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September 2, 1996

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Illinois Wesleyan hires volleyball coach

Nelson-Brown replaces Tracy Stroyan-Maynard, who retired last month to devote more time to her family.

Nelson-Brown was head volleyball coach at Maroa-Forsyth High School in 1995 and at Oak Forest High School in 1994. She also coached the Mid-State Volleyball Club in Normal, Illinois, in 1994 and 1996, and the Chicago Juniors Volleyball Club in Evergreen Park in 1992 and 1993.

Nelson-Brown also will be an instructor in physical education and assistant track coach at Illinois Wesleyan. For the past year, she served as an athletics study center assistant and tutor coordinator at Illinois State, assisting coaches with campus recruiting and acting as the athletics department's liaison to the university's Center for Learning Assistance.

General

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Nelson Butler, interim president at Salisbury State, resigned. Butler will remain on the faculty as professor of physical education ... John Gibson, vice-president for business and finance at Alabama A&M, selected as president ... Margaret Healy named president at Rosemont. She was interim president ... Portia Holmes Shields appointed president at Albany State (Georgia). She was dean of the school of education at Howard.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Former Oklahoma football standout and Heisman Trophy winner Steve Owens returned to the university as athletics director ... Bill Shumard appointed at Long Beach State. Shumard has been interim AD the past five months. He also had served Long Beach State as assistant vice-president for university relations and development and as assistant athletics director for the past two years. He handled community relations for the Los Angeles Dodgers for 13 years ... Richard Tharp, former chief counsel and vice president at Colorado, named interim AD at the school ... Fort Lewis hired J. R. Smith, replacing Harlan Steinle, who was interim AD. Smith has worked in athletics at Metropolitan State for the past 11 years, the last six as assistant AD ... Christopher Bledsoe, director of athletics and recreation at Pace since 1988, named AD at New York University. Bledsoe, who has been on the Pace staff since 1981, also has been sports information director and assistant AD there ... St. Paul's named Monique Morgan interim AD. Morgan has been sports information director since 1994 and senior woman administrator since 1983 ... Eastern New Mexico appointed B. B. Lee interim athletics director until July 1, 1997.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

John Noel Jr., wrestling coach at Cornell from 1974 to 1988, hired as associate athletics director there. He has been in private business since leaving Cornell in 1990. Noel served as assistant director in the Cornell athletics public affairs office for two years after ending his coaching career ... New Hampshire announced two promotions: David O'Connor, assistant AD for men's athletics, named senior associate AD and compliance officer, and Tim Moriarty, ticket manager for the past year, promoted to associate AD for internal operations ... Stan Hyman given additional duties as associate athletics director at Albright. He will continue as head baseball coach and sports information director ... Cliff Dochterman, general manager of a minor-league baseball team in Texas for the past three seasons, hired at UC Riverside. Dochterman also has served stints in professional football and soccer and in collegiate athletics ... Patric Simon appointed associate AD at St. Augustine's ... Texas-Arlington associate AD Cathy Beene named director of tennis at Georgia Southern. She has been associate athletics director, senior woman administrator and women's tennis coach at Texas-Arlington.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

New Hampshire hired Susan St. Louis as assistant athletics director for finance. She had been director of administration and financial services at New Hampshire-Manchester since 1992 ... Tomas Jimenez selected as assistant AD for academics at Northern Arizona. He spent the past two years in the division of enrollment and academic services at Central Florida ... Dr. Robert Monaco named assistant AD/director of sports medicine at Rutgers. Monaco recently completed a year's fellowship in primary care sports medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and the Hospital for Special Surgery at Cornell. He has been an assistant team physician at Princeton ... American appointed Peter Sauer assistant AD for marketing. Sauer had been administrative assistant for basketball at Maryland since 1989.

Alison DiTomaso named assistant AD for sports information at Wellesley. DiTomaso has been sports publicity assistant at Texas ... Dennis Toney appointed assistant AD for tickets and game operations at Massachusetts. Toney was director of athletics ticket operations at South Carolina from 1988 to 1992, when he entered private business. Toney replaces Thorr Bjorn, who was named assistant AD for marketing and promotions ... Mark Rountree hired at Texas-Pan American.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATORS

Cheryl Feeney named at Lynn, where she also will be head women's basketball coach and assistant to the director of athletics. Feeney was athletics director and head women's basketball coach at Suncoast High School ... Texas-Arlington's Cathy Beene named director of tennis at Georgia Southern ... Amy Perko, an NCAA enforcement representative and a member of the NCAA staff since 1990, named senior woman administrator at Kansas.

COACHES

Baseball--Gregg Kilby named at Lynn. He was an assistant coach at Nevada ... Keith Ross hired at St. Paul's as head baseball coach and intramurals coordinator. Ross has been an assistant at Norfolk State ... New Mexico State announced the resignation of Elliott Avent ... Bob Hartz promoted to head coach at Rochester ... Dale Varsho named at Wisconsin-River Falls, succeeding Craig Walter, who resigned. Varsho was an assistant coach at Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1993 and 1994 and has been a player/coach with the Eau Claire Cavaliers since 1994.

Baseball assistants--John Kirkgard hired at UC Santa Barbara ... Erik Hagen appointed at Cincinnati ... Ron Aulet selected at Hiram, where he also will be assistant men's basketball coach.

Men's basketball--Tim Floyd, who coached Iowa State to a Big Eight Conference postseason tournament championship and into the second round of the NCAA tournament, given a five-year contract extension. The extension extends Floyd's contract through the 2005-06 season. Floyd was Big Eight coach of the year last season ... Ben Jobe, head coach at Southern-Baton Rouge since 1986, appointed at Tuskegee ... Rowan appointed Joe Cassidy interim coach. Cassidy has been an assistant coach at Rowan for the past five years, as well as athletics academic coordinator ... Art Perry, an assistant at Maryland for the past six years, named at Delaware State, replacing Fred Goodman whose contract was not renewed ... Dick Baldwin announced his retirement at Binghamton. Baldwin, who is 75, coached for 49 years, the last five at Binghamton. He coached at Broome County Community College in Binghamton from 1946 to 1987, compiling a 879-290 record. Binghamton associate head coach Jim Norris, a 22-year coaching veteran who has been Baldwin's top assistant at Binghamton, was named to replace Baldwin ... Ashland appointed Roger Lyons, who also served as head coach of the Eagles from 1986 to 1989. He most recently was an assistant coach at Grand Valley State and has coached at the professional level ... Saint Louis extended the contract of head coach Charlie Spoonhour through the 2001 season. In four seasons at Saint Louis, Spoonhour has led the Billikens to two NCAA tournament bids and one National Invitation Tournament appearance.

