The MSHSSCA is pleased to recognize top players in each gender and Class from around the State of Minnesota for our All State teams. There are 48 players from each gender and Class who are selected for the All State teams.

Click on the link to the right to access the MSHSSCA All State Selection Process.

All State Bios must be filled out by the deadline and the coach must be a member of the MSHSSCA by Midnight on October 1, for their players to be eligible to be considered in the All State Selection Process.

All State Player BIO Submission Instructions

In order for a player to be considered for All State or Honorable Mention all of the below must be completed:

1. The head coach must be a member of the MSHSSCA by October 1st. 

2. Bio form must be in by Thursday October 15th at noon. (NO EXCEPTIONS)

3. The COACH must complete the online bio form for each of their ranked players.

1. Go to www.mnhssoccer.com hover over the Awards & Recognition tab

2. Click on the All State link

3. Click on the correct All State bio link

4. Fill out the form completely with all information, use correct capitalization and spelled correctly. Remember these Bios are used in selecting the teams. Make sure that you do a good job on them. Please make sure that the player’s name is spelled correctly. The spelling gets carried through the whole process, so make sure that it’s correct.

5. At the end push the submit button

6. Print the page for your records that shows after you push the submit button

7. You will receive an email with a copy of the form you submitted as a google doc for your records as well.

NO BIO MEANS NO CONSIDERATION PERIOD

Direct your questions to ALL STATE DIRECTOR Steve Hendrickson at shendrickson@trinityschools.org

NOTE: A coach must be a member of the MSHSSCA by midnight on October 1, for their players to be eligible to be considered in the All State Selection Process.

1. The Boys and Girls First and Second All State Teams for both Class A and Class AA will be selected in the same manner by means of their own ALL STATE SELECTION COMMITTEES.

2. Each MSHSSCA ALL STATE SELECTION COMMITTEE will be made as follows:

1. A Sections: 1 representative from each MSHSL A Section.

2. AA Sections: 1 representative from each MSHSL AA Section.

3. Committee Chairperson.  This will be a non-voting position unless they are acting as a Section Representative.

3. Each Class in both the Boys and the Girls Programs will select a First and Second All State Team.

   1. For player consideration for placement on First or Second All State Team, completed All State 

                    Biographical Forms MUST BE submitted to the website below on or before the listed deadline date.

2. The number of players to be selected for each Team will be 22 field players and 2 keepers.

3. 8 Teams will be selected:

Class A Boys:      First and Second Team All State.

Class A Girls:   First and Second Team All State. 

Class AA Boys:  First and Second Team All State.  

Class AA Girls:  First and Second Team All State.  

4. For both Boys and Girls All State selection purposes Recognized Soccer Conferences. will be defined as Conferences that do the things normally associated with conference activities. (i.e. play a conference schedule, determine a champion, select all conference players, etc.

5. Through a Conference Representative, each Recognized Soccer Conference will, by 12 noon of  the Thursday deadline date, submit to the All State Director a list of ranked candidates for consideration for Team selection.

   1. For Conferences that contain only teams in a single Class (Class A or Class AA), a maximum of 12 field players and 4 keepers will be selected for nomination.

      1. The field players will be listed in rank order by the Conference Coaches.

      2. The keepers will also be listed in rank order by the Conference Coaches, but this list will be separate from the field players list.

      3. No team can submit more than 3 field players and 1 keeper. 

      4. A maximum of 12 field players and 4 keepers, can be nominated from a Conference. Players must have played in 50% of the team’s regular season games to be eligible for All State Honors.

      5. No team can submit more than 3 field players and 1 keeper.

      6. A Biographical Information Form for each selected player must be submitted by the player’s coach to the website www.mnhssoccer.com (Award and Recognition Forms, All State) by 12 noon of the Thursday deadline date in order for the player to be included in the All State selection process. 

      7. If the Bio Form is not in by the noon deadline, the player will not be considered in the selection process. The Player Bio is submitted on the MSHSSCA website.

