and chairing the OHSAA Media Advisory Committee; upgraded all publications including state tournament souvenir programs, the quarterly Athlete magazine and the Year-in-Review magazine, and oversaw the enhancement of the OHSAA website and state tournament records and archives.
 
Bob was promoted to Associate Commissioner for Operations prior to the 2008-09 school year in which, among other duties, his main assignment was to serve as the office’s chief liaison with the membership and staff in the absence of the Commissioner. Before the 2020-21 school year, Bob’s title changed to Director of Communications and Special Projects. In that role, some of his main duties are to plan and compile information for Board of Directors meetings; write public address announcements and create timing itineraries for OHSAA state tournaments; produce ‘update’ newsletters for member school administrators; select locations and plan staff assignments for various OHSAA statewide meetings; nominate and secure individuals for special national and OHSAA awards; work with the OHSAA student eligibility appeals process, and oversee special projects. He has been involved in several OHSAA committees, including Media Advisory; Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity; Competitive Balance; Expanding Opportunities; District Athletic Board Review; Division I Football Tournament; Cross Country Tournament, and Association Outreach. Bob served as the OHSAA’s acting commissioner for a three-month period that ended in June 2016 and was the Association’s interim executive director in the summer of 2020 when the OHSAA developed policies and procedures for school competition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
A 1977 graduate of Orrville High School, he holds two degrees from The Ohio State University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism in 1981 and a Master of Arts degree in sport management in 1982.
 
Bob’s previous work was in collegiate sports information offices. He was sports information director and assistant public relations director at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Terre Haute, Ind.) from June 1983 to May 1984; assistant sports information director and athletic publications coordinator at Purdue University from June 1984 to April 1990, and assistant sports information director at Ohio State from May 1990 to September 1995. His publications at those institutions won 22 national and 16 district awards from the College Sports Information Directors of America. While at Ohio State, he taught a graduate course in the sport management program on sports public relations.
 
Bob and his wife, Terri, a retired middle school teacher, have two sons, Sam (28), and Max (21), a college senior. They reside in Powell. Bob previously served as a youth coach for his sons’ sports teams and served on the Olentangy Local School District’s Communications Committee.
 
 
John Kronour
Director of Sport Administration since April 2, 2024

John Kronour, Ph.D. brings 39 years of experience as a teacher, administrator, basketball official and member of the OHSAA’s Southwest District Athletic Board.

Kronour has served as the superintendent of Northeastern Local School District in Springfield since 2015. Prior to leading the Northeastern Local School District in 2015, Kronour served as the superintendent of Tipp City Schools from 2007-2015. Kronour was an administrator at Oakwood City Schools from 1997-2006. He got his start in education at Brookville Local Schools, where he served as a teacher, athletic director and principal from 1986-1997. 

In addition to officiating basketball state tournament games, Kronour served a rotation on the OHSAA Board of Directors in 2018 and 2019, including a term as Vice President.

Kronour holds a bachelor’s degree from Wright State University in Social Studies Education, a Master’s degree in Educational Administration, and a Doctoral Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Dayton, where he also completed his postdoctoral studies and continues to serve as an adjunct professor.

Kronour and his wife, Karen, live in the Northeastern School District with their family. 

 

Beau Rugg
Director of Officiating since April 2024
Director of Officiating and Sports Managementfrom August 2017-April 2024
Assistant Commissioner from from February 2013 to July 2017 
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Beau joined the Ohio High School Athletic Association in the fall of 2012 as Interim Assistant Commissioner and was hired as Assistant Commissioner in February 2013. He oversees the OHSAA’s officiating program, which includes working with the 17,000-plus registered officials, working with each sport’s Director of Officials Development and overseeing and working with state and local rules interpreters, officiating instructors, officials assigners and local officials associations and secretaries. He oversees the Sport Administration staff and he is the Association’s administrator for the sport of football.
 
Beau’s previous full-time work was with The Ohio State University’s (OSU) Department of Recreational Sports. Starting in 1986, he served as assistant director and moved into two different associate director positions before retiring after 25 years in 2011. He directed a comprehensive intramural sports program encompassing 33 sports before shifting his duties to fundraising and directing marketing, sponsorships, facility scheduling, membership and customer service.
 
