#10: Southern Arkansas Women’s Basketball HC Adam Collins submits his resignation after six years leading the Muleriders. (link) |
#9: Saint Augustine's promotes Compliance Director Tra'Niqua McLaughlin to Assoc. AD for Compliance and Asst. AD for Sports Information Mike Ramel to Assoc. AD for Operations & Strategic Communication. (link) |
#8: The ATF is investigating vandalism and fires that damaged the press box at Fort Lewis’ Ray Dennison Memorial Field and a pair of FLC Police vehicles set on fire Sunday. President Tom Stritikus: “I am unnerved, and I am angry that someone would do this to our amazing campus. But I do take solace in the fact that multiple law enforcement organizations are on scene right now, investigating. And even though his investigation might take time, I know they’re doing everything they can to keep us safe.” (link)
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#7: West Georgia hires Texas-Permian Basin Asst. AD of Student-Athlete Success Rachel Jennings as Asst. AD for Academic Excellence. (link) |
#6: From the Winter DII Presidents and Management Council meetings, the DII Management Council introduced NIL legislation for possible action next month that would continue to prohibit institutions from compensating student-athletes, remove restrictions on services that can be provided for student-athletes, clarifying that entities closely aligned or officially affiliated with institutions are subject to institutional standards, clearly define an NIL entity, eliminate regulations governing communication between schools and NIL entities provided the institution does not provide “direct or indirect financial support or institutional assets,” and prohibit NIL entities from contacting or engaging with prospective student-athletes, those at other institutions or their representatives. The Presidents Council sponsored a pair of legislative proposals for the 2025 NCAA Convention: eliminate 18-semester/27-quarter hour recruitment for eligibility and removing the English, math and science requirements for two-year college transfers. Also of note, for membership-sponsored legislative proposals, the DII Executive Board will now only take a position if the proposal has a significant financial impact on DII or its members. (link)
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#5: East Stroudsburg announces that Women’s Basketball HC Stephanie Del Preore will not return next season after four years at the helm of the program. (link) |
#4: The G-MAC inks a conference-wide partnership with ARMS. (link) |
#3: NCAA CMO Brian Hainline announces his retirement, effective May 31. Hainline, who was appointed as the NCAA’s first chief medical officer in 2013, also founded and oversaw the NCAA Sport Science Institute. (link) |
#2: The Women’s Basketball bracket is set, with Gannon, Southern Nazarene, Bentley, Grand Valley State, Valdosta State, Catawba, Texas Woman’s and Azusa Pacific as the one seeds. (link) Gannon, Minnesota State, Saint Michael’s, Indianapolis, Nova Southeastern, North Georgia, West Texas A&M and Cal State LA are the top seeds in the Men’s Basketball tournament. (link)
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#1: Young Harris AD Jennifer Rushton will depart after four years to become the next AD at Albion (DIII). President Drew Van Horn: “This is a bittersweet situation for YHC. While I am happy that Jennifer will be closer to her family, we will miss her strong leadership. I wish Jennifer great success in this next segment of her life.” (link)
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