The Oregon Athletic Coaches Association (OACA) named Seaside’s Teena Toyas, Clatsop Community College Physical Education Instructor and longtime sports official, a 2017 Official of the Year.

The organization honors two outstanding officials each year and was awarded Saturday, May 20 at the Coach of the Year Banquet in Eugene. The OACA selects from nominees that exemplify the highest standards of sportsmanship, ethical conduct and moral character and carry the endorsement of the Oregon Athletic Officials Association.

Toyas has 38-plus years of service and experience officiating basketball, volleyball and soccer in several states. She became a member of the North Coast Basketball Officials Association in 1983, the North Coast Volleyball Officials Association in 1984 (in which she currently holds the commissioner role), and has been commissioner of the North Coast Soccer Referees Association since 1996.

Toyas will be stepping down from her soccer commissioner role as she steps into the basketball commissioner role this fall. She has been selected for numerous state championship tournament assignments over the years and has been elected the honor to work many state championship final games.

Along with her officiating and teaching duties, Toyas will also be stepping into a new role at Clatsop Community College where she will take on the Dean of Transfer Education starting July 1.

Also honored at the May 20 banquet, Seaside High School’s Bill Westerholm was named as the 4A Boys Basketball Coach of the Year, after leading the Gulls to their first-ever state championship in March.