Athletic Directors

News 2023

East Kentwood’s Brumels, Gull Lake’s Furlong, East Lansing’s Norris Selected for Bush Awards

Posted: 5/23/2025

Athletic administrators and coaches attend a session during the MIAAA's annual conference earlier this month.

Century of School Sports: Athletic Directors Indispensable to Mission of School Sports

Posted: 3/25/2025

Retired Adrian Madison athletic director Kristen Isom presents the Division 4 finalist trophy to Ewen-Trout Creek in 2022.

Care for Students Drove Forsythe Honoree Isom's Work for Nearly 40 Years

Posted: 3/10/2025

Arnetta Thompson, third from left, claps during Godfrey-Lee's 100th anniversary celebration in 2023.

Providing Opportunities, Molding Leaders Most Rewarding for Hampton Honoree Thompson

Posted: 3/7/2025

At left, Jennifer Thunberg speaks during an MASSP Conference. At right, she and her family show their support for Bay City Central.

WISL Honoree Thunberg Embraces Leadership Opportunities in Every Role

Posted: 3/3/2025

Bentz Adds Next Chapter to Inspirational Story as Novi Christian Athletic Director

Posted: 9/24/2024

NHSACA

3 Receive National Honors from NHSACA, Coaching Pair Named to Hall of Fame

Posted: 7/11/2024

Alpena athletic director Jon Studley, left, and retired MHSAA game official Dan Godwin take a photo together on the shore of Lake Huron one year after Godwin donated a kidney to Studley.

Retired Official Gives Alpena AD New Life with Donated Kidney - 'Something I Had to Do'

Posted: 5/3/2024

Loren Ristovski, far left, and wife Svetlana support their lineup of Division I basketball-playing daughters – from left: Madison, Haleigh and Lola.

Longtime Taylor AD, Game Official Ristovski Chose Athletics as Way to Give Back

Posted: 2/20/2024

Calumet athletic director Sean Jacques, second from left, presents the Class C championship trophy to Copper Kings coach Jeff Twardzik in 2015.

Jacques to Receive Forsythe Award for Local Leadership, Peninsula & Statewide Service

Posted: 2/1/2024

Bloomfield Hills Marian coach Mary Cicerone, left, huddles with her team during an MHSAA Finals weekend, and Ann Arbor Pioneer athletic director Eve Claar welcomes John and Jim Harbaugh into the Ann Arbor Pioneer Hall of Fame.

Record-Setting Coach, Championship Program Leader Selected for 2024 WISL Awards

Posted: 1/23/2024

Frankfort’s Karen Leinaar accepts the 2023 Charles E. Forsythe Award from Grand Haven superintendent and MHSAA Representative Council president Scott Grimes during the Division 1 Boys Basketball Final in March.

Leinaar to be Inducted into NIAAA Hall of Fame during National ADs Conference

Posted: 12/15/2023

Mark Uyl

'Thank You' from MHSAA on this National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Day

Posted: 12/14/2023

MHSAA News

MHSAA ‘AD Connection Program’ Debuts with Start of 2023-24 School Year

Posted: 8/7/2023

Battle Creek St. Philip coach Vicky Groat steps on the court to receive her team's Division 4 championship trophy in 2021, and Midland's Eric Albright (far right) confers with his pitcher during the 2018 Division 1 Semifinals.

2023 Bush Award Honorees Groat, Albright, Show Dedication in Multiple Roles

Posted: 8/3/2023

Karen Leinaar, left, awards the 2022 Division 4 volleyball finalist trophy to Indian River Inland Lakes coach Nicole Moore

2023 Forsythe Award Celebrates Leinaar's 40 Years Dedicated to School Sports

Posted: 3/8/2023

U.S. Marines Helped Mt. Morris Athletic Director in Current Role

Posted: 1/4/2023

Ann Arbor Greenhills' Meg Seng

Greenhills' AD Seng Honored Nationally for Contributions to Women in Coaching

Posted: 12/14/2022

Rhonda VanderKamp sits at her desk as she begins her 21st year in the Vicksburg athletic department.

Indispensable Only Begins to Describe Vicksburg Athletics 'MVP' VanderKamp

Posted: 9/20/2022

The Mattawan boys soccer team celebrates its Division 2 championship won in 2016.

Mattawan Commended Nationally for Athletic Program's Excellence

Posted: 9/15/2022

MHSAA News

Crowley, Lintner & Smelis Named 2022 Bush Award Recipients

Posted: 8/11/2022

Ann Arbor Greenhills tennis

Ann Arbor Greenhills Athletics Recognized as 'Exemplary' by NIAAA

Posted: 7/29/2022

MHSAA assistant directors

Title IX at 50: Assistant Directors Have Been Difference Makers

Posted: 6/21/2022

Charlevoix track & field

Soon After Gaylord Tornado, Charlevoix Steps in to Keep Regional on Track

Posted: 5/25/2022

Houghton hockey

Hockey Star-Turned-Champion for School Sports to Receive MHSAA's Forsythe Award

Posted: 3/11/2022

Lori Hyman

2022 WISL Honoree Hyman Lauded for Lifetime of Leadership

Posted: 2/25/2022

Vicksburg Athletic Department

Vicksburg AD Roy Honored Nationally for Service to School Sports

Posted: 2/15/2022

Fife Lake Forest Area athletics

Forest Area's Stremlow Never Far from Serving School Sports Community

Posted: 2/4/2022

Brenda Gatlin

Title IX at 50: WISL Award Honors Builders of State's Girls Sports Tradition

Posted: 2/1/2022

Jack Roberts/Tom Rashid

Jack Roberts, on Tom Rashid: One More Call

Posted: 12/9/2021

Tom Rashid

We Always Will Remember Our Friend, Tom Rashid

Posted: 12/8/2021

Karen Leinaar

Title IX at 50: Council Term Ends, But Leinaar Leaves Lasting Impact

Posted: 12/7/2021

NFHS

Ann Arbor Greenhills' Seng to Receive NFHS Citation

Posted: 12/6/2021

Tom Rashid

MHSAA Associate Director Rashid Dies at 66

Posted: 12/4/2021

MHSAA News

Flynn, Guzzo & Thayer Named 2021 Bush Award Recipients

Posted: 11/18/2021

Brenda Gatlin

The 6 Ds of Brenda Gatlin - Master of the Coaching Dance

Posted: 9/30/2021

NHSACA

Pair of Michigan School Sports' Best Receive National Accolades

Posted: 8/4/2021

William McKoy

Summit Academy North's McKoy to Bring Vast Experiences to MHSAA Staff

Posted: 6/23/2021

Suttons Bay

'Retired' Periard Still Finding Ways to Serve Suttons Bay

Posted: 5/28/2021

Bernie Larson Family

'Larger-Than-Life' Pennfield AD Admired for Statewide Service

Posted: 4/14/2021

Leroy Hackley & Patti Tibaldi

Forsythe Honorees Give All to Educational Athletics

Posted: 4/6/2021

MHSAA News

2020 Bush Awards Honor Dedicated ADs

Posted: 10/21/2020

K-Christian's Fletcher Brought Calm, Kindness

Posted: 10/13/2020

WISL Honoree Leads by Making Connections

Posted: 1/29/2020

UP Schools Big & Small Find Multi-Sport Success

Posted: 1/10/2020

Retired AD Smith to Receive NFHS Honor

Posted: 11/26/2019

Update Meeting Series Begins 42nd Year

Posted: 9/10/2019

Forsythe Honorees Led with Statewide View

Posted: 3/6/2019