Born in Passaic, New Jersey, Ed acquired his love for football while playing at Don Bosco Prep and the US Naval Academy. After completing flight school, Ed was assigned to a Helicopter squadron in San Diego and joined the San Diego County Football Officials Association where he has maintained membership since 1977. Ed has been …
Class of 2015
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Rusty Riner, Basketball
Rusty Riner was born in Oak Hill, West Virginia and moved to Oceanside, California in 1956. He attended San Clemente High School, Mira Costa College and Linfield College in Oregon.. He has a daughter, Jennifer, a granddaughter, Emily, and a son, John. He is currently married to his wife of three years, Sheila, and has …
Frank Alfano, Baseball/Football
Frank is a San Diego native who attended Crawford High School where he played in 3 CIF Baseball Championship Finals. He was drafted by the New York Mets out of high school, but opted for a baseball scholarship at USC. There he played on 2 college World Series Championship teams. He went on to play …
Connie Perkins, Basketball
Connie Perkins started officiating at the age of 16 for Kennewick Parks & Recreation Youth Basketball. While attending the University of Puget Sound, she officiated all Intramural sports including basketball, flag football, softball and volleyball. She became a member of the NCBOA (North County Basketball Officials Association) in 1985 and was quickly taken under the …
Brad Griffith, Basketball
Brad was born in Pratt, Kansas in 1939. His family soon moved to National City and then to Paradise Hills. He eventually enrolled at Lincoln Junior-Senior High School where he played football, basketball and baseball. In his senior year he was coached football by the notable Walt Harvey and Bob Granger. After graduating from Lincoln …