2008 Lower New England –
US Lacrosse All-American
All American selection is down by chapter rather than region.
Our Region is comprised of 4 chapters. Those chapters and their chairs are:
All American Chairs
Connecticut:
Kathleen Devaney kdevaney@westminster-school.org
Eastern Massachusetts:
Bert McLain bmclain@govsacademy.org fax 978-499-3102
Rhode Island:
George Finn finng@bpsmail.org
Western Massachusetts:
Cliff Hedges girlswithsticks@comcast.net
To nominate: Coach MUST be a member of US Lacrosse High School Coaches council by April 1
- Prenomination MUST occur with the use of the Pre-nom form by April 20th
- Final Nominations MUST be received by Chair by May 20th.
Nomination Process
The nomination process is a three-step process:
- US Lacrosse Membership: The head coach nominating a player must be a US Lacrosse High School Coaches Council Member prior to April 1, 2008 and have current membership continuing throughout the 2008 lacrosse season. Click here to become a member
- Pre-Nominations: A head coach must complete and submit the "US Lacrosse Pre-Nomination Form" for any player they want considered at the end of the season for All-American Honors. Any player not pre-nominated cannot be considered at the end of the season. Pre-nominations are due to their Chapter All-American Chair by March 1st for the Tier 1 "Early" Chapters, April 1 for the Tier 2 "Mid" Chapters and April 20th for the Tier 3 "Late" chapters.
The pre-nomination must be submitted in writing on the provided
US Lacrosse All-American Pre-Nomination Form (PDF).
- Final Nominations: The head coach must fully complete and submit the three-part US Lacrosse All-American application, including Part 1: Nomination Form, Part 2: Criteria Checksheet and Part 3: Statistical Form (Player or Goalie) for final nominations to the chapter All-American Chair by April 1st for the Tier 1 "Early" Chapters, by May 20th for the Tier 2 "Mid" Chapters and the Tier 3 "Late" Chapters. We also recommend that a short video tape is submitted with this nomination form.
A. If a player is not pre-nominated with the above process, they cannot be considered for final nomination. Pre-nominations are confidential and should only be available to the All-American selection committee members. Parents and players should never know pre-nominations.
B. A player who receives a RED CARD for a flagrant action or violates a player/coach written contract may be excluded from consideration. Any YELLOW CARDS, RED CARDS or contract violations must be noted on the player’s final nomination form.
C. Coaches nominating multiple players must rank the players 1-N.
If you are interested in being on the selection committee you should communicate with your chapter Chair. Each league within a chapter should have equal representation; each league is encouraged to nominate one member from the league to serve on the committee. Club coaches are discouraged from being on the selection committee (conflict of interest.)
US Lacrosse Chapter All-American Selection Committee
US Lacrosse All-American honors will be selected by the US Lacrosse All-American Selection Committee of each Chapter. Each league in a chapter must have equivalent representation on the US Lacrosse All-American selection committee (based on the number of teams in each league — including private schools, public schools, etc.) The chapter chair shall determine the makeup of the committee and determine the number of representatives from each league in the chapter.
Each league must vote to select their committee member(s), giving any qualified coach in the league an opportunity to apply to be on the selection committee via a written application available on the US Lacrosse Web site. Each league member should have the opportunity to review all of the applications before voting. We recommend that the committee also include a neutral member who is well informed in the lacrosse community and who has an opportunity to watch the players in the chapter, (i.e. former area coach, former U.S. National Team player, official).
- Coaches who are members of the All-American or Academic All-American Committee can not advertise in any literature, brochure or web site in which he or she may benefit by serving on this committee.
- Final US Lacrosse Chapter All-American and Honorable Mention selections are to be submitted through a secured web access page of the US Lacrosse site (www.uslacrosse.org) by June 6, 2008.
- US Lacrosse All-American Nomination Forms should be kept on file with the US Lacrosse Chapter All-American Selection Committee Chair for a period of two years.
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Girls' High School All-American Forms (PDFs)
- Pre-Nomination Form
- Part 1: Final Nomination Form
- Part 2: Nomination Criteria
- Part 3: Player Stat Sheet
- Part 3a: Goalie Stat Sheet