Calendar

McAloose to lead Florida Gulf Coast athletics

Florida Gulf Coast has selected Carl McAloose as director of athletics, effective July 24.

Since August 1996, McAloose has served as commissioner of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Before his tenure there, he was associate commissioner of the Big Sky Conference. From 1990 to 1992, McAloose fulfilled responsibilities as associate athletics director at Coastal Carolina. He also has been associate athletics director and head men's and women's tennis coach at West Chester. Additionally, McAloose has served stints as sports information director at Guilford and Frostburg State.

A graduate of Western Maryland with a bachelor's degree in physical education and athletics administration, McAloose earned a master's degree in education with a concentration in physical education and athletics administration from Frostburg State.

GENERAL

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Alice Chandler was named as interim president at Ramapo, succeeding Robert A. Scott. Chandler formerly worked as president at New Paltz State for 16 years and retired in 1996 ... Massachusetts-Boston Chancellor Sherry H. Penney announced her resignation, effective January 1 ... John E. Bassett was chosen as president at Clark (Massachusetts). Bassett has been dean of the college of arts and sciences at Case Western Reserve ... Warren L. Board resigned as president at St. Andrews Presbyterian, effective May 31. The school appointed Douglas W. Hix as Board's successor, effective June 1. Hix was former director of advanced studies at Columbia Theological Seminary ... Wofford elevated Benjamin B. Dunlap to president. Dunlap has been serving as a professor of humanities ... Sara G. Kirkland, vice president for university relations at Susquehanna, was named acting president at the school, effective July 22 ... Bennett President Gloria R. Scott announced retirement plans, effective June 2001 ... Jean A. Scott was appointed president at Marietta. Scott has been president at Bradford College ... Farmingdale selected Michael J. Vinciguerra as acting president. Vincinguerra has been provost and professor of chemistry at the school ... David Adamany was selected as president at Temple, effective August 2 ... Stonehill appointed Mark T. Cregan as president. Cregan has been chief administrative officer at Sacred Heart Parish in Bronx, New York ... Charles E. Glassick, former president at Gettysburg, was chosen as interim president at North Carolina Wesleyan. Glassick most recently has served as senior associate at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ... New Mexico State named G. Jay Gogue, provost at Utah State, as president, effective July 1 ... John J. Piderit resigned as president at Loyola (Illinois), effective not later than June 30, 2001 ... Alan J. Stone resigned as president at Alma, effective June 30, 2001 ... Purdue appointed Martin C. Jischke as president. Jischke has been president at Iowa State and succeeds Steven C. Beering.

DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Akron selected Mike Rodriguez as interim athletics director to replace Dennis Helsel. Rodriguez has been with the school's athletics department since 1987 and currently is assistant athletics director for business ... Joe Hakes was hired as director of athletics at Gordon. Hakes has been with King College, an NAIA institution in Bristol, Tennessee, for 10 years, most recently serving as athletics director and associate professor of physical education ... Mike Harrington was elevated to director of athletics at Farmingdale, effective April 15, to replace Bruce Robbins. Harrington has been director of development and associate athletics director since 1995 and also is head women's basketball coach ... Hawaii-Hilo's Bill Trumbo resigned as athletics director ... Bill Trenbeath, athletics director at Willamette, announced retirement plans ... Jackson State hired Roy Culberson as athletics director to succeed Paul Covington, who retired, and interim athletics director Robert Braddy. For the past two years, Culberson has fulfilled similar duties at Montevallo ... Oregon awarded athletics director Bill Moos a four-year contract extension ... Rick Bay was elevated to executive director of athletics and special assistant to the president and signed to a five-year extension at San Diego State. Bay has been athletics director.

SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATORS

Manhattanville promoted Gail Lozado to senior woman administrator and associate athletics director. Lozado has been interim associate athletics director since February and also has been head women's lacrosse coach for seven years ... Lori Wilkerson was elevated to senior woman administrator and assistant director of athletics at Franklin. Wilkerson has been head volleyball coach for two years and will retain her coaching duties ... Massachusetts Liberal Arts elevated Dorothy Houston to senior woman administrator and assistant director of athletics. Houston relinquished responsibilities as head women's basketball coach, a position she has held for 10 years.

