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NFHS PRESENTATION AND Q+A SESSION with Sandy Searcy, Director of Sports and Elliot Hopkins, Dir. of Sports, Sanctioning & Student Services National Federation of High Schools Friday, June 7 • 10:00am Room 143

Learn about upcoming NFHS rules changes and the NFHS rules writing process.

SANDY SEARCY

Sandy Searcy joined the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) staff as Direc- tor of Sports on August 1, 2015. She is responsible for the sports of swimming, diving, water polo and softball, and assists in planning for the NFHS Sum- mer Meeting, National Athletic Directors Conference, NFHS Student Leadership Summit, and is involved with the NFHS inclusion initiative. Sandy also serves on multiple national commit- tees and boards, including AAASP Board of Directors, USA Softball Council, USA Softball Equipment Testing and Certification Committee, ASA Properties Board, USA Diving Board of Directors, and the USA Swim- ming Rules and Regulations Committee. Prior to working with the NFHS, Sandy served as an assistant commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) for 16 years. Sandy was the administrator of gymnastics, softball, boys and ELLIOT HOPKINS

girls swimming and diving, and volleyball. She also worked with the IHSAA Student Advisory Commit- tee and the IHSAA Student Leadership Conference. During this tenure Sandy was a member of a variety of NFHS committees including the Volleyball Rules Committee, Girls Gymnastics Rules Committee, Soft- ball Rules Committee, National Student Leadership Planning Committee, Spirit of Sport Selection Com- mittee, and was the Chair of the NFHS Swimming and Diving Rules Committee. Prior to joining the IHSAA staff in 1999, Sandy was a teacher, coach and girls athletic director at Bloomington North High School for 11 years. Sandy received her bachelor’s and master’s from Indiana University (IU) in Bloomington, where she competed on the IU women’s swim team. Sandy currently lives with her husband Dean. They reside in Bloomington, Indiana.

Elliot, originally from Chicago, is a former Harris- burg, PA resident. His responsibilities include, but are not limited to, being the staff liaison to the NFHS Stu- dent Services Committee. In addition, he is the NFHS Baseball and Wrestling Rules Editor; he also supervises the NFHS Resource Center, which includes the National High School Activities Month effort, numerous national surveys and NFHS Sanctioning Program. Currently, he is the director of the NFHS Student Leadership Summit and speaks nationally to students exclusively about hazing prevention and sportsmanship. Elliot is begin- ning his second term as a board member of the Hazing Prevention Organization (www.HazingPrevention.org) and is a contributor to the new online NFHS ‘ Creat- ing a Safe and Respectful Environment Course (www. nfhslearn.com). Elliot has also been a consultant for the New Jersey Department of Education, an instructor for the Indiana Department of Education School Safe- ty Academy and the Kentucky Center of School Safety, a division of the Kentucky School Boards Association. He has also served on the USA Baseball executive com- mittee representing the NFHS and is a long-standing committee member of USA Baseball Sports Medicine Advisory Committee. A former member of the Pennsylvania Interscho- lastic Athletic Association, Inc. (PIAA) executive staff as Assistant Executive Director, his duties included management and organization of specific PIAA cham-

pionships. He created and implemented the state’s first sportsmanship program, “Sportsmanship – The Only Missing Piece is you!” As a member of the PIAA executive staff, Hopkins, represented Pennsylvania as the Chairman of the NFHS Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Committee, Co-Chair of the NFHS Citizenship Committee and a member of the NFHS Sanctioning Committee. Prior to his employment with the PIAA, Hopkins had established a career as a corporate sales representative for several Fortune 500 companies, Broyhill Furniture Industries, Xerox Corporation, Bell Atlantic Systems, Inc. (formerly Bell of Pennsylvania) and the Standard Register Company. As a graduate of Wake Forest University, Hop- kins was captain and a four-year starter for the Demon Deacons’ football team. He was a recipient of the 1975 Brian Piccolo Scholarship for four years, he was also awarded the 1978 Brian Piccolo Player Award, given to the player who best epitomized the spirit and work eth- ic of the late Brian Piccolo and he also received the Bill George Award for the most outstanding senior lineman upon graduation in the spring of 1979. Elliot also holds a master’s degree in leadership development from St. Mary-of-the Woods College in St. Mary-of-the Woods, IN. Hopkins is a retired PIAA basketball official. He has coached both boys and girls in elementary/junior high school basketball programs in the Harrisburg, PA area.

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