Friends of Basketball

Mary Kay (Aherin) Smargiassi

Year Inducted: 2024

Category: Friends of Basketball

Schools / Organizations:
Pawnee Schools

Biography:

Mary Kay kept the basketball scorebook for the programs in the Pawnee School District for 43 years, retiring in 2022. She began in 1978 keeping the book for sixth grade basketball, and in 1979 added seventh and eighth grade. In 1980, she added the high school boys’ games.

Mary Kay began working the girls’ basketball games as well in the late 1980’s. She was a fixture at all indoor athletic events for many years, often keeping the scoreboard for volleyball games.