Men's basketball assistants--Mike Madagan, an assistant at Florida Southern for four years, hired at South Florida ... Tony Stubblefield appointed at Texas-Arlington. He was an assistant at Texas-San Antonio last season ... Adam Crawford and Steve Baker selected at New York University. Crawford has been a commodities exchange clerk on Wall Street for the past few years and Baker most recently was head boys' basketball coach at Parkville High School in Baltimore ... Colorado appointed Michael Sykes as men's basketball administrative assistant. Sykes was a student manager at Kansas before his graduation last spring ... Mark Johnson hired at Fort Hays State. He was an assistant at Phillips last season ... Scott Matthews named at Missouri-St. Louis. He has been an assistant coach at Northeast Missouri State and Pfeiffer ... Pat Bryant and Monte Towe appointed at North Carolina-Asheville. Bryant was head coach at Shorter for the past eight seasons ... Northeastern hired Jay Young, former head coach at Newberry and a graduate assistant at Northeastern from 1990 to 1992 ... Ron Aulet selected at Hiram, where he also will be assistant baseball coach.

George Singleton, assistant at Anderson (South Carolina) for the past two years, selected at Appalachian State ... Marty McDermott named at Lake Superior State. He was assistant men's basketball coach and head women's golf coach at Bemidji State last season ... Shay Berry appointed at Fordham after five years as an assistant at New York University ... Eric Skeeters hired at Coppin State. He spent the past four years as an assistant at St. Frances Academy and also was an administrative assistant in the Coppin State basketball office last year ... Long Island-Brooklyn named Julius Allen as assistant coach. He was an assistant last season at Long Island-C. W. Post and before that was head coach of the Westchester Stallions of the United States Basketball League ... Bill Courtney appointed at Bowling Green. He was an assistant last season at American.

King's (Pennsylvania) selected Michael McKee and Marty Moyers as assistant coaches. McKee was a four-year letter winner at King's and an assistant coach at his alma mater in 1995-96. Moyers was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Radford, during the 1995-96 season ... Bill Sall, interim head coach at Ferris State last year, retained as an assistant coach. Also hired was John Siemen, an administrative assistant last season and student manager for two years before that ... Gary Rudd, assistant men's basketball coach at Carthage, reassigned to duties as assistant men's and women's cross country coach. Tim Bernero, an assistant at Elmhurst, was hired to replace Rudd as assistant men's basketball coach ... Stephen F. Austin announced the resignation of Eric Bridgeland, restricted-earnings coach ... North Carolina-Charlotte named Bobby Kummer assistant coach ... Joe Del Rossi appointed administrative assistant for men's basketball at Seton Hall.

Women's basketball--Melanie Horn appointed at Occidental. She has coached at Redlands, Southern California and Westridge School in Pasadena, California ... Cheryl Feeney hired at Lynn. She was athletics director and head coach at Suncoast High School in Riviera Beach, Florida. She also will be assistant to the athletics director and senior woman administrator ... Richard Barron appointed at University of the South (Sewanee) to replace Misty Thompson, who resigned after one year to become head girls' basketball coach at Unionville (Tennessee) High School. Barron has been assistant men's basketball coach at Sewanee for the past four years ... Tammy Biesenthal, who won two conference championships in three years at Salem-Teikyo, resigned to take a teaching job at Western New Mexico ... Lisa Pleban, an assistant at Sacred Heart for the past five years, hired at Adelphi. Pleban also was men's and women's cross country coach at Sacred Heart.

Joe Hillock selected at Southern Utah, where he coached the first varsity women's team as an undergraduate in 1975-76. Since then, he has coached at Gonzaga and Loyola Marymount ... St. Mary's (Maryland) named Shann Hart, who served as an assistant last season at Central Florida ... Sonia Pez promoted at Beaver, replacing Tonya Alleyne, who became director of media relations for the Richmond Rage of the new women's American Basketball League. Pez was an assistant coach last season. She also will be assistant women's softball coach ... Jay Paige hired at St. Paul's after serving as a graduate assistant at Ferrum. Paige also will be head softball coach.

Women's basketball assistants--Mandi Mouser appointed graduate assistant coach at Texas Woman's University, where she was a four-year letter winner from 1991 to 1995 ... James Crowley, head coach at Keuka for the last three seasons, hired an an assistant at St. Bonaventure, replacing Joe Westerfer, who resigned to become an assistant coach at St. John's (New York). Crowley also was head men's and women's cross country coach at Keuka ... Stephanie Strauss hired at UC Riverside ... Kerry Cremeans named at Purdue. Cremeans spent the past two years as a graduate assistant coach at Kentucky ... Eastern Connecticut State appointed Catherine Bochain and Nicole Myrick ... Tonya Sharpe and Beth Coll selected at North Carolina-Asheville ... Arkansas named Amber Nicholas assistant coach.

Men's and women's cross country--Lisa Pleban, head men's and women's coach at Sacred Heart for the past five years, hired as head women's basketball coach at Adelphi. Pleban also was an assistant basketball coach at Sacred Heart ... Don Watterson hired as women's coach at Albright. Watterson has 23 years of coaching experience, most recently as an assistant high-school girls' cross country coach ... James Crowley, head men's and women's coach at Keuka for the past two years, resigned to become assistant women's basketball coach at St. Bonaventure ... Andrew Strickler named head men's and women's coach at Kalamazoo, replacing Pete Gathje, who accepted a teaching position at Christian Brothers. Strickler most recently was an assistant track and field coach at Martinsville (Indiana) High School ... Bill Preston hired as men's and women's cross country and track coach at Richard Stockton.

Hollie Kenney Hollis, a standout cross country runner at Duquesne, named head women's coach at Johns Hopkins, replacing Gary Green, who resigned after 21 years of coaching. It is Hollis' first coaching position ... Kim McKenzie, an assistant track coach at Florida State since 1987, appointed head men's and women's cross country and track coach at Long Island-Brooklyn ... Lake Superior State hired D. J. Baars as men's and women's cross country coach and men's track coach. He was an assistant cross country coach at Northern Michigan last fall ... Keith Maurer, an assistant track and field coach at Christopher Newport since 1993, named as the school's head cross country coach. He replaces Winston Brown, who resigned ... Jeff Kavalunas appointed head women's coach at Ferris State. He also will head the women's track team. Kavalunas served for the past five years as head men's and women's cross country and track coach at Northwood ... Scott Richardson named men's and women's cross country coach at Texas-Pan American. He also will coach men's and women's track ... Amy Ritzman hired at Cleveland State as women's cross country and track coach.

Men's and women's cross country assistants--Brenda Webb, former all-American at Tennessee, appointed assistant cross country/track coach at her alma mater. She replaces Tonya Lee, who became an assistant track coach at Kent. Webb was head track coach at Tennessee-Martin ... Dave Pohorence hired at Quinnipiac as assistant men's and women's coach ... North Central appointed Jim Spivey as assistant coach. Spivey represented the United States in the 1984, 1992 and 1996 Olympics ... Gary Rudd, assistant men's basketball coach at Carthage, reassigned to duties as assistant men's and women's cross country coach.

