AGENDA Women’s Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division III Conference Captains

12:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Conference Call | Dial-In Number: 1-678-949-5187 | Access Code: 831-6609#

Use a landline phone with mute capability. Do not place your phone on hold. Any substitute must be another head coach from your conference.

1. Call to order. Mary Beth Spirk, chair

2. Welcome and announcements. Spirk; Danielle Donehew, WBCA Executive Director.

3. Roll call [Supplement]. Heather Sumperl, staff.

4. Captains responsibilities [Supplement]. Sumperl, staff.

5. 2017 NCAA update. Kelly Whitaker, Assistant Director of Championships and Alliances. a. 2016-17 NCAA officiating website access and officiating video viewing requirements [Supplement]. b. NCAA DIII consolation game

6. 2017 NCAA Convention legislation review. Sarah Otey, Associate Director of Academic and Membership Affairs. a. 2017 Convention Proposals [Supplement].

7. Hoopsville sponsorship. Tip Tucker Kendall, staff.

8. Awards update. Sumperl.

9. “So You Want To Be A Coach”. Tucker Kendall.

10. Membership/Convention update. Tucker Kendall. a. Membership dues renewal b. Membership survey c. WBCA Convention registration and tickets d. WBCA Convention hotel changes

11. Other Business. Spirk.

12. Future meetings [Supplement]. Donehew. a. Conference call, 12:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, December 13, 2016. b. Conference call, 12:30 p.m. ET, Monday, February 6, 2017. c. In person, 1:00 p.m. CT, Friday, March 31, 2017, Dallas, Texas. d. Conference call, 12:30 p.m. ET, Monday, May 1, 2017.

13. Adjournment.

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Division III Conference Captains 2016-2017 Roster Mary Beth Spirk, (WBCA board) CHAIR [email protected]

Conference Captain School Term # Term Ends Email Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Casey Shoup Penn State Altoona 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] American Southwest University of Texas at Conference Polly Thomason Dallas 3rd Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] University of Mary Capital Athletic Conference Deena Applebury 4th Term 8/31/2018 [email protected]

Centennial Conference Bobbi Morgan 3rd Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] City University of College of Staten Athletic Conference Timothy Shanahan Island 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] College Conference of & Michelle Roof North Central College 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Colonial States Athletic Immaculata Conference Chrissy Esbensen University 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Commonwealth Conference (Middle Atlantic Conf.) Rose Katz Arcadia University 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Athletic Conference Dan Raymond 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Freedom Conference (Middle Manhattanville Atlantic Conf.) Kate Vlahakis College 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Great Northeast Athletic Johnson and Wales Conference Corey Boilard University 1st Term 8/31/2017 [email protected] Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Jessica Morris 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Intercollegiate Athletic Buena Vista Conference Janet Berry University 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected]

2nd Matt Donohue Catholic University Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] 2nd Lindsay Sharman William Smith College Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Western Connecticut 2nd Kim Rybczyk State University Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Massachusetts State College Salem State 2nd Athletic Conference Michelle Cunningham University Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Brian Morehouse Hope College 4th Term 8/31/2019 [email protected]

Midwest Conference Tamlyn (Tamie) Tills 5th Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Minnesota Intercollegiate 2nd Athletic Conference Cassie Kosiba Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Collegiate Conference MaryLynn Skarzenski Mitchell College 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] New England Small College Athletic Conference K.J. Krasco Middlebury 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] New England Women's & Men's U.S.Coast Guard Athletic Conference Alex Ivansheck Academy 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] William Paterson Athletic Conference Erin Monahan University 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Castleton State 2nd North Atlantic Conference Tim Barrett College Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Wittenberg North Coast Athletic Conference Sarah Jurewicz University 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] North Eastern Athletic SUNY Morrisville Conference Erin Skaradek State University 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Northern Athletics Collegiate Concordia University Conference Rusty Rogers 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Jennifer Mountain 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Northern Michele Durand University 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected]

