NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION BULLETIN VOL. 55, NO. 1 FALL 2002 Cumberland County’s Bill Harrison Will Serve As NCHSAA President For 2002-03 School Year CHAPEL HILL—Dr. Bill Harrison, superintendent of the High in Charlotte, superin- Cumberland County schools, will serve as president of the tendent Dr. Diane Frost of North Carolina High School Board of Directors for the 2002- the Albemarle City schools, 2003 academic year. principal Kathy Rogers of Gaston County superintendent Dr. Ed Sadler will serve as Jamestown Ragsdale, and the Association vice-president, replacing Harrison in that posi- coach Jan Stanley of West tion. Charles Long, principal of D.H. Conley High School in Henderson. Their terms will Greenville and now in the Pitt County central office, who last expire in June of 2006. year served as president of the NCHSAA, moves into the role as “We believe that we will immediate past president. continue to have outstanding Harrison came to Cumberland County in 1997 after begin- leadership,” said NCHSAA ning his stint on the Board as the superintendent in Orange executive director Charlie County. He also served as superintendent of the Hoke County Adams. “We certainly look schools from 1991 to ’95. forward to Bill Harrison step- Prior to that, Harrison was principal at Terry Sanford High ping into the role as presi- School in Fayetteville and Walker Spivey Elementary there. dent and we feel sure that he The NCHSAA president received his undergraduate degree will give us the same sort of in intermediate education from Methodist College in Fayetteville great direction we have got- Bill Harrison and earned his master’s from East Carolina University. His doc- ten from our last several torate in educational administration is from Vanderbilt. presidents. He has certainly been a valuable member of the His wife Judy has been an elementary school teacher and Board in his previous years of service. they have two children, William and Caroline. He has been on “We are also really excited about the caliber of people who will the board of the Fayetteville YMCA and the United Way of be joining the Board of Directors, which should help us to main- Cumberland County, and he currently serves on the North tain an outstanding Board to help us serve our membership.” Carolina Commission on Professional Teaching Standards, appointed by then Governor James B. Hunt. New Board members were recommended by the NCHSAA’s Nominating Committee, based on the requirements of the NCHSAA Day Is Set Association’s constitution and by-laws. The member schools at eight regional meetings select nominees for consideration For Kenan Stadium across the state, then from among those nominees individuals CHAPEL HILL—For the 18th year in a row, the University of are selected by the Nominating Committee to fill the available North Carolina has chosen to honor the North Carolina High slots and then approved by the membership at the Annual School Athletic Association during a football game at Kenan Meeting. Stadium. New Board members will include coach Bettie Ballard of The November 9 Atlantic Coast Conference match up Northampton-West, athletic director Dick Henderson of Butler between the Tar Heels and the Tigers of Clemson University will be NCHSAA Day. Game time has not been set. The winners of the 2001-2002 Wachovia Cups for overall sports excellence in the state will be recognized. The newest Inside This Bulletin inductees into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame will also be intro- duced. • final Wachovia Cup standings The NCHSAA, although a private non-profit corporation, is actually a part of the University of North Carolina’s Continuing • Heart of a Champion awards Education Division and was founded by the University back in 1913. • new program sponsored by Lowe’s We are grateful to the University and athletic director Dick Baddour for once again recognizing the Association through • Championship Review NCHSAA Day,” said Charlie Adams, NCHSAA executive director. “We have a long history with the university and it is great that • and much, much more! we have a chance to highlight some of our programs on this spe- cial occasion.” RECORD BREAKERS? Don’t forget, if you have any potential state or national listings for the record book, there is a form in the current edition of the FormsBook to send that information for consideration. Help us to make our state and national books as inclusive and complete as pos- 2 sible! Any questions call Rick Strunk at (919) 962-7786. And don’t forget to check the latest ver- NCHSAA BULLETIN sion of the state record book on line. Student Honored By Durham Sports Club With Russell Blunt Award CHAPEL HILL—Southern Alamance High School two-sport of the Durham Sports Club as the overall statewide winner. athlete Vicki Perry is the seventh annual state winner in the Every school in the state was given the opportunity to nominate