The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association will induct 11 new members into its Hall of Fame this summer, the organization announced today.

The inductees — Jim Cavin, Mike Gomez, Gary Hickman, Amy Huntsman, Rick Kauffmann, Brad Loveday, Rick Phillips, Marc Ratner, Gertha Robertson, Yvonne Torres-Arguello and Brian Whitaker — will be honored as the NIAA’s 31st Hall of Fame class during a ceremony June 26 at the Palace Station.

“We are pleased to welcome these deserving individuals into the NIAA Hall of Fame,” said Timothy Jackson, NIAA’s executive director. “They each contributed greatly in their own way to the success of high school sports in Nevada and have positively impacted the young men and women of our state.”

Tickets for the 6 p.m. ceremony are priced at $60 per person and will be available later this spring on the NIAA.com website.

The NIAA said the inductees represent decades of service to Nevada high school athletics. The class includes:

Cavin officiated football for 52 years in the Southern Nevada Officials Association, concluding his career as referee for the 2024 Class 4A state championship game at Allegiant Stadium.

Gomez coached five different sports during a 30-year career at Eldorado, Durango and Spring Valley high schools, amassing 378 wins as a varsity baseball coach and winning a state championship at Durango in 1999.

Hickman was a three-sport standout at Moapa Valley in the 1960s, helping the Pirates win state championships in football, basketball and track and field in 1967.

Huntsman compiled a 580-202 record during her 31-year career as girls basketball coach at Pahranagat Valley, winning 14 state championships.

Kauffmann served as a swimming and diving official for 26 years in Northern Nevada, working as a meet referee from 1990 through 2015.

Loveday won 530 games and seven state championships during his 29 seasons as Pahranagat Valley’s baseball coach. He also coached wrestling for 25 years and served as athletic director for 12 years.

Phillips led Lincoln County High School’s boys basketball team to four state championships and six title game appearances between 1990-2000, while also serving as the school’s athletic director for 30 years.

Ratner, whose officiating career began in 1966, served 32 years as the Southern Nevada Officials Association’s commissioner before retiring in 2024.

Robertson spent 44 years in the Clark County School District, including time as Desert Pines’ athletic director from 2002-2019, and was instrumental in getting boys volleyball sanctioned in 2000.

Torres-Arguello coached Chaparral to a state girls volleyball championship in 1994 during a 35-year career that also included time as an athletic director, administrator and official.

Whitaker compiled 562 career wins as a baseball coach at Valley and Silverado highs, including the 2000 state championship at Silverado.

More information on the NIAA Hall of Fame can be found at www.niaa.com/awards/Hall_of_Fame.