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IHSAA announces 2025 Hall of Fame honorees for basketball
The IHSAA is proud to announce 2025 honorees for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame and Officials Hall of Fame, with the 10 total selections to be honored during the 2025 IHSAA State Basketball Tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.
These honorees were nominated through their schools and fellow officials, recommended by the Hall of Fame selection committees, and approved by the Board of Control.
Below is brief biographical information on each Hall of Fame selection. Selections will be introduced at halftime of the Class 2A championship game on Friday, set for a 5 p.m. tipoff.
More information on IHSAA awards is available in the annual state tournament program, available for $5 at Wells Fargo Arena or through the IHSAA website and office.
IHSAA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
KYLE GALLOWAY, Sioux City West – A three-year letterwinner who led the surge at West under coach Jim Hinrich with Class 4A state tournament appearances in 1996 and 1997. Galloway was the first player in program history to score over 1,000 varsity points, while shooting 54 percent from 3-point range and 90 percent on free throws as senior. The Wolverines went 40-4 in Galloway’s final two seasons, capped by an All-Tournament Team performance in 1997, scoring 37 points in the finals showdown against Mason City. He went on to play at Iowa, where he walked on after earning a presidential academic scholarship. He appeared in 77 games, scoring over 400 points, and playing a key role on the 2001 team that won the Big Ten tournament title. Galloway works as CFO at Barker Companies in Iowa City, and is an assistant coach for the City High girls’ basketball team. He and his wife Sarah have three daughters: Ellie, Hattie, and Meggie.
MIKE HILMER – The son of IHSAA basketball wins leader Bob Hilmer picked up 525 varsity wins as a coach since 1991, including a record seven straight state championship game appearances from 2018 to 2024 with North Linn. A multi-sport standout at Forest City and Cornell College, Hilmer dove into coaching with eight years at Lincoln Central and Estherville Lincoln Central, then 25 at North Linn, carrying multiple roles throughout. The IBCA state coach of the year six times, his high-octane North Linn teams won titles in 2019, 2022, and 2024 across 2A and 1A. His squads won 117 consecutive home games from 2014-24, which included sharing co-coaching duties with Bob from 2015-20. Hilmer was selected as NFHS boys’ basketball coach of the year for 2023-24 and now serves as superintendent at Bellevue. He and his wife Jaci have three children: Jake, Austin, and Jori.
RYAN LUEHRSMANN, Cedar Rapids, Washington – A two-time all-state and all-conference guard who graduated in 1996 with 1,375 career points and was named Mississippi Valley Conference player of the year in both his junior and senior seasons. Luehrsmann was Washington’s first four-year letterwinner on the court, and capped his career averaged 24.3 points, 5.7 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 3.1 steals as a senior, while shooting over 90 percent from the free throw line. He was also a four-year letterwinner at Iowa, playing for both Tom Davis and Steve Alford. The Hawkeyes played in two NCAA tournaments with Luehrsmann, including a Sweet 16 run in 1999. Luehrsmann has been a career sales professional who coached Xavier, Cedar Rapids for seven seasons, winning two Class 3A titles and appearing in four state tournaments. Luehrsmann lives in Cedar Rapids and has three children: Brady, Cael, and London.
SAM MOSLEY, Fort Dodge – A first team all-state post in 1978 who remains Fort Dodge’s career leader in points per game (19.8). Mosley was a two-time all-conference player, recording 22 dunks as a senior for the Big 8 championship team. A standout in football and track and field as well, he went on to play basketball at Ellsworth Community College and Nevada, leading the NCAA in field goal percentage in 1982, and averaged a double-double (15.4 points, 11.2 rebounds) as a senior. Mosley was drafted by both the NFL (Seattle Seahawks, 12th round) and NBA (Phoenix Suns, fourth round), and ultimately continued basketball in the CBA and abroad from 1983-88. Retired after 37 years working with at-risk youth and mental health, Mosley now lives in Wisconsin and is married to Debbie Chase-Mosley and has four children: sons Quincy, Aaron, and Leighton, and stepdaughter Leah.
