DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Eric Lewis, Bethune-Cookman University alum and husband of head women's basketball coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis, has been named one of the 12 referees who will officiate the 2019 NBA Finals, the league announced on Tuesday.

Lewis is one of two officials who will be working their first finals. The 15-year veteran served as an alternate last year.

"For an official, to be at the top is to be at the Finals," Lewis said in a video on the NBA Officials' website. "To make it there, it's a huge accomplishment and huge goal for all the referees."

The Daytona Beach native was a member of the basketball teams at Mainland High School and at Bethune-Cookman.

"In each level of Eric's personal and professional life he seems to reach the pinnacle of success," B-CU Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics Lynn W. Thompson said. "No one deserves it more. He makes all of us so very proud!"

His wife led the Lady Wildcats to their first NCAA Tournament appearance this season.

"Words cannot express how proud I am of my husband," Blair-Lewis said. "One of the best 12 in the NBA and OFFICIALLY in the white jacket."

The championship series between the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors begins Thursday, May 30. Individual game assignments for referees will be posted at NBA.com/official at approximately 9 a.m. ET on game days.