Author: Erich Frombach

What Makes A Nightmare Sports Parent — And What Makes A Great One

Hundreds of college athletes were asked to think back: “What is your worst memory from playing youth and high school sports?”

Their overwhelming response: “The ride home from games with my parents.”

The informal survey lasted three decades, initiated by two former longtime coaches who over time became staunch advocates for the player, for the adolescent, for the child. Bruce E. Brown and Rob Miller of Proactive Coaching LLC are devoted to helping adults avoid becoming a nightmare sports parent, speaking at colleges, high schools and youth leagues to more than a million athletes, coaches and parents in the last 12 years.

Those same college athletes were asked what their parents said that made them feel great, that amplified their joy during and after a ballgame.

Their overwhelming response: “I love to watch you play.”

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF POTENTIAL NIAAA BOARD VACANCY

In the event of a position vacancy of the NIAAA Board of Directors, Section 2 Representative, the OIAAA is being asked to recommend a candidate to fulfill the position. The eligibility criteria for a candidate is listed in the attached document along with a fillable nomination form for qualified candidates to complete (CLICK HERE to download the fillable PDF application form).

The OIAAA is asking those qualified OIAAA/NIAAA members who have an interest in the potential NIAAA Board of Directors position to complete the form and return it electronically to Paul Powers, OIAAA President, AuroraHS at ppowers@aurora-schools.org no later than FRIDAY, MAY 6^TH, 2016 by 3:00 p.m. NOTE: Please DO NOT return the form to NIAAA offices.

The OIAAA Board of Directors Candidate Review Committee will coordinate the review of all candidate applications and make a recommendation to the OIAAA Board for a candidate to fulfill the potential NIAAA Board vacancy.

Additional questions may be directed to OIAAA President Paul Powers.

Highlights of the 2016 NEOIAAA Spring Conference

Spring Conference 2016 Highlights

The northeast district held our annual spring athletic director’s conference and awards banquet on April 17 and April 18. This was our 51st Annual Awards Program. The Sunday night banquet was hosted at the Sheraton Suites in Cuyahoga Falls. The Northeast district set a record this year with over 120 athletic directors attending our Spring conference. The agenda for the day was kicked off by OIAAA Executive Director Bruce Brown addressing the attendees to highlight the current initiatives of the OIAAA, particularly the new changes being proposed to the membership structure. The keynote presentation this year was delivered by Oliver Luck, the NCAA Director for Regulatory Functions. Luck, a graduate of St. Ignatius High School and native Northeast Ohioan, spoke eloquently about the state of the NCAA and the changes he has seen on the job. After the keynote presentation, the first breakout session was titled “Developing a Social Media Responsibility Policy,” presented by Zac Jackson from ProFootballTalk.com. The second breakout session was titled “Arbiter- Hands-On Training.” Special thanks go out to Brenda Murray and Jenn Close from the OHSAA, Paul Powers from Aurora and Zac Leister from the Arbiter for taking time to answer athletic director’s questions about the transition to the Arbiter. The third breakout session was titled “Increasing Efficiency in the Paperless Office.” This session was presented by Jim Doyle from Hawken School who gave attendees and overview of some very useful strategies to go paperless in our athletic department offices. The last session of the day was the OHSAA Town Hall and Referendum Update. Thank you to Dr. Deborah Moore and Mr. Jerry Snodgrass from the OHSAA for presenting at our conference and providing critical updates from the state office. Lastly, a special thank you to Phil Cassella for all of his help and organizational efforts in putting on this year’s conference.

To view the list of our distinguished award winners from Sunday night’s banquet, click HERE

2016 NW-OIAAA Spring Roundtable Registration

To register for the Northwest Spring Roundtable, click HERE

WYOMING HS TAPPED FOR “AWARD OF EXCELLENCE” AWARD

March 3, 2016

The Wyoming High School athletic department has been selected to receive the Annual “Award of Excellence” recognition in 2016. The award, a collaboration between the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA), recognizes schools that provide exemplary support and promotion of education-based athletic programming in their school and community.

Recipient of the this year’s award is Wyoming High School, located near Cincinnati. Jan Wilking is the district athletic administrator

The focus of the award is to recognize on-going and consistent efforts on the part of Ohio interscholastic athletic departments that demonstrate best practice in the endorsement and promotion of education-based athletic programming. Specifically, this award recognizes schools that demonstrate intentional efforts to shift the culture of school-based sport programs as an on-going process.

Dr. Dan Ross, Commissioner of the OHSAA, Jerry Snodgrass, Assistant Commissioner of the OHSAA and Bruce Brown, Executive Director of the OIAAA issued the following joint statement on the inaugural presentation of the award: “Ohio interscholastic athletic programs have always been considered some of the most exemplary programs in the country in reflecting the value our schools and communities place upon education-based sports. The recipients of the ‘Award of Excellence’ have demonstrated a consistent and intentional plan to keep the focus of their sport programs upon delivering life-long skills for all participants and mirroring the educational mission of their respective institutions.”

The OHSAA and the OIAAA believe there are several benchmarks which identify quality, education-based athletic programs:

School athletic programs are inherently educational
School athletic programs compliment the educational experience
School athletic programs enhance the educational mission of the school
School athletic programs serve as an extension of the academic classroom
School athletic programs teach life lessons not regularly available in the academic classroom
School athletic programs have courts, fields, tracks, pools and courses as teaching classrooms

Wyoming High School will be honored during the 2016 Ohio Boys State Basketball Championships on Friday, March 18^th at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University. For additional details on the “Award of Excellence” criteria, go to: oiaaa.org/news/2015/01/06/oiaaa-and-ohsaa-launch-award-of-excellence/

Two Ohioans Named to 2016 Class of National High School Hall of Fame

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Two Ohio-grown interscholastic stalwarts were named among 12 individuals selected

for the 2016 class of the National High School Hall of Fame administered by the National

Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).

