By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Division I coaches in all sports will be prohibited from live scouting of future opponents, the membership decided in an override vote that concluded Friday with membership upholding the rule as passed by the...
Pete Thamel's recent assertion in Sports Illustrated that the Division I reform effort has yielded few results is wrong. In fact, of the 49 proposals considered, 34 have been adopted, 11 are in progress, and 4 have been defeated. – Bob...
The media has inaccurately reported that the Division I Men's Basketball Championship will no longer play regional semifinal and final games in domes. Staff should be aware that, in the future, regional games will be played at both domes...
By Matt Velazquez NCAA.org Chris Wondolowski could have been an exceptional track athlete at the collegiate level and beyond. But that’s not where his passion lay. During his senior year of high school in 2000-01, colleges at every level,...
Three repeat winners, one two-time winner and three institutions with multiple winners highlight the Elite 89 awards from the NCAA 2013 spring championships. Of the 37 student-athletes named as Elite 89 award winners, four were honored for...
By Greg Johnson Val Ackerman, the founding president of the WNBA and past president of USA Basketball, says a prevailing sentiment among stakeholders throughout intercollegiate women’s basketball is that the sport needs a jolt in order to...
A total of 455 female student-athletes were nominated for the 2013 NCAA Woman of the Year award. Of those nominees, 214 participated in Division I, 90 participated in Division II, and 151 participated in Division III athletics. The Woman...
By Erica Rath For NCAA.org Sean Isgan knows how to keep his cool. In the summer of 2002, Isgan, a Pittsburgh-Johnstown alumnus and former NCAA Division II All-America wrestler, aided rescue in one of the most notorious mine collapses in...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org It began with an unpleasant surprise. Neither Erica Stein nor Kaele Leonard knew the other existed when they decided to come to Emory in the fall of 2009. Each thought they’d be the lone new goalkeeper on the...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick One of the most notable trends in the Academic Performance Program data over the past two years has been the dramatic increase in Academic Progress Rates posted by limited-resource schools and Historically Black...
Student-athletes across Division I increased or maintained academic success across all sports, according to the latest NCAA Academic Progress Rates. The most recent four-year Division I APR is 974, up one point over last year. The average...
By Jassim Kunji NCAA.org Making waves is part of Bob Newcomb’s job. But the head women’s swimming coach at the University of Massachusetts is making one of his biggest splashes outside of the pool. Beginning June 8, Newcomb will bike...
The NCAA is committing more than $10 million to increase in-home care benefits for student-athletes who have been catastrophically injured while participating in intercollegiate athletics. As a result of this commitment, all student-...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee has recommended that players on the defensive team be allowed to move through any portion of their goal circle when their team is not in possession of the ball effective for the...
More than 950 NCAA Division I sports teams were honored by the NCAA for earning Public Recognition Awards, based on their most recent multi-year Academic Progress Rate. These awards are given each year to teams with APRs in the top 10...
The NCAA staff is using clarified guidelines to determine which Division II student-athletes will receive waivers of the rule that requires some student-athletes to sit out a year of competition after transferring. Members of the Division...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Rules Committee recommended that all dual meets have two, three or four officials and all non-NCAA championship meets have at least six officials for the 2013-14 season. All...
The NCAA will provide education on career development and potential career opportunities for nearly 300 student-athletes from Divisions I, II and III at the NCAA Career in Sports Forum, June 8-11 in Indianapolis. The forum will focus on...
By Lauren Ely For NCAA.org Lori Pio-Jacques knew she didn’t want to sell insurance. Pio-Jacques, a former women’s basketball standout at East Stroudsburg University, finished school with a degree in business. Not positive about what she...
The NCAA’s 2013 winter sports postgraduate scholarship winners have been announced, with 29 male and 29 female winter sports student-athletes each receiving $7,500. Similar awards are given each season to fall and spring student-athletes,...
By David Pickle Two-Year College Transfer Recommendation Highlights Any two-year college transfer student-athlete possessing an associate of arts degree from an accredited institution would be immediately eligible, as long as they have...
By David Pickle A moment at January’s Division II Presidents and Chancellors Summit illustrated the complexities and emotions surrounding possible revisions to Division II progress-toward-degree requirements. Progress-Toward-Degree...
By David Pickle Few rules in the Division II Manual have had as much staying power as Bylaws 14.3.1.1, 14.3.2.1 and 14.3.2.2, the three initial-eligibility regulations that define academic qualifiers, partial qualifiers and nonqualifiers...
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...
