NCAA Division II 40th Anniversary Yearbook (2013)

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Worthy tribute
Profiles of the 49-member
Division II 40th Anniversary
Tribute Team
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Hail to the
champions
Recaps of all 25 Division II
championships in 2013
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Contents
A history of the
NCAA’s divisional structure
How the Special Convention in 1973 produced
the Roman numerals we’re so familiar with today
Introduction
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DII Facts and Figures
Letter from Terri Steeb Gronau
How We Got Here
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Reflections
from the past
Founding Division II
members
The DII identity initiative
Initial committee
rosters, chairs
A look ahead
Current governance
committees
Kristin
Erb
Year in review
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News highlights from 2013
Elite 89 winners
Conferences
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Conference roll call, 2013-14
Records and stats
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Notable records
All-time champions
Puzzle page
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Division II Yearbook
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FACTS AND
FIGURES
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Active members
Life in the Balance
Higher education has lasting importance on an individual’s future success. For this reason,
the emphasis on the student-athlete experience in Division II is a comprehensive program
of learning and development in a personal setting. The Division II approach provides growth
opportunities through academic achievement, learning in high-level athletics competition
and development of positive societal attitudes in service to community. The balance and
integration of these different areas of learning opportunity provide Division II student-athletes
a path to graduation, while cultivating a variety of skills and knowledge for life ahead.
Enrollment at DII active members:
133 (45.5 percent)
Less than 2,499
120 (41.1 percent)
2,500-7,499
Schools in provisional year
Schools in candidacy year two
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Schools in candidacy year one
50/50
6 (2.1 percent)
15,000 and above
33 (11.3 percent)
7,500-14,900
4,209
Average enrollment
Percentage of public vs. private
(active members only)
Average number of student-athletes:
Undergraduate enrollment:
(265 men; 156 women)
Schools with football
546,255
421
264
Men – (44 percent)
708,108
(136 men; 128 women)
Schools without football
Women – (56 percent)
Sports sponsorship average:
Number of student-athletes:
64,109
Men – (59 percent)
44,961
Women – (41 percent)
6.9 7.9
Men’s
Women’s
Number of DII championships:
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Men
(7,932 participants)
Women
(7,981 participants)
Reflect on the past,
but relish the future
Division II
40th Anniversary Yearbook
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Gary Brown, Josh Looney
Editors
Contributing writers:
Charlie Ambrose
Anna Braunsdorf
Lauren Ely
Brittany Johnson
Sam King
Joey Lamar
David Pickle
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Anniversaries are special. They are benchmarks in time when we reflect on the past but also
look forward to what can happen by the time the next one rolls around. Division II just finished its
40th anniversary year, and while the previous 39 have been pretty good, everyone involved with
the division made the effort to ensure that No. 40 can be remembered as extraordinary.
And why not? There certainly is plenty to celebrate. From a time in the early 1970s when the
entire NCAA was “coming of age,” Division II came onto the scene as its own entity but at the
time not clearly defined. Since then, Division II has established a unique philosophy and carved
out a healthy identity and important position within intercollegiate athletics.
The division has hundreds, if not thousands, of people to thank for that. People like Don
Lubbers, Jean Cerra, Barb Schroeder, Jerry McGee, Clint Bryant and dozens of others stepped into
leadership positions at key times during the division’s early years. Sue Willey, Debbie Chin, Charles
Ambrose, Jill Willson, Paul Engelmann, Steven Jordan, Tim Selgo and Ann Martin are among
the many contributors to take the Division II leadership baton after the NCAA federated decisionmaking to the three divisions in 1997. That list is not exhaustive by any means. The Division II
family has far-reaching roots. And now, people like Pat O’Brien, Bob Boerigter, Karen Stromme
and Tom Haas are on board to start Year No. 41 where we left off – as an innovative, values-based,
leadership-minded collection of educators.
Along the way, student-athletes at Division II institutions have flourished, both in athletics
competition and as citizen-leaders beyond their playing days. We honored many of them this year,
too – 49 to be exact – and their stories are chronicled later in this yearbook. After all, studentathlete success in the classroom, in competition and in life after college is what Division II is
about. The “Life in the Balance” mantra we espouse suits the division well.
We have worked hard to achieve that balance. The last eight years in particular have been
a critical time, as the division has established its brand and learned how to live by it. Studentathletes, coaches and staff who choose Division II know what they’re getting now – Division II is
more of a destination because of the work we’ve done to define who we are and what we stand for
in the athletics/education continuum. It is fitting that this 40th anniversary arrived when it did.
This year was special for me personally, as well. After having been involved in staff leadership with
Division II for the last decade, I was fortunate enough to be named to succeed Mike Racy as Division
II vice president in July. While Mike’s shoes certainly have been daunting ones to fill, it has been a
tremendous honor for me to serve in this capacity during such a momentous year for the division. I
am excited that we could name Mike as an honorary member of the 40th Anniversary Tribute Team,
because without his leadership, we would not be where we are today. (See the related story on page 57.)
But as I said to start this piece, anniversaries are a time to both reflect and re-energize.
Division II’s history is rich, but its future is just as promising, thanks to the many leaders and
student-athletes who care so much about its success. I hope you enjoy the pages that follow, as we
celebrate Division II’s past, present and future. But as you do so, focus most on that future part
because it is a bright one indeed, and I look forward to being a part of it with all of you.
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HOW WE GOT HERE
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How one and two
equaled three
By David Pickle
A ride down memory lane when the NCAA divided for a good cause
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he birth of the NCAA’s current divisional structure wasn’t as easy as I, II, III.
For almost everybody currently affiliated with college sports, the NCAA
has always comprised three divisions. The precursor terms of “University
Division” and “College Division” are familiar enough, but the forces that led from
a loose two-division structure to a more defined, divisionally autonomous approach
40 years ago are much less understood.
Although the creation of the divisions may be cause for celebration now, the birth
of the modern structure occurred in a crisis that jeopardized the existence of the
NCAA. To grasp what eventually was approved at the NCAA Special Convention of
August 1973, one first must glimpse the NCAA of the 1950s when the big program
vs. small program dilemma began to emerge.
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At that time, one set of rules governed all member schools.
There were no sports-sponsorship requirements. To become an
NCAA member, an institution was required only to be a college or university with “acceptable academic standards” that
agreed to “establish and maintain high standards of personal
honor, eligibility and fair play.” There were only 13 national
championships, all for men.
In the early days, the Ivy League and then large public institutions dominated NCAA championships; by the late 1940s,
private urban institutions were flexing their muscles. Small
schools had no realistic opportunity to compete nationally, and
the desire to fix that shortcoming led the NCAA Executive
Committee (at the time, a group of athletics administrators who
oversaw championships) in 1956 to approve establishment of a
College Division Basketball Championship.
It was a seminal event for the NCAA, and at the 1957 Convention, Willis Stetson of Swarthmore proudly reported on the progress of the first such championship, which would take place that
March 1957 in Evansville, Ind. In so doing, he addressed not only
the issue of the day but also the question of the next 16 years: “I
know one question that has been raised and has been asked me
in my area in the East,” he told Convention delegates. “How are
teams classified University Division or College Division?”
It was an excellent question, but the answer presented
problems. In short, to be College Division, the school could
not be included in the “major statistical list” of the National
Collegiate Athletic Bureau. That meant that although NCAA
competition was to be divided on a strength-of-schedule standard, legislation and policy were not.
The 1950s discussions about College and University Division competition also were occurring alongside a major Baby
Boomer initiative for youth fitness. The prevailing sentiment was to expand intercollegiate athletics opportunities to
support national fitness, and that meant the addition of more
small colleges to generate more varsity competition.
As for the larger programs, they were experiencing a boom
of postwar popularity and beginning to grasp the revenue potential of the new medium of television. Their priorities reflected
those realities, and as they sought to expand their scope, they
began to resent growing resistance from the smaller schools.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, bruising differences of
opinion emerged on questions of freshman eligibility, financial
aid and academics. Larger programs became increasingly concerned about governance. In response, the membership developed a curious approach called “conscience voting” by which,
as a matter of conscience, no member would vote on legisla-
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tion that was outside its interests. The approach, as one might
imagine, was not entirely successful. By 1972, most members
acknowledged the need for a new direction. When NCAA
Secretary-Treasurer Samuel E. Barnes of District of Columbia
Teachers College called a roundtable on reorganization to order
at the 1972 Convention, change was on the horizon.
“All of us realize that those who do not progress must lose
sight of the future,” Barnes said. “The NCAA Council has
recognized the fact that this Association cannot stand still.”
He then introduced David Swank, a young law professor and
faculty athletics representative from Oklahoma who had been
designated chair of a committee to explore reorganization.
Swank’s assignment had come only a couple of months
earlier, and he didn’t have many details to share with Convention delegates. Even the terminology was preliminary. “You
could place yourself in Division A, Division B or Division C
or whatever they might be called,” he said as he described the
concept of self-determination.
(A year and a half later, when the 1973 Special Convention
was set to vote on the matter, Muskingum AD Ed Sherman
– Swank’s successor – described the underwhelming truth
behind the now-familiar Roman numerals: “The committee
started out by suggesting maybe we could call them by colors
or names to try to avoid the I, II, III implication,” Sherman
said. “But as we progressed, the discussion always got back
to determining them I, II and III. People who wrote in with
suggestions and comments also termed them to be I, II and III.
I guess rather than fight, we gave in to it, and that is the name
given – Division I, Division II and Division III.”)
Swank referred to the legislative challenges involving financial aid (“we have probably put the cart of financial aid before the horse of reorganization”) and the need for like-minded
schools to legislate together (“it is difficult to apply the same
rules to UCLA as you might apply to Union College”).
At the 1972 Convention, Swank pointed toward two
desired takeaways: a three-division structure and maintenance
of a common constitution for all members. Delegates to the
1972 Convention would not be asked to consider any legislation on the matter. Instead, the request from the Council was
a seemingly simple one: approval of a resolution to conduct a
Special Convention on reorganization by July.
All of the debate was civil, with no hint of acrimony, but
the green light for the Special Convention failed, 135-219,
with most of the nay votes coming from College Division
members. The next chance to act would be at the January
1973 Convention. Swank later didn’t recall why the resolu-
tion failed, but he assumed it was because the small schools
weren’t ready to surrender control.
Swank’s reorganization committee went back to the drawing board, proposing a two-division structure for delegates at
the 1973 Convention to consider, but that, too, failed. At that
point, with the Association in crisis mode, the NCAA Council
mandated a Special Convention in August 1973 with a clear
understanding that the status quo was not an option.
Ed Sherman, Swank’s successor as chair of the reorganization committee, worked with the group to identify four
guiding principles:
• There would be three legislative and competitive divisions.
• Each division could adopt bylaws not inconsistent with
the provisions of the constitution without approval of any
other division.
• The Council and Executive Committee would be restructured to guarantee representation for each division.
• Each division would establish criteria for membership in
its division.
Division II ultimately would distinguish itself through a
partial-scholarship model and regionally based championships competition, but none of that was present at the outset.
Likewise, while there was a common understanding that a
major tenet of Division III would be its financial aid model,
the reorganization committee did not concern itself with such
stuff. Philosophy and legislation to support it would come later,
along with sports-sponsorship requirements tiered by division.
The task of the moment was to create framework, nothing
more, and it was overwhelmingly approved by a vote of 366-13.
It was not the final chapter, not by any means. Five years
later, Division I was splitting again, this time to subdivide its
football membership into Divisions I-A and I-AA. In 1997,
the governance restructuring plan was approved, which terminated the NCAA Council and formally established presidential leadership over each division and the NCAA in general.
In the early 2000s, Division II briefly floated a concept of
decoupling football classification from divisional classification, and in 2008 Division III assessed its own homogeneity
with its Future of Division III examination.
But through it all, Divisions I, II and III stayed intact. With
40 years of history, all now have enough character, purpose
and tradition to create quasi-independent brands while still
remaining identifiable as part of the parent NCAA institution.
It’s still not perfect, and the future no doubt will bring
additional change. But in the end, the great division of 1973
was a good beginning.
NCAA Divisional History
December 1937 – The NCAA College Committee is established to
bring to the attention of the Association by its recommendations any
athletics matters of common interest to smaller colleges and arrange
and conduct a program during the annual Convention devoted to the
athletics interests of smaller colleges.
January 1954 – The office of vice-president-at-large is created
to represent the interests and viewpoints of the “College Division
institutions” of the Association and aid in the formulation of any policies
designed to further the cause of intercollegiate athletics among the
“College Division members.”
March 1957 – The first College Division Basketball Tournament is
played. The membership is divided by self-determination into College
Division and University Division for purposes of basketball tournament
competition.
November 1958 – The National College Division Cross Country
Championship is inaugurated.
November 1958-January 1967 – Five additional National College
Division events are created.
January 1967 – The membership adopts a bylaw (commonly referred to
as the “Fish or Fowl Rule”) requiring that members must be completely
College Division or completely University Division in all sports in which
the NCAA conducts national University Division and College Division
championships, effective Sept. 1, 1968.
January 1968 – The membership defeats an amendment to the
Fish or Fowl Rule that would have permitted members to cross
University and College Division lines for competitive purposes in three
championships. At the time, there were 133 completely University
Division members, 355 completely College Division members and 114
members competing in both divisions (the schools to which the Fish or
Fowl Rule was to apply in September). With this amendment defeated,
those schools would be required to choose University or College
Division for competitive purposes.
September 1968 – The Fish or Fowl Rule becomes effective. A total
of 223 institutions are University Division; 393 are College Division. Of
the 114 in limbo, 89 choose University Division and 25 select College
Division.
January 1971 – At the Convention, the membership is asked to abide
by conscience voting (an institution is supposed to vote only on matters
that directly affect it).
September 1971 – Oklahoma Faculty Athletics Representative David
Swank is named as chair of a special committee to oversee legislative
reorganization.
January 1972 – Swank reports to the Convention on preliminary findings
of the special committee. A resolution to conduct a Special Convention
that summer is defeated.
January 1973 – The Convention defeats a Legislative Reorganization
Committee proposal to create two divisions with limited legislative
autonomy for each. At the conclusion of the Convention, the Council
mandates a Special Convention on reorganization for August 1973.
January 1973 – Muskingum AD Edgar Sherman is named chair of a
Special Committee on Reorganization – 1973.
Aug. 7, 1973 – A Special Convention in Chicago establishes a threedivision NCAA – Divisions I, II and III – with expanded legislative
autonomy for each.
January 1978 – Division I creates subdivisions I-A and I-AA for football.
January 1997 – Divisional and Association-wide governance are
changed through a restructuring plan that provides more autonomy for
each division and places more leadership responsibility with presidents
and chancellors.
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In the beginning …
By Don lubbers
When I was asked to write a few words about Division II’s history, I was more than happy to oblige, for it gave
me a chance to opine about two things I love – college athletics and Division II.
I was never an athlete, but I’ve always loved athletics. In fact, I’m probably the only person who has a football stadium named after him (Lubbers Stadium at Grand Valley State) who never played football and never had millions of
dollars to give to the university to build a stadium. That ought to tell you something about how much I love athletics.
But I also love Division II, and I marvel at how our wonderful family came to be. In the beginning, Division II was defined almost more by what it didn’t want to be. At the time the divisions
were formed in 1973 (so excellently chronicled by David Pickle on page 6), the schools that eventually landed in Division II knew they couldn’t afford to have the budgets Division I commanded, but
they also knew they wanted to be in the athletics scholarship game enough not to be Division III.
But out of necessity, direction and commitment emerged. The NCAA needed a landing place
for schools that couldn’t afford to be Division I (some schools didn’t want to spend that kind
of money whether they could afford it or not) and didn’t want to be Division III. That led to us
finding objectives that happened to work out to be very good for athletics at our institutions.
The first objective was a financial one. The group that eventually became Division II wanted
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to keep athletics budgets in good proportion to the total institutional budget. Most of us adopted
that philosophy after watching others spend so much trying to be competitive at the elite level
that it stretched them financially and put pressure on the school’s academic mission. Division II decided that it
wanted to be a group of colleges and universities that had the right balance in their athletics/academic investment.
Second, most DII schools wanted to have scholarship money for athletes based on their athletics ability. Of course
that’s what Division I does, and what Division III does not. We tried to position DII in such a way that we spend money
to bring athletes to our campuses, but the partial-scholarship model enables more schools to balance their budgets and
balance the experience for their student-athletes. That balance carries on today as a primary tenet of the DII philosophy.
Of course we worked very hard on sportsmanship, and we wanted to relate to our communities. Attendance at
DII athletics events was not very high at the time, so we thought relating to the community would help generate
interest in our programs. Again, those remain embedded in the DII philosophy today.
I believe the greatest contribution my colleagues and I gave were those two objectives – a sense of fiscal balance
and the partial-scholarship model that gives student-athletes the pride of being recognized for their athletics ability
without insinuating that athletics should dominate their overall educational experience. We always thought that was
a common-sense approach to athletics in higher education.
In my time as president at Grand Valley State, I encountered several people who wondered why our school never
thought about reclassifying to Division I. Our enrollment was big enough to be considered Division I, and we experienced a good share of athletics success along the way, too. But as I looked at the athletics budgets of some of my Division I colleagues, I thought to myself, “Why would I want to pay four times as much to lose four times as much?”
Division II offers a sensible alternative – schools in the division offer good, competitive athletics programs and
give players money to participate in them, but they keep it limited so that it’s not a drag on the institutional budget.
Indeed, today’s “Life in the Balance” mantra is deeply rooted in the division’s creation.
Don Lubbers was president at Grand Valley State from 1969 to 2001. He was a member of the NCAA Council (the
Association’s primary governance body before 1997), and he chaired the first Division II Presidents Council in 1997.
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Founding Division II members
Adelphi*
Catholic
Indiana (Pa.)*
North Carolina Central
Southern Connecticut State*
Akron
Central Connecticut State
Indianapolis*
North Carolina-Wilmington
Southern Illinois Edwardsville
Alabama A&M
Central Missouri*
Jackson State
North Dakota
Southern Oregon
Alabama State
Central State (Ohio)*
Jacksonville State
North Dakota State
Southern Tech Institute
Albany State (Ga.)*
Central Washington*
Johnson C. Smith*
University of Northern Iowa
Springfield
Alcorn
Chapman
Kentucky State*
Northern Michigan*
Stonehill*
American International*
Chattanooga
Kentucky Wesleyan*
Northwest Missouri State*
Stony Brook
Amherst
Cheyney*
King’s (Pa.)
Norwich
UT Martin
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Clarion*
Le Moyne*
Oakland
Tennessee State
Armstrong*
Clarkson
Lincoln (Mo.)*
Old Dominion
Texas Southern
Assumption*
Colby
Livingstone*
Prairie View A&M
Towson
Augustana (S.D.)*
Colorado State-Pueblo*
LIU Post*
Puget Sound
Trinity (Conn.)
Babson
Columbus State*
Louisiana-Lafayette
Quinnipiac
Trinity (Texas)
Bakersfield
Delta State*
Louisiana-Monroe
Regis (Colo.)*
Troy
Baltimore
DeSales
Loyola Maryland
Roanoke
Truman*
Baptist College
East Stroudsburg*
UMBC
Rollins*
Tufts
Bates
Eastern Illinois
Merchant Marine
Sacramento State
Tuskegee*
Bellarmine*
Edinboro*
Merrimack*
Sacred Heart
Union (N.Y.)
Belmont Abbey*
Elizabeth City State*
Michigan Tech*
Saint Anselm*
Union (Tenn.)
Benedict*
Evansville
Middlebury
Saint Augustine’s*
Valdosta State*
Bentley*
Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham
Minnesota Duluth*
St. Cloud State*
Valparaiso
Bethune-Cookman
Fayetteville State*
Minnesota State Mankato*
Saint Joseph’s (Ind.)*
Virginia Union*
Biscayne
Florida A&M
Minnesota State Moorhead*
Saint Michael’s*
Wagner
Bloomsburg*
Florida Southern*
Mississippi College
St. Norbert
Wesleyan (Conn.)
Bowdoin
Florida Tech*
Mississippi Valley
St. Paul’s
West Georgia*
Bridgeport*
Fort Lewis*
Missouri-St. Louis*
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Western Carolina
Bridgewater State
Franciscan
Missouri S&T*
San Diego
Western Illinois
Bryant
Gannon*
Missouri State
San Francisco State*
Western State*
Buffalo State
George Mason
Morgan State
University of the Sciences*
Wilberforce
UC Davis
Georgia Regents Augusta*
Morningside
Scranton
Williams
UC Irvine
Gettysburg
Morris Brown
Seattle Pacific*
Winston-Salem State*
UC Riverside
Grambling
Mount St. Mary’s
Shaw*
Wisconsin-Superior
Cal Poly Pomona*
Green Bay
Nebraska Omaha
Shippensburg*
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Hamilton
New England College
Siena
WPI
Cal State Chico*
Hampton
New Haven*
Slippery Rock*
Wright State
Cal State East Bay*
Hartford
New Orleans
South Dakota
Youngstown State
Cal State Fullerton
Hartwick
Nicholls State
South Dakota State
Cal State Northridge
Humboldt State*
Norfolk State
Southeast Missouri State
California (Pa.)*
Illinois-Chicago
North Alabama*
Southern University
*Current Division II member
Source: The NCAA News (December 1973); current NCAA member institutions listed as they are named today
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The present …
Without the
involvement of
presidents, our initiatives
… and other key efforts
would not have become
the integral elements of
our identity that they
are today.
By Charles Ambrose
Division II is in good shape today because of the commitment past leaders
made to get us to this point in our 40-year journey. While our early years were
well-chronicled by a great DII man in Don Lubbers (see page 10), another important stage that helped establish our present success began in 1997, for that is the
time when Division II really went out on its own. The NCAA’s current federated
governance structure came into being at that time, when each division began to
establish policies that best fit its membership.
After restructuring, Division II presidents placed their focus on student success and enhancing their experience. The Presidents Council strategically used
CEO Summits (we have had four of them to date) to engage on the critical issues
and gain broad support for enhancing the Division II student experience. The first
summit in fact moved us from “reactive” to “active” in terms of establishing who
we are, which allowed the division to capitalize on its distinctive strength that we have defined strategically in terms
of destination, alignment and value for our members.
Without the involvement of presidents, our initiatives
regarding community engagement, academic success,
game environment, Life in the Balance, Ease of Burden
and other key efforts would not have become the integral
elements of our identity that they are today.
The presidents wanted to create an environment in
which schools and conferences took ownership in change
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and did not feel compelled or ordered to do things by
threat of punishment or sanctions. The Division II staff was critical in developing these elements, building a toolkit of resources that conferences and
institutions could use to their full advantage. This was a major paradigm shift
for the division that was embraced by the Association through the support and
encouragement of our late President Myles Brand.
The governance structure also acknowledged the expertise, maturity and
thoughtfulness of the Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee by
engaging the full group in policy-making and setting a strategic course for
the division to follow.
It was in fact our stated purpose to “shake things up,” to try new ways to
address issues and embrace an innovative spirit. This led to many firsts in the
NCAA, including the CEO Summits, the National Championships Festivals,
the Make-A-Wish partnership, major legislative deregulation efforts, web/TV
national partnerships, and a division-specific platform and branding initiative.
The division also recognized the importance of town-gown relationships in
the small communities where many Division II schools reside, developing a
“front porch” theme for athletics as schools looked for innovative ways to engage their communities. Legislative inhibitors were actually removed to encourage greater community engagement from student-athletes and coaches.
We promoted our values and attributes as a way to help schools understand
the importance of Division II athletics and its integration with higher education. This helped schools understand that DII was the right fit for them, and it
caused the division to grow as other schools decided they wanted to be part of
our family. We moved from a place where we worried about attrition to where
we’re now overseeing steady and appropriate growth.
The Division II platform has provided a strong foundation to carve out our
unique identity and align our actions with a strategic vision. As such, we’ve
actually provided a model for higher education and intercollegiate athletics in
how to fully integrate the student-athlete experience, where the focus is on the
growth and development of the person, and not just the athlete. This journey
underlines the transcendent value of intercollegiate athletics to the overall
cumulative effect of college on students.
And now here we are in the present, where the collegiate model has been
strengthened by what we’ve done along the way. And the best news of all?
We’re not done improving the experience for our student-athletes and the
schools that make up the Division II family. On the contrary, we’re ready to
increase our resolve to keep “Life in the Balance” for the students we serve.
Charles Ambrose is a former chair of the Division II Presidents Council and
current president at the University of Central Missouri.
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Initial Council Rosters, 1997
Presidents Council
Robert Burnett, Armstrong
Patricia Cormier, Longwood
Charles Dunn, Henderson State
Bernard Franklin, Saint Augustine’s
Marvalene Hughes, Cal State Stanislaus
Gladys Johnston, Nebraska-Kearney
Jessica Kozloff, Bloomsburg
Arend Lubbers, Grand Valley State, chair
Jerry McGee, Wingate
Oscar Prater, Fort Valley State
Allen Sessoms, Queens (New York)
Albert Shannon, Saint Joseph’s (Indiana)
Joan Wadlow, Alaska Fairbanks
Management Council
Robert Becker, athletics director, Saginaw Valley State
Ken Borden, faculty athletics representative, UIndy
Milton Bradley, faculty athletics representative, Delta State
Clint Bryant, athletics director, Georgia Regents Augusta
Jean Cerra, senior woman administrator, Barry
Kaye Crook, faculty athletics representative, Coker
Tim Dillon, athletics director, Alaska Anchorage
Carol Dunn, athletics director, Cal State L.A.
Lynn Dorn, athletics director, North Dakota State, chair
Doug Echols, commissioner, South Atlantic Conference
Earl Edwards, athletics director, East Stroudsburg
Larry Fitzgerald, faculty athletics representative,
Southern Connecticut State
Peggy Green, senior woman administrator, Fayetteville State
Alfreeda Goff, athletics director, Virginia State
Linda Hackett, athletics director, Bryant
Margaret Harbison, athletics director, Texas A&M-Commerce
Jerry Hughes, athletics director, Central Missouri
Patricia Merrier, faculty athletics representative, Minnesota Duluth
Barbara Schroeder, athletics director, Regis (Colorado)
Marjorie Trout, director of women’s athletics, Millersville
Wil Shaw, faculty athletics representative, Morehouse
Tom Shirley, athletics director, Philadelphia U.
Jim Watson, athletics director, West Liberty
Division II Governance Chairs
Chairs of select Division II governance groups since restructuring in 1997.
Presidents Council
Arend Lubbers, Grand Valley State, 1997-99
Gladys Johnston, Nebraska-Kearney, 1999-2001
Patricia Cormier, Longwood, 2001-03
Kay Schallenkamp, Emporia State, 2003-04
George Hagerty, Franklin Pierce, 2004-05
Kathryn Martin, Minnesota Duluth, 2005-06
Charles Ambrose, Pfeiffer, 2006-08
Stephen Jordan, Metro State, 2008-10
Drew Bogner, Molloy, 2010-12
Patrick O’Brien, West Texas A&M, 2012-14
Management Council
Lynn Dorn, athletics director, North Dakota State, 1997-99
Clint Bryant, athletics director, Georgia Regents Augusta, 1999-2001
Jerry Hughes, athletics director, Central Missouri, 2001-02
Mike Marcil, commissioner, North Central Conference, 2002-03
Tony Capon, faculty athletics representative, Pittsburgh-Johnstown, 2003-04
Sue Willey, athletics director, UIndy, 2004-05
Paul Engelmann, faculty athletics representative, Central Missouri, 2005-06
Jill Willson, athletics director, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2006-07
Dave Brunk, commissioner, Northeast-10 Conference, 2007
Roberta Page, athletics director, Shippensburg, 2007-08
Deborah Chin, athletics director, New Haven, 2008-09
Tim Selgo, athletics director, Grand Valley State, 2009-10
Kathleen Brasfield, athletics director, Angelo State, 2010-11
Rick Cole, athletics director, Dowling, 2011-12
Ann Martin, athletics director, Regis (Colorado), 2012-13
Bob Boerigter, commissioner, Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics
Association, 2013-14
Championships Committee
Clint Bryant, athletics director, Georgia Regents Augusta, 1997-99
Barbara Schroeder, athletics director, Regis (Colorado), 1999-2002
Lisa Colvin, senior woman administrator, Southern Arkansas, 2002-03
Joan McDermott, athletics director, Metro State, 2003-04
Jill Willson, athletics director, Texas A&M-Kingsville, 2004-06
Mike Covone, athletics director, Barry, 2006-07
David Riggins, athletics director, Mars Hill, 2007-09
Janet Montgomery, athletics director, West Alabama, 2009-10
Bill Fusco, athletics director, Sonoma State, 2010-11
Erin Lind, associate commissioner, Northern Sun Intercollegiate
Conference, 2011-13
David Sharp, athletics director, Ouachita Baptist, 2013-14
Membership Committee
Mary Gardner, athletics director, Bloomsburg, 1997-99
Penny Clayton, athletics director, Drury, 1999-2000
Dave Brunk, commissioner, Northeast-10 Conference, 2000-04
Herb Reinhard, athletics director, Valdosta State, 2004-06
Jim Johnson, athletics director, Texas A&M-Commerce, 2006-08
Glenn Stokes, faculty athletics representative, Columbus State, 2008-10
Sandy Michael, athletics director, Holy Family, 2010-12
Dan Mara, commissioner, Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, 2012-14
Sources: NCAA Annual Reports, NCAA committee records
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A look ahead …
By Pat o’Brien and Bob Boerigter
When Division II celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023, what will
members point to in the last decade as having helped the division reach
the half-century mark? As much as we’ve had a say in how we got to
where we are today, we have just as much influence in how Division II
will be regarded tomorrow.
First of all, the future looks bright because steady hands have guided our
past and are guiding our present. Everything being considered now is the result
of a carefully orchestrated strategic plan that continues to
make our Division II institutions a destination of choice
for thousands of student-athletes and their families.
Over the past 15 years since the NCAA federated its
governance structure to allow each division to have more
autonomy over its policies and procedures, Division II
has been purposefully bold in establishing and enhancing
its identity. With efforts such as the “I Chose” campaign,
our game-environment and sportsmanship initiatives,
our community-engagement model, the Make-A-Wish
Pat O’Brien
partnership and our festival approach for championships,
Division II has established an innovative and dynamic
presence within the NCAA family. If prospective studentathletes 20 years ago weren’t quite sure what Division II
was all about, their successors nowadays certainly do.
Yet, as strong as we are now, work remains to be
done. In many respects, we are still redefining our
brand. As iconic as the “I Chose” campaign has been,
for example, it may be tweaked in the near future to
more closely align with what we represent. Similarly,
Bob Boerigter
academic standards defining initial-eligibility thresholds that have been in place for decades are likely to
change. These changes, some of which will be considered at this year’s
Convention, are being proposed based on a wealth of data from the Division II Academic Performance Census, which did not exist in the division’s
early days. In addition, the Ease of Burden effort figures to continue making
athletics administration at the Division II level less cumbersome by deregulating several legislative areas. What won’t change through all of this,
though, is the commitment from the thousands of administrators, coaches,
presidents, commissioners, student-athletes and staff who are passionate
about making Division II the best it can be.
We’ll continue to focus on the six key attributes embedded in our
strategic-positioning platform: Learning, Service, Passion, Sportsmanship,
Resourcefulness and Balance.
Life in the Balance will continue to define the philosophical foundation that
represents the Division II story. Life in the Balance captures multiple facets of
the Division II student-athlete experience: comprehensive learning and academic development, high-level athletics competition, and service to community.
And our current strategic plan (2012-15) outlines the key initiatives in
five areas: Academic and Life Skills, Athletics Operations and Compliance, Game Day and Conference and National Championships, Membership and Positioning Initiatives, and Diversity and Inclusion.
To be sure, Division II is on the move, but we haven’t forgotten our
roots. The esteemed Don Lubbers said in his commentary on page 10 of
this publication that Division II was founded on principles that were developed perhaps out of necessity in 1973 but that have flourished in the 40
years since as bedrock characteristics of the division. He’s right.
The good news is that we know who and what we are and where we’re
going. Indeed, we look forward to celebrating our Golden Anniversary a
decade from now. And we plan on these next 10 years being as instrumental to our success as the last 40 have been.
Pat O’Brien, president at West Texas A&M, is the outgoing chair of the
Division II Presidents Council. Bob Boerigter, commissioner of the MidAmerica Intercollegiate Athletics Association, is the outgoing chair of the
Division II Management Council.
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DII reacts to its brand-new audit
By David Pickle
A recent audit from a nationally recognized
firm showed how Division II is connecting
with its brand, but it also revealed several areas
where improvements are possible.
Division II has been highly brand-aware over
the past decade as it has sought to position itself
in the college athletics continuum. The primary
tool has been a detailed strategic-positioning
document, supported by major legislative (Life
in the Balance, Path to Graduation) and social
(community engagement, game environment and
Make-A-Wish) initiatives. All of those efforts
have been supported by consistent imagery and
the now-familiar tagline “I Chose Division II.”
To determine the degree of brand traction that
has been achieved, Division II commissioned
the brand audit from the Chicago marketing and
communications firm of Lipman Hearne.
Some key findings:
• Respondents believe Division II’s model
is “the right way,” but advocates often are
defensive when asked about Division II.
• Community engagement helps distinguish
Division II from the other divisions.
• The expression “Life in the Balance” (which
is in the platform and also was the name for
a legislative review of playing and practice
seasons) resonates strongly with membership.
• Opportunities for improvement exist with
Division II messaging channels.
Among reaction so far is for the Planning
and Finance Committee to provide a new
$1,000 credit for each member to use on the
Division II purchasing website. In addition,
the Management Council wants to explore the
possibility of more aggregation at Division II
championships. The most obvious expansion
would be of the successful National Championships Festivals, which bring together several
Division II championships at a common place
and time most years. However, the Management Council also asked governing sports
committees and the Division II Championships Committee to look at ways to conduct
more joint championships with Divisions I and
III. The recent success of aligning the Divisions II and III men’s basketball championship
games with the Division I Men’s Final Four is
a good example.
As for the future of the “I Chose Division
II” tagline, constituents appear to have conflicted attitudes. When provided with the presentation, some Presidents Council representatives
endorsed exploration of something different.
Athletics administrators, however, appeared
more attached to the current slogan.
The Lipman Hearne advisors did not recommend abandoning the “I Chose” approach.
However, the report did counsel that the words
carry an obligation to constantly make clear
why the Division II choice was made.
Lipman Hearne findings
Recommendations from the Lipman
Hearne brand audit of Division II:
Attitudes and perceptions: Involve
individual member institutions in an
earned-media strategy (newspaper
stories, placements on television news,
etc.) to deepen positive impressions
of Division II overall. A nationallevel earned-media strategy will aid
consistency across outlets.
Division II-specific messaging:
Research internal and external
audiences to determine if the “I Chose
Division II” message resonates.
Division II messaging at member
schools: Prioritize audiences and
identify objectives for each audience,
along with performance metrics.
Web properties: Redesign the
diicommunity.org website (a redesign of
NCAA.org is in progress).
Social media: Develop style and
strategy guides to establish consistency
across all channels.
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governance committees
Current Division II Governance Committees
Dates indicate when members’ terms expire.
PRESIDENtS CoUNCIl
Judy Bense
Thomas Haas^
Steve Scott
Linda Bleicken
Art Kirk
Dene Thomas
West Florida
January 2016
Grand Valley State
January 2015
Armstrong
January 2016
Saint Leo
January 2016
Robin Capehart
Pittsburg State
January 2017
Fort Lewis
January 2017
West Liberty
January 2016
Arkansas-Monticello
January 2017
Jack Lassiter
Robert Wyatt
Javier Cevallos
Keith Miller
Incoming Member
Ronald Ellis
Kutztown
January 2016
Virginia State
January 2018
Deborah Ford
With thanks to
our outgoing members
Coker
January 2016
Pat O’Brien
West Texas A&M
California Baptist
January 2018
Pat O’Brien
Wisconsin-Parkside
January 2017
West Texas A&M, chair
January 2014
Jim Gaudino
Michael Scales
Central Washington
January 2015
Nyack
January 2017
^Will succeed Pat O’Brien as chair beginning in 2014
CHAMPIoNSHIPS CoMMIttEE
Kris Dunbar
B.J. Pumroy
Athletics director
Lake Superior State
January 2015
Athletics director
Shepherd
September 2017
Kim Duyst
Fran Reidy
Senior woman administrator
Cal State Stanislaus
September 2016
Athletics director
Saint Leo
September 2015
Greg Gilbert
Nate Salant
Assistant athletics director
Findlay
September 2016
Frank Keenan
Student-athlete representative
Fairmont State
January 2014
Claudie Mackey
Faculty athletics representative
Elizabeth City State
September 2014
*Eligible for reappointment
Commissioner
Gulf South Conference
September 2015
David Sharp
Lisa Sweany
Athletics director
Armstrong
September 2016
With thanks to
Kim Vinson*
Cameron
January 2015
Susan Zawicki
Senior associate athletics director
New Haven
September 2017
Frank Keenan
Student-athlete
representative
Fairmont State
Athletics director
Ouachita Baptist
September 2014
Karen Stromme
Minnesota Duluth
January 2014
Karen Stromme
Senior woman
administrator
Minnesota Duluth
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MANAGEMENt CoUNCIl
Anita Barker
Athletics director
Cal State Chico
January 2016
Doug Blais
Denisha Hendricks
Athletics director
Kentucky State
January 2016
Jim Herlihy*
Karen Stromme^
Minnesota Duluth
January 2016
Scott Swain
Southern New Hampshire
January 2016
Athletics director
Montevallo
January 2015
Athletics director
Notre Dame (Ohio)
January 2018
Carrie Bodkins
Bob Hogue
Deborah Taylor
Alderson Broaddus
January 2018
Bob Boerigter
Commissioner
Pacific West Conference
January 2017
Tim Ladd
Athletics director
St. Edward’s
January 2017
Kim Vinson*
Commissioner
Mid-America Intercollegiate
Athletics Association, chair
January 2014
Palm Beach Atlantic
January 2016
Clint Bryant
Adams State
January 2017
Alabama-Huntsville
January 2015
Larry Marfise
Incoming Members
Robin A rnold
Athletics director
Georgia Regents Augusta
January 2014
Jim Crawley
Dominican (New York)
January 2017
Jacqie Carpenter
Commissioner
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
January 2017
Brenda Cates
Mount Olive
January 2014
Clyde Doughty Jr.
Athletics director
New York Institute of Technology
January 2017
Kris Dunbar
Athletics director
Lake Superior State
January 2015
Kathleen Heitzman
Bloomsburg
January 2016
Richard Loosbrock
Athletics director
Tampa
January 2016
Cameron
January 2015
Bob Boerigter
Clint Bryant
Commissioner
Mid America
Intercollegiate Athletics
Association
Athletics director
Georgia Regents
Augusta
Brenda Cates
Jim Naumovich
Brent Wren
Holy Family
January 2018
Janet Montgomery
West Alabama
January 2015
With thanks to
Faculty athletics
representative
Mount Olive
Commissioner
Great Lakes Valley
Conference
Tonya Charland
Assistant commissioner
Great Lakes Valley Conference
January 2018
Jim Naumovich
Commissioner
January 2014
Gary Gray
Athletics director
Alaska Fairbanks
January 2018
Erin O’Connell
Athletics director
Seattle Pacific
January 2014
Kevin Schriver
Southwest Baptist
January 2018
Erin O’Connell
Athletics director
Seattle Pacific
Steve Poston
Athletics director
Wingate
January 2015
Will Prewitt
Micki Thompson
Pfeiffer
January 2018
Commissioner
Great American Conference
January 2016
^Will succeed Bob Boerigter as chair beginning in 2014
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PlANNING AND fINANCE CoMMIttEE
Judy Bense
Robin Capehart
President
West Florida
January 2016
President
West Liberty
January 2016
Bob Boerigter
Jacqie Carpenter
Clint Bryant
Thomas Haas
Commissioner
Mid-America Intercollegiate
Athletics Association
January 2014
Athletics director
Georgia Regents Augusta
January 2014
Commissioner
Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association
January 2017
President
Grand Valley State
January 2015
Pat O’Brien
President
West Texas A&M
January 2014
Incoming Member
Jim Herlihy
Athletics director
Montevallo
January 2015
Karen Stromme
Minnesota Duluth
January 2016
Robert Wyatt
President
Coker
January 2016
With thanks to our outgoing members
Bob Boerigter
Commissioner
Mid-America
Intercollegiate
Athletics Association
Clint Bryant
Athletics director
Georgia Regents
Augusta
Pat O’Brien
President
West Texas A&M
ACADEMIC REqUIREMENtS CoMMIttEE
Damon Arnold
Margaret Poitevint
Associate athletics director
UC San Diego
September 2015
North Georgia
September 2015
William Biddington
Jim Naumovich
Dene Thomas
California (Pa.)
September 2016
Brenda Cates
Mount Olive
January 2014
With thanks to our outgoing members
Brenda Cates
Faculty athletics
representative
Mount Olive
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Katie McGann
Director of academic services
Grand Valley State
September 2016
Jim Naumovich
Commissioner
Great Lakes Valley
Conference
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Commissioner
January 2014
Christopher Phenicie
Vice president of enrollment
Limestone
September 2014
President
Fort Lewis
September 2017
Freddie Vaughns
Bowie State
September 2014
Keith Vitense
Cameron
September 2014
Samantha Whittier
January 2015
lEGISlAtIoN CoMMIttEE
Curtis Campbell
Athletics director
Stillman
September 2015
Marty Gilbert
Mars Hill
September 2017
Kathleen Heitzman
Bloomsburg
January 2016
Dean Johnson
Caldwell
September 2014
Allison Kolezynski
Chowan
January 2014
Tim Ladd
Palm Beach Atlantic
January 2015
Jill McCartney
Kim Pate
Athletics director
Illinois-Springfield
September 2017
Charles Pinckney
Limestone
September 2015
Ann Traphagen
Washburn
September 2015
Augustana (S.D.), chair
September 2015
Kelly McLaughlin
Incoming Member
Barbara Hannum
Regis (Colo.)