Men's and women's fencing assistant--Jean-Paul Pentecouteau hired at Wellesley. Pentecouteau has coached at Harvard, Bridgewater State (Massachusetts) and Illinois.

Field hockey--Deborah Wilkins hired at Albright. She was a four-year member of the Lock Haven field hockey team ... Anne Wilkinson appointed at Ohio State after nine years at American ... Roanoke selected Katrina Silva, assistant women's lacrosse coach last year at Virginia Tech. Silva also will be women's lacrosse coach at Roanoke ... Vickie Sax hired at Mansfield. Sax was head field hockey and softball coach at Vestal Central High School in Vestal, New York.

Field hockey assistants--Jodi Carter selected at Albright. She was a four-year member of the Syracuse field hockey team ... Julie Lincks named at Hofstra, where she also will be assistant women's lacrosse coach. She was a part-time assistant in both sports last year ... Marq Mellor appointed at Fairfield. Mellor, who coached last season at La Salle, was a member of the 1996 Olympic team in Atlanta.

Football assistants--Herky Billings, offensive coordinator at Delaware State for 10 years and assistant head coach last season, resigned to accept a teaching and coaching position in the Seaford, Delaware, school district. Franz Kappel, who begins his ninth season at the school, was named offensive coordinator ... E. J. Sandusky named at Albright. Sandusky has been a graduate assistant at North Carolina and an assistant coach at Western Carolina ... Albany (New York) announced the appointment of four assistant coaches: Frank Derrico, a high-school coach for 17 years, named offensive backfield coach; Corey Goff, an assistant coach at Susquehanna, graduate assistant coach; Keith Shorter, an assistant at St. Lawrence since 1992, graduate assistant coach; and Mark Stratton, an assistant at Hartwick last season, graduate assistant coach ... David Elson, a graduate assistant for the past two years at Southern Illinois, named defensive backs coach at Western Kentucky ... Lawrence hired Gary Williams as full-time running backs coach and Blaise Winter and Rik Parker as part-time coaches. Winter will coach the defensive line and Parker will coach defensive backs.

Swarthmore named three assistant coaches: Jon Troy hired as defensive backs coach; Terry Driscoll, running backs and tight ends coach; and Paul Kofalt, who will serve an internship assisting with the defensive line ... Jay Niemann, defensive coordinator since 1989 at Drake, promoted to assistant head coach and Dale Ploessl named offensive line coach. Also, Bill Charles was appointed tight ends coach at Drake ... Geoff Collins named defensive assistant at Fordham ... Tommy Condell appointed wide receivers coach at Hamilton. He was running backs and linebackers coach for the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League ... California (Pennsylvania) hired two graduate assistants, Ron Tenyer and Ron Gerdes, and two volunteer student coaches, Salento Hudson and Daryald Hughes. Tener will assist with quarterbacks, Gerdes will be video coordinator and kicking coach, Hudson will work with the defense and Hughes will assist with wingbacks.

Siena appointed its football coaching staff: Mark Reardon, a former assistant at Albany (New York), will serve as defensive coordinator; Jim Hettie, running backs coach; Steve Jerry, a member of the Albany Firebirds of the Arena Football League, quarterbacks coach; Bob Brockley, defensive line coach; Chris Robertson, defensive backs coach; Steve Heiser, receivers coach; Mike Izdebski, offensive line coach; and Jeff Ullrich, inside linebackers coach ... Trinity (Connecticut) appointed four assistant coaches: Russ Green, defensive line graduate assistant coach; Ryan Hankard, defensive ends coach; Zac Kraft, wide receivers coach; and Jeff Vartabedian, offensive line coach.

Stony Brook named the following assistant coaches: Leif Shay, offensive line; Craig Mosia, defensive tackles; Tim Benitez, defensive ends; and Joe Zarzycki, assistant coach ... Gettysburg appointed Tony Delippi receivers coach and Ed Myers outside linebackers coach ... Dan Mellish named assistant football coach and video coordinator at Yale ... Jim Higgins, Ray Marshall, Pete Moog, Chuck Murphy, Steve Petrullo and Sean Powers appointed assistant coaches at St. Peter's ... St. Francis (Pennsylvania) hired John Sikora and Max Lestage as assistant coaches.

Men's and women's golf--Marty McDermott, head coach at Bemidji State last year, resigned to become assistant men's basketball coach at Lake Superior State, a position he also held at Bemidji State ... Matthew McKinley given additional duties as golf coach at Occidental, where he is beginning his second season as an assistant football coach ... Brad Smith, a former club professional and high-school golf coach, named women's coach at Dayton, replacing Tracy Hart, who resigned ... Lonnie Barton hired at Long Island-Brooklyn ... Ray Leuellyn given additional duties as golf coach at Missouri-Rolla. Luellyn has been assistant manager and head professional at the Missouri-Rolla Golf Course for the past four years ... Bruce Keller named men's coach at Beaver ... Pepperdine appointed John Geiberger as head men's coach. Geiberger was a three-year letter winner at Pepperdine and has played in numerous amateur tournaments ... Todd Satterfield hired as men's coach at Furman ... Austin Peay announced the resignation of Joey Davis ... St. Peter's assistant football coach Bernie Walker given additional duties as head golf coach.

Men's ice hockey--Peter LaVigne named head coach at Fairfield, replacing John McCarthy, who had held the position since 1968. LaVigne has spent the past eight years as a teacher and coach at Fairfield Prep, which shares a campus with the university.

Men's lacrosse--Forrest "Skip" Milne promoted to full-time status at Gordon as men's lacrosse coach and women's tennis coach and given additional duties as aquatics director.

Men's lacrosse assistant--Joe Alberici, assistant coach at Army, named at Duke ... Rob Randall, head coach at Sacred Heart for four years, hired as an assistant coach at Army. Randall led the Sacred Heart squad from club to varsity status during his tenure.

Women's lacrosse--Katrina Silva hired at Roanoke, where she also will be head field hockey coach. Silva spent last season as assistant women's lacrosse coach at American ... Lisa Peterson, head coach at Shenandoah since 1994, resigned to take a position as a graphics software operator in Colorado. Her squad was 6-4 last spring in its first season of varsity competition. Peterson also was head women's soccer coach... Lisa Miller hired as head coach of the first women's lacrosse team at Syracuse. She spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Brown ... Kathryn Vignati appointed at Fairfield to head the school's first varsity women's lacrosse team. She also will be assistant women's soccer coach. Vignati has coached at Vermont and Sacred Heart.

Women's lacrosse assistant--Julie Lincks named at Hofstra, where she also will be assistant field hockey coach. She was a part-time assistant in both sports last year.

