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 Baseball Committee – Frank Pericolosi, head baseball coach, Pomona- Pitzer College, Southern California Intercollegiate Conference. b. NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball 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, Liberty League. 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, Ohio 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 Golf 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, Centennial Conference; and New England region: Gabe Margolis, head soccer coach, Brandeis University, University Athletic Association. n. NCAA Division III Women’s Softball 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. SUPPLEMENT NO. 2B Page No. 3 _________ o. NCAA Division III Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving 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 Tennis 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 Volleyball 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, Little East Conference; 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, Midwest Conference. Jason Fein, Bates College. Kiki Jacobs, Roger Williams University. Braly Keller, Nebraska Wesleyan University. SUPPLEMENT NO. 2B Page No. 4 _________ Chuck Mitrano, Empire 8. Michelle Morgan, John Carroll University. 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. .