Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame

A 2008 Upper Sandusky High School graduate, Clare Aubry excelled at basketball with the Rams and then in college at the University of Toledo and then the University of Findlay. She has since become a college and professional basketball referee.

Aubry participated in volleyball, cross country and track and field in her time at Upper Sandusky, earning seven varsity letters in total, but it was in basketball that she most excelled, scoring 1,507 career points, currently third-most in program history. She still holds the single-game school scoring record with 44 points in a game in 2007.

A three-time All-Northern Ohio League honoree, Aubry earned All-Northwest District honors twice. She excelled most as a shooter, finishing her career as an 89.3% free-throw shooter who shot 49.6% from the field overall and 32.4% on 3-pointers.

Aubry earned a scholarship to play for the Rockets and did so as a reserve who appeared in every game for two seasons. Her 37.2% 3-point percentage ranked 10th in the Mid-American Conference her sophomore year. Moving on to Findlay, Aubry averaged 15.0 points per game her junior year, earning all-league second-team honors, and scored 11.7 points per game as a senior.

After getting a bachelor’s degree as an intervention specialist and then a master’s degree in education administration, Aubry began teaching at Worthington City Schools and started her officiating career as a middle school and high school referee.

She moved up to small-school women’s college basketball, and in 2018, Aubry was hired by the NBA G League and worked two seasons as a non-staff NBA official, working three games in the 2021-22 season. Aubry was hired by the Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East, Atlantic 10 and Coastal Athletic Conference in 2021 to referee men’s basketball, and she and a colleague became the first women to work a men’s game in those leagues. In 2022, Aubry was hired as a WNBA official.