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The NCAA News -- October 11, 1999

Nominations solicited for committee vacancies in 2000

Nominations are being accepted for vacancies that will occur in September 2000 on Divisions I and II general committees and Divisions I, II and III sports committees, as well as Association-wide and common committees.

A total of 123 vacancies are anticipated on NCAA committees in September 2000, including 90 vacancies on division-specific committees and 33 vacancies on Association-wide and common committees.

Each division's nominees for division-specific and Association-wide and common committees will be considered through the processes that have been established in each division for filling committee vacancies.

All nomination materials are to be sent to Lori L. Braa, NCAA committee coordinator, at the national office. The fax number is 317/917-6808. The deadline for submission of nomination materials for all of the vacancies listed in the accompanying chart is November 26, 1999.

Information about each division's process, as well as information about specific committee vacancies, follows.

Division I

A total of 47 vacancies will be filled on Division I-specific general and sports committees and 24 Division I vacancies will be filled on Association-wide or common committees.

Nominations will be accepted only from the 30 conferences represented in the governance structure (the conferences are listed in Constitution 4.2.1 of the 1999-00 NCAA Division I Manual).

Conferences must submit two completed forms for each nominee: the Division I Nomination Form and the Division I Nominee Information Form. Completed forms must be submitted by the end of business November 26, 1999.

Regardless of whether an individual has been nominated previously, the conference must submit the two required forms for each nominee.

Information will be compiled and forwarded to the appropriate appointing bodies in Division I. Vacancies with terms that begin September 2000 are anticipated to be filled by the end of April 2000.

If an individual is eligible for reappointment, the individual's conference must submit the Division I Nomination Form to confirm the conference's support of the reappointment. It is not necessary to complete the Division I Nominee Information Form for individuals eligible for reappointment. Reappointment is not guaranteed but is at the discretion of the appointing body.

Please note that this article does not contain information regarding Division I cabinet vacancies effective September 1, 2000. That information will be provided directly to the 30 Division I conferences in early December.

Division II

A total of 21 vacancies will be filled on Division II-specific general and sports committees and five Division II vacancies will be filled on Association-wide and common committees.

Nominations will be accepted from any source on a Division II Nomination Form. Once a written nomination is received, a Nominee Information Form will be faxed to the nominee. All completed Nominee Information Forms must be submitted by the end of business November 26, 1999.

Information will be compiled and provided to the Division II Nominating Committee, which will meet in February 1999 to formulate its recommendations.

Recommendations for appointments to sports committees will be forwarded to the Division II Championships Committee for selection and then to the Division II Management Council for ratification. Recommendations for appointments to Division II general committees will be forwarded to the Management Council for selection and then to the Division II Presidents Council for ratification.

Vacancies with terms that begin September 2000 are anticipated to be filled by the end of April 2000.

Regardless of whether an individual has submitted nomination materials previously, a new nominee information form must be completed and submitted for all nominees.

Division III

A total of 22 vacancies will be filled on Division III-specific sports committees and six Division III vacancies will be filled on Association-wide and common committees.

Written nominations will be accepted from any source. Once a written nomination is received, a Nominee Information Form will be faxed to the nominee. All completed Nominee Information Forms must be submitted by the end of business November 26, 1999.

Information will be compiled and provided to the Division III Nominating Committee, which will meet in February 2000 to formulate its recommendations.

Recommendations for appointments to sports committees will be forwarded to the Division III Championships Committee for approval and then to the Division III Management Council and Presidents Council for ratification.

Vacancies with terms that begin September 2000 are anticipated be filled by the end of April 2000.

Regardless of whether an individual has submitted nomination materials previously, a new nominee information form must be completed and submitted for all nominees.

Association-wide/common committees

Each division will solicit and select nominees for Association-wide and common committees using the same procedures detailed above for division-specific committees.

Division I will fill 24 vacancies on these committees, Division II will fill five vacancies and Division III will fill six vacancies.

