By Greg Johnson NCAA.org When someone decides to become a collegiate student-athlete, it’s inevitable that he or she will need to manage missed class time to maintain academic success. Learning to cope with this aspect of student-athlete...
By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org Wednesday’s NCAA Convention educational session “NCAA Inclusion Summit…What’s Next?” prompted thoughts on strategic initiatives resulting from the inaugural summit held in September. Bernard Franklin, NCAA...
By Michelle Hiskey For NCAA.org Shortly after helping the Aggies win the NCAA Women’s Final Four, Adaora Elonu graduated with a 3.56 grade point average in allied health. Now, in her fourth year on the team, she’s working towards a master’...
By Brian Hendrickson After delivering sharp criticism of the NCAA in recent years, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Wednesday instead encouraged college leaders to continue down their current path during his NCAA Convention...
The Division I Legislative Council tabled several proposals in anticipation of the work of the Transforming Intercollegiate Athletics: Rules Working Group’s recommendations later this year, though it did cast votes Wednesday on several key...
By Gary Brown Division III’s legislative agenda at this Saturday’s business session could be shrinking. After reviewing a 10-proposal package at previous meetings, the Division III Management Council at its Wednesday session was informed...
By David Pickle The Division II Championships Committee is throwing a number of questions on the table in an effort to assess the membership’s attitude toward in-region, nonconference competition. “As we see conferences growing, we see...
Former California and NBA standout Kevin Johnson was elected as first African-American mayor of Sacramento in 2008. Before serving as mayor, Johnson founded and was the CEO of St. HOPE, a nonprofit community development organization. He...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Following a busy summer and fall, the Division I Board of Directors will continue its efforts to reform collegiate athletics at its January 14 meeting at the 2012 NCAA Convention in Indianapolis. In addition to...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick INDIANAPOLIS – Division I members will gather at the NCAA Convention this week to discuss the ongoing reform agenda at a forum on Friday. NCAA President Mark Emmert, who has championed the goal of improving the...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick INDIANAPOLIS – The 2012 Convention will be different for the Division I Legislative Council, which meets this week to review the 78 proposals in the current legislative cycle. With a separate working group...
By Gary Brown With academics in all three divisions forming the backbone of the 2012 NCAA Convention, visitors to the fifth annual Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports are getting a primer on how policy has affected student-athletes in...
A legislative package that includes a proposal to deregulate text messaging in recruiting highlights Division III’s activities at the 2012 NCAA Convention this week in Indianapolis. At Saturday’s Division III Business Session at the JW...
By David Pickle When Division II delegates adjourn their business session Saturday, they may have significantly new approaches on the books for recruiting and conference membership. The Division II legislative docket for the 2012...
The NCAA has invited 30 individuals who have an interest in coaching college football to its Future Coaches Academy, Jan. 8-10, in San Antonio, Texas. The Academy will be held in conjunction with the American Football Coaches Association (...
By Donald Remy NCAA General Counsel Last weekend, the New York Times published an op-ed piece about the NCAA – “The College Sports Cartel” as well as a magazine story – “Let’s Start Paying College Athletes,” both authored by business...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has proudly joined First Lady Michelle Obama to recognize, honor and support service members and their families through a new campaign at each of its 89 championships. A Joining Forces...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org The collegiate field hockey community is weighing whether a recommendation to require protective eyewear is good for the game. Citing increased rates of injuries to the face and head, the NCAA Committee on...
Former Providence College women’s basketball standout Doris Burke, who has worked for ESPN since 1991, ranks 10th all-time in scoring and second in career assists. She has served as a sideline reporter, analyst and play-by-play broadcaster...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Committees continue to lift the curtain on the selection, seeding and bracketing process this season by providing public access to more of the materials those groups use to...
By Gary Brown Now that Division III has a quality collection of data verifying that its student-athletes perform just as well as or better academically than the general student body, members need to decide where to go from here. They’ll...
By Michelle Hiskey A motorcycle accident left James Goddard without a muscle in his lower leg, or a future in basketball. As he raised his daughter on their farm in Oklahoma, and taught her to play that sport, he told her, “Seize the...
By Michelle Hiskey The dreams of many premed students end with organic chemistry. That’s when Brian Greathouse knew he wanted to be a doctor. Going the other way is what goalkeepers do, after all. “Until I took that class, I thought there...
By Michelle Hiskey Two scarred areas, not all that obvious, attest to Erika Kristensen’s experience under surgeons’ scalpels. They serve as signposts to her future career. On her ankle, she has tiny scars from multiple scope surgeries on...
By Michelle Hiskey When he isn’t playing defense for the Big Red and serving as its captain, Keir Ross is on the front line of medical research. He has authored a paper on his study related to multiphoton microscopy, a laser scanning...
