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Arizona High School Hockey Association Announces the "Excellence in Education" Award Winner for 2000/2001 Season; Coyotes Thunder On Ice High School Ice Hockey.


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PHOENIX--(BW SportsWire)--Feb. 26, 2001

The Arizona High School Hockey Association (AHSHA), in conjunction with Ozzie Ice, Monday announced the winner of the AHSHA Excellence in Education Award.

The award recognizes student athletes whose academic performance as well as on-ice performance exemplifies the title of Student Athlete.

Jeffrey Randall, a senior at Desert Mountain High School, was chosen as this season's recipient. In addition to being the Wolves Hockey Team Captain, Jeffrey has enjoyed many academic and athletic honors and awards.

Some of his academic accomplishments include National Youth Leadership Council Delegate, NAU (1) (Network Access Unit) An interface card that adapts a computer to a local area network.

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 for Excellence Scholarship and the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine Nomination. Among his many athletic awards are AHSHA All-Star Team member and Arizona In-line Hockey Association State Championship Tournament Goalie MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. .

The selection of just one Student Athlete to receive this award was extremely difficult. Many students involved in AHSHA also excel academically. The following three runners up were selected: Richard Karasch, a senior at Immaculate Heart Immaculate Heart may refer to:
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 in Tucson; Adam Stober, a junior at Chaparral chaparral (chăpərăl`), type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with a Mediterranean-type climate.  in Scottsdale; and Sarah Hathaway, a junior at St. Mary's in Phoenix.

Besides being exceptional hockey athletes, all three shine academically, each holding many awards and honors. To mention a few, Richard won the National English, National Leadership and National Science Merit Awards in the 1999/2000 school year. Adam serves as the Junior Vice President of the National Honor Society The National Honor Society (NHS), established in 1921, is a recognition program for American high school students who show achievement in scholarship, leadership, service, and character.  and Sarah is an active member of the St. Mary's Science Research Club.

Jeffrey Randall will receive 500 square feet of Ozzie Ice installed at his home signifying Ozzie Ice's commitment to academics as well as the sport of ice hockey ice hockey: see hockey, ice.
ice hockey

Game played on an ice rink by two teams of six players on skates. The object is to drive a puck (a small, hard rubber disk) into the opponents' goal with a hockey stick, thus scoring one point.
. Winners will be recognized during the awards ceremony between the second and third periods of the State Championship Game on March 3 at the Alltel Ice Den.

Steve Rink, assistant principal of Desert Mountain High School said, "Our goal is to get 25 percent of the students on campus involved in extracurricular activities. When a student like Jeff succeeds in sports as well as in the classroom, it's icing on the cake. Those kids are the role models for the 2,500 kids on campus. Jeff is an exceptional member of the student body."

About AHSHA

AHSHA is an independent non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes.  dedicated to providing high school students the opportunity to participate and develop skills in the sport of amateur ice hockey. More information about AHSHA and Coyotes Thunder On Ice can be found at http://www.thunderonice.com or by calling 480/820-4063.

About Ozzie Ice

Ozzie Ice is headquartered in Scottsdale and markets a revolutionary ice skating ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. Skating as a Sport


Skating, besides being an important form of winter recreation and the essential skill in the game of ice hockey (see hockey, ice) has developed
 surface made of high-density plastic. Athletes can use skates on the surface because it offers the same feel as real ice. Ozzie Ice allows the benefits of on-ice training in your own home, at a fraction of the cost. The ice can be installed anywhere: garage, basement, sport court or tennis court.

Ozzie Ice may be reached at 480/585-9400.
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