#10: Check out Hardin-Simmons’ newly upgraded weight room. (link) |
#9: The participants for the 2024-25 NCAA Pathway Program have been unveiled and DIII administrators include Midwest Assoc. Executive Director/SWA Chassidy Holloway, Wooster Assoc. AD Libby Ladrach, Tufts Asst. AD for Business Operations Matthew McMasters, Colby Deputy AD/SWA Casie Runksmeier, Marymount Assoc. AD for Student-Athlete Development Ryan Wildenhain and Dickinson Senior Assoc. AD/COO Jason Young. (link)
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#8: Clarks Summit will temporarily furlough all employees to cover a “significant financial gap.” While the duration of the furlough is unknown, the university’s administration and others will volunteer to work without pay. President James Lytle on the institution’s future: “With excellent counsel, a committed administration and dedicated faculty and staff, we are moving forward with plans for an excellent 2024-25 school year. Like many colleges, in the last two years we suffered an enrollment decline, but future enrollment is growing, especially for our online graduate and seminary students. Key indicators point to a larger class of residential students for this fall and beyond.” (link)
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#7: Kenyon Women’s Soccer HC/Asst. AD/SWA Kelly Bryan resigns after 21 years leading the Owls. (link) |
#6: Hendrix will depart the SAA after the 2024-25 academic year to rejoin the SCAC, giving the conference 12 full members come 2025-26. President Karen Petersen: “With 92 percent of our student body originating from the geographic region represented by the SCAC, it made strategic sense to align Hendrix with another highly competitive conference from a student enrollment and student-athlete recruiting perspective.” SCAC Commissioner Dwayne Hanberry: “From a logistical and structural standpoint, Hendrix is a slam dunk add. They bring a highly competitive and broad-based athletics program that fits nicely into our geographic footprint. There is no denying we are a better conference with Hendrix College as a member.” (link)
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#5: Carleton taps Pomona-Pitzer Asst. AD of Events and Operations Marcel Diggs as Assoc. AD, while Softball HC Amy Erickson adds SWA duties to her role. (link) |
#4: Wisconsin-Oshkosh has depleted its discretionary funds in unrestricted reserves in the face of a $7.6M deficit. With a “surge of savings” coming next fiscal year due to the elimination of 250+ positions, the UW system will use its own reserves to cover Oshkosh, with the university to repay the system. (link)
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#3: Neumann AD Chuck Sack will transition to a new position as major gifts officer for NU’s capital campaign. President Chris Domes: “Chuck is uniquely positioned to take on this role to help Neumann raise resources and friends. His experience and background of leading Neumann athletics for over twenty years makes him the right person at the right time for this critical work.” Asst. AD David Deal will serve as Interim AD. (link)
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#2: Greenville has restructured its athletic department with AD/Women’s Volleyball HC Tom Ackerman transitioning his administrative responsibilities to become VP of Athletics with an expanded focus on fundraising. Sports Management Professor/Men’s and Women’s Basketball AC Doug Faulkner will now serve as Assoc. VP for Athletics and Chief of Staff and SID B.J. Schneck will become the Panthers’ new AD. Further changes include Spirit Program Director Stephanie Brant adding Assoc. AD duties, university advancement staffers Johnny Garvilla and Brett Brannon will join athletics as Assoc. AD for External Affairs and Assoc. AD for Development respectively, Men’s Volleyball HC Emily Butler will serve as SWA, university Director of Strategic Engagement Rob Clark will move to Asst. AD for Marketing and Engagement, Women’s Basketball HC Roy Mulholland will depart his faculty post to lead the upstart Men’s and Women’s Golf program and Men’s and Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field HC Brian Patton will now oversee compliance. (link)
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#1: Johns Hopkins wins its second straight LEARFIELD Directors’ Cup, with Williams, Emory, Tufts and NYU rounding out the top five. The NESCAC and UAA finished with three members in the top 10. (link)
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