William Peace University Athletic Department COVID-19 Policies and Procedures

William Peace University Athletic Department COVID-19 Policies and Procedures Table of Contents: WPU Athletics Resocialization Plan Page 1 Department Goal Education Program Page 1-3 Athletic Staff 1 Student Athletes 2-3 NCAA Phases of Resocialization Pages 3-7 Pre- Phase I 4 Phase I 4-5 Phase II 6-7 Phase III 8 WPU Testing Policies Page 9-11 Testing prior to campus arrival 9 Symptoms 9 Positive test for Covid-19 Page 9-10 Who do I notify? 10 Contact Information 10 Return to Play after a Positive Test 10 WPU Athletic Trainers and Athletic Training Room Page 12-13 ATR PPE 11 Training Room 11-12 Tracking Magnus 13 Practice Protocols once during and after Resocialization Page 14-17 PPC 14-16 Hermann Athletic Center 16-17 Facilities Pages 17-19 Fay Jackson Anderson 17 Auxiliary Gymnasium 18 Fitness Center 18 Stable 18 WPU Softball Complex 19 Dual Sport Athletes Page 20 Office Spaces Page 20 Locker Rooms Page 20 Laundry Page 21 Team and Individual Meetings Page 21 Tryouts Page 21 Intercollegiate Competition Page 22 WPU Athletics Resociliazation Plan for COVID-19 The intent of this document is to demonstrate and communicate William Peace University’s preparation and implementation strategies for the safe return of athletics staff, coaches and student-athletes to campus and athletic activities following the COVID-19 pandemic. This departmental plan follows WPU’s Wellness Center COVID-19 Plan as well as the direction of the Senior Leadership Team. This document is subject to change should there be new recommendations, guidelines, or best practices prescribed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the National College Athletic Association (NCAA), WPU institutional policy, the USA South Athletic Conference, and/or state, local or federal governments. Dates are also fluid and subject to change. WPU Athletics Department Goal The goal of this resocialization plan is to demonstrate the preparedness of the WPU athletic department and its ability to uphold all recommendations and guidelines set forth by all agencies listed above. All recommendations are focused on the safe return for all athletics staff, coaches and student-athletes while providing a positive educational and athletic experience at WPU. The WPU athletic department will continue to work diligently for the return of all WPU Athletics to campus and athletic activities as safely as possible, while also ensuring that the safety of the WPU campus and local community are paramount. Education Programs EDUCATION FOR ATHLETIC STAFF All staff must complete an online COVID-19 training session. Human Resources has assigned all employees the following tasks to complete prior to returning to on-campus work: "Coronavirus Awareness" training in SafeColleges training portal - To Access: https://peace-nc.safecolleges.com/login (username is your WPU email) COVID-19 Checklist for Returning Employees - To Access: Log into Paycom via MyPacernet or the Paycom app and click on the "Bell" icon in the top right corner.- This checklist includes the employee's signature for our 1) Checklist for Returning Employees 2) Employee Community Health Standards - See Appendix A Human Resources will follow up with VP's to make sure that employees are complying with these guidelines and completing these tasks. All travel requests will adhere to the COVID-19 WPU Essential Business Travel Policy for Faculty and Staff. This document will be updated once official policy for travel during COVID is finalized. See Appendix B (when complete) Page 1 EDUCATION FOR STUDENT ATHLETES All student-athletes must read, acknowledge and sign the WPU COVID-19 Return to Campus Guidelines document prior to participating in team practices. The document can be accessed through the student Magnus Health portal, which will be available to the entire student body. The document details: Requirements for all students, Additional Requirements for Residential Students, COVID-19 symptoms checks, Testing for COVID-19 protocols, Notifications students must make should they feel ill, Testing Before Returning to Campus policy, Contact Information, and a section of understanding and acknowledgment that must be electronically signed. In addition, students can access the University Covid Education website to view an informational video featuring President Ralph: https://covid.peace.edu/ There is also a Covid communication page available for student reference: https://covid.peace.edu/communications/. The athletic training staff will access Magnus Health to monitor student completion of the educational document. Furthermore, athletic training will disseminate any new COVID-19 information as it becomes available from the CDC, state and local government, WPU administration, WPU Wellness Center, NATA and the USA South. Athletics will utilize all forms of communication to update information including but not limited to: e-mail, team meetings, social media, virtual meetings, Sports Information communications, website updates, coach to student-athlete communication, group texts, posted signage, and personal conversation. Athletics does assume there