In 2012, Division I redesigned its enforcement structure to address a variety of concerns identified by the membership. The new enforcement structure creates additional levels of infractions, hastens the investigation process and offers...
NOTE: This story is an archived news article about the introduction of voliation structures in the past. Updated information about violation structures can be found here: Division I Violation Structure , Division II Types of Violations ,...
The new structure enhances head coach responsibility/accountability and potential consequences for head coaches who fail to promote compliance within their programs. “We heard loud and clear from members across Division I that we need...
As of August 1, 2013 the new infractions structure increased the Division I Committee on Infractions from 10 to as many as 24 voting members to improve diversity of experiences and backgrounds of its members. Smaller panels will be...
The Division I Infractions Appeals Committee serves as the final step in the infractions process. Any school or individual who is penalized or named in a finding of violation may appeal a Committee on Infractions decision. The appeal is...
In January, the Division I membership will gather to discuss the future of the division’s governance system in a session held in conjunction with the 2014 NCAA Convention. The session will provide an opportunity for Division I members in a...
In January, the Division I membership will gather to discuss the future of the division’s governance system in a session held in conjunction with the 2014 NCAA Convention. The session will provide an opportunity for Division I members in a...
During the Atlantic Coast Conference football media days, Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney defended the value of getting a college education: “I’m not for diminishing the value of an education,” Swinney said. “Football was great, opened up...
Lou Anna K. Simon, president of Michigan State University and the chair of the NCAA Executive Committee, explained changes to the Division I infractions process on Thursday: “These membership-driven changes are a great first step in our...
More than 140 NCAA female student-athletes representing multiple sports across NCAA Divisions I, II and III have been selected as 2013 Woman of the Year honorees by their athletics conferences and by independent schools. In August, the...
More than 140 NCAA female student-athletes representing multiple sports across NCAA Divisions I, II and III have been selected as 2013 Woman of the Year honorees by their athletics conferences and by independent schools. In August, the...
The NCAA’s 2013 spring sports postgraduate scholarship winners have been announced, with 29 male and 29 female spring sports student-athletes each receiving $7,500. Similar awards are given each season to fall and winter student-athletes,...
By Brian Burnsed The NCAA has awarded a pair of leading concussion researchers a $399,999 grant, which will help subsidize a potentially groundbreaking study examining the long-term effects of head injuries in college athletes. Kevin...
By Josh Looney The Division II membership will grow this fall after eight new members and a 24th conference were approved for active status by the DII Membership Committee during its July 9-11 meeting in Indianapolis. The Division II...
Alice P. Gast, President of Lehigh University, writes about the value of college athletics in an opinion piece featured on philly.com . "Too often, when intercollegiate athletics are under scrutiny and the student-athlete is thought to be...
Terri Steeb Gronau, NCAA director of Division II since 2004, has been appointed vice president of NCAA Division II governance and will assume her new responsibilities on July 15. “Division II exemplifies the NCAA’s mission of providing...
By Erica Rath For NCAA.org Jamaica is known as a vacation destination for many, but it’s home for former Caldwell College soccer standout Nicholas Harriott. Behind the forefront of Jamaica’s beautiful beaches and four-star resorts is...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org Carnegie Mellon Athletics Director Susan Bassett was watching a Tartans tennis match when No. 1 singles player Katie Cecil joined her in the stands. Cecil, who had already vanquished her opponent, watched her...
Champion is a champion … again! NCAA Champion magazine continues to establish itself as one of the nation’s top trade publications, winning six more awards in the 2012 contest conducted annually by Trade Association and Business...
In a recent Q&A with the Standard-Examiner , Big Sky Conference Commissioner Doug Fullerton talks about the benefits of being an NCAA student-athlete . "The NCAA, a membership organization, has been an incredible organization in...
By Gary Brown Carnegie Mellon Athletics Director Susan Bassett was watching a Tartans tennis match when No. 1 singles player Katie Cecil joined her in the stands. Cecil, who had already vanquished her opponent, watched her teammates with...
By Joey Lamar NCAA.org After that first practice, her father never thought she would pick up another basketball. Johannah Leedham’s seventh-grade basketball coach made her feel the size of a mustard seed. The teardrops displayed clearly on...
The NCAA has selected Southeastern Louisiana softball student-athlete Katlin Morse and Dartmouth cross country and track and field student-athlete Jonathan Gault as the 2013 recipients of the Jim McKay Postgraduate Scholarships...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which met via conference call June 24, approved a change to how block/charge calls will be made in men’s basketball and added a 10-second backcourt rule in women’s basketball,...
