The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control reviewed a number of topics and received executive staff updates and reports at its September meeting today.
STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association salutes the 15 schools that met the criteria to be the inaugural recipients of the Award of Excellence in 2016-17. The award recognizes member schools for their efforts and achievements in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership and character.
Tailgates. Pep rallies. Friday night lights. The new school year is here! And that’s exciting news for student-athletes and high school sports fans alike.
The NFHS Learning Center has released three new officiating courses that complementthe goal of the NFHS Officials Recruitment Campaign to recruit and retain prospective officials nationwide.
New online education courses on “Mental Training for Performance” and “Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs and Substances” are now available through the NFHS Learning Center at www.NFHSLearn.com.
Scott Winch, district administrator in the Stratford School District, presided over the first meeting of the 2017-18 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Control on Aug. 11 in Stevens Point.
The WIAA is renewing its commitment to assist the efforts of the Wisconsin Attorney General to help prevent opioid abuse by promoting Wisconsin’s Dose of Reality campaign. Heightened attention to the opioid crisis follows the White House’s statements to end the epidemic after a commission created to study the problem revealed its ominous findings. Along with Attorney General Brad Schimel, we are collaborating with administrators, athletic directors, coaches, parents and students to educate on the dangers of prescription painkillers, the warning signs of abuse, and other, safer pain relief alternatives. As a membership focused on the safety and well-being of students and athletes, we are committed to educating and bringing awareness to the life-threatening realities and dangers attributed to prescription drug abuse. For more information on the fight against opioid addiction, visit DoseOfRealityWI.gov
Other Resources:
2016 Bulletin Editorial
DOJ Opioid Prevention - Overdose (:30) - Download
DOJ Opioid Prevention - Skittles (:30) - Download
DOJ Opioid Prevention - Sports Friends (:30) - Download
DOJ Opioid Prevention - Parents Prescription (:30) - Download
DOJ Opioid Prevention - Path to Heroin (:30) - Download
At the May, 2017 WIAA Sport Medical Advisory Committee meeting, information relating to the Disordered Eating/Relative Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) guidelines were updated. The concussion information was updated to reflect the latest information from the 2017 Concussion in Sport Group in Berlin. Mental Health/Wellness was also added to the WIAA web site.
As the fall season begins, the WIAA wishes to remind coaches and schools about several health related items.