NYSPHSAA News - March 2016

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In the March edition of the NYSPHSAA News:

NYSPHSAA Winter Championships Wrap Up
Winter Scholar Athletes
Spring Season Underway
NFHS Honors a Pair of Section VI Students
NYSAAA Conference In Saratoga
NYSPHSAA Captains Club

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NYSPHSAA Winter Championships Conclude

The 2016 NYSPHSAA Winter Championships are in the books! Congratulations to all of our student-athletes and coaches for your many successes throughout the winter season! Visit our website for results, news, and see all the champions!

Winter Scholar-Athletes To Be Named This Week

The 2015-2016 Winter Scholar-Athlete teams will be released on the NYSPHSAA website later this week. We congratulate all of the student-athletes for their hard work in the classroom during the season. Spring scholar-athlete submission will open Monday, April 25 and the deadline is Monday, May 23.

Think Spring!

Spring is in the air, as spring sports got underway on Monday, March 7. The spring season concludes Week #49 with NYSPHSAA Championships on the weekend of Friday, June 10-Saturday, June 11. Good luck to all of our student-athletes and coaches as you wrap up the 2015-2016 school year on and off the field. For the 2016 NYSPHSAA Spring Championships schedule, click here.

NFHS Honors Pair of Section VI Students

The NFHS has named two Section VI students as recipients of national awards!

Samantha (Sam) Peterman, a student-athlete at Sweet Home High School, has been selected as the 2016 NFHS Section 1 recipient of the “National High School Spirit of Sport Award”. The National High School Spirit of Sport Award was created by the NFHS to recognize those individuals who exemplify the ideals of the spirit of sport that represent the core mission of education-based athletics.

Kaleigh Hunt, a student at Ellicottville High School, has been selected as the 2016 Section 1 recipient of the "National High School Heart of the Arts Award". The National High School Heart of the Arts Award was created by the NFHS to recognize those individuals who exemplify the ideals of the positive heart of the arts that represent the core mission of education-based activities.

For more details on both of these awards, visit our website!

NYSAAA Conference In Saratoga

As you know, the 2016 NYSAAA Conference gets underway this week in Saratoga. Feel to free to stop by the NYSPHSAA booth during the conference. On Thursday, March 17 at 2:00 in room Broadway 4 join staff members Joe Agostinelli, Joe Altieri, Chris Joyce, and Todd Nelson for a panel discussion on services and programs that NYSPHSAA offers to our member schools throughout the year. We look forward to seeing you in Saratoga this week. For more information on the NYSAAA Conference, check out the conference program here.

NYSPHSAA congratulates our former Assistant Director, Bob Stulmaker on his induction into the NYSAAA Hall of Fame! Bob will be inducted at the conference during the luncheon on Friday, March 18!

Former NFL Player Joins NYSPHSAA Captains Club!

Former National Football League player Amani Toomer joined us on the March NYSPHSAA Captains Club! if you missed the call, visit our website here to listen! Don't forget the next Captains Club is Tuesday, April 12, at 3:00!