MACA Missouri Academic Coaches Association

Sessions are nearly all finalized for the MACA convention to be held on October 2, 2006. Stacy Schroeder, MSHSAA academic competition liaison, will start the meeting with a recap of the 2006 advisory meeting.

The dates for the mandatory academic coaches meeting will be during the weeks of October 23 and October 30. MSHSAA will employ four rules interpreters and each will be responsible for two of the eight regions of the state. Specific dates will be finalized soon. They will be posted here when they become available.

The date for the mandatory MSHSAA rules meeting for academic coaches will be published in the 2006 rules booklet that will be mailed on October, 4th. The date will be posted here as soon as it is available. The tentative time frame is at the end of October or the beginning of November.

Andrew Hoekzema was named to the six-person All-America Team and receives an additional $1,000 scholarship!
Missouri won their opening preliminary round and advanced automatically to the semi-finals with the following results:

1. Missouri - 347
2. New Mexico - 128
3. New Jersey - 101
4. Washington - 91

Missouri won their semi-final round and advanced to the finals with the following results:

The 2006 convention will be held on Monday October 2, at the Oasis Inn and Convention Center located at 2550 North Glenstone in Springfield, Missouri. The convention will begin at 8:00 with registration and time to visit the vendors booths.