2012-13 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL AND CLINICS
2012-13 Membership Renewal will be available on-line February 1st. Summer Clinic registration, El Paso Satellite Clinic, Houston Satellite Clinic and San Antonio Satellite Clinic registration will also be open on-line February 1st. We will be posting agendas and printable forms in the next couple of weeks, but you CANNOT do anything before February 1st, as the system is still set for the 2011-12 year. Please DO NOT renew your membership through one of the satellite clinics unless you actually are going to attend that clinic. The satellite clinics are intended for those persons actually planning to attend that particular clinic. Please be very careful when selecting the option you wish to register for. If you need assistance with any of the process, PLEASE CONTACT US! If you are a current member and are planning to renew your membership on-line, please use the membership number you have been given and don't do a new profile as a new member. If you don't remember you membership number, call us. We will be happy to furnish it to you.
TGCA PRE-SEASON SOFTBALL POLL
The 2012 TGCA Pre-Season Softball Top 20 Poll is now on-line. Click the Softball tab in the menu at the top of the page, and then click "State Poll Results". Please address any comments, concerns, inquiries or updates to TGCA pollster Butch Hart at ejhartvb@yahoo.com.
CROWNE PLAZA TGCA DISCOUNT ROOM RATE
The Austin Crowne Plaza has set up a direct link for room reservations for TGCA members. The discounted room rate year round is $109.00. Rooms are subject to availability.This link CANNOT be used for Summer Clinic reservations. You must go through the housing reservation service for Summer Clinic reservations. Please click the link below to make your room reservations when traveling to Austin.
TGCA Year Round Room Rate Link
TGCA has also blocked rooms at the Crowne Plaza for the Girls State Basketball Tournament (February 29 - March 4); the Track & Field State Meet (May 11 - 13); and the State Softball Tournament (June 1 - 3). Room rates are $109.00. Rooms are limited and reservations should be made as soon as possible for these dates. Please use the link below to book rooms for the UIL events mentioned herein.
TGCA Basketball, Track & Field and Softball Room Rate Link
TGCA NEWSLETTER
The December Newsletter is now available on-line. Archived copies of our newsletters are available by clicking the "Newsletter" link on the left.
TGCA STATE SOCCER POLL
TGCA is now posting a Soccer Poll for 4A and 5A. Click on the Soccer tab and you will find a link to click to see the poll.
On-line nomination deadline for all sports is the Monday before the state tournament or meet at 12:00 noon. This is for all nominations except Sub-Varsity Coach of the Year. The deadline for Sub-Varsity Coach of the Year is May 1st. Individual sports deadlines are as follows:
Basketball - February 27
Soccer - April 16
Golf - April 23
Track and Field - May 7
Softball - May 28
KAY YOW CANCER FUND TO ALLOCATE $1M RESEARCH GRANT
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund is honored to be in partnership with the Texas Girls Coaches Association. Through the help and support of the member coaches of TGCA, and the schools and student/athletes they represent, the Kay Yow Foundation, in conjunction with the Jimmy V. Foundation, is allocating a $1M MD Anderson Ovarian Cancer Research Grant this fall. TGCA stands proud in their support of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund as our "Charity of Choice". For more information regarding the grant, click here.
NEW MEMBERSHIP BENEFIT
TGCA has jointly sponsored with American Income Life to now supply all of its members a $3,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) benefit through your membership. This benefit is NO cost to you. Also, you are eligible to receive a NO cost Health Services Discount Card which can save your family 20%-60% on vision care, hearing care and prescriptions. In addition, again at NO cost, you can receive Child Safe Kits for your children and grandchildren. Please keep an eye out in the coming weeks for a notification letter of these benefits with full details.
UIL 2011-12 OFFICIAL CALENDAR CHANGES
1A GOLF AND TENNIS
BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
UIL is officially announcing the following changes to the Official Calendar for the 2011-12 school year in 1A Golf and Tennis as well as all conferences in Softball and Baseball.
Golf and Tennis
1A District Certification - change from Wednesday, April 11, to Thursday, April 12.
Baseball Playoffs
All Conferences – *Area Deadline – change from Saturday, May 19 to Saturday, May 12.
Regional Quarterfinal Deadline – change from Tuesday, May 22 to Saturday, May 19.
*No games in this series shall be played prior to Friday of that week due to STAAR tests. No travel is allowed in association with this series until at least the end of the school day on Friday, May 11. If there are any conflicts between an Area baseball series and the state track meet, it is recommended that schools schedule only a one game series.
Softball Playoffs
All Conferences - *Regional Quarterfinal Deadline – change from Saturday, May 19 to Saturday, May 12.
Regional Semifinal Deadline – change from Tuesday, May 22 to Saturday, May 19.
*No games in this series shall be played prior to Friday of that week due to STAAR tests. No travel is allowed in association with this series until at least the end of the school day Friday, May 11. If there are any conflicts between a regional quarterfinal softball series and the state track meet, it is recommended that schools schedule only a one game series.
TGCA WEEKLY E-MAIL NEWS BLAST NOTICE
In conjunction with Grace Media, TGCA will be sending weekly e-mail blasts, during the school year, containing sports news from across the state and important news items.
If you signed up for the TGCA weekly e-mail news blast last school year, there's no need to rejoin, but please be sure your school is not blocking our e-mails. We had some returned last year and it's because some schools have us filtered out as spam. Please double check and be sure your school is aware that you are wanting this to go through to you.