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE

St. Francis (Pennsylvania) chose Phil Benham as faculty athletics representative.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Cindy Cohen was chosen as associate director of athletics at Rochester ... Arkansas hired Derrick Gragg as associate athletics director for compliance. For the past three years, Gragg has served as assistant athletics director for compliance at Michigan ... Stonehill promoted Cindy MacDonald to associate athletics director for internal affairs and compliance, effective July 1. MacDonald has been assistant director of athletics.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS

Jacksonville hired Jamie Zeitz as assistant athletics director for media relations. Zeitz, who succeeds Barry Milligan, has been an associate coordinator of sports communications at Rhode Island for the past two years ... Nick Joos was hired as assistant athletics director for media relations at Massachusetts. Joos has been director of basketball operations at Nebraska for the past five years ... Todd Smith resigned as assistant athletics director and head men's basketball coach at Becker ... New York Tech chose Lenore Walsh as assistant director of athletics ... Edward McLaughlin was selected as assistant athletics director for facilities and operations at American, effective May 1. For the past three years, McLaughlin has been assistant athletics director at Merrimack ... Southern Methodist hired Chris Walker as assistant athletics director for communications. Walker formerly worked as a member of the Florida State sports information staff ... Charlie Taylor was chosen as assistant athletics director for communications at Georgia State.

COACHES

Aquatics -- Wesleyan (Connecticut) named Mary Bolich as director of aquatics and men's and women's swimming coach. From 1996 to 2000, Bolich served as head women's swimming coach at Iowa.

Baseball -- Joe Vavra accepted head coaching responsibilities at Wisconsin-Stout to replace the retiring Terry Petrie. For the past 18 years, Vavra has held various positions with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, including coach, manager and field coordinator ... Detroit head coach Bob Miller announced retirement plans ... Les Murakami, head coach at Hawaii, was awarded a contract extension ... Memphis released Jeff Hopkins as head coach ... Todd Wilkinson was appointed head coach at Barton ... Mississippi's head coach, Pat Harrison, resigned ... Pace selected Henry Manning as head coach ... Regis (Colorado) named Dan McDermott as head coach ... Jim Sherman was chosen as head coach at Delaware ... Medialle awarded Jim Koernehead head coaching duties ... Jamie Galioto resigned as head coach at Caldwell.

Baseball assistant -- Keith Kessinger resigned as an assistant coach at Mississippi.

Men's basketball -- Bloomfield named Jack Sullivan as head coach ... Ball State hired Tim Buckley as head coach to replace Ray McCallum. Buckley, who most recently was an assistant at Marquette, formerly was an assistant at Ball State from 1994 to 1999 ... Dave Martin, an assistant at Upper Iowa for 11 years, was promoted to head coach. Martin succeeds Stu Engen, who resigned after eight years to become head coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse ... Bernie Driscoll was awarded head coaching duties at Kutztown. Since 1987, Driscoll has been an assistant at West Chester ... Porter Moser was elevated to head coach at Arkansas-Little Rock after serving as an assistant with the program for the past two seasons. Moser replaces Sidney Moncrief ... Robert Holford was selected as head coach at Medgar Evers ... Lehman appointed Steven Schulman as head coach ... Missouri-Kansas City released Bob Sundvold as head coach. Sundvold has led the program since 1996 ... Delaware State hired Gregory D. Jackson as head coach to succeed Maurice Sheals. For the past 16 years, Jackson has been with the men's basketball program at North Carolina Central, including the last nine as head coach ... Bill Chambers resigned after five years as head men's basketball and cross country coach at Greensboro ... Illinois head coach Lon Kruger accepted the head coaching position with the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks. Kruger, who led Illinois for four years, succeeds Lenny Wilkens, the NBA's winningest coach.

