Maurice Richard’s career was consistently one of giving back. His feeling was that if he was going to be involved in school sports, this meant also being involved on the organizational and administrative side. To ensure that school sport remained affordable for his students, he pulled together an excellent fundraising team at his school. His first priority was always the students. At the zone level, Maurice was constantly hosting competitions at all levels and particularly in volleyball, curling and golf, usually as chair. On no less than four times while he was at J.A. Williams High School, Lac La Biche, he chaired ASAA provincials: twice in golf and twice in 3A volleyball. Wanting to ensure an organized and efficient school athletic program, Maurice created an Athletic Handbook for athletes, coaches and parents. Maurice has also been an active official, and he could regularly and can still be seen officiating at local, zone and provincial competitions in volleyball. He also officiated over the years in basketball, curling and track and field.
Over and above his school responsibilities, Maurice let his name stand and served for several other roles, including NE Zone president and ASAA Board member, ASAA Executive Committee member as Boys Athletic Director. When the ASAA introduced the Compliance Officer position, Maurice was the first one appointed to this role overseeing ASAA transfers. Maurice also served on the board of the newly formed Alberta interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association, an organization that has expended to be national in scope; he was also an instructor in this program. Maurice was involved with AIAAA as an inaugural board member from Fall 2009-2012.
“His leadership in school athletics is seen in the legacy he leaves behind.” ~ John Paton
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