Old Dominion Athletic Conference Carla Flaherty Roanoke College 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] 2nd Presidents' Athletic Conference Sandy Rectenwald Chatham University Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] State University College at Old 2nd Mike Krasnoff Westbury Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Oglethorpe Southern Athletic Association Alex Richey University 1st Term 8/31/2017 [email protected] Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Claremont-Mudd- Conference Kristen Dowling Scripps Colleges 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Southern Collegiate Athletic Michelle Bielanski Conference Filander Austin College 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic 2nd Conference Tracey Braden Westminster College Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] State University of New York Athletic Conference Tracy Bruno Oswego 1st Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] The Commonwealth Coast University of New 2nd Conference Anthony Ewing England Term 8/31/2018 [email protected] Christy Thomaskutty, University Athletic Association LEG. CHAIR Emory University 5th Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Upper Midwest Athletic College of St. 2nd Conference Stacy Deadrick Scholastica Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] USA South Athletic Conference Nicky DiMarzio Wesleyan College 1st Term 8/31/2019 [email protected] Wisconsin Intercollegiate University of 2nd Athletic Conference Cindy Holbrook Wisconsin-River Falls Term 8/31/2018 [email protected]

Patricia Manning, Williams College (WBCA board) [email protected]

NCAA Division III WBCA Conference Captains Job Description

1. Represent your conference on regularly scheduled conference calls to express the opinion of your conference coaches on legislative concepts and proposals that will be discussed. Surveying your conference on issues will be required. These topics could be any that would fall under the umbrella of Division III Women’s Basketball.

2. Represent your conference if there should be an urgent development in Division III Women’s Basketball. All Conference Captains would be notified immediately to distribute the information to the coaches in their respective conference.

3. Distribute information to the coaches in your conference as a reminder of important WBCA happenings, deadline dates, surveys, etc. Create a contact list of all the conference coaches. This will be used for distribution of information.

4. Assist the WBCA with increasing award nominations and voting participation from the coaches in your conference for all awards.

5. Make contact with each coach in your conference five days before nominations and voting for both the Allstate Good Works Team and the WBCA Coaches’ All-America Team.

6. Management of your conference’s Division III USA Today Coaches’ Poll Voter, ensuring that their vote is cast each week by Tuesday at 1 PM EST.

7. Assist the WBCA Director of Membership in reminding coaches in your conference to renew their membership and in seeking 100% attendance at the convention.

8. Communicate to the WBCA Board of Directors (via WBCA Office), any issues that your conference would like to be discussed during periodic conference calls or face to face meetings.

9. Communicate with each coach in the conference the News & Notes from the Conference Captain Conference call.

10. Attendance on each call and at the in-person meeting is required. In an emergency, a qualified substitute must attend in your place.

11. Other duties deemed necessary by the WBCA President.

MEMORANDUM October 3, 2016 VIA EMAIL

TO: Division II and Division III Conference Commissioners.

FROM: Donnie Wagner Associate Director of Championships and Alliances.

Kelly Whitaker Assistant Director of Championships and Alliances.

Kelsey Cermak Coordinator of the Women’s Basketball Championship.

Elisa Halpin Coordinator, Men’s Basketball Championships.

SUBJECT: 2016-17 NCAA Officiating Website Access and Officiating Video Viewing Requirements.

The 2016-17 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Coaches Rules Video will soon be available online through the NCAA officiating website managed by ArbiterSports. These videos summarize the areas of concern using video clips for clarification. Head men’s and women’s basketball coaches will receive complimentary access to the coaches officiating website to view the video and stay informed throughout the year. It is mandatory that each head coach view the video in its entirety to comply with NCAA rules. The videos will be available for coaches to view beginning Monday, October 3, 2016 with a deadline to comply of Monday, November 7, 2016 by 7 p.m.

Men’s Video: https://ncaambbcoaches.arbitersports.com/front/107483/Site/Posts

Women’s Video: http://ncaawbbcoaches.arbitersports.com/front/108129/Site/Posts

To ensure we are able to verify that each head coach watched the rules video in its entirety, please instruct them to complete the REGISTRATION AND COACHES VIDEO GUEST BOOK SIGN-IN FORM AT THE START OF THE VIDEO.

Please contact us at 317-917-6222 if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you for your assistance.

