Mark Masariu

Mark Masariu is best known for his work as a basketball official and a coach despite being a three-sport athlete at Danville High School. A 1970 graduate of Indiana State University, he played football for the Sycamores for one season before an injury cut short his playing career.
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Masariu came to Kokomo in 1975 and served Haworth and Kokomo high schools as a teacher, coach, and assistant athletic director until his retirement in 2002. His high school officiating career began in 1967 and included 14 sectionals, 12 regionals, two semi-states, and the 1988 state finals. He worked the Hall of Fame Classic twice, multiple Indiana-Kentucky All-Star games, and the 1990 McDonald’s All-American Game. His NCAA experience included regular season and conference tournaments with the Big Ten Conference, Midwestern City Conference/Horizon League, Mid-American Conference, Mid-Continent/Summit League, Great Midwest Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, and the Missouri Valley Conference. He worked five postseason NIT tournaments, one preseason NIT tournament, back-to-back NCAA Division III national semifinals, and officiated the Division II regionals.

He was named the 2019 winner of the Center Circle Officials Award from the Indiana High School Basketball Hall of Fame for his outstanding officiating ability and his contributions and promotion of the game.