October 15,1990, Volume 27 Number 36 Sweet Selected As Candidate for NCAA President Judith M
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The NCAA Official Publication of the National Collegiate Athletic Association October 15,1990, Volume 27 Number 36 Sweet selected as candidate for NCAA president Judith M. Sweet, director of ath- letics at the University of California, San Diego, and current NCAA secretary-treasurer, has been selected by the Nominating Committee as its candidate for president of the Association in 199 I- 1992. If elected at the January 1991 Convention in Nashville, she would replace Albert M. Witte, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, as NCAA president at the conclusion of that Convention. Other new officers nominated by the committee: l B. J. Skelton, currently Division I vice-president, would replace Sweet as secretary-treasurer. Skelton is faculty athletics representative and dean of admissions and regis- tration at Clemson University. l Douglas S. Hobbs, currently a Judith M. Sweet B. J. Skelton Douglas S. Hobbs Anthony E Ceddia member of the NCAA Council, would replace Skelton as Division I president, replacing Jerry M. sweet was established in 1973. And only 1986-1987. She also is chairing the vice-president. Hobbs is faculty ath- Hughes, director of athletics at Cen- Already in the highest office ever one NCAA president in history was Budget Subcommittee and the Spe- letics representative and professor tral Missouri State University. held by a woman in the Association, from an institution that now is in cial Advisory Committee to Review of political science at the University Sweet would become the NCAA’s Division I I I Clarence P. Houston Recommendations Regarding Dis- of California, Los Angeles. Rocco J. Carzo, director of ath- first woman president. She also of Tufts University in 19551956. tribution of Revenues and is a l Anthony F. Ccddia, a current letics at Tufts University, has another would be the first president from a Sweet has served as secretary- member of the Special Committee member of the NCAA Council, year remaining in his term as Divi- Division III member institution treasurer in 1989 and 1990, and she to Review the NCAA Membership would become Division II vice- sion III vice-president. since the three-division structure was Division III vice-president in Structure, which she chaired tern- porarily earlier this year. Council members Council to let reform proposals* stand-for now The Nominating Committee’s The NCAA Council, in its fall uary. The group may announce andAchanges, as well as a sport-by- option for individual sports but give slate of candidates for vacancies meeting in Kansas City, agreed not support of some of those proposals sport chart showing the proposed flexibility to programs that are con- occurring on the NCAA Council at to sponsor various amendments at the Convention itself. adjustments in playing and plractice ducted in fall and spring seasons. the close of the January I99 I Con- suggested by the Division I-A Di- That approach also gives the Pres- seasons, will appear in the Official Another Council amendmenttto- vention is as follows: rectors Association and others to idents Commission ~ which has an Notice of the Convention. The Offi amendment will offer a fourth alter- Division I-A conferences reform proposals already submitted nounced its support of the entire cial Notice will be mailed from the native in the proposed minimum Atlantic Coast Conference: Re- for the 1991 Convention. reform package-time to evaluate NCAA national office by November financial aid criteria for Division I placement for Skelton to be ap- Meeting October X-9, the Council the effect of amendments-to-amend- 15. membership (Proposal No. 91). The pointed. reviewed amendments-to-amend- ments to assure that they do not One of the changes to be pro- alternative would be available to Big West Conference: Kay Don, ments suggested by the Division adversely affect the principles in- posed by the Council would specify institutions that depend on excep- associate director of athletics, Calii I-A group and others in the member- volved in the reform proposals. that the 22-week and 24-week sea- tional amounts of Federal assistance fornia State University, Long Beach, ship. Instead of taking action on The Council did approve a hand- sons for team and individual sports, to meet students’ financial needs. to replace Charles Whitcomb, San them at that meeting, the Council ful of editorial changes in the reform respectively, could be broken into Current Division I institutions so Jose State University. agreed to consider all of them---as legislation, as well as a few amend- two segments, with the weeks of identified (approximately two dozen Southeastern Conference: Warner well as others submitted by the ments-to-amendments designed to athletics activity to be consecutive of them) would be permitted to Alford, director of athletics, Unii