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Wayne State (MI) AD Erika Wallace joins D2.ticker’s Anthony Grassi at the Women Leaders in Sports Convention to discuss her role as Women’s Basketball Committee Chair, leveraging partnerships in Detroit and lots more. For this year, the committee will use KPI only for Elite Eight seeding and use KPI and RPI this year, after a couple years evaluating selections against the metric, with Wallace adding: “In the last two years, it has shown that it has supported almost 100% of decisions. Honestly some decisions that we had made we thought maybe should have been flipped after the fact, the KPI supported that as well.” Looking ahead, Wallace says her and her committee peers are watching DIII and its use of NPI for selections “like a hawk.” On the potential for DII to move to a single data point (KPI, NPI, etc.) to decide selections: “We are digging in heavily to KPI this year to see where it comes out based on the human element of reviewing scores and at some point if the KPI is accurate to everything that we're deciding from the human element, does it make sense to take all that time looking at the all of the teams when eventually the result will be the same? So it's a support mechanism this year 100% and we'll see.” Early in her tenure, Wallace cultivated a relationship with Ilitch Sports + Entertainment’s leadership that led to a partnership for Illitch’s team of 12-15 sales people supporting WSU’s sponsorship sales and activations, which were previously half of one person’s role. On if this is replicable for other DIIs: “You want to make sure that you have the right partners on board in order to do it, but I mean for me we're going to be bringing in revenue that we wouldn't be able to bring in because we just didn't have the capacity to do that being a Division II athletic department and the staffing models that we have. It really was kind of a no-brainer at one point when we sat down and talked about the revenue we could bring in and even with the [revenue] split, it's still more than what we were bringing in.” More on BOSCA. (link)

The 64-team Women’s Volleyball bracket is live with Gannon, St. Cloud State, Bentley, Ferris State, Lynn, Wingate, Angelo State and Cal Poly Pomona as the top seeds in each region. (link)

Teamworks has acquired NIL operations company Basepath, and “The best of Basepath’s products will be incorporated into Teamworks’ suite of products, including General Manager, Influencer, and Wallet.” Teamworks Founder/CEO Zach Maurides: “Conferences and Athletic Departments are quickly transforming their operations and hiring new roles to make roster and compensation decisions they’ve never had to make. The union of Teamworks and Basepath means they'll have an enterprise-grade platform, developed by the most trusted names in NIL tech, to help them confidently build their best team and manage payments. […] Often, technology is a market disruptor. But in the case of collegiate athletics today, ever-changing legislation has been the driver. Technology has the opportunity to be a stabilizing force. We believe we have a responsibility to help our industry mature, inject a degree of certainty, and arm people with the technology that helps them serve the student-athlete.” Basepath Co-Founder/CEO Thomas Thomas Jr.: “Athletic Departments have to evolve quickly – but the technology must innovate even faster to stay ahead of the curve. By joining Teamworks, we’re positioned to build category-defining products to power the next era of collegiate athletics.” (link)

More from RMAC Commissioner Chris Graham’s sit down at the Women Leaders in Sports Convention as he shares how he approaches developing leaders as a conference administrator: “For any leader that sits in our chair, there's a lot of experiences that we've gone through. So the first thing we have to do is reflect on what those experiences were and then identify ways to, maybe not replicate them, but recognize which ones were important, providing those doorways and those opportunities and at the end of the day giving opportunity for responsibility and accountability because that's what any leader of any organization is ultimately taken care of is the responsibility of the entire organization and the accountability that comes with it.” Further: “When you make a decision, no matter the gender, no matter the leader, know your work, know your skill, have some content behind it through everything you've developed throughout your time. So make your best educated guess but then once you do that it helps to know that you have the support of the people around you. […] If I'm going to encourage someone to take a chance or to look at a job, I'm doing so based upon what I know about that situation and more importantly, in this industry we all know each other pretty well, so who you're going to have around you that's going to help support you as you continue the journey.” Full conversation on BOSCA. (link)

D’Youville will add Acrobatics & Tumbling as its 20th varsity sport. VP for Athletics & Planning Ona Halladay: “Acrobatics and Tumbling is a rapidly growing sport that will be a great compliment to the programs we offer. We also value the growth of collegiate women's sports and believe this will be another great success like we have seen with women's wrestling.” Stevenson (DIII) AC Sophie Binsol will serve as the inaugural HC. (link)

It’s Personnel:

+ Missouri-St. Louis Asst. AD Erik Steffenson is no longer with the department. (link)

+ Learfield has named YinzCam Chief Strategy Officer George Scott as President of SIDEARM Sports. (link)

Washburn elevates Football Assoc. HC/Defensive Coordinator/DB’s Coach Zach Watkins to HC. AD Loren Ferré: "Zach brings a deep understanding of what it takes to win in the MIAA and is hitting the ground running. Having earned the respect and support of his players as well as other coaches in the conference, Zach is well prepared to take this program to the next level and keep it there.” (link)

Coaches.wire:

+ Bentley elevates Women’s Lacrosse AC Jackie Guillemette to Interim HC. (link)

+ Michigan Tech Volleyball HC Matt Jennings steps down to pursue other opportunities. (link)

+ Salem Women’s Soccer HC Bryce Meche is no longer with the Tigers after one season. (link)

+ Sioux Falls Women’s Soccer HC Brittany Domino has resigned after ten seasons for an opportunity outside athletics. (link)

+ More coaching staff moves from across the industry can be found in this morning's Coaches.wire. (link)

More Higher Ed:

+ Saint Augustine’s will cut half of its workforce with a 67% reduction in full-time faculty, 57% reduction in adjunct facility and a 41% cut in staff positions as the university will also cease a number of low-enrollment programs. The cuts are set to save around $17M in expenses. Board of Trustees Vice Chair Hadley Evans, Jr.: “As stewards of this institution, our focus is on its long-term sustainability through shared governance. While we recognize the seriousness of these financial adjustments, these decisions are essential for safeguarding the future of Saint Augustine’s University and the students we serve.” (link)

+ Emporia State finalized new state reporting mandates that will allow it to avoid a 10% state funding cut. (link)

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