September 2017
With thanks to
our outgoing member
Allison
Kolezynski
Student-athlete
representative
Chowan
Hawaii Pacific
September 2016
CoMMIttEE oN INfRACtIoNS*
Doug Blais
Jean Paul Bradshaw^
Attorney
Bridget Lyons
Barry
Julie Rochester
Northern Michigan, chair
Carey Snyder
East Stroudsburg
Harry Stinson III
Kentucky State
Jane Teixeira
*No term limits for members of this committee
^Serves as an independent member
INfRACtIoNS APPEAlS CoMMIttEE
Ann Jirkovsky*
Bellarmine
September 2014
Richard Loosbrock
LaKeisha Marsh*
Associate vice president
for compliance and legal affairs
The Chicago School of
Professional Psychology, chair
September 2015
Greg Moore*
Commissioner
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
September 2015
Morgan Walker*
Cal State San Bernardino
September 2014
Adams State
January 2017
CoMMIttEE foR lEGISlAtIvE RElIEf
Marcus Clarke*
Athletics director
Shaw
September 2016
Laura Clayton*
West Georgia
September 2016
Wispeny Ellis
Compliance director
Lynn
September 2015
Larry Marfise
Athletics director
Tampa
January 2016
Kathryn Flaherty*
Coker
September 2014
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MEMBERSHIP CoMMIttEE
Debbie Chin
Art Kirk
Athletics director
New Haven
September 2015
Dixie Cirillo
Athletics director
Arkansas-Fort Smith
September 2015
Dan Mara
Roger Thomas
Colorado School of Mines
September 2015
Commissioner
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
September 2014
Kaye Crook
Erin O’Connell
Athletics director
Seattle Pacific
January 2014
Coker
September 2016
Dustin Smith
President
Saint Leo
January 2016
Athletics director
Mary
September 2017
Tonia Walker
Winston-Salem State
September 2016
Tim Selgo
Bob Hogue
Athletics director
Grand Valley State
September 2016
Commissioner
January 2017
With thanks to
our outgoing member
Erin O’Connell
Athletics director
Seattle Pacific
Sue Willey
Athletics director
UIndy
September 2014
MEMBERSHIP fUND SElECtIoN CoMMIttEE
Charles Ambrose
Erin O’Connell
Stephen Jordan
David Rankin
President
Central Missouri
January 2015
Athletics director
Seattle Pacific
January 2014
President
Southern Arkansas
September 2017
President
Metro State
January 2016
Fran Reidy
Athletics director
Saint Leo
September 2015
With thanks to
our outgoing member
Karen Stromme
Minnesota Duluth
January 2016
Erin O’Connell
Athletics director
Seattle Pacific
NoMINAtING CoMMIttEE
Dan Bridges
Athletics director
Cal State L.A.
September 2015
Steve Poston
Athletics director
Wingate
January 2015
Johnson C. Smith
September 2015
Lynn Griffin
Todd Thurman
Incoming Member
Kristin Mort
Athletics director
Eckerd
September 2017
Clyde Doughty
Athletics director
January 2017
Bob Dranoff
Commissioner
East Coast Conference
September 2016
Natasha Wilson
Bob Fortosis
Athletics director
Coker
September 2015
Athletics director
Southwestern Oklahoma State
September 2017
Walter Moore Jr.
Lynn Tubman
Grand Valley State
September 2014
Colorado Mesa
September 2016
Athletics director
Chestnut Hill
September 2016
StUDENt-AtHlEtE REINStAtEMENt CoMMIttEE
Megan Davis
Saint Joseph’s (Ind.)
January 2014
Denisha Hendricks
Athletics director
Kentucky State
January 2016
Joel Isaacson*
Michigan Tech
September 2016
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Will Lynch
Armstrong
September 2014
Incoming Member
Jared Merritt
Lake Erie
January 2015
With thanks to
our outgoing member
Carol Rivera*
California Collegiate Athletic Association
September 2015
Andre Roach*
Saint Augustine’s
September 2014
Megan Davis
Student-athlete
representative
StUDENt-AtHlEtE ADvISoRY CoMMIttEE
Ellen Augsburger
Christina Furrer
Jared Merritt
Roberto Baroniel
John Galanoudis
Baseball
Molloy
January 2015
Jared Messer
Basketball
Oklahoma Panhandle State
January 2015
Amy Berry
Dylan Jackson
Trevor Reeves
Soccer
Regis (Colo.)
January 2015
Baseball
Nova Southeastern
January 2016
Volleyball
Hawaii Pacific
January 2016
Wrestling
Lake Erie
January 2015
Volleyball and indoor/outdoor track and field
Georgian Court
January 2015
Golf
Cal State Monterey Bay
January 2015
Baseball
Wayne State (Neb.)
January 2014
Jamie Bruce
Kayla Jones
Brynn Seidenstricker
Golf
Benedict
January 2014
Gymnastics
Texas Woman’s University
January 2016
Francesca Ceppi
Frank Keenan
Tennis
Mount Olive
January 2016
Football
Fairmont State
January 2014
Jonathan Darby
Shanteona Keys
Football
Southwestern Oklahoma State
January 2014
Basketball
Georgia College
January 2016
Woody Taylor
Basketball
Eckerd
January 2014
Softball
Chowan
January 2014
Volleyball
Christian Brothers
January 2015
Spencer Dodd
Bradley Maldonado, chair
Jessica Wharton
Indoor/outdoor track and field
Cedarville
January 2016
Katelyn McElveen
Volleyball and softball
Coker
January 2015
Megan Davis
Frank Keenan
Allison
Kolezynski
Trevor Reeves
Melissa Skovira
Woody Taylor
Football
Southwestern
Oklahoma State
Tennis
Fort Hays State
January 2014
Allison Kolezynski
Laura Farleman
Jonathan Darby
Golf
Benedict
Melissa Skovira
Megan Davis
Cross country
Lincoln Memorial
January 2015
Jamie Bruce
Field hockey
Shippensburg
January 2015
Indoor/outdoor track and field
January 2014
Baseball
Saint Martin’s
January 2015
With thanks to
Indoor/outdoor
track and field
Football
Fairmont State
Alison Welch
Tennis
Palm Beach Atlantic
January 2015
Samantha Whittier
Soccer
January 2015
Softball
Chowan
Tennis
Fort Hays State
2013
Baseball
Wayne State (Neb.)
Basketball
Eckerd
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WHO MADE US
WHAT WE ARE
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40th AnniversAry tribute teAm
The 40th Anniversary Tribute Team
Among the highlights of Division II’s 40th anniversary celebration is
the opportunity to honor some of the thousands of student-athletes who
have achieved success both when they were competing on the fields and
courts and also in their post-college careers.
To help in that regard, Division II established a 49-member Tribute
Team that highlights one male and one female from each of the division’s
23 conferences that were active in 2012-13 (the division has since added
a 24th conference), plus two at-large honorees. (The Gulf South chose to
honor twin sisters instead of a single female honoree.)
Developed through a partnership with the Division II Conference Commissioners Association, the 40th Anniversary Tribute Team recognizes
just a few of the many former student-athletes who reflect the core values
of Division II athletics.
Commissioners helped identify a diverse group of individuals from
Division II’s 40-year history who not only acted as champions in athletics and in the classroom but also in their lives after college. This group
is a true representation of Division II’s commitment to providing its
student-athletes a “Life in the Balance” that extends beyond athletics.
The Division II 40th Anniversary Tribute Team:
Violet Palmer (Cal Poly Pomona; basketball, 1983-86), page 25
Chris Wondolowski (Cal State Chico; soccer, 2001-04), page 30
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Teri (Steller) Clemens (Truman; field hockey, softball, tennis, 1974-78), page 42
Jim Crane (Central Missouri; baseball, 1973-76), page 37
Michelle DePolo (Georgian Court; basketball, soccer, softball, 1999-2003), page 52
Nicholas Harriott (Caldwell; soccer, 2004-07), page 33
Northeast-10 Conference
Johannah Leedham (Franklin Pierce; basketball, 2007-10), page 29
J. Terence Carleton (Bentley; soccer, 1973-76), page 26
Barvenia Wooten (Virginia Union; basketball, 1980-83), page 30
Timmy Newsome (Winston-Salem State; football, 1976-79), page 32
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Lauren Brown (Winona State; track and field, volleyball, 2007-10), page 26
Bob Bowlsby (Minnesota State Moorhead; wrestling, 1972-75), page 45
Conference Carolinas
Stephanie Ferri-Lewis (Pfeiffer; cross country, soccer, swimming, 1991-94), page 35
Clint Bryant (Belmont Abbey; basketball, 1974-77), page 40
Samantha Murphy (Grand Canyon; basketball, 2008-11), page 31
Tsung-Hsien “Jet” Chang (Brigham Young-Hawaii; basketball, 2009-12), page 55
Donna Orender [Queens (N.Y.); basketball, 1975-78], page 51
Brian Kilmeade (LIU Post; soccer, 1982-85), page 44
Peach Belt Conference
Amy (Amundson) Smith (Georgia College; basketball, 1989-92), page 55
Stilian Shishkov (Lander; soccer, 1993-95), page 53
Janet (Kogo) Cherobon-Bawcom (Harding; cross country, track and field,
2000-05), page 48
Drew Beard (Southeastern Oklahoma State; football, 2001-04), page 51
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Lori Pio Jacques (East Stroudsburg; basketball, 1993-96), page 35
David Williams (Bloomsburg; tennis, 1978-81), page 56
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Gail Goestenkors (Saginaw Valley State; basketball, 1982-85), page 42
Tom Izzo (Northern Michigan; basketball, 1974-77), page 43
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Elva Martinez-Dryer (Western State; cross country, track and field, 1990-96), page 27
Danny Woodhead (Chadron State; football, 2004-07), page 32
Sandra (Hall) Magnus (Missouri S&T; soccer, 1983-86), page 50
Larry Tucker (Lewis; basketball, 1980-83), page 47
South Atlantic Conference
Kate Griewisch (Lenoir-Rhyne; cross country, indoor and outdoor track
and field, 2008-12), page 44
Patrick Bartlett (Wingate; basketball, soccer, tennis, 1996-2000), page 49
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Mallory Holtman-Fletcher (Central Washington; softball, 2005-08), page 28
Grant Dykstra (Western Washington; basketball, 2003-06), page 46
Selina (Bynum) Kohn [Albany State (Ga.); basketball, 1990-93], page 36
Edwin Moses (Morehouse; track and field, 1974-78), page 53
Rachel Price Bell, Ronda Price Brinley (North Alabama; volleyball, 1996-1999), page 38
Radovan Chrz (West Florida; tennis, 2001-04), page 36
Sunshine State Conference
Anna Hallbergson-Lewis (Barry; tennis, 1997-2000), page 33
Ken Corigliano (Saint Leo; cross country, 2002-05), page 56
Heartland Conference
Kelsey (Yeatts) Baird (St. Edward’s; soccer, 2005-08), page 34
Collin Mayer (St. Edward’s; golf, 2007-10), page 34
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Mindy Young-Gagliardi (Pittsburgh-Johnstown; basketball, 1989-92), page 49
Sean Isgan (Pittsburgh-Johnstown; wrestling, 1978-82), page 39
Lone Star Conference
Tammi Julch-Williams (Texas Woman’s University; basketball, 1991-94), page 41
Roberto Garza (Texas A&M-Kingsville; football,track and field, 1997-2000), page 41
At Large
Sheila Baxter (Virginia State; basketball, 1974-77), page 39
Shane Carwin (Western State; football and wrestling, 1995-99), page 54
NOTE: The Tribute Team roster represents conference alignment as it was in 2012 when the team was selected. Division II approved two new conferences, the Great Midwest
Atheletic Conference and the Moutain East Conference, in 2013. Years listed are for seasons of competition; winter sports are listed by the ending date of the season.
Photos courtesy of schools, Tribute Team members and NCAA Photos.
24
2013
Breaking a
gender barrier
– officially
The ball just needed to get into the air. Then
everything would feel normal again.
On Halloween night in 1997, Violet Palmer
sat inside the underbelly of Vancouver’s General Motors Place with feelings she’d seldom
experienced as a championship-tested basketball
official. She was set to make history in the National Basketball Association as the league’s first
female to officiate a regular-season game.
“I can honestly say that I was scared out of
my wits,” Palmer recalled about that game between Vancouver and the Dallas Mavericks. “All
I wanted was to get out on the floor and have the
ball go up. Then I could just become a referee.”
That’s when a calming influence came over
Palmer. It was the confident influence of a
mentor who years earlier recruited Palmer out
of Compton, Calif., to play NCAA Division II
women’s basketball at Cal Poly Pomona.
Darlene May, Pomona’s no-nonsense coach
who guided the Broncos to three national titles
and six championship-game appearances, had
also broken a gender barrier of her own. At the
1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, May
became the first woman to officiate a men’s
Olympic basketball contest.
“I watched her and thought, ‘Maybe this is
something I should try,’ ” Palmer remembered.
breaking the NBA’s officiating gender barrier,
“So I tried it, and it all just felt natural. I became
May had a profound impact on Palmer’s ability
so passionate about officiating.”
to excel to the top of the officiating profession.
Palmer first began officiating youth games
As Palmer walked onto the court on that hiswhile she was a student-athlete at Cal Poly
toric NBA night in Vancouver, she relied on her
Pomona. She played under May as a point guard
Division II experience to excel. The ball eventufor the Broncos, coached
ally went in the air. It was
alongside May as a graduate
game day again. Everything
Violet Palmer
assistant and later officiated
felt right.
alongside May in women’s
“Those thoughts as I first
n Cal Poly Pomona
college basketball games.
walked out onto the floor as an
(California Collegiate
“She was so warm and
NBA referee, I can definitely
Athletic Association)
you felt like you were a part
tie back to when I first made
n Basketball, 1983-86
of her family when you were
the decision to play basketball
at Cal Poly,” Palmer said.
at Cal Poly Pomona,” Palmer
n Currently a referee in
“With her, it wasn’t just about
said. “My Division II experithe NBA
basketball. We knew that she
ence taught me those essential
cared about every aspect of
things in life, not only as a
our lives. I just loved being around her. She was
basketball player but as a human being.
such a great role model and mentor, but she was
“It was dedication. It was hard work. It was
always stern and firm.”
the work ethic every single day. I don’t look
After notching 519 career wins, May was
at myself and think that I’m doing something
forced to retire from coaching in 1994 due to a
special. I was given an opportunity and, with
terminal bout with breast cancer. Pomona’s gym
that, it’s really simple. I was in the right place
was renamed the “Darlene May Gymnasium” in
at the right time and the right gender. With that,
January 1996. She died 10 months later.
I used my experiences as a basketball player at
Though she wasn’t alive to witness Palmer
Cal Poly Pomona to excel.”
2013
25
Brown got the most from
her collegiate experience
Lauren Brown, who played volleyball
and won a conference title in the javelin
at Winona State, visited her alma mater
in fall 2012 to watch three of her teammates compete in the last home volleyball match of their senior seasons.
Brown, now in medical school at
Wisconsin, chronicled her reflections
that day of how being
a Division II studentathlete affected her life
after graduation.
nothing like seeing the smiles on patients’
faces when they leave the clinic with the
resources they need to better their health.
Cooperation and teamwork go a long way
in medicine, just as they do in athletics.
As part of a global health course, I
traveled to Ecuador for seven weeks to
experience life and health care in a different culture. I helped my
community secure its
food and water supply
by vaccinating animals,
performing blood tests
I was flooded with
and taking water-quality
memories and emotion
samples. I was amazed
as I cheered my former
by the dedication of
teammates on. I rememwomen who cared
bered the excitement
for their families by
of visiting WSU for
using herbal medicine
the first time, the rush
and medicinal plants.
of serving game point
Women throughout
during a five-set match,
the community joined
the joy of laughing with
together to help the parmy teammates as we
tera (midwife) perform
froze in the ice baths.
the traditional vertical
I cannot remember our
birthing process. The
Lauren
Brown
season record each year
beauty of birth sparked
nor my personal record
my growing interest in
n Winona State
in the javelin, but the
women’s health. The ex(Northern Sun
experience of being a
perience also reinforced
Intercollegiate
two-sport student-athlete
the importance of unConference)
at WSU will stay with
derstanding the beliefs,
me for a lifetime.
hopes and fears of those
n Track and field and
As a third-year mediaround me. Just as a
volleyball, 2007-10
cal student in obstetrics
captain communicates
n Currently a graduate
and gynecology, I have
with her teammates, a
student at Wisconsin
traded in my kneephysician must listen to
pads and javelin for a
and understand the needs
stethoscope and white
of each patient.
coat. But living “Life in the Balance” is
Supplementing my current coursesomething that I still strive for each day.
work, I am now the student coordinator
It is a great privilege to attend medical
of an elective course called “The Healer’s
school. It also is a big commitment and
Art.” I work with physicians from many
responsibility. Stress, adversity, competidifferent specialties as they mentor young
tion, pressure … medical students know
medical students. Regardless of the
these struggles intimately. Fortunately, so
work they do, these doctors all have one
do student-athletes. I am thankful for the
thing in common: They have a passion
ability to learn from defeat. I am grateful
for serving people. Athletes shouldn’t
to be able to turn stress into motivation.
work for stats; we play for the love of
Each exam is a new opportunity to perthe game. In the same way, physicians
form. Each visit to the clinic to shadow a
shouldn’t rush through their patients just
physician and interact with patients is a
to “get in and get out.” We heal to serve.
chance to be coached.
We want to make a difference.
Within the medical school, I am
To this day, I am so proud to say
involved in MEDiC, a student-run free
that “I Chose Division II.” I am forever
clinic in Madison. We host about 25
grateful for the NCAA student-athlete
clinic sessions each month in an effort
experience, and for the support of all my
to improve health-care access for the
professors, coaches, teammates, and the
homeless, unemployed and immigrant
WSU and NSIC community. As I continpopulations. Community service through
ue on my journey to become a physician,
MEDiC keeps me grounded. There is
I know that I am well-prepared.
26
2013
Terry Carleton (left) was a leader on the field and in the
front office at Bentley.
From pitch man to president:
Carleton did both at Bentley
J. Terence Carleton
n Bentley (Northeast-10 Conference)
n Soccer, 1973-76
n Currently a financial advisor with UBS
Private Wealth Management
Terry Carleton, a standout on Bentley’s 1975 NCAA
tournament soccer team, ended up leading more than
just a squad. He would go on to serve a brief stint overseeing the whole campus.
Carleton led the Falcons in scoring each of his final
three seasons and was a two-time Bentley MVP selection. His 84 points (32 goals and 20 assists) still rank as
the fourth-best total in school history, and he still owns
single-game records for both goals and points.
After graduating with honors in 1977 with a B.S.
in economics and an associate’s degree in accounting,
he spent 20 years with Hill Holliday, where his career
escalated to the No. 2 leadership role at the well-known
marketing agency.
Years later, Carleton was approached about coming
home to help develop a portion of campus.
“It really ended up being a lot of fun,” Carleton
recalls. “The school was in the midst of rebuilding its
campus and was about to spend a couple hundred million dollars on improvements. They wanted to make
sure it was done effectively, so they asked me to join the
board of trustees to oversee the project.”
Carleton joined the board in 2000 and served as chair
from 2005 to 2012. With Carleton on board, the campus
saw a total reformation. Near completion of the project,
Bentley went through a change in presidential leadership. While the search moved forward, Carleton was
appointed to serve as the institution’s acting president.
“I was initially expected to serve for about six
months, but I ended up leading the institution for two
years (2005-07),” Carleton says.
Not bad for a guy who went from kicking goals to
setting them.
Determination drove runner to lead the pack
Western State’s Elva Martinez-Dryer earned two NCAA Division II
cross country titles (1993 and 1994) and five national outdoor track and
field titles for the Mountaineers. Dryer won four consecutive crowns in
the outdoor 3,000 meters, joining only a handful of student-athletes who
have swept an event over all four years of eligibility. In 1996, she added
the 1,500-meter title to her extensive list of accomplishments. The 16-time
All-American also participated in two Olympics.
Question: You were a successful runner in high
school, but when you joined the high-powered Western
State program in 1990, you had to start pretty much
from the back of the pack. What kept you motivated?
Answer: I credit cross country coach Duane
Vandenbusche, who was very encouraging and just
kept telling me to hang in there. He said that if I
was just patient and continued to do the work, I
would make progress. … It’s always scary the first
time when you’re trying to do something, but then
you achieve it and it lights the fire. I had a little
taste of success early (she finished 11th at nationals
that year), and that just kind of kept me going and
striving for more, whether it was to win titles or just
improve my times.
ning took a life of its own. As I took advantage of opportunities, it created
other opportunities and I just ran with it, so to speak.
Q: After all of your college success, you participated in the 1996 Olympic
Trials, placing eighth in the 5,000 meters. Although you didn’t make the team
that year, you did so in 2000 and again in 2004. At the Sydney Games, you
reached the semifinals in the 5,000 meters, and then in 2004 you finished 19th in
the 10,000-meter finals, the best American finish in the
event. Talk about that experience.
A: I first dreamed of being an Olympian when
Elva Martinez-Dryer
n Western State (Rocky Mountain
Athletic Conference)
n Cross country and track and
field, 1990-96
n Currently the program
coordinator for the university
center at Western State and
manager of the Aspinall-Wilson
Conference Center
Q: During track season of your freshman year, you
were injured and forced to sit out the following school year. Talk about your commitment to developing yourself as a runner and helping your team achieve its
goals when you returned to Western State in the fall of 1992.
A: I believe my mindset is what changed. As I experienced firsthand the
results of hard work, I believed more was possible. And after that, my run-
I watched the ’92 Olympic Games on TV and I
thought, “Well, maybe I could be an Olympian someday.” But it was really just a pipe dream until you get
close and think, “Wow, I might actually be able to
make this happen.” Then, you do and it’s a bit surreal.
Q: Now you’re back at Western State as the program
coordinator for the university center and manager of the
Aspinall-Wilson Conference Center. How’s it been coming home?
A: I was always very proud of where I went to
school, and the opportunity to actually be part of
the driving force is awesome. … I draw daily from
the lessons I learned through my experience as a
student-athlete. The skill set that you learn of setting goals, the feeling you get from accomplishing goals and persevering,
discipline, communication, the value of being part of a team – all of those
things I carried with me. Looking back on it now, I’m like, “Gosh, I was so
lucky to get to do all those things as a student-athlete and take advantage
of those opportunities.” They really do lay a foundation for life.
2013
27
Central Washington’s Mallory Holtman (right)
and Liz Wallace (left) carry Western Oregon
outfielder Sara Tucholsky around the bases to
complete her unusual home run in 2008.
One small
gesture makes
a lifelong impact
Former Central Washington softball player
Mallory Holtman’s inclusion on the 40th Anniversary Tribute Team is a no-brainer. She was
involved in one of the most memorable sportsmanship moments in Division II history – and
NCAA history – a little more than five years ago.
On April 26, 2008, Holtman was preparing to
enjoy her Senior Day by battling Great Northwest Athletic Conference rival Western Oregon.
Holtman, a power-hitting first baseman, was
putting the finishing touches on the finest career
anyone had produced in a Central Washington
uniform. She was named first-team all-GNAC
four times and finished with school records in
nearly every offensive category, including hits
(206), home runs (35), doubles (47), runs scored
(127) and RBI (128).
In the other dugout, Western Oregon’s Sara
Tucholsky was merely hoping for a hit. The
5-foot-2 outfielder was mired in a 3-for-34
slump and wanted to get on base by any means
necessary. If she was going to shake her slump,
this would be a good day to do it. Western Oregon and Central Washington were jockeying for
the top spot in the GNAC standings.
28
2013
Tucholsky broke out of her slump in a big
Holtman, who heard all of this from her
way in the second inning with her first career
position at first base, recognized that Tucholsky
home run, a three-run shot over the center-field
had earned the home run and should get credit
fence. It wasn’t just her first collegiate homer –
for it. She approached the umpire and asked if
it was the first time she
Tucholsky would get
had ever sent a softball
credit for the home run
Mallory
Holtman-Fletcher
out of any park at any
if she and a teammate
level. Overjoyed, she
helped her around the
n Central Washington (Great
missed first base. But
bases. After receiving
Northwest Athletic Conference)
when she cut back to
confirmation that it was
n Softball, 2005-08
the bag, her right knee
permissible, Holtman
buckled as her anterior
and Liz Wallace picked
n Currently the head softball coach
cruciate ligament tore.
up Tucholsky and
at Central Washington
She fought the pain to
carried her around the
get back to first base, but
bases, crouching at each
she could go no farther.
bag to allow her to gingerly touch the base with
Softball rules state that a runner must round
her left foot.
the bases without any help from her teammates
The story turned viral, and almost immeto be given credit for a home run. If Tucholdiately the three players and their teams were
sky received help from her teammates, coach
thrust into the national spotlight. Throughout
or trainer, she would be called out. If she was
that summer, the trio of former softball rivals
subbed out for a pinch runner, that runner would
was shuttled across the country for a range of
have to stay at first base, and Tucholsky would
appearances. They did interviews for major
be credited with the longest, most devastating
media outlets. They attended the College World
single of her life.
Series and the Little League World Series. They
sat in the dugout at the old Yankee Stadium
during the Major League Baseball Home Run
Derby and attended the All-Star Game as guests
of Commissioner Bud Selig. They even received
the ESPY Award for Best Moment.
The attention died down after the whirlwind summer, but the story endures.
“It seems like everything has changed, but
at the same time nothing has changed because
I haven’t left,” said Holtman, who is
entering her fourth season as Central
Washington’s head coach. She’s also
Mallory Holtman-Fletcher now and
has a 2-year-old son named Braxton.
But each day is spent mere steps away
from her signature moment as a player.
After her summer of national travel
in 2008, Holtman-Fletcher landed
back in Ellensburg, where she served
as a graduate assistant softball coach
while working on her Master of Science in athletics administration. Over
the next two seasons, Holtman-Fletcher learned everything she could from
Wildcats coach Gary Frederick, who headed
the program from 1995 until 2010.
As a player, Holtman-Fletcher told
Frederick that she planned on taking his job
when he retired, and she meant it. When he
stepped down after the 2010 season, nearly
50 coaches applied for the position, but
Holtman-Fletcher emerged on top.
“I guess it wouldn’t seem like a lot of
change − I haven’t left the department or
my athletic league − but just going from a
player to a head coach is one of the things
I’m most proud of in my career,” she said.
During her coaching apprenticeship,
Holtman-Fletcher continued to accept motivational speaking invitations across the country. Sometimes she would attend the events
with Tucholsky and sometimes she would go
on her own. The talks − mostly concentrated
in the Pacific Northwest, but sometimes as far
away as Florida − were for a variety of crowds,
including business people, schoolchildren and
sports groups. But they were all focused on the
importance of being nice.
“Being nice matters, and I think sometimes
our society forgets that,” Holtman-Fletcher said.
“I love motivational speaking; there’s just something about it. I think every coach does it daily
in a way, but being able to get your message out
to as many people as you can is great.”
Ever since Holtman-Fletcher carried
Tucholsky around the bases, Positive Coaching
Alliance founder Jim Thompson has written
about having a “Mallory Moment,” in which
individuals have the opportunity to do something small but powerful to elevate themselves.
After using Holtman-Fletcher’s name as a
teaching tool for so many years, he recently
decided it was time to ask her to be a member
of the Positive Coaching Alliance board.
Among her peers on that board are NBA
coaching legend Phil Jackson, NFL Hall of
Fame quarterback Steve Young and gold medalwinning Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug.
Leedham was a
DII scoring legend
Johannah Leedham
n Franklin Pierce (Northeast-10
Conference)
n Currently playing professional basketball in Europe
“Being in the Olympics
is hard to put in words.
If someone would have
told me when I was
growing up that I would
play for my country in the
Olympics, I would not
have believed them.”
Division II’s all-time leading scorer
with 3,050 career points.
Named Division II Player of the Year
in both her sophomore and senior campaigns; led Franklin Pierce to the 2009
championship game.
Holtman-Fletcher, once a star first baseman for
the Wildcats, is now the team’s head coach.
“For me, from a small town, from a small
school, it’s just a huge honor to be associated
with the same committee as those people,”
Holtman-Fletcher said.
She said she hopes that her involvement
with PCA can help her bring information and
resources to the people in her rural community.
“I love Central. I love the team,” she said. “I
think it’s an amazing place to raise a family. My
husband loves it here, and so I don’t see myself
going anywhere in the near future at all.”
Grew up in Ellesmere Port, England,
with two sisters, one of whom (Jennifer)
currently coaches the women’s basketball team at Franklin Pierce.
Played in the 2012 Summer Olympic
Games as a member of Great Britain’s
national team and led the squad in
points, rebounds and assists.
Named one of 10 finalists for the 2013
FIBA Europe Women’s Player of the Year
award.
2013
29
Wooten returns to roots
after inspirational career
People always say winning a game
throughout her tenure at Virginia Union.
is not a matter of life and death. To
His lessons were some of the reasons she
Barvenia Wooten, the 1982 Central
would eventually get into coaching.
Intercollegiate Athletic Association basIn 1983, Wooten’s senior season,
ketball tournament championship game
Virginia Union would win the Division
literally was.
II national championship, an unthinkWith her Virginia Union Panthers
able feat for a team playing in the NAIA
leading Norfolk State by one point
just four years earlier. The Panthers were
late in the game, Wooten was thinking
coached by Harris’ successor, Lou Hearn,
about where she should
who died just this past
position herself for
summer at age 73.
the next play. TeamWooten told the
mate Maria Nicholson
Richmond Timescaught only a glimpse
Dispatch after Hearn’s
because she turned to
death that he and his
the bench for guidance.
wife, Andrea, “creThe arena had fallen
ated a warm and caring
silent. Eyes were no
environment” for the
longer centered on the
Virginia Union players.
court but on the Panthers
“Their house was right
bench. Wooten finally
around the corner from
turned and could not
campus,” Wooten said.
believe her eyes. Lying
“Anytime we needed
on the floor convulsing
something outside of baswas Virginia Union head
ketball, that’s where we
coach Tom Harris.
went. We were a family,
Officials sent both
and they were our father
Barvenia
teams to their locker
and mother.”
Wooten
rooms while paramedics
The Panthers posted a
tried to sustain Harris’
27-2 record and defeated
n Virginia Union
life. Wooten was dispreviously unbeaten Cal
(Central Intercollegiate
traught. She was particuPoly Pomona, 73-60, in
larly close with Harris
the championship game.
after he had persuaded
After the victory,
her to turn down several
Hearn credited Harris,
n Currently the head
Division I scholarship
as he would do later in a
women’s basketball
offers to join a unique
2000 interview with the
coach at Virginia Union
team atmosphere at
Times-Dispatch. “What
Virginia Union.
is it they’re always
Wooten liked Harris’
talking about at Notre
vision, but more importantly, she liked
Dame? Winning one for the Gipper?
the way he took interest in her academic
Well, we won one for coach Harris,”
future. Wooten felt torn between selectHearn said. “We respected and admired
ing a school just for athletics advancehim so much. I think that’s why those
ment and choosing one that offered
girls seemed to go above and beyond the
the right fit academically and socially.
call of duty so often: because they were
Ultimately, she chose both.
doing it not only for themselves, but also
The rest of the CIAA championship
for someone they thought the world of.”
game would be an emotional roller-coastWooten was named MVP of the title
er ride for both teams. While Harris was
game after scoring 25 points and grabclinging to life after having been taken
bing 15 rebounds. She was also selected
to a local hospital, officials presented
to the CIAA all-tournament team in 1983
Virginia Union with two options – finish
and was chosen Miss Virginia Union
the game or choose to split the title.
University for her well-rounded colAssistant coaches left the locker room, legiate experience.
giving Virginia Union players a chance to
Two years ago, Wooten returned
talk. They decided to play for their coach. to her alma mater to become the head
In the end, the Panthers won the CIAA women’s basketball coach. Giving back
title but lost their coach. Harris, 74, died
to the game was a quality that Tom Harris
from the medical complications he sufpromoted often during her playing days.
fered earlier that day.
His team-first philosophy is something
Harris’ legacy remained with Wooten
she stresses to her teams today.
30
2013
No wonder Wondolowski
chose Division II
Chris Wondolowski
n Cal State Chico (California Collegiate
n Soccer, 2001-04
n Currently plays professional soccer with the
MLS San Jose Earthquakes
While Division I and Division III schools were
pursuing Chris Wondolowski for his track talents, this
Danville, Calif., native chose Division II to make his
pitch – in soccer.
“Don’t just go for the name of the school,” Wondolowski said. “Go for what fits you best.”
So, eschewing the likes of UCLA, Wondolowski
went to Cal State Chico and put himself among the
school’s all-time leaders with 39 goals and 23 assists in
84 games. He helped the Wildcats reach the Division II
championship match in 2003 during a 21-5 season, better than any other year before or since.
By the time his college career ended in 2004, the kid
who received one soccer scholarship offer in high school
was second on Cal State Chico’s career points list (101),
third in goals scored and fifth in assists.
Two years later, the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer chose Wondolowski in the league’s
supplemental draft. He emerged as one of the league’s
top players, earning the Golden Boot two of the past three
years and MLS Most Valuable Player honors in 2012.
Wondolowski, who majored in special education after
being inspired by a Cal State Chico soccer fan with autism, credits much of his success to the “family environment” and a “brotherhood” of the soccer program and
campus community at Cal State Chico. He also found
the level of play in Division II was second to none.
“(Being in Division II) taught me how to compete,”
Wondolowski said. “Every game and every situation was
a battle, and that helped me blossom into a player and
gain in my confidence, as well. That’s what got me into
the league and took me around through the years.”
Murphy achieved
on and off the court
Former Grand Canyon hoops star Samantha Murphy didn’t think
she had a chance at being named the 2011 NCAA Division II Women’s
Basketball Player of the Year. But then, humility is among Murphy’s many
admirable characteristics.
“I was really shocked when my coaches told me that I was in the running,” she said of the honor she calls the proudest of her life. “I was having
a good year, but I had no idea how it compared to other people in all of DII.
It never had occurred to me. That was a huge honor and something that I’ll
cherish forever.”
To say she was having a good year is an understatement. Murphy led Division II in scoring (24.6 points a game) and free-throw shooting (91.4 percent)
and helped the Antelopes to a 29-3 record, a No. 7 national ranking, and their
first appearance in an NCAA Division II West Region title game. She finished
her career as a two-time Pacific West Player of the Year, a four-time first-team
all-conference selection and Grand Canyon’s all-time leading scorer with
2,147 points.
Although Murphy is often recognized for her performance on the court,
it is her performance in the classroom that really sets her apart. She was a
first-team Capital One Academic All-American with a 3.96 GPA.
Upon graduation, Murphy signed a contract to play professionally in
Iceland. Although her team finished with a losing record, she enjoyed the
cultural aspect of the experience and the guidance it provided for her life.
Now, the 24-year-old is back to the books, having started her second year
of physician assistant school at Midwestern University in Glendale, Ariz. In
her free time, Murphy can also be found playing pick-up games at a local
gym, or passing her shooting and ball-handling tips on to her younger sister.
Murphy encourages prospective student-athletes not to overlook Division II.
“If I had gone DI, I guarantee I would not have gotten minutes,” she said.
“Because I got all that experience, I just developed into the player that I
knew I had the potential to be.”
Samantha Murphy
n Grand Canyon (Pacific West Conference)
n Currently a graduate student in assistant physician school
“I never wanted to compromise academics or
athletics. I really wanted to get straight A’s, and I
really wanted to be awesome at basketball. I didn’t
want to be mediocre at both – I wanted to be
excellent at both.”
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Going pro in … sports
Newsome’s NFL path went
through Winston-Salem
During his days as a student-athlete at WinstonSalem State, Timmy Newsome kept his balance
while running with the football with the same ease
that he balanced athletics and academics.
With the help of his coach, Bill Hayes, Newsome transformed from a 6-foot-2-inch, 175-pound
freshman running back
into a 240-pound NFL
prospect. Meanwhile,
Newsome’s professors
helped keep him focused
on graduating.
“You weren’t put on
this pedestal,” Newsome says. “You were
treated like a student,
and when you got into
the classroom they
didn’t care what you did
on Saturday.”
But Newsome still put on quite a show on game
days. The Ahoskie, N.C., native is the second-leading
rusher in Winston-Salem State history with 3,843
yards. He is also one of the Central Intercollegiate
Athletic Association’s all-time leading rushers.
“For me to go to Winston-Salem State University and get the chance to be a student and an athlete
was quite an accomplishment simply because I
didn’t want that big college feel, and I wanted to be
able to major in something that gave me some teeth
once I graduated four years later,” Newsome said.
The Dallas Cowboys drafted Newsome in
the sixth round of the 1980 NFL Draft. By 1984,
Newsome had won the starting fullback job, and he
soon blossomed into an all-purpose utility back. He
was not only the lead blocker for NFL legends Tony
Dorsett and Herschel Walker, but he also racked up
numbers of his own. For his career, Newsome rushed
for 1,226 yards and 19 touchdowns. He also caught
212 passes for 1,966 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Newsome’s on-the-field production only told
half the story. He spent his offseasons developing computer software and serving as a computer
consultant in banking, retail and government.
He retired from the NFL in 1990, and a year
later he founded Newtec Business Solutions, a
technology-outsourcing firm that provides customized computer software products to businesses.
Timmy Newsome
n Winston-Salem State (Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Association)
n Football, 1976-79
n Currently the owner of Newtec
Business Solutions
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Danny Woodhead
n Chadron State (Rocky
Mountain Athletic
Conference)
n Football, 2004-07
n Currently playing with
the San Diego Chargers
“Without Division II and Division II football, I probably wouldn’t be
where I’m at today. It’s an awesome thing to celebrate.”
Danny Woodhead still running strong on Sundays
At 5 feet, 7 inches, Danny Woodhead was
deemed too small for Division I, but he was
big time in Division II.
By the end of his senior season at Chadron State, the North Platte, Neb., product had
scored in 37 consecutive games and rushed
for more than 200 yards in 19 games, both of
which remain all-divisions records. He also
still holds DII records in career rushing yards
(7,962) and all-purpose yards (9,480).
Woodhead was just the sixth Division II
player to rush for at least 1,000 yards in each
of his four seasons and the second player in
collegiate history to score more than 100 career touchdowns (109). He was a Harlon Hill
candidate all four years and won the award
in his junior and senior seasons.
No wonder he was the first Chadron State
player in the 96-year history of the school to
earn a full athletics scholarship.
“I’d already known the coaches because
my brother went to school there, and just the
family history of being in Chadron, it was
a place I felt comfortable. It was a place I
knew I wanted to go,” Woodhead said.
After graduating from Chadron State in
2008, Woodhead went undrafted but signed
as a free agent with the New York Jets. He
missed his first year because of injuries and
played sparingly in the second. After the Jets
released him in 2010, Woodhead caught on
with the New England Patriots and played
a role in their march to the Super Bowl. He
even caught a game-tying TD pass before the
Patriots lost to the New York Giants.
Now he’s wrapping up a successful
first season with the San Diego Chargers.
Through mid-November, Woodhead was the
Chargers’ second-leading rusher at almost 4
yards per carry.
Woodhead said he owes his current – and
future – success to his DII roots.
“I mean, football is awesome,” he said. “I
love it, and I’m so fortunate to be playing in
the NFL. But when my NFL days are over, I
do have that degree to fall back on.”
Soccer star relied on DII balance for better life
Nicholas Harriott
n Caldwell (Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference)
n Soccer, 2004-07
n Currently a microbiologist working in Fairfield, N.J.
“I come from a very poor background,
and growing up in the inner city in
Jamaica, I was affected by the constant
violence that surrounded me. From an
early age, I always aspired to do more
for myself and my community. … I knew
that seizing the educational opportunities
opened by my athletic abilities
would put me in a position
for lifelong success.”
From 2004 to 2007, Nicholas Harriott led
Caldwell’s Cougars to 47 victories, the most
in a four-year period in school history.
He credits a coach from his homeland of
Jamaica for steering him to Caldwell: “He told
me I should pursue the academic and athletics
balance this Division II institution provided.”
Harriott graduated in 2008 with a perfect 4.0
grade-point average in Caldwell’s challenging
biology curriculum.
A three-time member of the CACC All-Academic Team and a third-team Academic AllAmerican in 2007, Harriott also was president
of Caldwell’s Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society
and International Student Association.
Harriott, who married his college sweetheart and
now has a son, works as a microbiology supervisor
at SGS U.S. Testing in Fairfield, N.J., the world’s
top testing and verification company that performs
testing for high-profile pharmaceutical companies.
Leaving home meant a chance to keep playing
Sporting a 4.0 grade-point average while
graduating with a degree in pre-med biology,
former all-Sunshine State Conference tennis
player Anna Hallbergson-Lewis embodied the
ideal of the Division II student-athlete.
Question: Growing up in Skovde, Sweden, you
played both soccer and tennis competitively before
deciding to stick with tennis, right?
Answer: I knew I wanted to continue my tennis
career and would have to go college in the United
States to do so. In Sweden, if you want to continue
to play your sport, it becomes rather difficult
because there’s nothing through the education (system) to do that. For me, tennis
provided an opportunity to continue to
play tennis while also seeing another part
of the world and continuing my education.
Q: Without knowing much about any of the
schools or cities, you spent one year at Miami Dade
Community College before transferring to nearby
Barry. What did you think about the culture change
from Sweden to Miami?
A: Miami is obviously very different than Swe-
den, both weather-wise and the type of people who
live there. It took me awhile to get used to playing
tennis in 80- and 90-degree heat all year-round.
Q: After graduating from Barry in 2000, you went
on to Chicago Medical School and completed a
program for a combined master’s and Ph.D. in 2007.
Then you moved to Boston, completing two years in
pediatric medicine and now three years of pediatric
Anna Hallbergson-Lewis
n Barry (Sunshine State Conference)
n Tennis, 1997-2000
n Currently practicing at Boston
Children’s Hospital, treating children
with heart defects
cardiology experience at Boston Children’s Hospital.
How has your time as a student-athlete prepared you
to succeed in your professional life?
A: You’re pretty well prepared for those kinds
of demands once you’ve been a student-athlete,
especially in Division II schools because they
expect you to perform in the classroom, as well.
Q: You and your husband, Michael, who is finishing
his fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in cardiothoracic surgery, have a 3-year-old daughter named
Elsa. Any hopes of her playing tennis like you did?
A: She has some tennis racquets at home in the
living room that she keeps wanting to play with. She
seems pretty interested. That would be really fun.
Q: How do you feel about being named to the DII
Tribute Team?
A: I felt very honored that they were thinking of
me as the one who represented what the division
stood for and what they were hoping to accomplish
with student-athletes.
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Baird builds a life
around service
Two honorees from the Tribute Team graduated from the
same school just a year apart. One of them – soccer player
Kelsey (Yeatts) Baird – has interests a world apart.
