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SECTION THREE A LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Dear Friends:

It has often been said that the IHSAA is “a principals’ organization,”
and to a large extent it’s true. The IHSAA was founded in 1903 by a
group of Indiana high school principals to be sure that every school
in the state was playing by the same set of rules—both on the court
and in the determination of who was eligible to play.

Today our 410 member school principals still elect our 19-person
board of directors, and many of the members of our board are
principals themselves. In addition, our administrative team
meets with school principals twice a year in an effort to keep them
abreast of current initiatives and challenges.

Indiana high school principals still comprise the core of our
organization.

At the same time, there would not be an IHSAA without the
athletic directors, coaches, parents, fans, and perhaps most
importantly, the 160,000 student-athletes who participate in a
high school sport in Indiana.

To our athletic directors and coaches, we say thank you for a job
well done. The role you play as surrogate parent, mentor, role model,
educator—and, yes, also as coach—requires a selfless commitment
of time and energy. In a very real sense, you are the IHSAA.

To the parents of our student-athletes, we say thank you. Whether
you get up before dawn to take the teenager in your family to
swimming practice, leave work early so you’ll never miss a game,
or volunteer to work in the concession stand, your contribution to
high school sports is invaluable. You are a significant part of the
Tim Grove, South Knox IHSAA, too.
School Corporation, is
Chairman of the Board. And, finally, we say to every one of our 160,000 student-athletes,
you are representing your family, your school, your community—
and, most importantly—yourselves by choosing to participate in a
high school sport. And you are doing it in a manner that makes us
all proud.

In reality, our fans, our corporate partners, the student bodies of our
member-schools, along with coaches, parents, student-athletes and
so many others comprise the IHSAA. I’d like to thank each one of
you for making our association one of the finest in the nation.

Tim Grove
South Knox School Corporation
Chairman of the 2014-15 IHSAA Executive Committee

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