Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches Association

Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches’ Association All-State Team Nominating Procedures **PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. SOME GUIDELINES ARE NEW.

These are the procedures for nominating your player(s) for All-State consideration. Please follow them carefully so that you do not jeopardize your player’s chances for selection to the team.  Your membership to PHSFHCA must be up-to-date and current for your players to be recognized by the association. Please contact Linda Kreiser to check your membership (717-985-1942). If you are a first-year coach, you may become a member up to September 15 by sending a letter from your Athletic Director on school letterhead along with your dues and membership application.  Nomination postmark deadline is November 13, 2008. The nomination must be received by November 16, 2008. Send all completed forms stapled to all Seven Committee Members listed below and postmarked on or before November 13. Make sure that you have completed either an Individual Field Player Stat Sheet or a Goalkeeper Stat Sheet as well as the nomination forms and criteria sheet for each player.  Coaches must fill out the forms completely. Staple all the pages of your nomination form together. Rank your players.  You will be responsible to notify the press in the event your player is selected. Selected players will be announced at the December meeting and listed in the winter newsletter. The list will be sent to the press through the AP service, but there is no guarantee that it will be picked up or printed.

ALL-STATE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Lori O’Donnell Linda Kreiser Anne Wenninger 818 Coopers Court 1801 Scarlett Lane 2850 Rolling Green Place Lancaster, PA 17601 Middletown, PA 17057 Macungie, PA 18062-1436 (Home) 717-898-6866 (Home) 717-985-1942 (Home) 610-393-3487 (School) 717-626-3701 (School) 717-566-3721 (School) 610-682-5102 x2021

Karen Klassner Marianne Paparone Debbie Bross 275 North Sprague Avenue 409 Wyndon Road 2249 Whitehead Road Kingston, PA 18704 Ambler, PA 19002 Nazareth, PA 18064 (Home) 570-288-3306 (Home) 215-643-3601 (Home) 610-759-9623 (School) 570-270-2170 (School) 610-825-1500 x2023 (School) 610-868-8571

Anna Baldini 1704 Bridge Street New Cumberland, PA 17070 (Home) 717-770-0848 (School) 717-901-2510 If you should have any questions regarding the process please call one of the committee members. Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches’ Association All-State Team Nomination Form

Athlete’s Name______Grade ______School Name ______Circle One: AA AAA

Home Address______Position ______

City______Zip ______Phone ( )______

Athlete’s E-mail Address ______Mother’s Name ______Father’s Name______Varsity Coach’s Name ______Membership #______School Address ______City ______Zip______Phone ( )______Coach’s Home Address ______City ______Zip______Phone ( )______Coach’s E-mail Address ______

POSTMARKED NOVEMBER 13, 2008 AND RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Varsity Career Goals ______Varsity Career Assists ______

Special Assignments on the Field: place a checkmark to the left of all that apply  Corner striker  hits out on corners  Stick-stopper  defends corner (circle positions) fly inside trail outside trail post  7V7 team  primary stroker  tie-breaking stroker Pennsylvania High School Field Hockey Coaches’ Association All-State Team Nomination Form (cont.) Name:______Grade: ______

School: ______AAA AA

Field Hockey Awards & Special Recognition: other than those listed on the criteria form:

Other Sports Letters & Awards: (# years playing each)

School Activities & Clubs:

Outside Activities:

Other Awards & Recognitions: CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION (2008 Only Unless Otherwise Stated) PLEASE READ THIS PAGE CAREFULLY. YOUR PLAYER MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA IN ORDER TO BE NOMINATED FOR THIS AWARD. Place a checkmark to the left of every category in which your player qualifies. A player must meet six of the following criteria in order to be nominated. You must sign the bottom of this sheet to verify that this information is accurate. You also must rank your athletes in the space provided below if you are nominating more than one athlete.  First team All-League, All-Area, All-Paper, All Conference (2008)  Two-year Varsity letter in Field Hockey (list years)  Current team was League or Division Champion (2008)  Current team won 12 games or more or 60% of games (2008)  League MVP (2008)  Participation in League or District Playoff (2008)  All-State selection previous year (2007) - list selection: ______ Captain or MVP of current field hockey team (2008)  Participation in Keystone State Summer Games (2008) - list team here: ______ Selected to Keystone State Games (2008) but couldn’t participate because of conflict with USFHA Commitment  Pool champion at National Festival last year (2007) - list team here: ______ Pool champion at Indoor Nationals (2008) - list team here: ______ Qualified National Indoor (2008) – list pool ______position of finish ______ Participation in Futures (2008) - list site here: ______ National Futures Team 2008: ______U14 ______U16 ______U19  Alternate for national futures 2008  Junior Olympics 2008  Attended FDIC Camp 2008  ODS Selection 2008 ______EPTC Team Selection 2008 ______ CanAm Selection 2008  Junior National Camp Selection ______ National Team Member (list years and team – U19, U21 etc.) ______ All-American Selection 2007- list selection: ______ Two year Varsity letter winner in another sport or Varsity letter in 2 other sports-list sports______ Participation in PIAA District or state playoffs in another sport – list recognition______

