{"id":2566,"date":"2021-07-30T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T10:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/about_diaa\/committees\/unified_sports_committee\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:44:59","slug":"unified_sports_committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/governance\/committees\/unified_sports_committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Unified Sports Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Unified Sports Committee (“Committee”) is a standing committee established by the Board of Directors (“Board”) of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (“DIAA”) pursuant to 14 Del. C.<\/em> \u00a7 304(2). Created at 14 Del. C.<\/em> ch. 3, DIAA preserves and promotes the educational significance of interscholastic athletics; ensures that interscholastic sports remains compatible with the educational mission of the member schools; provides for fair competition between member schools; promotes sportsmanship and ethical behavior; establishes and enforces standards of conduct for athletes, coaches, administrators, officials, and spectators; protects the physical well-being of athletes; and promotes healthy adolescent lifestyles.<\/p>\n

The Committee is charged with:<\/p>\n

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  • promoting Unified Sports\u00ae to engage all eligible member schools;<\/li>\n
  • increasing opportunities for Unified Sports\u00ae participants; and<\/li>\n
  • working with the applicable sports committees to promote Unified Sports\u00c2\u00ae and increase opportunities for Unified Sports\u00c2\u00ae participants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Board’s Chairperson shall appoint an individual to serve as the Committee’s Chairperson who shall serve for a 2 year term. However, the Board’s Chairperson, with the advice and consent of DIAA’s Executive Director, may remove the Committee’s Chairperson.<\/p>\n

    The Committee’s Chairperson, with the advice and consent of DIAA’s Executive Director, shall appoint individuals to serve on the Committee. Committee members shall be geographically representative and may include administrators, athletic directors, coaches, local school board members, officials, and members of the public. Individuals appointed to serve on the Committee shall serve for a 4 year term. However, the Committee’s Chairperson, with the advice and consent of DIAA’s Executive Director, may remove individuals from the Committee.<\/p>\n

    The Committee shall conduct itself in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, the Administrative Procedures Act, and the Department of Education’s rules and regulations.<\/p>\n

    Approved by the Board of Directors on 10\/12\/2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

    Committee Members<\/h2>\n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    First Name<\/th>\nLast Name<\/th>\nRepresentative<\/th>\nCommittee Position<\/th>\nCounty<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Jon<\/td>\nBuzby<\/td>\nSpecial Olympics Delaware<\/td>\nChair<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Andrew<\/td>\nLayton<\/td>\nPublic Member<\/td>\nVice-Chair<\/td>\nSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theresa<\/td>\nRepole<\/td>\nDiamond State Conference<\/td>\nSecretary<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Bob<\/td>\nBeron<\/td>\nAthletic Director<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nKC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Pete<\/td>\nCeliberti<\/td>\n <\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nKC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Gary<\/td>\nCimaglia<\/td>\n <\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nKC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Layne<\/td>\nDrexel<\/td>\nState Interpreter, Basketball<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kylie<\/td>\nFrazer<\/td>\n <\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Jerry<\/td>\nKobasa<\/td>\nAthletic Director<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nSC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Thomas<\/td>\nMacLeish<\/td>\nPublic Member<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nKC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Brian<\/td>\nMattix<\/td>\nSchool Administrator<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Chris<\/td>\nMuscara<\/td>\nAthletic Director<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Nate<\/td>\nThreatts<\/td>\n <\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nKC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dr. Matt<\/td>\nVoltz<\/td>\nPhysician<\/td>\nMember<\/td>\nNC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2501,"menu_order":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"protect_children":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"checksum":["8931f4b049dfd446081dfc7a927ba1adfcfe4987"],"sw_mod_date":[""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2566\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.delaware.gov\/diaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}