OHSAA To Honor 53 Scholar-Athletes Friday

• For the 16th consecutive year, the Ohio High School Athletic Association will award scholarships to some of the state’s top senior scholar-athletes. Fifty-three students will be honored at the OHSAA Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Banquet on Friday, June 20, at the Crowne Plaza Columbus North. The names of the 2008 recipients appear later in this news release.

  Of the 53 student-athletes who will be awarded scholarships, 42 will receive $1,000 awards, including five students that will receive an OHSAA Minority Scholarship, and 12 students — two from each district — will be presented $2,000 stipends. The latter awards are made possible by the Ohio High School Athletic Association Foundation.  Click to view entire news release...

  University Of Dayton's Mike Kelly To Receive OHSAA Ethics And Integrity Award

• The Ohio High School Athletic Association will present Mike Kelly with the OHSAA Ethics and Integrity Award Friday in Columbus. Kelly, who retired last fall after completing his 27th season as the University of Dayton’s head football coach, will be honored during the OHSAA’s 16th Annual Scholar-Athlete Scholarship Banquet at the Crowne Plaza Columbus North. The Ethics and Integrity Award is presented annually to an Ohioan who has displayed outstanding ethical behavior and integrity in performing his duties and is a role model for others. Click to view entire news release...

  Jerry Snodgrass Hired As OHSAA Assistant Commissioner

• Jerry Snodgrass is trading his 31 years of service to schools in Northwest Ohio to serve all the schools in the state. Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Commissioner Daniel B. Ross has announced the hiring of Snodgrass as assistant commissioner after his hiring was unanimously approved by the OHSAA Board of Control in a special meeting held Tuesday. He will begin his duties sometime this summer.

  Snodgrass, who has been employed by the Findlay City Schools since 1983 and has served as that school district’s high school athletic director since 1992, will be replacing John Dickerson, who will be retiring from the OHSAA Sept. 19 after 13 years as an assistant commissioner. Among his duties with the OHSAA will be to serve as the Association’s chief administrator for the sports of baseball, basketball and soccer. Click to view entire news release...

  OHSAA Membership Passes 16 of 17 Referendum Issues

• Sixteen of the 17 proposed Ohio High School Athletic Association Constitution and Bylaw revisions passed as voted upon by OHSAA member schools, Commissioner Dan Ross has announced. Click to view the entire release.

• Click to view the 2008-09 Referendum Voting Results

  OHSAA Offers Internship in Sports Information

• The Ohio High School Athletic Association is seeking a qualified individual to serve as an intern in the area of information services (sports information/publications/media and public relations/web site) during the 2008-09 school year. The deadline to apply has been extended to June 27. The term of the internship is August 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. For complete details on this position, please click here.