Men's and women's rowing--Kris Sanford, novice coach and recruiting coordinator for the past two years at Syracuse, promoted to head women's coach ... Andrew Carter hired as men's and women's crew coach at Vassar. Carter was assistant to the director at the London High Performance Center in London, Ontario, and head coach at the Western Rowing Club there ... Steve Gladstone named director of crew and men's coach at California.

Women's rowing assistant--Craig Milburn, assistant women's novice rowing coach at Syracuse, promoted to assistant rowing coach there.

Men's soccer--Todd Dyer, women's soccer and tennis coach at Longwood, named the school's interim head men's soccer coach, replacing Stan Cieplinski, who resigned to enter private business. Dyer will relinquish his tennis coaching duties to concentrate on soccer ... Bard hired Robert Acunto to replace Gregory Moss-Brown, who became an assistant men's coach at Hartwick. Acunto was an assistant coach at Springfield ... Brad Evans, an assistant for the past two years at Ashland, promoted to head coach. He also will be head women's coach ... Eddie Carrillo hired at Chapman, where he also will coach women's soccer. He was a high-school coach in Mission Viejo, California ... Tim Welch appointed at Gettysburg ... Stony Brook selected Dennis McGovern ... An attorney in Austin, Texas, Scott Placek, has left the law profession to become head coach of the men's and women's teams at Ozarks (Arkansas).

Men's soccer assistants--Eugene Larkin appointed at Hofstra to a newly created full-time position. Larkin had been a part-time assistant since 1993 ... Tom Roller, a standout soccer player at Bucknell, named assistant coach at Beaver ... Ben Helm hired at Wittenberg ... Bryan Mogford appointed at Marquette after coaching at the high-school level. A native of Chesterfield, England, Mogford worked with various soccer clubs throughout England from 1963 until moving to the United States in 1989 ... Virginia Military announced the resignation of assistant coach Nino Altomonte to take an assistant coaching position at James Madison. Dan Sullivan was promoted to assistant coach at Virginia Military after serving as a volunteer assistant last season ... Trinity (Connecticut) hired Chris Wright as assistant coach and Jim Dougherty as graduate assistant coach ... Robert Pawloski appointed at Eastern Connecticut State ... Elizabethtown hired Matt Woolley ... Rutgers named Lev Kirshner and Brendan Considine ... Mick D'Arcy appointed goalies coach at Hartford, where he also will coach women ... Joe DiGiacomo hired at Stony Brook ... Jacksonville appointed David Finnegan and Cecille Malone as assistant coaches. Finnegan has been advance development program director for the Richmond Strikers since 1993. Malone was Florida State director of women's soccer for the past three years ... Gregory Murray appointed at Roger Williams.

Women's soccer--Lisa Peterson, head women's soccer and lacrosse coach at Shenandoah since 1994, resigned to become a graphics software operator in Colorado. Peterson will be replaced as soccer coach on an interim basis by 1995 Shenandoah graduate Andi Causey, who was an assistant at the school last season ... Jeff Dezago named at Bard, replacing Artie Gribbins, who became assistant women's coach at Northeastern. Dezago has been assistant men's coach at Marist and head women's coach and later a volunteer assistant at Vassar ... Brad Evans, an assistant for the past two years, promoted to head coach at Ashland. He also will be head men's coach ... Eddie Carrillo hired at Chapman, where he also will be men's coach. He was a high-school coach in Mission Viejo, California ... Glenn Crooks named the first coach of Long Island-Brooklyn's varsity soccer program. Soccer will be a club sport this fall before becoming a varsity sport in the spring. Crooks has been head women's coach at St. Peter's since 1993 ... Wingate announced the resignation of Scott Behe and the appointment of Gary Hamill as director of soccer. Hamill, who has been men's soccer coach for the past three seasons at Wingate, now will have responsibility for both men's and women's teams. Hamill relinquished his duties as men's tennis coach. Behe also was head women's softball coach ... Jami Dansingburg named head coach at Hartwick, replacing Linda Walsh, who resigned. Dansingburg was an assistant coach at Washington and Lee and William Smith ... Adelphi announced that, after a one-year leave of absence from coaching, Rich Ilsley has returned as head coach of the women's soccer team. Alan Bodenstein, who served as interim coach, resigned to become a full-time teacher/coach at the high-school level. Ilsley was head coach from 1990 to 1994 ... An attorney in Austin, Texas, Scott Placek, has left the law profession to become head coach of the men's and women's teams at Ozarks (Arkansas).

Gary Kagiavas appointed to head the new women's soccer program at Edinboro. Kagiavas has been assistant manager of a sports park in Erie, Pennsylvania, for the past two years ... Ben Budde hired at Westminster (Missouri), replacing Jamie Vargas, who will continue as men's soccer coach. Budde previously coached the men's team in 1984. He is chair of the Westminster mathematics department and is the faculty athletics representative ... Former Dickinson player Kim Rauscher named women's soccer coach at her alma mater. It is Rauscher's first coaching assignment ... Christine Miskec appointed at Mankato State. Miskec was head women's basketball coach at Presentation College for the past two years and an assistant soccer coach at Rockhurst before that ... St. Benedict hired Bill Kelly, head women's coach at Pine Manor since 1994. Kelly also will be an assistant women's softball coach ... Neil Orr named interim coach at Dartmouth.

Women's soccer assistants--Michelle Bertocchi, a graduate assistant coach at Georgia State, appointed assistant coach at Tennessee ... Simon Riddiough appointed assistant coach at Hofstra. He was a four-year letter winner on the men's squad at Hofstra ... Nancy Freeman Smith hired at Wellesley ... Frank Pelaez selected at Marquette. Pelaez was a four-year letter winner at North Carolina-Asheville ... Karen Springer appointed at Misericordia ... Cathy Reid hired at Texas Tech ... Amy Seymore hired as graduate assistant coach at Trinity (Connecticut) ... MaryBeth Exposito hired at Eastern Connecticut State ... Hartford made the following appointments: Tammy Thompson as assistant women's coach, Dave Kirkorian as volunteer assistant women's coach and Mick D'Arcy as men's and women's goalies coach ... Jacksonville appointed David Finnegan and Cecille Malone as assistant coaches. Finnegan has been advance development program director for the Richmond Strikers since 1993. Malone was Florida State director of women's soccer for the past three years.