Total number of criteria checked above: ______Rank of Player # ______out of ______nominated. Signature of nominating coach: ______

CLARIFICATIONS ON CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION 1. The committee will not delineate between the various categories of all-scholastic, all-county, all-area, all-league, etc. 2. Participation in Keystone Summer Games means those players that made the junior and scholastic region teams through a tryout. On the list, the Keystone Games signifies the summer games immediately before your season. You are required to list the team the player played on. 3. National Festival Pool Champion signifies the 2007 festival since the nomination forms are handed in before the 2008 festival. 4. Please make sure you are honest about your players selections to National teams, JO’s, ODS, FDIC, EPTC etc. The committee checks to make sure the information given is accurate. 5. If you do not list the futures site, we will not count include it in the criteria count. 6. District and state recognition signifies PIAA competitions. This is not meant for club or travel teams. Only state or District PIAA competitions count. 7. Please make sure your tally of criteria is correct.

ALL COACHES NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY FILL OUT THE NOMINATION FORMS. NO PARENTS OR PLAYERS SHOULD FILL OUT THESE FORMS. YOU AS A COACH ARE SIGNING YOUR NAME STATING THAT ALL INFORMATION IS CORRECT.

STAT-KEEPING SUGGESTIONS

Many coaches have expressed difficulty keeping accurate statistics for their players. We know that few programs have more than one varsity and one junior varsity coach. We have some suggestions that may help overcome your shortage of personnel.

1. First, identify at the beginning of the season those players on your team whose skill far surpasses all the others. (In most cases, you will have one, maybe two.) If you are unsure about a player, include her. Instead of having to keep stats for everyone you will only be keeping stats for the player(s) you have identified as gifted. 2. Ask a reliable adult (faithful fan, friend, or teacher) to attend all games and keep stats for that player. Use a special tally form to make it easier. 3. If you cannot find someone to help you with stats, or they miss a game or two, use videotapes of the games. It really is quite easy to go through the tape and tally the stats. Again, you may use someone else to watch the tape and tally the stats. This method may be more accurate than the live game since you can pause and replay over and over. 4. Because filling in the Individual Field Player stat sheet is so time consuming keep individual stats on another piece of paper and keep the opponent played, win or loss and the score after each game. At the end of the regular season, copy the filled in stat sheet and fill in the individual information and comments for each player.

STATEMENT ON NOMINATION OF ATHLETES FOR ALL-STATE

The PHSFHCA membership has been concerned that in recent years there has been a deterioration of good sportsmanship at all levels of field hockey. In keeping with the saying “actions speak louder than words”, the all-state selection committee is requesting that no athlete be nominated for all state if the athlete received a “red” card or numerous “yellow” cards during their high school season. The committee feels it is the coaches responsibility to tell their athletes during preseason that they (the coach) will not nominate an athlete that does not show good sportsmanship at all times. The coach should make it clear that any athlete receiving a red card will not be nominated for all-state recognition.

The all-state selection committee will contact the PIAA and request a list of schools that had field hockey players receive red cards during the course of the season. The committee will be in contact with the head coach to discuss the circumstances involved.

The selection committee is asking that all coaches respect their request. If there are any questions please direct them to the all-state selection committee.

Checklist For Nominations

___ Nomination Form Postmarked by November 13, 2008 and received by November 16, 2008 ___ Criteria for nomination with ranking of those players nominated and coach’s signature ___ Player statistics sheet or GK statistics sheet for each player nominated

Committee members often attend the national field hockey festival in November and like to see nominated players. List 2008 Festival team (U16, U19) pool participating in, and coach. ______