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January 26, 2012

Division I Football Committee reprimands Old Dominion University athletics director and head coach

The NCAA Division I Football Championship Committee has reprimanded Old Dominion University director of athletics Camden Wood Selig and head coach Bobby Wilder for violations of the NCAA’s championship policy during the 2011 NCAA Division I Football Championship. Specifically, Selig and Wilder did...

January 26, 2012

Davidson student-athlete scores poetry slam dunk

By Michelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.org You can read the words of Amanda Ottaway’s poem “Godwinks,” but the ink on the page pales to watching her perform it. Ottaway’s whole body tells the story, her arms rising and falling with the timbre of her voice, her hands clutching alternately at each other and...

January 26, 2012

Pair selected for International University Sport Federation Forum

By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org Junior Travis Misner, a baseball student-athlete at Division III Loras College, will spend his 21stbirthday on a day-long flight to Chinese Taipei. Misner and former basketball student-athlete Andrea Dalton of Division II Pittsburgh-Johnstown were picked to represent the...

January 25, 2012

LG Electronics extends NCAA corporate partnership

LG Electronics USA, an official NCAA Corporate Partner, has extended its alliance with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, under a new agreement that runs through August 2015. Through this new agreement, negotiated with CBS Sports and Turner Sports, LG Electronics will continue as an...

January 25, 2012

Inaugural Division III Week set for April 9-15

By Jack Copeland NCAA.org The first observance of Division III Week – a celebration by member schools of the division’s unique philosophy that equally values academics, athletics and student-athletes’ involvement in a full and rich campus life – is set for April 9-15. The purpose of the celebration...

January 24, 2012

They mean business

By David Pickle NCAA.org Like many student-athletes before her, Tahirah Williams had the grades and the skills. What she needed was the test score. She fell short on her first try, and then again the second. And then the third. And the fourth. But on her fifth attempt, Williams got the result she...

January 23, 2012

Volleyball rules committee backs increase in substitutions

By Greg Johnson The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee recommended at its January meeting that substitutions increase to 15 per set beginning in the 2012 season. Currently, teams are allowed to have 12 substitutions per set. Increasing the number of substitutions has been discussed at previous...

January 20, 2012

Grand Valley State’s Haas elected DII Presidents Council vice chair

Grand Valley State President Thomas J. Haas was elected vice chair of the Division II Presidents Council during the Council’s January meeting. He replaces West Texas A&M President Pat O’Brien, who became Council chair at the conclusion of the Convention. Among other duties, the vice chair of...

January 20, 2012

Convention attendance gives SCAC student-athletes a lasting impression

Eighteen student-athletes from schools in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference broadened their experiences by participating at the 2012 NCAA Convention in Indianapolis last week. Made possible through the NCAA Division III Strategic Initiative Grant, the student-athletes participated in a...

January 19, 2012

NCAA drug-use study shows large majority have not used banned drugs

By Brian Hendrickson A newly released NCAA report of student athletes’ drug and alcohol habits shows a continued decline in usage of some drugs and an overwhelming majority of athletes who have never used banned substances. The NCAA’s Study of Substance Use Habits of College Student Athletes, which...

January 19, 2012

Morrisville State College commits financial aid violations

Morrisville State College committed major violations in its men’s ice hockey program, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. Morrisville State’s violations include inconsistent financial aid packaging during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 academic years. Penalties in this...

January 19, 2012

New members begin DIII Council terms

By Gary Brown New members began terms on the Division III Presidents and Management Councils with the close of the 2012 Convention. The Presidents Council welcomed Pamela Reid, president at St. Joseph College (Connecticut), and Erik Bitterbaum, president at State University of New York at Cortland...

January 19, 2012

Latest report shows uptick in equitable budget allocations

By Gary Brown NCAA.org A new NCAA report on athletics finances by gender shows a commitment from NCAA schools to providing more resources to women’s teams. While men’s sports continue to generate more revenue and demand a greater share of expenditures overall, schools in all three NCAA divisions...

January 19, 2012

Neumann University cited for financial aid violations

Neumann University committed major violations in its men’s and women’s ice hockey programs, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. Neumann’s violations include awarding the majority of international student scholarships to student-athletes during the 2007-08, 2008-...

January 18, 2012

Division III carves out future agenda at Convention

By Gary Brown NCAA.org Division III enjoyed a productive four days at the 2012 NCAA Convention last week in Indianapolis, completing initiatives begun a year ago and setting direction for the year ahead. Here are the highlights: Legislation Delegates adopted five proposals and referred another. The...

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