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Texas Girls Coaches Association TGCA Cross Country Team Tennis Volleyball Spirit Division Wrestling Swimming-Diving Basketball Soccer Golf Track-Field Tennis Softball Sub-Varsity Honors Calendar All-Stars FOLLOW US: TGCA CERTIFICATE OF SENIOR ACHIEVEMENT The Texas Girls Coaches Association, along with our coaches and their athletes, were devastated when our schools were forced to close for the rest of the 2019-20 school year due to COVID-19. This action resulted in the elimination of the spring sports' seasons. TGCA is offering a template online for our coaches to be able to print a Certificate of Senior Achievement for all senior athletes and senior support staff members that were unable to finish their seasons. We feel this is a way TGCA and our coaches can show our appreciation and recognition for these very deserving individuals. The certificate template can be found at this link: http://www.austintgca.com/pdf/Cert_of_Senior_Achievement.pdf It can also be found on the TGCA website under the Forms category in the menu on the left-hand side of the main page. It will also be located on each of the following individual sports pages: soccer, track, tennis, golf and softball. It is in an editable PDF format, so that you can fill in the athlete's name, the school and the sport. This is for you to print and distribute, if you wish, to your senior athletes in these spring sports. TGCA NEWSLETTER The April Newsletter is now available on-line. Archived copies of our newsletters are available by clicking the "Newsletter" link on the left. *CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 TGCA SPECIAL AWARDS RECIPIENTS* HALL OF FAME: Nancy Walling - Pflugerville High School (Retired)/Kay Yow Foundation Laneigh Clark - Pearland High School Lee Grisham - Wimberley High School (Retired) MARGARET MCKOWN DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Texas Press Association SPORTSWRITERS OF THE YEAR: Division I - Felix Chavez - El Paso Times Division II - Charles Grafe - Hallettsville Tribune-Herald SUB-VARSITY & MIDDLE SCHOOL COACHES OF THE YEAR NOMINATION DEADLINE Nomination deadline for Sub-Varsity and Middle School Coaches of the Year is May 1st. Don't leave your assistant coaches out of being honored for their hard work and dedication. Sub-Varsity consists of grades 9 through 12. Middle School - new this year - includes grades 7 and 8. The Sub-Varsity Committee will select one sub-varsity and one middle school coach as Coach of the Year in 1A-2A-3A-4A and 5A-6A. Nominations should be done on-line through the Membership site and under the sport you are nominating for. CAREER VICTORIES DEADLINE Career victories recognition deadline is May 30th. Click here for the criteria. Email your information in the proper format to tgca@austintgca.com . SUB-VARSITY YEARS OF SERVICE DEADLINE Sub-Varsity years of service recognition submission deadline is June 1st. Click here for the criteria. Email your information to tgca@austintgca.com . 2020 TGCA SUMMER CLINIC - ATHLETIC AND SPIRIT DIVISIONS The 2020 TGCA Summer Clinic for both the Spirit Division and Athletic Division will be held in Arlington at the Arlington Convention Center July 6-9. The agenda has now been posted to the Summer Clinic page. Badges will be required at all CCP (Coaches Certification Program) lectures, as badges MUST BE scanned for those lectures. Clinic registration will open February 1st. Hotel Reservation Services will open March 16th through the Summer Clinic page and can be accessed by clicking "Summer Clinic" in the menu on the left-hand side of this page. All attendees, exhibitors, and friends, family and fans for the All-Star games are invited to use the Hotel Reservation Services link to book a room at the special TGCA rate. 2020 TGCA CLINIC DATES Membership renewal and all clinics registration on-line will open February 1st. Agendas will be posted as soon as they are completed. Region I & II Lubbock All Sports Clinic June 12, 2020 Coronado High School 4910 29th Dr., Lubbock, TX Agenda Registration Form Houston Sports Clinic June 17, 2020 Madison High School 13719 White Heather Dr., Houston, TX Agenda Administrators' Agenda Registration Form San Antonio Sports Clinic June 19, 2020 Site TBD Agenda Registration Form SUMMER CLINIC - July 6 - 9 Registration Forms and Agenda are located under the Summer Clinic category in the menu on the left-hand side of this page. El Paso Sports Clinic July 16, 2020 Chapin High School 7000 Dyer St., El Paso, TX Agenda Registration Form CenTex Sports Clinic Date TBD Site TBD Agenda Registration Form MEMBERSHIP DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS You MUST be a member of TGCA before November 1st to nominate for honors or to receive honors as a coach. If you miss that deadline, you will have to file an appeal with the Executive Committee to see if you will be eligible to nominate for honors or to receive honors yourself, or pay an additional $70.00 override fee if you prefer not to file an appeal. If you need help with the renewal process, or the appeals process, please contact us. We will be happy to assist you. Thank you for your continued support of TGCA. 2019-20 NOMINATION DEADLINES BY SPORT - ACADEMIC ALL-STATE ONLY Track & Field - June 15 Tennis - June 15 Golf - June 15 Softball – June 1 5 2019-20 UIL SPORTS UPDATES The 2019-20 UIL Sports Updates presented at Summer Clinic are linked below in PDF format. Click the sport you wish to review. Cross Country Volleyball Basketball Soccer Track & Field Golf Softball Junior High KAY YOW CANCER FUND - TGCA CHARITY OF CHOICE http://kayyow.com/ When you are ready to get started planning your game! Let’s make Texas the national leader in this year’s Play4Kay! Please contact: Robin Pate (919-659-3303 or robin.pate@kayyow.com ) or Sarah Womack (919-659-3302 or sarah.womack@kayyow.com ) or Nancy Walling (512-865-8518 or nlwalling@gmail.com ) Chasity Melvin - High School Play4Kay chasity.melvin@kayyow.com or direct at 919-659-3305 . Join the high schools/middle schools across the country participating in Play4Kay games. If you are a coach, register your team here https://kayyow.com/play4kay/high-school/ . Elements of a Play4Kay game: • Choose a regular season game and call it Play4Kay. • Fundraise and donate it to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. • Honor cancer survivors on-court during your game. • Educate students and community about the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. • Purchase generic T-shirts from the Kay Yow Cancer Fund to promote uniform branding of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Visit our online store! CONCUSSION TRAINING ONLINE CERTIFICATION H.B. 2038 Requirements The Texas Girls Coaches Association, in partnership with Texas Health Sports Medicine, is offering, FREE OF CHARGE, the training required by H.B. 2038. Coaches were required by state law to complete two (2) hours of concussion training no later than September 1, 2012. In addition, coaches are required to complete two (2) hours of additional concussion training every two years. The Texas Health Sports Medicine group is certified through the TEA and approved by the UIL to offer the concussion training course. Through the website of the Texas Girls Coaches Association, this course is being offered online at no cost to all coaches. A test must be passed at the completion of the course. If the test is passed, the coach will then be able to print a certificate of completion that can be filed with their school. Please proceed to the following link to begin the training. Once you have accessed the link, click on “Texas Coaches Concussion Training”. https://www.texashealth.org/sports-medicine/Pages/Sports-Injuries/Concussion/Concussion-Training.aspx BALFOUR RINGS - ALL-STAR, ALL-STATE & ACADEMIC ALL-STATE Balfour, the official ring supplier of the Texas Girls Coaches Association, is now offering student/athletes selected under the TGCA umbrella for All-State, All-Star, and Academic All-State the opportunity to purchase a ring to symbolize their achievement. All the rings offered are custom crafted just for the individu...