In the summer of 2008, before her senior year at St.
Edward’s, Baird traveled to Africa with her church ministry
to meet families who lived in the slums of Kibera in Nairobi,
Kenya, which at one time was thought to have housed nearly
a million people in an area of about one square mile.
When Baird returned, she wasn’t content with leaving
the Kibera children to repeat the cycle of poverty. That year,
she and her future husband, Kyle, started a nonprofit group
called the Kibera Penda Project (“Penda” is Swahili for
“love”), which provides youth education through funding
and scholarships.
Her spirit of community engagement thrived while she was
at St. Edward’s, too, as Baird volunteered with a local high
school soccer team. When she graduated, the high school staff
was so impressed with Baird that
she was offered a teaching position, something she had not conKelsey (Yeatts) Baird
sidered until her time in Kenya.
Baird and her husband conn St. Edward’s
tinue to visit Kenya about three
(Heartland Conference)
times a year. She has been able
n
Soccer, 2005-08
to bring some of her students and
current soccer players with her
n Currently a high school
during the summer trips.
teacher and soccer
“It’s really neat working with
coach in Austin, Texas
kids over here who are privileged
and who benefited from families
who really care about their education,” Baird said. “To go visit these less-fortunate kids who are
the same age as our students and are just so thankful to go to
school every day − it’s really cool to get to work for both sides
of that and be able to connect the two.”
Scholar finds balance between finance and fairway
Like many high school student-athletes
“It was the right fit for me to go with St. Edwho hoped to compete collegiately, Collin
ward’s. With Division II, it doesn’t necessarily
Mayer was initially enamored with the allure
get the headlines and attention like Division I
of being labeled “Division I.” But the Houston
does, but there are great athletes at that level in
native also wanted a school
all sports.”
with strong academics that
As a sophomore, Mayer
Collin Mayer
would allow him to make
was a part of the Hilltopimmediate contributions to
pers team that finished in a
the golf program.
three-way tie for the Divin St. Edward’s
Then he received a
sion II title before falling in
(Heartland Conference)
phone call from then-St. Eda playoff.
n Golf, 2007-10
ward’s coach Ryan Murphy.
Mayer is still putting
“I got recruited by a
his swing to good use.
n Currently works with Wells
number of schools that
“In the business world,
Fargo Bank in Houston
either did or didn’t have the
the fun thing to do is play
golf program I was looking
golf with clients,” said
for, or did or didn’t have the academic program
Mayer, who earned his Bachelor of Business
I was looking for,” said Mayer, who graduated
Administration in finance. “It’s been nice
with a 4.0 GPA and was twice a Golf Coaches
because people talk me up, and they want to
Association of America All-American scholar.
take me out and show me off.”
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Alumni relations strikes
chord in all-time leader
Trailblazer hasn’t lost
her competitive spirit
Stephanie Ferri-Lewis still competes. Searching to
feed her competitive drive, she participates in triathlons
and marathons.
“You’ve got to be able to manage your time and figure out where to make your sacrifices but still be able
to live a balanced life,” Ferri-Lewis says. “I am still an
athlete – an old lady-athlete
– but an athlete nonetheStephanie
less. It’s still a balanced life,
Ferri-Lewis and that’s what carried over
from my Division II experience at Pfeiffer.”
n Pfeiffer
Ferri-Lewis exemplified
(Conference
DII’s Life in the Balance
Carolinas)
mantra, to be sure. She was
a three-sport star and one of
n Cross country,
the most decorated studentsoccer and
athletes in Pfeiffer history.
swimming,
“It was perfect for me.
1990-94
You’re a kid at that point,”
n Currently an
says Ferri-Lewis, who now
emergency
works as an emergency medimedical
cal physician in Springfield,
physician
Mo., and is a married mother
of two. “You don’t know
what is right for you. I don’t
think I would have been as successful at a bigger school.
Pfeiffer made a lot of allowances for me.”
A trailblazer of sorts, Ferri-Lewis competed on the
school’s first women’s cross country and soccer teams.
Managing three sports along with a demanding academic environment helped the Cape Coral, Fla., native
learn the importance of time management, especially
after an advisor opened her eyes to a new career path.
Envisioning a life in sports medicine, she switched
her major to biology with plans for medical school. But
the lab work cut into practice times. Academic commitments came first at Pfeiffer, so her coaches let her
perform workouts on her own time when faced with
conflicting lab requirements.
Ferri-Lewis continued to thrive academically and
athletically. She was voted soccer team captain and
brought home many individual honors in swimming
and cross country. In 1994, she received the NCAA
North Carolina Scholar Athlete Woman of the Year award.
Ferri-Lewis went to college as an athlete and blossomed into a true student-athlete.
Lori Pio Jacques was a three-time
all-PSAC selection, earning first-team
recognition as a junior and senior. In
the 1994-95 season, she helped lead the
Warriors to a PSAC championship and
scored her 1,000th point in the PSAC
championship game. East Stroudsburg
also won the PSAC East in each of her
last three seasons and earned NCAA
tournament berths in 1994 and 1995.
She is East Stroudsburg’s all-time
leader in career rebounds (1,023) and
field-goal percentage (52.1), and she
ranks fifth in scoring (1,527 points).
After graduating in 1996 with a
degree in business, Jacques wasn’t sure
about what she wanted to do with her
life. Now, she talks about how she has
made a successful career for herself.
Question: What was your first job
after graduation?
Answer: I worked in the insur-
ance industry for a while, starting out
with automobile claims, and it was the
absolute worst job ever. I decided I
would give the whole insurance field
one more chance, so I started to do disabilities claims. That was probably
the second-worst job ever.
done to grow the alumni base at Massachusetts Dartmouth. Many alumni did
not feel like the institution was there
for them and had changed their attitude
toward the school. In fact, connecting
them and getting them to attend more of
the programs we’re doing – I was very
pleased with the progress we were able
to make in bringing back those positive
memories about their alma mater.
Q: Now you’re back at Northeastern as
assistant vice president of alumni relations
and the Northeastern Fund. Talk about
your work ethic.
A: I take pride in being a very hard
worker – it’s a trait I learned as a
student-athlete. I started basketball my
freshman year of college and attribute
that to my work ethic
and the fact that I
just go out there
and I see what
I have to do to
get the job done.
That’s how I am
still in my work
today.
Q: You returned to East Stroudsburg in 2000 to get your master’s
in sport management, which led
to a stint at Massachusetts as the
assistant to the director for athletics
development. After that, you got into the
alumni side of things at Boston College,
Northeastern and Massachusetts Dartmouth. What’s that evolution been like?
A: I am proud of the work I’ve
Lori Pio
Jacques
n East
Stroudsburg
(Pennsylvania
State Athletic
Conference)
n Basketball,
1993-96
n Currently the
assistant vice
president of
alumni relations
at Northeastern
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Chrz’s DII experience was a net success
“The whole four years were great. I felt like I was at home. Of
course the best days were when the Argos were winning. I was
very happy at UWF; it was a great experience. I learned a lot in
many courses (especially, of course, English). I can now use all the
skills that I have gained at school in my work.”
Arguably the most successful tennis player ever at West Florida, Radovan Chrz is a two-time
Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA Division II singles national champion (2000 and 2001),
an eight-time ITA All-American (four-time ITA singles, four-time ITA doubles), and he led the
Argonauts’ 2004 squad to the first national championship in program history.
In his freshman year, Chrz won the ITA Super Bowl singles challenge, a competition among each
of the national champions from Division II, Division III, the NAIA and junior colleges.
At the conference level, the Prague, Czech Republic, native was named the Gulf South Conference Player of the Decade after earning four all-GSC first-team honors (2001-04) and being
named the GSC East Division Player of the Year twice (2001 and 2003).
The Argos made it to the Division II Men’s Tennis Championship finals in each of Chrz’s four
years at UWF, and the team won two conference championships during that span as well. In addition, he was a GSC “Top Eight” selection in 2003-04, an award given to the top four male and
female student-athletes based on athletics, academic and extracurricular achievement. He was
also honored on the 2003 GSC All-Academic team.
Radovan is currently the head of marketing for Mercedes-Benz Czech Republic. He is married to
Martina and has two daughters, Kristyna (6) and Karolina (4).
Radovan Chrz
n West Florida (Gulf South Conference)
n Tennis, 2001-04
n Currently the head of marketing for
Mercedes-Benz Czech Republic.
Dedicated to assisting, both on and off the court
Selina Kohn, formerly Selina Bynum, made a habit of helping others excel both on
and off the court. She graduated as Division II’s all-time assists leader, and her 309
assists during the 1992 campaign still rank as an all-time Division II single-season
high. In fact, no Division II player has been able to top Kohn’s 11.9 assists per game
average from the 1992 season, either. Now an associate athletics director at DII Paine
in Augusta, Ga., Kohn advises student-athletes to look at life as an exciting adventure.
Question: What led you to Albany State (Ga.)?
Answer: I chose a Division II institution because
I felt I could carve out a niche
for myself. I wanted to be more than just a player. I wanted to be viewed as someone
who had the capacity to excel. I’ve been able to not only be a Division II studentathlete, but also a coach and an athletics administrator. And when I think about my
experiences, if I had to sum them up into one word, I would use “legendary.”
Q: You were Albany State’s Most Valuable Player three times, and you helped lead the
Lady Rams to the 1990 SIAC title. You also were named ESPN’s Black College Female
Player of the Year in 1991. What else was special about your playing career?
A: Being a Division II athlete, it was about family; it was about camaraderie; it
was about everybody supporting each other. When you may not have done so well,
you still had your support. It wasn’t just always about the win, it was about your
learning experience. So I think being a part of that big picture was so important.
Selina (Bynum) Kohn
n Albany State (Ga.) (Southern Intercollegiate
n Currently an associate athletics director and senior
woman administrator at Paine
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Q: You were an assistant coach for the Albany State women’s basketball team. Then you
went to Paine to be head coach of the volleyball and women’s basketball teams. Now you’re
an administrator while still coaching volleyball. What’s been unique about your transition
from being a student-athlete to now leading them?
A: It has allowed me to be a part of so many people’s lives – my teammates, cur-
rent student-athletes, coaches. When I think about what being a student-athlete meant
to me, I think about some of the things that I learned. You develop stamina; you learn
about balance; you learn about perseverance. And I think all of those things that I
learned as a student-athlete have helped me in my current role. Simply stated, the
choices you make in life make you. I chose Division II.
A career built from the mound up
Nobody personifies determination more than Central Missouri’s
Jim Crane.
As a student-athlete, Crane appeared to have the baseball world at
his feet when he brought 18 batters to their knees in the opening round
of the 1974 Division II Baseball Championship. Crane fanned the
first 11 Ohio Northern batters he faced and went on to strike out a DII
championship-record 18 men.
Crane had Major League Baseball scouts calling night and day,
offering him $50,000 in signing
bonuses to quit school and enter the
draft, but his mother made him go
back to campus. In his senior year,
though, he blew out his shoulder
and the scouts stopped calling.
Now, rather than scouts seeking Crane, it’s the other way
around, since Crane fulfilled
his dream of owning a major
league club when he bought
the Houston Astros in 2011.
“College athletics is a
good base for any studentathlete,” Crane said, reflecting on his experience at
Central Missouri. “I can’t tell
Jim Crane
you one guy on that team who
hasn’t been successful afterward.
n Central Missouri
Playing baseball gave them a posi(Mid-America
tive way to move forward.”
Intercollegiate
Crane’s path after graduation
Athletics
began inauspiciously, with him
driving from his home in St. Louis
Association)
to Houston to build a freight comn Baseball, 1973-76
pany from the ground up with a
n Current chairman of
loan from his sister. Crane founded
the Houston Astros
Eagle/USA Airfreight in March
1984. The company grew exponentially and went public in 1995,
trading on the NASDAQ. By 2000, Crane’s company was renamed
Eagle Global Logistics to reflect its operations in more than 100
countries. It was eventually bought by Apollo Management in 2007.
Crane’s determination also helped him accomplish his dream – it
took three tries to acquire the Astros.
“It is hard to buy a baseball team,” Crane said. “But determination
and hard work will usually pay off.”
His success on and off the field might never have been were it
not for his baseball coach at Central Missouri. Between his freshman and sophomore years, Crane unexpectedly lost his father and
considered quitting school. But coach Robert Tompkins wouldn’t
allow it. He drove to the Cranes’ house and made sure that Jim
returned for his sophomore year. Crane is thankful to this day.
“After my dad died, I was just going to keep working because
I wasn’t that great my freshman year, and I didn’t think I had
much of a career in baseball,” he said. “But coach Tompkins
took an interest in my life and certainly had an impact in me
finishing school and doing as well as I did.”
Crane has kept the value of college athletics and Division II close to his heart.
“We recruited a lot of athletes in the freight business,” he said. “If I saw on a resume that someone
played college sports, that immediately tells me they
have a certain level of discipline. That converts well
to business.”
“There are
always a lot
of defining
moments in a career,
and you get a lot of
breaks along the way.
The harder you work,
the luckier you get.
You create some of
your own breaks, and I
was not afraid to work
hard. No one was going
to outwork me, and if
I had the opportunity
to get better, I always
would, whether it was in
business or baseball.”
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Two for the Price
They say that two is better than one.
For the North Alabama volleyball team in the
1990s, that was certainly the case. Identical twins
Rachel Price, now Rachel Bell, and Ronda Price,
now Ronda Brinley, were major contributors for
the Lions from 1996 to 1999 and became two of
the most athletically and academically decorated
volleyball student-athletes in Division II history.
Both were outside hitters who helped the
Lions go 156-22 overall and 47-1 in league play
during their four years as starters. They also led
the team to four consecutive Gulf South Conference titles and four straight trips to the Division
II Women’s Volleyball Championship, including
two quarterfinal appearances.
Although their on-the-court success might
suggest differently, volleyball was only half of
the reason the pair chose North Alabama.
“We were there to get an education,” Brinley
said. “And obviously, volleyball was a perk that
we really enjoyed.”
Bell agreed. “I enjoyed having the opportunity to play volleyball without everything just
being about volleyball,” she said.
Because the class sizes at North Alabama
were small, the teachers got to know their stu-
dents on a personal level.
“We always had it very easy in that we could
speak with our professors anytime we wanted
to,” Brinley said.
They could also speak to each other. Bell and
Brinley were roommates through most of college, and they took several of the same classes –
a setup that had advantages for studying.
Bell and Brinley each earned All-America
and Academic All-America honors, making them
two of only eight North Alabama students to
have received both distinctions to date.
In addition, Bell was named the Division II
Conference Commissioner’s Association National
Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2000. And
Brinley received the Gulf South Conference Commissioner’s Trophy as the league’s premier female
student-athlete in 1998. She also was named the
Alabama Sports Writers Association’s Small College Athlete of the Year in 1997.
Both Bell and Brinley received postgraduate
scholarships from the NCAA after graduating
from North Alabama. Bell’s was for physics and
chemistry, while Brinley’s was for chemistry.
Bell went on to earn a doctorate in biomedical
engineering from Purdue in 2004. After gradu-
The Price sisters, Ronda (left) and
Rachel, made their mark in volleyball
at North Alabama and are now
making a difference in medicine.
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Rachel Price Bell and
Ronda Price Brinley
n North Alabama (Gulf South
Conference)
n Volleyball, 1996-99
n Price Bell currently is a clinical
project manager in West Lafayette,
Ind.; Price Brinley currently is an
anesthesiologist in Fort Wayne, Ind.
ation, she stayed in West Lafayette and began
working as a clinical project manager, coordinating clinical studies for new medical devices.
Brinley also moved to Indiana after college and graduated from the Indiana University
School of Medicine in Indianapolis, where she
subsequently completed her residency. She now
works in Fort Wayne, Ind., as an anesthesiologist.
In 2011, Bell and Brinley were both inducted
into the North Alabama Athletic Hall of Fame in
their first year of eligibility.
Things were more fun for Bell and Brinley
because they got to experience them together.
“There are benefits to being a twin,” Brinley said.
“She’s a great friend,” Bell added.
Mentor’s request unlocked her potential
The moment Sheila Baxter made history as the
joined the military for what she thought would be
first female general in the Army Medical Service
a three-year term. “It turned out to be 30,” she said.
Corps is etched indelibly in her mind.
She started out as a field medical assistant, but
“The day that the surgeon general called me
her commander at the time knew she could be
and said, ‘Sergeant Baxter, the Army is going to
more. “He asked me to give him my 20-year plan,”
promote you to a one-star,’ I think he thought I
Baxter remembered. “And I’m thinking, ‘Sir, I
dropped the phone. It just took
don’t even know what I’m going
me by surprise,” Baxter recalled.
to be doing in 20 minutes.’ ”
Sheila Baxter
It may have surprised the
But his questions helped to
former Virginia State basketball
focus her.
star, but it’s no surprise to anyone
“I started looking at his career,”
n Virginia State
who knows her that the woman
Baxter said. “And I said, ‘I want
(at-large selection)
who would eventually advance
to be like you, a battalion comn Basketball, 1974-77
to brigadier general excelled in
mander who commands four or
n First female brigadier
everything she did.
five units.’ I wrote everything
general in the Medical
Baxter, who was named 1976
down in five-year increments like
player of the year in the Central
he wanted – and the end state was
Service Corps,
Intercollegiate Athletic Associato be the battalion commander.
currently retired
tion, honed her hoops skills in
Twenty years later, we had accomher backyard, playing against
plished that goal.”
brothers and cousins. But she wanted to excel off
Six years after that, Baxter was promoted to
the court, too, which she did at Virginia State.
men
brigadier general. To this day, she relishes the menWhen she was a junior, she went to Fort Bragg, torship she was provided by her parents and
N.C., to visit her cousin’s husband, who was a
others and has since returned that kind of ascaptain in the Signal Corps. During a tour of the
sistance, helping veterans through her work
operation, Baxter was impressed with the organiat veterans hospitals and homeless shelters
zation and the camaraderie among the “team.”
since retiring from the military in 2008. She
“When he said he was in charge of this team
even has been named the chaplain for the
of soldiers, the light came on for me,” Baxter said,
homeless program at the Atlanta Veterans Afreflecting on how she enjoyed her own team on the fairs Medical Center in Decatur, Ga.
court. “I told my cousin that I was going to join
“Listen to your mentors because they see
ROTC when I got back. She said she didn’t believe potential in you that you can’t see yourself,”
me, but I did it immediately upon our return.”
Baxter said.
Baxter completed a two-year program and then
And that’s an order.
“Think about all the life skills student-athletes learn through athletics participation – teamwork, contributing
to something that is larger than yourself, setting individual and team goals, learning about motivation,
being able to follow instructions, teaching self-confidence, gaining self-discipline. Give me an athlete
anytime because they are well-rounded, they can lead and they know how to balance their priorities.”
Keeping cool, from wrestling mat to coal mine
Sean Isgan knows how to keep his cool.
In 2002, Isgan played a pivotal role in one of the most
notorious mine collapses in U.S. history.
During the second shift at Quecreek Mine
in Somerset County, Pa., nine coal miners
became trapped after groundwater flooded the
area. Isgan and his company were called to the
site shortly before midnight on July 24.
As president of CME Engineering, he was
in the position to make crucial calls as to
where and when to drill. In the end, all nine
miners were rescued safely.
Isgan’s keep-cool attitude played a major
part in his wrestling career, too. During the
NAIA tournament, before Pittsburgh-Johnstown’s transition to NCAA Division II, Isgan and his coaches were
under the impression that he had a bye the first round. As
the rest of his teammates left for the tournament, Isgan
stayed behind in the hotel.
But Isgan was in fact scheduled to wrestle
that day, and the call came that he had to get to
the mat now. He and his coaches sped through
Oklahoma City to make the match in time.
“I’m literally getting dressed in the van,”
Isgan recalls. “I run through the arena door
as they’re calling my name. I’m pulling my
straps up, I grab my headgear, run onto the
mat and they blow the whistle to start the
match. It happened that quick.”
Of course, Isgan won the match. In all, the
two-time All-American went 92-30 and became the first
Mountain Cat wrestler to reach the national finals in 1981.
Sean Isgan
n PittsburghJohnstown
(West Virginia
Intercollegiate
n Wrestling,
1978-82
n Currently the
president of CME
Engineering in
Greensburg, Pa.
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Clint Bryant (42) went from a player
at Belmont Abbey to a coach at
Georgia Regents Augusta.
GRU Augusta AD cut
from coaching cloth
Ask Georgia Regents Augusta Athletics
Weeks later, Bryant was under Foster’s wing
Director Clint Bryant about how he entered the
as a GA, though at the time he saw the Clemson
profession, and he’ll tell you he had no intenjob as a means to a postgraduate degree. However,
tion of making intercollegiate athletics his career
after two years, Foster offered him a full-time job.
when he started out.
“There weren’t a lot of Blacks coaching then,”
Fortunately, the would-be pioneer in coaching Bryant said, “but it looked pretty good from my
and NCAA governance changed his mind.
point of view – a guy in his mid-20s flying all
The tall Washover the country, drivington, D.C., native
ing nice rental cars
Clint
Bryant
was fresh out of four
and dressed well. I
years as a basketball
said to myself, ‘Looks
n Belmont Abbey
scholarship studentlike a plan to me!’ ”
(Conference Carolinas)
athlete at Belmont
Most of the
Abbey in North CaroSouthern schools in
lina when he returned
the late 1970s were
n Currently the AD at
to the District in 1977
just starting to recruit
Georgia Regents
and pursued what
Blacks regularly,
Augusta
many other D.C. kids
Bryant said, and many
did – a job with the
head coaches coveted
government. What he
black assistants to help
got, though, was an assistant manager position
their cause. Bryant wasn’t thinking about himself as
at an Amoco gas station carwash.
a trailblazer in that regard, but later on, successful
But one day his college coach called and said
Division I coaches like Mike Davis, Sidney Lowe,
he had spoken with Clemson icon Bill Foster,
Dereck Whittenburg, Tommy Amaker and Brian
who was looking for a graduate assistant.
Ellerbe told Bryant that he was one of the guys who
“He candidly said he wanted someone who
made them want to advance in the coaching ranks.
was black,” Bryant said. “So my coach told him
Bryant stayed under Foster at Clemson until
about me. ‘If you get a call from Bill Foster,’ he
1984 when Foster went to Miami (Fla.) to jumptold me, ‘that’s what it’s about.’ ”
start the program there (Miami had dropped basket-
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ball in 1969). Foster took Bryant with him.
“We shared offices with the SID, and we
didn’t have a practice facility or balls or nets. We
started it from scratch,” Bryant said. “But those
four years were important for my development
because I had to do so much. It made me pay
attention to detail. I was a business administration major – and big-time college basketball
essentially was a business opportunity – you had
to travel, manage your time and do all of those
things that you do in any other business.”
It wasn’t long then before Bryant got the call
to go out on his own. In 1988, Georgia Regents
Augusta (then known as Augusta State) was a
Division I school looking for both a head basketball
coach and an athletics director.
“I jumped at the chance to be both,” Bryant said.
Among his first decisions when he got there
was to make the school jump, too.
Georgia Regents Augusta had been affiliated
with the NAIA from 1967 to 1986, when the school
transitioned to NCAA Division I. But Bryant
thought the institution didn’t have the resources for
the entire athletics program to compete at that level.
Under his direction, the school sought reclassification to Division II. If it had just been about basketball,
Bryant said, the school might have been able to
hang with Division I. Bryant’s team was competitive
quickly, playing for the conference championship and
a berth in the NCAA tournament by the third year.
“But it was about more than just basketball,” he
said. “Going to Division II gave us the opportunity to
not just be invited to the dance but perhaps win it.”
That goal essentially has come to fruition. Georgia Regents Augusta enjoyed perhaps its top two
seasons in school history in 2006-07 and 2007-08
when 11 teams qualified for NCAA regional
competition and the men’s basketball team finished
runner-up. Ten squads earned national rankings.
Bryant continued to coach men’s basketball
until 1997 when it became clear that trying to
balance coaching and administrative duties was
compromising one or the other.
“I had to make up my mind,” Bryant said. “I
could have gone on to be an assistant coach at
a number of Division I schools, but I knew my
niche was in administration. So I basically fired
myself and hired a basketball coach in 1997.”
That allowed Bryant to spread his talents to
Division II governance. He chaired the first Division II Management Council after the NCAA
federated its structure in 1997 and served on the
Division II Legislation Committee from 2001 to
2005. Bryant also chaired the Division II Championships Committee and the NCAA Men’s
Basketball Rules Committee along the way.
Bryant didn’t stop with committee service,
either. He’s a former president of the Minority
Opportunities Athletic Association and second
vice president of the Black Coaches and Administrators group (he formerly served as the BCA’s
interim executive director).
“Former coach George Raveling told me
once that to make a difference, you have to have
a seat at the table,” Bryant said. “That always
stuck with me.”
Tammi Julch-Williams
is a hit with her patients
As a player from 1991 through 1994, Tammi JulchWilliams carved a place for herself in the Texas
Woman’s University record books. She is second
all-time in points (1,644) and rebounds (805), third
all-time in steals (154) and fifth in blocks (57).
Julch-Williams was a three-time all-conference
academic pick and a two-time Academic All-America
selection. In 1994, she earned the U.S. Achievement
Academy’s All-American Collegiate Scholar Award
for the second time and was named the state of Texas’
Division II Woman of the Year. Then, in 2002, she became just the second student-athlete inducted into the
Texas Woman’s University Athletics Hall of Fame.
Roberto Garza
and his wife,
Ashley, are
big believers
in community
engagement.
Bears star a shining role model
Just before the 2010 NFC championship game, Texas A&M-Kingsville
alumnus Roberto Garza pulled on his
No. 63 jersey in the Chicago Bears’
locker room. Next to him were four
other starters with a similar history.
“It was amazing,” Garza said. “We’re
facing the Green Bay Packers in the NFC
championship game – one game away
from the Super Bowl – and the Chicago
Bears have five guys starting from Division II. I think all five were from the Lone
Star Conference. That’s a tribute to the
conference and the schools for going out
and getting these top athletes. There’s a lot
of great talent out there, and when you get
the opportunity, you make the most of it.”
Garza has made the most of his 13year NFL career, first with the Atlanta
Falcons from 2001 to 2004 and since
with the Bears.
Question: As one of the
veterans of a relatively short list of
Hispanic players in the NFL, what
message do you want to send to
other Hispanics who hope to play
professionally?
Answer:
Hopefully, when
kids see Garza
across my back,
they can say, “Hey he’s doing it, maybe
I can do that someday.” That’s what I tell
the kids. I say, “Look, man, I grew up in
tortillas, rice and beans just like you guys
did, and I was able to live out my dream
because I worked hard and I stayed in
school and I made the right decisions.”
Q: How did your opportunity emerge at
Kingsville?
A: Coach Jerry Campbell invited me to
their Freshmen Weekend, and he took me
through the campus to show me everything
that Kingsville had to offer and obviously
talked about all the linemen that were in the
NFL. ... I didn’t think I was going to get an
opportunity to play college football. That
was my dream, so when they asked me to
come up, I was ecstatic.
Q: You’ve been heavily involved in the
community. Does that have DII roots?
A: Yes, that all started at Kingsville,
She chaired the Department of Pediatrics and was on
the Medical Executive Committee at Baylor Hospital
from 2006 to 2008. For the next two years, she served
on the board of directors for the Medical and Surgical
Clinic of Irving. Beyond her practice, Julch-Williams
is a volunteer medical staff member for Camp CAMP,
which serves children with special needs.
Julch-Williams earned both the Patients’ Choice
Award from PatientsChoice.org and the Most Compassionate Doctor Award from Vitals.com in 2011
and 2012. In 2012, she also received the Talk of the
Town Award from Celebration U.S. Media.
Tammi Julch-Williams
n Texas Woman’s University (Lone Star
Conference)
n Currently a pediatrician at the Medical and
Surgical Clinic of Irving, Texas
because we had summer programs where
we’d go out to the schools and read to
the kids, and anything that we could do
to help the kids in our community. ...
People around me helped me become
who I am today, so for me it’s just sharing the message that you have to believe
in yourself and you have to work hard
toward your dreams. Education is the
way to reach your dreams.
Roberto Garza
n Texas A&M-Kingsville (Lone Star
Conference)
n Football and track and field,
1997-2000
n Currently playing in the NFL with
the Chicago Bears
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Three coaching greats
have Division II origins
Three Tribute Team members transferred the success they had as studentathletes to the coaching ranks. All three became household names – Northern
Michigan’s Tom Izzo as the head men’s basketball coach at Michigan State,
Truman’s Teri (Steller) Clemens as one of the winningest volleyball coaches in
NCAA history, and Saginaw Valley State’s Gail Goestenkors as the head women’s
basketball coach at Duke and Texas.
For these three honorees, the accomplishments most people put into words are
better expressed … by the numbers.
1 Clemens was the first
female student-athlete to
receive an athletics scholarship at Truman
3 Number of sports in
which Clemens was named
MVP at Truman (softball,
field hockey and tennis)
5’4” Clemens’ height –
not ideal for volleyball, but
that didn’t stop her from
achieving great heights in
coaching
7 Division III volleyball
titles Clemens won at
Washington U. in St. Louis
(including six straight from
1991 through 1996)
11 Years Clemens’ teams
won the University Athletic
Association title
14 Years Clemens
coached at Washington
U. in St. Louis
40 Victories her 1992
squad posted in becoming the only tournament
team in Division III
history to finish a full
season with a perfect
record
529 Career
Teri (Steller) Clemens
n Truman (Mid-America Intercollegiate
Athletics Association)
n Field hockey, softball and tennis,
1974-78
n Ranked third in all-time winning
percentage among all three divisions
of NCAA volleyball
Gail Goestenkors
n Saginaw Valley State
(Great Lakes Intercollegiate
n Currently a consultant
with the WNBA’s Los
Angeles Sparks
2 Final Four championship
games in which Goestenkors’ Duke teams participated (1999 and 2006)
4 Final Four appearances
(all with Duke)
7 Record times Goes-
tenkors was named the
Atlantic Coast Conference coach of the year
victories with the
Bears (against just
77 losses)
all-time winning
percentage as a
Division III volleyball coach
7 Record consecutive
years Goestenkors’
Duke squad won at
least 30 games (2001
through 2007)
1995 Year Clemens was
7 Times Goestenkors
.873 Clemens’
inducted into Truman’s
athletics hall of fame
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reached the Elite Eight (all
with Duke)
2013
10 Consecutive years
Goestenkors’ Duke
squad advanced to at
least the Sweet Sixteen
(1998 through 2007)
13 Consecutive years
Goestenkors took Duke
to the NCAA tournament
(1995 through 2007)
387 The ACC-record
fewest number of games
it took for Goestenkors
to notch her 300th career
victory
2007 Year in which
Goestenkors won all of
the major national coach
of the year honors
Tom Izzo
n Northern Michigan
(Great Lakes
Intercollegiate
n Currently the head
men’s basketball
coach at Michigan
State
1 Final Four
championship (Izzo’s
Spartans won in 2000)
4 Years Izzo spent
as an assistant coach
at his alma mater
(1979-83)
6 Final Four
appearances in 18 years
7 Big Ten Conference
titles captured by Izzocoached teams
8 National coach of
the year awards Izzo
has won
16 Consecutive
NCAA tournament
berths (1998-present)
80 Percentage of
Izzo’s players who have
completed their athletics
eligibility to have graduated
439 Career victories in
18 seasons
.725 Izzo’s winning
percentage in the NCAA
tournament
1977 Izzo’s senior year
at Northern Michigan
when he was named the
team’s MVP and third-team
Division II All-American
1990 Year Izzo was
inducted into Northern
Michigan’s athletics hall
of fame
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Above all, serve others
Brian Kilmeade (center) received his Tribute
Team award on “FOX & Friends” in July.
Play to your strengths
even when you’re ‘just OK’
Brian Kilmeade
n LIU Post (East Coast Conference)
n Soccer, 1982-85
n Currently a co-host of cable television’s
“FOX & Friends” and the host of FOX
News Radio’s “Kilmeade & Friends”
You might expect a TV personality to do
things with flair. Brian Kilmeade is no exception.
The co-host of cable television’s “FOX &
Friends” and the host of FOX News Radio’s
nationally syndicated radio talk show “Kilmeade
& Friends” stayed in character by making his
Tribute Team award presentation part of a “FOX
& Friends” broadcast. He accepted the award on
behalf of every student-athlete who, as he put it,
tried extremely hard and “was just OK.”
“It’s hard to get trophies at age 48 or 49,”
Kilmeade said, “but now that I’ve got one, it’s
tremendous, and there’s plenty of room in my
trophy case for it!”
Kilmeade was a defender on the soccer team
at LIU Post, then known as C.W. Post. The
1982 media guide noted his desire to work in
television and entertain people. A self-admittedly
average soccer player, Kilmeade knew he’d have to
rely on more than athletic ability after graduating.
“Most of us play in college and know we
have to do something else afterward,” Kilmeade
said. “You could be the best, but very rarely
do you have a pro career. I learned goals early,
such as, ‘If you don’t do two miles in 12 minutes, you can’t play.’ But I find that if you have
that structure early, and if you are self-motivated, then those are the types of people who get
hired in the work force.”
Kilmeade credits much of his success to
the life lessons that sports instilled and has authored two books on the topic. After interviewing leaders and celebrities who were former
student-athletes – including NFL Hall of Fame
quarterback Joe Montana, former Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice and reality TV star
Simon Cowell – Kilmeade wrote about how
participating in sports prepared them to handle
life and overcome adversity with dignity, courage and sportsmanship.
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Kate Griewisch
n Lenoir-Rhyne (South
Atlantic Conference)
n Cross country and
indoor and outdoor
track and field, 2008-12
n Currently seeking
admission to medical
school
For seven-time, three-sport NCAA
Division II All-American Kate Griewisch,
the key to success has always been balance. As a cross country and track standout at Lenoir-Rhyne, Griewisch learned
to effectively juggle athletics with her
academics, participation in student organizations and involvement in the church.
She is most proud of her South Atlantic Conference Presidents Award, an
honor she received her senior year that
recognized her work in athletics, the
classroom and the community.
“That is what I had focused on
my entire time at Lenoir,” she
said. “It was important to me to
do well in school and to serve
my community and serve
others. I wanted to be a great
athlete. I always want to be the
best that I can in whatever I do.
But to be recognized for all three of
those things was really important to me.”
After graduating from Lenoir-Rhyne
with a 3.85 GPA and a degree in biology
with a pre-med focus, Griewisch embarked
on a one-year international missions
program in Madagascar, living with a host
family, working in a medical clinic and
teaching English.
She realized that, like her experience
as a collegiate athlete, her time in Africa
was enriched by support from others.
“I went there with the mindset that I
wanted to serve and help the people there,”
she said. “But in the end, the main thing I
took away from it is how much more I felt
like I was given than I gave.”
While in Madagascar, Griewisch was
also introduced to osteopathic medicine,
a holistic approach that focuses on the patient’s body, mind and spirit – a balance
that Griewisch has always embraced. As
a result, she had a new career plan when
she returned to the U.S. in August 2013.
“All along, I had really wanted to be a
doctor and that didn’t change,” she said.
“But I realized that, especially after my
time as an athlete, and the focus on life in
the balance, being an osteopathic physician was what I wanted. I had always
known that idea of balance in your life.”
Now, Griewisch lives at home while
she shadows an osteopathic physician and
works on her medical school application.
She credits her experience at a DII school
and the strong support system she developed there for all of her success.
“It was a smaller school and I was able
to get more relationships with the people
that I was working with,” she said. “I don’t
know if I would have been able to find that
same situation at another school.”
DII roots to DI branches
For some Tribute Team members, Division II roots produced Division I branches. Bob Bowlsby is an example.
Bowlsby, who wrestled at DII Minnesota State Moorhead
in the early 1970s, went on to be the AD at DI University of
Northern Iowa, Iowa and Stanford and now holds the commissioner spot at the Big 12 Conference.
Through it all, Bowlsby has retained his humility.
“I’ve never really had any other job than to identify the
right people to lead our programs and arm them with the
tools it takes to be successful,” Bowlsby says. “I guess you
could say I also set the values for the organization and try to
exemplify them, but it’s really about putting the right people in
place and arming them appropriately. If you like and believe in
what they’re doing, you also enjoy helping them do it better.”
Bowlsby’s career in athletics began inauspiciously. His
first job was running tennis and indoor recreation facilities
at Iowa, where he was getting his master’s degree. That led
to an assistant athletics director position at the University of
Northern Iowa, where he managed the indoor, air-supported
stadium and coordinated everything from athletics events to
the circus to rock concerts.
All the while, Bowlsby would work with student-athletes
and coaches on their facilities needs, learning to be flexible
and practicing his negotiation skills.
“Facilities work was a great training ground,” Bowlsby
says. “That’s a real-world experience in intercollegiate athletics. I’ve been at this for more than 30 years, and I’ve
never had an ‘average day.’ ”
Bowlsby might be the only member of the Association to chair what he calls the “strange trifecta”
of the Division I Wrestling Committee (member
from 1987 to 1994), the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee (member from 2000 to 2005)
and the Division I Management Council (member
from 1997 to 1999 and chair in 1997, the first
year of the federated governance structure).
“I always felt that I took more away from those
experiences through the things I learned and the
acquaintances I made than I brought to it,” he
said. “Committee service is a big commitment, no
doubt about that, but I believe in it.”
While Bowlsby has his eyes on the future
now, he remembers his early experiences fondly.
Building the University of Northern Iowa from
a fledgling Division I program to a Missouri
Valley Conference member with a homeand-home men’s basketball series with Iowa
prompts many fond memories for him because
the expectations were low and everything he
accomplished was so substantial.
But one of the greatest professional
experiences he ever had came at Iowa when
Christine Grant, a pillar in the gender-equity
community, announced her retirement as
director of women’s athletics. She recommended that the men’s and women’s programs merge under Bowlsby’s leadership.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever had a
professional compliment greater than that,”
he said. “Dr. Grant has a reputation as a
pioneer, and for her to feel good about
having what she built under my leadership
was just an extraordinary compliment.”
Bob Bowlsby
n Minnesota State Moorhead (Northern
Sun Intercollegiate Conference)
n Wrestling, 1972-75
n Currently the commissioner of the Big
12 Conference
2013
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Dykstra overcame all odds
Many members of Division II’s 40th Anniversary Tribute Team have inspirational
stories to tell, but perhaps none more so than
Grant Dykstra.
The former Western Washington basketball standout was used to the word “never,”
especially after an accident as a 2-year-old
threatened more than just his athletics ability.
While playing in a hay mound with his
cousins at the family farm, Dykstra’s right arm
accidentally got caught in and severely mangled
by a grain auger owned by his family. Immediately, his cousin rushed to alert Dykstra’s
mother, who was milking cows in the parlor
nearby. Instead of running directly to her child,
she had the presence of mind to turn off the
switch that operated the auger, a decision that
ultimately spared Dykstra’s life.
“She didn’t know what I was stuck in and
she didn’t even know what that switch was
for, but something told her that she needed
to turn it off,” Dykstra says. “She had
never turned it off in her life.”
When Dykstra arrived at the hospital,
his parents’ worst fears were confirmed:
The doctors wanted to amputate. However, after
weighing the options, they decided to try to save
his arm, despite the slim likelihood it would ever
be functional again.
Dykstra spent the next two months in the hospital, undergoing and recovering from 12 surgeries.
In an effort to keep it steady during the healing
process, his right arm, which is now five inches
shorter than his left, was stitched to his stomach
and Dykstra was forced to use only his left hand.
Even so, Dykstra went on be a three-time
team captain and two-time MVP at Lynden
Christian High School, helping his team to
a state championship as a sophomore, being
named first-team all-state as a senior, and setting
new school records for points in a single season
and a career (597 and 1,458, respectively).
Most players with his lengthy list of accomplishments would have had college recruiters
lined up around the block. Yet, despite his overwhelming success as a four-year starter for the
Lyncs, Dykstra faced resistance from coaches
throughout the recruitment process.
“College coaches would tell me straight to
my face that I would never be able to play college basketball,” Dykstra says. “They said that I
wouldn’t be good enough to play on their team or
in their conference.”
But Western Washington head coach Brad
Jackson saw Dykstra differently. Although the
6-foot-4 Dykstra knew he had the work ethic
to succeed at the collegiate level, it wasn’t until
Jackson gave him an early opportunity as a starter
that he felt fully confident in his playing ability.
“I’m not going to lie – I probably had some of
the same doubts that others had,” Dykstra admits.
“It was that first year, going against the seniors
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Grant Dykstra
n Western Washington (Great
Northwest Athletic Conference)
n Currently a commercial loan officer
in Bellingham, Wash.
they had on the team and knowing that I was able
to compete against them. From that moment on,
it gave me a lot of confidence and that carried on
throughout my career.”
That confidence, paired with a lot of hard
work, eventually turned Dykstra into the
school’s career scoring leader (with 1,844
points) and turned several other college
coaches’ doubts into regrets.
“I got to play those coaches all the time and
kick their butt,” Dykstra says with a laugh.
“That was probably the best satisfaction. Getting to beat them … and you walk down and do
handshakes and the coach is the last person.”
As those opposing coaches shook the hand they
thought would hinder him, Dykstra continued to
build an impressive legacy at Western Washington. Upon his graduation in 2006, the Everson,
Wash., native ranked fourth in assists (404), sixth
in rebounds (576) and seventh in steals (210).
Dykstra, who started every game of his
four-year career without injury, was named a
consensus NCAA Division II All-American
in 2006. That year, he also received first-team
designations from Daktronics and the National
Association of Basketball Coaches. During his
senior campaign, he averaged 20.6 points and
5.4 rebounds, set the school season record for
three-point field goals (101), and helped the
Vikings to a 23-7 record and the West Region
final of the Division II championship.
He was also the 2006 recipient of the
V Foundation Comeback Award, an honor
presented in memory of late basketball coach
Jim Valvano. Dykstra, the only non-Division I
athlete to ever win the award, says that honor
was his proudest accomplishment.
“That just kind of put my whole life
story into perspective – everything that I went
through,” he says. “Not just overcoming that adversity, but also having the success that I had.”
These days, Dykstra, who received his
degree in business administration and finance,
works as a commercial loan officer in Bellingham, the same community where he played
college basketball. In his free time, the father
of four now coaches his children’s soccer, flag
football and, of course, basketball teams.
He says he applies the same competitive approach he learned as a student-athlete to his professional life, and he encourages local high school
students to consider Division II as an option.