Chuck Kyle, who has won 321 games and 11 state championships in 33 years as football

coach at Cleveland (Ohio) St. Ignatius High School, is one of four coaches selected for the 2016

class. Kyle has led his alma mater – St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio – to 11 Ohio

High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) state football championships – all in the state’s

largest division. After serving as an assistant coach for 10 years, Kyle assumed head coaching

duties in 1983 and has registered a 321-83-1 record (.794 winning percentage) in 33 years. He

ranks No. 1 in state football titles and set a state record by qualifying for the playoffs in 22

consecutive years (1988-2009). Kyle’s teams were undefeated on five occasions and received

recognition by media outlets as the nation’s top team three times (1989, 1993, 1995). On four

separate occasions, his teams registered winning streaks of 25 or more games, with a best of 39

straight victories. In addition to football, Kyle has coached track and field at St. Ignatius for 43

years and his team claimed the 2001 OHSAA large-division state championship.

Tim Flannery, who served on the NFHS staff for 16 years and was responsible for starting the

highly successful NFHS Coach Education Program. Flannery saved the best for last during his

remarkable 46-year career in education. After concluding his 30-year career in Ohio with 15

years as director of athletics of the North Olmsted City Schools, Flannery joined the NFHS staff

in 1998. During his first nine years on the staff, Flannery directed the NFHS Coaches

Association, was editor of the Soccer Rules Book and Swimming and Diving Rules Book, and was

in charge of the NFHS Officials Association for two years. In 2007, he started the NFHS Coach

Education Program and by the time he retired in 2014 had built one of the most successful

programs in the organization’s history. Today, the program features 41 online education

courses, and more than four million courses have been delivered to coaches, administrators,

parents and students. Flannery also was heavily involved in the National Interscholastic Athletic

Administrators Association (NIAAA) for 30 years, including a term as president in 1995 during

which time the Leadership Training Program was initiated.

Other coaches who will be honored this year are Peg Kopec, who retired last year after

winning 12 state championships in 42 years as girls volleyball coach at St. Francis High School in

Wheaton, Illinois; Pete Boudreaux, who has won an amazing 43 state championships in cross

country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field at Baton Rouge (Louisiana) Catholic

High School; and Jack Holloway, who led his wrestling teams at New Castle (Delaware) William

Penn High School to seven state championships and 13 undefeated seasons during his 25-year

Two administrators are part of the 2016 class –; and Ennis Proctor, who retired in 2011

after 20 years as executive director of the Mississippi High School Activities Association.

Rounding out the 2016 class is the late Eugene “Lefty” Wright, a cross country and track and

field contest official in Minnesota for almost 50 years.

Steve Spurrier, a three-sport standout at Science Hill High School in Johnson City,

Tennessee, before his highly successful collegiate career as a player and coach, and Marlin

Briscoe, an outstanding football and basketball player at Omaha (Nebraska) South High School

prior to becoming the first African-American starting quarterback in the National Football

Other athletes who were chosen for this year’s class are Joni Huntley, a three-sport

athlete at Sheridan (Oregon) High School in the early 1970s who later competed in the high

jump at two Olympics; Tom Southall, who overcame a physical disability to become one of the

best athletes in Colorado history at Steamboat Springs High School (1979-81), and the late Ken

Beardslee, one of the top pitchers in high school baseball history during his three years (1947-

49) at Vermontville (Michigan) High School.

These five athletes, four coaches, two administrators and one contest official will be

inducted into the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High

School Hall of Fame July 2 at the Peppermill Resort in Reno, Nevada. The 34th Hall of Fame

Induction Ceremony will be the closing event of the 97th annual NFHS Summer Meeting.

The National High School Hall of Fame was started in 1982 by the NFHS to honor high

school athletes, coaches, contest officials, administrators, performing arts coaches/directors

and others for their extraordinary achievements and accomplishments in high school sports and

performing arts programs. This year’s class increases the number of individuals in the Hall of

The 12 individuals were chosen after a two-level selection process involving a screening

committee composed of active high school state association administrators, coaches and

officials, and a final selection committee composed of coaches, former athletes, state

association officials, media representatives and educational leaders. Nominations were made

through NFHS member associations.

Following is biographical information on the other 10 individuals in the 2016 class of the

The late Ken Beardslee has been proclaimed as “prep baseball’s first ace” in the NFHS

National High School Sports Record Book for his incredible feats at Vermontville High School in

Michigan in the late 1940s. In his three years on the mound for Vermontville, Beardslee won 24

of his 25 starts (the team was 31-1 during that time), but it was the dominance he displayed

that was even more amazing. Beardslee’s 24 victories included eight no-hitters, including two

perfect games, and seven one-hitters and a 0.32 career earned-run average. He set seven

national records, and two of those marks still stand after 66 years. His per-game season

strikeout mark of 19.0 and his per-game career strikeout mark of 18.1 remain the national

records today. Beardslee was drafted by the New York Yankees immediately after graduating

from high school and pitched in the minors from 1949 to 1956. An injury ended his playing

career in 1956, and Beardslee then served as a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates for 21 years.

