Honor Awards Lunch

Honor Awards Lunch 46th Annual Convention & Trade Show Beaver Run Resort Breckenridge, Colorado April 29, 2019 www.coloradoad.org 2019 CADA AWARD BANQUET ORDER OF EVENTS 1. Welcome - Dave Hogan, CADA President 2. National Anthem - Summit High School Choir, Colors Presented by Abraham Lincoln High School’s JROTC 3. NIAAA Scholarship Essay Winners – Read Essays and plaque presentation (10 minutes) Presented by Dave Hogan, CADA President Riley Boydstun, Rangely High School Logan DeRock, Roosevelt High School 4. Video Presentation and Awards Presentation (Part 1) (30 minutes) Outstanding School Board Member – John Ahrens, St. Vrain Public Schools CADA Distinguished Service Award – Ezra Paddock, Jefferson County Public Schools Outstanding Media Person for Interscholastic Sports Coverage- Steve Smith, Ft. Lupton Press Outstanding Athletics Administrative Assistant – Danielle Davis, Columbine High School Outstanding School Administrator – Colleen Owens, Green Mountain High School CADA Retired Athletic Director of the Year- Paul Roper, Centaurus High School 5. Lunch (15 minutes) 6. Video Presentation and Awards Presentation (Part 2 – Honored AD’s, Kurby Lyle, etc.) (55 minutes) Honored Athletics Administrators Middle School Athletic Director of the Year- Ray Hirman, Elizabeth Middle School CADA New Athletic Director of the Year- Wes Smock, Grandview High School 1A- Bryan Dermer, Merino High School 2A- Steve Latuda, Highland High School 3A- Joey Archuleta, Olathe High School 4A - Gary Geiger, CAA, The Classical Academy 5A - Eric Gustafson, Monarch High School Kurby Lyle Service Award - Jim Thyfault, CAA, Jeffco Public Schools Frank Kovaleski Professional Development Award - John Andrew, CAA, Denver Public Schools NFHS Citation Award - Matt Heckel, CMAA, Dakota Ridge High School State Award of Merit - Kris Roberts, Cheyenne Mountain High School NIAAA Distinguished Service Award - Larry Bull, CAA, Cherry Creek Schools 7. Closing - Dave Hogan Results of Election for Board positions 8. Retirement of the Colors - Abraham Lincoln High School’s JROTC Congratulations to our Distinguished 2018 - 2019 Recipients: Outstanding School Board Member Award | John Ahrens, St. Vrain Public Schools Husband, Father and community activist - John believes that education is an important part of the development of our future leaders and the work force of tomorrow. Our students carry the future. Currently in his 5th year as Director on St Vrain School BOE St Vrain Valley Board of Education,John serves the entire school district, though his primary role is to represent the town of Erie. The town has one high school, one middle school, a Pre-K thru 8, three elementary schools, one charter school and an Erie Feeder elementary school in the town of Fredrick. John also serves as a board member of the Innovation Center as well as Channel 8, the public television station in Longmont, Colorado. In addition, John is the Commissioner of URA (Urban Renewal Authority) for the town of Erie, which approves new developments throughout the town. His role with URA includes Frederick and Dacono and he serves as representative to the Boulder Board of Ed for URA within the town of Erie. John has taken an active role on the BOE to see that it is serving students, teachers and administration with proper technology and he attends legislation at the capitol with a focus on education, including the PTECH launch. CADA Distinguished Service Award |Ezra Paddock, Jefferson County Public Schools Ezra Paddock was hired by the Jefferson County School District as the Stadium Manager in 2005 and promoted to the position of Manager of Stadium Operations in 2012. In this position, he oversees four district stadiums that host 18 high school athletic events as well as any home or neutral playoff events assigned to those facilities by CHSAA. The stadiums under his management include Jeffco Stadium (track & football), North Area Athletic Complex (football, track, soccer & lacrosse), Trailblazer Stadium (football & lacrosse) and Lakewood Memorial Field (soccer.) In addition to local and regional high school athletic events, Ezra oversees rental of these facilities for events including NCAA soccer/football/lacrosse games, graduations, band festivals, commercial shoots, Fourth of July celebrations, community events, etc. Outstanding Media Coverage Award | Steve Smith, Ft. Lupton Press Steve Smith has been at MetroWest Newspapers in Brighton since 2004. Before that, he spent almost 15 years at the Golden Transcript Newspaper. Originally from California, Steve graduated from the University of Denver in 1980 with a degree in mass communications, where he stumbled into this line of work. The paper in Golden needed a new reporter, and they looked across the creek to the Colorado School of Mines, where Steve was doing some volunteer work. One thing led to another, and the rest is history, as they say. Steve has also volunteered with CHSAA, primarily working with the basketball tournaments. His present volunteer “assignment” is to work on one of the stat crews during the state tournament. Commenting