R.I.P. Matthew Orin

[LucasDavenport]

One of our Finest from SE District - had the State Assignment 5 years ago for the New Concord John Glenn upset over ASVSM.

Passed away last night - he was attending a wedding in Lexington (my wife and I were also there) and I spoke to him in the interim between Wedding and Reception and he was telling me how hot he was (it was warm in the hallways) - and then how nice it felt in the area where the reception was and we ended up at different tables. (There were a nice number of South Webster people in attendance).

He passed away on the way home as they couldn’t awaken him (luckily he wasn’t driving) and they could not revive him at the hospital. His wife Kaci was at his side last night and his little girl (maybe 5 or so years old) was at home.

Prayers for his family.

R.I.P. Matthew Orin.

[wobycat]

He was one of the best officials in our area. Took it very seriously and cared about the craft. Tough day

[danicalifornia]

That’s awful to hear. He was a top level official and didn’t take nights off.

[Ironman92]

Awful awful news. Prayers to his family and friends.

So sad.

[E High]

Thoughts and prayers to the family

[Richard Noggin]

Thoughts and prayers .

[transplant]

So sad. Thoughts and prayers for his family.

[smurray]

One of our favorite officials. Terrible devastating news!

[mattash]

It’s really sad, will be missed

[pfloyd]

Saw this on FB yesterday. Shocked and saddened by this news ... Matt was a truly "good" guy, as has been posted he took his role as an "official" seriously as he was one of the best of the best at his craft ... on FB he was in a group picture with a host of SEO officials, he, as with all of the SEO officials, would always give me a shoutout when our paths crossed courtside somewhere Below the Lancaster-Dixon Line ... my thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends along with the fraternity of officials in SEO who are a family/community within themselves - all dealing with a great loss ... - pfloyd

[a_c_m]

Prayers for his family.

[mlittle]

Man, this sucks.

[noreply66]

Prayers from Hocking Cty

[Ukfanatic]

Matt was a great official, a colleague, a fellow teacher with me at western, and a friend. It is hard to believe he is gone. Western has lost a great special education teacher who was dedicated to his craft and the kids loved. He will be hard to replace! RIP brother! Love ya!

[indians10]

So sad to hear about the passing of Matt.He loved the game of basketball,and was one of the best officials in the SE district.He always had a few minutes to say hi,and ask how everyone was doing.He will be missed,and left this earth way to soon.My thoughts and prayers are with his wife,daughter and his entire familey.RIP matt Orin

[oldschoolqb13]

Terrible news! Prayers go out to his family and all those whose lives he touched.

[VetteMan]

Thoughts and Prayers to his family.

[peake71]

Prayers for family. Spoke with him a couple of times. He was one of the best we had in the area.

[biggdowgg]

Great guy , he was one of the refs you could have fun with he was always ready to talk to ANYONE that would talk to him along court side.

Definitely going to.miss him ,we see him at a lot of games around here

[goindians42]

Always hate to hear news like this. A younger guy gone too soon. A Good referee, who worked many of our son's games. Thoughts and prayers for his family.