Men's basketball assistants -- Colorado State appointed Bill Peterson and Buzz Williams as assistant coaches ... Brian Nash was chosen as an assistant coach at Siena. The school also named William Garrett and John Dunne as assistants ... Rennie Bailey, Steve Lutz and T.J. Markum were added as assistants at Stephen F. Austin ... Binghamton hired Lawrence Brenneman as an assistant coach. For the past four years, Brenneman has been head coach at Seward County (Kansas) Community College ... Jerry Pelphrey and Chad Dollar were added as assistants at Eastern Kentucky. Pelphrey has been an assistant at East Tennessee State for four years and Dollar fulfilled assistant coaching duties at Western Carolina for two seasons ... Steve Flint replaces Kyle Smith as an assistant coach at San Diego. For the past five seasons, Flint has served as an assistant at Valparaiso ... Conrad Foss accepted assistant coaching responsibilities at Saint Leo ... College of Charleston hired Phil Kahn as an assistant coach ... Derek Kellogg resigned as an assistant coach at Youngstown State ... Auburn assistant coach Eugene Harris resigned to take a position in athletics administration ... Kenya Hunter resigned as an assistant coach at Duquesne to become director of men's basketball operations at North Carolina State. Mark Phelps also was added as an assistant coach North Carolina State ... High Point named Brett Reed as an assistant coach ... Tom Satran was hired as an assistant coach at New York University ... Portland selected Brad Huse as an assistant coach and elevated Kirk Crawford to full-time assistant coach ... J. Hank Morano announced plans to retire as an assistant at Ramapo, and Frank Martiniuk resigned an assistant with the program.

Women's basketball -- Sharon Versyp was hired as head coach at Maine. Versyp, who succeeds Joanne Palombo-McCallie, has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at James Madison for the past three seasons ... Marietta selected James Stutzman as head coach ... Megan Henry was added as head coach at Mount Holyoke. Henry formerly was head coach at West Florida and Worcester Polytechnic ... Devin Gabbard was appointed as head coach at Texas Woman's, effective June 1. Gabbard has been an assistant at Texas A&M-Kingsville since 1998 ... Truman head coach Karin Nicholls resigned after five years to become head coach at Texas-Pan American ... Rusty Melvin was promoted to head coach for the 2000-01 season at West Virginia Tech. Melvin has been an assistant with the program for the past two seasons ... Incarnate Word chose Angela Lawson as head coach to replace Sally Walling Brooks. Lawson has fulfilled assistant coaching responsibilities at Baylor since 1994 ... Dan Papile accepted head coaching duties at Emerson. For the past two seasons, Papile has been an assistant with the program ... Wentworth Institute head coach Harold Hanson announced his retirement. Hanson was hired as an assistant during the 1996-97 season and was promoted to head coach in 1997 ... Gordon assistant coach Jeannine Cavallaro was elevated to head coach. For the past six seasons, Cavallaro has been top assistant with the program and for the past two seasons, she also has been sports information director ... Cindy Hovet was chosen as interim coach at Wisconsin-River Falls ... Armstrong Atlantic selected Roger Hodge as head coach. Hodge, who succeeds Lynn Jarrett, has been an assistant at Liberty since 1997 ... Edward C. Davis assumed head coaching duties at Delaware State to replace Jackie DeVane. Davis has been head coach at Bowie State for the past eight years ... Northern Colorado hired Erica Ledy as head coach. Since 1997, Ledy, who succeeds Greg Bruce, has been head coach at Northwood ... Concord elevated two-year assistant coach Kenny Osborne to head coach ... Caldwell's Bob Costello resigned as head coach. The school promoted assistant Nicole Durnien-Amato to head coach ... Massachusetts Liberal Arts hired Scott Foulis as head coach to succeed Dorothy Houston. Most recently, Foulis has been an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Plattsburgh State.

Women's basketball assistants -- Janette Jaques was selected as an assistant coach at Evansville ... Valparaiso added Cheryl Fielitz as an assistant coach ... Erika Hardwick and Russell Turner were added as assistant coaches at San Francisco ... Dowling appointed Noreen Duffy as an assistant coach ... Priscilla Rickenbacker and Michele Ratay were chosen as assistant coaches at Loyola (Illinois) ... Tim Taylor, an assistant coach at Furman for the past two seasons, accepted assistant coaching responsibilities at Virginia.

Men's and women's cross country -- Brigham Young selected Ed Eyestone as men's cross country coach and assistant to the men's track and field team ... Will Donohoe stepped down as head men's and women's coach at Marywood. Donohoe has led the men's program since 1993 and the women's program since 1996. The school appointed four-year assistant coach John Kirby as Donohoe's successor ... Quinnipiac head women's cross country and track coach Deb Gibilaro resigned after seven years.

