By Sam King For NCAA.org Collin Mayer isn’t quite the golfer he was three years ago, but his skills on the links still come in handy in the business world. The 2010 St. Edward’s University graduate is just three years removed from being...
By Brian Burnsed Some turnovers matter. Usually, they are unremarkable. They occur countless times on winter nights in cinderblock-walled high school basketball gyms and raucous college arenas across the nation. They are observed, noted in...
In January, Buffalo Wild Wings announced that it had partnered with the NCAA to become the “Official Hangout of March Madness” and that it had garnered marketing rights related to the NCAA’s other 88 championships. On the eve of the...
26 Division II schools have been honored with the Division II Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence for achieving four-year Academic Success Rates (ASR) of 90 percent or more. Maryville University of St. Louis and Simon Fraser...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors will reconsider at its May 2 meeting legislation that eliminated the rule banning certain modes of communication (text messaging) and eliminating numerical limits on phone calls...
By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org Constantin Popa barely spoke English when he left his native Romania to play basketball in the United States. Thumbing through an English dictionary, Popa fought his way through one year of high school at a...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors Monday suspended two of the 25 pieces of legislation it adopted in January, responding to extensive membership feedback that despite the benefits of the proposals, the new rules...
The NCAA’s 2012-13 fall sports postgraduate scholarship winners have been announced, with 29 male and 29 female fall sports student-athletes each receiving $7,500. Similar awards are given each season to winter and spring student-athletes...
In an effort to expand its commitment to the health and safety of its student-athletes, the NCAA announced it will participate in an unprecedented strategic alliance formed by the NFL and GE to facilitate innovation and advance research...
By Brian Hendrickson In an effort to expand its commitment to the health and safety of its student-athletes, the NCAA announced it will participate in an unprecedented strategic alliance formed by the NFL and GE to facilitate innovation...
By Matt Velazquez NCAA.org There was a time not long ago when Jahii Carson didn’t know about the display case on the second floor of Arizona State’s Carson Student-Athlete Center, let alone imagine his picture in it. The four smiling faces...
The College Sports Information Directors of America selected Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski as the recipient of the 2013 Dick Enberg Award. The Enberg Award, named after award-winning sports broadcaster Dick Enberg, is given...
About 70 wrestlers from 13 Division II schools took time Wednesday afternoon to interact with kids at two Birmingham-area Boys and Girls Clubs. It was a good day not only for the participants and student-athletes, but also for veteran...
When calls went out for volunteers for track student-athletes and coaches to visit Children’s Hospital, nobody had to ask Tim Creamer twice. He’s lived the experience from the other side and is up front about giving back. The emotional...
By Greg Johnson NCAA.org In November, UCLA welcomed back a dear old friend when the renovated Pauley Pavilion re-opened its doors. Fans who have attended events in the arena over the past 45 years were introduced to the new Pauley, whose...
NCAA Corporate Champion Capital One together with the NCAA and Turner Live Events today announced the lineup for the 2013 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series in Atlanta, in conjunction with the 2013 NCAA Men’s Final Four, which includes...
NCAA Corporate Champion Coke Zero together with the NCAA and Turner Live Events , today announced Muse as headliner with Flo Rida, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Ludacris for the 2013 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series in Atlanta, in...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick After reviewing significant membership feedback, the Rules Working Group recommended the Division I Board of Directors modify two proposals adopted in January to make the rulebook more meaningful, enforceable and...
By Greg Johnson The Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a new football rule that requires players who target and contact defenseless players above the shoulders to be ejected, effective for the 2013 season. The change increases the on-...
By Gary Brown A recent survey of NCAA faculty athletics representatives shows that most of those responding believe they play a significant role in influencing student-athlete academic success and that they elevate and protect academic...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick In an effort to address concerns expressed about the Division I Board of Directors’ adoption of three recruiting-related proposals, the Rules Working Group will consider possible changes that could be made to the...
Jonathan Duncan, the NCAA’s interim vice president of enforcement, has spent a decade and a half immersed in sports and education law, often working closely with the NCAA itself. Duncan, who begins his new position March 11, will work full...
By David Pickle When last-minute issues made a change of sites necessary for the Division II Winter National Championships Festival, the city of Birmingham saw opportunity rather than problems. Birmingham’s CrossPlex will host the Division...
By Kayci Woodley Most NCAA basketball players run drills and chase down loose balls every day, but not many run down crooks or pull over members of their own coaching staff. College of Charleston center Latisha “Tish” Harris has been there...
