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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Sept. 25, 2001
Contact: John Johnson or Randy Allen-- 517.332.5046

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Sept. 24 - Six members of the Michigan High School Athletic Association's governing body, the Representative Council, have been reelected by member schools to serve two-year terms.

The Representative Council meets three times annually to discuss and pass legislation concerning the interscholastic athletic activities of the Association's 1,300-plus member senior and junior high/middle schools. The Council is made up of 19 members, with all but 7 elected by a vote of member schools to represent different geographic regions, different sizes of schools, private schools, and junior high/middle schools. Two members are elected to statewide at-large positions. Four members are appointed by the Council to facilitate representation of females and minorities, and the 19th position is occupied by the Superintendent of Public Instruction or designee.

From the Council, three officers are elected. These officers and two other representatives form the MHSAA's Executive Committee, which meets on a monthly basis during the school year to review eligibility appeals from member schools and other current Association business.

Reelected to two-year terms which expire in December, 2003, are: Dan Flynn, faculty member, Escanaba High School, representing Class A and B schools in the Upper Peninsula; Eunice Moore, director of health, physical education and safety, Detroit Public Schools, representing the City of Detroit Public High Schools; Norm Johnson, administrative assistant, Bangor High School, representing Class C and D schools in the Southwestern Lower Peninsula; Randy Salisbury, principal, Britton-Macon High School, representing Class C and D schools in the Southeastern Lower Peninsula; Karen Leinaar, athletic director, Gaylord High School, a statewide at-large representative; and Paul Ellinger, superintendent, Cheboygan Public Schools, representing junior high/middle schools.

Ellinger and Johnson were elected to the Representative Council for the ninth time; Flynn was elected to his eighth term on the Council; Salisbury will be serving his sixth term on the board; Moore was elected to the Council for the third time; and Leinaar won election for a second time.

Three positions on the Upper Peninsula Athletic Committee were also filled by a vote of U.P. schools.

Russell Bailey, superintendent, Ewen-Trout Creek Public Schools, won an appointment representing Class D schools; Don Edens, athletic director, Kingsford High School, was elected to represent Class A and B schools; and Dee Jay Paquette, principal, Munising Junior High School, was chosen to a position representing Class C schools.

The MHSAA is a private, not-for-profit corporation of voluntary membership by over 1,300 public and private senior high schools and junior high/middle schools which exists to develop common rules for athletic eligibility and competition. No government funds or tax dollars support the MHSAA, which was the first such association nationally to not accept membership dues or tournament entry fees from schools. Member schools which enforce these rules are permitted to participate in MHSAA tournaments, which attract approximately 1.6 million spectators each year.

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