SUPPLEMENT NO. 2B DIII CHAMPS COMM 03/20

REPORT OF THE NCAA DIVISION III CHAMPIONSHIPS COMMITTEE FEBRUARY 25, 2020, EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE

ACTION ITEMS.

• None.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

1. Sport committee reappointments. The committee approved the following sport and sport rules committee reappointments.

a. NCAA Division III Committee – Frank Pericolosi, head baseball coach, Pomona- Pitzer College, Southern California Intercollegiate Conference.

b. NCAA Division III Women’s Committee – Megan Wilson, associate athletic director/senior woman administrator, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

c. NCAA Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Committee – Jackie MacMillan, head coach, The College of St. Scholastica, Upper Midwest Athletic Conference; and Deborah Steward, director of athletics, Hobart and William Smith College, .

2. Sport committee term extension.

• NCAA Division III Field Hockey Committee. Ashley Smeltzer-Kraft, head coach, Shenandoah University, Old Dominion Athletic Conference; one-year term extension.

3. Sport and sport rules committee appointments. The committee approved the following sport and sport rules committee appointments:

a. NCAA Division III Baseball Committee – Central region: Dick Kaiser, commissioner, St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

b. NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Committee – East region: Luke Flockerzi, head coach, University of Rochester, University Athletic Association; and West region: Oliver Eslinger, head coach, California Institute of Technology, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

c. NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Committee – Great Lakes region: Suzy Venet, assistant senior woman administrator/head women’s basketball coach, University of Mount Union, Athletic Conference. SUPPLEMENT NO. 2B Page No. 2 ______

d. NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee – Alex Lang, associate athletics director/head women’s basketball coach, Brooklyn College, City University of New York Athletic Conference.

e. NCAA Division III Football Committee – East region: Gregg Kaye, commissioner, Commonwealth Coast Conference.

f. NCAA Football Rules Committee – Stan Hodgin, assistant football coach, Shenandoah University, Old Dominion Athletic Conference; John Pearce, head coach, Sul Ross State University, American Southwest Conference.

g. NCAA Division III Men’s Committee – Mid-Atlantic region: Jon King, associate athletic director/sports information director/head men’s golf coach, Alvernia University, Middle Atlantic Conference; and Southeast region: John Sjoberg, director of athletics, Methodist University, USA South Athletic Conference.

h. NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules Committee – Michael Mudd, director of athletics, Worcester State University, Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference.

i. NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Rules Committee – Andrew Fink, head coach, University of St. Joseph (Connecticut), Great Northeast Athletic Conference.

j. NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Committee – Great Lakes region: Alyssa Batty, head coach, Chatham University, Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

k. NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Rules Committee – Melissa Ackerman, assistant athletic director business operations, Case Western Reserve University, University Athletic Association.

l. NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Committee – Linda Yost, senior woman administrator/associate director of athletics, Stockton University, New Jersey Athletic Conference.

m. NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Committee – Brad Bankhead, head coach, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, American Southwest Conference; Mid-Atlantic region: Paul Moyer, director of athletics, McDaniel College, ; and New England region: Gabe Margolis, head soccer coach, Brandeis University, University Athletic Association.

n. NCAA Division III Women’s Committee – Great Lakes region: Brad Duckworth, director of athletics, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Midwest region: Rilee Dawson, head coach, The College of St. Scholastica, Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.

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o. NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s and Committee – Tracy Lavoi Torgerson, diving coach, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; and Donna Hodgert, head swimming coach/aquatics director, Sweet Briar College, Old Dominion Athletic Conference.

p. NCAA Division III Men’s Committee – Atlantic South region: David Hayden, head tennis coach, Westminster College (Pennsylvania), Presidents’ Athletic Conference.

q. NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Committee – West region: Suzanne Merritt, senior woman administrator/head tennis coach, LeTourneau University, American Southwest Conference

r. NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Track and Field and Cross Country Committee – South/Southeast region: Katie Stanford, head cross country/track and field coach, Covenant College, USA South Athletic Conference.

s. NCAA Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Rules Committee – Bill Ross, director of athletics, Allegheny College, North Coast Athletic Conference.

t. NCAA Division III Women’s Committee – Chris Duarte-McDermott, head volleyball coach, Whittier College, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; and Central region: Gretchen Hunt, senior woman administrator/head volleyball coach/associate athletic director, Bethel University (Minnesota), Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

a. NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee – Megan Silver-Droesch, head volleyball coach, Eastern Connecticut State University, ; and Ben Somera, head coach/associate adjunct professor, Wesleyan University (Connecticut), New England Small College Athletic Conference.

Committee Chair: Kiki Jacobs, Roger Williams University Staff Liaisons: Liz Turner Suscha, Championships and Alliances Laura Peterson-Mlynski, Championships and Alliances Julie Sargent, Academic and Membership Affairs

Division III Championships Committee February 25, 2020, Meeting Attendees: Robin Baker, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Heather Benning, . Jason Fein, Bates College. Kiki Jacobs, Roger Williams University. Braly Keller, Nebraska Wesleyan University.

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Chuck Mitrano, . Michelle Morgan, . John Neese, Hardin-Simmons University. Penny Siqueiros, Wesleyan College (Georgia). Absentees: None. Guests in Attendance: None. NCAA Staff Support in Attendance: None. Other NCAA Staff Members in Attendance: None.