Monday Morning News
January 28 – Baseball Rules Clinic
January 29 – Softball Rules Clinic
January 29 – Golf Rules Clinic
January 31 – Tennis Rules Clinic
January 31 – Track & Field Rules Clinic
In the News:
NMAA FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
NMAA Foundation Scholarships are awarded to students from NMAA member schools who, through the application/nomination process, demonstrate excellence in athletics, activities, academics, and character. The deadline to submit applications is Saturday, February 1, 2025. For more information, please contact Julie Sanchez at 505-923-3278. CLICK HERE for information regarding NMAA Foundation Scholarships. Applications are now open.
SPRING SPORTS RULES CLINICS
The official start of the 2025 Spring Sports Season is upon us. As a reminder, head coaches in these sports must attend the mandatory Rules Clinic which includes presentations on NMAA Bylaws/Rules & Playing Rule Changes/Points of Emphasis. Details regarding each clinic are listed below:
Baseball Rules Clinic (Zoom)
Tuesday, January 28 @ 4:00PM
Softball Rules Clinic (Zoom)
Wednesday, January 29 @ 4:00PM
Golf Rules Clinic (Zoom)
Wednesday, January 29 @ 4:00PM
Tennis Rules Clinic (In-Person)
Friday, January 31 @ 4:00PM
at Jerry Cline Tennis Center in Albuquerque
Track & Field Rules Clinic (In-Person)
Friday, January 31 @ 3:00 PM
Sheraton Airport Hotel in Albuquerque
2025 NMAA STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT PASSES ON SALE TO THE PUBLIC FEB. 3RD
The 2025 NMAA State Basketball Tournament Passes go on sale to the public on February 3rd at 9:00 a.m. Tournament Passes will be sold over the phone ONLY and NO in-person sales will be taken. To purchase your 2025 NMAA State Basketball Tournament Passes on February 3rd, call 505-923-3110.
COMPETE WITH CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
The New Mexico Activities Association, in conjunction with the NMAA Foundation, will be awarding a maximum of five(5) $1,000 Compete with Class scholarships during the 2024-2025 school year. Awards will be given to students that best exemplify the three pillars of the Compete with Class sportsmanship initiative – Respect, Integrity, and Responsibility. Recipients will be selected by the NMAA Foundation Board of Directors based on recommendations from the NMAA and its member schools.
MAXPREP SCORES
Reminder to input your final score into MaxPreps as soon as possible, following your contest. Having an accurate schedule on MaxPreps with the final score is vital to the seeding & selection process for State Championships.
MaxPreps Score Reporting:
www.nmact.org/file/MaxPreps_score_reporting.pdf
AUDITING SCHEDULES & DRAGONFLY REMINDERS
The start of the regular season is upon us! Just a reminder to please audit your schedules each week to ensure you have officials scheduled for all contests with accurate game dates and times!
The travel ring policy is now in effect. Remember that you no longer need to determine driver, rider and meal fees. Everyone on the crew receives a travel fee, calculated one-way from each official’s home address to your contest site. That means if the individual official lives 30 miles one-way from your site, they are paid the fee from the 26-50 mile tier ($30), not 60 miles for the round trip! DragonFly will auto-calculate the correct rate for each official for you by selecting the “NMAA Travel” rule on the “Manage Payments” tab after your event. See this video ‘how-to’ link: https://youtu.be/gB_a5KluqHA
Here is the officials fees and travel ring document for 2024-25: https://www.nmact.org/file/Officials_Fees.pdf
For those that are hosting tournaments, if you have not already entered your event in DragonFly, here is a video ‘how-to’ link for building tournaments (remember volleyball pool play matches must be entered as scrimmages to avoid populating in MaxPreps rankings): https://youtu.be/eQNrjlGadfU
