| NOMINATIONS
The nomination of players for
the Harlon Hill Trophy and the voting on these players is
conducted by the sports information directors at the 156 NCAA
Division II schools which compete in football. Schools may
nominate any player who has distinguished himself as
being among the best players in the NCAA Division II during the
current season. To insure national representation on the
voting for the Harlon Hill Trophy balloting, voting is first
conducted on regional basis within the four NCAA regions.
Player nominations from the Northeast, South, Midwest and West
are sent to Hill Committee Chairman Jeff Hodges. They are then
broken down into regions and are sent to the National Advisory
Committee for review.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAKES THE FIRST CUT
The Advisory Committee is
comprised of four SIDs from each region who have a
long-time involvement with the Hill Trophy and who have been
through the process before. The chairman of each regional
advisory committee polls his members to determine who the top
six players are from their respective region. No more than six
players may advance to the regional ballot, but the advisory
committee is not under any obligation to select six players. If
only four candidates from a region are deemed worthy, only four
will advance. The regional selections are then forwarded
to Voting Coordinator Dee Corum, who updates biographies on each
nominee and compiles the regional ballot.
REGIONAL VOTING
The players who make the
regional ballots are first voted on by the sports information
directors in their region. These 24 players (maximum) are
CANDIDATES for the award. SIDs vote on a first, second and
third basis, with three points for a first-place vote, two
points for a second-place vote and one point for a third-place
vote. All votes are mailed or faxed back to the voting
coordinator, who counts the votes. The top two selected in each
region then move on to the national ballot.
NATIONAL VOTING
The eight players selected for
the national ballot are then voted on nationwide by all sports
information directors at Division II football-playing
institutions. These eight are the FINALISTS for the award.
Statistics and biographies are again updated and are mailed
nationwide. SIDs again vote on a first, second and third
basis. The final vote count is also compiled
by the Voting Coordinator and is kept secret until the
presentation banquet. The top three vote-getters from that final
voting are then invited to the Shoals for the Championship week
activities. The voting is already completed at this point, but
no vote totals are released until the actual presentation
banquet. These players only know that they have finished among
the top three, and the other five finalists must wait until the
banquet to see where they placed.
A total of 24 players were nominated for the 2001 Hill Trophy, with six from
each region - Midwest, Northeast, South, & West
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