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Division II reduces bracket, field sizes for 2021 winter and spring championships

The Division II Administrative Committee approved a recommendation to reduce bracket and field sizes for the 2021 Division II winter and spring championships.

DII schools earn Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence

Forty-two Division II member schools are recipients of the Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence, presented to member schools earning an Academic Success Rate of 90% or higher.

DII SAAC supports Convention proposals

For the 2021 NCAA Convention, the national Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee voted to formally support all the division’s legislative proposals, including one that would permit student-athletes to benefit from their name, image and likeness.

DI college athletes reach 90% graduation rate

Nine out of 10 student-athletes who started college in 2013 earned degrees, according to the latest Division I Graduation Success Rate data released today by the NCAA. That represents the highest rate ever and an increase of 1 percentage point over the rate for students who entered school in 2012.

Asia Seidt is the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year

Asia Seidt — a former swimmer at Kentucky who majored in kinesiology — is the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year. Seidt accepted the award virtually Friday night during a live-streamed awards show celebrating the Top 30 honorees.

NCAA issues updated return-to-sport guidelines

The NCAA has released the Resocialization of Collegiate Sport: Developing Standards for Practice and Competition, Second Edition, to update and extend previous guidance considering new and emerging information surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Honorees: In Their Words

The Top 30 NCAA Woman of the Year honorees reached the pinnacle of athletics success, but to them, sports were more than competition. For these women, sports were a critical part of their journey that helped shape them as people. The 2020...

Board of Governors appoints DeGioia as chair

The NCAA Board of Governors has selected John J. DeGioia, president of Georgetown, as its chair.

Student-athletes release Unity Pledge, logo

The three divisional SAACs and the Board of Governors Student-Athlete Engagement Committee recently collaborated to create a national Unity Pledge and logo.

Division II raises more than $205,000 for Make-A-Wish despite COVID-19 pandemic

During the 2019-20 academic year, Division II schools raised more than $205,000 as part of their ongoing partnership with Make-A-Wish.

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