Welcome to Desert Vista 2015-16 Athletics
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WELCOME TO DESERT VISTA 2015-16 ATHLETICS T.J. Snyder, Athletic Director Susan Slavin, Athletic Assistant 480-706-7912 480-706-7913 480-706-7976 (fax) 480-706-7976 (fax) Head coaches are listed below. Please dial our main school number @ 480.706.7900, then their extension to leave a voice message. Fall Sports Winter Sports Tryouts Spring Sports Tryouts Tryouts begin the first day of school except for begin last week in October begin 1st week in February. football, it is two weeks prior to start of school November-February season February-May season August-November season Badminton (Girls) Boys Basketball Baseball Jeremy Williams Tony Darden Stanley Luketich [email protected] 843.267.2068, [email protected] [email protected] Boys Cross Country Softball Chris Hanson Girls Basketball Phillip Becerra 480.783.1674, [email protected] Will Gray [email protected] 480.593.4914, [email protected] [email protected] Girls Cross Country Boys Soccer Boys Tennis Jeff Messer Mark Wilson Austin Goe 480.776.9244, [email protected] 602.692.1410, [email protected] Football [email protected] Dan Hinds Girls Tennis [email protected] Girls Soccer Angel Singer Marvin Hypolite 480.797.3255, Boys Golf 602.391.3771 , [email protected] TBD [email protected] Boys & Girls Track/Field Girls Golf Spiritline Chris Hanson-Boys Head Coach Matt Russo TBD [email protected] 480.783.1674, [email protected], Wrestling [email protected] Spiritline David Gonzalez Cassie Cline-Girls Head Coach TBD [email protected] [email protected] Boys & Girls Swim/Dive Boys Volleyball Shawn O’Connell Ryan Tolman 480.326.7987, [email protected] [email protected] Girls Volleyball Molly West [email protected] New physical and clearance information must be filled out every school year in order to be eligible to try out for any sport at Desert Vista High School. The physical must be done after March 1 of the previous school year to be accepted for current school year. All of the clearance information needs to be done once per school year. All equipment issued for each sport your athlete competes in must be turned in before your athlete will be allowed to try out/ or be issued equipment for his/her new sport. Our Equipment Manager is Jim Snow, and he can be reached at 480.706.7931. Lost equipment must be paid for in the Thunder Bookstore, and the receipt taken to Jim Snow to be released for new sport, or for transcript release in the event the student withdraws from Desert Vista HS. The completed physical and clearance information is to be turned into the Thunder Athletics office before your student may be permitted to participate ANY sport on the Desert Vista HS campus. Please ensure that all of the steps in the checklist that is provided online on the Desert Vista School Fusion Page under the Athletics’ tab are completed. Once all steps are completed, your student athlete will be cleared for their sport. Without clearance, your student is NOT permitted to tryout out for his/her selected sport. If the student is not living with a natural parent, legal court appointed guardianship papers must be turned in with the physical and clearance information. Regarding academic eligibility, the student must be enrolled in and passing 5 credit earning classes. An audit class does not count as a credit class. Seniors who are on track to graduate may be enrolled in 4 credit earning classes to be eligible. Grades of “F”, incomplete, or audit are considered non passing grades and will render a student ineligible to participate in competition until an academic grade check that follows the Tempe Union High School District’s guidelines indicate that the student is passing all current classes is completed by the Athletics Office. Wednesdays are the only day that grade checks are permitted to be conducted per district policy. WELCOME TO THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT DESERT VISTA HIGH SCHOOL At Desert Vista High School, we feel that our Athletic programs are among the best in the state, and we also feel that once you get involved in the programs you will agree. Our coaching staff consists of highly qualified professional people who are available to provide the best opportunity possible for each and every student Athlete. We are especially proud of the good reputation we enjoy throughout the state, a reputation based not only on our win and loss record, but also by the manner in which our teams and team members conduct themselves on and off the field. This is a reputation that we intend to keep. In order to accomplish this, it is essential that our Athletes conduct themselves in a manner that will bring credit to their families, the program, and the school at all times. Athletes, remember that you are looked upon by most of our student body to provide good positive leadership. If you do, you will always be able to remember that you participated with pride. The following pages will note the minimum guidelines that have been set forth for our student Athletes. Please become familiar with them. ATHLETE RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS AIA Rules of Eligibility: The Athlete must fulfill all AIA requirements for eligibility. 1. No student shall be eligible to be issued equipment, to engage in practice, or to compete until there is a physical examination form on file with the Athletic Office. This form states, in the opinion of the examining physician, the student is fully able to compete in athletic contests. 2. An Athlete shall be enrolled in a minimum of five credit bearing classes the first 6 semesters, and a minimum of four credit bearing classes the 7th and 8th semesters. 3. An Athlete shall pass all classes the preceding 9 weeks/semester to be eligible for interscholastic activities. 4. An Athlete shall be enrolled no later 14th official school day of the semester to be eligible 5. An Athlete enrolled in a 4-year high school shall have the opportunity to compete in not more than four seasons in each sport, and only eight consecutive semesters after he/she first enrolls in the 9th grade. The 7th and 8th semester must be consecutive. 6. An Athlete shall be ineligible if he/she becomes 19 years on age on or before September 1st of that school year. A certified copy of the birth certificate shall be required of all contestants participating in a sport. 7. An Athlete, whether and adult by terms of age or not, is privileged with eligibility only at the school in the attendance area in which his/her parent(s) or legally appointed guardian(s) are domiciled. 8. An Athlete who transfers from one high school to another high school without an accompanying change of domicile of his/her parent(s) or legally appointed guardian(s) is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities in the school to which he/she transfers for one calendar year from the date of transfer, except in activities in which he/she did not participate in one year prior to the transfer, or until his/her parents(s) or legally appointed guardian(s) become domiciled in the school attendance zone. (please see Athletic Director for possible exceptions) 9. An Athlete who is a member of a school team shall not practice or compete for/or with any other group, club, organization, association in that same sport during the interscholastic season of competition of the sport. 10. An Athlete shall not compete for money or other monetary compensation. 11. An Athlete shall participate and always have participated under his/her own name. 12. An Athlete who did not establish initial eligibility on the Desert Vista campus, and transfers in at a later date (after 1st day of their freshman school year), may not have received coaching in their sport by any coach associated with the Desert Vista campus. Comply with the Tempe Union High School District No Pass/No Play Policy: 1. A student shall be required to earn a passing grade in all courses taken to be eligible to participate in athletics 2. A student receiving an incomplete for the 9 week/semester grading period may retain eligibility immediately upon satisfactory completion of all course work. A student receiving a failing grade for the 9 week/semester grading period may regain eligibility at the grade check intervals established by the district for eligibility checks. 3. A student who receives a failing grade for the 9 week/semester grading period will be grade checked by the Athletics Office, and communication to the coach will be made via e-mail, or other written communication that the student is now eligible for competition. 4. No student will be declared eligible before or after Wednesday unless he/she had an excused absence on the designated grade check Wednesday, and a grade check is completed by the Athletics Office the day the student returns to campus. Rules and Regulations for Desert Vista: The following list of general rules and guidelines is for Desert Vista Athletes. More specific rules and regulations may be set forth by the individual coaches. Team Classification: 1. Most sports have various levels of competition based upon grade level. Only freshman may compete on freshman teams. However, a freshman athlete may compete on a Junior Varsity or Varsity team. Senior student athletes may only compete on the Varsity level. 2. Each Athlete will be assigned to a team by his/her coach, and he/she may be moved to a higher level of competition at the discretion of the head coach. Injuries: 1.