By Dana Hess
For the S.D. NewsMedia Association
PIERRE — At its annual meeting on Wednesday, April 23, representatives of schools belonging to the South Dakota High School Activities Association nominated candidates for four positions on the SDHSAA board of directors.
Leaving the board will be chairman Marty Weismantel of Groton, the small school board of education board member; Trent Osborne of Ipswich, the East River at-large board member; Ryan Rollinger of Harrisburg, the Division I board member; and Adam Shaw of Madison, the Division III board member.
Three of the new board members will be elected to five-year terms. The new Division III board member will serve out the remaining three years of Shaw’s term. Currently the Division III slot on the board must be filled by a high school principal. Shaw has a new job in which he will serve as a superintendent.
There was only one nominee for small school board of education member. That position will go to Billy Clanton of Harding County.
Nominees for the East River at-large member include Brittney Eide of Corsica-Stickney, Tim Leibel of Hitchcock-Tulare, Shelby Edwards of Groton and Ryan Rollinger of Harrisburg. Rollinger, currently the board’s Division I member, was able to run for another position on the board because the term he served was less than two years.
Nominees for the Division I board member include Jordan Bauer of Rapid City Central and Steve Moore of Sioux Falls Roosevelt.
Nominees for the Division III board member include Jeff Sheehan of Hamlin and Chad Allison of Lennox.
All member schools are allowed to vote on each board opening. Votes must be returned to the association office by May 31. To be elected to the board, a candidate must receive a majority of the votes cast. In the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes, a run-off election will be held between the two candidates with the most votes.
Member schools will also vote on five amendments to the SDHSAA constitution. All of the amendments deal with transfer rules and determining the eligibility of an athlete who transfers from one district to another. To be enacted, amendments must receive 60% of the votes cast.
