FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 9, 2012
BASEBALL, SOFTBALL DRAW SHOW TO AIR ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20
Baseball and softball postseason
tournaments may not begin until May 21 but at least teams will soon find out
the region it will face in the first round of the state tournament should it
advance.
The draws for the 2012 Kentucky
National Insurance/KHSAA State Baseball Tournament and the Rawlings/KHSAA State
Softball Tournament will be conducted on Friday, April 20 at 2 p.m. at the
KHSAA Office in Lexington. The draw show will air live on www.khsaa.tv.
Brackets will be posted to the
Riherd’s/KHSAA Scoreboard and the KHSAA website at the conclusion of the
program.
For additional information about the
draw show, contact KHSAA Sports Information Director Elden May.
FOUR ELECTED TO KHSAA BOARD OF CONTROL
Michelle Dillard, Ron
Dawn, Jeff Saylor and Henry Webb have each been elected to a four-year term on
the KHSAA Board of Control, starting with the 2012-13 school year in July.
Dillard, the principal at
Seneca High School in Louisville, will serve as the female representative for
regions 1-8. Dillard assumes the spot currently occupied by Anita Burnette of
Owensboro, who is completing a four-year term on the Board.
Saylor, the Title I
Director for the Bell County Schools, was elected as the representative for
regions 13-14. He will replace Arthur ‘Ozz’ Jackson, who served the maximum two
term limit.
Webb, the superintendent
of Floyd County Schools, will replace Marvin Moore as the representative for
regions 15-16. Moore also served the two-term maximum limit.
Dawn is a current sitting
board member who was appointed to fill the term of Bob Schneider, who retired
at the conclusion of the 2010-2011 school year. Dawn
will serve as the private school representative for regions 9-16.
The KHSAA Board of Control
is comprised of 18 members, 14 who are elected and four who are appointed by
the Kentucky Department of Education. Of the 14 elected members, eight board
members are elected to represent specific geographic regions. Two female
members, two private school members and two African-American members represent
the entire state – one for regions 1-9 and the other for regions 9-16.
Each representative serves
a four-year term with a limit of two consecutive four-year terms.
The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the KHSAA Board of Control is Monday, April 16, at the
KHSAA Office in Lexington.
DAWAHARES/KHSAA HALL OF
FAME SILVER ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SET FOR APRIL 28
The 2012 Dawahares/KHSAA Hall
of Fame celebrates its 25th anniversary with the induction of the
2012 class. The
Induction banquet is scheduled
for Saturday, April 28, at the Bluegrass Ballroom in the Lexington Convention
Center. Festivities begin with a social hour and silent auction beginning at 5:30
p.m. Dinner will begin at 6:30 p.m. followed by the induction ceremonies.
This marks the 25th year the
Dawahare family has sponsored the KHSAA Hall of Fame and induction banquet. To
date 403 former participants,
coaches, officials, administrators, media and contributors have been honored.
The class of 2012 includes: Libby
Burr, the late Tim Cahill, Randy Embry, Maxine Graham, Joe Hood, Kim LaBelle,
Jim McDaniels, Marvin Moore, Jim Perrin, Alvin Ratliff, James Tucker and Randy
Wyatt.
In addition to the class of
2012, all living previous Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of
Fame inductees have been invited back to share in the celebration.
Tickets may be purchased by
calling Butch Cope or Marsha Day at the KHSAA at (859)299-5472.
Single tickets are $50 or a
table of 10 may be purchased for $500.
To view additional information
on this year’s induction class, view the following web link:
http://www.khsaa.org/hallfame/2012release.pdf
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For more information contact Elden May
at 859-299-5472
