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State Award of Merit

The State Award of Merit is may be selected and presented annually in each state. It is an award presented by the state to an NIAAA member who demonstrates outstanding leadership and meritorious service and achievement in the vocation of interscholastic administration. Selections and presentations are made by each state athletic administrator association and the award is provided by the NIAAA.

A listing of the 2007 State Award of Merit recipients follows. A complete history of State Award of Merit recipients can be found at State Award of Merit History

2007 Recipients

Alabama

 

 

Arizona

Mark K. Showers

Camp Verde

Arkansas

Jim Dickerson, CAA

Russellville

California

Jeff Lamb, CAA

Milpitas

Colorado

John S. Green, CAA

Greenwood Village

Connecticut

Susan Murphy

Milford

DC

Patricia Briscoe, EdD, CAA

 

Delaware

William Legge

New Castle

Florida

Andy Chiles, CAA

Miami

Georgia

Stuart A. Todd, CAA

Athens

Hawaii

Neal Takamori, CAA

Honolulu

Idaho

Gerry Nutt

Middleton

Illinois

Rich Piatchek, CAA

Tinley Park

Indiana

Tim Slauter, CMAA

Lafayette

Iowa

Marv Reiland

Iowa City

Kansas

Bill Faflick, CAA

Wichita

Kentucky

Hugh McReynolds, CAA

Russellville

Maine

Dennis Kiah, CAA

Brewer

Maryland

Ronald Belinko, CMAA

Towson

Massachusetts

Phil Vaccaro, CMAA

Reading

Michigan

Frederick J. Smith, CMAA

Buchanan

Minnesota

Emmett Keenan

St. Cloud

Missouri

Marlin Hammond, CAA

Lincoln

Montana

 

 

Nebraska

Jim Eberly, CAA

Red Cloud

Nevada

Charlie Walsh, CAA

Sparks

New Hampshire

Michael Jackson, CMAA

Hanover

New Jersey

Edward Craumer

Tenafly

New Mexico

 

 

New York

John F. Pelin

Spencerport

North Carolina

Ronnie Chavis, CAA

Lumberton

North Dakota

Curt Jones, CAA

West Fargo

Ohio

Tom Farbizo

New Philadelphia

Oklahoma

 

 

Oregon

Margaret Sturza, CAA

Madras

Pennsylvania

Thomas R. Wagner, CAA

Karns City

Rhode Island

 

 

South Carolina

Tim Touchberry, CAA

Summerville

South Dakota

 

 

Tennessee

Mike Ellson, CAA

Nashville

Texas

Cliff Odenwald, CAA

Plano

Utah

John Shelton Dowell, CAA

Monticello

Vermont

Frank Pecora, CMAA

Northfield

Virginia

Winfrey Johnson, CAA

Richmond

Washington

Wendy Malich, CAA

Tacoma

West Virginia

Dan Erenrich

Morgantown

Wisconsin

Jim Campbell

Shell Lake

Wyoming

Tom Racette, CAA

Sheridan

 

 
 
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