By Greg Johnson NCAA.org After nearly a decade at the NCAA national office, Jacqie Carpenter is set to become intercollegiate athletics’ latest pioneer. In September, she’ll become what is believed to be the first African-American female...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Mark Lewis wasn’t fast enough, but that never slowed him down. The son of a coach, Lewis spent the fall Saturdays of his formative years roaming college football sidelines across the country. He knew speed. He...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org As for what a collegiate triathlon would look like, it probably wouldn’t mirror the public sector brand or the “Ironman” races. Because of the team aspect that the collegiate proponents are after, they’re favoring an...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick As the Rules Working Group continues its review of the Division I manual, the student-athletes on the national Student-Athlete Advisory Committee are paying close attention. At every quarterly meeting they vet...
By Gary Brown Ask fitness buffs what’s on their bucket lists and many will say they’d like to participate in a triathlon at least once in their lifetime. Well, if the strokes, spokes and strides keep trending forward, chances are a lot...
Illinois College failed to monitor its athletics program and the head football coach was cited for unethical conduct for providing false information, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. The three...
Thirty women, selected from a group of nearly 430 nominees, have been chosen as the top 30 honorees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. The top 30 women are composed of 10 honorees from each NCAA division and span various NCAA sports. In...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org The metal bleachers, five rows deep and running the length of the freshly-mowed pitch, were hidden underneath a small army of spectators. The field was immaculate – cut low – free of divots and muddy blemishes...
By Greg Johnson The Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee has decided to rescind the tiebreaker procedure it had recommended last week for singles and six-all set doubles competition. However, with support from the United States...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel during an Aug. 16 conference call approved several rules clarifications in Division III men’s volleyball, including not allowing the libero to serve. The Division III Men’s Volleyball...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Octavia Blue had endured enough. She finally gave in when the Achilles tendon came unmoored and the knees perpetually swelled and the body pleaded for a respite from the barrage of sharp elbows and hard screens. “...
By Greg Johnson The Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee has recommended a new championships structure in which the number of days spent at the finals site decreases from 12 to eight. The recommendations also include creating a...
By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org When New Zealand native Anna Taylor was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer during her freshman year at Oregon State, the stand-out rower and her family were forced to make a heart-wrenching decision: bring her home,...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Basketball rescued Larry House. Then basketball got in his way. The sport, played on hard streets and under soft light in high school gyms, provided a welcome escape throughout a trying youth. It brought him to a...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org For 29 years, Ben Shaffar’s ambitions were confined to the 60-feet, 6-inches between the edge of the pitching rubber and the tip of home plate. His greatest triumphs and most agonizing disappointments occurred in...
Women’s rowing is one of three Division I sports whose championship brackets will expand in 2013. In August, the NCAA Executive Committee approved a budget that included a recommendation from the Division I Championships/Sport Management...
By Gary Brown When the NCAA Executive Committee signed off on expansion for the Division I Women’s Rowing Championship earlier this month, it was cause for celebration not only for the rowing community but also for the committee that...
By Greg Johnson As NCAA teams prepare to start in-season competition this fall, fans will see several rules changes in football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, field hockey, and men’s water polo. Each of those sport’s rules...
By Brian Hendrickson NCAA student-athletes faced off against their first opponents of the fall season in the last two weeks. They’ve lined up against intense August heat, following a game plan of proper hydration and rest periods to avoid...
NCAA student-athletes – there were at least 132 current or enrolled student-athletes that participated – performed very well during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. NCAA student-athletes combined to win 47 medals (22 gold, 11 silver and...
By Greg Johnson The Division I Baseball Committee is examining the possibility of seeding up to 16 teams for future championships. Currently, the committee seeds eight teams in the 64-team field. Committee members believe that expanding...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Division I is considering loosening some recruiting rules to allow coaches to communicate in writing with prospects as young as eighth grade – but only on the subject of the new academic standards for DI student-...
Anucha Browne Sanders has been selected as the NCAA’s vice president of women’s basketball championships. In this role, Browne Sanders will set the strategic direction for, and oversee the operation and management of, the Division I, II...
“The endowment will benefit external programs across the country that help prevent child sexual abuse or assist victims of abuse. We are currently finalizing the details on how the endowment will be administered. We will post details to...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch has been interested in sports as long as he can remember. He went to a laboratory high school on the campus of the University of South Carolina, which exposed him early to the...