“If I went to Division I, I may have been the
eighth, ninth, 10th man on the bench,” he says.
“But I knew that I could go to Division II and have
the opportunity to have four full years of success
and build a legacy within my community.”
Tucker relied on work ethic
to excel in athletics and life
It’s not typical to hear someone who
set school records in scoring, career field
goals made, points per game and fieldgoal percentage declare, “I was one of the
worst shooters on the team.”
But that’s precisely what former Lewis
great and Tribute Team member Larry
Tucker says about his college game.
“I shot three-foot shots around the basket.
I worked extremely hard at becoming good
at doing one thing very well.”
Tucker certainly did one thing well:
put the ball in the basket. He accumulated 2,120 points over his prolific career
at Lewis, making 841 field goals while
averaging 20.3 points per game on 67.8
percent shooting from the field, leading the
school to its first two NCAA tournament
berths in 1982 and 1983.
After his college basketball career,
Tucker went into education and is now a
principal at his alma mater, Marist High
School in Chicago. He regards his time
on the hardwood as a training ground for
what was to come after his playing days.
“When I got into education, I started
to realize that you’ve got to work hard at
something. You’ve got to become passionate about it,” Tucker says. “To me, it’s
taking those same attributes from college
athletics: We’re going to work hard; we’re
going to know who we’re up against; we’re
not going to give up; we’re going to get
knocked down a few times, but we’re going
to keep getting back up and getting after it.”
By thriving in pressure situations as he
learned to do while playing Division II
basketball at Lewis, Tucker has now gained
the opportunity to help a new generation of
student-athletes pursue their own dreams.
“The bottom line for me is telling the
kids just to hold on to their dreams,” he
says. “They may come true; they may
not. But for me, I just
didn’t want to have
Larry Tucker
that regret that I didn’t
work hard enough.
n Lewis (Great Lakes Valley
“College basketConference)
ball opened so many
n
Basketball, 1980-83
doors to allow me to
do things with my life
n Currently a high school
and my family’s life
principal in Chicago
that are so enjoyable.
When I hear people
say some of the
things they say about their work, I think
to myself: ‘Wow, you didn’t experience
the things that I did and if you would
have, maybe you would look forward to
every day.’”
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DII path led runner
to top of her sport
Harding distance runner Janet (Kogo) Cherobon-Bawcom has
made a name for herself on the track. She was an eight-time NCAA
Division II All-American and a three-time national champion,
winning the indoor and outdoor 5,000-meter races and the outdoor
10,000-meter race as a senior in 2005.
She finished 12th for Team USA in the 10,000 meters at the 2012
Olympic Games in London, logging the fifth-fastest time for an
American woman at that distance.
As a professional runner since graduation, she has competed in
more than 150 races and won more than 120 of them. In 2011, she
was the USA Running Circuit Champion, the USATF Road Racer of
the Year, the RRCA Road Racer of the Year, and a member of Team
USA at the Chiba Ekiden Relay in Chiba, Japan. In addition, she
won USA Track & Field national championships at 10 kilometers, 10
miles and 20 kilometers.
Question: You were born in 1978 in a small village in Kenya. When did
the idea of attending college in the United States start becoming a reality?
Answer: I started running in late 1998 after Peter Rono, an
Olympic gold medalist, suggested that it might give me a chance to
go to college. A neighbor from Kenya was on the team at Harding
and suggested I look into it. It completely changed my life. I had no
possible way to afford college, and this scholarship gave me an opportunity I could not have had otherwise.
Q: What was your college experience like?
A: The structure of the athletics schedule helped me into a routine
with my academics, and that helped give me a way to manage my time
and achieve success. The biggest way in which my being at a Division
II school helped is that we didn’t travel far and wide like some Division I programs, and that probably gave me a little more time to focus
on my schoolwork. My main goals were to show consistent improvement year after year both as a student and as an athlete, and I think I
accomplished that.
Q: What was the most memorable moment for you as a runner at Harding?
A: The 10,000-meter race I won in 2005 at the outdoor champion-
ships. My mom had come from Kenya, and it was the first time she
had ever seen me race. So that was a great way for her to start!
Q: What about being in the Olympics? What did that mean for you?
A: My experience at the Olympics was just amazing. To feel like
you’ve been given a chance to represent sport at the highest level, to
wear the name “Olympian,” is just hard to describe. I ran a personal
best by over 20 seconds. I don’t think you can ask more
of yourself than to know that you did your best when it
counted, and I think I did that.
Janet (Kogo)
Cherobon-Bawcom
n Harding (Great American
Conference)
n Cross country and track
and field, 2000-05
Q: You were inducted into the NCAA Division II Track
and Field Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Harding University
Sports Hall of Fame in 2011. What does that kind of recognition mean to you?
A: The Harding induction was neat because all of my
former coaches, professors and many teammates were
there, and they know how much I struggled at first. So
n Currently pursuing a
it was great to have them there to celebrate that honor
career in nursing
with me. When I went to the DII induction, I was seated
with some athletes who had been in the Olympics, and
I thought, “Wow, this is crazy. I don’t belong with this group.” Well, I
guess it was prophetic, and I’m glad I lived up to that honor.
Q: How did attending a Division II school affect your life?
A: I got a chance to find success at the right level for
me at the
time, and the progress I started making as a DII athlete set me on a
path that led all the way to the top of my sport.
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Hoops star remains
an avid competitor
Recently inducted into the Pittsburgh-Johnstown Athletics Hall of Fame,
Mindy Young-Gagliardi is one of the most honored women’s basketball
players in school history.
During her career, she was tabbed second-team American Women’s
Sports Federation All-American and was a two-time MVP in the
Pittsburgh-Johnstown-hosted Mountain Cat Classic (1990 and 1991).
The 1991-92 season proved to be even more successful for Young-Gagliardi as she was named the NCAA Division II
National Player of the Year and was selected as a
Mindy
Kodak All-American, an honor that only eight othYoung-Gagliardi
er Lady Cat basketball players have received. She
also earned the Suzie McConnell Award for
n Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Achievement after averaging 19.0 points and 5.4
(West Virginia
assists per game, leading Pittsburgh-Johnstown to
a 25-4 overall record, an East Region title and the
Intercollegiate Athletic
No. 6-ranking in the country.
Conference)
n Currently married with
two daughters and is
an avid runner
Young-Gagliardi wrapped up her career ranked
third in school history in assists with 577 and
tied for sixth on the all-time scoring list with
1,486 points.
Academically, she graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in elementary education, and her work off the court garnered GTE
District II Academic All-America honors.
Living in North Carolina with her husband, Dr. Michael Gagliardi,
and their two daughters, Tori and Mia, Young-Gagliardi continues to
be an avid runner, having competed in three Boston Marathons, as
well as several half marathons and 50K, 10K and 5K races.
DII good fit for 3-sport athlete
Patrick Bartlett
n Wingate (South Atlantic Conference)
n Tennis, basketball and soccer, 1996-2000
n Currently manager and director for audit
services at a private accounting firm in
Charlotte, N.C.
Patrick Bartlett grew up loving many sports, so the Division II model
suited this multi-sport athlete.
“That was one of the reasons I chose Wingate, because I could play
basketball and tennis,” Bartlett said.
Bartlett was the No. 1 tennis player for four consecutive years and
was a two-time letter-winner in basketball. He also spent one season
with the soccer team.
At a time when specialization in a single sport was becoming more
popular, Bartlett took a different path.
“The biggest challenge was when both seasons were going on at the
same time,” Bartlett said. “As far as time management, I look at that as a
benefit because everything was so
structured. You knew where you had
to be and when, so that was helpful
as far as scheduling schoolwork,
studying and practice.”
Bartlett majored in accounting to
fulfill his desire to work in business
after graduation. He now is a manager
and director for audit services at a
private accounting firm in Charlotte,
N.C. Although he is now married and
has two children, Bartlett has still not
given up on his first love.
“I coach my daughter’s 6-and-under
softball team, and I still play tennis and basketball,” Bartlett said. “I still
devote my free time, when I have it, to golf. I play sports and attend sports
events at Wingate. Sports are certainly a big part of my life today.
“Being a student-athlete has been helpful in being a better father
and a better employee,” Bartlett said. “That goes along with the overall
teamwork. Obviously being a part of the team was one of the most
important things to me, as was making friends with people that I’m still
friends with today.”
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“Everyone always talks
about the importance of
leadership, but it’s important
to learn when to be a follower,
as well. Getting comfortable with
that changing internal dynamic is
important. And it’s something you
learn in sports – you learn it naturally.”
Sandra
(Hall)
Magnus
n Missouri
S&T (Great
Lakes Valley
Conference)
n Soccer,
1983-86
n Currently
a NASA
astronaut
To reach goals, respect team dynamics
For one student-athlete, the soccer pitch at
Missouri S&T was more than a vast field of
grass where she played the sport she loved – it
was a launching pad.
Sandra Magnus, who patrolled the back line
for the Miners in the mid-1980s, has grown from
young soccer player to veteran astronaut – one of
four aboard NASA’s final space shuttle mission in
July 2011. The lessons she learned on that pitch
100 miles west of St. Louis helped propel her
more than 200 miles above Earth’s surface into
orbit, where she spent four-and-a-half months on
the International Space Station in early 2009.
Magnus, who earned her degree in physics from
Missouri S&T (then known as Missouri-Rolla) in
1986, addressed Division II attendees at the 2012
NCAA Convention. She relayed how the lessons
she learned as a student-athlete – knowing her role
on a team, dealing with failure and setting goals,
among others – have helped her endure the rigorous training and preparation required of astronauts.
“I wouldn’t have been as successful as I have
been without those experiences,” Magnus said.
“You have to learn to understand the strengths
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and weaknesses of the team members. It’s just
like that in NASA; I am a very small part of a
very large team.”
Magnus was selected as an astronaut in 1996
and has logged three trips into space. The first,
on Mission STS-112 aboard the shuttle Atlantis
in 2002, lasted for almost 11 days. The second,
on Mission STS-126 aboard Endeavour, took
her to the International Space Station, where
she spent 4 ½ months in 2008-09. Finally, again
aboard Atlantis, Magnus returned to the ISS in
July 2011 to deliver supplies, logistics and spare
parts, among other things. STS-135 was the
135th and final mission of NASA’s space shuttle
program and lasted almost 13 days.
In addition to her spaceflight, Magnus has
served at NASA headquarters in Washington,
D.C., working with the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Also, in May 1998, she was assigned as a “Russian Crusader,” which involved
traveling to Russia in support of hardware testing
and operational products development.
Her experience also has included survival
training and a 2006 undersea expedition.
At Missouri S&T, Magnus won four letters
and guided the Miners to a 31-27-2 record during
the program’s first four years. Magnus, who was
inducted into the Missouri S&T Athletics Hall of
Fame in 2003, anchored a defense that allowed
a little more than a goal a game during her first
four years, including just 14 during the 1983
season when Missouri S&T posted a 10-5 record.
After leaving Missouri S&T, Magnus worked
for five years for McDonnell Douglas Aircraft as
a stealth engineer, focusing on internal research
and development studying the effectiveness of
radar signature reduction techniques. She also
was assigned to the Navy’s A-12 attack aircraft
program, working on the propulsion system.
She earned her doctorate at Georgia Tech in
1996, completing her thesis work on investigations
on materials of interest for scandate thermionic
cathodes. While there, she earned the outstanding
graduate teaching award in 1994 and 1996.
In addition to several team, teaching and
alumni awards, Magnus has been recognized with
the NASA Space Flight Medal (2002, 2009) and
the NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2009).
Long sports career
was launched in DII
Few people have had more of an impact on women’s basketball
than Donna Orender. Few people also might realize that she got her
start in Division II.
Orender was an All-American at Queens (N.Y.), competing on the
1975 team that played the first women’s collegiate basketball game at
Madison Square Garden.
Drew Beard
n Southeastern
Oklahoma State
(Great American
Conference)
n Football,
2001-04
n Currently
works for the
Fellowship of
Christian Athletes
Orender played three years of professional ball in the Women’s Professional Basketball League, an experience that enabled her to work in
network TV sports at ABC and SportsChannel.
Recognized by Fox Sports as one of the Top 10 Most Powerful Women
in Sports, Orender served for 17 years with the PGA Tour before being
named president of the Women’s National Basketball Association.
While at the PGA Tour, Orender developed and managed new media,
Internet, advertising and the tour’s brand. In addition, she ran the
tour’s worldwide television and production businesses for nine years
before being named senior vice president.
Orender was president of WNBA Enterprises, LLC, from February
2005 to Dec. 31, 2010.
She served as co-chair for the USA Women’s Basketball team at the
16th World Maccabiah Games in Israel.
She currently serves as CEO of Orender
Unlimited, a company providing
businesses with sales, marketing,
media and diversity strategies.
Answering a call to service
Beard played football, baseball, basketball and ran track in high school
before focusing on football at Southeastern Oklahoma State.
The two-time Harlon Hill finalist held 10 school records by the time he
graduated in 2005, including career marks for offensive yards (9,684),
rushing yards by a quarterback (2,907), rushing touchdowns (28) and
passing touchdowns (65).
As a sophomore in 2002, he set new single-season school rushing records with 171 carries and 13 touchdowns. As a senior, he led his team
to an 8-3 record and its first Division II playoff appearance. He also set
a new single-season record for passing touchdowns (25) and broke the
school’s single-game record for total offensive yards with 526.
Beard served in the military reserves throughout his college career and
was on the leadership team for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Donna
Orender
n Queens (N.Y.)
(East Coast
Conference)
n Basketball,
1975-78
n Currently
serves as CEO
of Orender
Unlimited
He earned a master’s degree in education in 2006 from Southeastern
Oklahoma State, enlisted with the National Guard and began teaching
at Lone Grove High School.
Just over a year later, Beard was deployed on a nine-month tour to Iraq.
While there, Beard won a flag football championship, yet another sign
that sports, especially football, were integral components in his life.
When he returned to Oklahoma, Beard accepted a job as an area representative for the FCA. Now, he spends the bulk of his days working with
student-athletes and paying forward the motto he adopted in college:
“What I try to do every single day is do what my coaches did for me.
And that is to encourage me in my ability, encourage me in my faith and
challenge me to do things that I couldn’t do on my own.”
“If you can get a college scholarship at the
Division II level, you should take full advantage
of it. Big time is where you are. You can make it
as big or small as you want it to be.”
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Michelle DePolo
n Georgian Court (Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference)
n Softball, basketball and soccer, 1999-2003
n Currently the head softball coach at Army
Taking to heart
‘life in the balance’
Fresh off three 30-win seasons in four years and an NCAA tournament berth
in 2013, Army softball coach Michelle DePolo has led the Black Knights to
heights most in the collegiate softball world thought impossible. Before DePolo
became head coach in 2010, Army had endured four straight seasons of 30 or
more losses and hadn’t captured a Patriot League regular-season title in 18 years.
The program had posted just one 30-win season since 1988.
But her success started at Division II Georgian Court, where she dominated in
the circle and excelled in basketball and soccer, as well.
Question: What was your experience like in college?
Answer: In Division II, the sky is the limit in what
you want to do. Someone
told me before I went to college that there were three things you could do in
college, and that you had to make a choice between doing two of the three. You
could be a scholar, you could be an athlete, or you could be a social butterfly. I
knew that I had four years left to play competitive athletics, and I was certainly
there to get my education and prepare myself for life after college. As it turned
out, the social aspect ended up coming along within my teams, so I was able to
find a tremendous college balance at Georgian Court. I really enjoyed it. I don’t
think I would have done as well in school without sports, and vice versa.
Q: You were born with a heart condition that required surgery almost immediately, yet
you’ve managed to excel in sports. How did that come to be?
A: My parents were very vigilant in taking care of me, but I grew up in a house
with two older brothers, so not being active wasn’t an option. As it turned out,
being around sports saved my life. I ended up doing a lot better than many of the
kids who laid back, and I think that’s what provided my passion
for sports. I was just thankful for every day that I could be on
the field because I wasn’t supposed to be there.
Q: Originally you had wanted to attend Army, but the heart
condition got in the way, correct?
A: I was told there was no way I was going to get
into West Point because I had undergone the two heart
surgeries, which is a major disqualifier for admittance. The
idea of playing for the Army, being a part of the military and
compulsory service really appealed to me. I talked with my parents about what opportunities were going to serve best for my
future. What school would make me the most well-rounded
individual? I knew in my heart that Georgian Court was going
to help me accomplish those goals and get me prepared for
the rest of my life.
Q: When were you bitten by the coaching bug?
A: The coaching profession found me more
than I
found it. My commitment was that I wanted my students
to have an A-quality teacher, but I eventually realized
that the reason I wanted to teach was so I could coach.
In college, I was doing things to coach myself in every
sport. I would send videos of my hitting to my brothers
and I would send letters to some of the top-25 softball programs to see what kind of things they were doing to make
themselves better. I eventually realized that I had just as many
coaching books on my shelves as I did English books, so maybe
coaching might be something I was interested in.
Q: How does your own college experience translate to what you’re trying to
provide your student-athletes now?
A: At West Point, lives are very structured and balanced, and there’s the
idea that each person must play a sport here as part of being a studentathlete. I was framing my life the same way, and balance was what made
me successful. My college experience helped me become the most wellrounded person I could possibly be. To me, West Point is very similar to
what I had at Georgian Court. It’s not just athletics, and it’s not just academics. It’s a balance of everything. This environment has just paralleled
with a lot of my beliefs and with the things that are important to me.
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Among Moses’ marks
was to keep sports clean
Perhaps no one applied a college education to athletics performance
more than Edwin Moses. Majoring in physics at Morehouse in the
1970s, Moses applied his scientific knowledge to his running stride to
help him become one of the most dominant athletes in modern times.
Guided by his parents’ influence on him as educators, Moses accepted
an academic scholarship in engineering from Morehouse rather than an
athletics scholarship elsewhere.
Stilian Shishkov
n Lander (Peach Belt
Conference)
n Soccer, 1993-95
n Currently oversees a
media company he
founded in Bulgaria
called MSK Group
Lander record-holder
still sets his sights high
A native of Sofia, Bulgaria, Stilian Shishkov’s three years on the
soccer pitch at Lander were spectacular, as he ended up being a
three-time All-American (two-time first-team selection) and led the
nation in scoring in two of those years.
Shishkov, who earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration, is fifth on the NCAA’s Division II career list for goals scored.
He was named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year all
three seasons, leading the league in goals scored and points scored
each time. He holds the Peach Belt record for goals scored in a game
with five, a feat he accomplished twice.
The 400-meter hurdles quickly became Moses’ signature event. He won it
at the 1976 Olympic Trials with an American record of 48.30 seconds and
subsequently became the Olympic champion at the Summer Games in
Montreal, posting a world-record time of 47.64 seconds. For the next decade, Moses collected 122 straight victories, 107 of which were in finals.
Moses is known for his passion for drug-free sport, having created,
implemented and administered the world’s most stringent random and
out-of-competition testing systems for performance-enhancing drugs.
Moses also is known for creating an Athletes Trust Fund program to help
U.S. athletes generate financial support to offset training expenses and
earn some income without jeopardizing their Olympic eligibility.
In 1994, Moses received his MBA from Pepperdine and became a founding partner in the Platinum Group, a management partnership that represents world-class athletes in their business endeavors. He was inducted
into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame in December 1994.
In 2000, Moses was elected chair of the Laureus World Sports Academy,
a position that he still holds. The academy is a unique association of 45
of the greatest living sporting legends from sports as diverse as football,
tennis, skateboarding and motor racing. The academy’s members share a
belief in the power of sport to break down barriers and improve the lives
of young people around the world.
Edwin Moses
n Morehouse (Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)
n Track and field, 1974-78
n Currently chairs the
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
Other Peach Belt records for Shishkov include goals in a season (32),
which he accomplished twice, goals in a career (93), and points scored
in a season (79) and career (210). His career scoring record is probably
untouchable. A player would have to average more than 23 goals annually over a four-year career to surpass Shishkov’s three-year total.
Lander was 51-10-1 overall during Shishkov’s career, and he was
selected as Lander’s Male Athlete of the Year in 1995-96. He was
inducted into Lander’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001.
Shishkov played professional soccer for five years with the Hampton
Roads Mariners and Atlanta Silverbacks. He later served as the
Silverbacks’ general manager.
He established an online media company called MSK Group in Sofia,
and started an online Bulgarian sports website www.sportal.bg, which
is equivalent to ESPN.
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Finding the right formula for competition
Shane Carwin is proof that if you work hard
enough, you can have it all. After graduating as
a two-sport student-athlete from Western State,
he’s still a champion in athletics, a successful
engineer and a humble family man.
Carwin, who won the heavyweight class competition at the 1999 Division II Wrestling Championships and was a two-time All-American in
football, continued his competitive and academic
success after college by earning a second engineering degree from Colorado School of Mines and
pursuing a career in mixed martial arts (MMA).
“Are engineering and MMA opposites of
personality?” Carwin asked rhetorically. “Maybe
I’m just not the norm for an engineer. I don’t
know. I love the math calculations, the science
behind everything. Yet, I’m a competitor at
heart, and I love MMA for the sport."
As it turned out, Carwin’s analytical mind
and thirst for knowledge proved beneficial in his
MMA career.
“Where to step, where to hold your weight,
and where power comes from are all easier for
my mind to wrap around with my engineering
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background,” Carwin said. “I get to tear apart
in MMA. I didn’t know any different.”
the science of fighting.”
By finding a way to do it all, Carwin has set
The pinnacle of Carwin’s fighting career came himself up well for a future beyond athletics.
in 2010 when he won the UFC Interim HeavyCarwin was inducted into the Western State
weight Championship. Three years later, after
College Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame
battling some nagging
in 2004, the Rocky
injuries, Carwin decided
Mountain Athletic
Shane Carwin
to close the curtains on
Conference Hall of
his MMA career.
Fame in 2010, and
n Western State (at-large selection)
Most of Carwin’s opthe NCAA Division II
ponents devoted all their
Wrestling Hall of Fame
n Wrestling and football, 1995-99
time to the craft, but
in 2011. He attributes
n Currently a mechanical engineer
during Carwin’s fighting
much of his success to
career, he was employed
his Division II roots.
full time as a mechanical engineer with a water
“Some of the best times in my life were spent
district, a job he still holds.
at Western with my teammates, and I would
While many thought he was crazy for atnever trade that for anything” Carwin said. “I
tempting to do both, it was normal for him.
want to congratulate Division II on its 40th
“Doing the engineering and the MMA toanniversary and thank all of the people in the
gether was no different than going to school and
division with all my heart for developing and
also competing in sports,” Carwin said. “When
helping student-athletes like myself. My wresI was at Western and I was competing in both
tling career at Western really developed me into
sports, it was a morning-to-night job. Nothing
becoming who I am today, both academically
was any different doing engineering and training
and athletically.”
Sports offer a family,
sense of accountability
Growing up as the oldest child of two school“My passion in life is taking care of children
teachers in Miami, Amy Amundson, now Dr.
with brain and spinal cord tumors. But even more
Amy Smith, was surrounded by both academics
than that, it is building a major center of exceland athletics at an early age. Although her father
lence, and the way to do that is through team
was a football and baseball coach, he taught his
building and teamwork. That’s what I’m most
daughter how to shoot layups when she was in
proud of, because we all love and care about one
the third grade. Years later, she was able to conanother. We care passionately about what we do.
tinue her playing career at the collegiate level,
“I’m so thankful I played college sports. It
thanks to her passion
right away gets you
for the game and abilinto a good crowd of
Amy (Amundson) Smith
ity on the court.
people and gives you
Amundson donned
some parenting in a
n Georgia College (Peach Belt Conference)
a Bobcats jersey for
sense. So many people
four years at Georgia
go away to college and
College, including the
get completely lost and
n Currently serves as a member of
1990-91 season when
out of control. Parthe Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
the school transitioned
ticipating in athletics
Specialty Section at MD Anderson
from the National
gives you an immediCancer Center Orlando
Association of Interate family and some
collegiate Athletics
accountability, and yet
(NAIA) to the NCAA
lots and lots of fun.
Division II’s fledgling Peach Belt Conference.
“Personally, I think Division II is spectacular
For Smith, the value of being a member of the
because you play at a pretty high level, so it’s
team was immeasurable.
exciting. You’re getting to do what you love,
She reflected on her collegiate experiences
but I do think there is a significant promotion of
and how they shaped her career in medicine.
your education and of the development of you as
“I’ve always loved team sports. That experience a whole person. The truth is, most of us aren’t
in college was spectacular for me. I was really not
going to go on and be professional athletes. But
a great player, but I loved being part of the team.
you’re able to enjoy that whole experience at a
That was just kind of my thing and it kept me enhigh level of play and be developed as a human
gaged and driven and it was fun to be part of that.
being in many other areas.”
Chang flies high in PacWest, overseas
In the 2010-11 basketball season, a team
The Seasiders would lose the championthat had finished third in its conference made
ship game to Bellarmine, 71-68, but Chang
an unlikely run to the Division II championship was named the tournament’s Most Outstandgame. That probably would
ing Player.
not have been possible without
He averaged 17.5 points
the Jet that got them there.
per
game over his four-year
Tsung-Hsien
Brigham Young-Hawaii,
career (12.3 as a freshman,
‘Jet’ Chang
which had finished third in the
19.2 as a sophomore, 21.2 as
PacWest during a 17-8 regular
a junior and 17.8 as a senior)
n Brigham Youngseason and entered the Diviand was named a second-team
Hawaii (Pacific West
sion II tournament as just a
All-American in 2011-12.
Conference)
No. 7 seed in the West region,
Chang was the PacWest
had a secret weapon in TsungPlayer of the Year in 2011-12
Hsien Chang, who otherwise
as well. He was a two-time
n Currently playing
was known as “Jet.”
first-team all-league selection
basketball
Chang led the Seasiders
and was the PacWest Freshprofessionally in Asia
through the West Regional that
man of the Year in 2008-09.
year with wins over Cal State
Currently playing profesDominguez Hills, Alaska Ansionally overseas, Chang made
chorage and Dixie State. In the Elite Eight, the
the Minnesota Timberwolves summer league
Seasiders overpowered Bloomfield, and then
team but did not make the opening day NBA
Chang put a 43-point performance on West
roster. He also plays for the Chinese Taipei
Liberty in the semifinals.
national team.
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Make-A-Wish CEO can relate to student-athletes
David Williams
n Bloomsburg (Pennsylvania State
n Tennis, 1978-81
n Currently the president and CEO
of the Make-A-Wish Foundation
David Williams saw his Division II student-athlete experience come full circle in 2013 when
he participated in numerous Division II events that brought him closer to the division’s 109,000
student-athletes.
The 1981 Bloomsburg alum and former Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tennis champion has been president and chief executive officer of the Make-A-Wish Foundation since 2005. It’s
through that leadership role that Williams has formed a unique bond with student-athletes who compete in Division II athletics events more than 30 years after Williams played his final collegiate match.
“I’m not quite sure how I’d fare out there in today’s college game,” Williams joked during a Division II presidents brunch at the 2013 Men’s Final Four in Atlanta. “We were still playing with wooden
tennis rackets when I was competing at Bloomsburg.”
Competition is the common denominator linking Williams’ nonprofit organization to current Division II student-athletes, as the division raised more than $517,000 for Make-A-Wish during the 2012-13
academic year (see story on page 65). Fundraisers were student-athlete driven and coincided with
many Division II athletics events.
“It’s unbelievable,” Williams said. “That money is raised from students who are doing it by holding
car washes, penny drives or collecting money for promotions at athletics events. A lot of Division II
student-athletes know people who have been affected by the power of a wish. Many already have a
sense of what Make-A-Wish is about, and they want to do something to help out.”
For 2014, Make-A-Wish is adding a new element to the partnership by arranging a match for every
dollar that a Division II institution raises beyond its 2013 total, up to $1,000 per institution. Make-AWish is also working with top fundraising Division II institutions on hosting “wish reveal” parties for
Make-A-Wish families.
Williams has served as a commencement speaker at Bloomsburg and remains an active supporter
of the institution. In November, he returned to Bloomsburg with Huskies tennis alumni to help launch
the Burt Reese Tennis Campaign – an endowed program to fund both scholarships and discretionary
spending like facility upkeep and team travel.
Air Force discipline led to academic success
“I was the troublemaker in class,” Ken Corigliano
admitted about his high school days. “When the Air
Force recruiter came in, he was smooth, and he just
shut down my little antics. He spent a lot of time with
me. He didn’t even know if I was going to sign up
or if I was good enough, but he saw something that
resonated with him. I called him up and said, ‘Hey
man, can you grow me up?’ ”
Thus began a promising career in the U.S. Air Force.
He wasn’t bad at Saint Leo, either.
A couple of years after he enlisted in the Air Force,
he was flying an overseas mission when there was
an explosion in the liquid cooling system. Corigliano
stepped up and fixed the situation. His commander
was so impressed that he recommended promoting
Corigliano to officer. But before that could happen,
Corigliano needed a college degree. Intent on moving
up the ranks, he applied for and received a four-year
ROTC scholarship and enrolled at Saint Leo in 2002.
“Walking in there, I felt at home,” Corigliano said.
“It was beautiful and secluded. I didn’t want a big
city, parties and stuff like that because I had earned
this scholarship on the taxpayer dime, and I felt
indebted to not only the military and the taxpayers
but to myself.”
One of Corigliano’s first requirements at Saint Leo
was a fitness test.
“I stopped at a half mile on the track,” Corigliano
said. “And back then you couldn’t stop as an officer
candidate. You had to finish – at least keep moving –
so that disqualified me.”
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Knowing he needed to improve his endurance if he
wanted to pass his fitness test and become an officer,
Corigliano joined the school’s cross country team.
One year after graduating magna cum laude from
Saint Leo in 2006, Corigliano was named Air Force
Athlete of the Year. In 2008, he competed in two Triathlon World Championships, appeared on the cover
of Runner’s World magazine, and was appointed
U.S. Department of Defense Liaison for the Summer
Olympic Games in Beijing.
He also was appointed as the primary force
protection analyst for Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice and for all of the president’s foreign travel. He
eventually was selected as the chief of U.S. official
government travel intelligence operations for all
official U.S. government international
dignitary travel.
He still participates in triathlons, and he bikes and swims for
the Air Force team. Perhaps more
impressive than his personal
physical accomplishments is
his devotion to helping others
achieve physical fitness.
“I want to bring it to the world
in a way that motivates and inspires,” he said. “In the sports that
I do, there are no losers. The guys
who are with me want to show the
world that everybody wins, and
everyone has a story to tell.”
Ken Corigliano
n Saint Leo (Sunshine State
Conference)
n Cross country, 2002-05
n Currently a captain in the
U.S. Air Force
DII recognizes Racy
with special award
As a staff member early in his tenure
at the NCAA national office, Mike Racy
noticed a characteristic among collegiate
administrators that wasn’t unique to people
in Division II, but he seemed to notice it
more frequently in the DII crowd.
“As is the case in all three divisions,”
Racy said, “administrators in Division II
were good people with good hearts who
cared a lot about their student-athletes.”
Once Racy took over the reins as vice
president of the division in 2000, he seized
that as an opportunity to focus the division on
what united it more than what could divide it.
And what a unity Racy found. Many of
those same DII administrators Racy admired would say Division II’s unity comes
largely from Racy himself. That’s why the
consummate consensus builder and tireless
DII advocate is being recognized at the
2014 Convention as a special addition to
the 40th Anniversary Tribute Team.
“I am honored to be included in a list
with such impressive people, and I’m humbled because I didn’t do anything other than
come to work every day for 16 years and
try to do the best I could to serve studentathletes and member schools,” Racy said.
That lunch-pail mentality is a core
characteristic for Racy. After graduating
from Washburn and working for the NAIA
as a promotions guy for three years, Racy
earned his law degree from UMKC and
worked for a Kansas City firm for a couple
of years, but he had his sights set on college sports administration. What better goal
than to work at the NCAA headquarters.
He started in the fall of 1993 working
with Steve Morgan and Nancy Mitchell,
who would become VPs for Divisions
I and II, respectively, when the NCAA
federated its governance structure in 1997.
It was Racy in fact whom Morgan and
Mitchell appointed to play a lead role in
that restructuring effort. He spent about
eight months helping create the legislative
changes and putting in place a strategic
outreach for the Presidents Commission
(then the top Association-wide strategic
leadership group) to rally support for the
changes in all three divisions.
“I remember going into that 1996
Convention confident that the legislation
would pass, and the final vote was about
75 percent, which I think made (then Ex-
ecutive Director) Cedric Dempsey happy,
knowing that he had that kind of mandate
from the membership” Racy said.
Of course, federation prompted the
need to create governance staffs. Racy was
selected as director of Division II under
Mitchell, but Mitchell decided not to move
to Indianapolis when the office relocated
there in 1999, so Racy replaced her.
“I certainly jumped at that once-ina-lifetime opportunity to be in such an
important leadership role,” he said.
Since then, Racy’s stamp on the division has been apparent. He’s most proud of
these three Division II initiatives:
• Development of the strategic-positioning platform in 2005. “That’s a document
that will stand the test of time,” Racy said.
“It’s Division II’s declaration of independence. It tells the story of who we are, what
we believe in and what we care about. When
used to help guide decisions, it’s as powerful
a tool as anything I’m aware of in athletics.”
• The partnership with the Make-A-Wish
Foundation that the DII Student-Athlete
Advisory Committee took on in 2003. “It’s
more than the money that has been raised,”
Racy observed. “It’s a national program
driven by our student-athletes that has
planted the seeds for thousands of studentathletes to realize the expectation that life
is about more than just them, and that there
is a sense of calling and purpose no matter
where you are in life to do things for other
people. Through the relationship, we’ve
helped underscore the caring spirit of our
student-athletes.”
• The National Championships Festivals. “They highlight the innovative spirit
of Division II,” Racy said. “As a division,
we’ve demonstrated courage in doing
things differently. Each festival in its own
way has created unique, lifelong memories
for the hundreds of student-athletes and
coaches who have participated.”
Racy left the NCAA staff in July 2013
to become chief strategy officer at Central
Missouri, a Division II member.
For Racy, the move has only strengthened his appreciation of the division.
“My role at Central has put me more in
daily contact with students and studentathletes, and if nothing else that has reinforced all the great things I was able to be
part of at the national office,” he said.
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‘Path to Graduation’ highlights
2014 Convention agenda
Division II’s legislative slate for the 2014
Convention is beefier than in recent years, and
of the 24 proposals, perhaps none is meatier
than the so-called “Path to Graduation” package
regarding progress-toward-degree standards.
The package originating from the Division II
Academic Requirements Task Force and sponsored by the Presidents Council gives Division II
members three proposals to consider:
The first proposal would require student-athletes to maintain a 2.0 GPA while earning nine
semester/eight quarter hours on a term-by-term
basis. Student-athletes would need to earn 18
semester/24 quarter hours during the traditional
academic year to remain eligible. Credits earned
during the summer would not count toward the
18/24 academic year requirement.
The second proposal would require studentathletes to achieve a minimum of 27 semester/40
quarter hours each year, and 54/80 by the end of
their second year. Credit hours earned during the
summer would count toward year-by-year eligibility. After the designation of degree in year
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three, 24/36 hours would need to be maintained
year-by-year. The decrease in required credit
hours provides flexibility when not as many
degree-specific courses are available.
Should the second proposal pass, this third one
becomes moot. But if the second proposal is defeated, the third proposal would require 24/36 hours
year-by-year, or 48/72 hours in years one and two
combined. Credit hours earned over the summer
would count toward year-by-year eligibility, and an
annual 24/36-hour requirement would be in place
following the designation of degree after year two.
All three proposals have an Aug. 1, 2016,
effective date for all certifications occurring for
fall 2016 and thereafter.
The proposals would replace existing rules
that are even more complicated. Current standards require student-athletes to be in “good academic standing” and to have achieved six hours
of degree-applicable credit from the preceding
regular full-time term. Further, they call for 24
semester or 36 quarter hours of academic credit
since the beginning of the fall term or the institu-
tion’s previous regular two semesters (or three
quarters) OR an average of 12 hours per student
per term of attendance, no more than 25 percent
of which could be earned in the summer.
At its core, the current progress-toward-degree rules are based on a five- to six-year plan,
which is why 24 hours a year could be considered appropriate (5 x 24 = 120 hours, which is
the traditional graduation standard).
Proponents of the change are most persuaded
by data that reveal the credit-taking behavior of
academically successful student-athletes. The
Academic Performance Census shows only 44
percent of student-athletes who achieved 24
credit hours in their first year have graduated or
are on track to graduate six years after enrolling.
For those between 24 and 26.9 hours in the
first year, the percentage leaps all the way to 78
percent, which roughly correlates with Division
II’s current Academic Success Rate of 72 percent. However, those who complete between 27
and 29.9 hours in year one are known or likely
graduates 92 percent of the time.
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The current rule allows “averaging” at the
beginning of each fall term, which means that if a
student-athlete earned 27 hours as a freshman and
21 as a sophomore, he or she would be eligible in
the junior year, having completed an average of 24
hours each year. That provision would disappear
in the new model based on the belief that steady
progress is a major factor in the path to graduation.
The recommendation also would deregulate
the amount of credit student-athletes could earn
in summer school; the only restriction is that
summer-school hours could not be used to satisfy
regular-session term-by-term requirements.
Progress-Toward-Degree
Recommendation
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 required at
the end of each year
• 27 semester hours/40 quarter hours of credit
required annually
• At least nine semester/eight quarter hours of
credit required each term
• No averaging allowed, either for annual or
term-by-term requirements
• No limit on summer school credits
• Degree designation required after sophomore
year, with all subsequent credit applying toward
that degree program (same as current rule)
• No change to remedial credit-hour limit of 12
in student-athlete’s first year
Effective date: Aug. 1, 2016, for certifications
of progress-toward-degree for fall 2016 and
thereafter. (The academic performance of all
student-athletes in the 2015-16 academic year
would be evaluated under the new standard for
eligibility in fall 2016.)
The term-by-term standard is the linchpin to the
task force’s progress-toward-degree recommendation. The group believes the current rule, at least
six hours in the preceding regular term, is insufficient. Not only that, members cite research-based
evidence that a nine-hour requirement contributes
greatly to graduation.
The numbers showed that for APC data collected since 2006, for student-athletes in year one
who had at least one term in which they completed
fewer than nine hours, the known or likely graduation rate was a meager 42 percent. But for those
students in year one who had no terms with fewer
than nine hours, the graduates or likely graduates
after year six rose to 91 percent.
While a 27-hour annual requirement isn’t
a tremendous change from 24 and while most
student-athletes currently are meeting the ninehour standard, the modification would collectively
represent a meaningful increase.
Changes also in store for initial eligibility
Another Presidents Council-sponsored proposal for delegates to consider this year
would require that, beginning Aug. 1, 2018, graduating high school seniors would need to
carry a minimum core GPA of 2.2 to become a Division II qualifier. Partial qualifiers would
need to carry at least a 2.0 GPA. Any prospect falling below a 2.0 GPA would become a
nonqualifier.
For qualifying test scores, a sliding scale paired with core GPA would be implemented
to help eliminate disparate effects on access for student-athletes of underrepresented
groups. No changes will be made to the core-course requirement of 16 set to take effect
in August 2013.
The initial-eligibility proposal would modify current rules that trace all the way back
to 1983 Proposal No. 48, usually known as Prop 48. More commonly perceived as a
landmark Division I academic reform,
Prop 48 also became the standard for
Initial-Eligibility
Division II. The original rule required
Recommendation
incoming freshman student-athletes
to achieve at least a 700 SAT (or a 15
• Minimum high-school core GPA of
ACT) and at least a 2.0 grade-point
2.2 required to be a qualifier
average in at least 11 core courses.
Division I moved away from the Prop
• Creation of sliding scales of core
48 standard at the 1992 Convention,
GPA and test scores to determine
electing to employ a sliding scale that
qualifiers and partial qualifiers
required higher GPAs to offset lower
test scores. Division II, however, did not
• No change to the core-course rechange and is now into its 30th year
quirement of 16 that will take effect
with Prop 48 on the books.
this August
Current research, though, from
Division II’s Academic Performance
• No disparate effects on access
Census demonstrates the Prop 48
for student-athletes of underrepreapproach yields a significant group of
sented groups
partial qualifiers who were near misses
on the test-score requirement but who
• Better identification of academically at-risk student-athletes
perform better academically than qualifiers whose GPA was just above the
Effective date: Aug. 1, 2018, for
minimum. The data suggest that adjuststudent-athletes initially enrolling in a
ments to initial-eligibility requirements
collegiate institution on or after Aug.
could increase the proportion of Division
1, 2018. (Most prospective studentII student-athletes who are known or
athletes who will be affected by the
likely graduates after six years while also
new standard will begin high school
promoting access to higher education.
on or after August 2014.)
The goal of the new legislation is
not only to increase graduation but
to maintain or enhance access to higher education.
Another proposal from the Presidents Council would grant immediate eligibility for
two-year college transfers possessing an Associate of Arts degree from an accredited
institution, as long as they have been enrolled at the two-year college for at least two fulltime semesters.
Those who were qualifiers coming out of high school (about 87.5 percent) and only
have one term of attendance at the two-year college would be required to post a cumulative GPA of 2.2 and have completed 12 semester or quarter hours of degree credit with
no more than two physical education activity credits included.
To be immediately eligible, all other qualifiers, partial qualifiers and nonqualifiers would
be required to have completed at least two full-time semesters (three full-time quarters) with
at least a 2.2 GPA in 12 semester or quarter hours of transferable degree credit, including math, English and science. Physical education activity credits would be limited to two.
Two-year college transfers with a cumulative GPA of less than 2.2 but more than 2.0 who
were nonqualifiers and meet all other requirements would be eligible to practice and receive
financial aid but not compete in their first year at the four-year institution.
The proposal for two-year college transfers would be effective for student-athletes
initially enrolling in Division II institutions on or after Aug. 1, 2016.
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Black Hills State
South Dakota Mines
Lindenwood
McKendree
Ursuline
Walsh
Malone
Being active likely to
require additional activity
California Baptist
DII membership
jumps to 292
The Division II membership grew this fall
after the Membership Committee approved
eight new members and a 24th conference
for active status during its July meeting.
Following acceptance of the Mountain
East Conference earlier in 2013, the Great
Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC)
became the second new conference to gain
active status in Division II beginning in
2013-14. Both conferences include previous members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC),
which disbanded after the 2012-13
academic year.