2. In Conferences composed of both Class A and Class AA players, rank players of both classes together.  Do not rank Class A and Class AA players separately.

1. Rank enough field players to ensure that each Class has a minimum of 3 field players ranked.

2. Rank enough keepers to ensure that each Class has a minimum of 2 keepers ranked.

3. A maximum of 12 field players and 4 keepers, can be nominated from a Conference. Players must 

have played in 50% of the team’s regular season games to be eligible for All State Honors.

4. No team can submit more than 3 field players and 1 keeper.

5. A Biographical Information Form for each selected player must be submitted by the player’s coach to the website www.mnhssoccer.com (Award and Recognition Forms, All State) by 12 noon of the Thursday deadline date in order for the player to be included in the All State selection process. 

6. If the Bio Form is not in by the noon deadline, the player will not be considered in the selection process. The Player Bio is submitted on the MSHSSCA website.

NOTE: In some Conferences having only 1 or 2 Class A teams and the remainder Class AA teams,  number 3 above might not be feasible. In that case the Conference Coordinator can modify the rules to insure that qualified Class A players are adequately represented.

6. For All State Selection purposes the remaining soccer teams that do not participate in a Recognized Soccer Conference  will be classified as Independents. They will, by the deadline date, submit to the All State Director a list of candidates for consideration for All State Team selection.  

   1. The list can contain up to 3 rank ordered field players and 1 keeper.

   2. A Biographical Information Form  for each submitted player must be submitted by the player’s coach to the All State Director by 12 noon of the Thursday deadline date in order for the player to be included in the All State selection process. If the Bio Form is not in by the noon deadline, the player will not be considered in the selection process. The Player Bio Form is submitted on the MSHSSCA web site.

   3. In voting procedures below, players from these Independent Teams will be considered for and voted on for selection as though they belonged to a Recognized Soccer Conference.

   4. Before the all State Selection meeting the Class A and Class AA Section Representatives for both Boys and Girls will poll their Section coaches to determine a ranking order for the Independent Team players that are being nominated for All State selection.

7. The MSHSSCA ALL STATE SELECTION COMMITTEES will meet before the MSHSSCA Fall Post-Season meeting and select both the FIRST AND ALL STATE TEAMS.

8. FIRST AND SECOND ALL STATE TEAM Player selection Guidelines.

   1. For each Class in Boys and Girls the respective Section Representatives plus the Chairperson will jointly make the selections for the FIRST AND SECOND ALL STATE TEAMS from the eligible submitted players according to the listed procedures.

   2. The following VOTING RULES will be used throughout the selection process (with the exception of the Automatic Selections described in Section 9A1) for all the FIRST AND SECOND ALL STATE TEAMS.

   3. Concerning Conference nominees:

      1. A lower ranked player from a given Conference can not be selected before a higher ranked player from that same Conference is selected.

      2. A lower ranked player from one Conference can be selected before a higher ranked player from a different Conference.

   4. Concerning Independent Team nominees:

      1. A lower ranked player from a given Section can not be selected before a higher ranked player from that same Section is selected.

      2. A lower ranked player from one Section can be selected before a higher ranked player from a different Section.

9. FIRST TEAM ALL STATE TEAM selection procedures.

   1. Field Players.  (22 for each Team)

SECTION QUOTAS.

1. Representatives will ensure that a minimum of 1 player from each Section will make the All State Team.

2. This can be accomplished at the beginning or at the conclusion of the process.

3. The highest ranked remaining player from each Conference along with the highest ranked Independent team player in the Section will be considered in this round of balloting.

4. The rank of this selected player will not considered when selecting other players in Sections 9A3 and 4 of this process.

UNANIMOUS SELECTIONS.

1. The Section Representatives will consider, as a group, the remaining top ranked player from each Conference along with the highest ranked Independent Team players.

2. From this group the Representatives will determine by a poll any unanimous choices for All State Selection.

3. This step is complete when the highest ranked remaining player is not a unanimous selection.

COMPLETION OF THE PROCESS.

