[JRutledge]

We have a mentoring program in the AOA as well. We have a one on one relationship. We do not make it that complicated as to who is matched up. We match up an official that is willing to have a mentor with someone that is willing to mentor someone. We match people based the different levels. We have even had some officials that were varsity officials getting mentored by playoff officials. The whole idea with our system is match an official with a mentor that has achieved things the official looking for guidance has not. We also try to match people based on geography and some goals. The goal is to just give guidance to officials that want to accomplish more in their career.

Peace