Women's softball--Charlie Kennedy promoted at Missouri-St. Louis after serving as an assistant last season. He also has been a student assistant athletic trainer and a part-time training assistant ... Lynn appointed Cathy Adams to coach its club-level team, which plans to move to varsity status. Adams also will be head women's volleyball coach ... Wingate announced the resignation of Scott Behe, who also was women's soccer coach ... Wentworth Institute announced the resignation of Laura Delaney, who led the softball program for the past four years. Delaney also was athletics coordinator overseeing intramurals ... Evelyn Vaden, a 1987 graduate of Lynchburg, hired at her alma mater. Vaden has coached at the high-school level and in summer baseball and softball youth programs ... Ruth Crowe, who has been head softball coach at Ball State for the past four seasons, named head coach at Iowa State ... Joan Scherbring, head softball coach and assistant athletic trainer at Wayne State (Nebraska) for the past three seasons, hired as head coach and head athletic trainer at Nebraska Wesleyan ... Mona Stevens, a former Utah player and assistant coach, has returned to her alma mater as head coach. Stevens was associate head coach for the past two years at Massachusetts until her promotion to head coach there in June.

Women's softball assistants--Sonia Pez named assistant coach at Beaver. Pez, who was an assistant women's basketball coach last season at the school, also will be head women's basketball coach ... Bill Kelly hired at St. Benedict, where he also will be head women's soccer coach. Kelly has been head women's soccer coach at Pine Manor since 1994 ... Dawn Saunders, an all-American at Barry, hired at California (Pennsylvania) ... Former Ohio State pitcher Belinda Cernava named assistant coach at her alma mater ... Kim Reed, a graduate assistant at Louisiana Tech for the past two years, hired at Texas-Arlington ... Former Utah State standout Jennifer Power selected as assistant coach at her alma mater. Power played for the Women's Professional Fast Pitch tour in 1995 and will play again next summer ... Missouri named three coaches: Terry Schweikert, a four-year starter for the Tigers in the early 1980s, assistant coach; Annie Smith, team manager last season, graduate assistant coach; and Karen Persinger, who completed her career as an outfielder at Missouri last season, student assistant coach ... Christy Cameron appointed at St. Francis (Pennsylvania).

Men's and women's swimming--Diane Heydt selected at Mansfield. She has been an instructor and head women's swim coach at St. Cloud State since 1988. She added men's swimming duties in 1993 ... Maureen Fahey appointed at Eastern Connecticut State to head the women's swimming program in its inaugural varsity season ... Julie Benker hired at Rochester ... Xavier (Ohio) announced the resignation of Jeff Russell as men's and women's swimming coach.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants--Nancy Marley named men's and women's assistant at Washington ... Wellesley hired Meghan O'Conner as assistant swimming coach and Kelly Anne Magennis as assistant diving coach ... Pietra McNamara named assistant women's coach at Eastern Connecticut State ... Derek Fogg selected at Seton Hall.

Men's tennis--Mike Craft given additional duties as head men's tennis coach at Wingate, replacing Gary Hamill, who was named director of soccer. Craft is entering his third year as assistant men's basketball coach and director of intramurals, positions he will retain ... Shenandoah announced the resignation of men's and women's coach Matt Bolen. He resigned the part-time position to become a full-time student ... Mike Haber, a member of Ferris State tennis squads from 1991 to 1993, hired as head coach. He replaces Ed Luck, who has led the men's and women's teams for the past four years and will continue with the women's team ... Colby appointed Fred Brussel as head men's tennis and squash coach ... Becky Offenbacher, men's and women's tennis coach at North Carolina-Asheville for the past three years, named women's tennis coach at Appalachian State ... Ken Alrutz, head men's tennis coach at Virginia Military for the past nine years, hired at Miami (Ohio). Alrutz posted a 118-65 record at Virginia Military ... Jamie Joss appointed at St. Andrews Presbyterian, where he also will coach women's tennis and serve as sports information director. Joss spent the past 10 months as a sports information intern at the South Atlantic Conference ... Dave Todoroff hired as men's tennis coach at Canisius. Todoroff, currently running the Buffalo (New York) Municipal Parks program, has 19 years of professional experience ... John McConnell hired at Arkansas-Little Rock, where he also will coach women's tennis.

Women's tennis--Forrest "Skip" Milne promoted to full-time status at Gordon as women's tennis coach and men's lacrosse coach. He takes on additional duties as aquatics director ... Todd Dyer, women's tennis coach at Longwood, relinquished those duties after being appointed men's soccer coach. He already serves as women's soccer coach ... Colby appointed Erica Silbersher as head women's tennis and squash coach ... Jamie Joss appointed at St. Andrews Presbyterian, where he also will coach men's tennis and serve as sports information director. Joss spent the past 10 months as a sports information intern at the South Atlantic Conference ... Rollice Ernst hired at Roger Williams. She earned three varsity letters playing for Rhode Island College.

Fort Hays State appointed Brian Flax to head the women's tennis program. He replaces Rose McFarland, who became assistant women's basketball coach. Flax was an assistant last season ... Becky Offenbacher, men's and women's tennis coach at North Carolina-Asheville for the past three years, named women's tennis coach at Appalachian State ... John McConnell hired at Arkansas-Little Rock, where he also will coach men's tennis ... Jeri Whiting hired at Wells. She also will be director of physical education. Whiting was head women's tennis coach at North Carolina-Wilmington for the past six seasons ... Cathy Beene named director of tennis at Georgia Southern. As director, Beene will handle daily responsibilities for the women's team and have oversight responsibilities for the men's team. She has been associate athletics director, senior woman administrator and women's tennis coach at Texas-Arlington ... Mike Edles, who coached three Division II national-championship teams and eight conference champions at Chapman, returned to UC Irvine, his alma mater. Edles was assistant coach for men's and women's teams at Hawaii last year. He also has been head coach at Cal State Hayward ... Carrie Silver-Bernstein appointed at Hartford.

Men's and women's tennis assistants--Tracey Denise Johnson hired at Wellesley ... Kel Lange appointed assistant men's coach at Texas A&M

Men's and women's track--Kim McKenzie, an assistant track coach at Florida State since 1987, appointed head men's and women's cross country and track coach at Long Island-Brooklyn ... Lake Superior State hired D. J. Baars as men's track coach and men's and women's cross country coach. He was an assistant cross country coach at Northern Michigan last fall ... St. Paul's assistant coach Leslie Young promoted to head coach ... Jeff Kavalunas appointed head women's coach at Ferris State. He also will head the women's cross country team. Kavalunas served for the past five years as head men's and women's cross country and track coach at Northwood ... Joe Klim, interim head coach at Emory, named assistant track coach at Bucknell ... Bill Preston named men's and women's track and cross country coach at Richard Stockton ... Iowa appointed James Grant interim women's track coach ... Scott Richardson named men's and women's track coach at Texas-Pan American. He also will coach men's and women's cross country ... Amy Ritzman hired as women's cross country and track coach at Cleveland State, where she was a member of the cross country and track teams. She was student assistant coach at Cleveland State last year ... Don Hood appointed at Southwest Texas State.

