News: Claudia Dodson VHSL Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award Winners Announced

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Charlottesville (June 29, 2012) - A record 34 high schools -- including Heritage, Park View and Tuscarora from Loudoun County -- have been awarded the 2011-12 Claudia Dodson VHSL Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity Award which recognizes member schools that have established policies and procedures that make sportsmanship a priority and an expectation within the school and school community.


“I consider this to be the Virginia High School League’s most prestigious award,” said VHSL Deputy Director Tom Zimorski. “It’s the only award that the entire school is graded on.”

There is no limit on the number of schools that might be recognized in a given year; selection is based on whether or not the school meets the criteria which utilizes a self-assessment checklist of 50 points relating to administration, coaches, student-athletes, cheerleaders, performance groups, student support, parents and spectators. The total score is then adjusted by deducting points for student-athlete ejections, coach ejections and inappropriate behavior at state championship events. Using the adjusted score, a school must score 90 percent or better to qualify.

The award was renamed in 2007 to honor the memory of Claudia Dodson, a VHSL Assistant Director from 1971-2002, who passed away in 2007.

This year’s award winners:
Bayside HS, Virginia Beach(3rd recognition)
Booker T. Washington HS, Norfolk(3rd recognition)
Central HS, Woodstock(1st recognition)
Christiansburg HS, Christiansburg(1st recognition)
Deep Creek HS, Chesapeake (6th recognition)
Eastern Montgomery HS, Elliston(3rd recognition)
First Colonial HS, Virginia Beach (11th recognition)
Frank W. Cox HS, Virginia Beach(12th recognition)
Grafton HS, Yorktown(3rd recognition)
Granby HS, Norfolk(1st recognition)
Grassfield HS, Chesapeake (5th recognition)
Great Bridge HS, Chesapeake (9th recognition)
Green Run HS, Virginia Beach(1st recognition)
Heritage HS, Leesburg(3rd recognition)
Hickory HS, Chesapeake (4th recognition)
King’s Fork HS, Suffolk(2nd recognition)
Lake Taylor HS, Norfolk(5th recognition)
Landstown HS, Virginia Beach(7th recognition)
Marion Senior HS, Marion(1st recognition)
Maury HS, Norfolk(4th recognition)
Middlesex HS, Saluda (6th recognition)
Norview HS, Norfolk(4th recognition)
Ocean Lakes HS, Virginia Beach(16th recognition)
Oscar Smith HS, Chesapeake (9th recognition)
Park View HS, Sterling(11th recognition)
Patrick Henry HS, Glade Spring(2nd recognition)
Phoebus HS, Hampton (1st recognition)
Princess Anne HS, Virginia Beach (11th recognition)
Salem HS, Virginia Beach(7th recognition)
Tuscarora HS, Leesburg(1st recognition)
Virginia HS, Bristol(1st recognition)
West Point HS, West Point (12th recognition)
Western Branch HS, Chesapeake (6th recognition)
York HS, Yorktown (4th recognition)