National Collegiate Athletic Association

The NCAA News - News and Features

June 2, 1997

III committees include people new to structure

More than 75 persons new to the NCAA committee structure have been appointed to committees by the Division III Management Council and Presidents Council, in keeping with the division's objective of opening up the structure to include more representatives of Division III institutions.

The number of committee positions has nearly doubled as Division III moves to division-specific committees under the new governance structure that takes effect in August.

Of 47 new positions on the division's general and Association-wide committees, 38 have been filled with people new to the NCAA committee structure. Of 44 positions filled on Division III sports committees, 38 were filled with new people.

The number of committee vacancies filled in 1997 is nearly triple that of an average year because of the new committee structure. In the past, the average annual turnover was 33 positions. This year, 91 positions have been filled.

An effort was made to have all Division III conferences represented in the committee structure, and all that submitted nominations are represented. The Division III Presidents Council also wanted to increase representation of independent schools -- those not affiliated with any conference -- and historically black schools, but very few submitted nominations.

Nominations were solicited through The NCAA News beginning in February. Nominations for January 1998 committee vacancies will be solicited in the June 9 issue of the News.

Nominees who were not appointed to a committee were notified and their information will be retained in the division's database for consideration for future vacancies.

Most of the committees will be meeting in the next several months and selecting chairs at that time. The Eligibility and Infractions Committee will divide itself into two subcommittees -- the Elgibility Subcommittee and the Infractions Subcommittee-- and membership of those subcommittees will be determined at the full committee's first meeting.

General committees

Members of the Division III Nominating, Budget and Championships Committees already have been announced (see the January 13 issue of The NCAA News). However, the student-athlete representative on the Championships Committee was just recently appointed. Katrina-Anne Nelson of the University of the South will serve on that committee.

Members of other general committees are:

  • Eligibility and Infractions Committee: Jo Ann Andregg, University of St. Thomas (Minnesota); President Richard A. Berman, Manhattanville College; Lynda J. Calkins, Hollins College; Rocco J. Carzo, Tufts University; Linda J. Case, State University College at Brockport; Nancy Gray, Case Western Reserve University; John C. Harper, Bridgewater State College (Massachusetts); Thomas Weingartner, University of Chicago; Sharon E. Whittaker, Stillman College; and Frederick B. Lacey, retired judge and practicing attorney with LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene and MacRae, who is the public member of the committee.

  • Financial Aid and Awards Committee: Jeff A. Ankrom, Wittenberg University; Georgette DeVeres, Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges; President C. Brent DeVore, Otterbein College; Karen Johnson, Alfred University; Walter J. Johnson, North Central College; Shirley M. Liddle, Beaver College; Andrew T. McPhee, student-athlete at Middlebury College; Suzanne Schlager, Franklin & Marshall College; and President Donald P. Wharton, Plymouth State College.

  • Interpretations and Legislation Committee: Carlyle Carter, Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Susan E. Chapman, Worcester State College; Suzanne Coffey, Bates College; Dennis M. Collins, North Coast Athletic Conference; David A. Jacobs, Whittier College; Beverly Klooster, Calvin College; and Elizabeth Sander, student-athlete at Bryn Mawr College.

  • Membership Committee: Kitty R. Baird, Centre College; President Howard J. Burnett, Washington and Jefferson College; Gordon Collins, College of Wooster; Carol A. Fritz, Western Maryland College; President Marcia S. Kierscht, Stephens College; Richard A. Rasmussen, University Athletic Association; Marilyn Skrivseth, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire; Charlie Titus, University of Massachusetts, Boston; and Michael F. Walsh, Washington and Lee University.

    Members of the Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee are: Michael Hammond, Centre College; Margaret Trainor, Rosemont College; Julie Fernandez, Maryville University of St. Louis; Gregory Belinfanti, New York University; Brendan Cooney, Gordon College; Michael Heithaus, Oberlin College; Christy Wilson, Nebraska Wesleyan University; Lori Monroe, Colby-Sawyer College; Amy Huchthausen, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse; Robert Morrissey, Vassar College; Heather Gilmour, University of Southern Maine; Katelin Chmielinski, Sweet Briar College; Sara Lehman, Bluffton College; Cris Pellegrino, Tufts University; Gregory M. Spotti, Muhlenberg College; Andrew Hedden, Carleton College; Spencer Cox, Central College (Iowa); Becky Crews, Trinity University (Texas); Dana Feltz, William Paterson College; Jessica Droste, Haverford College; Kerry Gotham, Nazareth College; Maricella Oceguera, University of California, San Diego; Brandon Wyne Graham, Hope College; and Shawn Michael McNamara, Worcester State College.

    Sports committees

    Sports committees are continuing into the new structure as Division III-specific committees, but additional members have been appointed to enlarge some of the committees. Listed below are the new members of those committees. (New members of sports committees with championships administration responsibilities only are listed first.)

  • Men's Basketball Committee: Robert J. Coleman, Hunter College; Gale E. Daugherty, Ohio Northern University.

  • Women's Basketball Committee: Curtis W. Tong, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges.

  • Field Hockey Committee: Nancy Ladd, University of the South; Susan E. Chapman, Worcester State College; Ali Kantor, Simmons College.

  • Football Committee: Glenn Hedden, Kean College; John B. Van Why II, Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; Michael Clary, Rhodes College; Porter G. Miller, Earlham College.

  • Men's Golf Committee: Steven F. Ulrich, Centennial Conference; Richard A. Kaiser, Olivet College; David R. Pierce, Maryville University of St. Louis.

  • Women's Lacrosse Committee: Donna M. Ledwin, College of Notre Dame (Maryland); Anna Meyer, Hartwick College.

  • Men's Soccer Committee: S. Page Cotton Jr., DePauw University; Michael Vienna, Salisbury State University; Joseph T. Walsh, Emerson College; Jeffrey Vennell, University of Rochester; David Anthony Forsythe, Millsaps College.

  • Women's Soccer Committee: Robert Malekoff, College of Wooster; Cathie Ann Schweitzer, Springfield College; William E. Gehling, Tufts University; Kristen M. Ford, Ithaca College.

  • Men's and Women's Tennis Committee: Charles L. Larson, Ripon College; Thomas M. Kinder, Bridgewater College (Virginia); Jon Carlson, Gustavus Adolphus College.

  • Women's Volleyball Committee: Lynn Hall, Hanover College; Geraldine S. Knortz, Hamilton College; Connie Bandy Hodge, University of Dubuque.

    New Division III members of committees with Association-wide rules administration responsibilities and federated championships responsibilities are:

  • Men's Lacrosse: Thomas R. Cafaro, Nichols College; Douglas Locker, Whittier College.

  • Men's and Women's Swimming Committee: Mike Sutton, Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges, representing men's swimming; Bonnie Michelle Dix, Wellesley College, representing women's swimming; Mandy Hixon, Amherst College, representing diving; Bob Kent, Kalamazoo College, at-large representative. One vacancy remains on the committee that must be filled by a representative of women's swimming in District 5, 6 or 7. The nominee must be an administrator.

  • Men's and Women's Track and Field Committee: Donald John Nichter, Dickinson College. One vacancy remains and must be filled by a female representative from the West region.

  • Wrestling Committee: Roger W. Crebs, Lycoming College; Donald E. Tencher, Rhode Island College.

    Anyone with questions about the Division III committee structure should contact Daniel T. Dutcher, Division III chief of staff; Marybeth Ruskamp, assistant Division III chief of staff; or Julie Quickel, NCAA committee coordinator, at the national office.