Weekly Awards: The Athlete of the Week award is given to a member of one of the teams. To receive this award a student must make a significant contribution toward one or more of the team goals set forth by the coach and generally described in the student responsibility section of this manual. Coaches decide who the recipient of the award will be. While it is realized that not all worthy students can receive this award, it is still something to work toward. Check out this weeks Athlete of this Week. End of Season: An awards ceremony concludes each season. This includes a comment from the coach, mentioning successes and any other significant occurrences. Tournament patches will be distributed and pins (designating the sport) and letters (JV or Varsity) will be handed out to high school students. For every subsequent letter earned, regardless of the sport, students will receive a bar in place of a pin. Varsity letters are larger than the JV ones. To earn a pin or a letter, students must attend 80% of all practices and attend the post-season tournament. 2008-2009 End of Season Awards.End of the Year: AISR will conduct a sports award evening with speeches and photos. The purpose of the evening is to recognize those special individuals and teams. After a few words from the coaches, individual awards for each team will be awarded. Students may only earn one of the following per year:- Fair Play Award: for to a student who shows sportsmanship and citizenship throughout the season, demonstrating fair play and kindness on and off the court/field/track/pool.
- Improvement Award: for a student who demonstrated an eagerness to improve during practice and as a result showed a marking advancement in application of skill, team play, and attitude.
- Spirit Award: for a student who never gives up. Not making a difference between practice and games, the student works hard all the time.
Awarded to the most worthy on each team:- Most Valuable Player Award: for the student who has provided the most valuable contribution throughout the season to the team’s overall performance.
Award given to those who combine athletics and academics well:- All-Academic Team: for student/athletes who have been on the academic honor roll the entire school year and have joined 3 teams.
Excellence Award:
- Athlete of the Year Award: Awarded to MS and HS students (usually one boy and one girl for each level) who contributed greatly to AISR’s Athletic Program. Simply put, it is awarded to the student who made excellent progress as an athlete, contributed greatly toward the development of their team, helped the coach as a hardworking athlete, and helped and represents AISR well. Students who receive this award must be “excellent” choices and should participate in at least three sports during the year. Past Athletes of the Year must also show some advancement in these categories in order to receive this award an additional time.
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