By Josh Weinfuss NCAA.org Late in the 2010-11 season, as Harvard sought its first NCAA basketball tournament appearance in more than six decades, Don Swegan called Crimson coach Tommy Amaker to say he wanted to see Harvard in the...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA’s “Pack the House” promotions drew 431,436 fans to women’s basketball games during the 2011-12 season. California was chosen as the overall winner for drawing 7,864 fans to Haas Pavilion for a game against rival...
By Brian Hendrickson NCAA.org Puget Sound football coach Jeff Thomas rarely sees an athlete like Nassar Kyobe at the Division III level. The 6-foot-3 defensive back, Thomas says, is so explosive that he can touch his elbow on a basketball...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Inspired by the teachings of its namesake, St. Bonaventure University’s mission is to pursue knowledge for the sake of truth. But a decade ago, the university and its once esteemed basketball program became known...
DENVER--- Aurora Hills Middle School, Erie Middle School and four middle school students are the winners in this year’s NCAA Middle School Madness program, as part of the 2012 NCAA Women’s Final Four. “Having the Middle School Madness...
A group of 18 teenage girls and six women’s coaches from around the world will learn about women’s sports in the United States as part of the Empowering Women and Girls through Sports Initiative. The delegation—which includes participants...
By Andrew Crum NCAA.org Sometimes perspective is everything. The way you see something depends on your outlook and your point of view. For Joseph Cross, football transformed into art and a passion for photography. Cross came to Bridgewater...
Approximately 60 NCAA student-athletes from surrounding NCAA member institutions and national office staff will celebrate National Student-Athlete Day, in conjunction with the 4th annual NCAA Membership & Student-Athlete Affairs...
NCAA Corporate Champions AT&T, Coca-Cola and Capital One together with the NCAA and Turner Sports, today formally announced Jimmy Buffett, KISS and The Black Keys as the headliners for the 2012 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series, in New...
By Zak Keefer NCAA.org The seven young men often spend their weeknights crammed into a recording studio in Pittsburgh, their legs still stiff from a two-hour trek in the car. The sacrifice is unique – sometimes they’ll be there past two in...
By Josh Weinfuss For a few minutes Wednesday, NCAA President Mark Emmert relived his days working on a college campus. He stood in front of about 70 Division III swimmers and divers in Eskenazi Hall on the campus of Indiana University-...
By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org Last season, junior guard Jay Shunnar averaged 5.6 points in 20 starts for Toledo’s basketball team. As the only returning senior, Shunnar was poised to be a big contributor and a team leader in his final season...
By Gary Brown The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee has authorized a card repository system that will provide an official record of men’s and women’s players in all three divisions who are required to miss games because of...
By Greg Johnson Dayton, Ohio – In its second year of existence, the First Four is finding its niche amidst March Madness. This year’s version received a boost from two remarkable comebacks on opening night, with Brigham Young rallying from...
By Greg Johnson NCAA.org As part of a series, NCAA.org reporter Greg Johnson followed the Iona Gaels through their experience in the NCAA First Four. After the final seconds ticked off on an improbable defeat that ended his college...
By Greg Johnson NCAA.org As part of a series, NCAA.org reporter Greg Johnson is following the Iona Gaels through their experience in the NCAA First Four. There was a time seven years ago that Tim Cluess thought he was never going to coach...
By Greg Johnson NCAA.org As part of a series, NCAA.org reporter Greg Johnson is following the Iona Gaels through their experience in the NCAA First Four. If any team can handle a hectic road trip, it is Iona. Travelling was an absolute for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
