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| Everything You Wanted to Know About the NSCAA High School All-America and Coach of the Year Programs (But Didn't Know Who to Ask) |
By John Mayer, Associate Awards Chair
These two awards programs are mainstays of the NSCAA’s High School recognition program. The NSCAA honors deserving players and coaches for their accomplishments. Both programs have established selection processes that are reviewed periodically to assure consistency and validity.
The programs have full committees that are charged with following the protocols developed by the NSCAA Awards Committee and approved by the NSCAA Board of Directors. The committees, national chairs and regional chairs can be found on the NSCAA website at this link. You will find full contact information there and can email your regional or national chair with any questions.
To be eligible to have a player or coach receive an honor, the coach must be a member in good standing of the NSCAA. This membership and the corresponding membership number will be needed to complete the electronic forms to process the nomination.
Every winner of either an All-America or Coach of the Year honor should first and foremost qualify because they uphold the Code of Ethics set down by the NSCAA. This code helps us remember that the goal of every player and coach is to respect our opponent and the rules that make soccer a great game to be associated with.
NSCAA High School All-America
The All-America program starts at the state level. Every state that has an NSCAA All-America committee and a chair in place is eligible to nominate players for the honor. A state needs to use an approved selection process and rank the players in numerical order. The top-voted player from every state will receive two plaques (one for the player and one for the school) honoring them as the State Player of the Year.
The selection to receive All-Region honors and All-America honors is based on the NSCAA membership in that state. For example: if State A has 100 high school girls coaches listed as NSCAA members and the total number of high school girls coaches in the NSCAA is 1,000, State A is eligible for 10 percent of the number of All-Region and 10 percent of All-America honors that are available. There are 330 allotted All-Region honors and 60 All-America honors. Using the quota system, State A would receive 33 All-Region honors and six All-America honors. Using the state ranking system the players can now be selected from State A. The top six players from State A will receive All-Region and All-America honors. The players ranked number seven to number 33 will receive All-Region honors.
There is an Oversight Committee that reviews the honors to see if there are any adjustments that need to be made. The committee would not and will not change the ranking list from a state committee.
The All-Region honoree will be notified and receive two certificates (one for the player and one for the school) in the mail. The All-America honorees will receive an invitation to the All-America Luncheon at the annual NSCAA Convention, held in mid-January. There they will be able to attend clinics and the exhibits as guests of the NSCAA and be awarded their two certificates (one for the player and one for the school) and a gift.
NSCAA High School National Coach of the Year
Every state that has a Coach of the Year committee is eligible to have three nominations on the ballot for NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year. The committee chair should have a committee and/or process in place for naming an NSCAA State Coach of the Year in three divisions: Large School Division, Small School Division and Private/ Parochial School Division. The guidelines for the divisions are: Large School (more than 500 student enrollment), Small School (under 500 student enrollment) and Private/Parochial (any independent, religious affiliated, non-public school). A coach at a Private/Parochial School can only be nominated in that division, regardless of the school’s enrollment. The school might have 1000 students or 11 students, but the coach is only eligible for the Private/Parochial Division. If a state has multiple classifications in its high school athletic association, it may declare the upper half the Large School Division and the lower half Small School Division. This delineation must be made known to the state membership prior to the nomination and voting processes. Every Regional Coach of the Year will be awarded a plaque for their accomplishment.
The state chair will represent the state in a conference call with the regional chair and other state chairs to determine the Regional Coach of the Year in the three divisions. The regional winner are presented their plaques at the annual High School Awards Breakfast at the NSCAA Convention.
The regional chair will bring forth the Regional Coach of the Year winners to a conference call with the other regional chairs and national chair to determine the National Coach of the Year. The National Coach of the Year will be announced at the annual Awards Banquet at the NSCAA Convention.
If you have any questions, please refer to the webpage for the listing of national and regional chairs or contact me.
Have a great season!
John J. Mayer
Associate Awards Chair
National Chair HS Girls All-America
jomayer@aol.com |
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