IMMACULATA, Pa. - Are you interested in becoming a fall sport official? If you are, enroll in the "START" program being offered at Cabrini this April.
START stands for Students of Today are Referees of Tomorrow. Its goal is to recruit new officials from collegiate campuses and increase opportunities for scholastic officials to advance to the intercollegiate level. “START will encourage college students to continue participating in the sport(s) they’ve played all their lives,” said PSAC Commissioner Steve Murray.
The Colonial States Athletic Conference in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), Capital Athletic Conference (CAC), Centennial Conference (CC) and Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation (MAC), will participate in the START program.
The program sponsored by the Colonial States Athletic Conference will aim to recruit officials for field hockey, volleyball and soccer, on the first three Wednesdays in April, 2010; April 7, 14 and 21.
The three sessions will run approximately 75 minutes, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa. Although the program is primarily for students from any college or university, others interested in becoming scholastic, and potentially collegiate, officials are encourage to attend.
At the end of the third meeting, students with a current college ID will be offered the opportunity to take the PIAA officiating test free of charge. Non-students may take the PIAA test at the regular $30 fee.
Those passing the test will be assisted by the PIAA in contacting local officiating chapters so they can begin officiating PIAA sanctioned events (and other intramural or recreation league events).
If you are interested in attending at Cabrini please email: Jennifer Dubow, jbubow@csacsports.org, Assistant Commissioner, Colonial States Athletic Conference.