Girls' All State Final Selection meeting will be Sunday, June 13 (before the finals) at 1:30 at the MHSAA Offices

All State Process Information for the Girls' 2010 Season:

• Click here for: Form A - (This form needs to be complete before district play)
• Click here for: Division I; Division II; Division III; Division IV for Divisional, Regional and District Chairs
• Click here for: All State Process to read procedures for the selection of all state players
• Click here for: All District and/or All Region nomination form to be used for selection meetings
• Click here for: Agenda for All District and/or All Region selection meetings
• If you are an All District Chairs.  Your responsibilities are as follows:

        1. Notify ALL coaches in your district of the meeting place, time and location
        2. Assure all coaches are members of the MHSSCA (Look at their membership card and/or check web site for name)
        3. Chair the District meeting per the above agenda
        4. Assure that the best players are ranked in numerical order
        5. Attend the all region meeting and represent your district following the numerical order. 

If you are an All District Chair, please e-mail David Hulings (the All State Chair) the following information:

1. Date of District Meeting
2. Time of District Meeting
3. Location of District Meeting
4. Your e-mail address

If you have any questions about district meetings please contact David Hulings at 231-865-1455 if you can't find the information you need.

Girls' 2010 MHSAA District Pairings - click here

ALL STATE SELECTION CHAIRPERSON

All State Meeting is Sunday, June 13 at 1:30 p.m.

All State Process - District and Regional Meetings. Coaches are responsible to check the web page for their district and region meetings. IF their meeting is not posted but the district chair is posted the coach IS responsible to contact the chair person to find the district meeting.

Skipper Mukhtar Jr.  - Lamphere 

 586.942.9412 / skipper_mukhtar@yahoo.com

Date of district meeting-- June 5,2010  
Time of district meeting-- after the district finals  
PLace of meeting-- at Hurley Field  

 Our meeting will take   place at Laker High School right after the championship game Saturday June 5th.   The game is scheduled for 1pm. Thanks!  

ALL STATE SELECTION PROCESS: MEMBERSHIP ISSUES

All coaches must be a member of the MHSSCA to nominate a player for All State Honors at any level.  Therefore beginning with the All-District Meeting, the following guidelines apply: 

1. All membership application must be post-marked by October 1 for the Boys' Season and May 1 for the Girls' Season.  For those who missed the deadline, the following procedure was put in place:
   a. If you missed the membership deadline of October 1 or May 1, you may still nominate players by paying your membership fee of $35.00 and a late fee of $65.00 at the all district meeting. When paying late, the late fee and membership fee must be paid by either, school check, certified check, or money order. No personal checks or cash can be accepted.  Make checks payable to MHSSCA. You must also have a completed membership application. This must be paid prior to the start of the all district meeting. 
   
   b. Your application and payment must accompany all paper work out of your district and arrive at the final all state selection meeting for boy's and girl's held on the Sunday following the state final. If the material does not arrive at the all state selection meeting as outlined, no awards will be provided for your team. There will be no substitute players to replace those nominated by your team, so it is important that the payment and application are cared for. It is suggested that any payments and membership application from the all district and all region meetings be hand delivered at each step and not placed in the mail. 
   
   c. You will not receive any all district certificates or all region certificates until after the all state meeting. Once your membership application has been processed you will receive your membership card and any certificates your team has be awarded. 
   
2. All members will be issued membership cards with membership ID numbers prior to the beginning of district finals.
3. All athletic directors will be sent a post card indicating that their coach must be a member and have in his/her possession an active membership card prior to nominating any players for All-District honors.  
4. The membership list on the web page will be updated regularly to indicate current memberships received.  Each coach is responsible for his/her membership, not the All-State selection process.
5. The All-District Chair will be required to visually check each coach’s membership card at the beginning of the All-District selection meeting to insure each coach is a current member of the MHSSCA.
6. The nomination ballot to be used at the All-District meeting and to be sent to the All-Region Chair will have a place for the players name, the player’s school, the player’s coach and coach’s ID number, any statistics or information for the All-Region Committee.  (This ballot should also include any nomination for the Coach of the Year selection).
7. The All-Region Chair, prior to the All-Region selection will insure that all nominations for All-Region honors have a valid coaches ID number. This check will be repeated at the All-State selection level.

THE ALL STATE SELECTION PROCESS:  HOW IT WORKS

All high school soccer teams in the M.H.S.A.A. are classified into four divisions.  The respective number of schools in each division will change each year depending on enrollment.  This M.H.S.A.A. classification system allows the coaches association to have its all state award procedure to follow the M.H.S.A.A. state tournament format.  Each division will have an appointed divisional All State Chair who will appoint Regional and District Chairs for their division.  This process is dependant on coach participation.  Each division is in need of volunteers to chair district and regional team selection meetings.  If you are willing to volunteer please contact your appropriate divisional chair as soon as possible.

            Step 1:  Selection of 16 all district teams in each division

            Step 2:  Selection of 4 all region teams in each division

            Step 3:  Selection of 3 all state teams in each division

NOTE:  Only coaches who are members of the association may nominate and vote in the all state selection process.  If they are not members, no player from their team can be recognized in the all state selection process. All State honors reflect the best players of our membership only.  Those who select to not become members may have great players or better players, but our honor system is only for our member coaches. 