The G-MAC originally applied for
Division II membership in 2012 and spent
the past year completing an educational
assessment to become an active member
conference. Members of the G-MAC for
the 2013-14 academic year are Alderson
Broaddus, Cedarville, Central State (Ohio),
Davis and Elkins, Kentucky Wesleyan,
Ohio Valley, Salem International, Trevecca
Nazarene and Ursuline.
The eight institutions that advanced
from provisional to active status beginning
in 2013-14 are:
• Black Hills State (Spearfish, S.D.)
• California Baptist (Riverside, Ca.)
• Lindenwood (St. Charles, Mo.)
• Malone (Canton, Ohio)
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• McKendree (Lebanon, Ill.)
• South Dakota Mines (Rapid City, S.D.)
• Ursuline (Pepper Pike, Ohio)
• Walsh (North Canton, Ohio)
The new members increase Division
II’s active membership for 2013-14 to
292 institutions.
The Division II Membership Committee
also approved four other schools – Emmanuel (Franklin Springs, Ga.), Mississippi College (Clinton, Miss.), Southern
Wesleyan (Central, S.C.) and Spring Hill
(Mobile, Ala.) – for acceptance into the
division’s three-year membership process.
Institutions advancing from year one
into year two of candidacy are Daemen,
Holy Names, Lee, Lubbock Christian,
McMurry, Northwestern Oklahoma State,
Oklahoma Christian and Virginia at Wise.
The committee voted to require Rogers
State to repeat year one of the candidacy
period.
The committee also approved nine other
schools to move from candidacy year two
into provisional status, which puts them on
track to obtain active status for 2014-15.
Those institutions are Azusa Pacific, Fresno Pacific, Point Loma Nazarene, Roberts
Wesleyan, Shorter, Southern Nazarene,
Trevecca Nazarene, Union (Tenn.) and
Young Harris.
Among the proposals to be considered at the 2014 Convention is one
the Membership Committee drafted
to add requirements for institutions
seeking active membership status.
The proposal requires annual
attendance of institutional leadership at the NCAA Convention
business session and at an NCAA
Regional Rules Seminar throughout
the three-year membership process.
An institution in the first year would
be required to attend an orientation
conducted by NCAA staff.
An institution in the second year
would be required to complete the
NCAA Compliance Blueprint Review
and demonstrate that its athletics
program is in full compliance with the
constitution, bylaws and other legislation of the division, a change from the
previous process in which that was not
required until the third year.
In addition, an institution would need
to satisfy the following requirements at
least once during the three-year membership process:
• Attendance at the NCAA Inclusion
Forum by the senior woman administrator and a senior level administrator
outside athletics;
• Attendance by the faculty athletics
representative at the Faculty Athletics
Representatives Association national
convention; and
• Attendance by the senior woman
administrator at a professional development event (for example, the NACWAA
or NACDA conventions, or the Institute
for Administrative Enhancement).
If adopted, the legislation would apply to any institution seeking Division II
membership on or after Aug. 1, 2014.
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Sport-safety proposals set to aid athletes
Measures would require
team physician and address
catastrophic injury reporting
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On the health and safety docket this year are
two components of a sport-safety package from
the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.
The competitive safeguards committee asked
the three divisions to consider the package
based on providing a “foundation for appropriate health care oversight and critical prevention
and response to catastrophic health and safety
issues and sudden death related
to athletics participation.” The
committee views the legislaThe component
tive approach as being more
in the package
effective than continuing with
the components being suggested
requiring
merely as best practices.
more stringent
The Division II Presidents
Council at its August meeting
catastrophicsupported requiring DII programs
to designate a team physician to
injury reporting
oversee all sports, and implecontest and practice.
is fairly clerical
menting a new process for reportBut the NCAA’s chief mediing catastrophic injuries, near
cal officer, Brian Hainline, clariin nature and
fatalities and fatalities.
fied that the list of best pracnoncontroversial, tices – which were established
Many Division II schools
already designate a team physiby the American
given the rarity of independently
cian, but the new legislation
College of Sports Medicine and
fortifies the practice. There was
are generally regarded by the
such injuries.
some confusion initially within
medical community as providing
the membership as to what
a basic level of care – are prethe duties of the team physician would be if
scriptive only in a broader application. In other
the position were to be legislated, especially
words, Hainline said, the team physician would
in light of a list of prescribed best practices
oversee and designate individuals who would
for the designated team physician that at first
be responsible for carrying out those duties.
glance implied that the physician personally
The component in the package requiring
carry them out, including on-field treatment
more stringent catastrophic-injury reporting is
of injuries. That caused some people to think
fairly clerical in nature and noncontroversial,
that the physician would have to attend every
given the rarity of such injuries.
The Division II Presidents Council supported the Management Council’s decision to
refer a third element of the four-prong CSMAS
package back to the committee for additional
review. That element, which would require
strength and conditioning personnel to be
nationally certified, contained wording that the
councils determined was too vague and could
pose unintended outcomes. A revised proposal
could be considered at the 2015 Convention.
The fourth element of the CSMAS package
regarded coach sport-safety training in first aid,
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillator (AED) use, which
Division II already requires.
If approved at the 2014 Convention, the
team-physician and catastrophic-injury-reporting
measures would become effective Aug. 1, 2014.
Penalty for street drugs could be reduced
In other health and safety news this year, the Presidents Council sponsored legislation previously endorsed by the Division II Management Council to reduce the penalty for a first-time positive test for street drugs. The
legislation would set the penalty at 50 percent of a season of competition
rather than an entire year, which is the penalty assessed for performanceenhancing drugs.
The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, which requested the proposal, determined that banned
performance drugs, such as steroids, should be addressed differently from
non-performance-enhancing drugs, including marijuana.
NCAA Chief Medical Officer Brian Hainline addressed the matter earlier
in 2013 when he said, “There is no good scientific evidence that marijuana
is a performance-enhancing drug, and it makes both scientific and philosophical sense to treat marijuana usage by student-athletes differently than
anabolic-androgenic steroid use. We want to deter use, but it is also our
moral responsibility to try to change the behavior of student-athletes who
may be abusing street drugs such as marijuana.”
As such, the reduced penalty is viewed as a way to allow studentathletes who test positive to remain in their athletics programs and be
provided with counseling and treatment on campus. Under the current
one-year withholding, the affected student-athletes often leave athletics
altogether.
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News
Briefs
Championships Committee
Among the most compelling decisions being
teed up at the 2014 NCAA Convention is a selection criteria process for Division II team sports
that would standardize the criteria and allow each
sports committee to identify up to three additional
sport-specific criteria from a menu of 10 preidentified options.
The five selection criteria that all Division II
sports committees would be required to follow
are (in no particular order):
n Overall Division II in-region winning
percentage.
n Overall Division II winning percentage.
n Overall Division II strength-of-schedule.
n Division II head-to-head competition.
n Results vs. Division II common opponents.
Each sports committee will be allowed to add
three additional selection criteria that it believes
will specifically help the championship selection
process in respective sports. Once a sports committee chooses its selection criteria, it will remain
in place for three years.
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee will discuss the
matter of international membership in July. Simon
Fraser University in Canada is completing its first
year as an active member, and institutions in Mexico also have expressed interest in membership.
Regionalization
The Management Council adopted an updated
regionalization map that places the Mountain East
Conference in the Atlantic Region and the Great
Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) in the Midwest Region. Active member institutions in both
conferences were eligible for at-large selections
for championships on Sept 1, 2013, and will be
eligible for automatic qualification no earlier than
2015-16.
Survey says…
Division II recently surveyed its membership on
a broad range of issues, including the division’s
identity efforts and strategic-positioning platform.
The Division II census drew more than 2,000 re-
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Projected Regionalization Map
West (33)
CCAA (12)
GNAC (10)
PWC (11)
Independent (0)
East (39)
CACC (14)
ECC (9)
NE-10 (15)
Independent (0)
Includes Hawaii, Alaska
and British Columbia.
South Central (32)
HC (8)
LSC (9)
RMAC (14)
Independent (1)
Atlantic (40)
CIAA (12)
MEC (12)
PSAC (16)
Independent (0)
Central (40)
GAC (9)
MIAA (15)
NSIC (16)
Independent (0)
Southeast (35)
CC (10)
PBC (13)
SAC (12)
Independent (0)
Midwest (45)
GLIAC (18)
GLVC (17)
G-MAC (8)
Independent (2)
South (34)
GSC (8)
SIAC (13)
SSC (9)
Independent (4)
Includes Puerto Rico.
Note: The Championships Committee, in consultation with the Management Council and Presidents Council, may amend the regionalization model
due to approved changes in the membership (for example, the addition of new schools or conferences, realignment of current conferences).
sponses from its 24 conferences. Here are some
of the highlights:
Central (40)
West (33)
n The Division II strategic platform was ranked
GAC (9)
CCAA (12)
as one of its top five most-valued characterMIAA (15)
GNAC (10)
istics
more than two-thirds
of faculty
NSIC
(16) athPWCby
(11)
letics
representatives
(80 percent),
presidents
Independent
(0)
Independent
(0)
(79 percent), compliance officers (75 percent)
South
Central
South (34)
and
athletics
staff(32)
(69 percent).
HC division’s
(8)
GSC model
(8)
n The
Life in the Balance
LSCsupported
(9)
SIAC
(13) of
was
by 81 percent
or more
RMAC (14)and chancellors (95
SSCpercent),
(9)
presidents
Independent (1)
Independent (4)
athletics directors (83 percent), athletics staff
(81 percent), compliance staff (88 percent),
faculty athletics representatives (94 percent)
and conference staff (87 percent).
n Among the six Division II attributes, learning
was ranked highest by every surveyed group.
n The division’s TV partnership with CBS Sports
Network was supported by 81 percent or more
of every surveyed group as a valuable tool in
promoting DII to external audiences.
Midwest (45)
East (39)
n The regionalization model was supported by
GLIAC (18)
CACC (14)
a majority of every surveyed group, and overGLVC (17)
ECC (9)
whelmingly
percent),
G-MAC (8) by presidents (85
NE-10
(15) FARs
(83
percent), (2)
compliance staff
(78 percent)
Independent
Independent
(0)
and athletics staff (74 percent).
Southeast
(35)showed the
Atlantic
n The
responses
current(40)
Division
(10)
CIAA (12) the
IICC
governance
structure accomplishes
PBC (13)
(12)gaingoals
and business of the MEC
division,
SACstrong
(12) support from the
PSAC
(16) (73
ing
presidents
Independent (0)
Independent (0)
percent), athletics directors (78 percent) and
FARs (80 percent).
n The one-school, one-vote model received
some of the strongest support by all groups,
including presidents (93 percent), athletics directors (97 percent), compliance (94
percent), FARs (91 percent) and conference
staff (93 percent).
YEAR IN REVIEW
Research
The most recent SCORE report for Division II provides a wealth of data, most of it encouraging, but
the most important figure derives from one simple
question that was posed to former student-athletes:
Would you recommend the Division II experience to
a high school student?
A total of 93 percent of former participants
surveyed said they would definitely (74 percent) or
probably (19 percent) recommend the experience.
The Study of College Outcomes and Recent Experiences is administered to former student-athletes
about 10 years after their initial collegiate enrollment.
The study, conducted by the NCAA research staff,
is one of the key proof points for demonstrating the
value of college athletics.
Some of the most interesting information was
found in the section on preparation for life after
college, which offered key findings about the effects
of college athletics and also how former studentathletes’ satisfaction with daily life correlates with
their academic identity during college.
Regarding the effects of college sports on
personal skills and qualities, the SCORE report
noted that about 90 percent of respondents (former
student-athletes now about 30 years old) said that
participation in athletics had affected them positively
or very positively with regard to teamwork, work ethic and ability to take responsibility for yourself. Leadership (86 percent) and self-confidence (85 percent)
also were highly endorsed. Qualities cited the least
were sensitivity to the opposite sex (48 percent) and
commitment to volunteerism (51 percent).
In all, 78 percent said their knowledge gained
through athletics had a positive or very positive
effect on their preparation for life after college while
83 percent said they were prepared by the skills or
values learned from athletics.
Other key findings:
n 89 percent of those surveyed had attained a
bachelor’s degree by around age 30 – while
32 percent had earned postgraduate degrees.
n 94 percent of those surveyed who never
transferred earned bachelor’s degrees during
the 10-year period. On the other hand, only
about 39 percent of 4-2-4 transfers eventually
earned a degree.
n The unemployment rate for former Division II
student-athletes is estimated at 2.3 percent,
compared with about 4.3 percent for others in
their age group.
n To the question “What would you have
preferred to spend more time on in college,”
the most common response (63 percent) was
classwork or other educational opportunities.
n About one-third of the former student-athletes
have no college debt remaining 10 years after
initial enrollment. However, 10 percent owe
more than $50,000.
Record haul not
wishful thinking
Led by the Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Division II schools raised
$517,465 for the Make-A-Wish campaign during 2012-13, besting the previous year’s efforts
by almost $50,000 and setting a Division II fundraising record.
Since beginning its alliance with Make-A-Wish in 2003, Division II has raised more than $3
million toward granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. These
wishes can serve as a game changer in children’s fights against their illnesses, helping them
feel better, and in some cases even get better.
“The strength and determination that these children possess is something that can be
attained only by going through the challenges they face,” said Bradley Maldonado, Lincoln
Memorial cross country student-athlete and chair of the DII SAAC. “It’s inspiring and gives us
a greater appreciation of life. Personally, it makes me work harder in everything I do.”
More than 240 schools from all 24 Division II conferences participated, including 100 percent participation from five conferences: the East Coast Conference, Gulf South Conference,
Heartland Conference, Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and South Atlantic Conference.
For 2013-14, Make-A-Wish is adding a matching incentive to Division II’s fundraising efforts.
Every dollar a DII school raises beyond its 2012-13 total will be matched, up to $1,000 per school.
Division II made a splash in 2013 with a record contribution presented before the
Shippensburg-Bloomsburg football game on Oct. 31.
Top 5 Conferences
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conf.
Pacific West
Northeast-10
Peach Belt
Sunshine State
$42,100.50
$40,267.68
$34,088.86
$33,917.17
$33,614.54
Top 5 Schools
Molloy
North Georgia
Barry
Grand Canyon
Edinboro
$12,181.68
$11,223.68
$10,181.46
$10,069.53
$9,424.53
Annual campaign totals
2003-04
$45,757
2004-05
$80,658
2005-06
$116,950
2006-07
$208,022
2007-08
$316,958
2008-09
$359,187
2009-10
$407,683
2010-11
$405,752
2011-12
$468,569
2012-13
$517,465
Total
$2,927,001
2013
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CHAMPIONSHIPS
2013
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Right: Vashti Thomas of the
Academy of Art reacts to
winning an event.
STePHeN NOwLAND / NCAA PHOTOS
DII Women’s InDoor Track anD FIelD
The Academy of Art, in its initial year as an active
Division II member, won the institution’s first national championship in any sport by gathering 59 points
to capture the team title at the Division II Women’s
Indoor Track and Field Championships.
The March 7-9 meet was part of the Division II
Winter National Championships Festival in Birmingham, Ala.
The Urban Knights used two event wins from Vashti Thomas and key points
in the sprints and jumps to hold off second-place Lincoln (Mo.) in the team
standings. Thomas won both the long jump and the 200-meter dash.
Canada’s Simon Fraser added a little history by becoming the first nonAmerican institution to win an individual title in track and field when Helen
Crofts finished first in the 800 meters.
Other individual highlights included Barbara Szabo of Western State who
won the high jump for a third straight year.
Erin Alewine became the third straight pentathlon champion from Central
Missouri, while Latoya King of Lincoln (Mo.) earned the title of the fastest
women in Division II by winning the 60-meter dash in 7.38 seconds.
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Academy of Art, 59
2nd: Lincoln (MO), 48.5
3rd: Grand Canyon, 45
JAMIe SCHwABeROw / NCAA PHOTOS
Top: The Acadamy of Art squad shows off its first national
championship trophy in any sport. Above: Latoya King of Lincoln
(Mo.) (lane 4) edges out the field in the 60-meter dash.
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DII Women’s sWImmIng anD DIvIng
The Drury women’s swimming and diving team saved its
best day for last as it pulled away for the Division II title at the
Winter National Championships Festival in Birmingham, Ala.
After losing the team crown last year by one point to
Wayne State (Mich.), the Panthers entered the festival’s
final day with a small lead over the Warriors. However,
Wai Ting Yu (far right in black) Drury rallied with numerous top performances in the final
joins teammates in celebrating session of the four-day meet.
The Panthers’ victory could have been considered
Drury’s sweep of the women’s
unlikely given two key injuries, a flu-bug bout during
and men’s team titles.
the meet and a potentially devastating disqualification in
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Drury, 432.5
2nd: Wayne St. (MI), 388
3rd: UC San Diego, 313
the 800-yard freestyle relay.
Backstroker Chelsea Staab suffered a broken foot in Birmingham when slipping on the pool deck, but she still competed. And one of the Panthers’ top swimmers, sophomore
Wai Ting Yu, tore her ACL just three weeks before nationals
while running stairs in dry-land training. She opted to postpone surgery, though, until after the championships.
“Janet,” as she is known by her teammates, went on
to place second in the 100-yard freestyle and then joined
Tinsley Andrews, Leah Reed and Tiffany Bell to help the
Panthers win the 400-yard freestyle relay.
PeTeR LOCkLey / NCAA PHOTOS
DII men’s sWImmIng anD DIvIng
Drury senior Vladimir Sidorkin won two individual events and participated on three winning relay teams to help the Panthers clinch their ninth
consecutive team title and 11th overall at the Division II Men’s Swimming
and Diving Championships.
The March 6-9 meet was part of the Division II Winter National
Championships Festival in Birmingham, Ala.
Sidorkin captured the 100- and 200-yard freestyles and anchored the
Panthers’ winning 200-, 400- and 800-yard freestyle relay teams.
“It’s always been the priority for me to perform on the relays,” Sidorkin said, “but getting a couple of individual titles to go along with those
as a senior is the icing on the cake.”
Drury’s Daniel Swietlicki added a title in the 200-yard backstroke.
The men’s title completed the Panthers’ fourth gender sweep in five
years. Drury had won three straight men’s and women’s championships until the women’s team lost by one point to Wayne State (Mich.)
last year.
“These guys just kept laying down great swims time and time again,
or we wouldn’t have got it done,” said Panthers head coach Brian Reynolds. “It really came down to these guys wanting to keep that tradition
alive and not losing the team title.”
Despite the comfortable victory margin, Reynolds said Division II
swimming is more tightly contested now than ever before.
“You go down the list and see all the prelims that were decided by
hundredths of points to determine whether you were in the finals or
watching them from the bleachers,” he said. “I’ve never seen the national
meet as tight or as fast as it is now.”
PeTeR LOCkLey /
NCAA PHOTOS
CHRIS PuTMAN / NCAA PHOTOS
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Drury, 546
2nd: Fla. Southern, 397
3rd: Incarnate Word, 389
A Drury swimmer celebrates winning
the 400-yard freestyle relay to help the
Panthers claim the team title at the
Division II Men’s Swimming and Diving
Championships in Birmingham.
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DII Women's BaskeTBall
SEmIfInAlS
Ashland 66, Western Wash. 54
Dowling 76, Augustana (SD) 54
ChAmPIonShIP
Ashland 71, Dowling 56
Ashland’s Kari Daugherty (No. 44) joins her teammates in displaying
the championship trophy after the Eagles grounded Dowling in the
Division II title tilt.
Dane Hyatt of Saint Augustine’s won the 400-meter dash in 46.71 seconds
to help the Falcons win the team title.
DII men’s InDoor Track anD FIelD
Saint Augustine’s won three individual
championships on its way to 72 points and a
12th team title at the Division II Men’s Indoor
Track and Field Championships.
The March 7-9 meet was part of the
Division II Winter National Championships
Festival in Birmingham, Ala.
Titlists for the Falcons were Jermaine Jones in the 200-meter dash, Moussa Dembele in the 60-meter hurdles and Dane Hyatt in the 400-meter dash.
Ashland finished second in the team standings behind Drew Windle’s win
in the 800 meters and a victory in the 1,600-meter relay.
Johnny Carter of the Academy of Art was the meet’s lone double winner
with titles in the triple jump and long jump.
Other individual highlights included Brent Vogel of Central Missouri
winning three of the heptathlon’s seven events and smashing the meet
record by 304 points.
Kevin Batt of Adams State won the first 3,000-meter run in meet history
with a time of 8:07.30, and teammate Tabor Stevens took the mile in 4:04.10.
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Saint Augustine’s, 72
2nd: Ashland, 59.5
3rd: Adams St., 55
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Ashland senior guard Kari Daugherty scored 26 points and grabbed
12 rebounds to lead the Eagles to a 71-56 victory over Dowling in the
final of the Division II Women’s Basketball Championship on March
29 at Bill Greehey Arena in San Antonio.
Ashland completed a 37-1 season after finishing runner-up to
Shaw in last year’s overtime final. The Eagles became the first team
to reach the title game in back-to-back years since Cal Poly Pomona
won consecutive championships in 2001 and 2002.
Daugherty, selected as the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player,
recorded her Division II-best 25th double-double of the campaign.
Earlier, Daugherty was selected as the Division II Player of the Year for
the second consecutive time.
Daugherty, a former player at
Dayton, helped Ashland overcome another Division I transfer
in Danielle Wilson, who spent
three seasons at Baylor before joining the Dowling squad. Wilson led
the Golden Lions with 15 points
and six rebounds and was named
to the all-tournament team.
The Eagles soared to an 18-point
lead, 31-13, with 4:54 remaining in
the first half and extended the advantage to 19 (63-44) with 8:13
left in the game. Ashland shot
47.2 percent (25-53) from
the field and made 8-of-18
3-pointers, or 44.4 percent.
The Eagles led 34-23 in
rebounding, and 28-19 in
defensive boards.
A grateful Sue
Ramsey, head
coach of Ashland,
walks out onto
the floor after
winning the title.
RuDy GONzALez /
NCAA PHOTOS
DII men's BaskeTBall
SEmIfInAlS
Metro St. 83, West Liberty 76
Drury 107, Western Wash. 97
ChAmPIonShIP
Drury 74, Metro St. 73
Drury overcame a 17-point deficit to beat Metro
State, 74-73, in the Division II Men’s Basketball Championship game April 7 at Philips Arena in Atlanta.
The Panthers took the lead with 22.8 seconds
left on two Alex Hall free throws. The Roadrunners missed a jumper and got the rebound, but they
couldn’t get off a final shot before time ran out. It
was Drury’s first Division II crown. Metro State was
gunning for its third since 2000.
The title game was conducted as part of the Men’s
Final Four weekend to commemorate the 75th anniversary of NCAA men’s basketball championships. The
crowd of 7,763 was the largest since 1971 when 13,124
fans watched host Evansville beat Old Dominion.
Metro State (32-3) led, 39-22, after a Mitch McCarron dunk with 2:51 left in the first half, but the Panthers
refused to quit. Hall’s 3-pointer with 9:31 remaining in
the game gave the Panthers just their second lead of the
contest and set the stage for the frantic finish. Hall led
all scorers with 21 points. Brandon Jefferson topped
Metro State with 19.
Cameron Adams (24) and Alex Hall celebrate Drury’s comeback victory over Metro State in the
Division II Men’s Basketball Championship. The Panthers, who were down by 17 near the end
of the first half, defeated the Roadrunnners, 74-73, to win their first national title.
DII WresTlIng
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Neb.-Kearney, 108
2nd: St. Cloud St., 105
3rd: Notre Dame (OH), 103.5
Daniel DeShazer (right) of
Nebraska-Kearney defeated
Andrew Pokorny of St.
Cloud State, 7-5, to win
the 133-pound
weight class.
JAMIe SCHwABeROw /
NCAA PHOTOS
Nebraska-Kearney defended its national title,
scoring 108 points to edge St. Cloud State and
Notre Dame (Ohio) at the Division II Wrestling
Championships.
The March 8-9 meet was part of the Winter National Championships Festival in Birmingham, Ala.
The Lopers, who also placed first in 2008,
entered the finals one point ahead of top-ranked St.
Cloud State. Nebraska-Kearney secured the team
trophy when redshirt freshman Daniel DeShazer
(133 pounds) and senior Raufeon Stots (149
pounds) each beat a St. Cloud State wrestler to win
individual crowns.
Senior Chase Nelson (165 pounds) and redshirt
freshman Romero Cotton (197 pounds) later finished
as runners-up in their title matches to widen the Lopers’ winning margin.
St. Cloud State finished second in the team
standings behind senior Shamus O’Grady’s
title in the 184-pound championship match.
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DII Women’s golF
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Lynn, 301-288-293-305 – 1,187
2nd: Nova Southeastern,
292-294-295-309 – 1,190
3rd: Barry, 302-294-298-300 – 1,194
InDIvIDuAl RESulTS
1st: Nancy Vergara, Barry, 71-72-73-75 – 291
2nd: Linnea Johansson, Nova Southeastern,
73-70-72-77 – 292
3rd: Daniela Ortiz, Nova Southeastern,
67-75-75-77 – 294
Lynn won its first team title since 1997 at the Division II Women’s Golf
Championships on May 15-18 at the LPGA Legends course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.
The Knights, whose last team title came when the tournament combined
Divisions II and III, posted a team score of 1,187, three shots better than
four-time defending champion Nova Southeastern. The lead changed hands
between those two teams several times in the final round. Then, in the final
holes, Lynn started to pull away.
It was the second time in a month that Lynn defeated the Sharks. The first
was at the South Regional on May 5. Lynn junior Ellen Chambers led the
Knights with a final-round 75. She finished the tournament with a 7-over
295, good for fourth in the individual competition.
Barry produced the medalist in Nancy Vergara, who sank a 4-foot par putt
on the 18th to secure the title.
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MATT MARRIOTT / NCAA PHOTOS
Lynn golfers stage a celebratory leap after winning the Division II team
title by three shots over Nova Southeastern. Top: Jessica Bradley of Lynn
tees off amid the foliage at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla.
DII men’s lacrosse
Le Moyne used a strong third period to deny Mercyhurst a perfect season and win its first Division II Men’s
Lacrosse Championship since 2007 with an 11-10 win
May 26 in Philadelphia.
ChAmPIonShIP
Mercyhurst, trying to become just the fifth Division
Le Moyne 11, Mercyhurst 10
II team since 1974 to go undefeated, made a dramatic
charge after trailing, 11-5, early in the final quarter.
Down one in the closing minutes, the Lakers, who entered the game 18-0 and
coming off back-to-back overtime victories, created numerous chances to tie
it but could not put one by Le Moyne goalie Jeff White.
Both teams have been familiar with championship play in the last decade. Le
Moyne won in 2004, 2006 and 2007, and finished second in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Mercyhurst won in 2011 and was runner-up in 2007 to Le Moyne.
Nate Frechette led Le Moyne (18-2) with three goals and an assist. Andrew
Chadderdon added two scores for the Dolphins. Mercyhurst got two goals apiece
from James Chayka, Brady Heseltine and Jake McAndrew.
Mercyhurst, now 0-7 all time against Le Moyne, beat two-time champion
Limestone, 18-17, in the semifinals when Deven Alves scored with 2:56 left in
overtime. Mercyhurst had trailed, 17-15, with less than a
minute remaining in regulation.
SEmIfInAlS
Le Moyne 16, Adelphi 13
Mercyhurst 18, Limestone 17 (ot)
Danielle Williams of Johnson C. Smith looks up at
the scoreboard after winning the 200-meter dash
in 22.62 seconds. Vashti Thomas placed second
for the Academy of Art.
DII Women’s ouTDoor
Track anD FIelD
Academy of
Art backed up its
first national title
in the 2013 indoor
championships with
a team victory in the
Division II Women’s
Outdoor Track and Field Championships on
May 23-25 at Colorado State-Pueblo.
The Urban Knights totaled 60 points to
win their second national championship in the
school’s first year as an active member of Division II. Vashti Thomas was a key contributor,
winning the 100-meter hurdles and finishing
second in the 200-meter dash.
Thomas also ran on the Urban Knights’ runnerup 400-meter relay team, which finished just behind
Johnson C. Smith’s meet-record-setting quartet.
Johnson C. Smith’s Danielle Williams and
Samantha Elliott were part of that effort, and
they also finished 2-3 in the 100-meter hurdles.
Williams won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and
Elliott won the 400-meter hurdles.
For Grand Valley State, Sam Lockhart won the
shot put to head the Lakers’ tie for third in the
team standings.
Helen Crofts from Simon Fraser, another school
in its first year of Division II membership, won the
800 meters.
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Academy of Art, 60
2nd: Johnson C. Smith, 54
3rd: (tie) Grand Valley St. and
Lincoln (Mo.), 51
Andrew Chadderdon of
Le Moyne celebrates one of his
two goals against Mercyhurst.
LARRy FReNCH / NCAA PHOTOS
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DII men’s ouTDoor
Track anD FIelD
Saint Augustine’s scored 99 points on the
final day of competition to cruise to its 12th
team title at the Division II Men’s Outdoor
Track and Field Championships held May
23-25 at Colorado State-Pueblo.
The Falcons flew past second-place Ashland
by 48 points to join their indoor team as champions
in 2013. The last year the Falcons were indoor and outdoor
champions was 2009. Saint Augustine’s has now won 34
men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor titles combined and
12 men’s outdoor titles under head coach George Williams.
The Falcons scored 105 points and won four events,
including the 400- and 1,600-meter relays. Dane Hyatt won
in the 400-meter dash, and Jermaine Jones took top honors
in the 200-meter dash.
The 400-meter relay team of Ramaan Ansley, Taffawee
Johnson, Burkheart Ellis Jr. and Jones ran 38.91 seconds to
break the Division II meet record.
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Saint Augustine’s, 105
2nd: Ashland, 57
Left: Saint
Augustine’s Dane
Hyatt races to
victory in the
400-meter dash.
Far left: Christopher
Reed of Minnesota
State Mankato
celebrates his
winning put of 19.99
meters.
3rd: Adams St., 44
DII BaseBall
ChAmPIonShIP
Tampa 8, Minn. St. Mankato 2
Tampa scored five runs in the second inning
of the championship game and cruised to an 8-2
victory over Minnesota State Mankato to win the
Division II Baseball Championship on June 1 in
Cary, N.C.
The early cushion was plenty for Tampa starter Jon
Keller, who gave up a single run on six hits, struck out
five and walked none in seven innings of work.
The championship game – and the 10-1 win over
Grand Valley State to get the Spartans there – erased
any doubt about Tampa’s potential after the Spartans
dropped a 4-0 decision to Grand Valley State earlier
in the tournament. Minnesota State Mankato starter
Harvey Martin entered the championship game 9-0
on the year with a 1.51 earned-run average, but he
didn’t record an out in the second frame.
Sean O’Brien and B.J. Zimmerman singled to
lead things off, and Jake Schrader’s double plated
O’Brien for the first run of the game. Zach Gawrych
doubled to score two more, and he came home on
the third two-bagger of the inning by Adam Pendleton. That chased Martin, and Pendleton eventually
scored on a Connor Obrochta single.
The title was Tampa’s sixth overall and first since the
Spartans won back-to-back crowns in 2006 and 2007.
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GRANT HALVeRSON / NCAA PHOTOS
Tampa players revel in their 8-2 victory over Minnesota State Mankato after claiming the
championship trophy. The title was the Spartans’ sixth overall.
DII Women’s TennIs
SEmIfInAlS
BYU-Hawaii 5, Abilene Christian 1
Armstrong 5, Hawaii Pacific 2
JuSTIN TAFOyA / NCAA PHOTOS
The Armstrong Lady Pirates do one final cheer of the season after defeating Brigham
Young-Hawaii to claim their eighth Division II Women’s Tennis Championship.
ChAmPIonShIP
Armstrong 5, BYU-Hawaii 2
Armstrong won its second straight Division II Women’s Tennis
Championship and sixth in the past nine years by vanquishing
Brigham Young-Hawaii in the title match May 11 at the Surprise
Tennis and Racquet Complex in Surprise, Ariz.
The Lady Pirates beat the No. 3 Seasiders, 5-2, earning their
eighth overall title, which is the most among Division II women’s
tennis teams.
The 2013 title bout replicated both the participants and score
from the 2012 final in Louisville, Ky. The match between the
two teams that hadn’t played since then came down to junior
Marlen Hacke at No. 4 singles, whose 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory over
the Seasiders’ Marietta Tuionetoa sealed the title. Hacke also
clinched Armstrong’s quarterfinal win over top-ranked Barry.
The Lady Pirates won two of the three doubles matches,
buoyed by Hacke and Olga Kalodzitsa, who bested previously
unbeaten Marika Kobayashi and Tuionetoa at the No. 2 slot.
The Seasiders struck first in singles, with No. 2-ranked Annie
Hwang dusting No. 3-ranked Aleksandra Filipovski, 6-1, 6-1, in
the No. 1 singles pairing. The Lady Pirates answered at No. 3,
where Barbora Krtickova beat Kobayashi, 6-2, 7-6 (1), and at
No. 6, where Natasa Vukovic beat Jade Griffin, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Needing one more point to secure the championship, Hacke
turned a first-set setback into a convincing victory.
QuARTERfInAlS
Western Wash.* def. Fla. Southern, 2-2-1
Lynn def. S.C. Aiken, 3-2
Barry def. Mo.-St. Louis, 4-1
Nova Southeastern def.
Cal St. Monterey Bay, 3-2
*Advanced via cumulative-score tiebreaker
SEmIfInAlS
Lynn def. Western Wash., 4-1
Barry* def. Nova Southeastern, 2-2-1
*Advanced via cumulative-score tiebreaker
ChAmPIonShIP
Barry* def. Lynn, 2-2-1
*Won via cumulative-score tiebreaker
InDIvIDuAl RESulTS
(ThREE-RounD ToTAlS)
1st: Tim Crouch*, Fla. Southern, 71-71-69 – 211
2nd: (tie) Jake Webb, Western Wash., 71-75-65 –
211; and Matt Atkins, S.C. Aiken, 70-69-72 – 211
*Won two-hole, sudden-death playoff
Tim Crouch of Florida
Southern tries to will in a
long putt on the second
hole of a playoff he
eventually won.
BILL STReICHeR / NCAA PHOTOS
DII men’s golF
Barry and Lynn won two matches apiece and halved another in the match-play final of the Division II Men’s Golf Championships, but Barry was declared the champion via a cumulative-score tiebreaker. Barry won by four strokes May 24 at the par-71,
6,984-yard Hershey Country Club course in Hershey, Pa. It marked the Buccaneers’ second national title in the program’s history.
This was the third year that match play has been used to decide the team champion, with the medalist being declared after three
rounds of stroke play. Florida Southern’s Tim Crouch defeated South Carolina Aiken’s Matt Atkins and Western Washington’s Jake
Webb in a two-hole playoff. Crouch and Webb parred the first playoff hole while Atkins bogeyed, and then on the second hole,
Crouch parred and Webb three-putted from 10 feet to seal Crouch’s victory.
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SEmIfInAlS
Armstrong 5, West Florida 2
Barry 5, Concordia (NY) 4
ChAmPIonShIP
Barry 5, Armstrong 4
Kacie Edwards of Central
Oklahoma rounds second after
driving in the winning runs
in the national title game.
ANDReS ALONSO / NCAA PHOTOS
DII soFTBall
ChAmPIonShIP
Central Okla. 5, Kutztown 2 (9 inn.)
Kacie Edwards broke a 2-2 tie in extra innings with a two-run double to
propel Central Oklahoma to a 5-2 victory over Kutztown in the title game
of the Division II Softball Championship on May 27 at the Moyer Sports
Complex in Salem, Va.
After Edwards’ clutch hit in the top of the ninth plated two runners,
Sam Cool added an insurance run with another double, and Kalynn
Schrock struck out the side in the bottom of the inning to wrap up the
Bronchos’ first softball crown.
Central Oklahoma capped a 9-0 run through the NCAA tournament and
ended the season 51-11. The Golden Bears had a 14-game winning streak
stopped in finishing 37-22.
Edwards’ 16th double of the season was a long fly to the right-center
field gap that went off the glove of two colliding Kutztown outfielders
and scored Ally Dziadula and Kaylee Brunson, who had started the ninth
inning rally with back-to-back one-out singles.
Schrock finished off her ninth consecutive complete game of the postseason by fanning Kutztown’s 4-5-6 hitters.
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In a clash of the
two top-ranked teams
that lasted nearly five
hours, Barry beat
Armstrong, 5-4, in the
final match of the Division II Men’s Tennis
Championship.
The No. 1-ranked
Buccaneers won their
second Division II title
and secured the program’s first undefeated
season (29-0) May 11
at the Surprise Tennis
and Racquet ComAbove: Barry’s Leo Vivas wins his match
plex in Surprise, Ariz.
and clinches the team title. Top: His
Defending-champion
teammates join in on the celebration.
Armstrong (27-2) was
aiming for a fourth title in six years, but fell one singles match shy. It
was the Pirates’ first loss in a national championship match while Barry
improved to 2-5 in title tilts. Barry won the 2010 Division II title, as well.
Barry, which had beaten Armstrong, 5-4, earlier this season,
clinched the championship when Leo Vivas beat Pedro Scocuglia, 3-6,
6-4, 7-5, at No. 5 singles. Vivas, down 4-0 in the third set after the pair
split the first two, battled back to a 4-4 tie. Scocuglia held serve for a
5-4 lead, but Vivas won the next three games.
“If there’s one person who worked harder than the rest, it’s Leo,”
Barry head coach George Samuel said. “He’ll always remember
this, and so will the team.”
Barry appeared set to cruise after winning all three doubles matches.
Faced with having to win five of the six singles matches, Armstrong
almost pulled it off. The Pirates won the first set in five of them. Dan
Regan notched their first point by beating Fabian Groetsch, 6-1, 6-3, at
No. 3 singles. But Barry’s Romain Costamagna won at No. 4 to give
the Buccaneers a 4-1 lead.
Armstrong got wins from Matus Mydla at No. 1, Georgi Rumenov
at No. 2 and Pablo Gor at No. 6 to tie the match. That’s when the focus
shifted to Vivas.
“I knew I could do it, and everything started working in my favor,” the
Buccaneers’ hero said. “But I didn’t win the match. The university did.”
DII Women’s lacrosse
SEmIfInAlS
LIU Post 7, Adelphi 6
Limestone 11, Rollins 10 (ot)
ChAmPIonShIP
LIU Post 10, Limestone 7
Jackie Sileo and Ashley Olen combined for seven goals to
help LIU Post down Limestone in the final of the Division II
Women’s Lacrosse Championship on May 19 at Stevenson.
Sileo, a junior attacker, scored four goals and dished out two
assists in the Pioneers’ 10-7 victory and set a Division II championship record by tallying 20 points during the tournament. Olen,
a senior attacker, scored three goals and was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
It was the second straight title for LIU Post and fourth overall
(the Pioneers won the first tournament in 2001 and another in
2007). The Pioneers’ 20-0 season was the fifth time a Division II
women’s team had gone unbeaten.
Limestone led, 5-4, early in the second half when the Pioneers
went on a 6-0 run. Olen converted a pass from Sileo to tie the
game at the 17:39 mark, and then sophomore Jenna Pierro put
the Pioneers ahead less than a minute later. Sileo capped off the
run with about 11 minutes left for a 10-5 Pioneer lead.
Limestone answered with two goals to get within three at the
three-minute mark, but the LIU Post defense and goalkeeper
Dominique Mosca closed the door.
Sylvia Queener scored three goals for the Saints, who completed a 20-2 campaign.
LIU Post’s Ashley Olen,
the tournament’s Most
Outstanding Player, runs the
ball past a Limestone defender.
LARRy FReNCH / NCAA PHOTOS
DII Women’s roWIng
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Nova Southeastern, 20
2nd: Barry, 15
3rd: Western Wash., 10
Nova Southeastern rows to
victory in the fours grand
final during the Division II
championships. The Sharks
claimed their first team
national title.
AJ MAST / NCAA PHOTOS
Nova Southeastern became the first Southern team to
win the Division II Women’s Rowing Championships,
capturing both the fours and eights grand finals to outscore another Southern team, Barry, at the finals June 2 at
Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.
Only one non-West Coast team had ever won the
team title (Mercyhurst in 2004) since the Division II
championship began in 2002.
This year, both Nova Southeastern and Barry
dominated the waters in the Midwest venue, getting past
seven-time champion Western Washington.
Sharks coach Stephen Frazier-Wong praised senior
Lauren Boudreau, who at the bow position led her I
Eights crew to a six-second victory over Barry.
“She is far and away one the best leaders I’ve had the
privilege of coaching,” Frazier-Wong said. “She’s a great
leader on campus. She’s the president of our StudentAthlete Advisory Committee. She’s just done so much for
the team and the campus as a whole.”
Amanda Hudson coxswained the Sharks’ I Eights
boat. Nova Southeastern won the fours grand final, again
over Barry, by about eight seconds. Amber Morrell was
at the box in that race, while Courtney Berger was the
coxswain.
Western Washington was third in the fours, while UC
San Diego captured third in the I Eights grand final.
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Pierre Omanga (11) and his
teammates celebrate his
penalty kick goal.
DIvIsIon II men’s soccer
SEmIfInAlS
Carson-Newman 3, Simon Fraser 2
Southern N.H. 2, Rockhurst 1
ChAmPIonShIP
Southern N.H. 2, Carson-Newman 1
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Southern New Hampshire use a pair of second-half goals to hold off Carson-Newman and
win the program’s second Division II Men’s Soccer Championship on Dec. 7 at Blanchard
Woods Park in Evans, Ga.
The 2-1 victory capped a 23-game unbeaten streak for the Penmen, who finished the
season 22-1-1. The Eagles, who entered the tournament unranked and were making their first
title-game appearance, completed a 16-6-1 campaign.
After a scoreless first half, Southern New Hampshire scored twice in a span of 12:35 late
in the second half. Just past the 73-minute mark, senior Brian Francolini assisted Miguel
Carneiro on the Penmen’s first score. Pierre Omanga made it 2-0 on a penalty kick with 4:23
remaining. Carson-Newman broke the shutout with just six seconds left.
Southern New Hampshire also won a title in 1989. The Penmen reached the 2002 championship game but dropped a 4-3 decision to Sonoma State.
The Penmen survived a scare in the semifinals, downing Rockhurst, 2-1, but having to
stave off several scoring threats down the stretch to hang on. Senior goalkeeper Dom DiMaggio made several key saves in the second half.
