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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Zak Keefer NCAA.org He’s always relished the underdog role, so maybe that’s why Jeff Kassouf feels at home doing what he does. While you’d be hard-pressed to find an aspiring sportswriter with dreams of one day being the nation’s...
By Greg Johnson The Playing Rules Oversight Panel (PROP) during its conference call on Tuesday approved moving the kickoff and touchback lines beginning with the 2012 football season. Next fall, teams will kick off at the 35-yard line...
By Gary Brown The Division III Membership Committee is recommending refinements in the consequences for conferences that fall below the required seven core members and are still below the minimum composition requirement after the two-year...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Multiyear scholarship legislation, one of several measures the Division I Board of Directors adopted in the wake of an August 2011 presidential retreat, was upheld in a membership override vote that concluded...
By Marta Lawrence A luncheon celebrating collegiate women’s athletics and the 40 th anniversary of Title IX was sponsored today by the NCAA at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Conference on Women in Sport—a global conference in...
Turner Sports, CBS Sports and the NCAA today announced that NCAA March Madness Live, formerly March Madness on Demand, will now provide college basketball fans with more opportunities to watch every minute of every game of the 2012 NCAA...
By David Pickle West Texas A&M President Pat O’Brien became chair of the Division II Presidents Council at the conclusion of the 2012 Convention. O’Brien is especially well-suited to the role, having served a year as Council vice chair...
Gettysburg’s 83-69 men’s basketball victory over Washington College on Saturday didn’t end on a buzzer beater, but it sure was a one-point win for Bullets’ senior guard Cory Weissman. Weissman, who suffered a life-threatening stroke while...
By Jack Copeland A new generation of Division III videos based on the “Discover/Develop/Dedicate” language of the division’s identity initiative is now available online, and versions that can be customized for school or conference use will...
By Gary Brown How to approach what may be the next big discussion item for Division III began taking shape last week when the Interpretations and Legislation Committee recommended appointing a representative working group to consider...