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December 5, 2018

Division II schools earn Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence

The Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence — presented to Division II member schools earning an Academic Success Rate of 90 percent or higher — will go to 27 schools in the eighth year of the program.

December 5, 2018

Oregon commits violations in men’s and women’s basketball, women’s track and field, and football

The head University of Oregon women’s basketball coach failed to monitor and promote an atmosphere of compliance in his program, and the head men’s basketball coach failed to monitor his director of basketball operations.

November 19, 2018

2019 Rhodes Scholars include NCAA Division III student-athlete

Katie Kowal, a former track and field student-athlete at Lewis & Clark, is among 32 American students selected as Rhodes Scholars.

November 19, 2018

DIII committee allocates funds for joint basketball championships

Highlights from last week’s Division III Strategic Planning and Finance Committee conference call.

November 19, 2018

DIII SAAC opposes acclimatization proposal

The Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee endorsed all but one of the proposals that will be subject to a membership vote at the 2019 NCAA Convention.

November 19, 2018

2018 NCAA Division II festival set for Pittsburgh

More than 900 student-athletes will travel to Pittsburgh to compete for six NCAA fall championships from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1 when SportsPITTSBURGH, Clarion and Slippery Rock host the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships Festival.

November 14, 2018

College athletes graduate at record high rates

More Division I student-athletes than ever are earning their degrees, according to new Graduation Success Rate data released today. The most recent rate is 88 percent, a record high and an increase of 1 percentage point from 2017 numbers.

November 9, 2018

Four Brigham Young boosters gave extra benefits to men’s basketball student-athlete

Four Brigham Young boosters provided more than $12,000 in complimentary all-inclusive vacations, cash, meals, golf and the use of a car to a men’s basketball student-athlete in violation of NCAA rules

November 5, 2018

NCAA completes 2018 Minority Coaches Series programming

The NCAA leadership development staff has completed its Minority Coaches Series for 2018 where coaches representing volleyball, basketball, and track and field engaged in professional development programming to enhance skills that will increase their chances of becoming head coaches in the future.

November 3, 2018

Preliminary-round tickets for DI Men’s Basketball Championship go on sale Nov. 3

Tickets to preliminary rounds of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time Saturday, Nov. 3, for each host city.

November 1, 2018

Appeals committee upholds findings and penalties for former Ole Miss assistant athletics director

The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee upheld findings that the former Ole Miss assistant athletics director acted unethically when he arranged for prospective student-athletes to receive free merchandise and lodging during visits to the university and was involved in improper cash payments to the prospective student-athletes and their families.

November 1, 2018

Appeals committee upholds Ole Miss findings and postseason ban; overturns unofficial visit penalty

The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee overturned an NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions penalty that required Ole Miss to limit recruits in the sport of football to one unofficial visit per year during its probation period.

October 31, 2018

DII raises over $474,000 for Make-A-Wish

As part of their partnership with Make-A-Wish, Division II schools raised more than $474,000 for the nonprofit organization during the 2017-18 academic year. Since the national Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee began its relationship with Make-A-Wish in 2003, the division has raised more than $5.7 million, helping the organization grant wishes to 697 kids across the country with life-threatening medical conditions.

October 31, 2018

NCAA and Defense Department expand concussion study with $22.5 million

The world’s most comprehensive concussion study is being dramatically expanded with an infusion of nearly $22.5 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Defense and the NCAA to examine the impacts of head injuries over several years.

October 30, 2018

DI leadership provides academic misconduct feedback

The Division I Presidential Forum and Division I Board of Directors provided input to a working group examining academic misconduct rules and policies, with the goal of having recommendations ready for forum review in January 2019.

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