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Shorthanded St. Cloud State seizes title

Entering the NCAA championships with only six qualifiers, St. Cloud State needed a flawless performance to have a shot at a title run.

Twelve rising athletics administrators complete NCAA Pathway Program

Twelve college athletics administrators traveled to the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington, D.C., in mid-January. A historic NCAA Convention – one that would signal a shift in the Division I college sports landscape – was still one day away, yet the lights of recognition first were to shine on the industry’s next leaders.

Future Football Coaches Academy Develops and Connects Aspiring Coaches

As a 13-year-old, Siriki Diabate came from the Ivory Coast in West Africa to New York City and developed a passion for football – the American kind.

Reaching the mountaintop

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and coach Pat Healy finally get over the hump after five second-place finishes in the Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships. They captured the 2015 national title.

Staying in focus

Queens University of Charlotte captured the school’s first national title on the strength of Patricia Castro-Ortega’s record-breaking performance in the Division II Women’s Swimming and Diving Championship.

Finishing with a flourish

The University of Central Missouri Jennies know how to create some drama. They certainly did so in the Women’s Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships, gaining the lead with one event remaining and capturing their first national title.

Dominant final day lifts Mountaineers

Only last year’s West Virginia rifle team was more accurate than this spring’s Mountaineers, who came just three points short of matching their championship-record performance in 2014. And they needed every one of them.

Traveling with Medication

Traveling with a sports team to provide care is a routine activity for team physicians. Typically, these trips are short in duration, with very little interaction with anyone other than the athletes and staff of the team the physician is contracted with. However, the legal standing of physicians providing medical coverage is murky, and in many cases physicians could be facing allegations of practicing medicine without malpractice protection.

Supporting Student-Athletes with Type 1 Diabetes

Anyone working with collegiate athletes knows how much work it takes to be both a dedicated student and a competitive athlete. It’s challenging to balance practice and games with classes and exams, not to mention trying to have a social life and maybe sleep somewhere in between. Then add trying to balance your blood sugar for optimal performance and it can seem like an astronomical task.

Defining and Timing Healthy Snacks

Collegiate athletes have higher energy needs than nonathletic peers, making it harder to consume their required daily calories through a typical three-meals-per-day structure. This places importance on snacks as a strategy for obtaining additional nutritious foods.

Gene Smith: Five things I’ve learned

Gene Smith, a widely recognized leader in college athletics, shares lessons that catapulted him to the top of his profession.

Wrestling with a deadline

J Robinson, Minnesota wrestling coach for 29 years, explains the pressures of preparing a team to reach the ultimate goal.

Never thrown off course

Jecel Klotz took two years off to have her son, get married and rehab from a knee injury, then came back stronger than ever.

The thrill of victory

Union College’s Daniel Ciampini offers a first-person look at his team’s journey to the 2014 men’s ice hockey national championship.

A method to the madness

NCAA vice presidents Dan Gavitt, Joni Comstock and Anucha Browne reflect on their experiences overseeing championship events

Winter Championships - Pursuit of Excellence

March Madness has swept across the nation, and millions of fans tuned in to watch the culmination of the Division I basketball season. However, the madness that dominates March and April in college sports extends far beyond men’s and women’s basketball.

Photo Finish

In six decades of shooting the Final Four, Rich Clarkson has shaped how we see the game.

Ken Corigliano: Serving his country and getting down and dirty

Corigliano ran cross country at Saint Leo University from 2002-06. He graduated magna cum laude from the institution in 2006 and now serves in the U.S. Air Force. In 2009, he was selected as the Chief of U.S. Official Government Travel Intelligence Operations for all official U.S. government international dignitary travel.

From There to Here: Oliver Luck

A few weeks into his new job at the NCAA, Oliver Luck took time to discuss his winding path to the national office and his views on some of the biggest questions in college sports.

The Female Athlete Body Project

Female Athletes are a special population of college women, and special attention is required to inform them of the proper nutritional needs of their athletic bodies.

Jaime Fornetti: Teamwork, down to a science

Jaime Fornetti, a former basketball player at Albion College, brings a collaborative approach more common in athletics arenas to her science lab, where she researches breast cancer bone metastasis.

Kim Ng: Big league barrier breaker

Kim Ng forged a career in Major League Baseball immediately after finishing her softball career at the University of Chicago and rose to become its senior vice-president for baseball operations.

The psychology of sports injuries

The magnitude of the injuries within NCAA athletics is significant. Injuries can hinder performance and negatively impact collegiate athletes’ mental health and well-being, including: threats to self-esteem, social isolation and motivational demands associated with rehabilitation.

Jack Ford: From the football field to the court room to the small screen, he’s all about winning

An academic scholarship and an invitation to play football at Yale University led Jack Ford from a humble childhood to a renowned career in law and broadcast journalism.

Come and Knock on Our Door

For better or worse, living arrangements profoundly impact every student’s college experience. Because compatibility with roommates is recognized as a key factor in academic success, college satisfaction, mental well-being and transfer decisions, the days of randomly assigning roommates are over at many colleges.