Pardon me for one day here as I put on my hat as an HHSAA Foundation Hall of Honor selection committee member.

Tomorrow (May 2) is the original deadline to submit nomination forms for the 2008 Hall of Honor class, and as of Wednesday evening only a few have trickled in. The deadline may be extended a few days especially to account for late-arriving forms from the Neighbor Islands due to the air cargo crisis.

Still, we are far short of our usual numbers by this time, so there is concern that maybe people forgot or did not know about the deadline.

I have been on the committee for five years now, and every year so far it was a struggle to whittle down the 80 or so applicants down to the select 12. And that’s a good thing, because it means every year there are so many outstanding candidates to choose from.

I don’t think this year should be any different, as we are coming to the close of yet another incredible year of Hawai‘i high school sports. There are a ton of exceptional senior student-athletes out there, and we would like to examine the credentials of every legitimate candidate for this prestigious honor.

So, especially all you coaches out there, if you know of an outstanding senior student-athlete who has made their mark in Hawai‘i high school sports history, deserving of being permanently enshrined in local sports lore for their achievements on and off the field/court, then by all means please contact them and make sure they have filled out a nomination form.

As a reminder, each of the 12 honorees will be inducted at an awards banquet June 8 at the Sheraton Waikiki. The induction also comes with a $2,000 college scholarship.

The nomination forms are accessible at the HHSAA Web site, www.sportshigh.com

For more information, call the HHSAA office at 587-4495.

We want to learn about and select the best senior student-athletes tha state has to offer, so please help us get those nomination forms in!

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