What Happened to High School AA Honorable Mention?
In the wake of High School All American selection, questions have popped up regarding honorable mention. Although the specifics and dates may not be exact, here is what happened to the honorable mention award and where the number 130 came from.
From about 1990 to 2002, High School All-American Honorable mention was an award that was given those divers who placed 71-100 when ranked after all submitted applications and tapes were reviewed. The top 70 divers received All-American status. Now that was for the public schools. At the same time, the independent schools had 20 All-Americans and 10 honorable mentions. After 2002, the honorable mention designation was removed, and all 100 divers - plus 30 for the independent schools, were named All-American. Shortly after that, the public and independent school groups were combined. This created the number of divers used today … 130.
Can you recommend any junior diving instructional videos or text books for 13 yr olds?
Diving My Way by Ron O’Brien is a good instructional video, although right now it is only available in VHS. I do believe that it will come out on DVD soon. It can be found at SpringboardsAndMore.com. USA Diving has several videos on DVD that may also be helpful. They can be found on their website under Educational Materials.