Monday Morning News presented by Final Forms

Upcoming Events:
April 29-May 4 – Tennis District Tournaments
May 3-4 – Track & Field District Meets – A-3A
May 5 – Baseball (1A-5A) & Softball (4A-5A) Seeding
May 5 – A-3A Track & Field Entries Deadline
May 8 – State Golf Entries Due
May 8 – Quarterfinals 1A Baseball & 1st Round 2A Baseball
May 8-11 – State Tennis Championships
May 10-11 – 1st Round State Baseball (3A-5A)
May 10-11 – 1st Round State Softball (4A-5A)
May 10-11 – A-3A State Track & Field Championships
May 10-11 – 4A & 5A Track & Field District Meets
May 12 – Softball (A/2A-3A) Seeding
May 12 – 4A-5A Track & Field Entries Due
May 13-14 – State Golf Championships
May 15-18 – State Softball Championships
May 16-18 – State Baseball Championships
May 17-18 – 4A & 5A State Track & Field Championships

BASEBALL / SOFTBALL SEEDING AND SELECTION COACHES INPUT FORMS
Athletic Directors: Please remind your head baseball and softball coaches to complete and submit the 2024 baseball or softball Coaches Input Forms. These forms play a vital role in the seeding and selection process. Class 1A-5A baseball & 4A-5A Softball are due Sunday, May 5th by 8 a.m., and Class A/2A & 3A softball are due Sunday, May 12th by 8 a.m. District Chairs must also submit the District Placement forms for baseball and softball at this time. These forms are due prior to 8:00 AM on the day of seeding. For questions regarding baseball, contact Tyler Dunkel at 505-923-3295 and for softball, contact Tammy Richards at 505-923-3278.

Baseball Coaches Input Form
Softball Coaches Input Form
District Placement Form

A-3A STATE TRACK/FIELD ENTRY DEADLINE
A-3A Track and Field coaches are personally responsible for entering all athletes that have qualified for the state track and field championships into the MileSplit website no later than Sunday, May 5th at 11:59 p.m. Failure to do so will jeopardize your athlete’s entrance into the State Championships and late entries will result in a $500 fine to the school.

2023-2024 NMAA MEMBER SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SURVEY
Attention Athletic Directors – Click here for the 2023-2024 NMAA Member School Participation Survey. This survey will be used to collect student participation numbers in both athletics and activities for member high schools across New Mexico and will be used to account for participation in activities for the Director’s Cup. The New Mexico Activities Association is again working with the National Federation of State High School Associations to collect this data and your assistance is greatly appreciated. The deadline to submit your school’s participation survey is Tuesday, May 21, 2024. Although you may only be able to directly provide student participation numbers for athletics, please work with your colleagues to provide as much data as possible for activities as well. If you have any questions regarding this year’s participation survey, please do not hesitate to call Jackie Martinez at (505) 923-3281 or by email at jackie@nmact.org.

STATE GOLF ENTRY DEADLINE
2024 State Golf roster updates in iWanamaker must be completed by 9:00 am, Wednesday, May 8th for all individual and team participants in class A-3A, 4A & 5A. Contact Zac Stevenson at zac@nmact.org with any questions about the high school state golf tournaments.

STATE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 2024 NMAA State Tennis Championships presented by Corley’s Albuquerque Lincoln will take place this week, May 8-11, at Jerry Cline, Sierra Vista and Albuquerque Academy. Singles and doubles competition will take place beginning Wednesday, while the team competition will start Friday morning. For updated brackets please visit the NMAA Tennis landing page.

BASEBALL PITCH COUNT REPORTING
Pitch counts MUST be entered in to MaxPreps within 24 hours after the completion of each contest. Failure to do so will result in a warning for the 1st offense, and then suspensions for any subsequent offenses. Several warnings have already been issued this season, so please be sure to get this taken care of for all remaining contests.

MAXPREPS SCORES
Athletic Directors, please make sure that your MaxPreps schedules are updated with scores. Having an accurate schedule on MaxPreps is vital to the seeding and selection process. For help with MaxPreps, please contact Tyler Dunkel at tyler@nmact.org.

COMPETE WITH CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
The New Mexico Activities Association, in conjunction with the NMAA Foundation, will be awarding a maximum of six (6) $1,000 Compete with Class scholarships during the 2023-2024 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.