on his career, Steve says: “For someone who loves sports as much as I do, to hang around young men and women and chronicle their accomplishments, it’s been a great ride. One of the coaches in our coverage area said something that I think is very true. He said, “Hanging around young men and women makes you feel a lot younger than you are.”” Honored Athletics Administrative Assistant | Danielle Davis, Columbine High School Having the chance to return to the high school she attended and to give back to the community that helped shape me, has been a blessing in and of itself. Danielle’s career in athletics took shape from 2004-2009 at Oklahoma Christian University where she was a statistician and graduate assistant for the men’s and women’s basketball teams. In 2009, she returned home to Littleton, CO and began working as a substitute teacher and basketball coach for both Lakewood High School and Columbine High School. She balanced her time coaching and subbing while working at a homeless mission operated by her parents. These experiences instilled in her an ability to work with a variety of people. In 2017, the Athletic Assistant position came open and Danielle applied. She was blessed to be chosen to fill the role and in her short time at Columbine HS, she has enjoyed working with both young athletes and dedicated coaches. She would like to thank all the staff and students at Columbine for their support and dedication to our athletic programs and young people. Outstanding School Administrator | Colleen Owens, Green Mountain High School Colleen Owens is the principal of Green Mountain High School in the Jefferson County Public School District. Colleen is a proud product of Jefferson County Public Schools, graduating from Green Mountain High School in 1983. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Metropolitan State College of Denver and a Master’s Degree in Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Colorado at Denver. Colleen taught English at Wheat Ridge High School and Green Mountain High School before becoming an assistant principal and current principal at Green Mountain High School. She is a strong advocate for the Green Mountain community and her dedication and passion for leading Green Mountain High School in its goal of “premier” status among Colorado high schools can be seen through her efforts in collaboration, innovation, and shared leadership. Colleen takes pride in her role in furthering the Academy Program at Green Mountain High School where students experience rigorous academics and co-curricular experiences in 14 pathways that provide students with 21st Century skills, preparing them for college, career, and beyond. She is married and has two daughters who are also graduates of Green Mountain High School. Colleen is a recipient of the 2011 Colorado School Counselor’s Association Advocate of the Year, the 2014 Colorado Association of School Resource Officers (CASRO) Administrator of the Year Award, and the 2016 Colorado Association of School Executives (CASE) Colorado High School Principal of the Year. Retired Athletic Director Award | Paul Roper, Centaurus High School Mr. Roper has spent his career as a teacher, coach and administrator in Colorado. He received his degree in Spanish with an emphasis in Latin American Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, graduating with a bachelor degree in 1980, followed by a Masters from the University of Northern Colorado. He took a social studies teaching job at Fort Lupton High School before moving his teaching and administration career to Boulder Valley School District in 1985. When Mr. Roper arrived as an administrator to Centaurus High School in 1990, he knew the importance of educationally-based athletics, before it was the hot topic of today. He has dedicated his career to helping students from all walks of life be successful in sports. At that time, CHS was the only high school in the Lafayette/Louisville region. As the region grew however, Monarch High School was added in the late 90s, and the dynamics of Centaurus changed forever. Teachers, coaches and students left CHS to take on new roles and opportunities at the new district high school. Mr. Roper took on these challenges head-on, becoming athletic director at Centaurus in the first year after the new high school opened. He stayed on as AD for 15 years; which is unheard of in the world of athletic directors today! There is monumental turnover in this role, with the pressures for parents, the community and the daily life on the job grinding down even the most veteran educators after a couple years. Mr. Roper persevered! Mr. Roper retired from Centaurus in 2014, but has since come back to his home, as Interim Assistant Principal. He is a positive and youthful spirit and he is committed to putting his best foot forward each and everyday to help our students succeed. Middle School Athletic Director Award | Ray Hirman, Elizabeth Middle School Ray’s career in education started when he graduated from Colorado State University in 1997.

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