WINTER STATE ACADEMIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION
PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION CAREFULLY
TO:
Athletic Administrator
Athletic Secretary
FROM: Bart Thompson, Executive Director
Felicia Rasmussen, Administrative Assistant
RE:
WINTER STATE ACADEMIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP INFORMATION
DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016
The NIAA will once again recognize a state academic team champion per classification in each Winter sport and also all
varsity student-athletes who achieved a non-weighted 4.0 GPA during the first semester 2015-2016. The state academic
team championship awards and the all-state academic team individual certificates are sponsored by Ingrahams.
Team champions will be awarded a special trophy during the final game/day at their respective state tournaments.
Individuals earning status on the All-State Academic will receive a certificate.
The deadline for filing the winter team academic championship form with the NIAA office is Friday, February 5, 2016. Any
form submitted after this deadline will be eliminated from team championship consideration and will not receive points in the
NIAA Award of Excellence program.
As a reminder, a form must be submitted in order to have 4.0 students recognized. Please help the NIAA recognize All-State
Academic Team members by putting an asterisk by 4.0 students.
The NIAA and Ingraham’s are proud to recognize the many outstanding student-athletes for their efforts both in and out of
the classroom. Once again, the academic team GPA’s count equally to the athletic and citizenship components of the NIAA
award.
Rules and guidelines for the winter academic championship can be found on the following two pages. As another reminder,
schools may use their own form, provided the form is similar in setup to the one included and has a signature from both the
principal and head coach. Any form submitted without the appropriate information will be excluded from team championship
consideration. This form can also be e-mailed to you.
Please feel free to call Felicia at the NIAA office with any questions, comments or concerns.
WINTER SPORTS – DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016
NIAA STATE ACADEMIC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
Rules and Guidelines
The NIAA will present a State Academic Team Championship Award to the one team in each class, per winter sport, with the
best overall grade point average. Academic teams will consist of varsity student-athletes only. Please submit a separate
form for each sport. Please divide sports into boys and girls teams where applicable (bowling and skiing).
The award will be computed using the following guidelines (PLEASE FOLLOW CAREFULLY).
1. Please list all members of the varsity team as they appear on the NIAA eligibility roster of each sport.
Any student-athlete who was on the varsity team at any time during the season is considered a varsity athlete.
Only full teams in each sport will be considered for the team award. Full-team minimums are defined as
follows:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Boys Bowling
Girls Bowling
Boys Downhill Skiing
Girls Downhill Skiing
Wrestling
Spirit Team
7-person minimum roster
7-person minimum roster
6-person minimum roster
6-person minimum roster
6-person minimum roster
6-person minimum roster
7-person minimum roster
5-person minimum roster
2. Please round GPAs to the nearest hundredth (ex: 3.12).
3. GPAs from the first semester 2015-2016 must be used for computation in all winter sports during this
academic team championship period.
4. Please use only non-weighted GPAs (where an “A” is equal to a 4.0, a “B” is equal to a 3.0, etc.).
Weighted GPAs are not acceptable and will be returned to the school for recalculation.
5. To be considered for this award, the enclosed form (or one similar to it) must be received by the NIAA by
Friday, February 5, 2016, either by fax of mail (not both please). Please make copies of this packet and
distribute to the appropriate individuals/coaches.
6. The form must be completed in full and signed by both the principal and head varsity coach. Please use a
separate form for each winter sport.
7. If you have any questions, please call Felicia at the NIAA office.
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WINTER SPORTS – DUE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2016
NIAA ALL-STATE ACADEMIC TEAM (INDIVIDUALS)
An NIAA All-State Academic Team award certificates will be presented to individual student-athletes who meet the
following criteria:
1. The student-athlete must be a member of a varsity team and appear on an NIAA roster in that sport. Any student
who participates in a varsity contest at any time during the season is considered a varsity athlete.
2. GPA’s from the first semester of 2015-2016 should be used for this season.
3. Please use only NON-WEIGHTED GPAs. Please put an asterisk by student-athletes who earned a 4.0 GPA.
4. Student-athletes will be considered for this award when they are listed on the team form submitted by their school.
5. The form must be completed in full and signed by both the principal and coach. Please list each sport on a
separate form.
6. Failure to follow the above rules will result in disqualification.
Thank you for your cooperation.
NIAA Award of Excellence
In Academics, Athletics and Citizenship
II.
Academic Component (Maximum value of 100 per sport)
a. NIAA-Ingrahams State Academic Team Championship
Step
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Qualification Process (teams can earn only one maximum value of 100)Points
Any team which files an academic team championship form (>2.50)
Any team with a team GPA of 2.50 – 2.74
Any team with a team GPA of 2.75 – 2.99
Any team with a team GPA of 3.00 – 3.24
Any team with a team GPA of 3.25 – 3.39
Any team with a team GPA of 3.40 – 3.49
Any team with a team GPA of 3.50 – 3.59
Any team with a team GPA of 3.6 or higher
Academic team runner-up (set point value, regardless of GPA)
Team academic state champion (set point value, regardless of GPA)
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ACADEMIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS – WINTER 2016
PLEASE COMPLETE ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED.
Please be advised that this form will not be accepted if it is handwritten.
School:
Coach:
Sport:
Class:
Name of Student-Athlete
GPA
1.
11.
2.
12.
3.
13.
4.
14.
5.
15.
6.
16.
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17.
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18.
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20.
Please round GPAs to the nearest hundredth (ex. 3.12).
Please add the GPAs of the team and divide by the number of student-athletes.
TEAM AVERAGE GPA:
Please be advised that all girls and boys rosters must be submitted separately.
Signature of Principal
Signature of Head Coach
To be considered for this award, all guidelines from the previous pages must be followed and this form must be
received by Friday, February 5, 2016. Please fax this form to the NIAA at (775) 453-1016 or
(775) 453-1017 or mail it to the NIAA 549 Court Street, Reno, Nevada 89501 (do not do both).
NOTE: You may use your own form, provided it is similar in setup to this one and contains a signature from
both the principal and head coach. This form can be e-mailed to you. Contact Felicia at the NIAA office.
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