October 15 deadline-in the Coun- clarify or address practical problems within each segment. That would meet the minimum requirement by versity of Mississippi, to replace cil’s pre-Convention meeting in Jan- in the proposals. Those amendments eliminate the 144-consecutiveday See Council, page 2 See Sweet. page 2 Jill Andmws Jennifer A& Patdck Kirksey Brent Lang Merednt, Rainey Ma& Roethlisbtvger Winter-spring finalists for Top Six awards named The most outstanding player % will be honored at the 1991 NCAA sity, and gymnast Marie Roetblis- sketches of the winter-spring tinal- point average (4.000 scale) while the 1990 Women’s Final Four and Convention as the College Athletics berger, University of Minnesota, ists: earning a degree in communications five NCAA individual champions- Top XII. Twin Cities. Jill Andrews studies. She was an academic all- three of them gymnasts -~have been Winter-spring finalists are gym- Selection is based 50 percent on Andrews won the 1989 NCAA America and was the recipient of a named finalists in winter-spring nast Jill Andrews, University of athletics ability; 25 percent on aca- vault and balance-beam titles. She Pat-IO medal of honor and an sports for the Association’s Today’s California, Los Angeles; basketball demic achievement, and 25 percent took all-around honors in each dual NCAA postgraduate scholarship. Top Six awards. player Jennifer Azzi, Stanford Uni- on character, leadership and activi- meet in which she competed last She has been a Special Olympics Six fall-sports student-athletes versity; gymnast Patrick Kirksey, ties. Nomination forms are sent to year. She was the 1990 Pacific-10 coach and counselor for the UCLA also will be selected later this year, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; all member institutions, and selec- Conference gymnast of the year and mentor program. and six finalists will be chosen from swimmer Brent Lang, University of tions are made by the NCAA Ho- won the Honda-Broderick Award Jennifer Azzi the 12 nominees. They and the six Michigan; middle-distance runner nors Committee. for women’s gymnastics. Azzi helped Stanford win the Silver Anniversary Award winners Meredith Rainey, Harvard Univer- Following are biographical She maintained a 3.430 grade- See Winter-spring, page 2 THE NCAA NEWS/October 15,laaO hinter-spring Continuedfrom page I pionship team. He won IO Big Eight SO-yard and two loo-yard freestyle indoor championships. She also national-team member and was an 1990 Division I Women’s Basketball Conference titles during his career, titles in the NCAA Division I Men’s won the 800 meters at both the 1990 alternate on the 1984 U.S. Olympic Championship and earned outstand- including five of the championships’ Swimming and Diving Champion- TAC championships and U.S. Olym- team. She received the 1990 Ameri- ing-player honors. She also won the seven individual titles in 1990. He ships. He also earned gold medals pic Festival. can Award, which is given to the 1990 Wade Trophy and James Nais- was a two-time conference all- at the 1987 World University Games Rainey maintained a 3.300 grade- nation’s outstanding senior woman mith Award. A member of the U.S. around champion and a finalist for and the 1988 Summer Olympics. point average. Her degree is in social gymnast as voted by coaches. national team, she is a two-time the IBM/ George Nissen award for A Rhodes Scholar candidate and studies. She is the recipient of an Roethlisberger had a 3.680 grade- first-team all-America and Pat-IO the top senior gymnast. academic all-America, he had a NCAA postgraduate scholarship point average and earned degrees in player of the year. The recipient of an NCAA post- 3.835 grade-point average and and Harvard College and Elizabeth biochemistry and prcmedicine. An She was an NCAA drug-educa- graduate scholarship, Kirksey re- earned a degree in industrial and Cat-y Agassiz scholarships. academic all-America, she is the tion speaker and also spoke at var- ceived a degree in finance and had a operations engineering at Michigan. The cochair of the Harvard-Rad- recipient of a Big Ten Conference ious Bay Area functions, including grade-point average of 3.632. He He was cited as the college of engi- cliffe Foundation for Women’s Ath- medal of honor and an NCAA Rotary Club and youth groups. was on the Big Eight academic neering’s outstanding senior engineer. letics, she has been a member of the postgraduate scholarship. Azzi earned a degree in economics honor roll and received the Ne- He was a swimming camp in- Big Sister program and the executive She received the first Honda In and carried a 2.900 grade-point braska athletics/academic counsel- structor and an NCAA drug-cduca- board of the Black Students Associ- spiration Award, which is given to average. ing high medal of distinction. tion speaker. ation. She also has worked with an athlete who has overcome signif- Patrick Kirksey Meredith Ralney homeless children.