#10: Medaille will be acquired by Trocaire College, with the institution and Mavericks athletics to continue under the Trocaire name starting this fall. WIVB’s Duke reports the Men’s Tennis and M&W S&D programs will be discontinued after this season, as MU Interim President Quigley stated during the State of the University address: “No changes are anticipated. During the next academic year, all fall, winter, and spring sports will continue as usual.” (link)
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#9: On the question of feeling like a leader, Macalester AD Brooks visits @1QLeadership to talk about his evolution in the leadership chair. Brooks goes over his process of developing personal core values, and affirming them by also defining what they do and don't look like in action. He also discusses feeling uncomfortable in the traditional AD outfit of sportcoat and Cole Haan's but acknowledges visiting other leaders and finding unique qualities to bring back to his department as the school ascends its conference. Brooks: “As a leader of an athletics department, not only do I support you in your sport and in the classroom, I have to support you if you say you want to go out and change the world. […] Once I honed in on what my values were and what they do and don't look like in action, I really felt like I was leading. […] I wanted to know who had the secret sauce, and those are the people I wanted to surround myself with.” (link)
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#8: St. Scholastica will consolidate its six schools into three to “provide incredible opportunities for collaboration, reimagining existing programs and building new market-driven programs to serve Minnesota and beyond.” (link) |
#7: Springfield selects FDU-Florham SID Berkowitz as its new Asst. AD for Communications. (link) |
#6: William Peace will hire a new WBB HC after HC Dickens resigns. (link) |
#5: Randolph MSOC HC O'Connor has stepped down for personal reasons after one season. (link) |
#4: Ferrum cut the ribbon on its new Softball complex, named after former HC Van Kleeck. The Panthers raised over $330K from 119 donors to support the two-story facility that includes a locker room, press box, chair-backed and open area seating. (link)
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#3: Wooster rolls out a brand refresh for the Fighting Scots, which will now be represented by a Scottish Terrier instead of a Scottish Highlander: “As we examine Wooster’s history, the Scottie dog was the first mascot at Wooster and has never really gone away even with the introduction of the Scottish Highlander fighter in the late 60s, early 70s. Up through today, the Scottie is widely accepted as one of Wooster’s mascots. More importantly, however, no human mascot can represent all the diverse identities of our campus community and many human mascots raise serious concerns about racism, xenophobia, and are otherwise problematic. [...] A symbol of European imperial expansion, the Scottish Highlander fighter no longer represents the current and future Wooster.” (link)
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#2: Clarkson elevates Senior Assoc. AD Kane to succeed AD Smalling in leading the Golden Knights, as Smalling transitions to VP of Operations and Director of Athletics Strategy, effective April 1. President Christensen: “Laurel has been a valued leader in Clarkson’s athletics division for over 20 years, and we are excited for her to take the helm as our new Director of Athletics and Recreation. The success of Clarkson’s athletics programs matters both on campus and in the community, and I can’t wait to see our fans continue to rally around our Golden Knights moving forward. Our athletic programs and our student-athletes are in good hands.” (link)
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#1: Brandeis Softball student-athlete Balakrishna pens for the student newspaper, The Justice, taking issue with the Judges’ Softball facility, compared to the Baseball field. Disparities include the Softball field not being regulation size, the chain-link dugout fence compared to the concrete softball dugouts and the lack of a permanent press box, quality drainage and more. Balakrishna recounts AD Haynie‘s budget request being declined in February after original plans for it to be built in 2022 did not come to fruition. Further, CFO Solomon reportedly told two S-As that new Baseball and Softball facilities are “a long-term priority.” Per Balakrishna, complaints have been filed with the Office of Equal Opportunity, which are being discussed with university administration. (link)
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