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STEVENS POINT, Wis. – Tom Shafranski, a former assistant director for the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association (WADA) Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Kalahari Resorts & Conventions in Wisconsin Dells Sunday evening.    

During his tenure on the WIAA executive staff, he served as the administrator for several sports, including football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, swimming & diving, and tennis. Other administrative duties included the coordination of the prestigious WIAA Scholar-Athlete program and serving as the staff liaison with the Sports Advisory Committee and the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association.

In addition to his contributions at the State association level, he was active and influential on the national level. Shafranski was a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations Ice Hockey Rules Committee from 2003-04 and again from 2008-2014, serving as the chairman of that committee from 2010-14. He also served as a member of the NFHS Swimming & Diving Rules Committee, Football Rules Committee and the NFHS Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Shafranski has received numerous honors for his service to interscholastic athletics. In 2009, he was recognized as the Wisconsin High School Golf Coaches Association Friend of Golf recipient. He received the National Federation of State High School Associations Citation in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the mission of the association in 2017. In 2022, Shafranski was the recipient of the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association Andy Anderson Award, presented to individuals who best serve the Association with unselfish dedication, time and effort.

Prior to joining the WIAA, he served as athletic director at Stevens Point Area High School for one year. Shafranski also directed activities for grades 6-12 from 1996-2000 in the Rhinelander School District after serving as the associate principal and activities director for just the senior high school from 1993-96.

In addition to his athletic and school administration responsibilities, Shafranski was active in state- and conference-affiliated activities. He was an American Sport Education Program instructor and was a WADA mentor for new athletic directors. Shafranski also served on the board of the Wisconsin Special Olympics and was chairman of the Wisconsin Valley Conference Sportsmanship Committee.

Driven by its vision of inspiring champions for life, the WIAA is a private, voluntary and unincorporated nonprofit organization as defined by its Constitution. The membership oversees interscholastic athletic programs for 516 senior high schools and 26 junior high/middle-level schools.

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