1. The Section Representatives will vote in rounds using only the remaining top ranked players from each Conference and the top ranked players remaining from Independent Team players from each Section.

1. Only 1 player from each Conference or Independent Team player each Section will be considered for voting in each round.

2. The player considered from each Conference or Independent Team player each Section will be the remaining top player from that Conference.

2. The voting will be accomplished as follows.

   1. In Class A, each Representative will vote for 5 players.

   2. In Class AA, each Representative will vote for 5 players.

3. In each round of voting, a player will be selected for All State if they are named on 50% or more of the voter’s ballots.

4. Rounds of similar voting will continue until all the FIRST TEAM ALL STATE TEAM spots are filled.

5. Keepers (2 for each FIRST TEAM ALL STATE)

Keepers play a specialized and different position from that of a field player, and therefore will not be considered with field player selection.

Each team will be awarded 2 keepers.

1. The same format as in steps 9A3 and 9A4 above will be followed for keeper selection.

2. In using step 9A4 above, each Representative will vote for 2 keepers.

10. SECOND TEAM ALL STATE selection procedures.

    1. The same format as in steps 9A3 and 9A4 above will be followed for field player selection.

    2. The same format as in step 9B above will be followed for keeper selection.

The Teams selected by the above process at All State Selection Meeting will be considered final and no changes will be made to these Selected Teams after the completion of the Selection Meeting.

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MSHSSCA MR/MS Minnesota Soccer Selection Policy

IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA FOR CANDIDATES SELECTION

The Mr. & Ms. Soccer Awards are presented to the best senior male and female Minnesota soccer players in each Class*, as judged by the respective Class All State Selection Committees.

In order to be eligible for consideration for this award, the player must be ranked as the number one, 12th grade player in his/her Conference*. (If a non-senior is ranked as the #1 player in a conference, the highest ranked 12th grade player in the conference is eligible for this award.)

OR

If a player’s team plays an independent schedule, the player must be ranked as being capable of being considered a number one 12th grade player had he/she played in a Conference.

*Note

In mixed Conferences with both Class AA and Class A teams the highest ranked 12 grade player from each Class is eligible to be considered for the Mr. or Ms. Minnesota Soccer Award.

SELECTION OF MR/MS SOCCER IN EACH GENDER AND CLASS

The Section Representatives for each Gender and Class will comprise the 4 Mr./Ms. Soccer Selection Committees.

Using the above criteria, each Committee will identify 5 candidates in each Gender and Class who are worthy of receiving the Awards.

The Past President will put together and gather the ballots for all Genders and Classes at the All-State Selection Committee Meeting.

The Committees will take a secret paper ballot ranking the candidates from 5 to 1 (where 5 is considered most worthy).

The Past President, along with the All-State Director, will tabulate the ballots to determine who the Mr./Ms. Soccer Award recipient is for each Gender and Class. The final tabulations will remain secret, and only the Past President and the All State Director will know the results of the tabulation.

The Past President will send a Press release to the Media announcing the 5 finalists for Mr./Ms. Soccer and indicating when and where the winners will be announced.

The Past President will contact the coaches of the five finalists and invite the coaches, players and families to the All-state Banquet. He will give the following directions to the coaches:

1. Coaches will be expected to give a short 3-4 minute spoken presentation about their player. Head Coaches only to speak. (Note:  ONLY the WINNER’S coach will make a presentation at the banquet.)

2. Players are to be informed that the award WINNERS will be expected to make 1 to 2 minute spoken remarks after receiving the award.

3. Remind coaches to have their player and families make their reservations for the banquet.

The Past President will announce the 5 finalists at the banquet and have them stand at their places in the audience to be recognized.  The Past President will then announce the winner of the award and invite the recipient and his/her coach to step to the platform.  The recipient’s coach will then make the presentation of 

the player, and the player will respond.  Photos of the recipients, their coaches and the MSHSSCA 

presenters will be taken.

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