36thA N N U A LUIAAASTATECON F E R EN C E

CONFERENCEBANQUET

UTAH INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATORS ASSOCIATIONAPRIL 15, 2016

ABBEY INN AND CONVENTION CENTER • ST. GEORGE, UTAH

WELCOMEGreetings and welcome to the 36th annual UIAAA Conference. Your com-mitment to be in attendance says a lot about your passion to your profes-sion and your student athletes at your school. We hope your participation sends you back with an enthusiasm noticeable to those you work with.

The UIAAA is proud to welcome also the UHSSA staff and members. We have a great working relationship with the state office that makes our organization and theirs work well. We love their support and will continue to strive together to make high school activities and athletics the very best.

The UIAAA is also grateful to the many sponsors who support us financially and emotionally. Our working partnership with them is a huge part of what drives this organization. Please make sure you stop by and visit them during their time here.

We also look forward to hearing from former University of Utah and Weber State Coach Ron McBride this year. Coach Mac is an icon who loves the state of Utah and we feel so fortunate to have him with us in St. George. I guarantee you his message to us will be one you won’t forget.

I am also happy to announce for those of you who haven’t heard, Richard Barton from Richfield High School has been elected as the President-elect of the NIAAA. This is probably one of the most significant things to ever happen to our state and organization. Richard is well deserving of this honor and will do a tremendous job. We have also had many others receive awards at the National Conference in the past several years that we are very proud of. At the most recent conference in Orlando, the late Bud Campbell was enshrined in the NIAAA Hall of Fame and Ted Petersen received the NIAAA Citation. Utah is looked at as a leader on the national level.

Again we are excited to have you here. We hope this is the best conference ever.

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to serve you.

Sincerely,

David Boyack, CAAUIAAA PresidentAthletic DirectorMaple Mountain High School

Athletic Administrators and Guests

BANQUET PROGRAM

INVOCATIONOPENING GENERAL SESSION

5:15 – 6:15 p.m.

Presiding: Ted Petersen, CAA, Past President, UIAAAWelcome: David Boyack, CAA, President, UIAAA

Introduction of UIAAA President-Elect CandidatesNIAAA Certificates (15-20-25-30-35 year awards)

NIAAA State Award of Merit: Jamie Sheetz, CAA, Athletic Director, Park City HS, Park City, Utah Presented by Richard Barton, CMAA, NIAAA President-Elect

NFHS Citation Recipient: Ted Petersen, CAA, AD, Weber HS, Pleasant View, Utah

NIAAA Hall of Fame Inductee: Bud Campbell, CAA, Deceased, Murray, Utah

UIAAA Hall of Fame Induction: John Dowell, Retired, St. George, Utah

UIAAA Scholarship Winners: Hailey Barker, Copper Hills High School Nathan Becket, Grantsville High School Sydney Jacobs, Orem High School Andrew Lisk, Jordan High School Savanna Williams, Roy High School

Speaker Ron McBride, Legendary Football Coach, Salt Lake City, Utah

DINNER6:15 - 6:45 p.m.

Cover photo courtesy of Ryan Greene

Legendary football coach, Ron McBride has been coaching players on and off the field for over fifty years. He first came to Utah in 1977 to work as offensive coordinator for the University of Utah and in 1990, he was hired as the head coach. McBride inherited a program that had only had five win-ning seasons in the previous 16 years. In his own words, McBride says, “Utah was a soft program, an underachieving program and a program that was going nowhere.” He didn’t take long to turn the program around. In his second season, he posted a 7–5 record. A year later, he led the Utes to the 1992 Copper Bowl, the pro-gram’s first bowl appearance in 28 years. His best season came in 1994 when the Utes won a then-record 10 games and at-tained the highest post-season ranking, at the time, in school history climbing to No. 8 in the USA Today/ESPN poll.

He took the Utes to six bowl games during his tenure, a noteworthy feat considering the Utes had played in just three bowl games in the previous 97 years. During his tenure at Utah, McBride posted an over-all record of 88–63 (.582), the second most wins by a coach in the history of Utah football. In conference games, he guided the Utes to a 58–42 record and won a share of two conference championships. He is credited with laying the foundation for Utah’s rise to national promi-nence under Urban Meyer and his former defensive coordina-tor, Kyle Whittingham. After leaving Utah, McBride took over as the inside linebacker coach at Kentucky in 2003. He returned to Utah in 2004, when he was named head football coach at Weber State University.

Ron McBride

UIAAA MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Utah Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (UIAAA) is to develop, promote and preserve the education values of interscholastic athletics. To serve its members, the UIAAA offers resources, professionaldevelopment and leadership training.

The intent of this Association is to maintain and improve partnerships with the Utah High School Activities Association, National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, businesses and other professional organizations.

Furthermore, the UIAAA seeks to instill thehighest ideals of ethical character while serving the athletic community.