Marlin Briscoe was an All-City running back in football as a junior and senior at Omaha

(Nebraska) South High School in 1962 and 1963. Briscoe also played quarterback at times and

led South High School to the Intercity Football Championship during his senior season, and then

directed the South team to a victory in the Football Shrine game. Two weeks later, he was

named MVP of Omaha’s All-City Basketball Classic. Briscoe was a standout quarterback at

Omaha University (now the University of Nebraska-Omaha), where he set 22 school records

and passed for 5,114 yards and 53 touchdowns, and earned NAIA first-team All-American

honors. Nicknamed “The Magician,” Briscoe became the first African-American starting

quarterback in modern NFL history in 1968 for the Denver Broncos. He was an all-pro wide

receiver with the Buffalo Bills and earned two Super Bowl rings with the Miami Dolphins,

including the undefeated 1972 team. After directing the Boys and Girls Club in southern

California for many years, he continues to serve the organization today as a volunteer.

Joni Huntley participated in three sports at Sheridan (Oregon) High School, but track

and field was her claim to fame. Huntley was a three-time state high jump champion and

became the first American woman to clear 6 feet in the event as a high school senior in 1974.

Huntley set national records in the high jump and 100-yard hurdles on the same day at a 1974

meet, and won state titles in the high jump, hurdles and 100-yard dash. She also competed in

basketball and helped the school’s volleyball team to a state title in 1973. Huntley was the first

female to receive an athletic scholarship to Oregon State University, where she participated in

track and field and volleyball. Huntley placed fifth in the high jump at the 1976 Olympics and

won the bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She was ranked No. 1 in the United

States in the high jump five times and was in the top 10 for 13 consecutive years. Huntley is a

retired kindergarten teacher and currently works in the Portland Public Schools.

Tom Southall excelled in football, basketball, track and music at Steamboat Springs

(Colorado) High School. Born without his right hand and wrist, Southall was two-time football

player of the year in Colorado and led his team to the 1979 Class 2A state championship. He set

the state’s single-game rushing record in 1979 with 412 yards. In track and field, he set the

state’s 2A long jump record in 1981 with a 23-4½ effort and helped Steamboat Springs to three

consecutive Class 2A state titles. On the performing arts side, Southall was a member of the jazz

band and concert band and was all-state in music on the trumpet. He received the Fred

Steinmark Award as Colorado Male Student-Athlete of the Year in 1981. Southall’s success

continued at Colorado College, where he led the nation in punt return yardage and set an NCAA

Division III career mark for kickoff return yards. He was track MVP all four years at Colorado

College and set school records in the long jump, 200-meter dash and 4×100-meter relay.

Southall currently is a teacher and coach at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colorado.

Steve Spurrier was one of the best multi-sport athletes in Tennessee history during his

playing days at Science Hill High School in Johnson City from 1960 to 1963. He passed for 16

touchdowns in football, averaged 22 points per game in basketball and was 7-0 as a pitcher in

helping Science Hill to the state baseball championship – and was named all-state in all three

sports and all-American in football. While football would be his sport of choice in college, his

high school baseball accomplishments topped the list. He recorded a perfect 25-0 record as a

pitcher and was a part of two state championship teams. Spurrier went on to win the Heisman

Trophy at the University of Florida. As a three-year starter at quarterback, he passed for 4,848

yards and 37 touchdowns. Spurrier played nine seasons with the San Francisco 49ers before

playing for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in his final season in 1976. He then was one of the most

successful college football coaches, compiling a 228-89-2 record in 25 seasons at Duke, Florida

and South Carolina, which included a national championship at Florida. Spurrier also coached

the Washington Redskins for two years.

Pete Boudreaux has been coaching cross country and track and field at Catholic High

School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for 48 years and is still going strong at the age of 74. He has

led his teams to 16 state cross country championships, 12 state indoor track titles and 15 state

outdoor track championships – an amazing grand total of 43. In addition, his teams have

finished second 21 times in the three combined sports. Boudreaux has coached 13 individual

state champions in cross country and his 1975 team compiled the only perfect score (15) ever

recorded in state history. In track, 23 Catholic High School athletes have set state records under

Boudreaux’s guidance. A graduate of Catholic High School, Boudreaux also served as the

school’s athletic director for 30 years and currently is a guidance counselor and physical

education teacher in addition to his coaching responsibilities.

Jack Holloway was one of the top high school wrestling coaches in the country during

his 25-year stint at William Penn High School in New Castle, Delaware (1978-2002). Holloway’s

coaching mark was 297-35 (.894 percentage), which included 13 undefeated seasons, and he

led his teams to seven state championships. He coached 39 individual state champions and was

named National High School Wrestling Coach of the Year in 2000. During his final 14 years at

William Penn, Holloway also served as the school’s athletic director. A former all-American as a

football player at Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Holloway was named executive

director of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association in 2002 and served in that role for

three years. During this time, Holloway was instrumental in making Delaware one of the first

states to adopt new NFHS weight management protocols. Since 2005, Holloway has been

director of athletics at Tower Hill High School in Wilmington.

Peg Kopec concluded her outstanding career as volleyball coach at St. Francis High

School in Wheaton, Illinois, this past November with yet another Illinois High School Association

(IHSA) state championship. During her 42 years as St. Francis coach, Kopec led her teams to 12

IHSA state titles, including four in a row to conclude her career – the first in state history to

accomplish that feat. Kopec registered 30 or more victories in 30 seasons and eclipsed 40 wins

on three occasions and finished with an overall record of 1,248-260-2 (.827 winning

percentage) – good for fifth on the all-time list in the NFHS National High School Sports Record

Book. In addition to her 12 state titles, Kopec’s teams clamed 25 sectional titles and 31 regional

The late Eugene “Lefty” Wright had a profound impact on track and field and cross

country – as a coach and official and at the state and national levels – for more than 50 years

before his death last year at the age of 79. Wright was meet director of the Minnesota State

High School League (MSHSL) cross country championship for 46 years and was the lead official

at the MSHSL state track and field meet for 22 years. He was the MSHSL rules clinician for both

sports for 46 years and developed a procedure to minimize disqualifications by creating a form

that was adopted in official NFHS rules. Wright coached track and field and cross country at St.

