By Gary Brown When the NCAA Executive Committee signed off on expansion for the Division I Women’s Rowing Championship earlier this month, it was cause for celebration not only for the rowing community but also for the committee that...
By Greg Johnson As NCAA teams prepare to start in-season competition this fall, fans will see several rules changes in football, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, field hockey, and men’s water polo. Each of those sport’s rules...
By Brian Hendrickson NCAA student-athletes faced off against their first opponents of the fall season in the last two weeks. They’ve lined up against intense August heat, following a game plan of proper hydration and rest periods to avoid...
NCAA student-athletes – there were at least 132 current or enrolled student-athletes that participated – performed very well during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. NCAA student-athletes combined to win 47 medals (22 gold, 11 silver and...
By Greg Johnson The Division I Baseball Committee is examining the possibility of seeding up to 16 teams for future championships. Currently, the committee seeds eight teams in the 64-team field. Committee members believe that expanding...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Division I is considering loosening some recruiting rules to allow coaches to communicate in writing with prospects as young as eighth grade – but only on the subject of the new academic standards for DI student-...
Anucha Browne Sanders has been selected as the NCAA’s vice president of women’s basketball championships. In this role, Browne Sanders will set the strategic direction for, and oversee the operation and management of, the Division I, II...
“The endowment will benefit external programs across the country that help prevent child sexual abuse or assist victims of abuse. We are currently finalizing the details on how the endowment will be administered. We will post details to...
By Michelle Brutlag Hosick Wake Forest President Nathan Hatch has been interested in sports as long as he can remember. He went to a laboratory high school on the campus of the University of South Carolina, which exposed him early to the...
University of Cincinnati head men’s basketball coach Mick Cronin has been publicly reprimanded for misconduct during the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. Specifically, the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee said...
The NCAA and the four major professional sports leagues (MLB, NBA, NFL and the NHL) today filed a complaint against New Jersey state officials in federal court in Trenton, NJ seeking to stop the state from implementing sports betting on...
Manhattanville College failed to monitor its financial aid process, which led to student-athletes receiving more financial aid awards than the general student body, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions...
Nearly 130 NCAA female student-athletes representing multiple sports across NCAA Divisions I, II and III have been selected as 2012 Woman of the Year honorees by their athletics conferences and by independent schools. Next, the Woman of...
NCAA student-athletes - there are at least 132 current or enrolled student-athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London – had an impressive first week of competition. Through Sunday, NCAA student-athletes have combined to...
By Brian Hendrickson I kept thinking about how a young student-athlete could find this experience embarrassing and awkward as I stood in the restroom of Drake University’s tennis center last June, providing the first athletics-event drug...
By Gary Brown SSF helps schools combat economic crisis The Supplemental Support Fund was created in 2007 to support efforts to invest in student-athletes’ academic success at limited-resource schools in Division I and to meet increasing...
By Greg Johnson Looking to increase the pace of play in the sport, the Men’s Lacrosse Rules Committee recommended a 30-second countdown for teams to take a shot after the referee has issued a stall warning. All rules recommendations by the...
By Gary Brown Simon Fraser University of Burnaby, B.C., effectively was approved as the NCAA’s first international member Wednesday when the NCAA Executive Committee supported modifying the Association’s accreditation policies to account...
The Division I Board of Directors on Thursday endorsed sweeping recommendations to change the NCAA’s enforcement model. The Board stopped short of a binding vote, allowing the membership until its October meeting to voice final feedback on...
By Greg Johnson A new selection process to be followed only in the event that bowl-eligible teams in the Football Bowl Subdivison are exhausted was approved Thursday by the Division I Board of Directors. The board was concerned that...
The NCAA today selected former U.S. Senator George Mitchell as the independent Athletics Integrity Monitor at Penn State. Mitchell’s five-year appointment begins immediately. As Athletics Integrity Monitor, Mitchell will evaluate Penn...
The NCAA Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and the NCAA Division III Management Council led a softball event for about 30 Special Olympics athletes from Hamilton County on July 22. About 20 SAAC members, 15...
The NCAA Executive Committee elected Michigan State President Lou Anna Simon as its next chair, effective immediately. Simon replaces Oregon State President Ed Ray, whose term on the Executive Committee expired at the end of the group’s...
Five student-athletes representing all three membership divisions have been honored with NCAA Sportsmanship Awards for notable displays of sporting behavior. The Association also recognized Belmont men’s basketball coach Rick Byrd with the...
By Greg Johnson The Playing Rules Oversight Panel during its conference call July 19 approved proposals aimed at increasing offensive opportunities in ice hockey next season. Among the changes is to allow some displacement of the goal...