Beau has also had a strong tie with the OHSAA over the years, serving as a registered OHSAA contest official in the sports of football (six state tournament assignments) and basketball for over 30 years, when he also has been an officiating instructor in those two sports; the manager of the OHSAA State Track & Field Tournament for 22 years; the head runner for the OHSAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament for 25 years, and a member of the scoring and timing staff at the OHSAA Boys State Basketball Tournament for 17 years. In addition, Beau was an NCAA Division III football official for 10 years; has directed the track tournament in 25 of the 30 years in which he has volunteered for the Ohio Special Olympic Games, and has served on the timing staffs of OSU home football and men’s basketball games for over 30 years.
 
A native of Newark, Ohio, Beau graduated from Deerfield Academy in western Massachusetts. He holds two degrees from Ohio State, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education in 1980 and a Master of Arts degree in sport management in 1981. He has also completed doctoral work in physical education/sport management with a minor in business management.
 
Beau and his wife, Morena, reside in Upper Arlington. They have a daughter Meredith (35; spouse Ben), son Sam (31; spouse Sunny) and grandson Shephard (1.5).
 
 
Laura Vermilya
Senior Director of Finance
 
Laura Vermilya joined OHSAA in January of 2021. Laura is a Certified Public Accountant and brings an extensive background in accounting, non-profit leadership, and athletics to this role.  
 
Laura is responsible for overseeing and directing all day-to-day finance, accounting and reporting activities. She is involved in presentations to the Board finance and audit committees and works closely with the senior leadership team. 
 
In her 30 years of professional experience, Laura has worked in all aspects of the accounting functions for a variety of different organizations. Her roles have included serving as Senior Auditor with Ernst & Young, Director of Finance for The American Ceramic Society and Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, and in Financial Planning, Reporting and Analysis positions for Limited Brands, Things Remembered, and Alliance Data.
 
An Ashland native, Laura earned four varsity letters in softball and was selected to the First Team All-State in softball in 1986 - the first year the OHSAA selected all-state players for girls fast pitch softball. Laura held records for most runs and most home runs. She attended Baldwin-Wallace College and earned three varsity letters and All-American honors in softball and earned two varsity letters in soccer. While in college, Laura served as a ball girl for the Cleveland Guardians. Laura was inducted into the Ashland County Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
 
Laura resides in Worthington with her partner, Holly, and their two dogs. In her free time, Laura enjoys cycling, pickleball, book club and rooting on the Cleveland Browns and Guardians.
 
 
Charles Anderson
Manager of Officiating

Charles Anderson joined the OHSAA in April of 2021. Prior to joining the OHSAA he was with the Ohio State University Department of Recreational Sports for 13 years. He helped manage one of the largest college intramural and club sports programs in the country that includes more than 40 intramural sports and 59 club sports, with more than 22,000 participants.

Anderson also worked for Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, the University of Illinois and the University of Nebraska. He is a member of the OSU football and basketball game day operations staff and is an OHSAA certified officials instructor for football and basketball.

He is a proud graduate of Ohio University and received a master’s degree from Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Charles attended Massillon Perry High School where he lettered in basketball and track & field. He and his wife, Tracy, reside in Reynoldsburg with their son and dog.

 

Greg Bossick
Senior Accountant

Greg Bossick joined the OHSAA staff in September 2023 as Staff Accountant and holds a school treasurer’s license. He previously worked at the Educational Service Center of Central Ohio and Rite Rug in accounts payable roles. Reporting to the CFO, Greg is responsible for payables of the Association – entering invoices, reimbursements, and other requests for payment into the accounting system – then creating and processing check batches from those entries.

Greg has been involved with high school and middle school academic competitions (quizbowl, academic challenge, scholastic bowl, etc.) since the 2000-2001 school year. He currently runs four leagues for high school teams in northern Ohio and multiple Saturday invitational events across the state. He has officiated at national championship events for middle school, high school, and college teams since 2006.

