Appleton West among 29 high schools to earn WIAA Award of Excellence
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Appleton West High School was one of the 29 schools to fulfilled criteria to be named recipients of the Award of Excellence for the 2022-23 school year by the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association.
The award promotes and recognizes the efforts and achievements of schools in the areas of sportsmanship, ethics, integrity, leadership, character and accomplishment.
Other recipients of the WIAA Award of Excellence, presented to high schools that have verified they have met each of the award’s criteria are: Ashland, Beaver Dam, Brookwood, Chilton, Cudahy, Delavan-Darien, Milwaukee Divine Savior Holy Angels, Fort Atkinson, Germantown, Hilbert, Hortonville, Jefferson, Kimberly, Lake Holcombe, Lake Mills, Little Chute, Onalaska Luther, Marshfield, Necedah, Pewaukee, Portage, St. Croix Falls, Seymour, Sheboygan Falls, Watertown, Waukesha West, Winnebago Lutheran and Wisconsin Dells.
This is the first time Appleton West has received the award.
Recipients will be presented the Award of Excellence at their respective district’s Area Meeting in September and will be recognized for the achievement on the WIAA website, in the WIAA Bulletin and at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
The criteria applied toward the Award of Excellence in 2022-23 included:
*Athletic Director maintains and updates all information in the WIAA School Directory annually
* Athletic Director does due diligence in striving to achieve staff compliance with all WIAA coaching requirements (i.e. rules video, exam, officials’ rankings)
* Athletic director conducted regular occurring meetings with a Captain’s Club/Team Leadership Council/Etc. – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is on the agenda and is discussed
* Athletic director conducted regular occurring meetings with coaches – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is a topic that is on the agenda and is discussed
* Athletic director conducted at least one informational meeting with student-athletes and their parents – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is a topic that is on the agenda and is discussed
* Athletic director attended conference meetings – sportsmanship, ethics and/or integrity is a topic that is on the agenda and is discussed
* Coaches and student-athletes attended a sportsmanship summit/leadership conference/etc.
* There was school representation at one of the seven WIAA Fall Area Meetings
* There was school representation at the WIAA Annual Meeting in April
* Athletic Director made the student body aware of sportsmanship initiatives through school assemblies, announcements, posters, etc.
* Three or more athletic teams gave back to their school or community through volunteerism
* Athletic director has taken the Free NFHS Sportsmanship course
* Three or more head coaches have taken the Free NFHS Sportsmanship course
* Athletic program had no coach ejections at any level
* Athletic program had no coach or player assault of an official at any level
* Athletic director nominated/submitted a boy and/or a girl for WIAA Scholar Athlete recognition (either for local or state level recognition)
* Athletic director or designee submits the online season Schedule/Results Verification Form by the established deadlines for all bracketed team sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, softball, volleyball)
* Athletic director or designee completes and submits the accurate enrollment count on the Enrollment Form by the established deadline
* Athletic director or designee completes and submits the accurate data on the online Sports Participation Form by June 30
* Athletic director or designee submits the completed online Fan Ejection Form within three days following the event the ejection occurred, requiring a fan to miss the next competition