Louis Park High School in suburban Minneapolis from 1958 to 1969 and won four state track

titles and one state cross country championship.

Ennis Proctor concluded his 20 years as executive director of the Mississippi High

School Activities Association (MHSAA) – and 47 years overall in education – in 2011 after

transforming the organization that was in dire financial straits when he started in 1991. During

his tenure, the MHSAA added 15 sports, including many new opportunities for female athletes,

and enacted reforms that judged individuals on their own without regard to race or gender.

Proctor left the MSHAA in 2011 with a $2 million reserve after inheriting an organization with

just $100,000. Prior to joining the MSHAA, Proctor was a football and baseball coach and then

spent 13 years as an assistant principal and principal before joining the MHSAA staff. Nationally,

Proctor served on the NFHS Board of Directors and was president in 2009-10. During his tenure,

Proctor guided the organization’s selection of a new executive director.

About the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)

The NFHS, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is the national leadership organization for high school sports and

performing arts activities. Since 1920, the NFHS has led the development of education-based interscholastic sports

and performing arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The NFHS sets direction for the future by

building awareness and support, improving the participation experience, establishing consistent standards and

rules for competition, and helping those who oversee high school sports and activities. The NFHS writes playing

rules for 16 sports for boys and girls at the high school level. Through its 50 member state associations and the

District of Columbia, the NFHS reaches more than 19,000 high schools and 11 million participants in high school

activity programs, including more than 7.7 million in high school sports. As the recognized national authority on

interscholastic activity programs, the NFHS conducts national meetings; sanctions interstate events; offers online

publications and services for high school coaches and officials; sponsors professional organizations for high school

coaches, officials, speech and debate coaches, and music adjudicators; serves as the national source for

interscholastic coach training; and serves as a national information resource of interscholastic athletics and

activities. For more information, visit the NFHS website at www.nfhs.org.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Bruce Howard, 317-972-6900

Director of Publications and Communications

National Federation of State High School Associations

bhoward@nfhs.org

Chris Boone, 317-972-6900

Assistant Director of Publications and Communications

National Federation of State High School Associations

cboone@nfhs.org

LTC Classes Online … Spring LTC Webinar Information for the Spring

Webinar Leadership Training Courses

Via the Internet

We are pleased to announce that the NIAAA will be webinar teaching LTC 501, 502, 504, 506, 508, 625, 701 and 799 via the internet. The athletic administrator will be able to view the course from the convenience of their home or office. Administrators will also have the opportunity to pose live questions and the class can be divided into discussion groups with the capability of receiving reports from each groups. What better way to take a class? There will be no travel time and no travel costs (gas, meals or lodging).

Our suggestion would be to use the computer that is connected to the greatest bandwidth (DSL, Cable or T-1 line) which could be at your school if you do not have high speed internet connection at home. However you can get the broadcast with a 56K / dial up modem. The only issue here is that this type of internet connection will be slower since pictures/PowerPoint take longer to download. You will also need sound card, speakers and microphone on your computer in order to hear the instructor and participate in conversation and ask questions.

Equipment Needed
Personal Computer with internet access, sound card, speakers and microphone.

501	Wednesdays – March 23 & 30
502	Tuesdays – April 5 & 12
504	Mondays – March 21 & 28
506	Thursdays – March 24 & 31
508	Thursdays – April 7 & 14
625	Tuesdays – March 15 & 29
701	Wednesdays – April 6 & 13
799	Mondays – April 4 & 11

Course Times
The Courses will be taught by experienced faculty. Each class will be a 120 minute session, taught on two consecutive Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings.

7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Eastern Time

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm Central Time

5:30 pm to 7:30 pm Mountain Time

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm Pacific Time

2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Alaska Time

1:30 pm to 3:30 pm Hawaii Time

Registration
The NIAAA has established a fee of $125 for NIAAA Members and a Fee of $155 for each course for Non-Members. Please select HERE to register and pay by credit card or check on line. Sign in to your profile (if you have a profile) or create a non-member profile if you do not have a profile.NOTE: To create a non-member profile select “Register” in upper right corner in red banner. If you do not wish to become a member, please select as your member type, Non-Member. From here you will be prompted to create a profile as a Member/Non-Member; Follow Step-by-Step Directions. Complete all boxes with red.*; Once your profile is completed, you will be able to purchase LTI Webinar classes from the “Online Store”. Select Online Store in the black banner near the top of the page, then select LTI Webinars.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR 501, 504, 506 AND 625 IS MARCH 7, 2016REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR 502, 508, 701 AND 799 WILL BE MARCH 21, 2016

Classes will be limited to a maximum of 25 students.
Course manuals will be mailed to you prior to the first class.

Certificates and Missed Classes

You must be able to participate in both sessions in order to receive credit for completing the course and receive a certificate of completion. If you must miss one of the two sessions, you will be required to view the recording of the missed session in order to receive credit for course completion. All sessions will be recorded and available for viewing. Upon completing both sessions, you will be emailed a URL address to take the course survey. Upon completing the course survey, you will have the ability to print a course certificate.

For additional information contact the Cheryl Van Paris at 317-587-1450 orcvanparis@niaaa.org

OIAAA RECOGNIZES RECENT NATIONAL COACHING ACCREDITATIONS

The Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association recognizes the following Ohio interscholastic coaches who have recently earned national coaching accreditation from the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) and the NFHS Coach Education Program.

