10th Inductee to the SAVRA Hall of Fame, Barb Twohig
Longtime volleyball referee, trainer and scorekeeper Barb Twohig became the 10th person inducted into the Spokane Area Volleyball Referees Association (SAVRA) Hall of Fame, recognizing her nearly 50 years in the sport as a referee, coach and contributor. She coached club, middle school and high school volleyball, served as referee at local and national levels, including work at the NCAA Division I level, and was instrumental as a contributor to the Goodwill Games women’s volleyball in 1990, five international volleyball events in Spokane and served the USAV Evergreen Region and Pacific Northwest Qualifier for many years on the organizing committees.
SAVRA also gave out its annual awards at the Hall of Fame dinner: Co-Officials of the Year Juli Argotow-Jones and Dale Goodwin; Partner of the Year Debbie Spray, Contributor of the Year Twohig, Line Judge of the Year Tyler Martindale, Most Improved Joey DeMontel, top first-year official Kaiden Davis, top second-year official Lexi Shay and top third-year official Jackie Mooney.
Five SAVRA officials worked state high school tournaments in Yakima, including three who called the finals in each classification: Heather Darrough, 4A; Goodwin, 3A; and Veronica Douglas, 2A. Devin Darrough, B, and Mark Yamamoto, A, also worked state tournaments.
2023 Awards
1st Year Official - Kaiden Davis
2nd Year Official - Lexi Shay
3rd Year Official - Jackie Mooney
Most Improved - Joey DeMontel (no pic)
Line Judge of the Year - Tyler Martindale (no pic)
Partner of the Year - Debbie Spray
Official of the Year - Juli Argotow-Jones & Dale Goodwin
Contributor of the Year - Barb Twohig
Ratings Earned
Local Rating: Lexi Shay & Michael Neismith
2024 Board of Directors
President- Brent Radford
Vice President- Devin Darrough
Past President- Veronica Douglas
Secretary- Alex Sandoval
Members at Large- Corey Brantley, Mark Cullin, Alex Collins, CherryAnn Coballes
Rating Committee- Alan Hirayama, Juli-Jones, Debbie Spray
Appeals Committee- Margie Ray, Patty Kells, Keith Ward
