The FHSAA is an organization created to serve its member schools. The FHSAA’s list of services has grown considerably in its 100+ year history and includes:

Athletic Programs – The FHSAA offers postseason State Series competition through which the official state champions in 17 boys sports and 18 girls sports are determined. The State Series are conducted during the school year as follows: Fall – Boys & Girls Bowling, Boys & Girls Cross Country, Football, Boys & Girls Golf, Boys & Girls Swimming & Diving and Girls Volleyball; Winter – Boys & Girls Basketball, Competitive Cheerleading, Boys & Girls Soccer, Girls Weightlifting, Boys & Girls Individual Wrestling and Dual Wrestling; and Spring – Baseball, Girls Beach Volleyball, Girls Flag Football, Boys & Girls Lacrosse, Girls Softball, Boys & Girls Tennis, Boys & Girls Track & Field, Adapted Boys & Girls Track & Field, Boys Volleyball, Boys & Girls Water Polo, and Boys Weightlifting.

Contest Officials – All contest officials are independent contractors who are members of local officials associations sanctioned by the FHSAA. Currently, more than 8,000 officials are registered with the FHSAA and receive support, training and evaluation in order to provide game officiating services to all high schools and FHSAA State Series events.

Communication – The FHSAA Office maintains a clear channel of communication between member schools, officials, the news media and the general public through numerous direct mailings, annual publications, Home Campus, Arbiter, and the official web site of the FHSAA (www.fhsaa.com).

Recognition Programs – The FHSAA conducts several programs through which schools, student-athletes, adminstrators, coaches, officials and other individuals are recognized.

1. The Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame is dedicated to preserving the tradition of interscholastic athletics in Florida by highlighting the past in order to ensure a promising future for the Association and its member schools. Each year, administrators, coaches, officials and others who have made lasting contributions to the Association are inducted into the Hall of Fame.
2. The FHSAA Academic All-State Awards Program honors 24 student-athletes who have achieved excellence, both on the field and in the classroom, throughout their high school careers. Two of the Academic All-State Team members are selected the FHSAA Male and Female Scholar Athletes of the Year.
3. The FHSAA Academic Team Champion Program recognizes teams in each of the Association’s 32 sports, naming an Academic Team Champion in each classification, based on the team’s cumulative grade point average.
4. The Sportsmanship Awards Program recognizes the one school in each of the Association’s seven classifications whose athletic program best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship by its coaches, athletes and spectators.
5. The Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards Program recognizes schools in 7 administrative classifications whose total athletic programs have excelled above all others within their classifications in all FHSAA state championship series tournaments and meets throughout the school year.
6. Additional award programs include the Spouts Farmers Market Spirit Showdown, Roger Dearing Heart of the Arts Award, and Roger Dearing Spirit of Sport Award which recognize individuals and schools for other exceptional achievements.