By Erica Rath NCAA.org There aren’t enough words to detail all of Kelsey Baird’s involvement. She commits herself fully to community service while maintaining a career and a vibrant personal life. But Baird is no stranger to this balancing...
By Greg Johnson A coordinated process for NCAA championship bids in all divisions will be used to award more than 500 preliminary and final host sites for the 2014-15 through 2017-18 academic years. “We are really excited about this new...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org Watch Eric in action. When Eric Theiss was emailing the photos that help make up the display for this article, he added in his sign-off: “I never thought my track career at SUNY Oneonta could propel me to national...
The Committee on Women’s Athletics is asking all three NCAA divisions to submit proposals in the 2013-14 legislative cycle to add triathlon as an emerging sport for women. The committee made the request after receiving a dozen letters of...
The NCAA has selected South Dakota track and field student-athlete Alexa Duling and Winthrop soccer student-athlete Matt Horn as the 2013 Walter Byers Scholars. Duling and Horn each will receive a renewable $24,000 postgraduate scholarship...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee recommended a significant focus on freedom of movement and a change to how block/charge calls will be made, and the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee recommended adding a 10-...
Scott Barnes, the vice president and director of athletics at Utah State University, has been named chair of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee for the 2014-15 season. Barnes will first serve as vice chair to Ron Wellman, the...
By Lauren Ely NCAA.org Sporting a 4.0 GPA while graduating with a degree in pre-med biology, former All-Sunshine State Conference women’s tennis player Anna Hallbergson-Lewis embodied the ideal of the NCAA Division II student-athlete. Even...
As the issue of providing opportunities for student-athletes with disabilities gains momentum at the high school level and sparks conversation about its potential impact on intercollegiate athletics, Seth Galanter, the U.S. Department of...
Preliminary results from the latest NCAA study of college student-athlete gambling behaviors and attitudes reflect hopeful news in overall rates of gambling within the student-athlete population but raise concerns in the ever-changing...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Inclusion Forum, conducted last week at the NCAA national office, provided an opportunity to show the level of membership commitment required to make progress on issues involving disabilities, international student...
The six-game Thursday night slate opens Sept. 5 and features seven teams from last year’s championship field, including two national semifinalists. Teams appearing in this year’s television package combined for a 102-30 (.773) overall...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Jay Cutler didn’t see him. But Jerrell Freeman was accustomed to being overlooked. Five years removed from his final college snap, the Indianapolis Colts linebacker was finally playing in his first NFL regular...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Active Division I schools and conferences will vote June 17-21 to determine the future of in-person scouting of opponents. Earlier this year, 94 schools asked the Board of Directors to reconsider its adoption of...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Men’s basketball teams will be allowed to begin their first practice – celebrated at many schools with Midnight Madness events – up to two weeks earlier than in the past, starting this fall. The proposal was...
By David Pickle Division II moved one key step closer to major changes in its academic standards Thursday when the Presidents Council voted to endorse the recommendations of the Academic Task Force. Those recommendations, which reflect...
By Gary Brown With budget issues, recruiting policies and championship resource allocations likely to dot the Division III agenda in the coming years, the governing body responsible for setting strategic direction began reviewing survey...
Prospective Division I student-athletes will not have to meet an increased sliding scale requirement in order to be eligible for competition in 2016. Board members pointed to improvements in the academic success of student-athletes already...
During a breakout session at the NCAA Inclusion Forum on Tuesday about how media influences an inclusive culture in sports, Augusta State Athletics Director Clint Bryant challenged panelists to keep the discussion alive. “You are the...
By Greg Johnson NCAA.org Aimee Mullins was born without fibulae and had both legs amputated below the knees as an infant, but athletics still has been a foundation in her life. Doctors initially thought Mullins would go through life...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday maintained its support for higher grades and a core course progression for prospective student athletes, but adopted legislation that would keep for the foreseeable...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday suspended the rule that would have allowed coaches to communicate with recruits in new ways – including through text messaging – and lifted restrictions on numbers of...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday officially recognized the prospective Big East Conference as a Division I multisport conference, effective Aug. 1. Members of the new conference include Butler,...