Men's and women's track assistants--Keith Maurer, an assistant track and field coach at Christopher Newport since 1993, given additional duties as the school's cross country coach ... Brenda Webb, former Tennessee all-American, appointed assistant track/cross country at her alma mater. She replaces Tonya Lee, who became an assistant track coach at Kent. Webb was head track coach at Tennessee-Martin ... Connie Surowicz named at Wittenberg ... Mornay Annandale, a cross country and track standout at Wichita State from 1990 through 1992, hired as a graduate assistant on the track staff at his alma mater ... Jerome Pemberton appointed at Seton Hall.

Men's volleyball--Jonathan Penn hired at Vassar, replacing Bob McCarthy. He also will coach the women's team.

Women's volleyball--Lynn appointed Cathy Adams as head women's volleyball coach. She also will coach Lynn's club-level women's softball team, which plans to move to varsity status ... Shannon Spelcher appointed at Beaver ... St. Paul's named Keyonna Brock as head coach and assistant to the athletics department ... Mark Papich hired at Incarnate Word, replacing Laura Trevor-Wilson, who resigned after five years to take a special-education teaching job. Papich has coached club volleyball in San Antonio for 10 years ... Bob Evans promoted to interim head coach at Marshall. Evans has been on the Marshall coaching staff since 1994 ... Jonathan Penn hired at Vassar, replacing Bob McCarthy. He also will coach the men's team ... Gettysburg appointed Ken Armacost and Kim Rain as interim cohead coaches.

Women's volleyball assistants--Suzanne Sheaffer hired as a graduate assistant at Texas Woman's University. Sheaffer lettered in volleyball at Texas Lutheran and most recently was a teaching assistant at Houston ... Karen Hopkins named at Tennessee, replacing Mike Jones. Hopkins taught and coached volleyball at Kirkwood High School in St. Louis ... Maile Parker selected at Mankato State. She was a graduate assistant at Angelo State for the past two years ... Michael Kurilla hired at Misericordia ... Jennifer Parsons named at Wittenberg ... Andrea Leonard, a former player at Northern Michigan, selected at Ferris State ... California (Pennsylvania) appointed Tim Driscoll as graduate assistant coach ... University of Puerto Rico most valuable player Jose Santiago named assistant coach at Rice ... North Carolina-Asheville hired Keith Murrlless, a college referee for the past eight years as well as a player and coach ... Trinity (Connecticut) appointed Alyson Reynolds and Jolie Lewis ... LSU hired Molly Dreisbach ... Hartford named Kara Brown assistant coach ... Betty Boyd and Mary Engstrom appointed at Villanova.

Men's water polo--Dennis Ploessel hired at Chapman to replace Marc Stamer, who coached for one season before going to work for the National Forest Service.

STAFF

Academic advisor--Shannon Spriggs named athletics academic advisor at Texas-Arlington, her alma mater. Spriggs replaces Michelle Duncan, who was named head of athletics academic support at Marshall.

Athletics consultant--Charley Thornton appointed athletics consultant at Alabama-Birmingham. He previously was associate athletics director, alumni fund director and director of development at Alabama and is a former athletics director at Arkansas State.

Advertising/promotions manager--Denver named Vikki Olesen manager of advertising and promotions for the division of athletics, recreation and wellness. She was special projects manager, marketing director and event coordinator for Up With People during the past three years.

Basketball operations director--Kelly Sahner promoted to director of basketball operations at Tennessee. Sahner was a graduate assistant in marketing and promotions.

Business and operations manager--John Mocek, third-base coach for the Texas-Arlington baseball team during the past 14 years, named athletics business and operations manager. He replaces interim manager Jennifer Washa, who became the university's financial reports manager.

Compliance assistant--Phyllis Tonkin named graduate assistant for compliance and operations at Tennessee

Computer assistant--Rick Starratt appointed graduate assistant for computers and the Internet at Tennessee.

Facilities assistant--Chris Carlson promoted to assistant director of the new athletics and recreation center at Gordon, where he also will be intramurals director. He was on the student development staff at the school.

Fund-raising director--Gerry Friel hired at New Hampshire as director of fund raising. Friel was head men's basketball coach at the school for 20 years, followed by stints as director of university athletics relations and as associate vice-president of the New Hampshire Foundation.

Marketing and promotions director--Scott Stevens selected as marketing and promotions director at Wichita State after serving in the position as interim director.

Marketing and promotions assistants--Jo Alt and Emily Fisher appointed graduate assistant in marketing and promotions at Tennessee ... Wichita State appointed Wendy McReynolds as assistant marketing director. She was a marketing assistant at Florida last year.

Media relations director--Marshall named Steve Cotton as director of media relations, succeeding Stan Cotten, who took a similar position at Wake Forest. Cotton will do play-by-play for radio broadcasts of football and men's basketball games, host coaches shows, direct network relations and work extensively with advertising, marketing and promotions. Cotton has been at Marshall for three years but previously used the name Steve Glenn ... Randy Franz, a 13-year sportswriter with the Orange County Register, appointed director of media relations at Long Beach State.

Media relations assistant--Cheryl Lyons named athletics media relations assistant at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, succeeding Kevin Melissare, who completed a 10-month internship ... Tony Gervase, assistant sports information director at Long Beach State since 1993, appointed associate director of media relations at the school, which also named Amy Westbrook media relations assistant. Westbrook was a student assistant in the Kansas sports information office.

Promotions and sales director--Jim Peterson hired at UC Riverside.

Publications coordinator--Kevin Kaufman appointed to the new position of publications coordinator for athletics. Kaufman was sports information assistant at Lafayette.

Sports information directors--Chuck Yahng hired at Missouri-St. Louis, replacing Jeff Kuchno, who resigned to take a teaching position at Hazelwood West High School in St. Louis. Yahng has been assistant sports information director at Missouri-St. Louis for two years ... Jamie Joss appointed at St. Andrews Presbyterian, where he also will coach the men's and women's tennis squads. Joss spent the past 10 months as a sports information intern at the South Atlantic Conference ... Lisa McEvoy named interim SID at Eastern Connecticut State for the 1996-97 year while Bob Molta takes a leave of absence. McEvoy was an intern in the Yale sports publicity office ... Tony Brown selected at Vassar, replacing Susan Colodny, who is continuing her studies ... Charles "Chuck" Sadowski named SID and assistant director of college information at Austin. Sadowski had been SID and scheduling coordinator at Redlands since 1992 ... Maryland-Eastern Shore appointed Erika Lewis Forsythe as SID. She directed the marketing and promotions staff at American ... Byron Avery named at Louisiana Tech, his alma mater. Avery was assistant SID at Southeastern Louisiana for the past two years ... Indiana (Pennsylvania) promoted Larry Judge, SID since 1979, to coordinator of special projects for intercollegiate athletics. John Gworek, sports correspondent for the Indiana Gazette since 1994, was named interim SID ... Becky Olsen, assistant SID at Lake Superior State, promoted to SID/marketing director ... Milwaukee School of Engineering hired Andrew Cieciwa to succeed Fiona Husband, who resigned. Cieciwa is a senior at Wisconsin-Milwaukee majoring in broadcast journalism ... Becky Bohm, SID at Wisconsin-Platteville since 1990, hired as assistant SID at Minnesota ... Roanoke named Ken Debolt as SID ... Keith Bullion, SID at Buffalo State, relinquished those duties to concentrate on his duties as men's and women's swimming coach and aquatics director. Chris Rollman, assistant SID, was promoted to interim SID.

