By Gary Brown NCAA.org When SUNY New Paltz Athletics Director Stuart Robinson faced forks in the road during his career, he took them. It’s just that he took them in directions other people might not have figured. Twenty years ago when...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org When Portia Hoeg was a basketball star at Trinity (Texas), her forte was theft. These days as the athletics director at Allegheny, the woman who still ranks among Trinity’s all-time leaders in steals gives more than...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org As a race approaches, Dalton Herendeen seems like any other college swimmer. He meticulously stretches his long limbs and 6-foot-4 frame. The focus, so readily apparent in his eyes, is obscured when he snaps on...
By Jack Copeland The story of a nontraditional student who joined a varsity tennis squad in her late 20s, then gently offered pointers to a younger, inexperienced and overmatched opponent, was selected as the top honoree in a quarterly...
By Jack Copeland A new mobile website developed by Division III enables coaches to easily access and use identity-initiative resources during visits with prospective student-athletes and their parents. The resource, which includes links to...
Champion Digital | Videos by Courtney Cronin | Story by Kayci Woodley “It’s just as passionate and tension-ridden as any game you’re ever going to play in. It’s like playing in the Super Bowl. If you lose you’re labeled a loser and if you...
By Jennifer Gunnels For NCAA.org Marge Redmond believes field hockey is in her genes. Currently in her 13th season as the head coach at Ohio Wesleyan University, Redmond’s love of the game has undoubtedly been passed on to the next...
By Kayci Woodley NCAA.org Division III student-athlete Michael Buric is an entrepreneur in every sense of the word. Organizing, managing and taking risks are part of his daily life, and have been since high school. Buric’s professionalism...
By Gary Brown Last January, many Division III delegates said they were unprepared to vote on a proposal to require sickle cell trait status confirmation status, which caused its referral from the Convention floor for further review without...
By Brian Hendrickson NCAA.org Victoria Donegan thought Staten Island slipped away from Hurricane Sandy’s devastating punch as the worst of the storm blew through on Oct. 29. The goalkeeper on the College of Staten Island soccer team rode...
By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org When it comes to politics and college sports, one of the most recognizable names is Tom Osborne, who coached the Nebraska Cornhuskers to 255 wins and two national championships in football and then became the...
By Marta Lawrence NCAA.org This year’s presidential election is an experience dozens of NCAA student-athletes will never forget. With all three of the debates being held at college campuses, student-athletes were among the attendees...
The NCAA has selected 10 extraordinary student-athletes who will be honored in January as the Today’s Top 10 Award winners. The NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award recognizes student-athletes who completed their athletics eligibility during the 2011...
By Gary Brown Sickle cell trait status confirmation for Division III student-athletes got a financial boost Tuesday when the Presidents Council authorized a one-time allocation to help schools defray the costs of testing if a proposal to...
By Gary Brown The Division III Presidents Council at its meeting on Tuesday reviewed a third year of data from a voluntary academic reporting program showing that student-athletes in general graduate at rates higher than their student-body...
By Gary Brown The Division III Presidents Council at its meeting on Tuesday defeated a proposal to conduct the Division III Men’s Ice Hockey Championship game in conjunction with the Men’s Frozen Four in 2014. The proposal to use the...
By Kat Krtnick NCAA.org The partnership between Division III and NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) has taken an important step forward with the development of an online resource to help reduce the consequences of...
By Gary Brown Data from the third year of Division III’s voluntary academic reporting program released Thursday once again demonstrate that student-athletes in general graduate at higher rates than their student-body peers. Of the 128...
By Gary Brown The possibility of Division III conducting its men’s ice hockey championship game during the weekend of the Division I Frozen Four – at least on a one-year trial basis – came a step closer to reality when the Division III...
By Gary Brown The Division III Management Council during its meeting Monday and Tuesday supported the concept of a one-time allocation to help Division III schools defray the costs of sickle cell trait testing if a proposal to require such...
By Gail Dent Individuals with an interest in the prevention of interpersonal campus violence recently addressed how athletics can further education and better inform student-athletes and administrators on the subject. The participants, who...
Elizabeth Phillips − a three-time NCAA Elite 89 Award winner, seven-time All-American and biomedical engineering graduate of Washington University in St. Louis −is the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year. Phillips was chosen from among nine...
By Greg Johnson College basketball season officially begins today, but college referees have been preparing for the season for weeks. NCAA National Coordinator of Officials John Adams and Secretary-Rules Editor Art Hyland have been...
