CHSAA 2023 Hall of Fame nominations are open

Nominate your peers and supporters until Aug. 15

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For those student athletes, coaches, administrators and others that have proven consistent greatness, sportsmanship and dedication, their chance at being enshrined in history is now.

e Colorado High School Activities Association, or CHSAA, is accepting nominations for its 2023 Hall of Fame class through Aug. 15.

Candidates can be nominated in any of the following categories:

Student participants cials

Coach/sponsors Administrators Signi cant contributors

Generally, between ve and 10 inductees are added every year across all the categories.

Rashaan Davis, the assistant commissioner of CHSAA, walked me through the quali cations and nomination requirements.

“To be inducted into the CHSAA Hall of Fame, nominees are screened through our selection committee,” Davis said. “ e process for nomination does not require any more than to be nominated.”

Anyone can make a nomination –from a coach to a player to a parent.

After a person is nominated, the selection committee surveys them on an individual basis, weighing di erent factors based on category and contribution like time contributed, accolades earned, and more. However, there are no prerequisites, Davis said. ere is no singular measure of success, either.

“ e criteria do change for each category, as it has a direct correlation in what de nes excellence in that category,” Davis said. “For example, it might be overall championship wins or appearances in title games for coaches. Whereas for student participants, it might be records set, times achieved, number of victories over their four-year career.” at way, each nominee is measured against peers at their same level, rather than everyone competing against everyone for the same honors.

Classi cation and gender of sport are also factored in as they relate to particular accomplishments and accolades, Davis said.

It’s a long and tedious process, but one that Davis said is fair and about striking the right balance.

“We always look to balance induction as we look at accomplishments, schools, classi cations, athletics versus activities, geography, and so many other factors,” Davis said. “As you know, we oversee more than 30 sports and activities. So between coaches, o cials, student participants, administrators, and signi cant contributors, this is not an easy process.”

If you or someone you know might have a nominee in mind, get those nominations in using the submission form on CHSAAnow.com e site also features a full list of all the previous CHSAA Hall of Fame inductees dating back to 1989. ere are currently 222 hall of fame members.

Recent members in the Colorado Community Media coverage area include wrestling coaching legend Tim Ottman of Ponderosa High School in Parker (2022), two-time basketball state champion Ann Strother Abromaitis of Highlands Ranch High School (2022), and 1999 Miss Colora- do Basketball, Jamie Carey, of Horizon High School in ornton (2019), among others.

CHSAA is now accepting hall of fame nominations for its 2023 class until Aug. 15. Visit chsaanow.com for more information about how to nominate candidates.

Nominate someone instrumental to your athletic journey as the newest member today. Last year’s inductees were announced in October.