is a risk of contracting COVID but not all sports create the same level of risk. According to the NCAA, “The risk assessment has now been updated below to include all NCAA-sponsored sports, including both winter and spring sports. Importantly, this risk assessment differs from the National Federation of State High School Associations and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and also may differ from state/local risk categorization guidance. Low contact risk: bowling, diving, equestrian, fencing, golf, rifle, skiing, swimming, tennis, track and field. ● Medium contact risk: acrobatics and tumbling, baseball, beach volleyball, cross country*, gymnastics, softball, triathlon*. ● High contact risk: basketball, field hockey, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, rowing, rugby, soccer, squash, volleyball, water polo, wrestling. Page 2 * The level of risk in cross country, track and field and triathlon are dependent upon the student-athlete’s proximity to other unmasked individuals. For example, the start or finish of a race may involve a group of athletes who are breathing heavily in a group space with a breakdown in physical distancing.” “All student-athletes must be provided an opportunity to opt out of participation due to concerns about contracting COVID-19” Such a decision will not affect the students eligibility nor their status with the athletic team. https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/diii-administrative-com mittee-approves-blanket-waivers-participation Pre-Phasing Requirements Each WPU student-athlete will be required to complete all necessary documents listed on Sportsware Online (SWOL) as well as Magnus Health. Each student-athlete must complete all necessary documents as instructed by the Athletic Training Department as well as the WPU Wellness Center in order to participate in the WPU Resocialization Phases. Phases of Resocialization to Sport WPU will closely follow the CDC, NATA, NCAA, institutional, government and public health guidelines on implementation of this plan. Guidelines are based upon current recommendations and are fluid and subject to change. Progression of phases will be determined by the Head Athletic Trainer and the Director of Athletics in conjunction with the WPU Wellness center based upon COVID spread, meeting all sanitization measures, and continuing proper PPE as instructed in each phase as well as institutional requirements. All student-athletes and coaches will be required to follow these phases as they are listed. There may be a need to delay a particular team from advancing phases, however there will be no opportunity for any WPU athletic team to advance phases earlier than instructed below. This plan is in accordance with NCAA recommendations as they are outlined in the Core Principles of Resocialization of College Sports, which can be found here: http://www.ncaa.org/sport-science-institute/core-principles-resocialization-collegiate-sport-devel oping-standards-practice-and-competition Page 3 PRE-PHASE 1 ● All WPU students have been asked to limit exposure environments and interactions for 2 weeks prior to the move-in dates assigned to each student. Student-athletes have also been asked to limit this exposure 2 weeks prior to their individual move-in dates. Student-athletes have been educated regarding social distancing, hand washing and wearing of masks. ● Athletic Training staff and the WPU Wellness Center will continue to monitor students upon their arrival to campus but daily screenings will not begin during move-in ● The duration of Phase 1 will last 14 days and will be scheduled for 14 days prior to the start of each sports NTS fall season. ○ VB/WSOC/MSOC/XC - August 17th ○ BSB/SB/WLAX/MLAX/TN/SWIM/T&F - August 31st or pre-approved date. ○ MBB/WBB - September 14th PHASE ONE STIPULATIONS ● During this 14 day phase, each student-athlete will be required to complete a daily symptom tracker from Magnus Health. The form must be filled out by 2:00 PM each day in order to be cleared for any type of athletic participation, including but not limited to practice, use of the Stable, use of the PPC, use of the gym. The athletic training room will be available to students, who fail to comply, at the discretion of the athletic trainer. ■ Labeled “COVID-19” in the Magnus Health mobile App ■ WPU Athletic Trainers will have access to the mobile App to ensure each student-athlete completes the list daily ■ Athletic trainers will be able to monitor every response including daily temperature checks. ■ The head athletic trainer will provide a list of all students who failed to fill out the Magnus Health form. That list will be provided to athletic administration. Sports supervisors or the athletic director will notify coaches that a student-athlete did not fill out the form. ■ Coaches will contact the student-athlete to inform them that they will not be able to participate in athletic activities that day. ● Failure to fill out the form by 2:00 will not preclude the athlete from filling the form out later in the day in order to maintain their 14-day resocialization phasing.

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