Jennifer Rukstad

New podcast episode release! In this episode we talk about our upcoming basketball championships. 🏀

Official Announcement: MSHSAA Announces Addition and Changes to Executive Staff. Read the official press release here: bit.ly/3m4JAdh

TOMORROW!! The 48th Annual MSHSAA Girls Swimming and Diving Championships will take place at St. Peters Rec-Plex February 16th - 18th. In preparation, take a quick look back on some history of Girls Swimming & Diving Championships🤩

Now available: The MSHSAA All Access Podcast! Find us on your favorite podcast provider. Episodes will come out weekly and will discuss all things MSHSAA!

🎉National Athletic Administrators Day🎉 To all of the District, High School and Middle School ADs THANK YOU for all you do! Your leadership is crucial to so many students navigating their way through school and beyond. We thank you, we acknowledge you, and we appreciate you!

The NFHS awarded 8 high school athletic directors the NFHS Citation Award at this years NIAAA annual conference. Congratulations to former Assistant Executive Director, Kevin Garner, for being selected as one of those recipients! Read more: bit.ly/3iUDydO

Today marks the first possible practice day for Basketball & Girls Wrestling🥳 Wishing everyone a great start to their season!

📣 What High School Activities Mean to Me 🎭 Feat. Lou Mazzocco of the @MSHSAAOrg. For more on Activities Month 👉 bit.ly/3fwaCXQ. #HSActivitiesMonth #CaseForHighSchoolActivities

Special thanks to @MissouriGolf for serving as Championship Officials for the 2022 Girls Golf Championships!

In honor of Officials Appreciation Week, help us congratulate the 22-23 Officials of the Year Award Recipients chosen from the 21-22 school year🥳 Thank you for all that you do for the students & schools of Missouri!

It's go time! Today marks the first possible contest day for fall sports. You can find class and district assignments here: bit.ly/3AjNlQW (Cross Country release is Sept 9th)

@ppj3 @MSHSAAOrg Spot on, John!

@MSHSAARuk @MSHSAAOrg Hope all is well, Jen!

It’s the first day of fall practice for all @MSHSAAOrg member schools! Make it the start of what will be a great year! That is the hope of every student who shows up today. What a privilege to be a part of that hope, coaches and directors!

Wishing everyone a great start to their fall seasons🎉

NEWS: MSHSAA Awards Championship Venues for Basketball, Cross Country, Volleyball, Wrestling and Music. mshsaa.org/Content/MSHSAA…

@CoachAndyOeth Thank you, Andy! So glad you are teaching and coaching now!

Couldn’t be happier!! I cannot begin to measure the respect and admiration I have for @CPSRuk. As my math teacher she never gave up on me and was always encouraging, though I was not a great student. A great coach, teacher, & admin. Excited to coach in MO under her leadership.

@todd_zell Thank you, Todd!

Former AD, Principal, Ass't superintendent, MSHSAA Board member. Jen will be awesome. Congrats and best of luck. @CPSRuk

@MoCatFan Thank you, Mike!!

So excited for this! Dr. Rukstad will be awesome in this role! Congrats, @CPSRuk ! Looking forward to your leadership.

Dr. Jennifer Rukstad has been named MSHSAA’s seventh Executive Director, to begin in late June following the retirement of current Executive Director, Dr. Kerwin Urhahn. mshsaa.org/Content/Ruksta…