DAVID NEWMAN, Des Moines Hoover – A four-year starter at point guard, Newman became Mr. Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year after leading the Huskies to the legendary 1998 Class 4A championship game. He recorded 1,384 points and 447 assists in his varsity career, twice earning all-state honors. Newman remains Hoover’s all-time assist leader, and he was named co-captain of the all-tournament team in 1998 after his squad dropped a 46-45 final against Iowa City West, which featured fellow Hall of Famer Glen Worley. He went on to play two seasons at Northwestern University, where he started every game as a freshman and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team, then two more seasons at Drake. Newman works as a broker and investor with TMG Investment Real Estate and lives in Johnston with his wife Dana and three children: Mateo, Sophia, and Olivia.
BRIGHAM TUBBS, Central DeWitt – An all-state post who averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds per game in 1987 to earn Gatorade Player of the Year honors. Tubbs held Central DeWitt’s single-season records for points (631), rebounds (377), field goals (178), and rebounds in a game (22) for more than 35 years. He went on to play at Iowa, where he was a four-year letterwinner who earned a master’s degree in business during his time on scholarship. Twice an Academic All-Big Ten selection, his leadership and team contributions earned him the Nile Kinnick Memorial Scholarship, the team’s Coaches Award, and a spot on the NCAA student-athlete advisory committee. Tubbs now works as president and CEO of First Central State Bank, as well as co-CEO with his brother Abram of Ohnward Bancshares, which has 22 financial offices in eastern Iowa as well as over 250 employees. He has served as a director of Iow Bankers Mortgage Corporation, and is a board member for the Clinton County Development Association and GrowClinton. Tubbs and his wife Kami have three adult daughters: Isabelle, Grace, and Amelia.
IHSAA OFFICIALS HALL OF FAME
BRIAN RODEMEYER: A career educator who spent 41 years as a teacher and administrator, and nearly as long as an IHSAA and IGHSAU official. A 1972 graduate of Hampton, Rodemeyer was a four-sport high school athlete who played baseball at Wartburg. Once he stopped coaching, he started working junior high basketball as well as summer baseball and softball, then expanded his sport reach across northern Iowa to include top varsity basketball, baseball, track and field, and volleyball. Across basketball (7 state tournaments), baseball (10), and volleyball (15), he also recorded four title games and spent time as an observer and clinician for volleyball and basketball. Rodemeyer and his wife Sande have two adult children – Abby and Tim – and six grandchildren.
DAVE SCHONROCK: On the all-time shortlists as a football official with 27 postseason appearances and seven title games, Schonrock frequently worked with fellow Hall of Fame picks Von Bornholtz, Rich Larson, and more. Schonrock was a 1972 graduate of Sioux City Leeds and played football and basketball in high school and college. He was introduced to officiating by Steve Jansen and turned it into a successful avocation for decades, working 45 years of football and 42 years of boys’ and girls’ basketball. He made 28 state tournament appearances on the court, working one title game for the IHSAA and seven for the IGHSAU. Schonrock and his wife Kris live in Sioux City.
BRENT SHARFF: A three-sport athlete at West Central of Maynard who played basketball at North Iowa Area Community College until a knee injury ended his playing days. He started officiating basketball in 1996 to stay involved with competition, and has been a leader on the court since. Sharff has appeared in 26 basketball postseasons for the IHSAA, including 19 state tournaments and nine title games. An active recruiter and mentor for officials in Northeast Iowa, Sharff has also worked five national tournament in NCAA Division III and numerous conference championships in NJCAA. He and his wife Connie have two children – Brianne (Brad) Byerly, and Andrew – and two grandchildren.
ROLLIE WIEBERS: A career educator who was a multi-sport standout at Denison and Buena Vista, he officiated football, basketball, softball, baseball, and track and field since registering after high school graduation in 1975. Wiebers is an inductee to the IHSAA Football Hall of Fame and was a recipient of the Bernie Saggau Award of Merit following his service to the Representative Council and Board of Control. In his work as an official, he featured in 11 state basketball tournament and four championship games, as well as 12 postseason track and field assignments. Wiebers has three adult children (Eric, Lindsay, Maura) and is retired, living in Denison.
