UHSAA and MaxPreps.com Sign Multi-Year Agreement

Midvale, UT (August 29th, 2012) – The Utah High School Activities Association and MaxPreps.com, the online high school sports leader and a CBSSports.com site, have signed a partnership agreement for the next five years, UHSAA officials have announced. The selection of MaxPreps.com as the Associations "Official Statistician and Digital Media Partner" will give UHSAA member schools a single location to report all Box Score information.

MaxPreps.com provides schools with a publishing platform for managing and promoting their sports information. The platform includes mobile extensities that allow schools to keep their statistics in real time. The UHSAA will use the data collected from the MaxPreps.com platform to power post-season qualifications, the state record book, statewide statistical leaderboards, UHSAA awards, UHSAA media guides, and much more. Schools will be directed to post their Box Score information to MaxPreps.com after each contest. This information will then be shared will all media outlets for distribution.

UHSAA Executive Director Robert C. Cuff said, "The UHSAA is thrilled to become part of the MaxPreps team. They are the nation's leader in providing statistics and data for high school sports. The UHSAA is committed to a leadership role in "all things high school" in the state of Utah. This partnership goes a long way toward a more targeted approach for collecting and disseminating high school scores and statistics."

MaxPreps.com, the nation's most visited site for high school sports information and results, has been on the prep sports scene since 2002 and successfully partnered with other state athletic associations.

"MaxPreps.com and the Utah High School Activities Association will be able to elevate the game for all Utah member schools and athletes. The combination of MaxPreps' incomparable stats, communication utilities and the UHSAA's commitment to streamlining the management of the high school sports, Utah high school sports will be very well served" said Andy Beal, MaxPreps.com Founder and President. "This partnership will allow MaxPreps and the UHSAA to automate qualifications for the post-season, state records, state leaderboards, UHSAA awards, and much more. We are honored to partner with the UHSAA."

Founded in August 2002, MaxPreps.com is headquartered in Cameron Park, California and is a unit of CBS Interactive. For more information about MaxPreps.com and for the latest high school sports news, scores, and expert analysis, please visit maxpreps.com.

Since 1927, the UHSAA has led the development of education-based interscholastic athletic and fine arts activities that help students succeed in their lives. The belief is these activities are an essential part of the high school experience and go a long way to improving academic performance and producing better citizens. The UHSAA reaches 138 member schools and over 85,000 participants in high school activity programs.