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Jaime Fornetti: Teamwork, down to a science

Jaime Fornetti, a former basketball player at Albion College, brings a collaborative approach more common in athletics arenas to her science lab, where she researches breast cancer bone metastasis.

NCAA Prepares for Division III Week

Member institutions and conferences will celebrate the fourth annual NCAA Division III Week April 6-12, 2015. Division III provides well-rounded opportunities for more than 187,000 student-athletes across the country.

Cabinet refers automatic qualification proposal for bowling

During a conference call Feb. 10, the Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet referred the implementation date of automatic qualification for the NCAA Women’s Bowling Championship to the newly formed Competition Oversight Committee.

Division III committee recommends financial aid violation rule change

The Division III Interpretations and Legislation Committee recommended legislation to remove the requirement that athletes seek reinstatement if they’ve received impermissible financial aid – provided the athlete was unaware that the aid violated rules and the institution's athletics department staff was not involved in the violation.

NCAA announces research grant recipients

Six teams of researchers will receive a total of $100,000 through the NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant Program, which funds research aimed at supplying tangible benefits to the psychological well-being and mental health of college athletes.

Kim Ng: Big league barrier breaker

Kim Ng forged a career in Major League Baseball immediately after finishing her softball career at the University of Chicago and rose to become its senior vice-president for baseball operations.

DIII committee recommends joint championship event for women’s basketball

A 2016 women’s basketball joint championship involving all three divisions has moved one step closer to becoming a reality.

Football Rules Committee to explore future technological advances

The NCAA Football Rules Committee will form a subcommittee to examine the possible use of technology-based experimental rules and the impact on competition.

Women’s volleyball rules committee modifies experimental instant replay rule recommendation

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee on Thursday modified a recommendation for an experimental instant replay challenge rule that can be implemented in the 2015 season.

The Record: February 2015

February 24, 2015 Directors of Athletics -- Eastern Nazarene College Athletic Director Dr. Nancy Detwiler will retire at the end of this academic year, completing a 52-year career that blazed new trails in college athletics. The first...

Water polo subcommittee recommends tweak to penalty structure

The Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Rules Subcommittee recommended a small change that would allow officials to call 20-second exclusion penalties for minor acts of misconduct at any time, including while play is halted. If passed, the rule would go into effect for the 2015-16 academic year.

Women’s volleyball rules committee recommends experimental instant replay rule

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee recommended an experimental instant replay challenge rule be implemented for use in the Big 12 Conference for the 2015 season.

Debunked

We can’t set the record straight on every myth in college sports. But for a few of the most common assumptions, NCAA researchers hit the books on a fact-finding mission. The team pored over, crunched and analyzed a bevy of surveys, numbers and charts. And now, we share the truth.

VIDEO: 2015 NCAA Convention Recap

DIII football proposal sparks debate, ultimately defeated

A proposal that would have permitted contact during the football’s spring nontraditional segment was narrowly defeated, with 51.8 percent voting against the proposal, after the lengthiest debate of Saturday’s 2015 Division III Business Session.

NCAA’s best are recognized

Mannie Jackson considers one of his seemingly minor accomplishments his most monumental: He was elected team captain on the University of Illinois basketball team during the 1959-60 season, his senior year. Jackson didn’t want to accept the mantle, yearning to focus only on what transpired on the court. But his father implored him to embrace his first opportunity to be a leader.

Members weigh in on direction of DIII budget discussions

At Friday’s Division III issues forum, members indicated that in order to address projected budget shortfalls, they would be comfortable paying higher NCAA membership dues and would favor further championships policy changes over limiting...

Emmert reflects on progress, looks ahead to challenges

NCAA President Mark Emmert on Thursday night called upon leaders in college sports to rise to the challenge of escorting it through “one of the most important moments in its history,” noting that the next three or four years could define intercollegiate athletics for decades to come.

NCAA Convention keynote places college athletes at the forefront

Kendall Spencer looked back on his high school days on Thursday and saw the potential he had, which needed only a little longer to blossom. Now a two-time All-American track and field standout in the long jump at the University of New Mexico, athletics provided the opportunity he needed, Spencer said during the Keynote Luncheon at the 2015 NCAA Convention.

Campus commitment needed to prevent academic misconduct

When Fort Lewis College President Dene Kay Thomas was an English graduate student teaching freshman composition, the future Division II Presidents Council member had her first encounter with academic misconduct by a college athlete. The experience colored her perception of athletics for years.

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