News Release

WARSAW — The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA) is pleased to announce that Matt Binkerd, athletic director at Warsaw Community High School, and Roman Smith, assistant athletic director at Warsaw Community High School, have both been recognized by the NIAAA as certified athletic administrators.

To earn this distinction, Binkerd and Smith have demonstrated the highest level of knowledge and expertise in the field of interscholastic athletic administration. The voluntary certification process included a thorough evaluation of the candidate’s educational background, experience and professional contributions, as well as a rigorous, comprehensive written examination.

Binkerd and Smith are now part of an elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism.

The NIAAA is a national professional organization consisting of all 50 state athletic administrator associations and more than 12,000 individual members. It is dedicated to promoting the professional growth of interscholastic athletic administrators and preserving the educational nature of interscholastic athletics and the place of these programs in the secondary school curriculum.

Warsaw Community Schools would like to congratulate Binkerd and Smith on this professional achievement and thank them both for their service to WCHS.