The NCAA News - News and Features

April 7, 1997

II Nominating Committee chosen

Selection of a new NCAA Division II Nominating Committee has been completed and members will begin work on reviewing nominations for Division II committees.

The 11-member Nominating Committee was selected by the NCAA Division II Management Council Transition Team. The selections were ratified unanimously by the NCAA Division II Presidents Council Transition Team.

The committee will be chaired by Doug Echols, commissioner of the South Atlantic Conference. Echols previously served as chair of the Division II Governance Project Team, which developed the new committee structure adopted by the Division II membership at the 1997 Convention.

Joining Echols as committee members are Robertha Abney, associate director of athletics/senior woman administrator, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania; Charles J. Bertram, professor of mathematics/faculty athletics representative, University of Southern Indiana; James Fallis, director of athletics, University of Northern Colorado; Linda C. Hackett, director of athletics, Bryant College; Don Kaverman, director of athletics, Missouri Western State College; Monique Morgan, director of athletics, St. Paul's College; Ron Prettyman, director of athletics, California State University, Dominguez Hills; J. Phillip Roach, director of athletics, Rollins College; Mary Weber White, associate professor of English/faculty athletics representative, Lees-McRae College; and Grafton Young, director of athletics, Newberry College.

Julie Quickel, NCAA committee coordinator, will serve as staff liaison to the Division II Nominating Committee.

The committee's first meeting will be May 8-9, during which it will turn its attention to recommending nominees for vacancies on other Association-wide and Division II general committees that will begin operating August 1.

Later, the committee will review nominations of Division II representatives for Association-wide and division sports committees (see accompanying story on page 3).