North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s “Be A Good a student-athlete who exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship. Sport” program sponsored by the Durham Sports Club. The Southern Alamance athlete participated in both volley- Perry was recognized at a Durham Sports Club’s luncheon ball and softball for four years during her prep career. She was meeting at the Croasdaile Country Club during the summer. co-captain of both the volleyball and softball teams and served The award is known as the Russell E. Blunt Be A Good Sport this year as the coordinator of the DREAM (Daring to Role award, in honor of the long-time Durham Hillside coach who is Model Excellence as Athletic Mentors) Team. a member of both the NCHSAA Hall of Fame and the National She has been a member of the Fellowship of Christian High School Sports Hall of Fame. Athletes at Southern, served as president of the Junior Civitans Perry was nominated by Southern Alamance counselor there, was a member of the National Honor Society and has Brian Williams and selected as the award winner from Region 5 served for four years as president of her youth group at Bethel of the NCHSAA. Then Perry was selected by a special committee United Methodist Church. In nominating Perry, Williams noted that “Vicki excels as a role model and mentor to younger students. She epitomizes sportsmanship, fair play, respect and responsibility, all without NORTH CAROLINA sacrificing her competitive drive. Going beyond setting the right PRINCIPAL FELLOWS PROGRAM example of character, scholarship and athletic excellence, she Master of School Administration Degree enthusiastically speaks to groups of elementary and middle school children, all aimed at making a positive difference in A competitive, merit-based scholarship loan program their lives. When a fifth grader tells me that she want to be just that is funded by the North Carolina General Assembly, the like Vicki when she grows up, I know I’m working with a very Principal Fellows Program assists selected individuals to special young lady.” prepare for a career in school administration (i.e., assistant Southern Alamance received five hundred dollars for its ath- principal or principal). letic budget as a gift from the Durham Sports Club in honor of Each scholarship loan will provide funding for up to two Perry. years in the amount of twenty thousand dollars per year to Other regional winners were Jessica Leigh Eure of Gates support students who enroll in and complete a full-time, County, Adam Barth of Jacksonville, Carrie Wilkerson of two-year master’s degree program in school administration Clayton, Ashley Steffen of Fayetteville Jack Britt, Tyler Curlee of at one of the participating institutions of the University of South Stanly, Brian Adams of North Wilkes, and Erika North Carolina. Recipients of the scholarship loan must be Schneble of Hendersonville. willing to practice at an approved site in the state as a full- Each of those schools received a one hundred dollar dona- time administrator for two years for each year of funding tion from the Durham Sports Club in honor of their respective (four years) or repay in cash. student-athletes. The Principal Fellows Program was begun in 1994. 708 Principal Fellows have participated in the program repre- senting 90 school districts. Principal Fellows enroll in the Long-time Coach Jim Maxwell Master of School Administration (MSA) program offered at eleven campuses of the University of North Carolina. The Honored At Durham Jordan second year students participate in a required year-long, full-time internship at various school districts throughout DURHAM—Long-time Durham Jordan swimming coach Jim the state. The program has received widespread support Maxwell was honored at a special celebration at the school. from school districts through their granting of leaves-of- Maxwell, who is retiring as a coach, established the Jordan absence to employees who have been selected to receive the “Jellyfish” program back in 1973 and coached through the 2001 scholarship loan, providing sites for interns, and employing season. He earned five NCHSAA state championships, 16 graduates of the program. regional titles, and over 500 dual meet victories counting both The benefits of the program include the financial sup- men and women. port provided to the Fellows while earning the MSA, the An attorney by trade, Maxwell also is the legal counsel for opportunity for school districts to work with Principal the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. Fellow interns for a year, and the development of a pool of Maxwell was led to believe that the event was just for this well-trained, highly-qualified administrative candidates year’s Jordan swim teams, so he was shocked when swimmers available to all North Carolina school systems. he coached back into the 1970’s paraded into the school cafe- Deadline to apply for the 2003-2004 academic year is teria.