SEPTEMBER 2000 COMMITTEE VACANCIES

ASSOCIATION-WIDE COMMITTEES

E -- Eligible for reappointment NE -- Not eligible for reappointment

Committee Members Affected in 2000 Vacancies Description of Vacancies Eligible Divisions

Committee on Women's Athletics Cheryl L. Levick, Stanford University - NE; Linda S. Moulton, Clark University - NE. 2 One Division I vacancy and one Division III vacancy. Both appointees must be female. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, III

National Youth Sports Program Tina Sloan Green, Temple University -- NE; Michael F. Alden, University of Missouri, Columbia -- NE. 2 One appointee must be male. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Committee

Olympic Sports Liaison Committee Herman R. Frazier, Arizona State University -- NE; Orby Moss Jr., Georgia State -- NE 2 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Postgraduate Scholarship Committee Rosalia N. Scripa, University of Alabama, Birmingham -- NE; Teresa R. Kuehn, West Coast 2 Two Division I vacancies. One of the appointees must be from Division I-AAA. Both appointees must be female. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Conference Conference --NE.

Research Committee Mary Jo Warner, George Washington University -- NE; Lorna P. Straus, University of Chicago -- NE. 2 One Division I vacancy and one Division III vacancy. At least one appointee must be a female and one appointee I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, III

must be an athletics administrator.

Committee on Sportsmanship Robert Minnix, Florida State University -- NE. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

and Ethical Conduct

Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse Thurston E. Banks, Tennessee Technological University -- NE; Patty V. Viverito, Missouri Valley 2 One appointee must represent sports-medicine research and one appointee must be a female and represent I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Committee Conference -- NE medicine/PC team physician.

Committee on Competitive Safeguards Gary Alan Green, University of California, Los Angeles -- NE; Priscilla M. Clarkson, 2 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

and Medical Aspects of Sports University of Massachusetts, Amherst -- NE.

Core-Course Review Committee Michael Pearson, Old Dominion University -- E; John T. Ritschdorff, Marist College -- 0

E; Marcia C. Wicklow-Howard, Boise State University -- E; Vicki Hightower, Elon College -- E.

Honors Committee Harry Carson -- E. 0

Minority Opportunities and Interests Daniel G. Guerrero, University of California, Irvine -- NE; Chris Monasch, America East 2 Two Division I vacancies. One appointee must be from Division I-AAA. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Committee Conference -- NE.

Baseball Rules Committee Donald E. Kessinger, University of Mississippi -- NE. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Men's Basketball Rules William Milton, Western Athletic Conference -- NE; Michael Montgomery, Stanford University -- NE; 3 No regional restrictions. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, II

Andrew Russo, Florida Institute of Technology -- NE

Women's Basketball Rules Kathleen Pohlig, University of Delaware -- NE; Julie Goodenough, Hardin-Simmons University -- E. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Football Rules Chris Ault, University of Nevada -- NE; Richard Hazleton, Trinity College (Massachusetts) -- NE; 3 One Division I vacancy and two Division III vacancies. At least one appointee must be from Region 1. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, III

Michael Maynard, University of Redlands -- NE.

Men's Ice Hockey Rules Committee Mark Sertich, University of Minnesota, Duluth -- NE; Zafir Bludevich, Saint Michael's College -- E; 3 One Division I vacancy, one Division II vacancy and one Division III vacancy. At least one appointee must be an

Glenn Thomaris, Elmira College -- NE. athletics administrator. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, II, III

Men's and Women's Dennis Helsel, University of Akron -- NE; Mary Claire Robinson, University of California, Davis -- NE. 2 One Division I vacancy. The appointee must represent men's soccer. One Division II vacancy. The appointee I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, II

Soccer Rules Committee must represent women's soccer.

Softball Rules Committee Diane Milutinovich, California State University, Fresno -- NE; Donna Newberry, 2 One Division I vacancy and one Division III vacancy. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, III

Muskingum College -- NE.

Men's and Women's Rifle Committee James Thorp, Virginia Military Institute -- NE. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Men's and Women's Skiing Committee Daniel Brelsford, Montana State University -- NE. 1 The appointee must be male. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Men's Water Polo Committee Kaia Hedlund, University of Hawaii, Manoa -- NE. 1 I-A

DIVISION I COMMITTEES

Committee Members Affected in 2000 Vacancies Description of Vacancies Eligible Divisions

Committee on Athletics Certification Jerry L. Kingston, Arizona State University -- E; Robert A. Chernak, George Washington 2 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

University -- NE; Andrea Seger, Ball State University -- NE.

Financial Aid Committee Andy Geiger, Ohio State University -- NE. 1 I-A

Committee on Infractions Alice Gresham-Bullock, Howard University -- E; Thomas E. Yeager, Colonial Athletic Association -- E. 0

Infractions Appeals Committee Terry Don Phillips, Oklahoma State University -- E. 0

Initial-Eligibility Waivers Committee Susan A. Berner, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill -- NE; Carol Iwaoka, Big Ten Conference -- 4 The appointees preferrably will be suited to serve on one of the following subcommittees: learning disabled, home school, foreign I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

student, core-course and transcript change.

