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About Athletics » Student Managers

Student Managers

Updated 05/31/23

 

Interested in becoming a student manager? The student and the parent/guardian should review all of the relevant information first:

  1. About Student Managers (this webpage)
  2. The Athletics Terms for Participation
  3. About the sport and team’s practice schedule for which the student is interested in serving as a student manager. Find links to each sports webpages here.

 

Then, if still interested, here are the next steps:

  1. The student completes the Student Manager Application.
  2. The parent/guardian registers the student for a Student Manager position. (If the student is not approved for a Student Manager position, then the registration fee will be refunded.) Register here.

Description: The student manager supports the coach and team during practices and competitions while continuing to expand their knowledge of the sport. The student manager is considered a member of the team who will not physically participate in competitions or practices, and who will be present and helpful from the bench or sidelines during the competitions and also from the field/court during practices.

 

Benefits: The benefits include but are not limited to:

  • Building the student’s resume and gaining interviewing experience
  • Learning from the coach
  • Improving knowledge of the sport
  • Being included in team experiences, including the team photo in the yearbook and team social functions. Student managers sit on the bench with coaches and teammates who are not actively playing during competitions.
  • A loaned a Meridian Athletics polo to wear to competitions and team photos. When the team wears the team’s jersey to school on competition days, the student manager can wear their Meridian Athletics polo in solidarity with their team.
  • Like their teammates, student managers will also receive a Meridian Athletics spirit wear shirt that is approved to wear to school on Fridays. This shirt belongs to the student to keep.
  • Being eligible to letter if all requirements are met (for high school students who are student managers of Varsity teams only). The participation requirements for lettering as a Varsity student manager are:
    • Promptly attending all practices and exhibitions (unless excused in advance by the coach).
    • Showing a positive attitude toward the sport, their teammates, and opponents.
    • Consistently showing that they are working their hardest and showing outstanding effort.
      • All other lettering requirements must also be met.

 

Duties: Although duties may vary from season-to-season, sport-to-sport, team-to-team, and student manager-to-student manager, the duties for each student manager position must be agreed to by the student, their parents/guardians, the coach, and the Athletics Coordinator before the student begins in the position. Additionally, the student manager’s team must be informed of the role of the student manager for the current season, as the duties might be different from previous seasons’ student managers. The most common duties of a student manager include:

  • Equipment management and sanitizing, including helping to maintain the First Aid kit.
  • Hydration
  • Help running drills, warm-ups, and cool-downs
  • Time keeping
  • Scorekeeping
  • Stat keeping
  • Capturing video footage for the coaches
  • Capturing photos for the team, Athletics Department, and the yearbook. (Student managers must have their coach’s and the Athletics Coordinator’s permission to have their phone on the sidelines for the purpose of capturing videos for the coach and photos for the team.)

 

Student managers are always a positive presence to the team, providing encouragement and support from the sidelines during competitions. Student managers will not determine line-ups, positions, playing times, provide instruction, or coach the team in any capacity. Student managers will not interact with the officials, the volunteers, or fans during competitions. Student managers must always represent their team and school to the highest standards, on and off the court/field. 

 

Fees:

Registration/Processing Fee = $52.30

+

Participation Fee = $100 if paying by check (or $104.60 if paying by MySchoolBucks)

Financial assistance is available for participation fees for those who need it. Learn more on the Financial Assistance webpage.

= $156.90 total

 

Eligibility: Student managers have three eligibility components to uphold:

  1. Character Good Standing eligibility: Student managers must have a history of and remain in Good Standing with the school and the Athletics Department based on their Character and behavior. 

Please see the Parent/Student Handbook for school policies. 

Students responsible for an offense or offenses that resulted in two or more days of suspension while enrolled at Meridian School could be removed from the sport's roster and could have all Athletics-related privileges revoked, including but not limited to the right to participate in a team's, sport's or Athletic Department's recognition ceremonies, socials and traditions, such as the opportunity to letter. Enforcement will be at the discretion of Meridian Administration who will inform Meridian Athletics of necessary implications. Disciplinary offenses that would result in mandatory removal to an alternative placement under TEC Section 37.006 (in a traditional public school) will automatically result in suspension from all Meridian extracurricular activities for a period ranging from one month to the remainder of the school year.

Please see the Athletics Terms for Participation for more about maintaining Character in Good Standing eligibility with Athletics – specifically, in regards to the participation/attendance expectations.

  1. Financial eligibility: Student managers must be in good financial standing with the school, pay the registration/processing fee, and pay the student manager participation fee by the due date to remain eligible.(See fees above.)
  2. Academic eligibility: Student managers do not need to maintain academic eligibility to participate in a support capacity in practices and games; however, should the team require early release or an excused absence for a competition. the student manager must be academically eligible to enjoy this same benefit. Additionally, student managers who lose academic eligibility cannot dress out (wear Meridian Athletics polo) to school on competition days or to competitions. Instead, they will need to wear the regular school uniform.

 

Requirements:

  1. Registration: Registering indicates that the parent/guardian and the student agree to the Athletics Terms for Participation and the roles and responsibilities of a student manager as outlined on this webpage. The registration fee applies. Register here. 
  2. Application: The student must submit the student manager application with the approval of their parent/guardian. An application deadline might apply.
  3. Coach approval: As this position is designed to be educational for the student and helpful for the coach and team, the coach must approve the request for a student to serve in the student manager role. This might include an interview with the prospective student manager, the coach, the Athletics Department, and the student’s parents/guardians.

 

Exceptions to the requirements will be made at the discretion of the Athletics Department. Please contact the Athletics Coordinator with questions: [email protected].