By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Rules Working Group recommended the Division I Board of Directors adopt a group of 26 proposals, including a set of Division I commitments, aimed at creating Division I rules that are meaningful, enforceable...
By Kayci Woodley NCAA.org Northeastern State football players Cory Park and Cayle Shambaugh impacted fans, alumni and students at Doc Wadley Stadium during the 2012 season with their defensive efforts. In the offseason, Park and Shambaugh...
Paralympic downhill skiing medalist Bonnie St. John will be the featured speaker at the 2013 NCAA Convention Association Luncheon on Jan. 17 in Grapevine, Texas. St. John won a silver and two bronze medals at the 1984 Winter Paralympics,...
For its efforts to make diversity and inclusion a priority, the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Presidents’ Council will receive the inaugural Award for Diversity and Inclusion from the NCAA and the Minority Opportunities Athletic...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org Quick: What do Princeton, Rutgers, Bucknell, Penn, Gettysburg, Swarthmore, Dickinson, Arcadia, Elizabethtown and Delaware have in common? If you answered that they’re all located in Middle Atlantic states, you would...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick NCAA.org In many ways, Brandon Hepburn is an extraordinary human being. He walked on to the Florida A&M football team while carrying a full academic load in biochemistry. During his summer internship, he...
By Gary Brown Donna Lopiano, a steadfast proponent of equality and fairness in sports, has been selected to receive the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award at the 2013 NCAA Convention. Lopiano, an educator, former coach, longtime...
By Brian Hendrickson Answers are starting to rush in to Jeff Hadden’s office, arriving at a rate of three or four per week since the presidential election. But it still doesn’t compare to the pile of remaining questions. All those...
By David Pickle The Division II Presidents Council will consider emergency legislation at its January meeting that would deregulate Division II Bylaw 16.4 (medical expenses). The emergency legislation, recommended by the Division II...
By Marta Lawrence The NCAA has selected six institutions to receive grants as part of a three-year pilot program aimed to increase student-athlete academic performance. The Accelerating Academic Success Program was approved by the NCAA...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick A task force created to set up the structure and policies for the endowment formed out of the $60 million NCAA-imposed fine against Penn State has begun formulating how the funds will be used. The Child Sexual...
By Greg Johnson Tony Dungy has always believed in a balanced approach in life. While he excelled in football during his college days at Minnesota, won a Super Bowl ring as a defensive back with the Pittsburgh Steelers and later become a...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org As a race approaches, Dalton Herendeen seems like any other college swimmer. He meticulously stretches his long limbs and 6-foot-4 frame. The focus, so readily apparent in his eyes, is obscured when he snaps on...
By Brian Burnsed In practice, lost amid a storm of bodies, a player is caught by a vicious blindside block. It’s a clean hit, but far from the ball, and the coaches’ and athletic trainers’ eyes are affixed elsewhere. They don’t see the...
By Jack Copeland The story of a nontraditional student who joined a varsity tennis squad in her late 20s, then gently offered pointers to a younger, inexperienced and overmatched opponent, was selected as the top honoree in a quarterly...
In response to the first quarterly report from former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who is the independent athletics integrity monitor for Penn State, the NCAA has released the following statement from President Mark Emmert: “I’m pleased...
By David Pickle NCAA.org An early November trip to Monterrey reinforced the beliefs of key Lone Star Conference officials that Division II should extend its pilot program for international members to Mexican institutions. Pat O’Brien,...
By Jack Copeland A new mobile website developed by Division III enables coaches to easily access and use identity-initiative resources during visits with prospective student-athletes and their parents. The resource, which includes links to...
By Jennifer Gunnels For NCAA.org With so many accomplished student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics, it’s easy to tell their story. But we found three student-athletes who are telling their own stories – in writing. Two...
By Greg Johnson Anucha Browne always envisioned herself working in the sports business. After graduating from Northwestern with a degree in communications and following a stellar basketball career that culminated with her being named to...
A Valdosta State University football student-athlete has been suspended from the team’s next game and the head football coach has been publicly reprimanded for misconduct during the 2012 NCAA Division II Football Championship. The NCAA...
By Greg Johnson Val Ackerman, the founding president of the WNBA and the first woman to serve as president of USA Basketball, has been hired as a consultant to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current state of intercollegiate...
By Brian Hendrickson NCAA.org Bob Surace learned early in his career that toughness didn’t need to be developed just through hitting and tackling, which is good news for people who worry about concussions in football. The Princeton coach’s...
By David Pickle A special street fair that kicked off the start of the 2012 football season and a tribute to the military earned Central Missouri the Division II Game-Environment Award for 2012. The street fair, called “Get the Red Out,”...
