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Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association February 1,1989, Volume 26 Number 5 NCAA vita bank is seeking qualified applicants Matching qualified applicants sional experience,” he continued. with bona fide employment oppor- “The vita bank is yet another step. tunities is the purpose of the NCAA It will serve as a clearinghouse to sports administration vita bank, identify qualified applicants for po- which has been developed and is sitions in all areas of athletics- operating as a result of actions tak- coaching, officiating, administration en the Council Subcommittee to and support services the latter Review Minority Opportunities in including positions in athletics train Intercollegiate Athletics and the ing, business management, ticket Association’s Committee on Wom- operations, facilities management, en’s Athletics. sports information and so on.” “We already have received in- Registration is easy quiries about the vita bank, and Johnson said individuals intcr- some individuals have registered,” ested in being included in the vita said Stanley D. Johnson, the Asso- bank need take only a few steps. ciation’s director of professional Registration forms are available development and chief administra- from the Association’s national of- tor of the vita bank program. John- lice (PO. Box 1906, Mission, Kansas son is assisted in the day-to-day 66201, telephone 913/384-3220). operation of the vita bank by NCAA These are to be completed and rem employee Cynthia Cooper. turned, along with a current resume “Our focus now is on getting ev- and a list that includes a minimum erything up to speed by expanding of live rcfcrcnccs (three from faculty, the pool of applicants and identify- staff or individuals who have taught ing appropriate job opportunities.” the registrant or are personally ia- Johnson explained that the vita miliar with the registrant’s work; bank is one of many steps that have one from a former employer, and been taken to enhance opportunities one from an individual of the regis- in all areas of intercollegiate athletics trant’s choice). for minorities and women. When completing the registration “The first step was implemcnta- forms, applicants will indicate their tion of a scholarship program that desired areas of employment and would provide additional financial other pertinent information, all of NCAA national oftIce rtrsly member C)nfih M as&t% in the &y-to-&y opercrl/on of ti which will be entered into the conli- support for qualified candidates Association’s s$xx& administration vita bank, designed to match qualified minotity and women who were interested in a career in dential, computer-based system. appfkants wfth job openings at member insfifufion~ athletics,” Johnson said. “The goal “We are using a stand-alone corn- (of the scholarships) is to increase putcr system for the vita bank,” information, Johnson’s othrer major and other organirations affiliated One of the most important messages the pool of trained candidates for noted Johnson. “The information responsibility now involves tracking qualified minority and women can we need to deliver, in my opinion, is positions in athletics. we receive from registrants and from down cvcry available job opportu- with the NCAA,” he said. that the vita bank is open to any “An internship program at the potential employers will be held in nity in athletics. “The top priority mstitution or sports organization national office then was developed the strictest confidence.” will be to obtain openmgs from “But we will not limit the pool of that is interested in hearing from to provide opportunities for profes- Besides processing registration member institutions and conferences job opportunities to these entities. See NCAA. page 3 Women get national spotlight National Girls and Women in Sports Day will be celebrated for the third consecutive year February 2 in Washington, D.C., and across the U.S. by leading female athletes, members of Congress and key members of the new administration. The day’s events are being coor dinated by the Women’s Sports Foundation. The day will be commemorated on Capitol Hill at a buffet luncheon and ceremony hosted by Sen. Al Gore, D-Tennessee, and Set-r Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kansas. Among the women athletes at tending the ceremony are Donna de Varona, winner of two swimming gold medals in the 1964 Olympics, television broadcaster, and founding member and chair of the Women’s Sports Foundation; Carol Mann, LPGA Hall of Fame member and president of the Women’s Sports Foundation; Evelyn Ashford, three- time track Olympian and gold med- New Association officers alist; Teresa Edwards, two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist Meeting at the NCAA national oll?ce last week were the ptesidsnl; Judith M. Sweel, sec&a~-treasurer; 8. J. Skefton, (1984 and 1988), and Pam Shriver, Association’s officem, who