Greg holds two degrees, a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Business Administration with a focus on Leadership, from Youngstown State University. He resides in Delaware, Ohio with his fiancé, Dawn; daughter, Annabel; and dog, Zeus. He and Dawn have traveled extensively and look forward to visiting Melbourne, Australia on their honeymoon in April 2025.

 

Monroe Britton
Sport Administrator

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Britton currently serves as the sport aministrator for the sports of golf, ice hockey and softball, a role he has filled since May 2023. He originally joined the OHSAA as a Sport Administration and Officiating Assistant in October 2022.
 
Britton is a 2022 graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sport management. He is a native of Prospect, Ohio and played golf, basketball and baseball at Ridgedale High School. 
 
 
BJ Duckworth
Sports Administrator

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BJ joined the OHSAA in October of 2021 as Sports Administrator and Director of Officiating Development for the sports of Cross Country and Track & Field. He also serves as State Rules Interpreter for those sports. In his roles, he is responsible for the administration of Cross Country and Track & Field as well as officials' training, education, and tournament assignments for the sports. In addition to his work at the OHSAA, BJ will be serving on the NFHS Track & Field Rules Committee from August 2024 to July 2028 and serves as Senior Director of the YMCA of Sandusky County.
 
A native of Youngstown, Ohio, he jogged track at Ursuline High School and graduated from the Williamson College of Business Administration at Youngstown State University. A registered OHSAA Track & Field and Cross Country official since 2004, he worked 12 state championships before joining the OHSAA.  He currently serves as a Community Advisor for the Sandusky County Communities Foundation (Fremont, Ohio) and is an active member of the Rotary Club of Fremont. BJ is a Past-President of the Ohio Association of Track & Field and Cross Country Officials and served as secretary of the Greater Youngstown Track Officials Association for nearly a decade. He has also volunteered with Junior Achievement and served on the board of The Ohio Business Week Foundation.
 
BJ and Kim reside in Genoa, Ohio, with their rescue dog Liberty. Kim is also a Track & Field and Cross Country official, being licensed for nearly 25 years. Kim’s late father, Rick, was an OHSAA Hall Of Fame Official, officiating basketball, football, and track for 40 years after coaching the sports for several years also.
 
 
 Amanda Harding
 Manager of Officiating Administration 

Amanda Harding joined the OHSAA in May of 2024 as a Manager of Officiating  Administrator. Amanda is a   retired  high school administrator serving mostly in Columbus City Schools. She has served as a middle school   teacher and coached   in basketball, softball, and volleyball, including four years in Washington state at  Kingston  Jr. High in North Kitsap School District.

Amanda is a native of Ohio and graduated from Highland High School (Marengo)   in  1987. She earned her bachelor’s in elementary education in 1991 from Ohio  University where she also played in the Marching 110, and a master’s in  education administration from Ashland University. She is a current football   official  at the high school and NCAA division III levels, and former basketball and   softball official. Her favorite memories of officiating basketball were working the girls state championship with her father, Leo Harding. She resides in Westerville with her family and two golden retrievers and loves being an aunt.

 

Alexis Holderman
Manager of Membership Services since April 2024
Membership & Compliance Administrative Assistant from October 2021-April 2024
 

Alexis joined the OHSAA as a full time staff member in October of 2021 as the membership and compliance administrative assistant. Prior to coming on full time, Alexis served as an intern during the 2017-2018 and 2018-19 school years with the membership services department and communication department.

Alexis graduated from Dublin Jerome High School in 2014, where she swam and ran track. She then went on to earn a bachelor's degree in communications at The Ohio State University. Alexis currently resides in Dublin with her two fur babies.

 
 
Alexa Holland
Account Manager, Teall Properties Group

 

 

 

 

 

Keaton Jones
Manager of Officiating Technology
 
Keaton joined the OHSAA in August of 2022 as an assistant of the officiating department, and became the Manager of Officiating Technology in October of 2023. Keaton graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in Sport Industry, and recently earned a master’s degree in Sport Administration through the University of Cincinnati.
 
Keaton is a native of central Ohio, graduating from Newark High School where he played basketball. Keaton is an avid sports fan, cheering on the Buckeyes, Reds, Cavaliers, and Steelers. Keaton currently lives in the New Albany area with his partner, Sarah.
 