Men's and women's cross country assistant -- Marywood appointed Karen King as an assistant men's and women's coach.

Field hockey -- Millersville named Diane Drumheller as head coach ... Notre Dame (Maryland) announced the selection of Susan Mackley as head coach. Mackley has been an assistant field hockey coach at Fallston (Maryland) High School and with Futures, an organization that prepares high-school students for Olympic and international competition ... Jack White was named head coach at Marywood. Currently, White serves as vice-president for the England Mixed Hockey Association.

Field hockey assistants -- Meaghan Nitka accepted assistant coaching responsibilities at Iowa ... Marywood hired Sara Clause as an assistant coach.

Football -- Upper Iowa elevated Craig Johnston to head coach. Johnston, who succeeds Paul Rudolph, has served as defensive coordinator for the past nine years.

Football assistants -- James West was chosen as linebackers coach at Millersville ... Sean Ryan was chosen as running backs coach and Ben Burton was chosen as assistant defensive football coach at Colgate ... Youngstown State announced the resignation of Herb Williams, wide receivers coach for the past three seasons. The school elevated Trent Boykin, a part-time coach, to full-time wide receivers coach ... Mike Summers was chosen as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator at Oklahoma State ... Shepherd's Jeff Casteel resigned as defensive coordinator after nine years to accept a defensive line coaching position at Texas-El Paso, and Carmen Felus, offensive coordinator, resigned to become offensive coordinator at Indiana (Pennsylvania). The school announced that defensive backs coach Bob Haley was named as defensive coordinator; offensive line coach Ernie McCook was chosen as offensive coordinator, and Brent Baldwin and John Pearce were hired as quarterbacks/receivers coach and defensive line coach, respectively. Baldwin formerly was offensive coordinator at Anderson and Pearce has been coaching at the high-school level since 1996 ... Jamie Bryant was selected as an assistant coach at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) ... Dartmouth hired Chad Brown as an assistant coach ... Jim Sinsel was chosen as tight ends and tackles coach at Hamilton. Most recently, Sinsel has been offensive line coach at Salisbury State ... Florida International appointed Joe Barantovich, Hurlie Brown, James Colzie, Carmen Grosso, Bruce Hardy and Curt Wiles as assistant coaches.

Men's and women's golf -- Georgia's Beans Kelly resigned as head women's coach ... Western Maryland named Mike Diehl as head women's coach. The program recently was elevated to varsity status after one year at the club level and will compete in the Division III Centennial Conference. Diehl served as head coach for the school's club team ... South Alabama selected Tom Jackson as head women's coach ... Cal Poly hired Scott Cartwright as head men's and women's coach. Cartwright has been head coach at San Luis Obispo (California) High School from 1997 to 1999 and head golf professional at the San Luis Obispo Golf and Country Club since 1990 ... Mike Hopson was named as head men's coach at Stephen F. Austin ... Armstrong Atlantic added Michael Butler as head men's coach. Butler has been a professional at Southbridge Golf Club and director of instruction at Georgia School of Golf ... Chris Donielson resigned as head men's coach at Tulane, effective June 30.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistant -- Miami (Ohio) hired Chris Bergeron as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- Christopher Wakely resigned as head men's coach at Widener to assume the head men's coaching position at Elizabethtown ... Al Brown resigned as head men's lacrosse and golf coach at Bates to become athletics director and boys' lacrosse coach at Portsmouth Abbey School in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Brown led the lacrosse program for five years and was head golf coach in 1999 ... Manhantanville added Chapel Love as head women's lacrosse and field hockey coach. Love has spent the past season as an assistant field hockey coach at Vassar ... Dowling added Tim Boyle as head men's coach ... Jamie Fiegel was awarded duties as head women's coach at Medialle ... Wesleyan (Connecticut) promoted Holly Gutelius to head women's lacrosse and head women's soccer coach. Gutelius served as interim head women's lacrosse coach during the 2000 season.

Men's and women's skiing -- Jeffrey Pier was appointed as head Alpine ski coach at St. Lawrence.