Satisfactory-Progress Waivers Committee Thomas W. Adair III, Texas A&M University, College Station -- NE. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Division I Football Issues Committee Daniel Beebe, Ohio Valley Conference -- NE; John W. Johnson, Weber State University -- NE; 6 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Chris Ault, University of Nevada -- NE; Karl D. Benson, Western Athletic Conference -- NE;

John J. Crouthamel, Syracuse University -- NE; R.C. Johnson, University of Memphis -- NE.

Division I Baseball Committee John W. Easterbrook, California State University, Fullerton -- NE; Paul Fernandes, Columbia University -- NE; 3 One Division I-A vacancy and one Division I-AA or I-AAA vacancy. One appointee must be from the Northeast I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Richard Rockwell, LeMoyne College -- NE; Robert Todd, Ohio State University -- E. region and one appointee must be from the East region.

Division I Women's Basketball Committee J. Elaine Hieber, Iowa State University -- NE; Bernadette V. McGlade, Georgia 4 Two Division I-A vacancies and one Division I-AA or I-AAA vacancy. One appointee must be from each of the following the I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Institute of Technology -- NE;Brenda H. McCoy, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference -- NE; regions: East, Mideast and Midwest.

Deborah M. Polca, Eastern Illinois University -- NE.

Division I Men's Basketball Committee Craig D. Thompson, Mountain West Conference -- NE 1 I-A

Men's and Women's Fencing Committee Emmanuil Gregory Kaidanov, Pennsylvania State University -- NE; Abdel Salem, 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

(National Collegiate) U.S. Air Force Academy -- E

Division I Field Hockey Committee Sheryl Johnson, Stanford University -- NE. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Division I-AA Football Committee Daniel Beebe, Ohio Valley Conference -- NE; John W. Johnson, Weber State University -- NE. 2 One appointee must be from the West region and one appointee must be from the Central region. I-AA

Men's Golf Committee George Michael Griffin, Southeastern Conference -- NE; Bill Montigel, Texas Christian University -- NE. 2 One Division I-A vacancy and one Division I-AA or I-AAA vacancy. One appointee must be from the Central region and I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

one appointee must be from the East or South region.

Women's Golf Committee Diane Dailey, Wake Forest University -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the Mid-Atlantic/East region. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Men's Gymnastics Committee Roy Johnson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst -- NE. 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

(National Collegiate)

Women's Gymnastics Committee Linda K. Burdette, West Virginia University -- NE; Cheryl A. Raymond, Springfield College -- NE. 2 One Division I vacancy and one Division III vacancy. Appointees must be from Regions 2 and 6. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA, III

(National Collegiate)

Division I Men's Ice Hockey Committee Pat Richter, University of Wisconsin, Madison -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the West region. I-A

Women's Rowing Committee Kristen M. Sanford, Syracuse University -- NE; Barbara N. Chesler, Yale University -- NE. 2 Two Division I-AA or I-AAA vacancies. I-AA, I-AAA

(National Collegiate)

Division I Men's Soccer Committee Richard A. Farnham, University of Vermont -- NE; Timothy V. O'Sullivan, 2 One appointee must be from the New England region and one appointee must be from the South Atlantic region. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Virginia Commonwealth University -- NE.

Division I Women's Soccer Committee Jeffrey L. Schulman, University of Vermont -- NE. 1 One Division I-AA or I-AAA vacancy. I-AA, I-AAA

Division I Women's Softball Committee Samye Johnson, Mississippi State University -- E; Cindy Masner, Long Beach State University -- NE; 2 Two Division I-A vacancies and one Division I-AA or I-AAA vacancy. One appointee must be from the West region. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Pamela S. Wettig, Loyola Marymount University -- NE.

Men's and Women's Swimming and Kevin McNamee, George Mason University -- NE; Jean Freeman, University of Minnesota, 3 One appointee must represent diving. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Diving Committee Twin Cities -- NE; Dan Laak, University of Georgia -- NE.

Division I Men's and Women's Melissa L. Conboy, University of Notre Dame -- NE; Chris Russell, University of Oregon -- E; 2 Two men's subcommittee vacancies. Appointees must be from either Region 4, 5, 6 or 7. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Tennis Committee Karen Adams, Lehigh University -- NE. One women's subcommittee vacancy. The appointee must be from the East region.