were elected during the 83nl Dfvfsion I viwpn&&nt, and Alvin J. Van wie, Division Ill ranked among the top-10 tennis annual Conventfon in San Francisco. They am, fmm IetY, vi~pn?si&nt. players since 1980 and winner of 19 Albert M. We, president Jeny M. Hughes, Division II vfc+ See Women. page 3 2 THE NCAA NEWS/February 1,198s Study shows injury trends in fall sports for ‘88 season The first of three annual reports mation represents a descriptive re- membership. The selected institu- tail. including type of injury, body would give an injury rate of (six on Injury trends in college athletics flection of injury tendencies in the tions composed a nine percent sam- part injured, severity of injury, type divided by 563 and then multiplied has been released by the NCAA sports mentioned.” ple of institutions sponsoring the of field, field condition and special by 1,000) 10.7 injuries per 1,000 Committee on Competitive Safe- The NCAA Injury Surveillance sport. equipment used by the participant. athlete exposures. guards and Medical Aspects of System was developed in 1982 to Dick said it was important to An athlete exposure is one athlete Dick said that because of the Sports. The first report reflects data provide current and reliable data on note that the system does not iden- participating in a practice or game division and regional distribution of collected for fall sports; other reports injury trends in intercollegiate ath- tify every injury that occurs at the where he or she is exposed to the participants, injury-rate values ex- will follow the winter and spring letics. institutions in a particular sport; possibility of an athletics injury. pressed in the fall report should be sports seasons. Data are collected each year from rather, it collects a sampling that is For example, five practices in- representative of those that occur at The fall report reflects data col- a representative sample of NCAA representative of a cross section of volving 60 participants and one any given NCAA institution. lected for football, men’s and wom- member institutions, and the data NCAA institutions. game involving 40 participants For additional information, con- en’s soccer, field hockey, and are reviewed by the Committee on A reportable injury is defined as would total 340 athlete exposures tact Dick at the national office. women’s volleyball. Competitive Safeguards and MediL one that occurred as a result 01 for a particular week. The results of the fall report are According to Randall W. Dick, cal Aspects of Sports. The commit- participation in an organized inter- An injury rate, Dick explained, is listed below: NCAA assistant director of sports tee’s goal is to reduce injury rates collegiate practice or game, one that a ratio of the number of injuries in a required medical attention by an Spurt sciences, “The information con- through suggested rules changes, particular category to the number Frrothall X6 (16 percent o! total team,) tained in this summary must be additional protective equipment or athletics trainer or physician and of athlete exposures in that category. Pwwce ,n,ury rate evaluated under the definitions and changes in coaching techniques. one that resulted in restriction of the This value is then multiplied by [per 1,000 athlccc exposures methodology outlined for the Exposure and injury data were student-athlete’s participation for I,OOO to produce an injury rate per (A-F)] 4.2 one or more days beyond the day 01 Game injury rate NCAA Injury Surveillance System. submitted weekly by athletics train- 1,000 athlete exposures. For exam- (per I.000 A-t). 33 9 No statistical analyses of these data ers at institutions selected to repre- the injury. ple, six reportable injuries during a T0td 1”J”‘y rate have been performed, and the infor- sent a cross section of the NCAA Each inlury was described in de- period of 563 athlete exposures (practice and game\) (per 1,000 A-E) _. .6.7 krcc”t Of inJU”eS “‘X”r,“i: 1” Practices 5X February 24 deadline set Games 41 News Quiz ‘Top three body parts injorcd (,WCe”t Of iill I”J”MS, for postgraduate scholarships Knee...... ...20 Ankle 14 The following questions relate to information that appeared in January Nominations for NCAA post- are responsible for collecting the Shoulder I I issues of The NCAA News. How many can you answer? graduate scholarships for men’s and complete nomination forms and TOP three types Of I”J”‘y (percent of all injuries) 1. How many college baseball games will ESPN televise this season? (a) women’s basketball players must be forwarding them, along with an SPW” 31 17; (b) 21; (c) 27; (d) 31. mailed by February 24 to the ap- official transcript of the candidate’s Stram 19 2. Where was the American Football Coaches Association convention propriate district selection commit- academic record, to the appropriate C‘ontwlrn I7 tee chair, as outlined in the district selection committee chair.

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