STEVENS POINT, Wis. – The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association announces the hiring of Jacob Beschta to serve as assistant director on the executive staff today. He will assume his role at the organization’s headquarters on June 5, 2025.

“I am extremely grateful and honored to have the opportunity to serve our membership as Assistant Director,” Beschta said. “I look forward to working alongside our dedicated WIAA team to support our member schools in providing the absolute best in academic and co-curricular opportunities for our student-athletes.”

Beschta’s responsibilities will include the administration and tournament planning for the sports assigned, as well as other administrative duties to be determined.

“Our staff enthusiastically welcomes Jake to our team,” Executive Director Stephanie Hauser said. “His wide range of experiences as athletic director, coach, licensed official and as a high school principal bring a unique perspective to our staff in serving the membership.”

Beschta joins the executive staff after serving as high school principal in the Denmark School District since 2020. Among his many responsibilities, he supervised and evaluated professional and support staff, and he led the hiring process for all high school staff. He has guided the planning and implementing of course and curriculum development, effectuated school safety planning and professional development for district and building staff; and managed building and activity budgets.

He also collaborated to create several strategies and initiatives designed to enhance opportunities, engagement and improvement for students and staff. Beschta developed the Vikings Link Crew, a student-led, ninth-grade mentorship program, and led the implementation of a Building Advisory Committee to improve the school’s master schedule, create opportunities for shared leadership, and implement a building continuous improvement plan. He also worked with the athletic director to hire coaches and revise the district’s coaches handbook.

Prior to his most current role, Beschta served as principal at Oconto Falls High School from 2018-2020. In addition to similar responsibilities and achievements at Denmark, he collaborated on educator effectiveness planning and implemented a leadership committee to build teacher course loads and student-led tutor and mentoring programs. He also created a Student Leadership Committee and led the school’s Wall of Fame nomination and inductee process, as well as working with the athletic director to implement coach evaluations and professional learning.

He served three years as the athletic director and associate principal at Sheboygan Falls High School from 2015-18. Beschta was responsible for 17 athletic programs, the district’s recreation programs and co-curricular clubs. In addition to managing the athletic program budget, he supervised policy updates to the student handbook and athletic code, evaluated coaches, facilitated staff professional development opportunities and led coach and conference meetings.

Other educational experiences include teaching middle school mathematics and language arts in the Coleman School District from 2007-15.  Along with his teaching duties, he served as football junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach, girls basketball junior varsity head and varsity assistant coach and as a high school track & field coach.

Beschta is currently the co-chair of the WIAA Calendar and Contact Ad-Hoc Committee and he is a WIAA-licensed basketball official at the master level along with being a member of the Green Bay Officials Association. Other education-related service includes a position as secretary and vice president of the Northeast Wisconsin Conference Principals Committee.

The WIAA, as defined by its Constitution, is a voluntary, unincorporated, and nonprofit organization. The membership oversees interscholastic athletic programs for 513 senior high schools and 36 junior high/middle level schools in its membership.

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