Based on his outstanding contributions to the profession of officiating and dedication to the communities and youth our organization serves for over three decades, Champion Officials Group will from this year forward, present an award for Outstanding Official of the Year, in the name of Robert Bush.

This award will be presented each year to the person who best exemplifies and engenders those humanistic and professional qualities of self-discipline, loyalty, teamwork, resolve and application of fair-play, so characteristic of Mr. Bush.

Declared this twenty-fifth day of November, 2006, by the Champion Officials Group.