- One day clinics located throughout the country between June 2, 2012 and August 5, 2012 at central locations
- Clinic Fee reduced to $50
- Applicant Fee $75;
- Program Renewal Fee-$40.
- Assessments reduced to 1 as a Referee, and 1 as an AR, annually
- Online testing & registration
- PPT test prior to clinic if possible
- Deleted Candidate status
- Instruction aimed at National Referees primarily thru video clips
List of Academy dates/locations, HERE.
From Left to Right, crew that worked the NCAA Division III Championship Game: 4th Official, George Ghawi (Chicago), AR2, Tom George (New York), Referee, Melanie Stoner (South Carolina), AR1, Dennis Hoffbeck (Minnesota)
Please join the MISOA Board in congratulating Dennis Hoffbeck for his participation in the NCAA Division III Women’s Final Four. Hoffbeck worked a semifinal and championship game, both as AR.
Said Hoffbeck: “It was awesome. It was such an honor to represent MISOA at such a prestigious event. I would have done it for free, it was that organized, that surreal, that amazing.”
A few notes about this year’s AGM:
- The date is Saturday, January 14th. It will held at the Kelly Inn in St. Paul from 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM. We will be holding elections, handing out awards, recognizing past members and retirees and enjoying ourselves.
- Elections this year are for for President, Secretary and 1 Member at Large. Please contact Troy Cohrs with your nominations.
- This year we want to have the membership nominate members for the Referee of the Year awards. This year we will again have honorees for Referee of the Year, Most Improved Referee, AR of the Year and Rookie of the Year. To nominate someone, please contact John Hagenstein.
- New member recruitment. We are always looking for new members so if you know someone who is a good official and would like to join MISOA, please contact Steve Korte so that they can join us at the AGM.
- PICTURES – if you have any pictures from any of your games please pass them along to Matt Tiano so they can be added to the Year in Review video.
Please RSVP by December 15 to John Hagenstein.