The Accredited Interscholastic Coach (AIC) and the Certified Interscholastic Coach (CIC) accreditations are earned through the NFHS Coach Education and Certification Program. The AIC and CIC are national professional credentials offered to individuals who are currently coaching or aspire to coach at the interscholastic level. The attainment of these national certifications demonstrates the completion of a series of courses offered by the NFHS that will enhance the ability of the coach to better serve the student, the school, the community and the profession of coaching.

The AIC and CIC accreditations are additional training opportunities over and above the Ohio coaching licensure as issued by the Ohio Department of Education for interscholastic coaches. Several school districts in Ohio are now utilizing or are considering the NFHS Coach Education accreditations as requisites for their school coaches.

For additional information about the national Coach Education and Certification Program, go to:www.nfhslearn.com.

Ohio interscholastic coaches who have completed either AIC or CIC accreditation since April 27, 2015:

Jeff Anderson – Ohio United FC

Kevin Brooks – West Geauga Soccer Club

Dustin Burbrink – Bloom-Carroll

Brian Carlisi – Princeton Community Middle School

Chandler Carter – Butler Fury

Jason Clark – Memorial High School

Matthew Clark – Mapleton Middle School

Daniel Coyne – Amelia High School

Ian Deraway – Joseph Badger Local Schools

Kristin Dhayer – Cardinal High School

Daegen Duvall – Avon Lake High School

Michael Eakins – Shaffer Park

Douglas Egts – Cory-Rawson High School

Greg Finnegan – Youngstown Christian

Mike Haney – Mariemont High School

Rodney Hershberger – Medina Rec Center

Raymond Hibbs – Harrison Central High School
Patrick Goik – Ottawa Hills High School

Gary Johnson – St Martin of Tours
Beverly Kauffman – Fort Loramie High School

Travis Kerr – Plain Local Schools/Glen Oak Lacrosse
Michael MacEwen – Canfield Lacrosse

George Panagiotou – North Ridgeville Amateur Soccer League

Brian Petzel – Zane Trace
Justin Randle – Princeton City Middle School

Rodney Russell – Whitney M. Young Gifted and Talented Academy

Sara Selinsky – Lake Local School District

Aaron Shanklin—New Philadelphia

Cara Sieberth – Shaker Heights High School

Gregory Tracy – HYLA, HYWA, St Brendans

Victor Trapani – Wayne High School

Brian White – St. Charles Preparatory

Claude Vance – Dayton Lacrosse Club

Amanda Wilson – Western Reserve Academy

Chris Abrams – Heath

Jeff Anderson – Ohio United FC

Corey Andres

Monica Arce – Pleasant Local Schools

Bob Arefi – Olentangy Orange High School

Olivia Atley – Columbus Recreation and Parks

Mary Banks – East Linden Elementary School
Jonathan Butensky-Bartlett – Western Reserve Academy

Christopher Barto – Union Local

Marc Bachman – Turpin High School

David Backhurst – The Wellington School

Fay Barry – Watkins Memorial High School

Jason Baxter – South Euclid-Lyndhurst

Richard Benge – Thiel College

Matt Bess – South Gallia High School

Tyler Bill – Universal Cheerleaders Association

Alex Binger – Clyde Senior High School

Heidi Bison – St. Charles

Matt Bess – South Gallia High School

Janet Boyle – Sycamore High School

Kevin Brooks – West Geauga Soccer Club

Allan Brown – Canton McKinley Senior High School

Russell Buckley – The Soccer Institute

Dustin Burbrink – Bloom-Carroll

Kelley Burger – Ridge Middle School/Mentor High School

Gary Burton – American Spirit Academy East Liverpool Ohio

Brian Carlisi – Princeton Community Middle School

Bryce Carlson – The Seven Hills School

Chandler Carter – Butler Fury

Travis Caskey – Manchester Middle School

Stephen Chaney – Strasburg-Franklin Local Schools

Patrice Clapacs – Hathaway Brown School

Isaac Clark – Union local high school

Jason Clark – Memorial High School

Matthew Clark – Mapleton Middle School

Brandon Cline – Carrollton High School

Nicholas Coggins – Girard City Schools

Bryan Coles – Strasburg High School

Daniel Cook – Worthington Kilbourne High School

Joseph Cousino – Cardinal Stritch High School/Kateri Catholic Academy

Daniel Coyne – Amelia High School

John Cox – Strasburg-Franklin

Jeffrey Craigo – Avon Lake High School

David Clemens – St.John’s Football

Robert Cline – Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School

Jim Copenhaver – Kingsway Christian Orrville

Andrew Cregan – Strasburg Franklin High School

James Crook – Hughes High School

Janie Crowl – Salem Community Center

Lyndsay Cummins – Cardinal High School

Katie Cunningham – Strasburg High School

Don Curtis – HIlliard Davidson High School

Brian Cutright – Berne Union Middle School

Jason Dalton – Conneaut Area City Schools

Matt Darnell – Rocky Riverschool District

Jim Davis – Lake High School

Simon Davis – Mad River Middle School

Molly Dedo – Washington Court House Middle School

Ian Deraway – Joseph Badger Local Schools

Stacy DiBacco – Strasburg High School

Simon Diki

Alyssa Downs – Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy

Marshall Drewry – Kent State

Larry Dryden – Chaminade Julienne

Michael Duncan – Eastlake North

Sean Durner – Olentangy Liberty High School

Daegen Duvall – Avon Lake High School

Michael Eakins – Shaffer Park

Deborah Eberhardt – Beechcroft High School (Columbus City Schools)

