Officials

Accept the Challenge

THE CHALLENGE of officiating can provide some great personal rewards. As an official you must make instantaneous decisions, resolve conflicts and deal with stress and pressure. You are in a position to be a positive role model around children and young adults.

Sports officials must be able to bring control to chaos; understand fairness; promote safety and encourage good sportsmanship. A sports official must have the positive characteristics of a police officer, lawyer, judge, accountant, reporter, athlete and diplomat. If you are ready to start enjoying officiating, contact the WIAA office at info@wiaawi.org or call (715) 344-8580.

Treat officiating like a business

Approach your officiating like a business because it is. You are an independent contractor and as such you have responsibilities and obligations. It’s no different than, say, a school that hires an independent contractor to paint the gym. If the painter doesn’t handle things professionally, the painter is not re-hired for another project.

Commissioners respect those that handle the delicate art of accepting and turning back games honestly and professionally. Commissioners often talk to each other and even interact with the college assignors. We want you to succeed as an official and want you to achieve any officiating goals you have. Help your officiating business by taking care of things the right way.


New for 2013-14

RECIPROCITY AND HIGH SCHOOL AGED OFFICIALS LICENSING INFORMATION
Officials that have a reciprocity license in Wisconsin will not be able to license online.  Reciprocity officials will need to print the reciprocity application from our website and mail it to our office with payment and documentation that they are licensed in their home state.  High school students will not be able to register online.  They will need to print the application from our website, fill in the required information, have it signed by their athletic director and mail it to our office.  High school students are not charged any fees.  2013-14 licensing applications are available.

LICENSING APPLICATIONS
For the 2013-14 school year officials will be able to submit their licensing application online and make payment with a credit card.  Online licensing application for 2013-14 is now available.  The deadline to submit the 2013-14 licensing application is July 5, 2013.  The WIAA will not be sending out re-licensing applications to officials as we have in the past.  If you choose not to re-license online, you will be able to print out the licensing application and mail it to our office with a check. 

TOURNAMENT GAME FEE INCREASES
The Board approved a staff recommendation to increase tournament game fees for officials effective in the fall of 2013.  A $10 increase will be issued to officials working regional and sectional events, and State Tournament fees will be upped $15. The game fee for goal judges in hockey and line judges in volleyball will receive a $5 boost. In addition, consideration of an adjustment in game fees will be given to officials for individual tournaments based on the nature of the events. The fee increases place payments more in-line with what conferences are currently compensating officials.

LICENSING FEE INCREASES
An increase in officials’ licensing fees and dues will coincide with the tournament game fee increases. The base fee of $20 will be increased to $35, and the $10 per sport fee will be increased to $15. The late registration fee will also be raised from $20 to $30. The licensing costs remain lower than all bordering states and will be the first increase in officials’ licensing dues and fees since 2004.

OFFICIAL'S BACKGROUND CHECKS
The Board of Control at their April meeting approved the implementation of criminal background checks for all WIAA-licensed officials beginning with the 2013-14 re-licensing process.

Approved Camps & Clinics

NOTE:    Clinic participation does NOT exempt official from sport meeting requirements. ALL criteria for advanced classification must be met.  See Page 4 of the Guide for Officials (found on the Officials Center) for details regarding classification advancement requirements.

SWOA BASKETBALL OFFICIALS CLINIC
Date:  June 21 & 22, 2013
Site:  Middleton High School
Contact:  Thomas Kaster  tkaster27@gmail.com

NORTHERN WISCONSIN BASKETBALL OFFICIATING CAMP
Date:  June 21-23, 2013
Site:  UW-River Falls
Contact:  Tom Fiedler 715-577-1244 or fiedleth@uwec.edu 

2013 WI BASKETBALL NEWS OFFICIALS CAMP
Date:  June 21-22-23, 2013
Site:  Kaukauna High School
Contact:  Tom Rusch  rusch@lutheranhigh.com

SCENIC CENTRAL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL CLINIC
Date:  June 29, 2013
Site:  Reedsburg High School
Contact:  Nick Hable  nahable@yahoo.com

WISCONSIN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL OFFICIALS CAMP
Date:  June 29-30, 2013
Site:  Fox Valley Lutheran High School (Appleton)
Camp Registration:  www.wirefcamp.weebly.com
Contact:  Lee Kornaus zstripes12@aol.com

THE RIGHT CALL BASKETBALL OFFICIALS CAMP
Date:  July 12-14, 2013
Site:  Madison Technical College
Contact:  Ralph Sirmons 608-217-4735 or rsirmons2@charter.net

NEXT STEP AHEAD BASKETBALL OFFICIALS CAMP
Date:  July 19-21, 2013
Site:  UW-Stevens Point
Contact:  Jack Fleming 414-416-6884 or fleming9@aol.com or Ken Schimpf 414-305-3059 or schimpfiii@yahoo.com@

SWOA FOOTBALL CLINIC
Date:  August 9 & 10, 2013
Site:  Madison Edgewood High School
Contact:  Rich Fronheiser rich@fronheiser.net
Clinic Information:  http://swoa.info/football/clinic.php

BASKETBALL REFEREE BOOT CAMP
Date:  July 25-27, 2013
Site:  July 25 & 26 at Brookfield Central High School & July 27 at Waukesha West High School
Contact:  Michelle Walters 414-530-9230 or michelle@milwaukeerecreation.net or
               Bill Gromacki 414-388-7741 or wgromacki@att.net

DIVING CLINIC FOR OFFICIALS & COACHES
Date:  August 12, 2013
Site:  Neenah High School
Contact:  Chuck Heidner 920-469-6923 or murphyheidner@aol.com

SWIM MEET MECHANICS & POOL COVERAGE CLINIC
Date:  August 17, 2013
Site:  Ashwaubenon High School Pool
Contact:  Chuck Heidner 920-469-6923 or murphyheidner@aol.com

VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS CLINIC
Date:  August 20 & 27, 2013
Site:  Aug. 20 - West Allis Hale High School
         Aug. 27 - Milwaukee Lutheran High School
Contact:  Jim Hochevar  jhoch13@hotmail.com

VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS CLINIC
Date:  August 23 & 24, 2013
Site:  Waunakee High School
Contact:  Jim Hochevar  jhoch13@hotmail.com

VOLLEYBALL OFFICIALS CLINIC
Date:  August 24, 2013
Site:  Amery High School - 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Contact:  Nicolas Been 715-796-5383 ext. 148 or nbeen@scc.k12.wi.us
NOTE:    Clinic participation does NOT exempt official from sport meeting requirements. ALL criteria for advanced classification must be met.  See Page 4 of the Guide for Officials (found on the Officials Center) for details regarding classification advancement requirements.


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