LONE TREE - The Colorado High School Activities Association welcomed a number of former CHSAA staff, past CHSAA Commissioners and former Board of Directors Presidents to the Douglas County School District Legacy Campus for a Legacy and Leadership social Tuesday night.
Current CHSAA Commissioner Mike Krueger welcomed the group, explained the importance of the event and why it was important to bring so many people with CHSAA ties together.
“I want to thank everyone in the room for building the foundation of our purpose, we are now following in your footsteps,” Krueger said. “It’s because of work that you did that we that we’re able to be here today. We acknowledge you, please know that you matter and that we lean on you.
“We also acknowledge that someone will come after us, and that’s humbling. We’ll continue to work hard to make the organization something you can be proud of.”
Current CHSAA Board of Directors President Joe Brown also talked about the importance of impact and touched on the impact that we all make on each other and how the actions and decisions we make ultimately impact the youth in Colorado.
Following some mingling, attendees learned that former CHSAA Board President and Widefield Athletic Director Shelli Miles and former CHSAA Assistant Commissioner Adam Bright traveled the furthest to attend the social, with Miles coming to Colorado from Oklahoma and Bright from Texas.
As the group settled back in, CHSAA Associate Commissioners Jenn Roberts-Uhlig and Bethany Brookens addressed the group, providing updates on CHSAA’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee - a committee of two that started under former CHSAA Commissioner Paul Angelico and has grown into a group of 18 doctors, sports medicine personnel, school personnel and more.
Updates from the CHSAA office touched on the Women in Leadership Conference, corporate partnerships, new job paths, the CHSAA office renovations, the new logo and branding and challenges the organization is facing in the years to come.
In closing, Angelico - the former commissioner - said: “it’s not the things you do, it’s the people you work with that matter. It feels like when you get out of the organization, what you learn is it’s the people that make it happen. In this educational setting, what I’ve learned is if you put the right people in the right rooms, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish.
"So, on behalf of all of us, I’d like to say thank you for acknowledging that we did some stuff. It speaks volumes of the character in your office. The fact that you’re trying to maintain the why of why we do this is deeply gratifying.”