Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)

When sports are done right, we want to hold those coaches up as examples of the Double-Goal Coach® model- striving to win, while also pursuing the more important goal of teaching life lessons through sports!

Mountain View, Calif. - Winners for Postive Coaching Alliance's (PCA) National Double-Goal Coach Award presented by TeamSnap were recently chosen from nearly 700 nominations PCA received nationwide from 44 of the 50 states. Ten of those winners have also gave their time and dedication to coaching with the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).

Shirley Hinton, AAU Track and Field
Maurice Henriques, AAU Track and Field
Charles “Chic” Hess, AAU Basketball
Jorge Buret, AAU Basketball
Tony Rosito, AAU Basketball
Savannah Linhares, AAU Basketball
Eryk Watson, AAU Basketball
Antonio DelVecchio, AAU Wrestling
Josh Saunders, AAU Flag Football
Richard Ward, AAU Baseball

Each National Winner will receive $1,000, recognition on PCA's website, newsletters and media campaigns, and an invitation (with a guest) to accept the honor at PCA's National Youth Sports Awards & Benefit sponsored by Deloitte on May 2nd at Santa Clara University's Leavey Center.

Four winners will be selected in the coming weeks to win an all-expenses-paid trip with a guest to California for the event and will be welcomed on stage for a panel discussion.

In addition, PCA will be presenting its Founder, Jim Thompson, with the Ronald L. Jensen Lifetime Achievement Award for his vision to create a more positive, character-building youth sports environment and dedicating the last 22 years of his life to this meaningful work! At the gala, the National Coach of the Year Winner will be announced and will receive $10,000 for the Taube Family Prize in Recognition of Excellence in Coaching.

Keep an eye out on PCA's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for highlights on all of our inspiring National Winners!

2020 NATIONAL WINNERS:

Becky Alcox Hilliard Bradley High School (Ohio), Soccer	Jorge Buret \| AAU Hoops & Sports 4All (New York), Basketball	Chris Cutcliffe Oxford School District (Mississippi), Football	Antonio DelVecchio \| AAU Titletown Wrestling Academy (Georgia), Wrestling
James Ford LA's Best After School Program (California), Basketball/Football/Soccer/Softball	Heather Frushour Empire High School (Arizona), Track & Field	Justin Georgacakis Glenbrook North High School (Illinois), Football/Lacrosse	John Hallead Columbia High School (Washington), Baseball
Maurice Henriques \| AAU R.E.A.L. Training Colorado (Colorado), Track & Field	Charles "Chic" Hess \| AAU Little Dribblers (Hawaii), Basketball	Shirley Hinton \| AAU Owings MIlls High School (Maryland), Track & Field	Devon Holmes The Cindy Platt Boys & Girls Club of Transylvania County (North Carolina), Basketball/Football
Savannah Linhares \| AAU Chowchilla High School (California), Basketball	Thomas McPherson Katy High School (Texas), Baseball	Jacob Michaels Franklin High School (Oregon), Cross Country, Track & Field	Brad Murphy West High School (Wisconsin), Football
Antonio Rosito \| AAU Wildcats Midlothian TX AAU (Texas), Basketball	Josh Saunders \| AAU T.R.Robinson High School (Florida), Girls' Flag Football/Volleyball	Bill Tantillo Leigh High School (California), Football	Cory Tennison Langford Park Recreation Center (Minnesota), Baseball, Basketball, Soccer
Christina Urbina McCollum High School (Texas), Soccer	Patty Waldron Charlotte Latin School (North Carolina), Swimming	Richard Ward \| AAU Red Sox Foundation RBI (Massachusetts), Softball	Eryk Watson \| AAU E33 Eagles (Georgia), Basketball
Monia "Tish" Wong Sacramento Soccer Alliance Girls Soccer (California), Soccer