The number of NCAA student-athletes participating in intercollegiate athletics surpassed 450,000 in 2011-12, an all-time high. Participation levels for both male and female student-athletes were the highest in NCAA history, with total at...
Nine student-athletes have been selected as finalists for the 2012 NCAA Woman of the Year award that will be announced on Oct. 14 during a ceremony in Indianapolis. Finalists were selected based on academic achievement, athletics...
By Gary Brown The Division III Championships Committee is considering conducting the Division III men’s ice hockey championship game on the same weekend as the Men’s Frozen Four in 2014. However, committee members want to see a date...
Champion Digital | Video and story by Courtney Cronin John Bullis wanted to know what was going on. As he sat in his Wisconsin-River Falls classroom in February 2009, his phone was vibrating non-stop in his pocket. John scrolled through...
By Gary Brown Moravian President Christopher Thomforde likens his life to a series of interstate highways that start randomly but converge briefly before dividing again. Such a map might explain how a tall kid from an immigrant family ends...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Mark Lewis wasn’t fast enough, but that never slowed him down. The son of a coach, Lewis spent the fall Saturdays of his formative years roaming college football sidelines across the country. He knew speed. He...
By Gary Brown NCAA.org As for what a collegiate triathlon would look like, it probably wouldn’t mirror the public sector brand or the “Ironman” races. Because of the team aspect that the collegiate proponents are after, they’re favoring an...
Illinois College failed to monitor its athletics program and the head football coach was cited for unethical conduct for providing false information, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions. The three...
Thirty women, selected from a group of nearly 430 nominees, have been chosen as the top 30 honorees for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. The top 30 women are composed of 10 honorees from each NCAA division and span various NCAA sports. In...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org The metal bleachers, five rows deep and running the length of the freshly-mowed pitch, were hidden underneath a small army of spectators. The field was immaculate – cut low – free of divots and muddy blemishes...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel during an Aug. 16 conference call approved several rules clarifications in Division III men’s volleyball, including not allowing the libero to serve. The Division III Men’s Volleyball...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 Gary Brown Division III Management Council members at their meeting on Monday agreed to submit a new legislative proposal regarding sickle cell trait status that emphasizes an educational component and a phased-in confirmation approach...
By Gary Brown In addition to discussing concepts that shape a 2013 Convention proposal related to sickle cell trait confirmation , the Division III Management Council at its meeting on Monday and Tuesday reviewed other legislation on track...
By Gary Brown The Division III Management Council has approved a new format for the men’s basketball championship this coming year to accommodate the Division III championship game being played in conjunction with the 75th men’s basketball...
By Brian Burnsed NCAA.org Ryan Thacher, 22, carries aspirations that could fill two lives. He plans to cram them all into the one he’s been given. Millions of children around the world grow up dreaming of a professional tennis career –...
By Bobby Lee For NCAA.org Whether the site of competition is Albion College’s Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium or the Detroit Tigers’ Comerica Park, Devin Burnett is used to hitting. A starting free safety for Albion’s football team, Burnett is...
By Gary Brown The adage of death and taxes being the only certainties in life could probably take on a third conviction if it was up to presidents and chancellors – and that is that college students in the main like to drink. At least that...
A total of 429 female student-athletes, spanning NCAA Divisions I, II and III, were nominated for the 22nd annual NCAA Woman of the Year award. The award honors graduating female student-athletes who have distinguished themselves...
By Greg Johnson The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Committee approved a rules change in pole vault competitions that would require all rigid or unyielding items above ground level, or designated landing pit platform surfaces...
