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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Student-athletes at Towson, Arkansas Tech and Alma have earned the NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition award for their community outreach efforts this fall.
The Wisconsin-River Falls athletics department has earned the NCAA and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association’s 2019 Award for Diversity and Inclusion.
The Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence — presented to Division II member schools earning an Academic Success Rate of 90 percent or higher — will go to 27 schools in the eighth year of the program.
The head University of Oregon women’s basketball coach failed to monitor and promote an atmosphere of compliance in his program, and the head men’s basketball coach failed to monitor his director of basketball operations.
More than 900 student-athletes will travel to Pittsburgh to compete for six NCAA fall championships from Nov. 27 to Dec. 1 when SportsPITTSBURGH, Clarion and Slippery Rock host the 2018 NCAA Division II National Championships Festival.
The Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee endorsed all but one of the proposals that will be subject to a membership vote at the 2019 NCAA Convention.
More Division I student-athletes than ever are earning their degrees, according to new Graduation Success Rate data released today. The most recent rate is 88 percent, a record high and an increase of 1 percentage point from 2017 numbers.
Four Brigham Young boosters provided more than $12,000 in complimentary all-inclusive vacations, cash, meals, golf and the use of a car to a men’s basketball student-athlete in violation of NCAA rules
The NCAA leadership development staff has completed its Minority Coaches Series for 2018 where coaches representing volleyball, basketball, and track and field engaged in professional development programming to enhance skills that will increase their chances of becoming head coaches in the future.
Tickets to preliminary rounds of the 2019 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time Saturday, Nov. 3, for each host city.
The NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee overturned an NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions penalty that required Ole Miss to limit recruits in the sport of football to one unofficial visit per year during its probation period.
