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February 9, 2012

Committee recommends several football rules proposals to enhance safety

By Ty Halpin The NCAA Football Rules Committee, which met Tuesday-Thursday in Charlotte, N.C., has recommended several rules proposals intended to enhance student-athlete safety for the 2012 season. Even though it is a non-rules change year as part of the two-year cycle process, these rule changes...

February 8, 2012

Connecticut College professor is at the center of the student-athlete experience

By Gary Brown NCAA.org The most notable thing about Connecticut College Faculty Athletics Representative Stan Ching is his smile. The guy’s always wearing one – usually a bright, genuine, enameled version. He’s also usually wearing a short-sleeved shirt … but we’ll get to that later. Connecticut...

February 8, 2012

Victor Williams finds a home at Bridgewater (Virginia)

By Greg Johnson NCAA.org Victor Williams was born in a Unification Church-run community house in Washington, D.C. From there, he went from homeless shelters and periods when he was living out of a car. Through it all, Williams and his three siblings made the most of it. “One thing my mother (Rhonda...

February 8, 2012

Saint Leo's Johnson uses athletics to persevere

By Greg Johnson NCAA.org Jasmine Johnson took a circuitous route to Saint Leo after leaving the University of Florida’s soccer program during her sophomore year. She worked different jobs near her Tampa home and played club soccer in the summer. After three years, the then 23-year-old decided that...

February 8, 2012

Special Olympics a hit with Division III

By Gary Brown NCAA.org Hope College women’s basketball coach Brian Morehouse is into numbers as a hoops guru, but he’s also into a different kind of math. It’s called “the multiplier effect.” That’s what he’s after every time one of his student-athletes participates in his school’s Special Olympics...

February 8, 2012

'He’s moved us forward'

T his article appeared in the Winter 2012 issue of Champion magazine. By David Pickle At the 2005 Division II Presidents and Chancellors Summit, a young president from an East Coast school crystallized a complex Division II membership discussion with a simple question. “If you’re going to invest in...

February 7, 2012

Public reprimand and suspension issued to Stony Brook University football student-athlete

A Stony Brook University football student-athlete has been publicly reprimanded and suspended from the team’s next championship opportunity for misconduct during the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship. The Division I Football Championship Committee said football student-athlete Matt Faiella...

February 6, 2012

Water polo rules subcommittee votes changes to improve offense

By Greg Johnson The NCAA Water Polo Rules Subcommittee at its meeting last month recommended changes to the men’s game that include shortening the length of the course to 25 meters and going to a 30-second shot clock starting in the 2012-13 academic year. All rules proposals must be approved by the...

February 3, 2012

Division II conferences help young women pursue careers in athletics

By David Pickle Two Division II conferences recently did their parts to advance the dreams of young women interested in careers in college athletics. The Peach Belt Conference conducted its fourth PBC Women in Athletics Seminar, which involved more than 100 female student-athletes from 18 schools...

February 2, 2012

What my degree means to me: These New York Giants finished what they started

By Kristen Leigh Porter NCAA.org David Baas felt a little embarrassed. The NFL player was talking to kids about staying in school and getting an education but hadn’t earned his degree at Michigan, where he was the Big Ten’s offensive lineman of the year before being drafted in 2005. Now having...

February 1, 2012

University of Nebraska cited for impermissible benefits

University of Nebraska, Lincoln, committed major violations in its athletics programs, according to findings by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions. The violations, which included a failure to monitor, were narrow in scope and centered on student-athletes in all sports receiving...

January 30, 2012

DII moves toward start of testing for sickle cell trait

By Brian Hendrickson When Tom Ryan learned that the Division II Management Council overwhelmingly approved testing for sickle cell trait earlier this month, the news struck the Eckerd men’s basketball coach as an obvious decision. The trait has been a hot-button health subject in high-level...

January 28, 2012

UConn's Boatright cleared to play

University of Connecticut men’s basketball student-athlete Ryan Boatright has been cleared to compete immediately, the NCAA announced today. This situation involves many of the specific concerns expressed by NCAA membership regarding improper third party influence over student-athletes and their...

January 27, 2012

Student-athletes have a voice at Convention and beyond

By Michelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.org When the presidents on the Division I Board of Directors came into the boardroom on Jan. 14, they were poised to continue the fast-moving changes that began with the presidential retreat last August. Having just spent two hours at breakfast with student-athletes...

January 27, 2012

Atlantic 10 SAAC learns meaning of leadership at NCAA Convention

By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Leader (n): A person who guides others in direction, course, action or opinion. Members of the Atlantic 10 Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee recently learned that leadership can’t be defined so succinctly. The SAAC members were invited to attend several events...

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