A Division II membership working group will be appointed to evaluate and recommend enhancements to the Division II national championships festivals, the Division II Presidents Council has determined.
For the first time, leaders from outside higher education will join college and university presidents on the board that sets the direction for the future of college sports. Representatives from schools and conferences in all three NCAA divisions came together Thursday for a historic vote aimed at increasing objectivity and adding fresh perspectives to the NCAA Board of Governors, the Association’s highest-ranking governance body.
Student-athletes in the Division I autonomy conferences are guaranteed access to mental health services and resources after legislation requiring it was adopted at the 2019 NCAA Convention.
The Division III Presidents Council sees no need to call for a comprehensive review of Division III or legislation that would dramatically restructure the division.
The NCAA Board of Governors voted Wednesday to endorse a pilot coaches’ credentialing program. The Association will collaborate with the National Association of Basketball Coaches and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to enhance coaches’ education and professional development on a variety of topics. The basketball pilot will inform potential efforts to extend the credentialing program to other sports.
A retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army who played football for Army West Point as a cadet, then returned decades later as the institution’s superintendent. Ten recent college graduates who excelled in the classroom and in their sports, yet also made time to give back to their communities.
The Division I Presidential Forum reviewed and had an initial discussion regarding recommendations from a working group examining academic misconduct rules and will consider them over the next several months. The forum plans to forward final concepts to the Division I Board of Directors later this year.
Division II may soon have a working group to review the division’s national championships festivals, focusing on key aspects including the timing of the multiday events, sports involved and other enhancements to the student-athlete experience.
The NCAA will continue to pay for families of student-athletes to travel to the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours. The Division I Council made permanent Wednesday a pilot program that began with the 2015 Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships and had been extended through an annual waiver.
The former Lane College head cross country and track and field coach violated NCAA ethical conduct rules when he directed an ineligible women’s cross country and track and field student-athlete to compete at cross country events under the name of an injured student-athlete, according to the NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions.
The NCAA Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct has named Janelle Perry the 2018-19 NCAA Student-Athlete Sportsmanship Award winner and Jeff Wettach with the 2018-19 Bob Frederick Sportsmanship Award.
Division III members will take part in a vital vote that could reshape the composition of the NCAA Board of Governors, and they will weigh in on six proposals relevant to Division III.
The Division I Council will consider making permanent a pilot program that allows the NCAA to pay for family travel expenses to the Men’s and Women’s Final Fours.
Student-athletes in the Division I autonomy conferences would be guaranteed access to mental health services if legislation requiring it is adopted at the 2019 NCAA Convention in Orlando, Florida, later this month.
Division II delegates will determine the fate of eight Division II legislative proposals next week at the 2019 NCAA Convention in Orlando, Florida. Delegates will vote at the Division II business session Jan. 26.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee is the 2019 recipient of the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award, which honors an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for college sports.
Retired University of Michigan professor and longtime faculty athletics representative Percy Bates will receive the 2019 NCAA President’s Pat Summitt Award. Bates will accept the award Jan. 25 at the NCAA Convention in Orlando, Florida.
Twenty schools and one conference have been named finalists for the 2019 Division II Award of Excellence, an accolade recognizing campus and community engagement initiatives taken on in the past year.
NCAA Division II announced 24 regular-season men’s and women’s basketball games that will be highlighted in January and February on ESPN3 or NCAA social media as part of a new media agreement intended to promote the division on several platforms throughout the academic year.
The national Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has selected Samantha Roberts of Texas A&M-Commerce as the 2018 Dr. Dave Pariser Faculty Mentor Award winner.
The NCAA has agreed to a five-year extension with Frisco, Texas, to continue holding the Division I Football Championship title game at Toyota Stadium, hosted by the Southland Conference, the city of Frisco and Hunt Sports Ventures.
The St. John’s (New York) head women’s volleyball coach failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance when she participated or directed others to participate in impermissible recruiting activity.
As the Division II membership prepares for the 2019 NCAA Convention, the national Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has weighed in with positions of support for each of the nine legislative proposals Division II will consider.