Michael Eblin – Centerburg High School

Stephanie Egan – St. Ursula Academy

Richard Egleston – Grizzly Travel Baseball/All Ohio Youth Football

Julius Enoru – Cornerstone Christian Academy

Greg Finnegan – Youngstown Christian

Jason Follick – Preble Shawnee High School

Michael Foy – Brookside

Larry Frederick – OLV/ Cincinnati West

Christopher Furman – Parma Shiloh Middle School

Ted Gaydosh – Soccer Vision Academy

Rachel Gecik – Westlake High School

Karmey Geiser – Canal Winchester

Brian George – Cardinal Local Schools

Kim Gessner – Strasburg-Franklin

Jeff Gillson – Lexington High School

Patrick Gleba – Andrews Osborne Academy

Jessica Goehring – Tuscarawas Valley Middle School

Karen Goggin – St. Benedict School

Patrick Goik – Ottawa Hills High School

David Grant – Fairbanks High School

Berl Graves – Princeton City Schools

Jenna Griffiths – Ursuline Academy

Amanda Gross – Centerburg High School

Scarlett Habrun – West Holmes High School

Herb Haller – Western Reserve Academy

Amber Hannay – Jonathan Alder High School

Shalin Harris – LaBrae High School

Josh Harstine – Strasburg-Franklin Schools

Madison Hartung – Rootstown High School

Anthony Hayes – Harrison Central

Danielle Henry – Northwest High School

Ray Henry – Shenandoah High School

Kelly Herron – Strasburg-Franklin High School

Rodney Hershberger – Medina Rec Center

Raymond Hibbs – Harrison Central High School

Cassie Hochstetler – Amanda Clearcreek

Carolyn Holt – Balis Normandy High School

Britton Hostetler – Strasburg High School

James Howard – Shaker Hts High School

Ray Hradek – Berea-Midpark High School

Ron Hurst – Strasburg-Franklin

Mallory Iacobucci – Crestline Exempted Village School District

Robert Jennings – Clyde Sr. High School

Adam Jones – Anderson High School

Kyle Jones – Ross High School

Rick Kanuch – John Hay School Of Architecture & Design

Beverly Kauffman – Fort Loramie High School

Benjamin Kazimir – West Branch High School

Paul Kempe – Youngstown Ursuline

Travis Kerr – Plain Local Schools/Glen Oak Lacrosse

Thomas Kerrigan – Lehman Catholic High School

Lisa Kemmett – Lutheran West High School

Melanie Kleather – Tippecanoe Middle School

Christopher Kleis – Beachwood High School

Robert Klotz – Roger Bacon

Kyle Koester – Lasalle High School

Benjamin Kuczek – Springboro High School

Michele Kuhar – Brunswick
Gary Johnson – St. Martin dePorres

Thomas Lach – North Olmsted high school

Brock Lauvray – Franklin Strasburg Tigers

Megan Lawless – OVR JO

Christine Lill – Sandusky City Schools

Germane Lindsey – Moeller High School

Alex Logsdon – Talawanda High School

Dana Loudon – West Branch High School

Rebecca Loughlin – Wellington High School

Clifford Louis – Greater Cleveland Metropolitan

Douglas Mace – Miami Trace Local Schools

Michael MacEwen – Canfield Lacrosse

Philip Mackesy – Indian Lake High School

Rick Maharry – Canal Winchester Local Schools

Theresa Marino – Centennial High School

Jon Markwood – Rushville Middle School
Craig Mason – New Martinsville School

Justin McCartney – Athens Middle School

Nathaniel McCarville – Whetstone High School

Troy McClellan – Strasburg-Franklin HS

Kim McCullough – Grace Christian School

Lisa McKenna – Hathaway Brown School

Molly McNulty – Midview Local City Schools

Erik Meister – Saint Ignatius High School

Curtis Metzger – Strasburg-Franklin

Julie Metelko

Joshua Metz – Strasburg Franklin

Beth Miller – McDowell Exchange School

Jessica Miller – Strasburg Franklin

Timothy Miller – Strasburg Youth Football

Jon Mizer – Rolling Hills School District

Annie Montgomery – National Trail

Lisa Mounts – Eastern Local Schools

Steven Morgan – Outcast Fastpitch

Brittany Maynard – The Ohio State University

Joseph Moscariello – Canton McKinley

Robert Neidenthal – Strasburg Franklin

Todd Pereira – Delaware City Schools

Eric Perkins – Fostoria St. Wendelin

Christopher Phillippe – Fairfield Union Local Schools

John Pickens – BG Wrestling Club

Casey Pittis – Claymont

Matthew Pleso – Bristol High School

Alex Poinar – Coventry High School

Staci Poole – Cardinal High School

Sheri Porter – Evamere Elementary

William Pratt – Triad

William Profitt – Finneytown High School

Kenneth Quatman – Springboro Jr. High School

Justin Randle – Princeton City Middle School

Mark Reen – Lakewood Local Schools

Casey Rife – Lake High School

Wesley Riffle – Southern High School

Eric Riggs – Olmsted Falls High School
Paula Ritter – Arcadia High School

Darryl Robinson – Notre Dame Academy
Ken Robinson – Franklin Heights High School

Gary Rybka – Walsh Jesuit HS

Angela Sattler – Columbiana High School

Michelle Sawyer – Pickerington North High School

Matt Schimmoeller – Perrysburg High School

Brandee Schnegg – St. Sylvester Central School

Ryan Schuman – Garfield Heights Middle School

Roy Schweinfurth – River Valley High School
Jacob Schultz – Springfield Soccer Association

