Scorer

IMPORTANT

See the Excelsior Work team policies and requirements document. Please note that certified R2 and scorers are required no later than February 1st for all sanctioned tournaments.

EXCELSIOR SCORERS INFORMATION

JUNIORS: BECOMING INITIALLY CERTIFIED AS A PROVISIONAL SCORER OR RE-CERTIFYING EVERY TWO YEARS

1. Register with Excelsior and be a member in good standing.
2. Attend a scorer clinic (Fellowship or regular clinic) in its entirety and make sure your name is on the attendance sheet.
3. Take scorer Test B in hardcopy, correct it at the clinic, and turn it in to your clinician. The clinician sends your name to the Scorer Chairperson and your certification information is entered into MMS. This information will appear in your personal information, on your membership card, and on your teams MMS roster.
4. Demonstrate proficiency by keeping score at either a Fellowship scrimmage or an out of region tournament. If keeping score at an Excelsior sanctioned tournament, all score sheets are automatically turned in to the Scorer Chairperson by each Tournament Director.

Scorer certifications are valid for two years! After your first year certified as a Provisional Scorekeeper, you only have to attend a Fellowship Event or clinic every other year! There are no additional certification requirements during the off-year.

ADULTS: BECOMING INITIALLY CERTIFIED AS A PROVISIONAL SCORER OR RE-CERTIFYING EVERY TWO YEARS

There are two options for becoming certified as a Provisional Scorer initially and re-certifying every other year: 

1. attend a Scorer clinic and take/correct/turn in the hardcopy B test
2. you may self-certify by taking and passing the on-line SK accreditation clinic / quiz at the new USA Volleyball Academy Learning Management System (LMS):
   • First, log into the MMS with your existing userid and password.
   • Select the “Event Registration” tab on the left side and click on the “Region Ref/Score Clinics” dropdown to pull up the list of all Excelsior referee and Scorer clinics. Register for the On-Line Excelsior Provisional Scorer Certification by clicking on the “Register” button next to the clinic name.
   • If your personal information is not automatically filled in, select the “Add” button to the right of the “Choose Contact”, enter your Last Name and optionally First Name in the “Search/Select Contact” pop-up box and click “Search Contacts” at the bottom of the page, then select the radio button next to your name, and click on the “Choose Contact” button at the bottom of the page.
   • Click on the Submit button for Step 1 and then click on the Register button for Step 2.
   • MMS will automatically register you in the US Volleyball Academy learning management system (LMS) and create a userid and password. You will login using your MMS username and password. 
   • Log into the USA Volleyball Academy LMS and click on the Catalog ID IE401, Excelsior Scorer Training, to open up the required clinic courses and test.
   • When all of the required modules are completed, USA Volleyball Academy will automatically update your MMS Provisional Scorer certification to Current.
   • Please make sure that you Logoff the USA Volleyball Academy LMS when you are finished taking the courses.

UPGRADING CERTIFICATION TO REGIONAL SCORER

After one year of successfully keeping score as a Provisional Scorer, you may upgrade to Regional Scorer by being rated by one of the Scorer clinicians.

MOVING UP BEYOND REGIONAL SCORER

Certification Regional Scorers are encouraged to consider upgrading their certification status so that they can assist Excelsior in training scorekeepers and potentially be compensated for work at USAV National Championship events.

• NATIONAL JUNIOR SCORER
• NATIONAL SCORER
• USA INTERNATIONAL SCORER

Contact the Officials Director or Scorer Chairperson for more details, if interested.

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Complete USAV volleyball rules and scorekeeping instructions are in the USA Volleyball rulebook, available in hardcopy from your clinician or on the Officials Training website 

EXCELSIOR SCOREKEEPER CLINICIANS

Pat Hanlon	Fulton
Jim Kramar	Queensbury
Mike McNeil	Endicott
Ben Rosenthal	Scotia
Howard Veater	Rochester
Josh Huntley	Ilion