National Collegiate Athletic Association

The NCAA News Digest

December 15, 1997

BASKETBALL


Research by the American Basketball Council shows that more people than ever say basketball is their favorite sport. In addition, the number of basketball participants in both sexes is up in almost all age groups over the last decade. The highest percentage of participation in any age group is for males age 12-17, 64.0 percent of whom play the game. For females, 46.7 percent of those age 12-17 play basketball, the highest of any female age group surveyed.

DIVISION I


New NCAA Online service tracks progress of legislation

The NCAA has implemented a new feature that makes it possible for any interested individual to check the status of proposed legislation via the Internet.

The information can be accessed through the membership services selection on the NCAA Online home page (www.ncaa.org).

Updates will be made as necessary by the Division I governance staff. The service became available December 9.

Staff contact: Stephen R. Morgan - Division I or Wallace I. Renfro - Internet.

HONORS PROGRAM

Bob Dole selected for Theodore Roosevelt Award

Former Sen. Robert J. Dole has been selected as this year's recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Award, the most prestigious honor bestowed on an individual by the NCAA. He will be presented with the award at the annual NCAA honors dinner January 11 in Atlanta.

Dole was a three-sport athlete at Kansas in the 1940s. He played basketball under the legendary Phog Allen, lettered in track and played football before being called to service in World War II.

Staff contact: James A. Marchiony.