NFHS Citations will be awarded to eight high school athletic directors December 16 in Austin, Texas, during luncheon festivities at the 55th 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 2024 award recipients are Andee Bouwhuis, CMAA, athletic director, Deseret Peak High School, Tooele, Utah; Fran Martin, CMAA, retired assistant executive director, Kansas State High School Activities Association, Topeka, Kansas; Scott Morris, CMAA, director of student activities, Fluvanna County High School, Palmyra, Virginia; Mike Mossbrucker, CMAA, athletic director, Mooresville (Indiana) High School; Ted Reynolds, CAA, athletic director, Canyon Ridge High School, Twin Falls, Idaho; Todd Sampson, CMAA, athletic director, Edward Little High School, Auburn, Maine; Joe Sanfilippo, CMAA, executive director, Georgia Athletic Directors Association, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia; and Andre Walker, CMAA, executive director of athletics, Houston (Texas) Independent School District.
Todd Sampson, CMAA
Auburn, Maine
A 25-year veteran of high school athletic administration, Todd Sampson has been athletic director at Edward Little High School in Auburn, Maine, since 2018.
Prior to joining the Edward Little staff, Sampson was athletics and activities director at Westbrook Middle School and High School in Westbrook, Maine, and Mt. Ararat Middle School and High School in Topsham, Maine, for 12 years.
Upon graduating from the University of Maine, Presque Isle, in 1995, Sampson was a teacher and coach at two Maine high schools. In 1998, Sampson moved to Gray (Maine) New Gloucester High School as boys basketball coach while coaching baseball and soccer at Auburn (Maine) Middle School.
Sampson assumed responsibilities as an athletic administrator in 2000, when he was hired by Lake Region Middle School and High School in Naples, Maine. He managed the interscholastic athletic and activity programs for both schools. During this time, he helped develop a varsity ice hockey program and revived the Lakers Hall of Fame.
In his 18 years as an NIAAA member, Sampson has made significant contributions at the state level. He served on the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (MIAAA) Board of Directors from 2006 to 2012 and was MIAAA president in his final year. Within the Maine Principals’ Association (MPA), Sampson was site director for the MPA State Basketball Tournament this past year and the MPA State Track and Field Championship in 2008 and 2015. He also served on the MPA Golf Committee (2010-14) and was a member of the Football Committee from 2002 to 2006.
Nationally, Sampson served on the NIAAA Credentials Committee for six years and was chair from 2012 to 2014. He has served as the Maine delegate to the NIAAA Delegate Assembly three times, and he was a member of the third NIAAA Strategic Planning Committee in 2009. He also has been active in the NIAAA Leadership Training Program with 31 courses completed.
Sampson received the MIAAA Special Achievement Award and the MIAAA Keith Lancaster Professional Development Award in 2009, and was named the MIAAA Robert Lahey Athletic Administrator of the Year in 2010.
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