Men's and Women's Michael Johnson, University of Washington -- NE; Ralph D. Lindeman, U.S. Air Force Academy -- NE; 3 Two men's subcommittee vacancies and one women's subcommittee vacancy. I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Track and Field Committee Mark Kostek, University of Nebraska, Lincoln -- NE.

Men's Volleyball Committee Robert Krimmel, Penn State University -- E. 0 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

(National Collegiate)

Division I Women's Volleyball Committee Lisa Love, University of Southern California -- E; Cindy Spiro, University of the Pacific (California) -- 0 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

E; Judith L. Ray, University of New Hampshire -- E.

Division I Student-Athlete Kendrick Moore, Big East Conference -- E; Jamiliah Jones, Big Sky Conference -- E; Elisa Fellers, Big South 1 I-A, I-AA, I-AAA

Advisory Committee Conference -- E; Bryan Clay, Conference USA -- E; Sheryl Klick, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference -- E;

Jacki Raterman, Mid-American Conference -- E; Kim Kutska, Midwestern Collegiate Conference -- E;

Matthew Lee, Missouri Valley Conference -- E; Lauren Mackey, Ohio Valley Conference -- E; Nigel Burton,

Pacific-10 Conference -- NE; Megan Gibbson, Patriot League -- E; Tracy Biggs, Southern Conference -- E;

Chris White, Trans American Atheltic Conference -- E.

DIVISION II COMMITTEES

Committee Members Affected in 2000 Vacancies Description of Vacancies Eligible Divisions

Division II Academic David Brooks, West Liberty State College -- E; Diane White-Husic, East Stroudsburg University -- NE; 2 One appointee must be from Region 1. II

Requirements Committee Sandra Weeden, State Univresity of New York at Stony Brook -- NE. .

Division II Championships Committee Fred Jacoby, Lone Star Conference -- NE. 1 II

Division II Legislation Committee Janet Degginger, Washburn Universiy -- NE; Christ Petrouleas, Wayne State University (Michigan) -- NE. 2 II

Division II Membership Committee Doug Palmer, University of West Florida -- NE. 1 II

Division II Nominating Committee Ralph McFillen, Mid-America Intercollegiate Association -- E; Geri Knortz, St. Michael's College -- E. 0 II

Division II Committee on Student- Bethyna Ann Lawrence, Wingate University -- NE. 1 II

Athlete Reinstatement

Division II Student-Athlete Megan Canova, University of California, Davis -- E; Debra Wood-King, Gannon University -- E; Kevin 3 One appointee must be from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference; one appointee must be from the II

Advisory Committee MichaelListerman, Northern Kentucky University -- NE; Elizabeth Pelezo, Delta State Gulf South Conference; and one appointee must be from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.

University -- NE; Dallas D. Curtis, Northeastern State University -- NE; David Galla, University of

New Haven -- E; Nicholas Clark,Adelphi University -- E; Jennifer Wiggins, Mars Hill College -- E;

Brandon K. Harris, Wingate University -- E.

Division II Baseball Committee Danny R. Davis, University of North Carolina, Pembroke -- NE; John J. Radovich, 2 One appointee must be from the North Atlantic region and one appointee must be from the South Atlantic region. II

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania -- NE.

Division II Men's Basketball Committee Joseph R. "Chip" Polak, New Hampshire College -- NE; Paul R. Ruddy, Lewis University -- NE. 2 One appointee must be from the Great Lakes region and one appointee must be from the Northeast region. II

Division II Women's Basketball Committee Melanie Heitman-Nelson, North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference -- NE; Paula J. Sullivan, 2 One appointee must be from the North Central region and one appointee from the New England region. II

Stonehill College -- NE.

Division II Field Hockey Committee Sandy Miller, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania -- E. 0 II

Division II Football Committee Marvin Lester Kay, Colorado School of Mines -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the West region. II

Division II Men's Golf Committee Vince Jarrett, Abilene Christian University -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the West region and be an athletics administrator. II

Division II Women's Golf Committee Cindy Ho, Longwood College -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the East region and be an athletics administrator. II

Division II Men's Ice Hockey Committee James Harris, University of Alabama, Huntsville -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the West region. II

Division II Men's Lacrosse Committee Michael Howard Cerino, Limestone College -- NE. 1

Division II Men's Soccer Committee Gavin Donaldson, West Virginia Wesleyan College -- E; Howard Y. Patterson, University of the Incarnate 1 The appointee must be from the far West region. II

Word -- E; Marcus W.J. Ziemer, Sonoma State University -- NE.

