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Ambrose Award

This award is in recognition of the recipient's outstanding service to the sport of Cross Country, their school, MITCA, and their community.  The recipient epitomizes the definition of "Coach".  Award recipient becomes a lifetime MITCA member with the additional benefit of attending the clinics for a $25 fee per clinic.

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Averill-Grant Award

Established in 1990, and named in honor of Alice Averill and Nancy Grant, this award is given to non-coaching person(s) in recognition of their "behind the scenes" devotion and selfless contribution of time and effort on behalf of Cross Country and/or Track and Field.

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Coach of the Year

In Cross Country and in Track & Field, eight coaches (one boys' coach and one girls' coach in each of four divisions) are selected through a majority membership vote at the business meeting of their respective sport clinic (Cross Country clinic in November, Track & Field clinic in January or February). 

Coaches must be a MITCA member (by October 1 for Cross Country, by May 1 for Track and Field) and are "nominated" for Coach of the Year through their team finish at  the MHSAA final meet for each sport - nominees are contacted by the Executive Board for season and career information.

If you have been contacted regarding Coach of the Year honors:

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Finish Line Award

The Finish Line Award recognizes ongoing contributions, support and assistance to the sports of XC and T&F.  It is awarded to individual person(s) and their respective media employer(s) such as radio, TV, magazines, newspapers, and web companies.

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Hall of Fame

The MITCA Hall of Fame is intended to recognize outstanding Cross Country and outstanding Track and Field coaches.  What constitutes outstanding are a variety of measures such as success within MHSAA playoffs, and career endurance.  The link below outlines these measures in detail.  Ambrose and Sweeney Award winners are automatically inducted into the Hall of Fame; up to four other coaches are inducted each year after evaluation of their application by the MITCA Executive Board.

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High School Assistant Coach of the Year

Given to the assistant coach who has worked at least five years; is a MITCA member; and has been nominated by their head coach with support of the athletic director, an opposing coach or parent.  It is possible to receive this award once every five years.

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Junior High/Middle School Coach of the Year

Given to a junior high head or assistant coach who has worked at least five years; is a MITCA member; and has been nominated by his/her head/assistant coach, with the support of the athletic director, principal, an opposing coach or parent.  It is possible to receive this award once every five years.

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Patsy Arpino Scholarship

Patsy Arpino, long time coach at Jackson Lumen Christi and MITCA member,established this scholarship fund to help support higher level education for the sons and daughters of fellow MITCA members.

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Sweeney Award

This award is in recognition of the recipient's outstanding service to the sport of Track & Field, their school, community, and MITCA.  The recipient epitomizes the definition of "Coach".  Award recipient becomes a lifetime MITCA member with the additional benefit of attending the clinics for a $25 fee per clinic.

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T&F Academic All-State Award

Academic All-State Awards are given per the requirements below:
1.       The Academic All-State Award is based on a student’s GPA (grade point average).
2.       Athletes must have a cumulative high school GPA established prior to the current season (Freshman not eligible).
3.       GPA’s must be cumulative and based on a 4.000 system to three decimal places. Schools not using a 4.000 system will have to make their conversions to three decimal places. Weighted GPA’s will not be considered.
4.       Non-freshman athletes must have a cumulative, non-weighted high school GPA of 3.500 or higher AND place at the Final Meet.  Relay team members ARE eligible.

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T&F 2004 pdf (21k)

T&F 2006 D1 xls
T&F 2006 xls D2 and D3
T&F 2006 D4 doc

T&F 2007 D1 pdf (200k)
T&F 2007 D2 pdf (200k)
T&F 2007 D3 pdf (200k)
T&F 2007 D4 pdf (600k)
T&F 2008 all D's xls

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XC Academic All-State Award

Academic All-State awards both the individual and the team per the requirements below:
1.       The Academic All-State Award is based on a student’s GPA (grade point average).
2.       Athletes must have a cumulative high school GPA established prior to the current season. (Freshman not eligible).
3.       GPA’s must be based on a 4.000 system to three decimal places. Schools not using a 4.000 system will have to make their conversions to three decimal places. Weighted GPA’s will not be considered.

Team Academic All-State
1.       Calculate team average GPA using any five non-frosh runners from your team who completed the final meet race.

Individual Academic All-State
1.    Awards shall be given to the top 30 GPA-qualifiers in each division.
2.    GPA-qualifier is a non-freshman with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.500 who finishes in the top half of the final meet field (NOTE: an athlete with a GPA of 3.800 and finishing in the top half of the field will automatically receive an award)

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2004 (currently D2, D4 and UP only)

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T&F  All-State Award

In the Lower Peninsula:
The top eight places in each event are awarded a MITCA All-State certificate at the MHSAA Final Meet.

1st - 3rd place -1st team all-state
4th - 6th place - 2nd team all-state
7th - 8th place - Honorable mention all state

Errors in certificates can be corrected by contacting vp1@mitca.org

In the Upper Peninsula:
The top five finishers in each event are awarded a MITCA All-State certificate.  Errors in certificates can be corrected by contacting vp1@mitca.org

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XC All-State Award

In the Lower Peninsula:
The top thirty finishers in each division race are awarded a MITCA All-State certificate at the MHSAA Final Meet.  Errors in certificates can be corrected by contacting vp1@mitca.org

In the Upper Peninsula:
The top ten finishers in each division race are awarded a MITCA All-State certificate, mailed to the athlete's school.

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MITCA Dream Teams, Mr/Ms XC/T&F

The T&F and XC Dream Teams are comprised of athletes, based upon their performance at the MHSAA Final meet (NOTE: Upper Peninsula athletes may be part of this listing dependent upon their final meet performance AND earlier season competition against Lower Peninsula athletes). 

Mr/Ms accolades are awarded to the one senior boy and one senior girl in each sport who, in the estimation of the MITCA Executive Board, is the top senior athlete in that sport of that year.