TK/BLT:emh

cc: NCAA Division II and Division III Athletics Directors and Head Coaches Selected NCAA Staff Members

2017 Convention Proposals - WBCA

Title Source Effective Intent Rationale Date RECRUITING -- TRYOUTS AND North Coast Immediate To deregulate the tryout events and Camps and clinics provide benefits to institutions and conveniences to prospective student-athletes; CAMPS AND CLINICS -- Athletic camps and clinics legislation to allow they are one of the most effective recruiting tools for any institution. Additionally, athletic DEREGULATING CAMPS AND Conference, institutions to host or conduct events departments and athletics staff can realize revenue and income from these events. Much confusion CLINICS Landmark involving prospective student- exists surrounding the application of the existing legislation and the nuances in the legislation do Conference and athletes, provided those events are: little to minimize recruiting advantages or demand on prospective student-athletes. This proposal Middle Atlantic (1) open to the general public; and (2) would allow for instruction, practice-type activities and competition amongst prospective student- Conferences do not offer free or reduced athletes without the unnecessary restrictions that exist in the current legislation. This proposal admission to prospective student- would continue to require that events involving prospective student-athletes are open to the general athletes. public and could not offer free or reduced admission to prospective student-athletes. Additionally, institution-hosted events would continue to be precluded from offering recruiting or scouting services. Maintaining those limited restrictions while eliminating all other existing criteria related to camps and clinics will make it easier for institutions to productively host events involving prospective student-athletes without opening the door for abuse. An immediate effective date will allow institutions to take advantage of the more reasonable restrictions beginning in 2017. ELIGIBILITY -- GRADUATE AND Wisconsin 08/01/ To permit a graduate student to Current legislation permits a graduate or postbaccalaureate student to participate only at the POSTBACCALAUREATE Intercollegiate 2017 participate in intercollegiate athletics institution from which the student-athlete received his or her undergraduate degree. This legislation TRANSFERS Athletic at the institution of his or her choice. is overly restrictive in that it prohibits student-athletes who have already achieved the primary goal Conference and of collegiate enrollment (i.e., the attainment of an undergraduate degree) from continuing to pursue Little East athletics endeavors while simultaneously progressing toward a postgraduate degree and the Conference ultimate fulfillment of their academic and career goals. Currently, student-athletes on the verge of earning a baccalaureate degree with both seasons of participation and terms of attendance remaining must either delay graduation or potentially enroll in a graduate program that is not consistent with their career aspirations in order to continue their athletics participation.

PLAYING AND PRACTICE NCAA Division III 08/01/ To standardize annual contest and Current annual contest and date of competition exemptions vary dramatically from one sport to the SEASONS -- GENERAL PLAYING Management 2017 date of competition exemptions. next, which creates an administrative burden for institutional staff charged with overseeing SEASON REGULATIONS -- Council. Specifically, to allow each sport to compliance with playing seasons legislation. Allowing each sport to continue to exempt conference STANDARDIZATION OF exempt participation in the following: and season-ending championship (e.g., NCAA championship) participation would maintain the most ANNUAL CONTEST AND DATE (1) conference championship; (2) commonly used annual exemptions. Eliminating all other annual and sport-specific exemptions OF COMPETITION EXEMPTIONS season-ending tournament; and (3) while permitting each sport to exempt two scrimmages, exhibitions or joint practices would two scrimmages, exhibitions or joint standardize contest and date of competition exemptions across sports, without negatively practices. Additionally, to allow the impacting the sports that use those current exemptions. Sports with a nontraditional segment two scrimmages, exhibitions or joint would continue to be permitted to exempt an alumni contest occurring during the nontraditional practices to occur prior to the first segment; the alumni contest would be the only exemption permitted during the nontraditional permissible contest date in all sports segment and those institutions would be required to count the alumni contest as one of their two other than . scrimmages, exhibitions or joint practices. Lastly, allowing the scrimmages, exhibitions or joint practices to occur prior to the first contest date allows institutions to use those competitions as preparation for the regular season. Wrestling would continue to be precluded from competing prior to its first permissible contest date based on the rationale for Proposal 2011-12.

Date Printed: 10/03/2016

2016-2017 Division III Conference Captains Call Schedule Call-In Number: 1-678-949-5187 Access Code: 831-6609#

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 12:30 – 1:30 PM EST

Tuesday, December 13, 2016 12:30 – 1:30 PM EST

Monday, February 6, 2017 12:30 – 1:30 PM EST

Friday, March 31, 2017 (WBCA Convention, Dallas, Texas) 1:00 – 3:00 PM CST

Monday, May 1, 2017 12:30 – 1:30 PM EST