The IHSAA is proud to announce 2026 honorees for induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame and Officials Hall of Fame, with the seven total selections to be honored during the 2026 IHSAA State Basketball Tournament at Casey’s Center 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 1A championship game on Friday, March 13, set for a 5 p.m. tipoff.
More information on IHSAA awards is available in the annual state tournament program, available for $5 at Casey’s Center or through the IHSAA website and office.
IHSAA BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
JIM CALKINS, Newell-Fonda – The leader of the 1991 Class 1A champions was a first team all-state guard who averaged over 20 points per game for all four varsity seasons. Calkins scored 2,034 career points for the Mustangs as they improved every season from 1988-91, and his 314 made 3-pointers is still fifth on Iowa’s all-time career list. His success came early in Newell and Fonda’s grade share, where his senior year included averaging 27 points per game and winning a team title and individual runner-up honors at state golf. Calkins was also a four-year letterwinner in baseball and golf, and went on to play three seasons of basketball at Buena Vista under coach Dave Gunther. Calkins went on to teach and coach at Iowa high schools for 25 years, guiding two Creston teams to the state basketball tournament in 2005 and 2006. He is currently working back near home at Loring Hospital in Sac City.
BOB FONTANA – The Ankeny graduate who played basketball and football for Hall of Fame coaches Larry Ireland and Jerry Pezzetti would go on to win 474 games as a head coach across 34 varsity basketball seasons. Fontana played college hoops at Grand View before joining the school coaching ranks, with time at CWL and Carlisle, then longer tenures as Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Ankeny Centennial. The nephew of Ray Fontana, one of Iowa’s all-time players from the 1950s, Bob’s teams won eight conference titles and made five state tournament appearances, with multiple at both Kennedy (2000, 2007, 2008) and Centennial (2020, 2023). Named Class 4A coach of the year in 2000, he was Cedar Rapids Metro coach of the year seven times and his teams received the MVC sportsmanship award three times. Fontana and his wife Shari have two children – Madison and Spencer – and eight grandchildren.
FRED LORENSEN – A three-sport standout as a student at Clarinda, Lorensen took his varsity lessons on to college athletics at Iowa Western Community College and Northwest Missouri State before immediately diving into teaching and coaching at Monroe in 1975. A career educator who coached five different sports and levels at Monroe and later PCM, he found historical levels of success as varsity boys’ basketball coach. His career record of 632-327 crossed 42 years as head coach, including 10 state tournament appearances and the 2004 championship in Class 2A. His teams won 14 conference titles before his retirement after the 2023 season, and he entered this season at No. 14 on Iowa’s all-time coach win list. Lorensen has three children – Stacy, Gina, Todd – and six grandchildren.
MARTY McKOWEN – Starting at Wapsie Valley in the 1983-84 school year, McKowen just retired after 43 seasons as head coach. His run places him in the top 10 on Iowa’s all-time coach win list, with a 670-314 record, eight state tournament appearances, capped by the 2020 championship in Class 1A. The Warriors had a runner-up finish in 2003 when McKowen’s son Brooks became the state’s all-time leading scorer, and the program also had semifinal runs in 1989 and 1996. McKowen and his wife Marti have three children – Jon, Brooks, Brittney – and 11 grandchildren.
MARCUS PAIGE, Linn-Mar – A clutch point guard who led Linn-Mar to the Class 4A title as a junior in 2011, then back to state as high-scoring senior. Paige was a rare four-time all-state pick, capping his varsity career as a McDonald’s All-American, and Iowa’s Mr. Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year in 2012. He averaged more than 28 points per game as a senior, including an iconic 49-point performance in a comeback substate final. Paige went on to become a four-year starter and three-year captain at North Carolina, and his final college game was the memorable 2016 NCAA Tournament final. He graduated as the program’s all-time leader in free throw percentage and was named the ACC’s top scholar-athlete in men’s basketball in 2015. Paige went on to play professionally from 2016-23, then joined the coaching staff at UNC. He and his wife Taylor have one daughter, Maya.
ADAM VIET, AGWSR – A three-time all-state guard who scored 2,100 career points and led AGWSR to the Class 2A title game in 2001 as an all-tournament team sophomore. Viet also tallied more than 500 rebounds and more than 300 steals and assists with the Cougars, who won three division titles within NICL during his career. At the time of graduation, he was in the top 20 in career made 3-pointers (219). He went on to play on three NCAA tournament teams at Northern Iowa between 2003-08. He now owns his own business, Big Creek Growth, a consultancy focusing on AI implementation and growth for small businesses and startups. He and his wife Sara have two children: Asher and Avery.
IHSAA OFFICIALS HALL OF FAME
JUSTIN STOCKDALE, Dike: A 1993 graduate of Aplington-Parkersburg who was a four-sport and fine arts standout, Stockdale began officiating basketball and baseball at age 19. After starting out officiating junior high and lower level contests as a part-time job, he quickly rose into a hoops standout during a nearly 30-year run. Stockdale was assigned to work 33 state basketball tournaments across IHSAA and IGHSAU, including 10 title appearances and 18 consecutive boys’ tournaments. He worked alongside John Conlon and Ryan Eklund during his successful run, and also officiated three years in the American Rivers Conference in NCAA Division III. Stockdale is a career educator with bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Northern Iowa, and certifications from Drake and Iowa State, and has served as superintendent at Dike-New Hartford since 2018. He is also a current member of the IHSAA’s Representative Council and Classification Committee. Stockdale and his wife Maureen have three sons: Jacob, Noah, and Isaac.