Jay Hammes
Jay Hammes
President of
Safe Sport Zone LLC
Jay has been involved in athletics his entire life: as a player, a coach, a teacher, and an athletic administrator at the high school, district, and collegiate levels. He was named Wisconsin’s "Athletic Director of the Year" in 2013, inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame in 2018, inducted into the Washington Park High School Hall of Fame, and was nominated for the NIAAA Distinguished Service Award and their Frank Kovaleski Professional Development Award.

Jay’s passion for high school athletics has had him speaking throughout the country on maintaining a safer environment for after-school events. This earned Safe Sport Zone national recognition at Disney World by NCS4.

He is currently working with the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association and is the author, chair, and lead instructor of the leadership training course called “Contest Management.”

Jay has had many articles published and has been quoted as a source in numerous articles, including USA Today.

Jay graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and earned his master’s degree from the United States Sports Academy.

He’s currently an elected Board Trustee for the Village of Wind Point; his major responsibility is Public Safety.


SAFE SPORT ZONE

Nearly all school districts have security measures in place during school days. However, similar risk management policies are too often overlooked or ignored for evening events. Safe Sport Zone has developed plans to ensure safer environments for activities occurring outside of regular school hours.

Safe Sport Zone has developed a staffing model for athletic administrators to adopt as a best practice. The exercises include spectator issues, identifying all fans, athletic concerns, facilities maintenance, evacuation procedures, and applications for almost any emergency.

For interscholastic athletics to survive, kids' games must be enjoyable, entertaining, safe, and educationally driven. Safe Sport Zone is committed to these principles. Back Button