Youth referee of the year nominations

The La State referee committee is seeking nominations for youth referee of the year. Referees nominated should be 18 or younger. Referees should be a grade 8 or better. They should possess some basic skills as a referee on the field and are leaders of their fellow youth referees. They should be viewed as someone who has potential to advance their careers and should also have extra curricula activities not related to refereeing to augment their referee background. Nominations should have information on the nominated individual containing but not limited to age, soccer referee experience, hometown, High School, list of extracurricular activities, letters from at least one person stating why they should be selected. Letters of reference form other individuals such as principals, ministers, coaches, teachers, parents, counselors, etc will only improve the resume of the nominee. Nominations may come from any club, individual, association, etc. Please forward selections no later than Dec 15. Selections will be made for a female and male youth referee of the year prior to Dec 31. The two individuals will receive an automatic invitation to referee at the Region 3 Championships in North Carolina in the summer of 2008.

If you would like to nominate an individual, please send a PM to me and I will give you an email address to send the information.