2016 UIAAA Scholarship Recipients

Hailey Barker Copper Hills

Nathan Beckett Grantsville

Sydney Jacobs Orem

Andrew Lisk Jordan

Savanna Williams Roy

UIAAA SCHOLARSHIPRECIPIENTS

2002 Jared Smith Escalante2003 Brooke Snell Spanish Fork2004 Cody Ray Valdez Tooele2005 Holly Christensen North Sanpete2005 Kellen Madsen South Sevier2006 Paige Fieldsted Altamont2006 Taylor Hinckley Riverton2007 Brandon Carter Wendover2007 Kenneth Damron Jordan2007 Alixandra Lewis Monticello2007 Brittany Parker Murray2008 Jennifer Bell Bonneville2008 Ashley Dowell Monticello2008 Casey Hoopes Morgan2008 Jacob Sneddon Hunter2009 Chanel Arts Timpview2009 Chase Banks Tooele2009 Sean Carter Wendover2009 Jordan Michaelson Richfield2010 Kyle Aberton Cottonwood2010 Ariel Brown Jordan2010 Romy Franks Timpview2010 Autumn Murphy Parowan2011 Sawyer Brooks Morgan2011 Kristen Van Derwerken Tooele2011 Timothy Johnson Richfield2011 Rickie Warr Parowan2011 Jordanne Wilden Mt. Crest2012 Emily Brown Desert Hills2012 Taylor Dean Jordan2012 Taylor Hren Grand County2012 Loni Wells Wayne2012 Richard White Provo2013 Hunter Ballam Logan2013 Andrew Bates Maple Mountain2013 Chennin Benson Parowan2013 Kaitlyn Huefner Copper Hills2013 William Snell Spanish Fork2014 Marrisa Eng Rowland Hall2014 Spencer Henderson Richfield2014 McKay Jarman Rich

2014 Adam Jenkinson Grand County2014 Bailey Wilson Stansbury2015 Kiera Barton Maple Mountain2015 Annie Christensen Richfield2015 Gage Manzione Stansbury2015 Jason Money Spanish2015 Chad Peterson Salem Hills2016 Hailey Barker Copper Hills2016 Nathan Beckett Grantsville2016 Sydney Jacobs Orem2016 Andrew Lisk Jordan2016 Savanna Williams Roy

John grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona where he partici-pated in football, basketball, wrestling, and baseball at Flagstaff High School. Fol-lowing graduation in 1971 he attended Brigham Young University, where he played football. He was a member of the 1976 WAC champion-ship team that participated in the Tangerine Bowl. John graduated in 1977 with a degree in Physical Education. He then began his teach-ing and coaching career at Duchesne High School.

He moved to Monticello High School in 1979 where he taught Spanish, worked as the guidance counselor, and also coached football, wres-tling, and track. In 1985 he earned his MEd from BYU. John was named Athletic Di-

rector of Monticello in 1991 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 2008.

He was a member of the ADEC for 17 years, was named Athletic Director of the Year in 1994 and served as UIAAA president in 2006. Upon leaving Monticello, John moved to Kirtland, New Mexico for five years. He then worked at Blueridge High School in Pinetop, Arizona. After some health issues, he returned to Utah and is en-joying life in St. George.

He and Vicki, his wife of 40 years, are the parents of six children, and eighteen beau-tiful grandchildren. In his spare time he enjoys traveling (his favorites so far are China and Peru), hunting, and out-door cooking.

John Dowell,CAA

Hall of Fame

HALL OF FAME2000 Harry Burchell2000 Dick Hill2000 Jim Hill2000 Ray Oliverson2001 Bud Campbell, CAA2001 Dave Nordquist, CAA2002 Joel Gardner, CAA2002 Ron Rushton2003 Elliot Jordan2003 Darold Simmons2004 Charlene Dupin2004 Ferril Heaton2005 Lou Andrus2005 Paul Dart2006 Tim Braithwaite2006 Zerle Lee Dickemore2007 Jim Pierson2007 Jim Smith2008 Dan Leatherwood, CAA2008 Debbie Peel, CAA2009 Evan Excell, CAA2009 Kayla Walker2010 Roger Howell2010 Mel Roberts2011 Dan Cowan, CMAA2011 Mae Miya2012 John Ericksen2012 Craig Gladwell, CAA2013 Fred Crawford, CAA2013 Phil Russell2014 Brad Bevan, CAA2014 Marc Hunter, CMAA2015 Doug Snell, CMAA2016 John Dowell, CAA

UIAAA ATHLETIC DIRECTORS’EXECUTIVE COMMITTE

Region1 Curtis Hulse Clearfield

Region2 Pam Olson, CAA Hunter

Region3 Darby Cowles Copper Hills

Region4 Mike O’Connor, CAA Westlake

Region5 Missy Mackay-Whiteuers Highland

Region6 Deb Bennett Skyline

Region7 Mike Hunter, CAA Timpview

Region8 Brian Argyle Payson

Region9 Chris Homer Hurricane

Region10 Shane Heath, CAA Grantsville

Region11 Jeff Kilts, CAA Ben Lomond

Region12 Ted Bianco Carbon

Region13 Randy Hunter Beaver

Region14 Jared Miller, CAA Layton Christian

Region15 Ron Dolphin, CAA Grand County

Region16 Devin Smith, CAA North Summit

Region17 Glen Smith Rich

Region18 Mitchell Argyle Merit

Region19 Tony Esplin Monticello

Region20 Heidi Woolsey Wayne

Retired Gordon Hinckley, CMAA

Liasion Kim Monkres

At-Large Mike Bair Dixie

At-Large Everett Kelelpolo, CMAA Springville

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