Sports information assistants--Carol Crawford and John Hines appointed graduate assistants in sports information at Tennessee ... Alison DiTomaso, sports publicity assistant at Texas, hired as assistant athletics director for sports information at Wellesley ... Tony Gervase, assistant SID at Long Beach State since 1993, appointed associate director of media relations at the school ... Lehigh hired two sports communications assistants: Frank Thompson, who worked in the Bucknell sports information office for the past four years, and Terence Davis, who was assistant to the sales director in the sports marketing division of Advantage International. Both were aides for the Philadelphia Eagles during their preseason training camp this summer at Lehigh ... Jason Guy named graduate sports information assistant at George Washington after spending the 1995-96 academic year as a media relations intern at the Big East Conference ... Kevin Bergquist appointed assistant SID at Washington (Missouri) after working for the past two years in the sports information office at Michigan. He replaces Dave Moessner, who became a senior news writer/assistant editor in the school's office of public affairs ... Buffalo State hired Amber Scott as sports information intern to succeed Chris Rollman. Rollman was appointed interim SID. Scott was a volunteer at the Atlanta Summer Olympics ... Hartwick appointed Mark Mentone as sports information intern. He was a sports information assistant at Trinity (Connecticut) ... Brad Miller hired as assistant SID at Louisiana Tech after serving in the same position last season at Florida Atlantic ... Dwayne Harrison named assistant SID at Seton Hall ... Southeastern Louisiana selected Beth Ford as assistant SID. Ford worked in the LSU sports information office for four years as an undergraduate.

Sports performance assistant--Jeffrey Watkinson named assistant director of sports performance at Charleston (South Carolina).

Strength and conditioning assistant--Steve Lewis appointed graduate assistant in strength and conditioning at Tennessee.

Ticket managers--Nigel Hall hired at Arkansas-Little Rock ... Dan Korn appointed at Northwestern State ... Jim Westerberg Jr. named manager of ticket sales at Denver. Westerberg was a ticket sales representative for the Denver Broncos the past year.

Athletic trainers--Judy Wadsworth appointed at Lynn. She was an assistant trainer at South Alabama from 1994 to 1996 ... Scott Swere named athletic trainer and wellness director at Bard. He was director of athletic training at Wagner ... Joan Scherbring, head women's softball coach and assistant athletic trainer at Wayne State (Nebraska) for the past three seasons, hired as head athletic trainer and women's softball coach at Nebraska Wesleyan ... San Francisco appointed Kimberly Antonio as women's athletic trainer. She was a graduate assistant trainer at San Diego State ... David Fluker hired at Xavier (Ohio).

Assistant athletic trainer--Southern Mississippi appointed David Carr as a graduate assistant athletic trainer for baseball. He previously was assistant athletic trainer at Saint Louis ... Marianne Aston named graduate assistant trainer at Texas Woman's University with responsibility for volleyball and gymnastics. She is working on a master's degree in kinesiology ... Shad Forsythe, Dutchess Jones and Heather Luke appointed graduate assistants in athletic training at Tennessee ... Brian Luinstra promoted to assistant athletic trainer at Wichita State. He was a graduate assistant trainer at the school for the past two years ... Dan Severtson hired as graduate assistant athletic trainer at George Washington. Severtson held a similar position last year at Southwest Texas State ... Terri Groessl named assistant athletic trainer at Washington (Missouri), succeeding Destiny Teachnor-Hauk, who accepted a similar position at Illinois State ... Richmond appointed three assistant athletic trainers: Gregg Brueck, named outstanding graduate student in the athletic training program at West Virginia in 1996; Megan Chu, a graduate assistant at Stanford from 1994 to 1996; and Kristin Raffa, a graduate assistant trainer at Richmond before her graduation in 1996 ... William Ford named assistant athletic trainer at Dartmouth, succeeding Linda Zoller McKibbin, who resigned after 16 years. Ford was assistant trainer with the Buffalo Bills of the NFL for the past four years ... Eric Gibbs hired as assistant athletic trainer at Keene State, where he was a student trainer ... Jonathan Salazer and Wendy Flynn appointed at Lehigh ... Syracuse named Sandy Schumacher, Jeff Wiles and Paul Schmidt as assistant athletic trainers ... Timothy Drudge hired at San Diego after serving as assistant athletic trainer at Illinois State from 1994 to 1996 ... Aimee Olivia Orcutt named assistant athletic trainer at Drexel ... Nicole Hagner hired at Seton Hall.

CONFERENCES

Jamie Joss, who spent the past 10 months as sports information intern at the South Atlantic Conference, appointed sports information director and men's and women's tennis coach at St. Andrews Presbyterian.

Jason Guy, a media relations intern at the Big East Conference for the 1995-96 academic year, named graduate sports information assistant at George Washington.

The Northern California Athletic Conference announced its officers for 1996-97: Gail Fults, dean of professional studies at Humboldt State, president; Wayne Pierce, department of biological sciences at Cal State Stanislaus, secretary; and Martha Yates, department of kinesiology at Sonoma State, treasurer.

Kathleen Hickey, assistant commissioner for compliance at the Southern Conference for three years, named assistant director for compliance at the Big East Conference. The Big East also promoted the following from assistant commissioners: Donna DeMarco, to associate commissioner for championships; John Paquette, to associate commissioner for public relations; and Stan Wilcox, to associate commissioner for compliance.

The Eastern College Athletic Conference promoted Richard Dalrymple to assistant commissioner for business affairs. Dalrymple has been business manager since 1991 and was the ECAC's auditor before that.

The Sun Belt Conference appointed Paul Guillie as supervisor of baseball umpires.

Ben Jay, business manager at the Pacific-10 Conference, promoted to assistant commissioner for business and finance.

The Atlantic 10 Conference named Jeff Long director of corporate sponsorships.

The Metro Atlantic Conference announced the resignation of Jaye Cavvallo as director of media relations.

ASSOCIATIONS

The National Association of Sports Officials elected Ed T. Rush to the board of directors for a two-year term. Rush just completed his 27th season as a member of the NBA officiating staff. NASO serves amateur, high-school, collegiate and professional sports officials.

