Hawaii Sports Officials HOF inducts 2024 class


ScoringLive staff
September 2, 2024, 3:45pm

 



The Hawaii Sports Officials Hall of Fame inducted fiveofficials to to the Class of 2024 at an in-person ceremony held on Sunday, Sept. 1 at the Ala Moana Hotel.

Members of the sixth class, in alphabetical order are:

Jim B. Beavers

Beavers career began in 1956 working youth football games in Oklahoma before moving to Hawaii in 1960. He joined the OIA Football Officials Association in 1972 and work intermediate and high school games for the next 44 years. His career highlights included six Oahu Prep Bowl games and the 2000 HHSAA championship game. He took over the role of OIA Football Commissioner from HSOHOF Roy Chong in 1999 and for the next 17 years, became the association's leader in training, mentoring and rules review.

Aaron Chaney

A national championship athlete in water polo at UC Santa Barbara, Chaney was an outstanding coach for over 40 years as well as an internationally renowned official. He worked 20 NCAA men's and 10 women's championships including 15 championship games. Internally, he worked the 2004 and 2008 Olympics in Athens and Beijing including the men's semifinal in 2004.
He also worked four FINA World Championships highlighted by the women's bronze medal game. A member of both the UCSB and University of Hawaii Swimming Halls of Fame, he was inducted to the 2023 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame as a coach and a referee.

Abraham (Abe) Pacheco

Born in Hilo and raised in the sugar plantation camps of Wainaku, Pacheco was boxer himself and achieved moderate success in the 119-point weight class. In the 1970s, he became a sanctioned official and officiated in many Golden Gloves and Police Activities League events. He then moved up to work fights in the North American Boxing Federation, US Boxing Association, the World Boxing Counsel and the International Boxing Federation. He worked over 30 world championship fights in his 3-decade career.

Kenichi (Stupe) Shimogawa

Shimogawa was among the founding members of the Kauai Pop Warner football program in 1963 and served as commissioner from 1964-2005 where he was instrumental in designating proceeds of the games to the local Shriners. From 1963 to 2005, he worked nearly every position from football official to chain crew, to timer and ball person. He's been honored as National Federation of Interscholastic Officials Association Hawaii Official of the year in 1997 and honored at the Hawaii State Legislature in 2011 and 2015 for his contributions to Kauai Pop Warner football. He passed away in 2017.

Thomas Yoshida

A graduate of Leilehua High School, Yoshida began his officiating career at 19-years-old under HSOHOF Fuzzy Richards. He worked his first varsity game with HOF Sam Delos Reyes and continued to climb the ladder of officiating. In 41 high school seasons, he worked a staggering 13 state championship games and 31 OIA championships. In 1993 he was hired to work in the Western Athletic Conference and worked 20 years in Division I and 26 years in Division 2 and NAIA. He continues to contribute by serving as rules analyst with Spectrum OC16 as well as presenting rules clinics on Oahu and the neighbor islands.




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