Chelsea Shoemaker, a senior soccer student-athlete at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, N.Y., joined the Tigers’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2009 and was named the NCAA Division III SAAC chair in Jan. 2014.
Olympic skeleton athlete John Daly went to Plattsburgh State so he could be close to the U.S. sliding facility in Lake Placid, but the school offered more benefits than mere proximity to his dream.
Crissy Kaesebier Schluep SAAC Role: Division II vice chair, 2001 (Drury University) Currently: Executive Communications Director, WellPoint Our issue involved limits on telephone calls to signees during the period before they were enrolled...
Baldwin Wallace University lacked control of its financial aid packaging when it permitted two of its programs to operate in violation of NCAA rules, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. Over a four year...
The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Soccer Rules Committee recommended that members of coaching staffs who are onsite at a match be allowed to communicate with each other via electronic devices starting with the 2014-15 academic year.
January 29 Larry Kramer , the second winningest football coach in Emporia State history, died on January 24, at the age of 71. Other Transactions Athletics director – Illinois extended the contract of athletics director Mike Thomas by two...
Peter Laviolette, who played hockey at Division III Westfield State, went on to play and coach in the NHL and lead the United States’ team to the Winter Olympics.
The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Committee recommended a proposal where players will not be called for a violation if they touch the net, ropes or post outside of the antennae as long as it doesn’t interfere with play, beginning with the 2014-15 academic year.
Bruce Hamming, former basketball star at Augustana College, turned down a chance to play in the NBA so he could pursue a career in medicine. Three decades later, he hasn’t looked back.
When Kelsey Phinney was a child, her father motivated her to ski farther despite fatigue. Today, he motivates her interest in neuroscience at Division III Middlebury College.
Division III passed three elements of the sport safety package package recommended by CSMAS by a wide margin during Saturday’s business session at the NCAA Convention.
The Division I Dialogue continued on Friday at the 2014 NCAA Convention. Division I members had the opportunity to critique and alter a proposed model for Division I governance. Members were most concerned about issues of representation,...
The NCAA Convention continued on Thursday, highlighted by the Opening Business Session , where NCAA President Mark Emmert shared the stage with NCAA leaders from each division and discussed the pressing issues facing the Association...
The Division III Presidents Council discussed increased championship travel expenses, which will necessitate spending cuts. It also broached the youth sports culture and how the push for specialization is affecting the division and said goodbye to two members, including chair Jack Ohle.
Forty years ago, amid tension over how to make one big group fit the needs of hundreds of divergent institutions, the NCAA divided into three divisions. Here are the 40 moments that made them what they are today.
An opening address from a legendary former student-athlete set the tone for Association leaders to set grand goals and chart their own success at the NCAA Convention on Wednesday. All three divisions of the NCAA wrangled with legislative...
Jim Nantz told NCAA members it’s their duty to help their student-athletes dream big and reach their goals during his keynote speech at the NCAA Convention.
Division III Management Council members dove into a discussion regarding the need for more prudent spending in the future, with current expenditures, coupled with increasing economic constraints, poised to create deficits in the years ahead.
The Playing Rules Oversight Panel will issue a directive to all sports playing rules committees to strongly consider a one-year delay when making changes that have a financial or facility impact, particularly for Division II and III schools.
Division III members will be asked to vote on three portions of the sport safety package first introduced by the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports at the NCAA Convention in San Diego.
The NCAA Research Committee will award funds for the NCAA Innovations in Research and Practice Grant Program, which is a new initiative starting in 2014.
