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CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has announced the winners of the Willie Bradshaw Memorial Endowed Scholarship for 2021-2022. The Willie Bradshaw Endowed Scholarship provides $750 of scholarship support to selected outstanding Black African American, Native American, Alaska Native, Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic American student-athletes participating on a sanctioned varsity team at an NCHSAA member school.

The NCHSAA Board of Directors has been hard at work conducting the business of the Association, completing the Spring Meeting today. Board members were hard at work addressing changes necessitated by the Association’s agreement (MOU) with the State Board of Education. The Board took action on many items during its meeting. Highlights are as follows: 

The NFHS Voice is written regularly by NFHS Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Karissa Niehoff, and addresses current issues in education-based athletics. You can find out more about the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) by visiting their website, www.NFHS.org.

Note:  Details of specific recommendations will be shared prior to the Board Meeting.

Policy Committee

• Name, Image, and Likeness (Tabled from Winter 21)
• 2022-23 Non-Athletic Calendar
• Gender Policy
• Fighting Ejections and Playoff Opportunities
• Leaving the Bench Ejection Policy Relative to Playoff Qualification
• Playoff Qualification Policy Request

Review & Officiating Committee:

Herbie Rogers, a great coach and competitor, passed away last week at the age of 64. Rogers was born the eldest of Joyce and the late Jesse Rogers, a schoolteacher, and a farmer on April 28th, 1958. He quickly grew to have a passion for football and baseball that later developed into anything requiring a competition (badminton, ping pong, Bocchi ball). He graduated from ECU with a degree in physical education where he would go on to meet his wife of 39 years, Debi. He taught in Currituck County before accepting a dream job at his Alma Mater, Williamston High School.

A former coach and athletic director at Western Harnett High School, Lewis Cummings, passed away last week in Lillington at the age of 71.