Committee members are nominated by state associations, as is the chairperson, who guides the members through their work.  Each of the NFHS’s eight sections are represented on the given rules committee and each committee member serves a four-year term.

The NFHS is pleased to welcome three new members of the Middle School Committee: Sarah Bridenbaugh, Keenan Huss and Nick Lasker.

Sarah Bridenbaugh, Chair, previously served on the Middle School Committee as the Section 2 representative from 2020-2024. She now begins her four-year term as chair. Bridenbaugh is an Assistant Commissioner with the Kentucky High School Athletic Association where she oversees the sports of cross country, track & field, and softball, as well as the sport-activities of bowling and dance. Her duties also include being the Director of Middle Schools and Emerging Opportunities, guiding the state’s Adapted and Unified offerings and managing novelty sales, trophies and medals for all KHSAA championships.

Prior to joining the KHSAA in 2015, Bridenbaugh spent six years as a girls’ basketball coach and a mathematics teacher. A product of Morgan (Ohio) High School, Bridenbaugh graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in secondary education. She added a master’s degree in instructional leadership from Eastern Kentucky University in 2015. She and her husband, Sy, reside in Richmond.

Keenan Huss, Section 2, serves as the Assistant Executive Director for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA). In his role, Huss is responsible for by-law interpretation, as well as administering the championship tournaments for golf, field hockey, wrestling, and softball.

Previously, Huss served as the Assistant Director of Event & Facility Operations at the University of Georgia, where he oversaw event and facility operations for football, softball, women’s soccer, cross country, track & field, and swimming & diving.

Before his time at the University of Georgia, Huss served as the Director of Athletic Facilities & Operations for Texas A&M University – Commerce and was an instrumental part in leading and implementing facility plans, as well game operations.

Huss is a graduate of Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania in secondary education obtained in 2019 while earning his master’s in business administration in 2021.

Nick Lasker, Section 6, is an Associate Executive Director at the Arkansas Activities Association. His responsibilities include being the liaison for Coaches Education, Special Olympics Champion Schools, and the Arkansas High School Athletic Directors Association. He serves as the rules interpreter for Cross Country, Swimming/Diving, Track and Field, and Volleyball.

Lasker has served on the NFHS Coaches Education Committee, NFHS Swim and Dive Rules Committee, and the NFHS Volleyball Rules Committee. On the NFHS Education Committee, he served as the chairman. In recognition of outstanding leadership and meritorious achievement in interscholastic athletic administration, Nick received the State Award of Merit from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association in cooperation with the Arkansas High School Athletic Administration Association.

Lasker has worked as a teacher, coach (high school and college level), school administrator, and state-level administrator for over 35 years. Nick graduated from Hendrix College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988, and in 1995, he received a Master’s in Secondary Education Degree from the University of Central Arkansas. In 2013, Nick was inducted into the Hendrix College Sports Hall of Honor. He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated.

He is married to Dr. Karen Lasker. They have been married for 35 years and have one son, Alfred-Lloyd Lasker, and one grandson, Knox Nicoloas Lasker.

The Middle School Committee Meeting will take place in Indianapolis October 14-15, 2024.