Carson-Newman meanwhile won its semifinal contest over Simon Fraser, 3-2, on a late
goal from Joao Dowsley. Simon Fraser, the first Canadian school to be an NCAA member
(the school began active membership in 2012), reached the national semifinals for the second
straight year but lost both matches.
DII men’s cross counTry
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Adams St., 54
2nd: Grand Valley St., 104
3rd: Augustana (SD), 122
InDIvIDuAl RESulTS
1st: Tabor Stevens, Adams St., 29:50.10
2nd: Vegard Olstad, Western St., 30:01.70
3rd: Alex Monroe, Lock Haven, 30:02.70
Tabor Stevens of Adams
State breaks the tape to
capture the individual title.
Adams State junior Tabor Stevens finished ahead of the pack to lead
the Grizzlies to their 10th team title at the Division II Men’s Cross Country Championships on Nov. 23 at the Plantes Ferry Sports Complex in
Spokane, Wash.
Senior Jovanny Godinez and sophomore Kevin Batt placed tenth and
12th, respectively, for the Grizzlies, who won the team crown for the fifth
time in the past six years. Their 10 titles are two more than Western State
for the most in Division II history. Adams State won another 12 championships as a member of the NAIA before reclassifying to the NCAA in
1992. Adams State and Western State have won all but four of the NCAA
Division II championships since then.
Stevens is the fifth Grizzlies runner to win the individual title. He
finished third last year behind second-place Batt.
Runner-up Grand Valley State posted its highest team finish in school
history behind four runners who placed among the top 26. Leading the
way was Brent Showerman, who finished 14th, and Alan Peterson in 16th.
Western State’s Vegard Olstad placed second in the individual standings after a 42nd-place finish last year. His effort helped the Mountaineers
finish fourth in the team standings.
Alex Monroe of Lock Haven was third after finishing fifth last year.
BRIAN PLONkA / NCAA PHOTOS
DII Women’s cross counTry
Grand Valley State won its second straight team title and third in the past
four years at the Division II Women’s Cross Country Championships
on Nov. 23 at the Plantes Ferry Sports Complex in Spokane, Wash.
The Lakers placed six runners in the top 40, led by third-place
finisher Allyson Winchester, who was the first runner to finish who
was scored, earning the coveted one point toward the team score.
Jessica Janecke placed ninth and Kendra Foley was 11th to help the
Lakers’ cause. Janecke was the Lakers’ top finisher in last year’s
team win at fourth, while Winchester was sixth.
University of Mary senior Jennifer Agnew won the individual
race by almost 12 seconds over Pittsburg State’s Jessica Macy.
Agnew sprinted to a huge early lead and was never seriously challenged despite having to virtually stop at one point to pick up her
timing chip after it fell off her shoe.
It was the third straight win for Agnew after she captured the
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference crown by 20 seconds
and the Division II Central Regional championship by 18 seconds. She did not run in last year’s Division II championship
because of an injury. Her twin sister, Melissa, placed seventh
in that race. Both Jennifer Agnew and runner-up Jessica Macy
of Pittsburg State were running as at-large entries in the field.
TEAm RESulTS
1st: Grand Valley St., 54
2nd: Adams St., 91
3rd: Western St., 194
InDIvIDuAl RESulTS
1st: Jennifer Agnew, Mary, 20:50.7
2nd: Jessica Macy, Pittsburg St., 21:02.1
3rd: Allyson Winchester, Grand Valley St., 21:05.7
Grand Valley State team members celebrate
their second consecutive national title.
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DII FIelD Hockey
SEmIfInAlS
Shippensburg 3, Millersville 1
LIU Post 1, Merrimack 0
ChAmPIonShIP
Shippensburg 2, LIU Post 1 (ot)
Shippensburg’s Bre White scored on a penalty stroke five minutes into overtime to propel the Raiders to a 2-1 victory over LIU
Post in the Division II Field Hockey Championship final Nov. 24
in Norfolk, Va.
“You always dream of a national championship, and you see
everyone celebrating in other sports and it’s unreal,” Shippensburg
head coach Bertie Landes said.
This time it was Shippensburg celebrating its first title in a
team sport. The Raiders advanced to the 2010 field hockey final
but dropped a 1-0 decision to Massachusetts Lowell.
White’s goal settled the first overtime final since 2005. Both
teams were playing for their first national title. LIU Post entered
the game unbeaten after nudging Merrimack, 1-0, in the semifinals, while Shippensburg (20-1) ousted Millersville, 3-1.
In the final, Shippensburg’s Taylor Bender scored first at the
11:07 mark, and the score stayed 1-0 until Dani Crouse’s unassisted game-tying goal at 67:04. Both teams hung on defensively
to send the game to overtime.
White’s initial shot on goal in the extra session made contact
with a defensive player near the goal line, which resulted in the
penalty stroke. She sent the shot to the lower right of the cage.
“When I went to take the stroke, I just kind of focused and
didn’t think that it was the game winner and just took the
shot,” White said of her 67th and final career goal.
She tossed away her stick and dropped to her knees to accept
the rush of teammates piling onto her.
“I went down for a moment and then I thought, ‘Well, I better
get back up or I’m not going to be able to breathe,’ ” White said.
Shippensburg’s title snapped a skein of 11 years during which
Massachusetts Lowell (which is reclassifying to Division I), Bloomsburg or West
Chester had claimed the title.
Above:
Concordia-St.
Paul celebrates
its win in three
straight sets. Left:
Amanda Konetchy
sets the ball for
her Concordia-St.
Paul teammates.
CONRAD SCHMIDT /
NCAA PHOTOS
DII Women’s volleyBall
The Raiders celebrate after
defeating LIU Post in overtime to
claim Shippensburg’s first national
title in a team sport.
SEmIfInAlS
Concordia-St. Paul def. Wheeling Jesuit, 25-11, 25-16, 25-12
BYU-Hawaii def. West Tex. A&M, 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 21-25, 15-11
ChAmPIonShIP
Concordia-St. Paul def. BYU-Hawaii, 25-15, 25-14, 25-20
Concordia-St. Paul won its record seventh straight Division II women’s volleyball
title with a three-set sweep of Brigham Young-Hawaii on Dec. 14 at Upper Iowa.
The Golden Bears (35-3) entered the Division II Women’s Volleyball Championship as a No. 3 seed but made a statement in the quarterfinal round with a four-set
knockout of top-seeded Tampa before sweeping Wheeling Jesuit in the semifinals.
The consecutive-championship streak is the longest at any level of NCAA volleyball, eclipsing the six straight Division III titles Washington U. in St. Louis won from
1991 through 1996. The win improves Concordia-St. Paul’s NCAA tournament streak
to 42 straight matches, and its all-time NCAA tournament record improved to 52-4 in
11 appearances. The team now holds a 7-1 record in national championship games.
Concordia-St. Paul seniors Kayla Koenecke and Amanda Konetchy finished
their careers in style. Koenecke, an outside hitter, registered eight kills and 13 digs
along with a .438 hitting percentage in the championship match. She is ConcordiaSt. Paul’s career leader in hitting percentage at .392 and third in kills with 1,663.
Konetchy had 43 assists to finish 13th in NCAA Division II history with 6,189. She
led the nation in assists per set each year in a Golden Bears uniform.
Brigham Young-Hawaii outside hitter Shih Ting (Stella) Chen, the tournament
leader in kills with 76, had nine in the final to lead the Seasiders. Setter Ying Chun
(Michelle) Chen had 20 assists, but the team was held to .135 hitting in the match.
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DII FooTBall
SEmIfInAlS
Lenoir-Rhyne 42, West Chester 14
Northwest Mo. St. 27, Grand Valley St. 13
ChAmPIonShIP
Northwest Mo. St. 43, Lenoir-Rhyne 28
Northwest Missouri State scored on its first three possessions and went on
to defeat Lenoir-Rhyne, 43-28, in the Division II Football Championship game
Dec. 21 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Ala.
The victory capped a 15-0 season for the Bearcats, who won their first title
since 2009 and fourth overall (the Bearcats won back-to-back championships in
1998 and 1999). Northwest Missouri State is now 4-4 in championship games,
all since 1998. The Bearcats finished second four consecutive times from 2005
through 2008.
Lenoir-Rhyne (13-2) was making its first championship-game appearance.
Northwest Missouri State quarterback Trevor Adams connected with Reuben
Thomas on a 29-yard touchdown pass just over three minutes into the game to
give the Bearcats a quick lead. The Bearcats converted a field goal on their second possession and then recovered a fumble on Lenoir-Rhyne’s next play from
scrimmage at the Bears’ 15-yard line. The Bearcats’ Billy Creason scored on a
4-yard run to put Northwest Missouri State up, 17-0.
Lenoir-Rhyne got on the board late in the first quarter on a Chris Robinson
3-yard rush and drove into Northwest Missouri State territory on its ensuing possession before giving up the ball on downs.
Northwest Missouri State added a safety on a blocked punt and another field
goal to lead 22-7, at the half, and then found the end zone on its second possession of the second half to put the game out of reach.
With the word “FAMILY” on the backs of their jerseys, the Northwest
Missouri State Bearcats triumph over Lenoir-Rhyne in the title game.
Quarterback Trevor Adams threw for 277 yards and three touchdowns
– two of which were to wide receiver Reuben Thomas (12).
DIvIsIon II Women’s soccer
SEmIfInAlS
Grand Valley St. 4, American Int’l 1
West Florida 2, Western Wash. 1 (ot)
ChAmPIonShIP
Grand Valley St. 2, West Florida 0
Grand Valley State won its third Division II Women’s Soccer
Championship in the past five seasons Dec. 7 with a 2-0 victory
over West Florida at Blanchard Woods Park in Evans, Ga.
The shutout was the Lakers’ 21st of the season, tying their
2010 Division II record. Grand Valley State finished 24-0-1
on the season. The Lakers also won national titles in 2009 and
2010. West Florida entered the game as the defending champion after winning its first title last year on the same pitch.
Marti Corby and Katie Bounds scored the Lakers’ goals,
both in the second half. Corby’s shot hit West Florida goalkeeper Sarah Story’s hands and rolled over the goal line.
Bounds scored 18 minutes later by converting a rebound.
Grand Valley State’s defense made sure the two-goal
advantage held up. During the final 37:26, the Lakers
yielded just one shot.
Lakers goalkeeper Abbey Miller’s 0.16 goals-against
average for the season ranks second all-time in Division II
and broke Chelsea Parise’s school record.
As a team, Grand Valley State matched a program record with an .840 shutout percentage, which also ranks tied
for second in Division II history.
Grand Valley State cruised in the semifinals with a
4-1 win over American International, while West Florida
captured its semifinal match in overtime with a 2-1 win
over Western Washington. Senior Sashana Campbell scored
the game-winner off a pass from Chelsea Palmer, who,
coincidentally, scored the game winner in double overtime
to advance West Florida to the 2012 final.
Grand Valley State
goalkeeper Abbey
Miller collects a ball in
front of West Florida’s
Sashana Campbell en
route to a shutout of
the Argonauts in the
2013 NCAA Women’s
Division II Soccer
Championship.
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Excellence
in academics
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ThE nCAA’S ElITE 89 AWARD WInnERS fRom DIvISIon II
BASEBAll
mEn’S InDooR TRACK AnD fIElD
WomEn’S CRoSS CounTRy
Minnesota State Mankato
Southwest Baptist
West Texas A&M
Ben Keller
fIElD hoCKEy
William Shell
mEn’S lACRoSSE
Emma love
WomEn’S golf
lucy Kauffman
Trevor vargo
holly James
fooTBAll
mEn’S ouTDooR TRACK AnD fIElD Co-WInnERS
WomEn’S InDooR TRACK AnD fIElD
Northwest Missouri State
Incarnate Word
Northwood (Mich.)
Shippensburg
Trevor Adams
Mercyhurst
Christopher DeWitt
mEn’S BASKETBAll
Clint Rosser
Metro State
mEn’S SoCCER
nicholas Kay
mEn’S CRoSS CounTRy
TR
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Ben Barrows
Central Missouri
UC San Diego
madison Pines
WomEn’S lACRoSSE
maia Czarnecki
Limestone
Brad Campion
WomEn’S ouTDooR TRACK AnD fIElD
mEn’S SWImmIng AnD DIvIng CoCo-WInnER
o-WInnER
Fort Hays State
mEn’S golf
Ivan nechunaev
echunaev
West Florida
Robbie Swan
gary Buffington III
Ashland
Grand Canyon
Florida Southern
mEn’S TEnnIS
Ben Boesing
Southern Indiana
RoWIng
R
oWI
WIng
ng
Kelsey obringer
bringer
Nova Southeastern
SofTBAll
Bailey vrazel
Texas Woman’s
WomEn’S BASKETBAll
Kristen mcmahon
ahon
maKayla mcPhail
WomEn’S SoCCER
Bryony Parker
American International
WomEn’S SWImmIng AnD DIvIng
molly Brown
Drury
WomEn’S TEnnIS
Andjela Panovsky
Southwest Baptist
WomEn’S vollEyBAll
Berkley Whaley
Tampa
WRESTlIng
Chase long
Ohio Valley
Dowling
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CONFERENCES
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DII CONFERENCE ROLL CALL
Members for 2013-14
California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona
California State University, Chico
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, East Bay
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Monterey Bay
California State University, San Bernardino
California State University, Stanislaus
University of California, San Diego
Humboldt State University
San Francisco State University
Sonoma State University
Founded: 1938
Commissioner: Mike Matthews
Conference grant allocation for 2013-14: $126,000
Elite 89 winner(s): Clint Rosser, UC San Diego (outdoor track and field co-winner)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Stephanie Jimenez, Cal State Dominguez Hills
(softball); Emily Osga, UC San Diego (basketball)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Dawson Vorderbruegge, Cal State Stanislaus (outdoor
track and field)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Karenee Demery, Cal State
Stanislaus (soccer)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: UC San Diego, UCSD Blood Drive
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Bernadette Bettencourt, Cal State Stanislaus;
Alyssa Hanson, Cal State L.A.; Diana Lake, Cal Poly Pomona; Claire Pierce, Cal State East Bay
Members for 2013-14
Bloomfield College
Caldwell College
Chestnut Hill College
Concordia College (New York)
Dominican College (New York)
Felician College
Georgian Court University
Goldey-Beacom College
Holy Family University
Nyack College
Philadelphia University
Post University
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Wilmington University (Delaware)
Founded: 1965
Commissioner: Dan Mara
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Katie Warrington-Hugelmeyer, Wilmington (Del.)
(softball)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Philadelphia U., Athletics Shadowing Day
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Jeffrey Whiteside, Goldey-Beacom
Members for 2013-14
Bowie State University
Chowan University
Elizabeth City State University
Fayetteville State University
Johnson C. Smith University
Lincoln University (Pennsylvania)
Livingstone College
Saint Augustine’s University
Shaw University
Virginia State University
Virginia Union University
Winston-Salem State University
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Founded: 1912
Commissioner: Jacqie Carpenter
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Saint Augustine’s (men’s indoor and outdoor track and field)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Joi Emanuel, Fayetteville State (volleyball); Lolia
Kienka, Shaw (tennis)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Demi Schrader, Virginia Union; Autumn SmithFaulkner, Saint Augustine’s
Conference Carolinas
Members for 2013-14
Barton College
Belmont Abbey College
Converse College
Erskine College
King University
Lees-McRae College
Limestone College
Mount Olive College
North Greenville University
Pfeiffer University
Founded: 1995
Commissioner: Alan Patterson
Elite 89 winner(s): Maia Czarnecki, Limestone (lacrosse)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Kay Schellenberg, Belmont Abbey (volleyball);
Tia Williams, Limestone (basketball)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Emelie Andersson, Mount Olive; Elaine Morgan,
Barton; Laura Ruth, King (Tenn.); Holli Schwartz, Limestone
Members for 2013-14
University of Bridgeport
University of the District of Columbia
Dowling College
Long Island University/LIU Post
Mercy College
Molloy College
Queens College (New York)
Roberts Wesleyan College
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Founded: 1988
Commissioner: Robert Dranoff
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: LIU Post (women’s lacrosse)
Elite 89 winner(s): Kristen McMahon, Dowling (basketball)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Megan Butterworth, Molloy (softball); Bridgett
Soares, LIU Post (lacrosse; Top 9 National Finalist)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Ashley Olen, LIU Post (lacrosse)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Elvid Austboe, LIU Post (soccer)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Chestnut Hill, Empty Bowl Dinner
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Ashley Caggiano, LIU Post; Nicole Capella, LIU Post
Members for 2013-14
University of Arkansas, Monticello
Arkansas Tech University
East Central University
Harding University
Henderson State University
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Ouachita Baptist University
Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Southern Arkansas University
Southern Nazarene University
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Postgraduate scholars are listed for fall sports 2012; winter and spring sports 2013.
Founded: 2011
Commissioner: Will Prewitt
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Josie Price, Southwestern Oklahoma State
(soccer); Ashley Ray, Henderson State (softball)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Amy Madden, Southern Nazarene
(softball)
Community-Engagement Award Winners: Southern Arkansas, Muleriders in Magnolia
(National Winner); Henderson State, Impact Arkadelphia/Rally of the Ravine
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Maria Chona, Arkansas Tech; Lindsay Dusin,
Southwestern Oklahoma State; Katey Gorsage, Henderson State; Destiny Smith,
Henderson State
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Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Members for 2013-14
Ashland University
Ferris State University
University of Findlay
Grand Valley State University
Hillsdale College
Lake Erie College
Lake Superior State University
Malone University
Michigan Technological University
Northern Michigan University
Northwood University (Michigan)
Ohio Dominican University
Saginaw Valley State University
Tiffin University
Walsh University
Wayne State University (Michigan)
Founded: 1972
Commissioner: Dell Robinson
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Ashland (women’s basketball); Grand Valley State
(women’s cross country, women’s soccer)
Elite 89 winner(s): Holly James, Ashland (golf); Madison Pines, Northwood (Mich.)
(indoor track and field)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Kari Daugherty, Ashland (basketball)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Kari Daugherty, Ashland (basketball
and overall national winner for DII); Kristen Hixson, Grand Valley State (track and field); Julie
Widmann, Ashland (swimming and diving; at-large selection)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Andrew Biedenbender, Grand Valley State;
Skyler Stoker, Ferris State; Paige Sickmiller, Wayne State (Mich.); Rita Woitas, Northern Michigan
Members for 2013-14
Bellarmine University
Drury University
University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Indianapolis
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Lewis University
Maryville University of Saint Louis
McKendree University
Missouri University of Science and Technology
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Quincy University
Rockhurst University
Saint Joseph’s College (Indiana)
University of Southern Indiana
Truman State University
William Jewell College
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Founded: 1978
Commissioner: Jim Naumovich
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Drury (men’s and women’s swimming and diving,
and men’s basketball)
Elite 89 winner(s): Molly Brown, Drury (swimming and diving); Ben Boesing,
Southern Indiana (tennis)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Jennifer DeMotte, UIndy (softball)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Dwight Baker, Drury (swimming and diving)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Rockhurst, Tenn-is Working in the Community
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): David Bryant, Lewis
Great Midwest Athletic Conference
Members for 2013-14
Alderson Broaddus University
Cedarville University
Central State University
Davis and Elkins College
Kentucky Wesleyan College
Ohio Valley University
Salem International University
Trevecca Nazarene University
Ursuline College
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Founded: 2012
Commissioner: Tom Daeger
Elite 89 winner(s): Chase Long, Ohio Valley (wrestling)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Hayley Wilson, Salem International* (bowling,
cross country and softball)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Kristy Kellogg, Alderson Broaddus; Agustin
Ochoa, Davis and Elkins; Mallory Wishard, Davis and Elkins
*Salem International was an independent and had not officially joined the Great Midwest Athletic Conference when
Wilson was named the nominee.
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Members for 2013-14
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Central Washington University
Montana State University Billings
Northwest Nazarene University
St. Martin’s University
Seattle Pacific University
Simon Fraser University
Western Oregon University
Western Washington University
Founded: 2001
Commissioner: Dave Haglund
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Helen Crofts, Simon Fraser (indoor and outdoor
track and field); Alysa Horn, Alaska Anchorage (basketball)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Kathryn Gross, Seattle Pacific (outdoor track and field);
Caleb Nyone, Seattle Pacific (soccer)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Kristina Collins, Simon Fraser; Jennifer Larsen,
Montana State Billings
Members for 2013-14
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Christian Brothers University
Delta State University
Lee University
Mississippi College
University of North Alabama
Shorter University
Union University
Valdosta State University
University of West Alabama
University of West Florida
University of West Georgia
Founded: 1969
Commissioner: Nate Salant
Elite 89 winner(s): Gary Buffington III, West Florida (golf)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Morgan Johnson, Valdosta State (softball);
Monica Malavassi, West Florida (soccer; Top 30 honoree)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: North Alabama, Adopt-A-Child Christmas Party
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Natalie Kelley, Alabama-Huntsville; Tamara Vickers, West Alabama
Heartland Conference
Members for 2013-14
University of Arkansas, Fort Smith
Dallas Baptist University
Lubbock Christian University
McMurry University
Newman University
Oklahoma Christian University
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Rogers State University
St. Edward’s University
St. Mary’s University (Texas)
Texas A&M International University
University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Founded: 1999
Commissioner: Tony Stigliano
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Olivia Collado, St. Edward’s (soccer; Top 30 honoree)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Jared Gonzalez, St. Mary’s (Texas); Andrej Klipa,
St. Mary’s (Texas)
Members for 2013-14
Angelo State University
Cameron University
Eastern New Mexico University
Midwestern State University
Tarleton State University
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas Woman’s University
West Texas A&M University
Founded: 1931
Commissioner: Stan Wagnon
Elite 89 winner(s): Bailey Vrazel, Texas Woman’s (softball); Emma Love, West Texas A&M
(cross country); Christopher DeWitt, Incarnate Word* (outdoor track and field)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Jordan Readicker, Texas Woman’s (softball); Alex
Woolsey, Angelo State (volleyball)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Aaron Mullane, West Texas A&M (football)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Mercedes Garcia, West Texas A&M; Viktorija
Jablonska, Texas Woman’s; Kaitlyn Lowen, Texas A&M-Kingsville; Julia Puckhaber, Cameron
*Incarnate Word is reclassifying to Division I.
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Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association
Members for 2013-14
University of Central Missouri
University of Central Oklahoma
Emporia State University
Fort Hays State University
Lincoln University (Missouri)
Lindenwood University
Missouri Southern State University
Missouri Western State University
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Northeastern State University
Northwest Missouri State University
Pittsburg State University
Southwest Baptist University
Washburn University of Topeka
Founded: 1912
Commissioner: Bob Boerigter
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Central Oklahoma (softball); Nebraska-Kearney (wrestling); Northwest Missouri State (football)
Elite 89 winner(s): MaKayla McPhail, Fort Hays State (outdoor track and field); Andjela
Panovsky, Southwest Baptist (tennis); William Shell, Southwest Baptist (indoor track and field);
Ben Barrows, Central Missouri (cross country); Trevor Adams, Northwest Missouri State (football)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Kayla Shain, Central Missouri (soccer)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Whitney McAteer, Northeastern State (golf)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Brent Vogel, Central Missouri
(track and field); Trevor Adams, Northwest Missouri State (football)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Pittsburg State, Kids Day
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Jocelyn Cummings, Emporia State; Kacie
Edwards, Central Oklahoma; Hillary Hughes, Washburn; Laura Kinderknecht, Washburn;
Sarah Turner, Northeastern State
Mountain East Conference
Members for 2013-14
University of Charleston
(West Virginia)
Concord University
Fairmont State University
Glenville State College
Notre Dame College (Ohio)
Shepherd University
Urbana University
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise
West Liberty University
West Virginia State University
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wheeling Jesuit University
Founded: 2013
Commissioner: Reid Amos
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Ashli Knotts, West Virginia Wesleyan (cross
country and outdoor track and field)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: West Liberty*, Active Eagles
*Named when West Liberty was a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which disbanded
in August 2013
Northeast-10 Conference
Members for 2013-14
Adelphi University
American International College
Assumption College
Bentley University
Franklin Pierce University
Le Moyne College
Merrimack College
University of New Haven
Pace University
Saint Anselm College
Saint Michael’s College
The College of Saint Rose
Southern Connecticut State University
Southern New Hampshire University
Stonehill College
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Founded: 1979
Commissioner: Julie Ruppert
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Le Moyne (men’s lacrosse); Southern New Hampshire
(men’s soccer)
Elite 89 winner(s): Brad Campion, Southern New Hampshire (soccer); Bryony Parker,
American International (soccer)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Caitlin Brauer, Saint Rose (swimming and diving;
Top 30 honoree)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Caitlin Forbes, Saint Anselm (skiing)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Assumption, Swabbed Bone Marrow
Donation Program
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
Members for 2013-14
Augustana College (South Dakota)
Bemidji State University
Concordia University, St. Paul
University of Mary
University of Minnesota, Crookston
University of Minnesota Duluth
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minot State University
Northern State University
St. Cloud State University
University of Sioux Falls
Southwest Minnesota State University
Upper Iowa University
Wayne State College (Nebraska)
Winona State University
Founded: 1932
Commissioner: Butch Raymond
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Concordia-St. Paul (women’s volleyball)
Elite 89 winner(s): Ben Keller, Minnesota State Mankato (baseball)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Elizabeth Duffy, Concordia-St. Paul (volleyball;
Top 9 National Finalist)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Melissa Agnew, Mary (cross country); Amy Dreessen,
Southwest Minnesota State (softball); Elizabeth Duffy, Concordia-St. Paul (volleyball); Phillip
Imholte, St. Cloud State (baseball)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Southwest Minnesota State, AG Bowl
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Holli Aggen, Sioux Falls; Brooke Burmeister,
Southwest Minnesota State; Brandi Dohmen, Minnesota State Mankato; Mikayla Hogan,
St. Cloud State; Almir Krdzalic, Minnesota-Crookston; David Maxwell, Sioux Falls; Katlyn
Ness, Minnesota State Moorhead; Anna Olson, Minnesota State Moorhead; Cassandra
Sayler, Minot State; Jordan Spatenka, Augustana (S.D.); Kaiya Sygulla, Minnesota Duluth;
Kathleen Wolff, Winona State
Members for 2013-14
Academy of Art University
Azusa Pacific University
Brigham Young University, Hawaii
California Baptist University
Chaminade University
Dixie State College of Utah
Dominican University of California
Fresno Pacific University
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hawaii Pacific University
Holy Names University
Notre Dame de Namur University
Point Loma Nazarene University
Founded: 1992
Commissioner: Bob Hogue
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Academy of Art (women’s indoor and outdoor track and field)
Elite 89 winner(s): Ivan Nechunaev, Grand Canyon* (swimming and diving)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Annie Hwang, Brigham Young-Hawaii (tennis;
Top 30 honoree); Crystal Faith Supreal, Academy of Art (golf)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Dixie State, Dodgeball for Dollars
*Grand Canyon is reclassifying to Division I.
Peach Belt Conference
Members for 2013-14
Armstrong Atlantic State University
Clayton State University
Columbus State University
Flagler College
Francis Marion University
Georgia College & State University
Georgia Regents University Augusta
Georgia Southwestern State University
Lander University
University of Montevallo
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
University of North Georgia
University of South Carolina Aiken
Young Harris College
Founded: 1990
Commissioner: Dave Brunk
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Armstrong (women’s tennis)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Nadia Araiinejad, Alabama-Huntsville (indoor and
outdoor track and field); Taylor Lee, North Georgia (soccer)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Pardon Ndhlovu, UNC Pembroke (cross country)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Peach Belt Conference office, Community Day
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Lauren Blair, Montevallo; Kayla Brown, Columbus
State; Haley Evans, Montevallo; Shane Howard, Montevallo; Kelsey Piepergerdes, Armstrong;
Bruno Orlandini, South Carolina Aiken; Jared Wagenaar, Armstrong
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Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Members for 2013-14
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
California University of Pennsylvania
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Gannon University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Mercyhurst University
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
Seton Hill University
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Founded: 1951
Commissioner: Steve Murray
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Shippensburg (field hockey)
Elite 89 winner(s): Trevor Vargo, Mercyhurst (men’s lacrosse); Lucy Kauffman, Shippensburg
(field hockey)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Kayla Shull, Clarion (swimming and diving;
Top 9 National Finalist)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Kayla Shull, Clarion (swimming and diving)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Hannah Heeter, Clarion (volleyball)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Shippensburg, One Night, One Wish
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Karisa Fernandez, Edinboro; Kacie Hershey,
Lock Haven; Brianne Knipe, Kutztown; Katie Lynch, Kutztown; Lauren Murphy, Shippensburg; Morgan Oberlander, Clarion; Jessica Ras, East Stroudsburg
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Members for 2013-14
Adams State University
Black Hills State University
Chadron State College
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Colorado Christian University
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University at Pueblo
Fort Lewis College
Metropolitan State University of Denver
New Mexico Highlands University
Regis University (Colorado)
Western New Mexico University
Western State Colorado University
Founded: 1909
Commissioner: Chris Graham
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Adams State (men’s cross country)
Elite 89 winner(s): Nicholas Kay, Metro State (basketball)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Alicia Nelson, Adams State (cross country); Caitlin
O’Brien, Regis (Colo.) (cross country)
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Bruna Deichmann, Colorado Mesa; Nicole
Kinzer, Colorado-Colorado Springs; Jacqueline Stabell, Colorado School of Mines; Katrina
Selsor, Colorado Mesa; Kaylee Smith, Adams State
South Atlantic Conference
Members for 2013-14
Anderson University (South Carolina)
Brevard College
Carson-Newman University
Catawba College
Coker College
Lenoir-Rhyne University
Lincoln Memorial University
Mars Hill College
Newberry College
Queens University of Charlotte
Tusculum College
Wingate University
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Founded: 1930
Commissioner: Pat Britz
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Alissa Diaz, Anderson (S.C.) (basketball); Grace
Krauser, Wingate (volleyball; Top 30 honoree)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Grace Krauser, Wingate (volleyball)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Taylor Rakes, Tusculum (baseball)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Wingate, Future Bulldog Day
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Kourtney Kavic, Tusculum
Members for 2013-14
Albany State University (Georgia)
Benedict College
Claflin University
Clark Atlanta University
Fort Valley State University
Kentucky State University
Lane College
LeMoyne-Owen College
Miles College
Morehouse College
Paine College
Stillman College
Tuskegee University
Founded: 1913
Commissioner: Greg Moore
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Vanessa Jones, Albany State (Ga.) (softball);
Nekesha Whitaker, Clark Atlanta (cross country and outdoor track and field; Top 30 honoree)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Albany State (Ga.), R.A.M.S. Read to Achieve
to Mature and Succeed
Degree-Completion Grant Recipient(s): Janeka Reid, Albany State (Ga.)
Sunshine State Conference
Members for 2013-14
Barry University
Eckerd College
Florida Institute of Technology
Florida Southern College
Lynn University
Nova Southeastern University
Rollins College
Saint Leo University
University of Tampa
Founded: 1975
Commissioner: Ed Pasque
NCAA champion(s) from 2013: Barry (men’s golf); Lynn (women’s golf); Nova Southeastern (women’s rowing); Tampa (baseball); Barry (men’s tennis)
Elite 89 winner(s): Kelsey Obringer, Nova Southeastern (rowing); Robbie Swan, Florida
Southern (swimming and diving co-winner); Berkley Whaley, Tampa (volleyball)
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Lauren Boudreau, Nova Southeastern (rowing;
Top 30 honoree)
NCAA Postgraduate Scholar(s): Lauryn Falcone, Rollins (cross country)
Capital One Academic All-American(s) of the Year: Marcus Ruh, Saint Leo (basketball)
Community-Engagement Award Winner: Barry, Miami Shores Street Fair
Independents
Bluefield State College
Oakland City University
Palm Beach Atlantic University
University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Spring Hill College
NCAA Woman of the Year nominee(s): Charlene Diggs, Bluefield State* (basketball);
Hayley Wilson, Salem International^ (bowling, cross country and softball)
*Diggs was the nominee for the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, which disbanded in August 2013.
^Salem International was an independent and had not officially joined the Great Midwest Athletic Conference when
Wilson was named the nominee.
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RECORDS and STATS
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NOtAbLE RECORDs
Nov. 23, 1992:
Adams State’s men’s cross
country team compiles a
perfect score of 15 to win the
Division II Men’s Cross Country
Championships team title. Phillip
Castillo won the meet, followed
by teammates Peter
De La Cerda, David Brooks,
Paul Stoneham and
Jason Mohr.
Making history
Nov. 28, 1986: Vince Buck of Central State (Ohio)
picks off a Division II Football Championshiprecord four passes against Towson.
Jan. 17, 1996: Saint Anselm’s Kristen Skoglund
registers a Division II-record 20 steals in a women’s
basketball game against Southern New Hampshire. Ten years later (Feb. 18, 2006), another Saint
Anselm player, Jim Moore, sets a Division II men’s
basketball record when he drains 26 consecutive
free throws against Saint Rose.
Jan. 23, 1988: Missouri S&T’s Duane Huddleston
sets a Division II men’s basketball record when he
drains 10 straight 3-pointers against Truman.
Oct. 11, 1998: Mercyhurst sets a Division II field
hockey record for saves in a game (45) against
Bloomsburg.
Feb. 13, 1991: Barry’s Maria Teal sets the
Division II women’s basketball record for consecutive field goals in a game when she connects on
17 straight attempts.
Oct. 31, 1998: West Chester’s Kevin Ingram sets
a Division II record for most receiving yards gained
in a game (401) on 13 catches against Clarion.
May 10, 1978: Adelphi’s Bob Engelke sets a Division II Men’s Lacrosse Championship record with
nine assists in a game against Baltimore.
Dec. 5, 1992: Ronald Moore of Pittsburg State
rushes for a Division II Football Championshiprecord 379 yards against Portland State.
April 1, 1999: Saint Rose pitcher Nate Kosoc
strikes out 21 NJIT batters to tie the DII record
(current members) set by Truman’s Bruce Berenyi
against Missouri S&T on April 2, 1976.
Oct. 7, 1993: Bloomsburg’s Shelley Miller sets
a record in field hockey with five assists against
Slippery Rock.
Sept. 17, 1999: Pace sets a Division II women’s
volleyball record with 136 digs in a three-set
match against Adelphi.
Feb. 8, 1994: Colorado State-Pueblo (31) and
Adams State (22) set the Division II women’s
basketball record for points by both teams in one
overtime period.
Oct. 9, 1999: Soccer player Rune Thuestad of
West Virginia Wesleyan scores a goal in a record
24th consecutive match.
Sept. 11, 1994: Jenna Cutts of Nyack sets a
Division II women’s soccer record with eight goals
against Medgar Evers.
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Feb. 12, 2000: Montana State Billings’ Markus
Hallgrimson sets a Division II men’s basketball
record with 16 3-pointers in a game against Western New Mexico on 28 attempts.
May 16, 2009:
Adelphi’s Rachel
Ray sets a Division II
Women’s Lacrosse
Championship record
with eight assists against
LIU Post.
NOtAbLE RECORDs
Oct. 23, 2000: Pace’s Andreea Cotoranu sets a
Division II women’s volleyball record for kills in a
five-set match (61) against NYIT. A year later (Oct.
26, 2001), she sets the Division II record for kills in a
four-set match (44) against Massachusetts Lowell.
Sept. 14, 2002: Western Washington’s Rob
White forces a Division II-record four fumbles
against Fort Lewis.
April 18, 2003: Josh Hamilton, now with the Los
Angeles Angels but then with the St. Edward’s
Hilltoppers, slams a Division II-record five home runs
against Oklahoma Panhandle.
May 13, 2004: Katelyn Martin of West Chester
sets a Division II Women’s Lacrosse Championship
record with 10 goals against Limestone.
Oct. 1, 2005: Catawba’s Ron Ellington records a
record seven sacks against Mars Hill.
Oct. 8, 2005: Fayetteville State’s Eric Portley sets a
Division II record for solo tackles in a game with 19
against North Carolina Central.
Jan. 25, 2006: Nova Southeastern’s Missy Guadagnino has a field day at the free-throw line, setting
Division II women’s basketball records for consecutive free tosses in a game (22), and of course,
shooting percentage from the line (100 percent).
Nov. 2, 2007: Southern Connecticut State’s Jarom
Freeman sets a Division II record for most rushing
yards gained in a game (418) on 34 carries in the
Owls’ win over Bryant.
Sept. 12, 2009: Eastern New Mexico quarterback
J.J. Harp completes a record 64 passes in a record
94 attempts for a record 695 yards in the Greyhounds’ 49-47 loss against Southeastern Oklahoma.
Nov. 14, 2009: Garrett Lindholm of Tarleton State
accounts for the longest field goal in Division II Football Championship history with a 64-yarder against
Texas A&M-Kingsville on the last play of regulation
to tie the game.
Nov. 21, 2009: Edinboro’s Trevor Harris sets a Division II Football Championship record for net yards
passing in a game (630), passes completed (50) and
total yards passing and rushing (647) vs. West Liberty.
Nov. 24, 2009: Jessica Pixler of Seattle Pacific
wins her third consecutive Division II Women’s
Cross Country Championships title by finishing the
6,000-meter course in 20:22.6.
March 17, 2012: Swimmer Andrey Seryy of Wayne
State (Mich.) sets Division II records in the 100- and
200-yard freestyle races at 42.61 and 1:35.05,
respectively. He also holds the record in the 50 free,
posting a 19.39-second leg leading off the 200-yard
freestyle relay in the 2011 championship meet.
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The numbers
don’t lie
Splashing
the distance
Kristen Frost of Southern Connecticut State isn’t to be messed with
when it comes to swimming a long
way. She set three long-distance
records in the same meet (the 2008
championships) when she posted
times of 4:45.69 in the 500-yard
freestyle, 9:50.49 in the
1,000-yard freestyle and
16:17.66 in the mile.
Making
them count
Ferris State football player
Andre Johnson made the most
of the 17 times he touched the
ball in the Bulldogs’ Sept. 16,
1989, game against Clarion,
averaging 30.9 yards per play
for a total of 525 yards.
Erb your enthusiasm
Kristin Erb finished her career at
Lock Haven (2006-09) as one of the
top pitchers in DII softball history.
She holds DII records in:
Complete games (159)
Innings pitched (1,240.7) in 190 games
Here,
you take it
The longest run in Division II
Football Championship history
occurred on Nov. 25, 2000, but
it took two Northwood (Mich.)
players to do it. Jason Martin ran
29 yards from his own 1-yard line
before lateraling to Chad Coons,
who rumbled the remaining
70 yards for the
touchdown.
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50 wins in a season (tied with one other
player); Erb went 50-5 in 2009
Career wins (168 against just 18 losses)
Single-season shutouts (33 in 2009)
Career shutouts (100)
Consecutive scoreless innings
(86.7, March 21-April 12, 2009)
NOtAbLE RECORDs
Quick goals
Rollins’ Jeri Ostuw and Lindsay Giblin set
a Division II women’s soccer record for the
shortest time span between goals (five
seconds) in the Tars game against Briar Cliff on Aug. 25,
1996. If that’s not enough, the duo got another one 11
seconds later. For those of you scoring at home, that’s
three goals by the same team in just 16 seconds …
• As for the fastest consecutive goals by the same player, that would be Casie Poyssick of Saint Leo, who
went back-to-back just nine seconds apart against
Palm Beach Atlantic on Sept. 30, 2003.
Shut out
or shut up
Grand Valley State soccer
goalie Chelsea Parise posted
a record 59 shutouts in 101
career matches from 2009
through 2012.
Enduring
endurance
The indoor record for the
1,600-meter relay has stood since
1995 when a foursome from Saint
Augustine’s (Ryan Hayden, Elgin
Gordon, Otis Scott and Marlin
Cannon) posted a time of 3:08.21
on March 11 at the national
championships meet.
• Grand Valley State’s Ashley Elsass
scored three straight goals by
herself in just 1:09 of playing
time in the Lakers’ Sept. 28,
2007, match against Findlay.
• If you’re curious about the shortest time span for opposing teams
in women’s soccer, Brooke Tumblin of Newberry
and Olaitan Yusuf of Clayton State scored just seven
seconds apart on Sept. 1, 2007.
• And since we’re on this fastest-goal kick, how about
the quickest goal in a Division II women’s game? That
would be Saginaw Valley State’s Jennifer Prior, who
tallied just seven seconds into the Cardinals match
against Rochester College on Sept. 24, 2003.
Marathon
match
April
diamond duo
Two Division II student-athletes
had diamond dandies from April 13
through April 19. In that span in 1996,
Washburn softball player Marcy Scott
rapped a record 17 straight hits.
In that same span two years later,
Central Missouri baseball player
Ben Slemmer hit home runs
in a record seven
straight games.
It took three hours and 15
minutes for Fairmont State to
dispatch Shepherd in volleyball
on Oct. 11, 1997. The Falcons’
five-set victory is the longest
match in DII history.
Wood you
believe it?
Danny Woodhead of Chadron
State ended his career in 2007 as Division II’s all-time leading rusher (7,962
yards) and set marks for single-season
rushing yards (2,756) and career points
per game (14.9). He also tied for most
touchdowns scored in a career (109),
touchdowns in a season (38)
and points scored in a
season (228).
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A History of Champions
FALL sPORts
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
TEAM RESUlTS
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Champion
South Dakota St.
Missouri St.
UC Irvine
UC Irvine
Eastern Ill.
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Humboldt St.
Millersville
Eastern Wash.
Cal Poly Pomona
Southeast Mo. St.
South Dakota St.
Edinboro
Edinboro
Edinboro
Minn. St. Mankato
South Dakota St.
Edinboro
UMass Lowell
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Western St.
South Dakota St.
South Dakota
Adams St.
Western St.
Western St.
Western St.
Western St.
Adams St.
Western St.
Western St.
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Coach
Points
Jay Dirksen
88
Chuck Hunsaker
112
Len Miller
59
Len Miller
50
Thomas Woodall
37
Steve Miller
42
Steve Miller
45
James Hunt
115
Eugene Fritz
97
Jerry Martin
84
Jim Sackett
86
Fred Binggeli
87
Scott Underwood
60
Doug Watts
56
Doug Watts
95
Doug Watts
77
Mark Schuck
77
Scott Underwood
97
Doug Watts
50
George Davis
48
Joe Vigil
15
Joe Vigil
25
John Kernan
55
Duane Vandenbusche
69
Tom Henderson
119
Scott Munsen
78
Damon Martin
68
Duane Vandenbusche
27
Duane Vandenbusche
29
Duane Vandenbusche
38
Duane Vandenbusche
35
Damon Martin
40
Duane Vandenbusche
39
Duane Vandenbusche
51
Derek Hood
57
Derek Hood
59
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Western St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Jennifer Michel
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
67
23
57
27
34
54
Runner-Up
Missouri St.
