Recognition & Awards  ·  George A. Schutte Award

2011 Bob Bahne 2010 Not Awarded 2009 Jack Garner 2008 John Furgeson 2007 Not Awarded 2006 Ken Flaherty 2005 Lou Furrer 2004 Bill Tellous 2003 Pat Sweeney 2002 John Oakley 2001 George Schutte

Criteria

• (1) Retired member of SDCFOA no longer an active working football official for one year at any level of football from Pop Warner to the NFL, including Arena or any new league which could come along (example: XFL, USFL or NFL Europe). Retired member could be an Associate member serving in some such a capacity as an Officer, Assignor, Observer, etc, the on field is what matters, clock starts when official works last game, a non-officiating member or (2) any regular member who is deceased, or currently is rendered incapable to officiate football games anymore due to illness, medical condition, accident, or injury if they have worked a game for the Association within the past 12 months.
  
  
• Consideration given to administrative services to the Association as Officer Positions, Board, Committees, and any other administrative duties.
  
  
• Consideration given to services to the Instructional Program.
  
  
• Overall reputation of the retired member within the football "community"; i.e. officials, coaches, administrators, etc.
  
  
• Any other contributions for the good of the Association.
  
  
• Retired member should have been an active member of SDCFOA for a minimum number of 10 years, and years would not have to have been consecutively.
  
  
• Award can be posthumously.
  
  
• Award may or may not be given each year. Committee would decide if acceptable candidates are nominated to form a ballot.
  
  

Procedure

• Past President is George Schutte Award Committee Chairman, committee is Chairman and the two most recent active past presidents.
  
  
• Any active certified, affiliate or associate member may nominate a retired member for the award.
  
  
• From the nominations the committee would select a minimum of three and no more than five nominees to form a ballot. Committee would be responsible to make sure nominees are eligible.
  
  
• Ballots would be submitted to each past president of the SDCFOA and each would be asked to vote for one nominee.
  
  
• Anyone of the nominees receiving more than 50% of the votes would be the recipient of the George Schutte Award for that year, one award winner per year. If no nominee received 50%, than the top two vote getters and ties would constitute a second ballot and a second vote taken, and so on, until one nominee receives over 50% of the vote.
  
  
• Nominations are to be submitted to Committee by October 1 and ballot and voting process completed and award winner is to be submitted by committee to Executive Secretary of SDCFOA no later than November 1 each year award to be given.