Christian Scott – Gallia Academy Middle School

Kathleen Scott – Strasburg Franklin High School

John Sims – SHSID

Sara Selinsky – Lake Local School District
Tommy Spidell – Strasburg High School

Lawrence Smith – St. Ignatius

Timothy Smith – Bridgeport Exempted Village School District

Jeffrey Stanley – Belpre High School

Rachel Stanley – Jefferson Local Schools

Alissa Stephanic – Massillon Junior High School

Chance Stoodt – Cory-Rawson Local Schools

Ralph J Streb – Hubbard middle school

Mike Swinhart – Waterloo High School

James Taylor – fairland

Eric Teague – Lucas High/Middle School

Johnathon Teal – Logan High School

Sara Tomson – Padua Franciscan High School

Gregory Tracy – HYLA, HYWA, St Brendans

Victor Trapani – Wayne High School

Adam Trifiro – Collinwood High School

Matthew Torgler – Dalton Local Schools

Jeffrey Totten – St. Ursula Academy

Andrea Troyer – Hiland High School

joseph Vargo – Wiloughby Eastlake schools

Amber Velez – John Marshall High School

Philip Vermillion – Lima Senior High

Courtney Waldsmith – Garfield High School
Christine Walker – St. V-M High School and Momentum Volleyball Experience

Adam Walther – Lakota West High School

Daniel Wallace – Winton Woods Highschool

Brett Weidenthal – Jackson-Milton High School

George Weisgarber – Strasburg High School

Nicholas Wickiser – River View East Academy

Christopher Willertz – Archbishop Moeller High School

Carrie Williams – Northridge High School

Katie Williams – John Marshall High School

Jeff Willis – Strasburg High School

Amanda Wilson – Western Reserve Academy

Michael Winland – Strasburg-Franklin Local

Vincent Winters – Connotton Valley High School
Pamela Wojcicki – Strasburg Elementary

Bethany Wolf – Northwest Ohio Gymnastics Academy

Mike Topalian – Cardinal

Missey Truitt – Liberty Union

Shelley Zimmerman – Franklin Local Schools

NFHS, States Continue Efforts to Reduce Risk of Concussions in High School Football

As athletic administrators, one of our primary responsibilities is to provide safe and secure activities and practices for our students. With the increased awareness of concussions, the NFHS (the leadership organization for all of our country’s state athletic associations, like the OHSAA) has provided consistent and long-standing guidance for maintaining safety within sport play.

With the release of the new movie, “Concussion” next week (based upon the NFL-related court cases and responses), there will likely be increased conversations within our respective communities relative to the safety of students playing contact-oriented sports in schools. At this past week’s National Athletic Directors Conference in Orlando, the NFHS shared the following list of steps that the organization, along with state organizations (OHSAA), has taken to manage and minimize the risk of concussions in high school sports.

Please review the data below to assist you with any local conversations or queries from your stakeholders. The OIAAA, OHSAA, NIAAA and the NFHS strongly support the safety efforts that our schools and coaches have deployed to maintain the best environments for teaching and developing our young people in our education-based athletic programs.

Bruce Brown, CMAA, CIC

Executive Director

Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

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By NFHS on December 11, 2015

As the end of the 2015 high school football season nears completion, this provides the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and its 51 member state associations an opportunity to reflect on the work that has been accomplished in the area of player safety. With more than one million student-athletes involved in the sport at the high school level, the NFHS and its member state associations have made risk minimization in football – and all sports – a top priority for many years.

The NFHS has a sound rules-writing process focused in significant part on risk minimization. Also, through the use of online education courses for players, coaches, officials and parents; and the adoption of state laws and protocols for concussion management, the sport of football at the high school level is as safe as it has been since the first rules were written in 1932.

With more than one million students playing the full-contact, collision sport of high school football, there undoubtedly is a degree of risk involved. But from the prohibition of spearing in the mid 1970s to the continued focus on eliminating helmet-to-helmet contact, tremendous strides have been made to reduce that inherent risk of injury.

Within the past 10 years, the following are some of the important steps taken by the NFHS and its member state associations to manage the risk of concussions in high school sports:

2005-present – Through the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance System and Dr. Dawn Comstock, the NFHS and its member associations have used comprehensive injury data as a resource in the rules-writing process to reduce risk of future injuries.
2008 – The NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee advocated that a concussed athlete must be removed from play and not allowed to play on the same day.
2009-present – All NFHS rules publications have contained guidelines for management of a student exhibiting signs, symptoms or behaviors consistent with a concussion. Such player shall be immediately removed from the contest and shall not return to play until cleared by an appropriate health-care professional.
2010 – The NFHS developed its “Concussion in Sport” online course at www.nfhslearn.com. More than two million courses have been taken since that time. In addition, a recent study indicated individuals who took the free course demonstrated a 40-percent higher level of understanding of concussions as compared to their pre-course knowledge base.

2010-present – The “Suggested Guidelines for Management of Concussion” have been published in all NFHS rules books.
2011 – A six-page section on Concussions was added to the fourth edition of the NFHS Sports Medicine Handbook, which was distributed free to all high schools in the country.
2011-2012 – The NFHS Football Rules Committee adopted “Concussions Related to Proper Use of the Helmet” as a Point of Emphasis.
2014 – The NFHS Concussion Summit Task Force met in Indianapolis and adopted recommendations for reducing the amount of full contact in practices. State associations crafted their own policies based on these recommendations for implementation in the 2015 football season.
2014 – By January 2014, all states had adopted state concussion laws which established mandatory protocols.
2014 – The NFHS Football Rules Committee adopted a definition and penalty for targeting aimed at preventing players from hitting an opponent – primarily with the helmet – above the shoulders.
2015 – The NFHS distributed the “Anyone Can Save a Life” emergency action plan and training program originally developed by the Minnesota State High School League and Medtronic Foundation to member state associations and their schools.
2015 – Some states begin the use of pilot telemedicine programs to assist schools without certified athletic trainers in managing concussions during games.
Football is the most popular sport at all levels in the United States – both in terms of participants and fans – and we believe it will remain the top participatory sport at the high school level for many years to come. With state laws and rules administration in place to govern removing individuals from games who have concussion-like symptoms, to the reduction of contact in practices, to the continued education efforts, the focus on risk minimization has never been higher.

