NFHS Citations will be awarded to eight high school athletic directors December 14 in Tampa, Florida, during luncheon festivities at the 56th annual National Athletic Directors Conference sponsored jointly by the NFHS and the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA).
NFHS Citations are presented annually to outstanding athletic directors in recognition of contributions to interscholastic athletics at the local, state and national levels. State associations nominate athletic directors for NFHS Citations, and the NFHS Board of Directors approves recipients.
The 2025 award recipients are Brian Avery, RAA, director of Champions Together program, Indiana High School Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana; Emily Barkley, CMAA, athletic director, Union Public Schools, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dave Frazier, CMAA, athletic director, Rutherford (New Jersey) High School; Lee Gillie, CMAA, athletic director, Salem Hills High School, Salem, Utah; Troy Rice, CMAA, activities and athletic director, Rocky Mountain High School, Meridian, Idaho; Dan Talbot, CMAA, senior director of athletics, Polk County Public Schools, Bartow, Florida; Jack Tarr, CMAA, retired athletic director, Malcolm (Nebraska) Public Schools; and Randy Tevepaugh, CMAA, athletic director, Streetsboro (Ohio) City Schools.