South Dakota St.
Cal St. Northridge
Missouri St.
South Dakota St.
South Dakota St.
Sacramento St.
UNC Pembroke
Edinboro
South Dakota St.
St. Cloud St.
Edinboro
Edinboro
South Dakota St.
Minn. St. Mankato
Edinboro
Shippensburg
Neb.-Kearney
Western St.
Edinboro
Western St.
Central Mo.
Lewis
Central Mo.
Western St.
Adams St.
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Western St.
Western St.
Western St.
Western St.
Adams St.
Colorado Mines
Grand Valley St.
Points
93
130
91
73
151
165
108
120
99
123
100
129
108
79
113
Host or Site
Wheaton (IL)
Missouri St.
Cal St. Northridge
Missouri St.
Ill.-Chicago
Indiana (PA)
UC Riverside
Wis.-Parkside
UMass Lowell
St. Cloud St.
Wis.-Parkside
Mississippi Col.
East Stroudsburg
UC Riverside
Southern Ind.
Mississippi Col.
102
125
96
56
103
73
98
142
83
74
95
62
74
81
68
76
108
70
66
66
88
86
102
69
102
104
East Stroudsburg
Humboldt St.
SIU Edwardsville
Slippery Rock
UC Riverside
Neb.-Kearney
USC Upstate
Humboldt St.
Wis.-Parkside
Kansas
Mo. Southern St.
Cal Poly Pomona
Slippery Rock
Ashland
Cary, N.C.
Southern Ind.
Cal Poly Pomona
Pensacola, Fla.
Mo. Southern St.
Slippery Rock
Southern Ind.
Bellarmine
Spokane, Wash.
Mo. Southern St.
Spokane, Wash.
INDIvIDUAl CHAMPIONS
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Garry Bentley, South Dakota St., 23:49
Garry Bentley, South Dakota St., 23:33.8
Ralph Serna, UC Irvine, 23:40.6
Ralph Serna, UC Irvine, 29:42
Michael Bollman, North Dakota St., 30:08.7
James Schankel, Cal Poly, 30:34
James Schankel, Cal Poly, 29:43
Garry Henry, UNC Pembroke, 29:32
Mark Conover, Humboldt St., 31:45.7
Greg Beardsley, Edinboro, 36:49.8
Brian Ferrari, California (PA), 30:38.2
Michael Vanatta, Southeast Mo. St., 29:55.0
Samson Obwocha,
Tex. A&M-Commerce, 30:49.40
Samson Obwocha, Tex. A&M-Commerce, 30:52
Charles Cheruiyot, Mt. St. Mary’s, 30:42
Doug Hanson, North Dakota St., 29:47
Rob Edson, Keene St., 31:44.90
Doug Hanson, North Dakota St., 29:18.8
Martin Lyons, Edinboro, 31:29
Phillip Castillo, Adams St., 32:24
Shane Healy, Adams St., 28:04
Charles Mulinga, Lewis, 30:50.9
Charles Mulinga, Lewis, 30:20.12
Alexandr Alexin, Central Mo., 31:23.6
Elly Rono, Southern Ind., 31:13.9
Yi Min Wu, Edinboro, 31:06.6
Michael Aish, Western St., 29:19.0
Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, 30:17.0
Michael Aish, Western St., 30:52.6
Alfred Rugema, Abilene Christian, 30:43.7
Celedonio Rodriguez, Adams St., 30:25.6
Nicodemus Naimadu, Abilene Christian, 31:38.1
Scott Bauhs, Cal St. Chico, 30:23
Reuben Mwei, Adams St., 30:27.8
Michael Crouch, Queens (NC), 30:43.2
Ryan Haebe, Western St., 30:45.1
Micah Chelimo, Alas. Anchorage, 28:56.6
Tabor Stevens, Adams St., 29:50.10
Race Distance 1973-75: 5 miles; 1976-2012: 10,000 meters.
Tight end zone
Catching five touchdown
passes in a single game is pretty
special, but it’s off the charts for a
tight end. Well, Grand Valley State tight
end Alex Preuss went off the charts and
into the records book when he hauled in
five scoring tosses against Winona State
on Sept. 17, 1988, and Portland State
tight end Mike Palomino did it
three years later against
Cal Poly (Nov. 16, 1991).
100
2013
Sharpe shooter
Richard Sharpe of Florida Tech
holds DII men’s soccer records in
career points (321), points per game
(4.5), goals scored (137) and goals per
game (1.9). He led all Division II players
in goals scored three straight seasons
(1991-93), and the totals for those
seasons are the three-highest singleseason marks in DII history.
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Champion
South Dakota St.
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Cal Poly
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Coach
Scott Underwood
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Lance Harter
Deanne Johnson
Deanne Johnson
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Adams St.
Adams St.
Western St.
Western St.
Western St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Adams St.
Grand Valley St.
Augustana (SD)
Grand Valley St.
Grand Valley St.
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Duane Vandenbusche
Duane Vandenbusche
Duane Vandenbusche
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Damon Martin
Jerry Baltes
Tracy Hellman
Jerry Baltes
Jerry Baltes
Points
26
32
48
32
30
39
53
49
34
61
60
64
75
47
62
35
37
56
23
38
46
43
38
31
54
94
63
79
73
66
75
101
54
Runner-Up
Cal Poly
South Dakota St.
Holy Cross
South Dakota St.
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. L.A.
Air Force
Air Force
Air Force
UC Davis
Western St.
Cal Poly
Western St.
Abilene Christian
Western St.
Lewis
Western St.
Western St.
Western St.
North Dakota
Adams St.
Adams St.
Western St.
Edinboro
Grand Valley St.
Western St.
Seattle Pacific
Grand Valley St.
Grand Valley St.
Western St.
Western St.
Augustana (SD)
Adams St.
Points
49
45
92
107
86
93
84
51
67
78
93
99
106
55
143
94
106
106
79
47
131
55
46
101
101
69
101
178
102
81
95
79
104
91
Host or Site
Southeast Mo. St.
St. Cloud St.
Wis.-Parkside
Mississippi Col.
East Stroudsburg
UC Riverside
Southern Ind.
Mississippi Col.
East Stroudsburg
Humboldt St.
SIU Edwardsville
Slippery Rock
UC Riverside
Neb.-Kearney
USC Upstate
Humboldt St.
Wis.-Parkside
Kansas
Mo. Southern St.
Cal Poly Pomona
Slippery Rock
Ashland
Cary, N.C.
Southern Ind.
Cal Poly Pomona
West Florida
Mo. Southern St.
Slippery Rock
Southern Ind.
Bellarmine
Spokane, Wash.
Mo. Southern St.
Spokane, Wash.
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Eileen Kraemer, Cal Poly, 17:41
Amy Harper, Cal Poly, 21:13.6
Amy Harper, Cal Poly, 17:10
Christine Ridenour, Southeast Mo. St., 16:53.2
Bente Moe, Seattle Pacific, 17:42.20
Gladees Prieur, Cal Poly, 16:43
Sylvia Mosqueda, Cal St. L.A., 16:57
Laura Byrne, Southeast Mo. St., 16:56.8
Darcy Arreola, Cal St. Northridge, 17:14.2
Callie Calhoun, Air Force, 16:56.6
Christie Allen, Pittsburg St., 18:04
Christie Allen, Pittsburg St., 18:18
Elva Dryer, Western St., 17:34.4
Elva Dryer, Western St., 17:20.9
Tumaini Urio, Western St., 16:54.85
Denise Summers, Adams St., 17:46.8
Kasia Arient, Lewis, 17:31.2
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Kimberly Bugg, Adams St., 21:43.0
Marjo Venalainen, Kennesaw St., 20:48.2
Marjo Venalainen, Kennesaw St., 21:33.6
Hannah Lawrence, Western St., 21:24.7
Amber Klein, Adams St., 20:54.5
Chelsea Smith, BYU-Hawaii, 20:33.9
Chelsea Smith, BYU-Hawaii, 21:33.0
Mandi Zemba, Grand Valley St., 21:01.7
Esther Komen, Western St., 20:09.4
Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific, 20:29.1
Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific, 20:59
Jessica Pixler, Seattle Pacific, 20:22.6
Neely Spence, Shippensburg, 20:41.2
Neely Spence, Shippensburg, 20:53.8
Alicia Nelson, Adams St., 20:03.3
Jennifer Agnew, Mary, 20:50.7
Race Distance 1981-97: 5,000 meters; 1998-2012: 6,000 meters.
FIElD HOCKEY
TEAM RESUlTS
Year Champion (Record)
1981 Pfeiffer (9-4)
1982 Lock Haven (16-1-0)
1983 Bloomsburg (16-2-1)
1992 Lock Haven (15-5-1)
1993 Bloomsburg (21-0-1)
1994 Lock Haven (18-2)
1996 Bloomsburg (19-2)
2001 Bentley (22-1)
2005 UMass Lowell (20-3)
2011 West Chester (17-4)
2012 West Chester (20-2)
2013 Shippensburg (20-1)
*Penalty strokes.
Coach
Ellen Briggs
Sharon Taylor
Jan Hutchinson
Sharon Taylor
Jan Hutchinson
Sharon Taylor
Sharon Taylor
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Pat Rudy
Kelly McGowan
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Shannon Hlebichuk
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Jan Hutchinson
Shannon Hlebichuk
Amy Cohen
Amy Cohen
Bertie Landes
Score
5-3
4-1
1-0
3-1
2-1 (2 ot)*
2-1
1-0
1-0
2-0
4-3 (ot)
2-0
2-0
4-2
5-0
4-1
3-2 (ot)
2-1 (2 ot)
1-0
5-2
6-2
3-2
1-0
2-1
5-0
2-1 (ot)
Runner-Up
Bentley
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Kutztown
Lock Haven
Bentley
Bentley
East Stroudsburg
Bentley
UMass Lowell
Bentley
Bloomsburg
Bentley
UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell
Shippensburg
UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell
LIU Post
Host or Site
Pfeiffer
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Lock Haven
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Lock Haven
Lock Haven
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Bloomsburg
Lock Haven
Bentley
Lock Haven
UMass Lowell
UMass Lowell
Shippensburg
Pensacola, Fla.
UMass Lowell
Bloomsburg
Stonehill
Bellarmine
Bloomsburg
UMass Lowell
Norfolk, Va.
FALL sPORts
FOOTBAll
WOMEN’S SOCCER
TEAM RESUlTS
TEAM RESUlTS
Year Champion
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Site
1973 Louisiana Tech
Maxie Lambright
34-0
Western Ky.
Sacramento, Calif.
1974 Central Mich.
Roy Kramer
54-14
Delaware
Sacramento, Calif.
1975 Northern Mich.
Gil Krueger
16-14
Western Ky.
Sacramento, Calif.
1976 Montana St.
Sonny Holland
24-13
Akron
Wichita Falls, Texas
1977 Lehigh
John Whitehead
33-0
Jacksonville St.
1978 Eastern Ill.
Darrell Mudra
10-9
Delaware
Longview, Texas
1979 Delaware
Tubby Raymond
38-21
Youngstown St.
Albuquerque, N.M.
1980 Cal Poly
Joe Harper
21-13
Eastern Ill.
Albuquerque, N.M.
1981 Texas St.
Jim Wacker
42-13
North Dakota St.
McAllen, Texas
1982 Texas St.
Jim Wacker
34-9
UC Davis
McAllen, Texas
1983 North Dakota St.
Don Morton
41-21
Central St. (OH)
McAllen, Texas
1984 Troy
Chan Gailey
18-17
North Dakota St.
McAllen, Texas
Earle Solomonson
35-7
North Ala.
McAllen, Texas
Earle Solomonson
27-7
South Dakota
Florence, Ala.
1987 Troy
Rick Rhoades
31-17
Portland St.
Florence, Ala.
Rocky Hager
35-21
Portland St.
Florence, Ala.
1989 *Mississippi Col.
John Williams
3-0
Jacksonville St.
Florence, Ala.
Rocky Hager
51-11
Indiana (PA)
Florence, Ala.
1991 Pittsburg St.
Chuck Broyles
23-6
Jacksonville St.
Florence, Ala.
1992 Jacksonville St.
Bill Burgess
17-13
Pittsburg St.
Florence, Ala.
1993 North Ala.
Bobby Wallace
41-34
Indiana (PA)
Florence, Ala.
1994 North Ala.
Bobby Wallace
16-10
Tex. A&M-Kingsville
Florence, Ala.
1995 North Ala.
Bobby Wallace
27-7
Pittsburg St.
Florence, Ala.
1996 Northern Colo.
Joe Glenn
23-14
Carson-Newman
Florence, Ala.
1997 Northern Colo.
Joe Glenn
51-0
New Haven
Florence, Ala.
1998 Northwest Mo. St. Mel Tjeerdsma
24-6
Carson-Newman
Florence, Ala.
58-52 (4 ot)
Carson-Newman
Florence, Ala.
2000 Delta St.
Steve Campbell
63-34
Bloomsburg
Florence, Ala.
2001 North Dakota
Dale Lennon
17-14
Grand Valley St.
Florence, Ala.
2002 Grand Valley St.
Brian Kelly
31-24
Valdosta St.
Florence, Ala.
Brian Kelly
10-3
North Dakota
Florence, Ala.
2004 Valdosta St.
Chris Hatcher
36-31
Pittsburg St.
Florence, Ala.
Chuck Martin
21-17
Northwest Mo. St.
Florence, Ala.
Chuck Martin
17-14
Northwest Mo. St.
Florence, Ala.
2007 Valdosta St.
David Dean
25-20
Northwest Mo. St.
Florence, Ala.
2008 Minn. Duluth
Bob Nielson
21-14
Northwest Mo. St.
Florence, Ala.
30-23
Grand Valley St.
Florence, Ala.
2010 Minn. Duluth
Bob Nielson
20-17
Delta St.
Florence, Ala.
2011 Pittsburg St.
Tim Beck
35-21
Wayne St. (MI)
Florence, Ala.
2012 Valdosta St.
David Dean
35-7
Winston-Salem
Florence, Ala.
2013 Northwest Mo. St. Adam Dorrel
43-28
Lenoir-Rhyne
Florence, Ala.
*Mississippi College’s participation in the 1989 championship vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Coach
1988 Cal St. East Bay (18-2)
Colin Lindores
1989 Barry (17-0-1)
Mike Covone
1990 Sonoma St. (14-4)
Peter Reynaud
1991 Cal St. Dom. Hills (18-4-1) Marine Cano
1992 Barry (17-2)
Mike Covone
1993 Barry (17-1)
Mike Covone
1994 Franklin Pierce (20-0)
Mark Krikorian
Mark Krikorian
Jeff Bailey
Jeff Bailey
1998 Lynn (19-1)
Rocky Orezzoli
Jeff Bailey
2000 UC San Diego (21-2)
Brian McManus
2001 UC San Diego (21-2)
Brian McManus
2002 Christian Bros. (22-1)
Gareth O’Sullivan
2003 Kennesaw St. (25-1)
Rob King
2004 Metro St. (25-1)
Danny Sanchez
2005 Neb. Omaha (20-2)
Don Klosterman
2006 Metro St. (24-2)
Danny Sanchez
2007 *Tampa (20-2-3)
Gerry Lucy
2008 Seattle Pacific (22-1-2)
Chuck Sekyra
2009 Grand Valley St. (22-0-4) Dave DiIanni
2010 Grand Valley St. (22-1-2) Dave DiIanni
2011 Saint Rose (24-1-1)
Laurie Darling Gutheil
2012 West Florida (24-1)
Joe Bartlinski
2013 Grand Valley St. (24-0-1) Dave Dilanni
*Declared champion on basis of penalty kicks.
MEN’S SOCCER
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion (Record)
SIU Edwardsville (11-0-3)
Mo.-St. Louis (11-0-3)
Adelphi (16-1-1)
Baltimore (16-2-1)
Loyola Maryland (21-1)
Alabama A&M (16-1)
Seattle Pacific (18-5-4)
Alabama A&M (22-1)
Lock Haven (21-0)
Tampa (15-0-3)
FIU (16-3-1)
FIU (14-4-3)
Seattle Pacific (20-3)
Southern Conn. St. (17-1-3)
Florida Tech (15-6)
Southern N.H. (22-1-2)
Florida Tech (19-2-1)
Tampa (15-2-1)
Grand Canyon (12-4-5)
Coach
Bob Guelker
Don Dallas
Menahem Less
Dick Edell
Jim Bullington
Salah Yousif
Cliff McCrath
Salah Yousif
Michael Parker
Jay Miller
Karl Kremser
Cliff McCrath
Karl Kremser
Cliff McCrath
Cliff McCrath
Bob Dikranian
Rick Stottler
John Rootes
Ray Reid
Rick Stottler
Ray Reid
Cliff McCrath
Tom Fitzgerald
Ray Reid
Peter Duah,
Petar Draksin
Bakersfield (20-4)
Simon Tobin
Southern Conn. St. (20-2-1) Tom Lang
Southern Conn. St. (20-0)
Tom Lang
Cal St. Dom. Hills (23-1-1)
Joe Flanagan
Tampa (19-0-2)
Keith Fulk
Sonoma St. (20-3-1)
Marcus Ziemer
Lynn (22-0-1)
Shaun Pendleton
Seattle (22-0-1)
Peter Fewing
Fort Lewis (22-0-1)
Jeremy Gunn
Dowling (22-0-2)
John DiRico
Franklin Pierce (17-2-4)
Marco Koolman
Cal St. Dom. Hills (21-2-4)
Joe Flanagan
Fort Lewis (24-1)
Oige Kennedy
Northern Ky. (20-2-3)
John Basalyga
Fort Lewis (24-1-0)
Oige Kennedy
Lynn (19-3-1)
John Rootes
Southern N.H. (22-1-1)
Marc Hubbard
Score
1-0
3-0
3-2
3-1
2-0
2-1
1-0 (3 ot)
2-0
1-0 (ot)
1-0 (ot)
2-1
1-0
1-0 (ot)
3-2
4-1
2-0
3-2
3-1
1-0 (4 ot, pk)
5-1
1-0
1-0
3-0 (2 ot)
2-0
Runner-Up
SUNY Oneonta
Cal St. Fullerton
Seattle Pacific
Seattle Pacific
New Haven
Seattle Pacific
Alabama A&M
Eastern Ill.
FIU
Cal St. L.A.
Southern Conn. St.
Tampa
Seattle Pacific
FIU
Oakland
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
UNC Greensboro
Seattle Pacific
Sonoma St.
Tampa
Southern Conn. St.
Oakland
USC Upstate
Host or Site
SIU Edwardsville
Springfield
Mo.-St. Louis
Seattle Pacific
Seattle Pacific
FIU
FIU
FIU
FIU
Southern Conn. St.
FIU
Tampa
Seattle Pacific
FIU
Seattle Pacific
Tampa
Cal St. Northridge
UNC Greensboro
Florida Tech
Florida Tech
Tampa
Florida Tech
Tampa
USC Upstate
3-1
1-0
1-0
2-1 (2 ot)
2-1 (4 ot)
2-1
4-3
2-1
2-1
3-1
1-0
1-0
3-0
1-0
3-2
3-2 (ot)
3-2
2-1
Oakland
Lynn
USC Upstate
Fort Lewis
Barry
Cal St. Dom. Hills
Southern N.H.
Cal St. Chico
SIU Edwardsville
Franklin Pierce
Fort Lewis
Lincoln Memorial
Dowling
Lees-McRae
Rollins
Lynn
Saginaw Valley
Carson-Newman
Grand Canyon
Lynn
USC Upstate
Barry
Barry
Tampa
Virginia Beach, Va.
Virginia Beach, Va.
Pensacola, Fla.
Orange Beach, Ala.
Tampa
Tampa
Louisville, Ky.
Pensacola, Fla.
Evans, Ga.
Evans, Ga.
Score
1-0
4-0
2-0
2-1
3-2
2-0
2-0
5-0
1-0
3-0
3-1
3-1
2-1
2-0
2-1
2-0
3-2
2-1 (ot)
1-0 (ot)
0-0 (2 ot, pk)
1-0 (2 ot)
1-0
4-0
2-1
1-0
2-0
Runner-Up
Barry
Keene St.
Keene St.
Sonoma St.
Adelphi
Cal Poly
Regis (CO)
Barry
Lynn
West Va. Wesleyan
Sonoma St.
Cal Poly Pomona
Northern Ky.
Christian Bros.
Neb. Omaha
Franklin Pierce
Adelphi
Seattle Pacific
Grand Valley St.
Franklin Pierce
West Florida
Cal St. Dom. Hills
UC San Diego
Grand Valley St.
UC San Diego
West Florida
Host or Site
Barry
Barry
Barry
Cal St. Dom. Hills
Adelphi
Barry
Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Lynn
Cal St. Dom. Hills
Lynn
Barry
Barry
UC San Diego
Virginia Beach, Va.
Virginia Beach, Va.
Pensacola, Fla.
Orange Beach, Ala.
Tampa
Tampa
Louisville, Ky.
Pensacola, Fla.
Evans, Ga.
Evans, Ga.
WOMEN’S vOllEYBAll
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion (Record)
Sacramento St. (28-6)
UC Riverside (31-5)
Cal St. Northridge (30-6)
Portland St. (33-4)
Portland St. (36-5)
UC Riverside (29-7)
Cal St. Northridge (35-6)
Portland St. (36-5)
Bakersfield (21-15)
West Tex. A&M (38-1)
Portland St. (36-1)
Northern Mich. (38-1)
Northern Mich. (32-4)
Barry (34-2)
Neb. Omaha (35-2)
Hawaii Pacific (31-5)
BYU-Hawaii (30-2)
Hawaii Pacific (28-0)
Barry (32-2)
BYU-Hawaii (27-2)
North Ala. (33-7)
Barry (34-1)
Grand Valley St. (32-1)
Tampa (35-1)
Concordia-St. Paul (36-4)
Coach
Score
Debby Colberg
3-0
Sue Gozansky
3-0
Walt Ker
3-2
Jeff Mozzochi
3-0
Jeff Mozzochi
3-1
Sue Gozansky
3-0
Walt Ker
3-2
Jeff Mozzochi
3-0
David Rubio
3-0
Kim Hudson
3-0
Jim Giacomazzi
3-0
Jeff Mozzochi
3-2
Jim Moore
3-1
Mark Rosen
3-1
Leonid Yelin
3-1
Rose Shires
3-2
Debbie Hendricks
3-2
Tita Ahuna
3-1
Wilfred Navalta
3-0
Tita Ahuna
3-0
Dave Nichols
3-0
Wilfred Navalta
3-0
Matt Peck
3-0
Dave Nichols
3-1
Deanne Scanlon
3-1
Chris Catanach
3-1
Brady Starkey
3-1
Brady Starkey
3-2
Brady Starkey
3-0
Brady Starkey
3-1
Brady Starkey
3-0
Brady Starkey
3-2
Brady Starkey
3-0
Runner-Up
Lewis
Cal St. Northridge
Portland St.
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Central Mo.
Cal St. Northridge
Sacramento St.
North Dakota St.
Portland St.
Northern Mich.
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Northern Mich.
Tampa
Barry
North Dakota St.
Tampa
Augustana (SD)
South Dakota St.
Truman
Concordia-St. Paul
Truman
Neb.-Kearney
North Ala.
Western Wash.
Cal St. San B’dino
West Tex. A&M
Tampa
Tampa
BYU-Hawaii
Serve’s up!
Holy Family volleyball
player Kelly Cummins
set a record by serving
during 19 consecutive points
in a match against
Chestnut Hill on
Sept. 30, 2008.
Host or Site
UC Riverside
Cal St. Northridge
Fla. Southern
Portland St.
Portland St.
Sacramento St.
Neb. Omaha
North Dakota St.
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
West Tex. A&M
Portland St.
Northern Mich.
Bakersfield
Barry
Central Mo.
Bakersfield
Kissimmee, Fla.
Battle Creek, Mich.
Augustana (SD)
Grand Valley St.
West Tex. A&M
Barry
Neb.-Kearney
West Florida
Washburn
Concordia-St. Paul
Concordia-St. Paul
Louisville, Ky.
Pensacola, Fla.
Upper Iowa
Septembers
to remember
On Sept. 24, 2005,
Indiana (Pa.) set a Division II
women’s volleyball record for hitting
percentage in a three-set match (.776)
against Cheyney. A year earlier,
almost to the day (Sept. 25, 2004)
and against the same foe, the
Crimson Hawks set a DII record
for service aces in a threeset match with 56.
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MEN’S BASKETBAll
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIvING
TEAM RESUlTS
TEAM RESUlTS
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Host or Site
1974 Morgan St. (28-5)
Nathaniel Frazier
67-52
Missouri St.
Evansville, Ind.
1975 Old Dominion (25-6)
Sonny Allen
76-74
New Orleans
Evansville, Ind.
1976 Puget Sound (27-7)
Don Zech
83-74
Chattanooga
Evansville, Ind.
1977 Chattanooga (27-5)
Ron Shumate
71-62
Randolph-Macon
Springfield, Mass.
1978 Cheyney (26-2)
John Chaney
47-40
Green Bay
Springfield, Mo.
1979 North Ala. (22-9)
Bill Jones
64-50
Green Bay
Springfield, Mo.
1980 Virginia Union (26-4)
Dave Robbins
80-74
NYIT
Springfield, Mass.
1981 Fla. Southern (24-8)
Hal Wissell
73-68
Mt. St. Mary’s
Springfield, Mass.
1982 Dist. Columbia (25-5)
Wil Jones
73-63
Fla. Southern
Springfield, Mass.
1983 Wright St. (18-4)
Ralph Underhill
92-73
Dist. Columbia
Springfield, Mass.
1984 Central Mo. (29-3)
Lynn Nance
81-77
Saint Augustine’s
Springfield, Mass.
1985 Jacksonville St. (31-1)
Bill Jones
74-73
South Dakota St.
Springfield, Mass.
1986 Sacred Heart (30-4)
Dave Bike
93-87
Southeast Mo. St.
Springfield, Mass.
1987 Ky. Wesleyan (28-5)
Wayne Chapman
92-74
Gannon
Springfield, Mass.
Don Doucette
75-72
Alas. Anchorage
Springfield, Mass.
1989 N.C. Central (28-4)
Michael Bernard
73-46
Southeast Mo. St.
Springfield, Mass.
Wayne Chapman
93-79
Bakersfield
Springfield, Mass.
1991 North Ala. (29-4)
Gary Elliott
79-72
Bridgeport
Springfield, Mass.
Dave Robbins
100-75
Bridgeport
Springfield, Mass.
1993 Bakersfield (33-0)
Pat Douglass
85-72
Troy
Springfield, Mass.
Pat Douglass
92-86
Southern Ind.
Springfield, Mass.
1995 Southern Ind. (29-4)
Bruce Pearl
71-63
UC Riverside
Louisville, Ky.
1996 Fort Hays St. (34-0)
Gary Garner
70-63
Northern Ky.
Louisville, Ky.
Pat Douglass
57-56
Northern Ky.
Louisville, Ky.
1998 UC Davis (31-2)
Bob Williams
83-77
Ky. Wesleyan
Louisville, Ky.
Ray Harper
75-60
Metro St.
Louisville, Ky.
2000 Metro St. (33-4)
Mike Dunlap
97-79
Ky. Wesleyan
Louisville, Ky.
Ray Harper
72-63
Washburn
Bakersfield, Calif.
2002 Metro St. (29-6)
Mike Dunlap
80-72
**Ky. Wesleyan
Evansville, Ind.
2003 Northeastern St. (32-3)
Larry Gipson
75-64
**Ky. Wesleyan
Lakeland, Fla.
Tony Ingle
84-59
Southern Ind.
Bakersfield, Calif.
Dave Robbins
63-58
Bryant
Grand Forks, N.D.
2006 Winona St. (32-4)
Mike Leaf
73-61
Virginia Union
Springfield, Mass.
2007 Barton (31-5)
Ron Lievense
77-75
Winona St.
Springfield, Mass.
2008 Winona St. (38-1)
Mike Leaf
87-76
Augusta St.
Springfield, Mass.
2009 Findlay (36-0)
Ron Niekamp
56-53 (ot)
Cal Poly Pomona
Springfield, Mass.
2010 Cal Poly Pomona (28-6) Greg Kamansky
65-53
Indiana (PA)
Springfield, Mass.
2011 Bellarmine (33-2)
Scott Davenport
71-68
BYU-Hawaii
Springfield, Mass.
2012 Western Wash. (31-5)
Brad Jackson
72-65
Montevallo
Highland Heights, Ky.
2013 Drury (31-4)
Steve Hesser
74-73
Metro St.
Atlanta
**Student-athletes representing Ky. Wesleyan in 2002 and 2003 were declared ineligible after the tournament. Under
NCAA rules, the teams’ and ineligible student-athletes’ records were deleted, and the teams’ places in the final standings were vacated.
Year
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion
Cal St. Chico
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Chico
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Oakland
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Bakersfield
Drury
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Drury
Bakersfield
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Coach
Ernie Maglischo
Pete Accardy
Ernie Maglischo
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Ernie Maglischo
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Ernie Maglischo
Peter Hovland
Peter Hovland
Peter Hovland
Peter Hovland
Bob Steele
Brian Reynolds
Bob Steele
Bob Steele
Bob Steele
Brian Reynolds
Bob Steele
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Points
285
277
428
326
304
384
312
349
444
352½
319½
488
549
479½
397
571
830
853
910
951
791
890
869½
767
730
829
687
621
529
612
718½
726
649
521½
523½
543
538
600½
473
546
Runner-Up
UC Davis
UC Irvine
Cal St. Northridge
UC Irvine
Cal St. Chico
Oakland
Cal St. Northridge
Oakland
Puget Sound
Oakland
Oakland
Bakersfield
Cal St. Northridge
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Clarion
Oakland
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Drury
Drury
Bakersfield
Drury
Drury
North Dakota
Bakersfield
Drury
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
North Dakota
Missouri S&T
Wayne St. (MI)
Incarnate Word
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Fla. Southern
Points
227
210
283
305
282
170
263
338
244½
347½
226
417½
438
246
344½
406
686
652
481
549½
718½
573
640
623
637
557
630
562½
507
535
586
480
543½
500
336
504½
403
345
400
397
Host or Site
Long Beach St.
Cleveland St.
Springfield
Youngstown St.
Springfield
Northern Mich.
Youngstown St.
Youngstown St.
Clarion
Long Beach, Calif.
Hofstra
Orlando, Fla.
Orlando, Fla.
Long Beach, Calif.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Milwaukee
North Dakota
Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
North Dakota
San Antonio
Ashland
Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Canton, Ohio
Orlando, Fla.
North Dakota
Buffalo, N.Y.
Orlando, Fla.
Indianapolis
Buffalo, N.Y.
Missouri S&T
Houston
Canton, Ohio
Incarnate Word
Mansfield, Texas
Birmingham, Ala.
WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIvING
TEAM RESUlTS
WOMEN’S BASKETBAll
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion (Record)
Cal Poly Pomona (29-7)
Virginia Union (27-2)
Central Mo. (27-5)
New Haven (29-2)
Hampton (33-1)
Delta St. (30-4)
Delta St. (32-1)
North Dakota St. (31-2)
Delta St. (30-4)
North Dakota (28-4)
North Dakota (31-1)
North Dakota (31-1)
Northern Ky. (32-2)
South Dakota St. (32-3)
California (PA) (35-1)
Washburn (35-2)
Grand Valley St. (33-3)
Southern Conn. St. (34-2)
Northern Ky. (28-8)
Minn. St. Mankato (32-2)
Emporia St. (30-5)
Clayton St. (35-1)
Shaw (29-6)
Ashland (37-1)
Coach
Darlene May
Louis Hearn
Jorja Hoehn
Darlene May
Darlene May
Jan Rossman
James Sweat
Lloyd Clark
Lloyd Clark
Amy Ruley
Lloyd Clark
Amy Ruley
Amy Ruley
Amy Ruley
Amy Ruley
Gene Roebuck
Gene Roebuck
Gene Roebuck
Nancy Winstel
Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas
Aaron Johnston
Darcie Vincent
Ron McHenry
Dawn Plitzuweit
Joe Frager
Nancy Winstel
Pam Gohl
Brandon Schneider
Dennis Cox
Jacques Curtis
Sue Ramsey
Score
93-74
73-60
80-73
80-69
70-63
77-75
65-48
88-58
77-43
81-74
65-63
95-63
89-56
98-85
104-78
94-78
92-76
80-63
71-62 (ot)
87-80 (ot)
74-62
65-50
75-72
70-53
58-52
61-45
63-58
103-94
65-53
69-50
88-82 (ot)
71-56
Runner-Up
Tuskegee
Cal Poly Pomona
Virginia Union
Central Mo.
North Dakota St.
Cal Poly Pomona
West Tex. A&M
Cal Poly Pomona
Bentley
Southeast Mo. St.
North Dakota St.
Delta St.
Portland St.
Shippensburg
Southern Ind.
Emporia St.
Arkansas Tech
North Dakota St.
North Dakota
Southeastern Okla.
Northern Ky.
Drury
Seattle Pacific
American Int’l
FGCU
South Dakota
Franklin Pierce
Fort Lewis
Michigan Tech
Ashland
Dowling
Host or Site
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Springfield, Mass.
Fargo, N.D.
Cleveland, Miss.
Pomona, Calif.
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Fargo, N.D.
Waltham, Mass.
Fargo, N.D.
Fargo, N.D.
Fargo, N.D.
Grand Forks, N.D.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Rochester, Minn.
Rochester, Minn.
St. Joseph, Mo.
St. Joseph, Mo.
Hot Springs, Ark.
Hot Springs, Ark.
Kearney, Neb.
Kearney, Neb.
San Antonio
St. Joseph, Mo.
St. Joseph, Mo.
San Antonio
San Antonio
Year
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion
Cal St. Northridge
Clarion
Clarion
South Fla.
Clarion
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Air Force
Air Force
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Truman
Truman
Truman
Truman
Truman
Truman
Drury
Truman
Drury
Drury
Drury
Wayne St. (MI)
Drury
Coach
Pete Accardy
Becky Rutt
Becky Rutt Leas
Bill Mann
Becky Rutt Leas
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Pete Accardy
Tracy Huth
Tracy Huth
Tracy Huth
Tracy Huth
Tracy Huth
Casey Converse
Casey Converse
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Seth Huston
Seth Huston
Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy
Mark Gole
Brian Reynolds
Mark Gole
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds
Sean Peters
Brian Reynolds
Points
391
308
345
492
433
349
441
397
423
566½
621½
609
630
690
697½
690½
578½
613
663
656
733
682
641
579½
664
646½
461½
618½
657
483½
497
432½
Runner-Up
Vanderbilt
Air Force
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Tampa
Clarion
Tampa
North Dakota
Cal St. Northridge
Fla. Atlantic
Northern Mich.
Clarion
Air Force
Oakland
Oakland
Oakland
Bakersfield
North Dakota
Truman
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Drury
Truman
Drury
Wayne St. (MI)
Wayne St. (MI)
Wayne St. (MI)
Drury
Wayne St. (MI)
Rejection perfection
Points
324
299
260
380½
343
274
285
280
419
404
475
406
454½
563
625
490
386
603½
556
610½
548
410
561
530
505
518
449
453½
531
388
496
388
Host or Site
Truman
Long Beach, Calif.
Hofstra
Orlando, Fla.
Orlando, Fla.
Cal St. Chico
Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Milwaukee
North Dakota
Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
North Dakota
San Antonio
Ashland
Buffalo, N.Y.
Buffalo, N.Y.
Canton, Ohio
Orlando, Fla.
North Dakota
Buffalo, N.Y.
Orlando, Fla.
Indianapolis
Buffalo, N.Y.
Missouri S&T
Houston
Canton, Ohio
Incarnate Word
Mansfield, Texas
Birmingham, Ala.
Mark Hensel of Pittsburgh-Johnstown blocked 15 shots in a Jan. 22,1994,
game against Slippery Rock to set a Division II men’s basketball record. Two
years later, almost to the day (Jan. 23, 1996), LaKisha Phifer of St. Paul’s set
the DII women’s record with 20 rejections against Virginia Union.
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MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIElD
WRESTlING
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1985
1987
1988
TEAM RESUlTS
1989
1990
1991
1992
Champion
Southeast Mo. St.
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Coach
Joey Haines
George Williams
Don Hood
George Williams
George Williams
George Williams
George Williams
George Williams
Points
80
74
62
62
94
70
98
81
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
George Williams
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Jon Murray
George Williams
Jon Murray
69
101
90¾
865⁄6
132
85
85
80
74
74
Runner-Up
Saint Augustine’s
Mt. St. Mary’s
Minn. St. Mankato
Abilene Christian
Southeast Mo. St.
Abilene Christian
Norfolk St.
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
NYIT
Saint Augustine’s
Western St.
Western St.
Saint Augustine’s
Adams St.
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Adams St.
Saint Augustine’s
Ashland
Adams St.
Ashland
2003 Abilene Christian
Jon Murray
58
Jon Murray
55
Jon Murray
84
2006 Saint Augustine’s
George Williams
66½
2007 *Saint Augustine’s
George Williams
88
George Williams
68
George Williams
105
2010 Adams St.
Damon Martin
89
Roosevelt Lofton
49
2012 Grand Canyon
Tom Flood
54
George Williams
72
No meet held in 1986.
*Participation in 2007 championships vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Points
48
38
31
46
36
24
24
61
44
84¾
461⁄3
43
59
50
77
48
44
44
54
50
46
55
48½
49
80
72
42
47
59½
Host or Site
North Dakota St.
North Dakota St.
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
Saginaw Valley
South Dakota
North Dakota St.
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Minn. St. Mankato
Houston
Albuquerque, N.M.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Minn. St. Mankato
Birmingham, Ala.
WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIElD
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1985
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Champion
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Alabama A&M
Coach
George Williams
George Williams
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Joe Henderson
Points
77
73
91
69
60
72
67
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Saint Augustine’s
North Dakota St.
Saint Augustine’s
Lincoln (MO)
Saint Augustine’s
Lincoln (MO)
Saint Augustine’s
Adams St.
Lincoln (MO)
Lincoln (MO)
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Wes Kittley
Jon Murray
George Williams
Ryun Godfrey
George Williams
Victor Thomas
George Williams
Victor Thomas
George Williams
Damon Martin
Victor Thomas
Victor Thomas
57½
78
70
68
76
66
119
48
63
67½
73
62
53
87
105
55
100½
56
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No meet held in 1986.
Jerry Baltes
Jerry Baltes
Charles Ryan
83
94
59
Runner-Up
NYIT
Hampton
Hampton
Southeast Mo. St.
Norfolk St.
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Cal St. L.A.
Norfolk St.
Norfolk St.
Adams St.
Saint Augustine’s
Saint Augustine’s
South Dakota
Saint Augustine’s
North Dakota St.
Abilene Christian
Saint Augustine’s
Abilene Christian
Adams St.
Abilene Christian
Abilene Christian
Lincoln (MO)
Saint Augustine’s
Grand Valley St.
Ashland
Grand Valley St.
Lincoln (MO)
Adams St.
Lincoln (MO)
Not wasting
a single shot
Points
40
62
51
48
41
28
42
42
33
42
38
40
61
43
44
47
48
45
53
58
48½
501⁄3
64
48
48
47
47
51
51
48½
Paul Cluxton of Northern
Kentucky had a perfect season
from the free-throw line in 1996-97
when he sank all 94 attempts. What
made it even more challenging for Cluxton
was that his Norse advanced to the national
championship game that year, though
Cluxton didn’t attempt a free throw in
the 57-56 loss to Bakersfield. He
did end his career, however, as
DII’s all-time leader in free-throw
percentage at 93.5 percent
(272-291).
Year
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
Champion
Cal Poly
UNI
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
UNI
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
Bakersfield
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
Bakersfield
North Dakota St.
Portland St.
Portland St.
Neb. Omaha
Central Okla.
Coach
Vaughan Hitchcock
Chuck Patten
Joe Seay
Joe Seay
Chuck Patten
Joe Seay
Joe Seay
Joe Seay
Joe Seay
Joe Seay
Larry Kristoff
Larry Kristoff
Larry Kristoff
T.J. Kerr
Bucky Maughan
Marlin Grahn
Marlin Grahn
Mike Denney
David James
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Central Okla.
Central Okla.
Central Okla.
Pitt.-Johnstown
San Fran. St.
North Dakota St.
Pitt.-Johnstown
North Dakota St.
North Dakota St.
Central Okla.
Central Okla.
Neb. Omaha
Neb. Omaha
Neb. Omaha
Central Okla.
Neb.-Kearney
Neb. Omaha
Neb. Omaha
Neb. Omaha
Neb.-Kearney
Neb.-Kearney
David James
David James
David James
Pat Pecora
Lars Jensen
Bucky Maughan
Pat Pecora
Bucky Maughan
Bucky Maughan
David James
David James
Mike Denney
Mike Denney
Mike Denney
David James
Marc Bauer
Mike Denney
Mike Denney
Mike Denney
Marc Bauer
Marc Bauer
Points
131½
112
92½
107¼
124
112¾
110½
144½
166½
107½
141½
132¾
119
90½
88
102½
100¾
79½
91½
108½
127¼
148
86½
95
112
110
91½
98½
128
87½
97½
109½
117
124½
108½
146½
131
102½
107
108
Runner-Up
UNI
SIU Edwardsville
Chattanooga
Augustana (SD)
Bakersfield
Eastern Ill.
UNI
Eastern Ill.
North Dakota St.
North Dakota St.
Bakersfield
Neb. Omaha
Edinboro
SIU Edwardsville
Neb. Omaha
Ferris St.
Central Okla.
Central Okla.
North Dakota St.
Portland St.
Neb. Omaha
Minn. St. Mankato
Neb. Omaha
Central Okla.
Neb. Omaha
South Dakota St.
Neb. Omaha
Central Okla.
South Dakota St.
North Dakota St.
Neb.-Kearney
North Dakota St.
Augustana (SD)
Neb.-Kearney
Neb.-Kearney
Minn. St. Mankato
Newberry
Augustana (SD)
St. Cloud St.
St. Cloud St.
St. Cloud St.
