ROY GARDNER AWARD
The late Roy Gardner was born in Lawrenceburg in 1919 and spent 34 years working in the Batesville school system. A math teacher at Batesville, he also served as head basketball, track, baseball, and golf coach in various stints, with his teams capturing numerous championships. As an official Gardner worked the 1955, 1956, and 1959 state finals and officiated in the Big Ten from 1959-1969. He also worked the 1968 and 1969 East-West College All-Star games at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Gardner passed away in 1977 and each year since 1978 the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association presents the Roy Gardner Award to the outstanding high school basketball official in Indiana. He was inducted in the Ball State Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981 and the Ripley County Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003
Roy Gardner Men’s Official of the Year (Complete Historical List Below)
| Year | Official | Hometown/School |
| 1978 | Lowell Smith | Palmyra |
| 1979 | Wayne VanSickle | Richmond |
| 1980 | Troy Ingram | Richmond |
| 1981 | Jerry Larrison | Indianapolis |
| 1982 | John Lozier | Logansport |
| 1983 | Rich Boer | Gary |
| 1984 | Jim Wehsollek | Alexandria |
| 1985 | Jerry Petro | Franklin |
| 1986 | Roger DeYoung | Hebron |
| 1987 | Jesse Lynch | Indianapolis |
| 1988 | Bob Marcinek | East Chicago |
| 1989 | Melvn Redmond | Mt. Vernon |
| 1990 | Steve Cherry | Pendleton |
| 1991 | No Award | |
| 1992 | Richard Cook | Michigan City |
| 1993 | Jim Cox | Jonesboro |
| 1994 | Mike Bohan | Brownsburg |
| 1995 | Bill Wullner | Lawrenceburg |
| 1996 | Bob Beeson | Elkhart |
| 1997 | Jerry Cook | Elkhart |
| 1998 | Norm Hathcoat | Pendleton |
| 1999 | Steve Fisher | North Posey |
| 2000 | Rick Owens | Lynn |
| 2001 | Larry Maxwell | Martinsville |
| 2002 | Larry Jones | Logansport |
| 2003 | Bill Nimnicht | Evansville |
| 2004 | Jimmy Dimitroff | Indianapolis |
| 2005 | Gary Leistner | Dubois |
| 2006 | Ken Gorrell | Southwestern/Ball State |
| 2007 | Jerry Taylor | Lafayette |
| 2008 | James Dunlap | Decker Chapel (S.Knox) |
| 2009 | Don Nester | Cathedral Graduate |
| 2010 | Larry Nixon | Western Indiana |
| 2011 | Mark Baltz | Ohio University |
| 2012 | Bob Anderson | Walter Johnson HS (MD)- Purdue |
| Ray Tebbe | Batesville HS – Ball State | |
| 2013 | Mike Waisnora | Munster – Purdue |
| 2014 | Terry Magnuson | LaVille – Butler |
| 2015 | Rex Nichols | Mooresville |
| 2016 | Jason Ferguson | Columbus |
| 2017 | Tom Rohr | Montezuma |
| 2018 | Tom Walters | Indianapolis |
| 2019 | ||