THE ALL STATE SELECTION PROCESS:  ALL DISTRICT TEAM SELECTION

    The District Chair will be selected by the Regional Chair.  If no District Chair is elected by the coaches in the district or appointed by the Regional Chair, the district will not be represented in the all state process.  The district meeting to select the all district team must take place any time after the beginning of district play but before the start of regional play.  The District Chair will schedule the all district selection meeting and inform the coaches in their district of the time and place of the meeting. 

    Each district coach and the District Chair will choose an all district team consisting of:  14 field players and 2 goalkeepers and, as a result of our 2004 Annual General Meeting, 12 - "At-Large" players.  Each district chair will receive 28 All District Certificates to be awarded to these 28 players.  However, only the first 14 players are ranked and are eligible to move on for All Region honors.  There are no exceptions to these numbers and these procedures.  The "At-Large" All District players are giving the same award as the 14 field players and the top 2 goal keepers.  

    There are no requirements to represent every team in this process.  However, there is a list of guidelines in the suggested Agenda for All District Meeting under downloads.  The top 14 field players and top 2 keepers must be ranked and it is vital that this rank order be reflective of player ability.  In order to fairly represent players throughout the process, the district rankings need to be as fair as possible.  It is necessary to rank order the 14 field players and separately rank the two goal keepers.  This ranking will not and can not be changed further along in the all region or all state selection process.  (It may be a help to first select the 14 field players and 2 keepers in an at large manner and then go back and rank the players selected to the all district team.)   Each district must complete the District Nomination Ballot, which includes the name of the coach and the coach's ID number. This assures that the player is coached by a member coach. 

    The District Chair must have the District Nomination Form signed by those coaches attending the All District meeting and must email a copy to David Hulings, Executive Director, MHSSCA  and to the Regional Chair no later than Wednesday of regional play.

THE ALL STATE SELECTION PROCESS:  ALL REGION TEAM SELECTION

    The regional meeting to select the all region team must take place after the regional final but before the state semi-final games.  The Regional Chair will schedule the all region selection meeting and inform the District Chairs of time and place of the meeting. 

    Each district chair and the Regional Chair will choose an all region team consisting of: 22 field players and 3 goalkeepers.  The all region selections must follow the ranked order of the all district team (it must not include any of the "At-Large" picks from a district team) .  No player may be moved up the ranked order for any reason.  At the all region selection, the four All District Chairs and the All Region Chair must rank the 22 All Region players.  Again, like the all district selections, this process is to be based upon player ability.  Therefore the four number one players in each district may, or may not be ranked one through four.  One district may have more skilled players than another district and therefore may have more players ranked higher than another district in the all region selections.  Or, one district may have stronger teams represented than another district and therefore more skilled players than another district. Criteria for selection is based upon strength of schedule, head-to-head competition, competition against same opponents, player's own coach's evaluation, GPA and reputation in the soccer community.

    The Regional Chair will have all the coaches at the All Region meeting signed the All Region form and will email a copy of the All Regional Nomination Form to the Divisional Chair and David Hulings, MHSSCA Executive Director, no later than Wednesday of semi-final play.  The Regional Chair must also bring 10 copies of their all region team to the all state selection meeting.

THE ALL STATE SELECTION PROCESS:  ALL STATE TEAM SELECTION

    The four Regional Chairs, the four coaches of the regional champion teams and the Divisional Chair will typically meet the Sunday that immediately follows the state finals or the one prior to the state finals in East Lansing at the M.H.S.A.A. office, 1661 Ramblewood Dr.   Each region will have one vote in the selection process. 

    Each division will select a first, second and third team for all state.  Each all state team will have 14 players and 2 goalkeepers. Each player named to the all region team will be awarded an all state honorable mention if not selected to an all state team.  

Again, as in the all region selections, no player may be moved up the ranked order.  The same criteria used at the all region selection is used at the all state selection.  

DREAM TEAM AND ALL-AMERICAN NOMINATIONS

    Dream Team and All-American nominations will be completed at the all state meeting on the Sunday immediately following the state finals. The President of the Association will chair the Dream Team selection process, with each divisional chair, an additional divisional coach selected by the MHSSCA Board, the MHSSCA Board and the All State Chairperson having one vote apiece.  The MHSSCA reserves the right to add an additional member of the press and allowing them a vote, as well.   Each division must submit players to be considered for dream team in a ranked order.  Players considered for the Dream Team must be the highest ranked players from their prospective divisions during the 1st, 2nd and 3rd selection process. 

MR. AND MISS SOCCER AWARDS

Mr. and Miss Soccer will be chosen from the top ranked player in each division.  The Mr. Soccer and Miss Soccer voting committee will consist of each divisional chair person; an additional coach from each division appointed by the Executive Board; the All State Chair person; and, the four Executive Board members.  In the event that someone isn't present for the voting and their is an even number of voters,  the Executive Director will vote break all ties.

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