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2018–19: IHSAA Leadership

IHSAA Leadership

Success can be defined dozens, if not

hundreds, of different ways. Even so,

there are common threads that

connect them all.

Thomas Jefferson is quoted as saying, “I find year supervising state championship events,
that the harder I work, the more luck I seem making countless trips to Indianapolis for
to have.” Henry David Thoreau famously said, meetings and eligibility hearings and gaining a
“Success usually comes to those who are too knowledge of the issues that affect high school
busy to be looking for it.” And Steve Jobs, the sports through constant research and analysis.
founder of Apple, once reminded his executive
staff, “If you really look closely, most over- In a word, being a member of the IHSAA
night successes took a long time.” leadership team requires a monumental
commitment of time, energy and thought. It
Much of the success of the IHSAA and its is because of this remarkable commitment by
410 member-schools during the 2018-19 board members and administrative staff alike
school year is directly attributable to the that the IHSAA has become one of the most
preparation, hard work and perseverance successful and highly regarded state high
of the IHSAA Board of Directors and its school associations in America.
administrative staff. It’s a leadership team
that spends a minimum of 22 weekends a

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