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March 12, 2012

NCAA grant funds concussion study

By Brian Hendrickson The NCAA is providing a $400,000 grant to the National Sport Concussion Outcomes Study Consortium to examine the effects of head injuries in contact and noncontact sports in both genders through the course of a college career. The consortium hopes to study more than 1,000 male...

March 9, 2012

NCAA announces postgrad scholars for fall sports

The NCAA has announced 29 male and 29 female postgraduate scholarship recipients for participants in fall sports. Each student-athlete receives grants of $7,500. To qualify, student-athletes must excel academically and athletically, be in their final year of eligibility and plan to pursue graduate...

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March 9, 2012

Northwest Nazarene athletes shoot for the stars

By Andrew Crum NCAA.org For most people, the chance to work with the NASA space program is a dream as far away as the moon. For two Northwest Nazarene student-athletes, that dream is a reality. Weston Patrick, a double major in physics and engineering, and Jesse Baggenstos, an engineering physics...

March 9, 2012

Georgia Tech appeal upheld

The findings and vacation of records penalty for the Georgia Institute of Technology case have been upheld, according to a decision by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee. As part of its infractions case, the institution was cited for preferential treatment violations, a lack of...

March 8, 2012

Patriot League adopts football scholarship model

By Michelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.org The Patriot League’s decision last month to allow its institutions to begin awarding athletics aid in football will help more student-athletes who are talented on the field and in the classroom get an education at the highly regarded academic institutions in the...

March 7, 2012

Feedback on DIII academic reporting begins making the rounds

By Gary Brown Members of the Division III Strategic Planning and Finance Committee will have ample input to work with when they convene via conference call Friday to begin deciding next steps on an academic reporting program that supports the division’s identity initiative. The Strategic Planning...

March 7, 2012

Henry to chair DI Women’s Basketball Committee in 2012-13

By Greg Johnson Three years ago, Carolayne Henry added the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee to her long line of NCAA committee service, and now she will chair for that group during the 2012-13 academic year. Henry, associate commissioner of compliance for the Mountain West Conference, is...

March 6, 2012

CoSIDA names basketball scholars

Senior forward Tyler Zeller of the University of North Carolina and junior forward Elena Delle Donne of the University of Delaware head the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA...

March 6, 2012

DI Football Championship Committee prefers seeding option

By Greg Johnson The Division I Football Championship Committee at its meeting last week in Indianapolis decided it prefers to seed the top eight teams if the championship expands its bracket to 24 teams. The committee, which reviewed several expansion models, was charged by a Football Championship...

March 1, 2012

Daniels finds his way after career-ending injury

By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The most difficult experience Eugene Daniels faced as a student-athlete also became his gateway to life after college. A defensive lineman for the Colorado State Rams, Daniels injured his shoulder just before his junior season in 2010 and never played again. He remained...

March 1, 2012

NCAA announces latest Division I certification decisions

The NCAA Division I Committee on Athletics Certification announced decisions today concerning the status of 13 member institutions in the division’s athletics certification process. A certified designation denotes that an institution operates its athletics program in compliance with operating...

February 29, 2012

Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship recipients announced

The NCAA is awarding 26 scholarships worth $6,000 apiece to 13 ethnic minority and 13 female recipients as part of its annual Ethnic Minority and Women’s Enhancement Scholarship program. Developed to increase opportunities for qualified minority and female candidates, the scholarships are a one-...

February 27, 2012

DIII Championships Committee addresses regional concerns via selection criteria

By Gary Brown The Division III Championships Committee has endorsed changes in team selection criteria designed to strengthen institutions’ commitment to in-region play while giving sport committees the flexibility to determine regional alignments under specific guidelines. Meeting Feb. 22-23 in...

February 27, 2012

Georgian Court tennis player accentuates a positive lifestyle

By Andrew Crum NCAA.org At the age of 16, Sarah Lockenmeyer found inspiration at an unlikely time: while her mother was being treated for breast cancer. Rather than experiencing the usual sadness or anger, Lockenmeyer did what she always does and looked for the positive. “It was very eye-opening,”...

February 24, 2012

Four Radford University coaches cited for unethical conduct

Radford University committed major violations in its men’s basketball and tennis programs, according to the Division I Committee on Infractions. The underlying violations in the case centered on recruiting inducements and extra benefits committed by one current and four former coaches, primarily...

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