Millersville Field Hockey Teams with PIAA to Conduct Officiating Classes
3/5/2010 11:27:09 AM
Millersville, Pa. - Millersville University and the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) will be conducting field hockey officiating classes on March 22, March 29 and April 5 at Jefferson Hall, Room 131 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
The classes are free to any Millersville student with a valid I.D. Any others interested in attending must pay a $30 fee.
Participants in the START program for field hockey will attend three sessions on consecutive weeks. The first session will be a distribution of information packets, rule books and officiating basics. Session two will be a rules education class and question and answer period. The third session will be a PIAA rules certification test. Current PIAA officials will conduct the sessions.
Once certified, participants will be provided the opportunity to begin officiating locally in PIAA events. Participants must attend all three sessions. Preregistration is not required.
The classes are part of the START (Students of Today Are Referees of Tomorrow) program created to encourage current students, particularly student-athletes, to “stay in the game” by becoming an official. The START program is sponsored by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and other small college conferences in Pennsylvania.
For more information about this program, please contact Millersville field hockey coach Shelly Behrens at shelly.behrens@millersville.edu or 717-872-3834