Throughout its history, the NFHS Football Rules Committee has made risk minimization its No. 1 priority and will do so again in January 2016 when it meets to examine the state of the game and address the needs of the students who play the sport.

HUDSON’S EBERSOLE TAPPED FOR NATIONAL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

July 28, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!

On behalf of both the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) and the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA), it is a pleasure to notify you of the recent selection of Hudson High School athletic administrator, RAY EBERSOLE, as the recipient of the NIAAA’s “Distinguished Service Award”. The prestigious honor for Ray and the Hudson City School District will be presented at the National Athletic Directors Conference in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 during the Annual NIAAA Awards Banquet.

Ray Ebersole, CMAA, athletic administrator at Hudson High School in Hudson, OH, is one of nine individuals singled out nationally by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) to receive the 2015 Distinguished Service Award December 15 in Orlando, Florida, during the banquet at the 46th annual National Athletic Directors Conference conducted jointly by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) and the NIAAA.

The Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to individuals from within the NIAAA membership in recognition of their length of service, special accomplishments and contributions to interscholastic athletics at the local, state and national levels. Nominations are submitted by state athletic directors associations, screened by the NIAAA Awards Committee and selected by the NIAAA Board of Directors.

Ebersole is a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College with a Master’s Degree in Sports Administration from The Ohio State University. Upon graduation, he spent five years at the professional sports level, serving as Director of Community relations for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Following his tenure with the Cavs, he moved to public administration with the City of Cleveland Parks and Recreation Department. While with Cleveland Parks and Recreation, he served as Program Liaison to the Cleveland Public Schools Athletic Department and was also appointed Commissioner of the Erie Shore Conference.

In August of 1991, he became Athletic Coordinator for the Lakewood City Schools. Since that time, Ebersole has served as an athletic administrator in Lakewood, Fairview Park, Lorain, and Hudson City Schools. He has remained at Hudson since 2004.

Throughout his interscholastic career, he has been very active at the local, state, and national levels. He has managed numerous Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Sectional, District, and Regional Tournaments in Boys Basketball, Field Hockey, Football, Boys and Girls Soccer, Volleyball, and Baseball. Additionally, he has presented a wide variety of workshops and Leadership Training Institute (LTI) Courses at the local and state level. He most recently served on the OHSAA Division I Evaluation Committee.

In 2003, Ebersole served on the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (OIAAA) Professional Development Committee and has served as State Chair for LTI 620, “Coaching for Character”. He has been a member of the Northeast Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NEOIAAA) Executive Committee and is a past president of the Lorain County Athletic Administrators Association.

On the national level, Ebersole served as the National Chair of the NIAAA Sports Turf Education Committee from 2000-2007. He assisted in the content development for LTI 615 and 619 and is a member of the National Faculty for both courses. He was also the National Course Chair for LTI 619. In 2004, he was named to serve on the prestigious NIAAA Strategic Planning Committee, which established the objectives and direction of the national organization for the period 2005-2010.

Locally, he has been instrumental in fund-raising campaigns to enhance the physical facilities for his school districts and student-athletes. During his interscholastic athletic administration career at Hudson, he has assisted in raising funds and completing athletic-related projects totaling more than $9.1 million in value.

Ebersole was the recipient of the NIAAA and OIAAA Distinguished Service Award in 2003 and he received a special commendation in 2005 for his work with the NIAAA Strategic Planning Committee. He received the State Award of Merit from the NEOIAAA IN 2007, the NEOIAAA Citation in 2012, and the NEOIAAA Meritorious Service Award in 2014. He is also the NEOIAAA and OIAAA “Athletic Director of the Year” for 2015.

Ray has been married for 35 years to his wife, Pam. They are the parents of Drew, 24.

This is the third consecutive year an OIAAA member has received the DSA recognition at the National Conference. At the 2013 Conference held in Anaheim, CA, Paul Moses, CMAA, athletic director at Strongsville High School, received the DSA Award. In December of 2014, Glen Gillespie, CAA, retired athletic administrator from Sylvania Southview High School was honored.

Past OIAAA recipients of the DSA:

Recipient: From: Year of recognition:
Dave Larimer Hillsboro 1983

Jerry Schoonover Lima 1987

Ralph Young Delaware 1990

Roger Young Pickerington 1991

Ann Dustin Cincinnati 1992

Jim Rolfes Springfield 1993

Dave Bell Zanesville 1996

Michael Rotonda Columbus 2002

William Schumacher Chagrin Falls 2009

Paul Moses Strongsville 2013

Glen Gillespie Sylvania Southview 2014

Ray Ebersole Hudson 2015

About the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association

The Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association supports and helps in the professional development of over 1,500 Ohio middle school and high school athletic administrators. Formed as an association for over 50 years, the OIAAA provides multiple training and networking opportunities for member schools. The annual State Conference draws athletic directors across Ohio along with nearly 75 vendors connected to interscholastic athletics. Additionally, six districts comprise the various geographical regions of the state which hold their own workshops throughout the school year. The OIAAA is affiliated with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) and collaborates with the NIAAA to provide a series of nationally board-certified (through the North Central Assessment Council) courses for leadership training of athletic administrators.