Division II Women's Soccer Committee Donna M. Guimont, Saint Anselm College -- E; Robert E. Hartwell, Adelphi University -- E. 0 II

Division II Women's Vickee Kazee-Hollifield, Carson Newman College -- NE; Jan Schefkowitz, California 2 One appointee must be from the South Atlantic region and one appointee must be from the Central region. II

Softball Committee State University, Stanislaus -- NE.

Division II Men's and Women's Swimming Clark S. Yeager, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania -- NE. 1 The appointee must represent women's swimming and be an athletics administrator. II

and Diving Committee

Division II Men's and Women's Tennis Tina B. Karwasky, California St. University, Los Angeles -- E; Joe L. Jones, Cameron University -- NE. 1 II

Committee

Division II Men's and Women's Track and Richard D. Clay, University of North Dakota -- E. 0 II

Field Committee

Division II Women's Volleyball Committee Donna K. Palivec, Bemidji State University -- NE; Julie Sandoval, California State University, . 1 The appointee must be an athletics administrator from the Pacific region. II

Dominguez Hills -- E

Division II Wrestling Committee Terry R. Wetherald, University of Indianapolis -- NE. 1 The appointee must be an athletics administrator. II

DIVISION III COMMITTEES

Committee Members Affected in 2000 Vacancies Description of Vacancies Eligible Divisions

Division III Baseball Committee Augie R. Schmidt, Carthage College -- NE; Randall G. Town, Claremont McKenna-Harvey 2 One appointee must be from the West region and one appointee must be from the Central region. III

Mudd-Scripps Colleges -- NE.

Division III Men's Basketball Committee Charles C. Katsiaficas, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges -- NE; Thomas E. Murphy, Hamilton College -- NE. 2 One appointee must be from the West region and one appointee must be from the East region. III

Division III Women's Basketball Committee Nancy W. Blank, Johns Hopkins University -- E; Donna M. Doonon, 2 One appointee must be from the South region and one appointee must be from the Central region. III

Ferrum College -- NE; Mark R. Thomas, University of Wisconsin, Stout -- NE.

Division III Women's Golf Committee Monica Severson, Wartburg College -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from Region 4. III

Division III Field Hockey Committee Dawn R. Chamberlin, Salisbury State University -- NE; Ali Kantor, Simmons College -- NE. 2 One appointee must be from the New England East region, and one appointee must be from the South region. At III least one appointee must be an athletics administrator.

Division III Football Committee Glenn Hedden, Kean College -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the East region. III

Division III Men's Golf Committee Charles A. Gordon, Emory University -- NE; Steven Ulrich, Centennial Conference -- NE. 2 One appointee must be from District 3 and one appointee must be from District 2. III

Division III Men's Ice Hockey Committee Terrence P. Skrypek, Unversity of St. Thomas (Minnesota) -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the West region. III

Division III Women's Lacrosse Committee Connie Zotos, Drew University -- E. 0 III

Division III Men's Soccer Committee Brian E. Chafin, Centre College -- NE; Michael Vienna, Salisbury State University -- NE; 2 One appointee must be from the Central region and one appointee must be from the South region. III

Andy Jennings, Vassar College -- E.

Division III Women's Soccer Committee Kevin Long, Randolph-Macon Women's College -- E. 0 III

Division III Women's Softball Committee Marjorie A. Willadsen, Buena Vista University -- NE; Marcella K. Zalot, Colby College -- NE. 2 At least one appointee must be an athletics administrator. One appointee must be from the Midwest region and one

appointee must be from the New England region.

Division III Men's and Women's Thomas M. Kinder, Bridgewater College (Virginia) -- NE; Edward "Butch" Newman, 2 One appointee must represent men's tennis and be from the South region, and one appointee must represent women's III

Tennis Committee Trinity University (Texas) -- NE. tennis and be from the West region.

Division III Men's and Leon Lunder, Carleton College -- NE; Davis Soper, Mary Washington College -- NE; 3 Two appointees must represent men's track and field and be from the Central and South/Southeast regions.

Women's Track and Field Committee Lynn Ruddy, Bowdoin College -- NE. One appointee must represent women's track and field and be from the New England region.

Division III Women's Volleyball Committee Bonnie May, Smith College -- NE. 1 The appointee must be from the New England region. III