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• Programs Administered by
• FHSAA Communications Dept.

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Participation Surveys

• Availability and deadlines
• Fall available in Oct. due mid-Nov.
• Winter available early Feb. due end of Feb.
• Spring available mid-April due early May.
• Frequent problems
• Not returned by first or second deadline
• Reporting girls under boys headings and
  vice-versa
• Not disclosing all sports, even those that are
  not recognized or sanctioned by FHSAA
• Not writing legibly

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Sportsmanship Awards Program

• The FHSAA is undergoing a complete overhaul of
  this program.
• New slogan Play Strong. Play Hard. Play Fair.
• Sportsmanship committee created to advise
  direction of new campaign.
• Stay tuned!

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Hall of Fame nomination process

• Nominations for Class of 2006 due in November
• 2006 induction ceremony will take place Sunday,
  April 2 in Gainesville
• Schools are encouraged to nominate
  student-athletes
• Student-athletes must have been graduated for at
  least 10 years to be eligible for nomination

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All-Sports Awards Program

• Overall, boys and girls standings computed for
  Classes 6A, 5A and 4A, and public and private
  divisions in Classes 3A, 2A and 1A
• 28 FHSAA-sponsored sports programs are scored,
  including recently instituted programs in
  bowling, flag football, boys volleyball, girls
  boys water polo, and girls weightlifting

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Academic All-State Awards Program

• Minimum qualifications
• Must be graduating senior
• Must have minimum 3.5 cumulative GPA on an
  unweighted 4.0 scale and
• Must have earned varsity letters in at least two
  (2) sports in each of his or her junior and
  senior years.
• Nomination forms mailed to member schools in
  mid-January
• Nominations must be postmarked not later than
  Mar. 1
• 24 members of the FHSAA Academic All-State Team
  announced in mid-April
• FHSAA Male Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year
  announced at the banquet in June

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Souvenir Program Information Up-To-Date
Statistics

• Team sports only
• Fall girls volleyball, football
• Winter girls boys soccer, girls boys
  basketball
• Spring water polo, flag football, boys
  volleyball, softball, baseball
• Team Data Form for Official Souvenir Program
  Press Booklet and team photo due in FHSAA office
  at 9 a.m. the morning following the Regional
  Quarterfinal round of the playoffs
• Exceptions are water polo, boys volleyball and
  flag football, which are due at 5 p.m. Wednesday
  before district tournaments
• FHSAA Finals Up-To-Date Statistics due not
  later than noon Monday following Regional Finals
• Exceptions are baseball (due noon Wednesday
  after Regional Finals) and water polo, boys
  volleyball and girls flag football (due noon
  Wednesday after FHSAA Finals Play-In round)
• ALL ITEMS MUST BE SENT VIA E-MAIL TO
  program_at_fhsaa.org

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Souvenir Program Information Up-To-Date
Statistics (contd)

• Specs for team photo (dpi dots per inch
  refers to resolution)
• Preferred 300 dpi JPEG or TIFF
• Acceptable 150 dpi JPEG or TIFF
• Not acceptable 72 dpi JPEG (typical web graphic)
• Typical problems
• Form not filled out completely (e.g., missing
  heights or classes on roster, missing dates or
  results on schedule)
• Denote out-of-state opponents and tournaments on
  schedule
• Team photos sent in low resolution, turn out
  blurry when printed
• Having problems, but not calling to let us know
• Waiting until the last minute

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Souvenir Program Information Up-To-Date
Statistics (contd)

• Communication is essential!!!
• Call to confirm receipt of these items!
• Let us know if you are in the process of getting
  us the material avoid getting harassed and help
  us avoid getting freaked out! )
• If you have any questions along the way, dont
  hesitate to call us!
• We want to prevent problems, not cause them!
• [phone] ext. 170

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1801 NW 80th Boulevard Gainesville, FL
32606-9176 Phone [phone] Fax
352.373.1528 World Wide Web www.fhsaa.org