 

Michelle Kern
Executive Assistant
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In July 2024, Michelle embarked on a new journey as the Executive Assistant at the Ohio High School Athletic Association. Her journey in sports began at Groveport Madison High School, where she made a name for herself in volleyball, basketball, and softball, culminating in a significant achievement as part of the 1989 Groveport District Softball Championship team. Michelle's passion for the game led her to a successful 17-year coaching career, spanning from coaching t-ball to developing college-level female athletes, showcasing her dedication to nurturing and developing talent at all levels of the game.

During her leisure time, she enjoys maintaining an active lifestyle through workouts, kayaking and paddleboarding.

 

Andrew Kossoff
General Manager, Teall Properties Group
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Claudia Markoff
Customer Experience Manager

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Claudia joined the OHSAA as the Customer Experience Manager in January of 2024. She is a 2018 graduate of Jackson High School (Massillon) and in 2022, earned BA in Psychology from Miami University. Upon graduating, she lived in Canton, OH, working as a Program Relations Associate for the National Inventors Hall of Fame before moving to Columbus in September of 2023. 

Reporting to the CFO, her primary responsibilities include managing ticket procedures for all OHSAA events and working closely with our partners at Hometown Ticketing as well as our member schools to ensure quality and attention to all fans. 

In high school, Claudia was in the arts program and on the school dance team. She currently resides in Harrison West with her partner Conal and two cats; Bisous and Pêche. In her free time, she enjoys trying new recipes, exploring/traveling and cheering on the Columbus Crew. 

 

Emily Mason
Senior Sports Administrator
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Sport Administrator for Baseball, Bowling, Field Hockey and Girls & Boys Volleyball
 
Emily joined the OHSAA in June of 2014, when she began working with the Sport Management Department as a Program Coordinator. Since 2014, she has worked with a multitude of sports at the OHSAA and has served as an Assistant Director of Sport Management, Director of Sport Management and now a Senior Sport Administrator. In addition to her duties in the Sport Management Department, Emily began serving as the staff liaison to the Joint Advisory Committee on Sports Medicine in 2021.
 
Emily is a native of Fayetteville, Arkansas, where she played basketball and volleyball in high school. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, she received her bachelor’s degree in May of 2012 in Recreation & Sport Management with a minor in General Business. In August of 2012, she moved to Columbus, Ohio to attend graduate school at The Ohio State University, from which she earned her master’s degree in Sport Management in May of 2014. Emily is an avid fan of the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Boston Red Sox.
 
 
Ronald Sayers
Senior Manager of Eligibility & Technology since April 2024
Manager of Membership & Compliance from January 2021-April 2024
Assistant Director of Membership Services from July 2019-January 2021
 
Ronald joined the OHSAA as a full time staff member in July 2019 as the assistant director of membership services. In January 2021, he joined the compliance department and served as the manager of membership and compliance until being promoted to the senior manager of eligibility & technology in April 2024. 
 
Prior to coming on full time, Ronald served as an intern and the interim assistant director of compliance during the 2017-2018 school year. During the same 2017-2018 school year, he earned his master’s degree in sport management from The Ohio State University. Additionally, Ronald spent time with the OSU athletic department as an event management intern.
 
Before moving to Columbus for his graduate studies, Ronald graduated from Austintown Fitch High School in 2013, going on to earn a bachelor's degree in economics at Youngstown State University. During his final two semesters at YSU, he worked with the Austintown Local School District as an athletic department intern and pitching coach for the Falcon baseball team. Ronald currently resides in Newark with his wife Janell and son Arlo, while also spending time with his brother Ryan and nephew Xavier.
 
 
Kelly Schoenly
Sports Administrator
Kelly Kovach Schoenly joined the OHSAA staff as a sport administrator in September 2024. Schoenly comes to the OHSAA after coaching college softball for the last 29 years, including the last 12 as the head coach at The Ohio State University.
 
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and an All-American pitcher at the University of Michigan, Schoenly served as an assistant coach at both Michigan and Penn State before taking over as the head coach at Miami University from 2006-12 and then Ohio State for 12 seasons, from the 2013 through 2024 seasons.
 
