STVM Athletic Department receives OIAAA Bruce Brown Award of Excellence

The St. Vincent-St. Mary High School Athletic Department received the Ohio Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association’s (OIAAA) Bruce Brown Award of Excellence on Mon., Nov. 11 at the annual OIAAA State Athletic Director’s Conference in Columbus. Athletic Director, Kyle Sasala, Assistant Athletic Director, Brendan Hall, and Athletics Coordinator, Tanner Ross, were in Columbus to receive the award and banner.

The objective of the “Award of Excellence” is to recognize those Ohio interscholastic athletic departments who are purposefully educating and supporting the mission of education-based athletics in Ohio.  Defining success based solely upon “wins and losses” or the number of championship trophies a school/team possesses misses the mark of what our interscholastic athletic programs should be targeting.  The award is designed to honor and celebrate those school athletic departments that are attempting to shift the sport culture toward the genuine purpose of why sports are a part of our school and community culture in America.

Congratulations to the athletic department on achieving this milestone!