NCAA NATIONAL OFFICE

The following recently have joined the NCAA staff: Israel Negron, Allison Freedman, Jennifer Heppel and Mira Colman as legislative assistants; Troy Arthur and Elizabeth Muir, compliance representatives; Derrick Crawford, enforcement representative; and Lynette Linneman, accountant.

CORRECTIONS

Boise State and Idaho were not included in a list of playing-surface descriptions for Division I-A institutions that appeared in the August 19 issue of The NCAA News. Both institutions are new to Division I-A this year. Both have artificial surfaces, meaning that the percentage of I-A members with natural playing surfaces is 63.1 percent.

Individuals who use the NCAA Football records book should note that both Boise State and Idaho are listed as Division I-AA members in the schedules and results section, and their stadiums are not listed with other I-A stadiums.

The institution where Donna Coombs was hired as women's soccer coach was listed incorrectly in the NCAA Record section of the August 19 issue of The NCAA News. Coombs is women's soccer coach at Westfield State.

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CONFERENCE MEMBERS

The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced that Virginia Tech and Cabrini have joined the nation's largest athletics conference. Virginia Tech is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference and the Big East Football Conference. Cabrini is a charter member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference.

Southern Utah, an independent since the American West Conference dissolved earlier this year, announced it will join the Mid-Continent Conference and begin league competition in fall 1997. The addition of Southern Utah brings the conference membership to 10 schools.

Southeastern Louisiana and Lamar will become members of the Southland Conference, effective July 1, 1997. Since 1991, Southeastern Louisiana has been competing in the Trans America Athletic Conference and will stay with the TAAC for the 1996-97 season. Lamar was a charter member of the Southland Conference but left in 1986 to join the American South Conference. Lamar currently is a member of the Sun Belt Conference. The Southland Conference will have 11 members.

AGREEMENTS

The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority voted to extend its title sponsorship agreement for the Las Vegas Bowl through the 1998 game.

SEMINARS

The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) is hosting its Fall Forum in Baltimore September 20-24. Topics include diversity training, managing athletics, self-empowerment, media, fund raising, legislation, certification and sponsorships. Information is available from Donna Ledwin, on-site coordinator, Notre Dame (Maryland), 410/532-3588, or Marilyn McNeil, program chair, Monmouth (New Jersey), 908/571-3415.

The Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, Inc., is sponsoring the 14th annual statewide conference on compulsive gambling, "Strengthening the Healers," September 26 at Jersey City State in Jersey City, New Jersey. The registration deadline is September 4. Information can be obtained by calling 201/200-2000 or on the World Wide Web at http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/1800gambler/

CONTESTS

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America is sponsoring its second annual writing contest to recognize the best writers who chronicle soccer's personalities, problems, games and growth. Any story published during the 1996 calendar year will be eligible. The deadline for submissions is December 5, 1996, and winners will be awarded plaques and recognized at the 50th annual NSCAA convention January 15-19, 1997, in Nashville. Entries should be submitted to the NSCAA National Office, Attn.: Writing Contest, 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway, Suite 105-B, Fairway, Kansas 66205.

Notables

The All-American Football Foundation, Inc., honored coaches and athletics administrators August 17 at its Banquet of Champions IV in Mobile, Alabama. The dinner was dedicated to Paul "Bear" Bryant, who coached at Maryland, Kentucky, Texas A&M and Alabama, and Ralph "Shug" Jordan of Auburn. Coaches honored were Emory Bellard of Texas A&M and Mississippi State, Bill Yeoman of Houston, Marino Casem of Alcorn State, Dewitt Weaver of Texas Tech, and Len Casanova of Santa Clara, Pittsburgh and Oregon. Honored posthumously were Wallace Wade of Alabama, Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech, Wally Butts of Georgia and Mike Brumbelow of UTEP.

Deaths

Lawrence Kelly, football coach at Manhattan from 1965 through 1973, died August 14 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was 62. Kelly had the most wins in Manhattan history and compiled a record of 35-30.

Tom Mees, a sportscaster for ESPN since its founding in 1979, drowned in a neighbor's pool, apparently while trying to save a child. He was 46. Mees was a SportsCenter anchor from ESPN's premiere September 7, 1979, until 1993. He had since worked as the play-by-play commentator for ESPN2's NHL coverage and, since 1994, also had broadcast college football and basketball games and hosted the NHL draft.

Derek Smith, 34, a star on Louisville's 1980 NCAA championship basketball team, died August 9 while on a cruise. The ship, which carried staff members of the Washington Bullets, was returning from the Bahamas. Smith, who played for nine seasons in the National Basketball Association, was an assistant coach with the Bullets last season.

Leroy Tracy Borah, who served primarily as wrestling coach and athletics director during 29 years at Western State, died August 8 of a heart attack at his home near Gunnison, Colorado. He was 71. Borah was a member of the Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, Western State College Mountaineer Sports Hall of Fame and the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame. He had served with national and state wrestling organizations and committees.
-- Compiled by Sally Huggins

Volleyball

Division I Women's Volleyball

The USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association preseason top 25 NCAA Division I women's volleyball teams, with points:
1. Hawaii1 - 422
2. Stanford1 - 402
3. Michigan St.1 - 355
4. Texas1 - 281
5. Nebraska1 - 210
6. UCLA1 - 157
7. Penn St. - 1,074
8. Washington St. - 968
9. Notre Dame - 955
10. San Diego St. - 880
11. Florida - 813
12. Long Beach St. - 779
13. Southern Cal - 748
14. Pacific (Cal.) - 716
15. Ohio St. - 675
16. Georgia Tech - 453
17. UC Santa Barb. - 428
18. Texas A&M - 404
19. Brigham Young - 353
20. Loyola Marymount - 330
21. Arizona St. - 267
22. Colorado - 203
23. Oral Roberts - 170
24. Georgia - 147
25. Louisville - 122

Division II Women's Volleyball

The preseason top 25 NCAA Division II women's volleyball teams as selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association, with points:
1. Northern Mich. - 593
2. Cal St. Bakersfield - 546
3. Barry - 507
4. Neb.-Kearney - 498
5. North Dak. St. - 477
6. St. Cloud St. - 388
7. Hawaii-Hilo - 383
8. Central Mo. St. - 374
9. Neb.-Omaha - 359
10. Northern Colo. - 326
11. North Fla. - 299
12. Morningside - 279
13. West Tex. A&M - 263
14. Regis (Colo.) - 253
15. UC Riverside - 247
16. New Haven - 212
17. Northwood - 205
18. Michigan Tech - 191
19. Tampa - 180
20. West Va. Wesleyan - 171
21. UC Davis - 157
22. Grand Canyon - 134
23. Cal Poly Pomona - 128
24. Cal St. Los Angeles - 122
25. Mo. Southern St. - 112