Not only did Schoenly collect 555 career wins at the Division I college level, she had a 100 percent compliant record with the NCAA. As a player, Kelly was a two-time Big Ten Pitcher of the Year, two-time Academic All-American, and helped lead Michigan to its first Women’s College World Series appearance. In high school, Kelly earned 11 letters in basketball, softball and volleyball at Baldwin High School in Pittsburgh and was a two-time volleyball state champion. She was all-state in volleyball and softball and was a WPIAL Hall of Fame inductee.

 

Tim Stried
Director of Media Relations since September 9, 2008
 
Tim joined the Ohio High School Athletic Association as Director of Communications in the fall of 2008. He handles media relations and communications for the association; oversees media operations at state tournaments; plays a key role in the production of various publications, including state tournament souvenir programs, and has oversight of the OHSAA website and social media. Tim joined the OHSAA after five years in the athletics communications office at The Ohio State University. He was the sports information director for the men’s soccer, fencing, women’s gymnastics and softball teams, coordinated the basketball statistics crew and assisted with media relations for the football program, including four bowl trips.
 
From 1999 to 2003, Tim served as the sports information director at his alma mater, Bluffton University, in Northwest Ohio. He is a 1998 graduate of Bluffton and played football and baseball while majoring in computer science and secondary education. Tim taught at Elida High School during the 1998-99 school year. He is a 1994 graduate of Marion Pleasant High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball.
 
Tim and his wife, Anna, a mathematics teacher at Buckeye Valley High School in Delaware, reside in Powell. They have two sons, Gavin (13) and Graham (11). Tim is a licensed OHSAA basketball official and also enjoys running, hunting and fishing and following the Cincinnati Reds.
 
 
Zachary Taylor
Production and Facilities Specialist
 
Zachary joined the Ohio High School Athletic Association in October of 2020 as a Media Relations and Communications Assistant before accepting the Production and Facilities Specialist position in June of 2024. He graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Journalism and a minor in Media Production and Analysis. He handles bulk mailings to schools and officials, shipping and receiving, production of select OHSAA programs, publications, & materials, maintains the state tournament DVD library and orders, and oversees all building maintenance.
 
Zachary is a native of northwest Ohio, graduating from Bluffton High School, where he played soccer. Zachary currently lives in the Upper Arlington area and is an avid Browns, Buckeyes, Formula 1, Crew and Manchester City sports fan.
 
 
Lizzy Wilson
Manager of Eligibility 
 
Lizzy Wilson joins the OHSAA as Manager of Officiating Administration in May 2023. Previously, she was the Assistant Athletic Director at Pickerington North and Lakeview Junior High from July 2021-May 2023. Prior to Pickerington, she spent 4 years in both interscholastic and intercollegiate compliance as Assistant Director of Compliance at Bowling Green State University from 2019-21, Compliance Coordinator at The Ohio State University from 2018-19, and Compliance Coordinator at the Ohio High School Athletic Association in early 2018.
 
Lizzy is a former Division I pitcher for the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons where she earned her bachelor’s degree in Sports Administration. During her time in Fort Wayne, she was an intern for the athletic department from 2015-17. Upon graduation, she served as the Assistant/Pitching coach for the Indiana Institute of Technology Warriors from 2017-18. Lizzy graduated from The Ohio State University with her Masters of Science in Sports Management in 2020.
 
An Indiana native, Lizzy was a four-time varsity letter winner in softball at Avon High School in Avon, Indiana. She currently resides in Alexandria, OH with her husband, Ross, and three children, Baker, Adeline, and Jimmy Lee. The Wilsons are avid Cleveland sports fans and theme park enthusiasts. In their spare time, they travel to Disney World, Cedar Point, and attend both Cleveland Browns/Guardians games.
 
 
Michael Cornathan
Officiating Assistant
 

 

 

 

 

 

Megan Henning
Media Relations and Communications Assistant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hayden Hile
Officiating Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bryn Mangold
Media Relations and Communications Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scott Rex
Media Relations and Communications Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ryan Sauline
Media Relations and Communications Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Luke Schlagheck
Sport Administration and Officiating Assistant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Calvin Vermilya
Accounting Assistant