In 1967, the COA lost one of its most dedicated and passionate members with the passing of Ellie Hasan. Ellie was one of the founding members of the COA and was influential in shaping the organization we all enjoy today. Ellie had a very distinguished officiating career; twenty years as a Field Judge in the Big Ten Conference and as a basketball official in the Missouri Valley Conference, after many years of working at the high school level. Ellie traveled the world with the Harlem Globetrotters and had three audiences with the Pope.

Ellie was a very generous man who affected the officiating careers of many COA members. Ellie took great pride in helping new officials and gave much back to the association that helped him throughout his career. Ellie is credited with advancing the officiating careers of many of the COA's most accomplished officials. In recognition of his commitment to officiating and his dedication to our members, the COA, in 1968, created the Ellie Hasan Award. This award is given annually to an individual who has displayed the same traits as Ellie in assisting, developing, supporting, and mentoring sports officials and dedicating their time and efforts to improving the COA and high school sports officiating.

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Award Recipient	Year
Bronson, Ed	1968
Weissman, Sonny	1969
Delaney, Mike	1970
O'Brien, Berine	1971
Lieberson, Ernie	1972
King, Joe	1973
Zayner, Ted	1974
Burnell, Max	1975
Manasin, Al	1976
Tadelman, Joe	1977
Mafia, Tony	1978
Solario, Spin	1979
Lynne, Pete	1980
Naughton, Clem	1981
Shay, Bill	1982
Gleason, Bill	1983
No Recipient	1984
Harden, William Dr.	1985
Strocchia, Frank	1986
Niemiera, John	1987
Markbreit, Jerry	1988
Lapore, Cal	1989
Fallon, Bob	1990
Noble, Tom	1991
O'Brien, Dan	1992
Mitchell, Tom	1993
Winiecki, Tom	1994
Burke, Anne Hon.	1995
Levinthal, Burt	1996
Quinn, Tom	1997
Bonner, L.T.	1998
Robinson, Don	1999
Wernet, Todd	2000
Piagentini, Ray	2001
Sheahan, Mike	2002
Kurland, Max	2003
Keogh, Jim	2004
Pingatore, Gene	2005
Quinn, Pat  Lt Gov	2006
Doran, Ray	2007
Curtin, Michael	2008
Righeimer, Jim	2009
Weiler, Richard	2010
Parry, Dave	2011
Honacki, Stan	2012
Foster, Bob	2013
Tumpane, Jack	2014
Hakes, Don	2015
Feigh, Tim	2016
McHugh, Jim	2017
Lenti, Frank	2018
Grohovena, Gary	2019
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