3 to be inducted into Officials Hall of Fame

The Hawaii Sports Officials Hall of Fame announced the induction of Hubert P. Minn (boxing), Gordon Scruton (Track and Field) and Arnold S. Soma (baseball) for the Class of 2021.

Due to the postponement of last year’s induction banquet, both the class of 2020 and 2021 will be honored in a ceremony on Sunday, Sept. 5 at the Ala Moana Hotel. Class of 2020 inductees are Jan Allen (soccer), Samuel Delos Reyes (basketball), Wayne Lee (volleyball) and Matthew Sumstine (football).

“We are extremely excited to honor these seven individuals for induction to the Hall of Fame,” said HSOHOF president Cal Evans. “These are the very best officials in the State of Hawaii and we are privileged to honor our third and fourth classes.”

Minn judged more than 55 world title matches. He has served as the World Boxing Council’s chairman of the Ring Officials Committee for the last 23 years, as well as the chairperson of the North American Boxing Federation and Oriental Pacific Boxing Federation.

Scruton has officiated and administered the sport of track and field in Hawaii for seven decades. From 1970 to 2013, he was the head official for the HHSAA track and field championships. He also officiated for USA Track and Field, the NCAA Championships, IAAF World Masters and USATF Olympic trials.

Soma worked as an umpire on all levels, including University of Hawaii games for two decades as well as many OIA, ILH and HHSAA championship games. He also was the plate umpire for the 1982 WAC championship game at UH.