If you've not signed up yet, it's not too late. Don't miss out. These weekly e-mails deliver happening news directly to your inbox. Just click on the following link to register:
https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:Join/signupId:60463/acctId:35572
These e-mail blasts not only contain information directly from TGCA, but sports news across the state and nation. Please be sure your e-mail address is current and up to date.
UIL IN-SERVICE PRESENTATIONS
The 2011-12 UIL In-Service Presentations as presented at Summer Clinic are now available. Click on the update you wish to view.
Cross Country and Track Updates
Volleyball Updates
Basketball Updates
Softball Updates
TGCA CALENDAR OF EVENTS
TGCA has added a calendar of events as a new feature to the website. The calendar contains nomination deadlines, committee meeting and Board of Director meeting dates and times, and many other events. It is also linked to the UIL calendar for easy reference. Just click on the Calendar tab in the menu at the top of the page to access the calendar.
2012 SUMMER CLINIC
The 2012 TGCA Summer Clinic will be held in Arlington, Texas, July 9-13. Membership Renewal for the 2012-13 membership year and registration for all of the 2012 clinics will open February 1st, 2012.
*CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2011 TGCA SPECIAL AWARDS WINNERS*
HALL OF FAME:
Leta Andrews, Granbury High School
Sherry Rogers, Waco Midway High School (Retired)
E.J. "Jeep" Webb, Borger High School (Retired)
MARGARET MCKOWN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:
SPORTSWRITER OF THE YEAR:
AUSTIN OMNI SOUTHPARK DIRECT LINK
The Austin Omni Southpark has set up a direct link for TGCA for our members when making reservations to get the TGCA rate. Click below to go to the direct link for reservations. The TGCA promotion code has already been entered. Just fill out the information and book your rooms. Rooms are subject to availability. This is not valid for Summer Clinic. You must go through the rooming service to book your rooms during Summer Clinic.
*JOSTENS ONLY RING SPONSOR FOR TGCA*
The only rings furnished by the Texas Girls Coaches Association are for our state champion coaches and past president. These rings are supplied by our long time corporate sponsor Josten's. Alan Garland, from Fort Worth, is our representative. TGCA has not been contacted and has no affiliation or agreement with any other individual or ring company.
The Kay Yow Cancer Fund™ is TGCA's charity of choice. We encourage you to get involved and join the fight against cancer. The new website is now up and running: www.kayyow.com. We encourage you to go to the website for more information, and for any and all questions concerning Kay Yow charitable events, please contact:
Sarah Reese
Administrative Assistant
Kay Yow Cancer Fund™
PO Box 3369
Cary, NC 27519-3369
E-Mail: sarah.reese@kayyow.com or info@kayyow.com
Office: 919-460-6407
Fax: 919-380-0025
www.kayyow.com
To see the Proposed Marketing Plan for High Schools for suggestions and ideas on fundraisers, click here.
The Fund has new promotional items that can be purchased for your fundraiser. They are now marketing shoe strings and awareness bracelets, each for $3.00. If a school purchases an order of 100 quantity or more of either item, the Fund will send the school 15 complimentary awareness bracelets for the team. Please direct inquiries regarding these promotional items to Brenda Keene at brenda.keene@kayyow.com, 919-819-8305.
MAXPREPS STATS AND SCORES
MaxPreps, an affiliate of CBS Sports, is a FREE sports information service provided to you and your team as a membership benefit of the Texas Girls Coaches Association. MaxPreps.com aspires to cover, at no cost to TGCA members, every team, every game and every player. This tool will be extremely beneficial to you as a high school coach, your parents, fans, school administration, athletic directors and webmasters.
Please enter information on your team. As a member coach of TGCA , take the time to use MaxPreps to provide FREE hard-earned recognition for your team. MaxPreps is an on-line service designed to record your team's achievements. Go to www.maxpreps.com and enter your information today.
Check out the MaxPreps stats and scores on the MaxPreps widget at the bottom of the page.
Any coach who has not received their user name and password for their free MaxPreps team account should e-mail coachsupport@maxpreps.com or call 1-800-329-7324 extension 1.
TGCA ON FACEBOOK
Check out the Texas Girls Coaches Association page on Facebook, become a fan, and tell us what you think. Post remarks, have discussions, give us your feedback on what's happening, and share it with your friends. Click the icon below.
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE NOMINATIONS
TGCA will no longer accept Academic All-State nominations with GPAs that have not been converted from a point scale (4.0) grade to a numerical scale only (94 or above). Staff cannot do the conversion and any nomination received with a point scale GPA will not be processed and will be sent back to the nominating coach for conversion to a numerical only GPA.
TGCA ON-LINE HONORS NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS
Please remember that membership deadline for nomination is November 1. All on-line nomination deadlines are the Monday at noon before a particular sport's state meet. Sub-Varsity on-line nomination deadline is May 1. To access simple and detailed instructions on nominating for TGCA honors on-line, click here.
*ATTENTION*
TO ALL COACHES: Please go on-line and check that your profile is up-to-date, including addresses, telephone numbers (school, cell, home), and all other personal information. You can change all information on your profile except your school. Please check your coaching experience and add information as needed. We would also appreciate an update on your e-mail address, as this is our easiest and quickest way to alert you to new developments regarding your sport. Our files are only as accurate as the information you put in them. We appreciate your help in this endeavor.
2ND VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATES
Mitch Williams
Whitney High School
Application
SCORES AND STATS PRESENTED BY MAXPREPS