Points
95½
71½
88¼
78
100½
112½
89
98
78¾
103¾
93
84¼
106½
69½
81¾
56¼
96
64
78½
78½
68
65½
103
81½
81
78
105½
75
91
116½
73½
95
101
98½
108½
108
80½
72
90½
95
105
Host or Site
Cal St. Fullerton
East Stroudsburg
North Dakota St.
UNI
UNI
South Dakota St.
Neb. Omaha
UC Davis
Wis.-Parkside
North Dakota St.
Morgan St.
Wright St.
SIU Edwardsville
SIU Edwardsville
Neb. Omaha
California (PA)
Wis.-Parkside
North Dakota St.
Northern Colo.
South Dakota St.
Colorado St.-Pueblo
Neb.-Kearney
Northern Colo.
North Dakota St.
Colorado St.-Pueblo
Neb. Omaha
South Dakota St.
Northern Colo.
Wis.-Parkside
Wheeling, W.V.
Minn. St. Mankato
Neb. Omaha
Findlay
Neb.-Kearney
Upper Iowa
Houston
Neb. Omaha
Neb.-Kearney
Colorado St.-Pueblo
Birmingham, Ala.
Host or Site
North Dakota St.
North Dakota St.
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota
Saginaw Valley
South Dakota
North Dakota St.
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Boston
Minn. St. Mankato
Houston
Albuquerque, N.M.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Minn. St. Mankato
Birmingham, Ala.
Point made
Bloomsburg’s Jamie
Vanartsdalen (2005-08) is
the most prolific DII field hockey
scorer of all time. She holds the
record for points in a career (298)
and season (102), as well as records in single-season goals (40),
single-season assists (22), career
goals (120), career points per
game (3.1) and career goals
per game (1.24).
2013
103
sPRINg sPORts
BASEBAll
MEN’S GOlF
TEAM RESUlTS
TEAM RESUlTS
Coach
Score
1974 UC Irvine (48-8)
Gary Adams
14-1
Hal Smeltzly
10-7
1976 Cal Poly Pomona (40-27-1) John Scolinos
17-3
1977 UC Riverside (43-19)
Jack Smitheran
4-1
Joe Arnold
7-2
1979 Valdosta St. (47-14)
Tommy Thomas
3-2
1980 *Cal Poly Pomona (42-25-1) John Scolinos
13-6
1981 *Fla. Southern (55-8)
Joe Arnold
9-0
1982 *UC Riverside (36-23)
Jack Smitheran
10-1
1983 *Cal Poly Pomona (41-22) John Scolinos
9-7
1984 Cal St. Northridge (46-21-1) Bob Hiegert
10-5
Chuck Anderson
15-5
1986 Troy (46-8)
Chase Riddle
5-0
1987 *Troy (38-10-1)
Chase Riddle
7-5
Chuck Anderson
5-4†
1989 #Cal Poly (38-25)
Steve McFarland
9-5
Rudy Abbott
12-8
Rudy Abbott
20-4
1992 Tampa (42-19)
Lelo Prado
11-8
1993 *Tampa (43-21)
Lelo Prado
7-5
1994 Central Mo. (51-11)
Dave Van Horn
14-9
Chuck Anderson
15-0
1996 *Kennesaw St. (48-17)
Mike Sansing
4-0
1997 *Cal St. Chico (52-11)
Lindsay Meggs
13-12
1998 *Tampa (46-14)
Terry Rupp
6-1
1999 Cal St. Chico (50-17)
Lindsay Meggs
11-5
2000 *Southeastern Okla. (43-12) Mike Metheny
7-2
2001 St. Mary’s (TX) (50-13)
Charlie Migl
11-3
2002 Columbus St. (48-15)
Greg Appleton
5-3
2003 Central Mo. (51-7)
Brad Hill
11-4
2004 Delta St. (54-11)
Mike Kinnison
12-8
Pete Meyer
12-9
2006 *Tampa (54-6)
Joe Urso
3-2^
2007 *Tampa (53-10)
Joe Urso
7-2
2008 Mount Olive (58-6)
Carl Lancaster
6-2
2009 Lynn (46-16)
Rudy Garbalosa
2-1
2010 Southern Ind. (52-14)
Tracy Archuleta
6-4
2011 *West Florida (52-9)
Mike Jeffcoat
12-2
2012 *West Chester (46-10)
Jad Prachniak
9-0
2013 Tampa (47-12)
Joe Urso
8-2
†
12 innings. ^10 innings.
#
Participation vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Runner-Up
New Orleans
Marietta
SIU Edwardsville
Eckerd
Delta St.
Fla. Southern
New Haven
Eastern Ill.
Fla. Southern
Jacksonville St.
Fla. Southern
Cal Poly Pomona
Columbus St.
Tampa
Sacramento St.
New Haven
Cal St. Northridge
Mo. Southern St.
Mansfield
#
Cal Poly
Fla. Southern
Georgia College
St. Joseph’s (IN)
Central Okla.
Kennesaw St.
Kennesaw St.
Fort Hays St.
Central Mo.
Cal St. Chico
Tampa
Grand Valley St.
North Florida
Cal St. Chico
Columbus St.
Ouachita Baptist
Emporia St.
UC San Diego
Winona St.
Delta St.
Minn. St. Mankato
Host or Site
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Ill.
Springfield, Ill.
Riverside, Calif.
Riverside, Calif.
Riverside, Calif.
Riverside, Calif.
Riverside, Calif.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Sauget, Ill.
Cary, N.C.
Cary, N.C.
Cary, N.C.
Cary, N.C.
Cary, N.C.
Year
1974
1975*
1976
1977
1978
1979
Champion
Cal St. Northridge
UC Irvine
Troy
Troy
Columbus St.
UC Davis
Coach
Bill Cullum
Jerry Hulbert
Mike Griffin
Mike Griffin
Mike Taylor
Joe Carlson
Score
1,205
886
1,181
1,168
1,174
1,194
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Columbus St.
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Texas St.
Troy
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Tampa
Tampa
Columbus St.
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Columbus St.
Abilene Christian
Columbus St.
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Columbus St.
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Arthur Land
Charley Matlock
Charley Matlock
Bill Woodley
Mike Griffin
Charley Matlock
Charley Matlock
Chuck Winship
Chuck Winship
Earl Bagley
Charley Matlock
Charley Matlock
Earl Bagley
Vince Jarrett
Rick Cravens
Charley Matlock
Doug Gordin
Scott Clark
Doug Gordin
Doug Gordin
Doug Gordin
1,178
1,184
1,181
1,229
1,198
1,192
1,196
1,175
1,189
1,196
1,170
1,166
1,144
1,160
1,175
1,204
1,178
1,149
1,168
1,125
1,140
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
West Florida
Rollins
Francis Marion
S.C. Aiken
S.C. Aiken
S.C. Aiken
Barry
**West Florida
Steve Fell
Kyle Frakes
Jonathan Burnett
Mike Carlisle
Mike Carlisle
Mike Carlisle
Jimmy Stobs
Steve Fell
1,148
1,194
1,149
1,191
1,158
1,148
1,186
1,129
2009
2010
**Sonoma St.
Fla. Southern
Val Verhunce
Doug Gordin
1,179
1,206
Runner-Up
UC Irvine
Cal St. Northridge
UC Irvine
Rollins
Troy
Columbus St.
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Alliant Int’l
Texas St.
Troy
Fla. Southern
Stephen F. Austin
Columbus St.
Columbus St.
Fla. Southern
Valdosta St.
Columbus St.
Columbus St.
Troy
Columbus St.
North Florida
S.C. Aiken
S.C. Aiken
North Florida
Columbus St.
S.C. Aiken
Bakersfield
Grand Canyon
Fla. Southern
Cal St. Stanislaus
Rollins
Cal St. Chico
Armstrong
Columbus St.
USC Upstate
North Ala.
St. Edward’s
Central Mo.
Score
1,211
891
1,212
1,179
1,183
1,203
1,203
1,181
1,219
1,191
1,234
1,216
1,202
1,207
1,180
1,203
1,206
1,196
1,190
1,176
1,165
1,179
1,214
1,187
1,153
1,175
1,157
1,169
1,169
1,163
1,195
1,163
1,200
1,163
1,160
1,187
1,129
1,129
1,179
1,213
Host or Site
South Fla.
UT Martin
Youngstown St.
Texas Southern
Fla. Southern
UC Davis
Nicholls St.
Hartford
Fla. Southern
California (PA)
Gannon
Sam Houston St.
Tampa
Columbus St.
Truman
Gannon
Fla. Atlantic
Fla. Atlantic
Wofford
Cal St. Stanislaus
North Florida
S.C. Aiken
Central Okla.
Grand Canyon
Rollins
Valdosta St.
Cal St. Stanislaus
Grand Valley St.
Rollins
Sunriver, Ore.
DeLand, Fla.
Armstrong
Concord
Grand Valley St.
Rice
Western Wash.
Noblesville, Ind.
Year Champion
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Host or Site
2011 Cal St. Monterey Bay Jason Owen
3-2
Lynn
North Ala.
2012 Nova Southeastern
Kevin Marsh
5-0
Cal St. Chico
Bellarmine
^
2013
Barry
Jimmy Stobs
2-2-1
Lynn
Hershey, Pa.
*Fourth round rained out. **Won title in playoff. ^Won title by total-stroke tiebreaker.
(Note: Par-70 tournaments held in 2006-2008; Par-71 tournaments held in 1976-77-78-85-88-2005-07-09; all other
championships par-72 tournaments. Match play to determine team champion began in 2011.)
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Matt Bloom, UC Riverside, 294
Jerry Wisz, UC Irvine, 211
Mike Nicolette, Rollins, 286
David Thornally, UALR, 287
Thomas Brannen, Columbus St., 282
Tom Gleeton, Fla. Southern, 289
Paul Perini, Troy, 288
Tom Patri, Fla. Southern, 293
Vic Wilk, Cal St. Northridge, 288
Greg Chapman, Stephen F. Austin, 296
Greg Cate, Central Conn. St., 295
Hugh Royer III, Columbus St., 286
Lee Janzen, Fla. Southern, 281
Jeff Leonard, Tampa, 280
Jeff Leonard, Tampa, 287
Brian Dixon, Columbus St., 294
Bob Burns, Cal St. Northridge, 288
Clete Cole, Columbus St., 287
Diego Ventureira, Columbus St., 285
Jeev Singh, Abilene Christian, 282
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
*Won title in playoff.
Double
perfection
Maddie Holub of Fort Hays
State tossed back-to-back
perfect games in 2013, which
is a first in DII history. Holub
threw seven no-hitters during
a career in which she
set 33 school records.
104
2013
Kruse control
Kutztown lacrosse player George
Kruse, who played from 1975
through 1977, is the all-time DII
leader in points per game with
7.89 (far ahead of the secondplace man at 6.69 ppg) and career
assists per game (172 assists in
just 35 games).
Briny Baird, Valdosta St., 284
Briny Baird, Valdosta St., 290
Dax Johnston, Central Okla., 291
Scott Householder, Cal St. San B’dino, 273
Orjan Larsen, West Florida, 280
Matt Saglio, Fla. Southern, 278
Jeff Klauk, Fla. Southern, 275
Steve Sokol, Fla. Southern, 286
J.J. Jakovac, Cal St. Chico, 285
Andrew McArthur, Pfeiffer, 279
J.J. Jakovac, Cal St. Chico, 287
Dane Burkhart, S.C. Aiken, 279
Jamie Amoretti, St. Mary’s (TX), 280
Christian Ries, Columbus St., 286
*Jeff Goff, S.C. Aiken, 278
*Gavin Smith, Indiana (PA), 289
Cyril Bouniol, Abilene Christian, 285
*Kyle Souza, Cal St. Chico, 212
*Josh Creel, Central Okla., 206
*Tim Crouch, Fla. Southern, 211
sPRINg sPORts
WOMEN’S GOlF
WOMEN’S ROWING
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Champion
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Fla. Southern
Rollins
Rollins
TEAM RESUlTS
Coach
Robbie Davis
Robbie Davis
Robbie Davis
Julie Garner
Julie Garner
Score
1,259
1,250
1,234
1,237
1,196
Runner-Up
Score
Rollins
1,266
Rollins
1,266
Barry
1,308
Fla. Southern
1,276
Ferris St.
1,264
Fla. Southern
1,264
Grand Valley St.
1,220
Ferris St.
925
Rollins
1,198
Nova Southeastern 1,188
Grand Valley St.
1,245
Rollins
1,220
Rollins
1,185
Fla. Southern
1,254
Nova Southeastern 1,190
Host or Site
Rock Hill, S.C.
Grand Valley St.
Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
Orlando, Fla.
2005 Rollins
Julie Garner
1,185
Western N.M.
2006$ Rollins
Julie Garner
919
Grand Valley St.
2007 Fla. Southern
Robbie Davis
1,188
West Florida
2008 Rollins
Julie Garner
1,181
Houston
Kevin Marsh
1,230
Findlay
Kevin Marsh
1,180
Mesa, Ariz.
Kevin Marsh
1,157
Grand Valley St.
Amanda Brown
1,234
Bellarmine
2013 Lynn
Danny Randolph 1,187
Daytona Beach, Fla.
$
Tournament shortened to three rounds due to weather.
(From 1996-99, Divisions II and III competed in a combined championship. Lynn [1997] is the only current Division II
institution to win during the combined championship.)
(Note: Par-73 tournament held in 2002-03-05; par-71 tournament held in 2000-10; all other championships par-72 tournaments.)
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Lisa Cave, Fla. Southern, 310
Jana Peterkova, Fla. Southern, 302
Jana Peterkova, Fla. Southern, 306
Charlotte Campbell, Rollins, 299
Charlotte Campbell, Rollins, 299
Melissa Sneller, Grand Valley St., 292
Mariana De Biase, Rollins, 220
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Daniela Iacobelli, Florida Tech, 293
Joanna Coe, Rollins, 287
Lyndsay McBride, Indianapolis, 298
Sandra Changkija, Nova Southeastern, 284
Taylor Collins, Nova Southeastern, 278
Abbey Gittings, Nova Southeastern, 298
Nancy Vergara, Barry, 291
MEN’S lACROSSE
TEAM RESUlTS
Coach
Score
1974 Towson (14-1)
Carl Runk
18-17 (2 ot)
1975 SUNY Cortland (10-4)
Chuck Winters
12-11
1976 Hobart (14-3)
Jerry Schmidt
18-9
1977 Hobart (15-0)
Jerry Schmidt
23-13
1978 Roanoke (12-2)
Paul Griffin
14-13
1979 Adelphi (13-3)
Paul Doherty
17-12
1980 UMBC (11-3)
Dick Watts
23-14
1981 Adelphi (10-2)
Paul Doherty
17-14
1993 Adelphi (8-3)
Kevin Sheehan
11-7
1994 Springfield (12-2)
Keith Bugbee
15-12
1995 Adelphi (10-3)
Sandy Kapatos
12-10
1996 LIU Post (10-3)
Tom Postel
15-10
1997 NYIT (12-2)
Jack Kaley
18-11
1998 Adelphi (12-3)
Sandy Kapatos
18-6
1999 Adelphi (10-3)
Sandy Kapatos
11-8
2000 Limestone (14-2)
Mike Cerino
10-9
2001 Adelphi (12-2)
Sandy Kapatos
14-10
2002 Limestone (13-2)
T.W. Johnson
11-9
2003 NYIT (14-0)
Jack Kaley
9-4
2004 Le Moyne (16-0)
Dan Sheehan 11-10 (2 ot)
2005 NYIT (10-2)
Jack Kaley
14-13 (ot)
2006 Le Moyne (18-0)
Dan Sheehan
12-5
2007 Le Moyne (15-2)
Dan Sheehan
6-5
2008 NYIT (13-1)
Jack Kaley
16-11
2009 LIU Post (15-1)
John Jez
8-7
2010 LIU Post (16-1)
John Jez
14-9
2011 Mercyhurst (14-2)
Chris Ryan
9-8
2012 Dowling (13-2)
Tim Boyle
11-10
2013 Le Moyne (18-2)
Dan Sheehan
11-10
The championship was not contested from 1982 through 1992.
Runner-Up
Hobart
Hobart
Adelphi
Washington Col.
Hobart
UMBC
Adelphi
Loyola Maryland
LIU Post
NYIT
Springfield
Adelphi
Adelphi
LIU Post
LIU Post
LIU Post
Limestone
NYIT
Limestone
Limestone
Limestone
Dowling
Mercyhurst
Le Moyne
Le Moyne
Le Moyne
Adelphi
Limestone
Mercyhurst
Host or Site
SUNY Cortland
LIU Post
UMBC
Hobart
Hobart
Adelphi
UMBC
Adelphi
LIU Post
LIU Post
Springfield
LIU Post
Adelphi
Rutgers (Yurcak Field)
Maryland (Ludwig Field)
Maryland (Ludwig Field)
Baltimore
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Foxborough, Mass.
Foxborough, Mass.
Baltimore
Baltimore
Foxborough, Mass.
Philadelphia
Runner-Up
West Chester
Stonehill
Longwood
West Chester
West Chester
West Chester
West Chester
LIU Post
Lock Haven
West Chester
Limestone
West Chester
Limestone
Host or Site
Stonehill
West Chester
Stonehill
Orlando, Fla.
West Chester
Benedictine (IL)
Salem, Va.
Houston
Salem, Va.
Gettysburg, Pa.
Adelphi
Louisville, Ky.
Stevenson
WOMEN’S lACROSSE
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion (Record)
LIU Post (12-4)
West Chester (13-2)
Stonehill (17-2)
Adelphi (13-1)
Stonehill (21-0)
Adelphi (16-1)
LIU Post (17-0)
West Chester (20-1)
Adelphi (18-0)
Adelphi (19-1)
Adelphi (20-0)
LIU Post (17-3)
LIU Post (20-0)
Coach
Score
Karen MacCrate
13-9
Ginny Martino
11-6
Michael Daly
9-8
Jill Lessne
12-11
Michael Daly
13-10
Jill Lessne-Solomon 16-8
Karen MacCrate Henning 15-7
Ginny Martino
13-12
Joe Spallina
16-4
Joe Spallina
17-7
Joe Spallina
17-4
Meghan McNamara 17-16
Meghan McNamara 10-7
Year
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Champion
UC Davis
UC Davis
Mercyhurst
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Humboldt St.
Nova Southeastern
Coach
Points
Emily Plesser
50
Emily Plesser
20
Adrian Spracklen
18
John Fuchs
20
John Fuchs
20
John Fuchs
20
John Fuchs
20
John Fuchs
18
John Fuchs
20
John Fuchs
20
Robin Meiggs
20
Stephen Frazier-Wong
20
Runner-Up
Western Wash.
Western Wash.
Humboldt St.
Mercyhurst
Barry
UC San Diego
UC San Diego
Mercyhurst
Seattle Pacific
Mercyhurst
Western Wash.
Barry
Points
45
15
17
12
15
15
15
13
11
13
13
15
Host or Site
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Gold River, Calif.
Gold River, Calif.
West Windsor, N.J.
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Gold River, Calif.
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Gold River, Calif.
Gold River, Calif.
West Windsor, N.J.
Indianapolis
SOFTBAll
TEAM RESUlTS
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Host or Site
1982 Sam Houston St. (40-6)
Wayne Daigle
3-2
Cal St. Northridge
Stratford, Conn.
1983 *Cal St. Northridge (35-20-2) Gary Torgeson
1-0
Sam Houston St.
Orange, Calif.
1984 *Cal St. Northridge (51-12-2) Gary Torgeson
1-0
Akron
Sioux Falls, S.D.
1985 *Cal St. Northridge (62-19) Gary Torgeson
2-1
Akron
Northridge, Calif.
1986 *Stephen F. Austin (38-15-1) Dianne Baker
1-0
Cal St. Northridge
Akron, Ohio
1987 Cal St. Northridge (58-7)
Gary Torgeson
4-0
Fla. Southern
Quincy, Ill.
1988 Bakersfield (54-9-1)
Kathy Welter
4-3
Lock Haven
Sacramento, Calif.
Kathy Welter
8-5
Sacramento St.
Sacramento, Calif.
Kathy Welter
6-2
Cal St. Northridge
Midland, Mich.
1991 *Augustana (SD) (61-4-1)
Sandy Jerstad
3-2 (a)
Bloomsburg
Midland, Mich.
1992 Mo. Southern St. (50-7)
Pat Lipira
1-0
Cal St. East Bay
Shawnee, Kan.
Chris Bellotto
11-5
Augustana (SD)
Shawnee, Kan.
1994 Merrimack (45-4)
Michele Myslinski
6-2
Humboldt St.
Shawnee, Kan.
Scott Whitlock
3-2 (b)
Bloomsburg
Salem, Va.
Scott Whitlock
6-4
Neb. Omaha
Emporia, Kan.
1997 *California (PA) (53-5)
Rick Bertagnolli
2-1
Wis.-Parkside
Salem, Va.
1998 California (PA) (49-7)
Rick Bertagnolli
2-1
Barry
Pensacola, Fla.
1999 Humboldt St. (55-7-1)
Frank Cheek
7-2
Neb.-Kearney
Salem, Va.
2000 North Dakota St. (68-10)
Mitch Hanson
3-1
Kennesaw St.
Columbus, Ga.
2001 Neb. Omaha (54-6)
Jeanne Tostenson
4-0
Lewis
Salem, Va.
2002 St. Mary’s (TX) (58-11)
Donna Fields
4-0
Grand Valley St.
Salem, Va.
2003 *UC Davis (53-15)
Kathy DeYoung
7-0
Georgia College
Salem, Ore.
2004 Angelo St. (47-11)
Travis Scott
7-3
Fla. Southern
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
2005 *#Lynn (54-7)
Thomas Macera
5-3
Kennesaw St.
Salem, Va.
2006 *Lock Haven (56-4)
Kelley Green
3-0
Emporia St.
Salem, Va.
2007 *SIU Edwardsville (49-8)
Sandy Montgomery 3-2 (c)
Lock Haven
Akron, Ohio
2008 *Humboldt St. (57-18)
Frank Cheek
1-0
Emporia St.
Houston
Kelley Green
8-0 (d)
Ala.-Huntsville
Salem, Va.
2010 *Hawaii Pacific (50-8)
Bryan Nakasone
4-3
Valdosta St.
St. Joseph, Mo.
2011 *UC San Diego (45-13)
Patti Gerckens
10-3
Ala.-Huntsville
Salem, Va.
2012 Valdosta St. (58-5)
Thomas Macera
4-1
UC San Diego
Louisville, Ky.
2013 *Central Okla. (51-11)
Genny Honea
5-2 (e)
Kutztown
Salem, Va.
*Indicates undefeated teams in finals series. (a) Indicates 10 innings. (b) Indicates eight innings. (c) Indicates 12 innings.
(d) Indicates five innings. (e) Indicates nine innings.
# Lynn’s participation in the 2005 tournament vacated by NCAA Committee on Infractions.
Four-for-fore
Four Division II golfers – two male
and two female – have won consecutive national titles. Jeff Leonard
of Tampa went back to back in
1987-88, while Valdosta State’s
Briny Baird did it in 1994-95. On
the women’s side, Jana Peterkova
(above, right) of Florida Southern
won two straight in 2001-02 and
Charlotte Campbell of Rollins
(right) did so in 2003-04.
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105
sPRINg sPORts
MEN’S TENNIS
WOMEN’S TENNIS
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1974
1975
Champion
San Diego
UC Irvine
San Diego
Hampton
UC Irvine
SIU Edwardsville
TEAM RESUlTS
Coach
Hans Wichary
Myron McNamara
Hans Wichary
Robert Screen
Myron McNamara
Kent DeMars
Score
Runner-Up
Host or Site
25-20
UC Irvine
UC Irvine
22
Colorado St.-Pueblo
22
1976
23-18
UC Irvine
Northwest Mo. St.
1977
20-15
SIU Edwardsville
San Diego
1978
14-12
Hampton
San Diego
12
San Diego
1979 SIU Edwardsville
Kent DeMars
21-15
San Diego
UALR
Kent DeMars
24-12
Nicholls St.
SIU Edwardsville
Kent DeMars
22-12
Rollins
UALR
12
Texas St.
Kent DeMars
22-13
Bakersfield
FIU
Kent DeMars
5-4
Texas St.
Texas St.
Kent DeMars
5-4
Texas St.
Texas St.
1985 Chapman
Mike Edles
5-4
Hampton
Cal St. Northridge
1986 Cal Poly
Hugh Bream
5-4
Chapman
Cal St. Northridge
1987 Chapman
Mike Edles
5-1
Hampton
Cal St. Northridge
1988 Chapman
Mike Edles
5-2
Hampton
Sonoma St.
1989 Hampton
Robert Screen
5-1
Cal Poly
Southwest Baptist
1990 Cal Poly
Kevin Platt
5-4
UC Davis
SIU Edwardsville
1991 Rollins
Norm Copeland
5-3
Cal Poly
Central Okla.
1992 UC Davis
John Nelson
5-1
Hampton
Central Okla.
1993 Lander
Joe Cabri
5-2
Hampton
Central Okla.
1994 Lander
Joe Cabri
5-3
Hampton
Southwest Baptist
1995 Lander
Joe Cabri
4-2
North Florida
UC Davis
1996 Lander
Joe Cabri
4-1
Rollins
Central Okla.
1997 Lander
Joe Cabri
5-1
West Florida
Springfield, Mo.
1998 Lander
Joe Cabri
5-1
Barry
Springfield, Mo.
1999 Lander
Joe Cabri
5-1
Barry
West Florida
2000 Lander
Joe Cabri
5-2
Hawaii Pacific
West Florida
2001 Rollins
Jim Poling
5-0
Hawaii Pacific
West Florida
2002 BYU-Hawaii
David Porter
5-4
Drury
Kansas City, Mo.
2003 BYU-Hawaii
David Porter
5-4
Hawaii Pacific
2004 West Florida
Derrick Racine
5-2
Valdosta St.
2005 West Florida
Derrick Racine
5-0
North Florida
2006 Valdosta St.
John Hansen
5-2
Lynn
Kansas City, Mo.
2007 Lynn
Mike Perez
5-1
Valdosta St.
Altamonte Springs, Fla..
2008 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-0
Barry
Houston
2009 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-4
Barry
2010 Barry
George Samuel
5-4
Valdosta St.
2011 Valdosta St.
John Hansen
5-2
Barry
2012 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-0
West Florida
Bellarmine
2013 Barry
George Samuel
5-4
Armstrong
Surprise, Ariz.
(Note: Before 1983, individual wins were counted in the team’s total points. Beginning in 1983, a dual-match, singleelimination team championship was initiated, eliminating the points system.)
Andy Rae, San Diego
Andy Rae, San Diego
Tim Monroe, UC Davis
Juan Farrow, SIU Edwardsville
Arjun Fernando, SIU Edwardsville
Ken Flach, SIU Edwardsville
Steve Riza, Stephen F. Austin
INDIvIDUAl CHAMPIONS – SINGlES
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
Brian Talgo, Rollins
Neil Smith, Stephen F. Austin
Pat Emmet, Rollins
Miles Walker, Chapman
Mark Billone, Bloomsburg
Luciano D’Andrea, UT Martin
Pradeep Raman, Armstrong
Philipp Schertel, Armstrong
Mark Segesta, UC Davis
Roberto Cavalcante, Hampton
1985
Tom Goles and Chris Langford,
Stephen F. Austin
Paul Landry and Bob Zoller, Cal Poly
Paul Wekesa and Barry Hancock, Chapman
Robert Green and Barry Pelts, Rollins
Aga Soemarno and Kurt Hammerschmidt,
Ferris St.
Luciano D’Andrea and Vesa Ponkka, UT Martin
Mark Segesta and Dave Allen, UC Davis
Steve Summer and Jeff McCann, UC Davis
Steve Kobold and Oscar Mancisidor,
Cal Poly Pomona
Lee Holyoak and Brett Simpson, Lander
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
Andy Rae and Russell Watts, San Diego
Scott Carnahan and Bob Wright, UC Irvine
Roger de Santis Guedes
and Bruce Foxworth, Hampton
Jeff Williams and Curt Stalder, UC Irvine
Par Svensson and Rick Goldberg, San Diego
Juan Farrow and Arjun Fernando,
SIU Edwardsville
Juan Farrow and Hugo Nunez, SIU Edwardsville
Brian Lusson and Bart Bernstein, Texas St.
Ken Flach and Doug Burke, SIU Edwardsville
Ken Flach and Robert Seguso, SIU Edwardsville
Johan Sjogren and Dave Delseni, SIU Edwardsville
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
(Note: Individual championships discontinued in 1995.)
High-scoring tandem
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1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
Christina Bokelund, SIU Edwardsville
Edna Olivarez, Cal St. L.A.
Laura Simmons, Air Force
Michelle King, Abilene Christian
Lucie Ludvigova, Grand Canyon
Stacy Moss, Rollins
Wendy Luhmann and Cindy Woodhouse,
Cal St. Northridge
Sandra Elliott and Mary Gillach, Northern Colo.
Sue McCulloch and Christine Picher, Chattanooga
Sandra Elliott and Nancy Roe, Northern Colo.
Sandra Elliott and Nancy Roe, Northern Colo.
Christina Bokelund and Portia George,
SIU Edwardsville
1988
Christina Bokelund and Portia George,
SIU Edwardsville
Susan Wheeler and Layla DeStaffany, Air Force
Edna Olivarez and Jennifer Choi, Cal St. L.A.
Onnaca Heron and Cindy Hamnquist,
Cal Poly Pomona
Rebecca Galassini and Traci Guy, Grand Canyon
Mary Hirst and Lee Whitwell, Francis Marion
Mary Hirst and Lee Whitwell, Francis Marion
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
(Note: Individual championships discontinued in 1995.)
INDIvIDUAl CHAMPIONS – DOUBlES
1974
1975
1976
Iwona Kuczynska, Bakersfield
Suzanne Kuhlman, Georgetown
Elisabeth Calander, SIU Edwardsville
Elisabeth Calander, SIU Edwardsville
Nancy Roe, Northern Colo.
Xenia Anastasiadou, Cal Poly Pomona
Xenia Anastasiadou, Cal Poly Pomona
INDIvIDUAl CHAMPIONS – DOUBlES
1982
INDIvIDUAl CHAMPIONS – SINGlES
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
Year Champion
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Host or Site
1982 Cal St. Northridge
Tony Davilla
15-13
Bakersfield
SIU Edwardsville
1983 Chattanooga
Tommy Bartlett
5-4
UC Davis
Pomona, Calif.
1984 Chattanooga
Tommy Bartlett
8-1
SIU Edwardsville
Chattanooga, Tenn.
1985 Chattanooga
Tommy Bartlett
8-1
Notre Dame
Bakersfield, Calif.
Bob Meyers
5-4
Cal St. Northridge
Cal St. Northridge
Bob Meyers
5-4
Abilene Christian
Cal St. Northridge
Bob Meyers
5-4
Cal Poly
Sonoma St.
Bob Meyers
5-4
UC Davis
SIU Edwardsville
1990 UC Davis
Pam Gill Fisher
5-3
Cal Poly Pomona
UC Davis
1991 Cal Poly Pomona
Ann Lebedeff
5-3
UC Davis
UC Davis
1992 Cal Poly Pomona
Ann Lebedeff
5-0
Grand Canyon
West Tex. A&M
1993 UC Davis
Caryn Maroni
5-1
Cal Poly
Industry, Calif.
1994 North Florida
Charley Jenks
6-0
Cal Poly Pomona
Industry, Calif.
1995 Armstrong
Andreas Koth
4-0
Grand Canyon
UC Davis
1996 Armstrong
Mark Beyers
4-0
Abilene Christian
Central Okla.
1997 Lynn
Mike Perez
5-4
Armstrong
Springfield, Mo.
1998 Lynn
Mike Perez
5-2
Armstrong
Springfield, Mo.
1999 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-1
Armstrong
West Florida
2000 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-0
Lynn
West Florida
2001 Lynn
Mike Perez
5-3
BYU-Hawaii
West Florida
2002 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-1
Armstrong
Kansas City, Mo.
2003 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-3
Barry
2004 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-1
Lynn
2005 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-3
BYU-Hawaii
2006 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-3
Armstrong
Kansas City, Mo.
2007 BYU-Hawaii
Dave Porter
5-0
West Florida
2008 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-2
Lynn
Houston
2009 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-2
Lynn
2010 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-1
BYU-Hawaii
2011 Barry
Avi Kigel
5-3
Lynn
2012 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-2
BYU-Hawaii
Bellarmine
2013 Armstrong
Simon Earnshaw
5-2
BYU-Hawaii
Surprise, Ariz.
(Note: The 1982 team championship was flighted, with the winner being determined by most matches won. Since 1983,
the team championship has used a dual-match, single-elimination format.)
Clarence “Bevo” Francis of Rio Grande
set a number of seemingly indelible DII men’s
basketball records in a game Feb. 2, 1954,
against Hillsdale. Francis scored a record 113
points on a record-tying 38 field goals and a record
37 free throws. He first set the field-goal mark a
couple of weeks earlier (Jan. 16) against Alliance.
As for who holds the women’s scoring record, that
would be Jackie Givens of Fort Valley State,
2013
who notched 67 points Feb. 22, 1991,
against Knoxville College.
A very
receptive guy
North Greenville wide receiver
Freddie Martino set the Division II
record for receptions in a season
after catching 11 passes for
186 yards and a score Nov. 16,
2013, against Newberry.
Martino hauled in
146 passes for
the year.
sPRINg sPORts
MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIElD
WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIElD
TEAM RESUlTS
TEAM RESUlTS
Year
1974
Champion
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Score Host or Site
Eastern Ill.
Maynard O’Brien
51
Eastern Ill.
Norfolk St.
William Price
51
1975 Cal St. Northridge Cliff Abel
57
Southeastern La.
50 Sacramento St.
1976 UC Irvine
Len Miller
56
Eastern Ill.
39 Slippery Rock
1977 Cal St. East Bay
Jim Santos
66
UC Irvine
58 North Dakota St.
1978 Cal St. L.A.
Walt Williamson
70
Cal Poly
59½ Western Ill.
1979 Cal Poly
Steve Miller
95
Cal St. Northridge
51 Western Ill.
1980 Cal Poly
Steve Miller
53
Cal St. L.A.
48 Cal Poly Pomona
1981 Cal Poly
Steve Miller
92
Southern Conn. St.
39 Western Ill.
Don Hood
121
Cal Poly
94½ Sacramento St.
Don Hood
169½
Angelo St.
145 Southeast Mo. St.
Don Hood
246
Angelo St.
Don Hood
170½
Tex. A&M-Commerce
64 Cal St. L.A.
Don Hood
142
Southeast Mo. St.
60 Cal St. L.A.
Don Hood
127
Southeast Mo. St.
Don Hood
112
Saint Augustine’s
75 Angelo St.
George Williams
107½
Angelo St.
84 Hampton
George Williams
111
Cal St. Northridge
60 Hampton
George Williams
120
Angelo St.
63½ Angelo St.
George Williams
95
Abilene Christian
63 Angelo St.
George Williams
116
Abilene Christian
George Williams
118
Abilene Christian
George Williams
140½
Abilene Christian
95 Emporia St.
Wes Kittley
149
Saint Augustine’s
77½ UC Riverside
Wes Kittley
151
Angelo St.
69 SIU Edwardsville
George Williams
97
Abilene Christian
80 SIU Edwardsville
Wes Kittley
93
Saint Augustine’s
73 Emporia St.
Jon Murray
115
Saint Augustine’s
George Williams
80
Abilene Christian
59 SIU Edwardsville
Jon Murray
91
Saint Augustine’s
88 Angelo St.
Jon Murray
102
Saint Augustine’s
69 SIU Edwardsville
Jon Murray
75
Saint Augustine’s
74 Cal Poly Pomona
Jon Murray
109
Adams St.
Don D. Hood
80
Saint Augustine’s
77½ Emporia St.
Don D. Hood
105½
Saint Augustine’s
73 Johnson C. Smith
Don D. Hood
108½
Saint Augustine’s
102 Cal Poly Pomona
George Williams
94
Abilene Christian
86 Angelo St.
George Williams
82
Abilene Christian
62 Johnson C. Smith
Roosevelt Lofton
68
Adams St.
55 Cal St. Stanislaus
2012 Adams St.
Damon Martin
77
Lincoln (MO)
73 Colorado St.-Pueblo
George Williams
105
Ashland
57 Colorado St.-Pueblo
History of scoring in championships—1974-81 (10-8-6-4-2-1); 1982-84 (15-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1); 1985-present
(10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).
Eight
is great
Armstrong won
its eighth DII women’s
tennis title in 2013 to pass
BYU-Hawaii as the most
frequent championships
winner in DII women’s
tennis history.
Year Champion
Coach
Score
Runner-Up
Score
Host or Site
1982 Cal Poly
Lance Harter
259
Alabama A&M
144½
Sacramento St.
1983 Cal Poly
Lance Harter
206
Morgan St.
116
Southeast Mo. St.
1984 Cal Poly
Lance Harter
169½
Alabama A&M
139
Southeast Mo. St.
Wes Kittley
106
Cal Poly
103
Cal St. L.A.
Wes Kittley
112
Cal Poly
93½
Cal St. L.A.
Wes Kittley
166
Cal Poly
114
Southeast Mo. St.
Wes Kittley
109½
Alabama A&M
72
Angelo St.
1989 Cal Poly
Lance Harter
103
Abilene Christian
70
Hampton
1990 Cal Poly
Lance Harter
116
Norfolk St.
72
Hampton
1991 Cal Poly
Deanne Johnson
72
Alabama A&M
71
Angelo St.
1992 Alabama A&M
Joe Henderson
112
Cal St. L.A.
65
Angelo St.
1993 Alabama A&M
Joe Henderson
92
Abilene Christian
86
Abilene Christian
Wes Kittley
89½
*Cal St. L.A.
72
Saint Augustine’s
Wes Kittley
106½
*Cal St. L.A.
71
Emporia St.
Wes Kittley
136
Saint Augustine’s
86
UC Riverside
George Williams
81
Abilene Christian
69
SIU Edwardsville
Wes Kittley
120
Saint Augustine’s
78
SIU Edwardsville
Wes Kittley
145½
Saint Augustine’s
98
Emporia St.
George Williams
77
Abilene Christian
66
Saint Augustine’s
George Williams
80
Western St.
59
SIU Edwardsville
George Williams
54
North Dakota St.
53
Angelo St.
2003 Lincoln (MO)
Victor Thomas
98
Saint Augustine’s
67
SIU Edwardsville
2004 Lincoln (MO)
Victor Thomas
85
Adams St.
81
Cal Poly Pomona
2005 Lincoln (MO)
Victor Thomas
108
Bakersfield
53
Abilene Christian
2006 Lincoln (MO)
Victor Thomas
93
Abilene Christian
86
Emporia St.
2007 Lincoln (MO)
Victor Thomas
82½
Abilene Christian
69
Johnson C. Smith
Don D. Hood
76½
Adams St.
55
Cal Poly Pomona
2009 Lincoln (MO)
Victor Thomas
85
Angelo St.
82
Angelo St.
2010 Angelo St.
James Reid
87
Lincoln (MO)
73
Johnson C. Smith
Jerry Baltes
82½
Lincoln (MO)
68
Cal St. Stanislaus
Jerry Baltes
90
Lincoln (MO)
79
Colorado St.-Pueblo
2013 Academy of Art
Charles Ryan
60
Johnson C. Smith
54
Colorado St.-Pueblo
*Cal St. L.A.’s participation in the 1993-94-95 championships vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions. Alabama
A&M’s participation in the 1994 championships vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions.
History of scoring in championships—1982-84 (15-12-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1); 1985-present (10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1).
Home cookin’
Grand Valley State’s 5-0
women’s soccer victory Nov. 16,
2013, over Rockhurst was the
team’s 63rd consecutive match
at home without a loss, which
is the longest such streak
in DII history.
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PuzzLERs
Puzzlers
DIvISION II JUMBlE
by Gary K. Johnson, NCAA
Unscramble the letters to spell the names of Division II
schools, then arrange the circled letters to solve the clue.
WHO’S WHO QUIZ
STOVELINING
Division II has had its share of prominent athletes during its 40-year history. Try
to name the following:
CLONNIL
1. Who was nicknamed “The Human Eraser” for his shot-blocking abilities
while leading Morgan State to the DII basketball championship in 1974 before
playing one season in the ABA and nine in the NBA?
2. What Tampa first baseman finished 15th nationally in batting average and
second in home runs per game in 1988?
FIFTIN
3. Who played tight end for Western Oregon in 2006 and capped off the next
season starting at tight end for the New York Giants in the 2008 Super Bowl?
4. Who pulled in 535 rebounds for Virginia
Union in 1985 and then played for five NBA
teams during a 20-year professional career?
DEMAINCHA
5. What Central Missouri pitcher set the DII
championship-game record with 18 strikeouts
in 1974 and then went on to become the
current owner of the Houston Astros?
SLIME
6. What pitcher was named the most
outstanding player of the 1995 Division II
Baseball Championship after leading Florida
Southern to the title?
7. This Savannah State receiver was third
nationally in receiving in 1989 and went on to the
NFL, where his brother was also a receiver.
“
Clue: What does the coach want to hear from a prospective
student-athlete?
Answer:
”
8. Who left his opponents laughing as he averaged
4.2 points and 4.4 rebounds for the University of
Denver men’s basketball team from 1975 to 1978?
9. Who played a little shortstop for Merrimack in
the 1990s and went on to play the part of Charlie
Kelly in “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and
appear in such movies as “Horrible Bosses” and “Going the Distance”?
DIvISION II SCHOOl SEEK
10. What Jackson State running back led the nation in scoring in 1973 and 1974?
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Albany (St.)
Anderson (SC)
Ashland
Colorado Mines
Edinboro
Hawaii Hilo
Holy Family
Indianapolis
Kutztown
Limestone
New Haven
Newberry
NYIT
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Ouachita Baptist
Quincy
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Sioux Falls
Walsh
West Liberty
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DIvISION II SCHOOl SEEK
Marvin Webster
Tino Martinez
Kevin Boss
Charles Oakley
Jim Crane
Brett Tomko
7. Shannon Sharpe
(his brother is
Sterling Sharpe)
8. David Adkins (the
comedian Sinbad)
9. Charlie Day
10. Walter Payton
WHO’S WHO QUIZ
Livingstone
Lincoln
Tiffin
Chaminade
Miles
Answer to clue:
I Chose Division II
DIvISION II JUMBlE
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