Men's soccer -- James P. Conlon was awarded head men's and women's coaching responsibilities at Wartburg. Conlon succeeds head men's coach Joseph Mintah and head women's coach Keri Douglas. Since 1998, Conlon has been an assistant coach at Loras and at the high-school level ... Scott Kennell was awarded duties as head coach at Lycoming ... Keith Byrnes was appointed as head coach at Plymouth State ... Western New England named Erin Sullivan as head coach.

Men's soccer assistants -- Niall Archbold and Brett Polow were chosen as assistant coaches at New York University ... California added Brad Agoos as an assistant coach ... Ryan Molloy was hired as a full-time assistant coach at Virginia Wesleyan. Molloy, a 2000 graduate of the school, was a four-year starter on the men's soccer team.

Women's soccer -- Mount Holyoke selected Kristen Martini as head coach. Martini has led the women's soccer and softball programs at Pomona-Pitzer since 1997 ... Long Island added Tracey Bartholomew as head coach ... Stephanie McGuinness was awarded duties as head coach at St. Cloud State. From 1996 to 1999, McGuinness served as head women's coach, intramural director, athletics department recruiting coordinator and physical education teacher at Widener ... West Chester appointed Jessica Reynolds as head coach/summer camp coordinator. Most recently, Reynolds has been an assistant women's coach at Delaware ... Philippe Blin resigned as head coach at San Jose State to become technical director of the Pleasanton (California) Girls Soccer Association. Blin closes a five-year tenure with a record of 53-44-3 ... Lance Noble was chosen as head coach at Stephen F. Austin ... Brett Rosenberger accepted head coaching duties at Nebraska Wesleyan ... Chris Huston resigned as head coach at Houston.

Softball -- Georgia's Alleen Hawkins resigned as head coach ... Carley Pesente accepted head coaching duties at Manhattanville ... Medialle named John Malark as head coach ... Brian Campbell accepted head coaching duties at Tiffin ... Fort Hays State announced the hiring of Edward Wilkerson as head coach. For the past five seasons, Wilkerson has been head coach at Pratt (Kansas) Community College.

Men's and women's swimming -- Robert Clemmer was chosen as head men's and women's coach at St. Lawrence.

Men's and women's tennis -- Montana State announced the resignations of Heidi Tate, tennis director and head women's coach, and Dean Owen, head men's coach ... Paul Maxwell was selected as head men's coach at Presbyterian.

Men's and women's track and field -- Bob Rothenberg announced plans to retire as director of track and field and cross country at Brown. The school appointed associate head coach Robert Johnson, who has been with the program since 1991, as Rothenberg's successor ... Tiffin appointed Jeremy Croy as head track and field and head women's cross country coach ... Michael Smith, assistant track coach at UNC Wilmington for seven years, was awarded head men's and women's track and field coaching duties at Robert Morris, succeeding interim head coach Drew Dershimer. Dershimer was named assistant track coach and head men's and women's cross country coach at the school after serving as assistant track and cross country coach at the school for more than three years.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Mount Holyoke awarded head women's coaching duties to Kristen Eberhart. Eberhart succeeds Penny Curtis, who retired in May after 19 years ... Tom Weislo was named as head men's coach at Hilbert. Most recently, Weislo has fulfilled duties as a women's assistant coach at Buffalo State ... Saint Joseph's (Indiana) hired Greg Reitz as head women's coach to succeed Kevin Furnish. Reitz has been a graduate assistant coach at Toledo for the past year ... Wooster named Terri Mason as head coach to replace Brenda Skeffington. Mason has been coaching volleyball and teaching at the high-school level ... Rochester Institute selected Mary Powell as head women's coach. Powell spent last season as assistant women's coach at Morehead State ... Kellie Radloff accepted head coaching duties to succeed JoAnn Atwell-Scrivner. Radloff coaches the Salt City Volleyball Club and serves as admissions advisor for the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Christi Posey was hired as an assistant coach at Kansas. For the past seven years, Posey has been head coach at Blue Valley Northwest (Kansas) High School ... Kristopher Dorn was added as a men's assistant coach at Samford ... Ramapo's Lynne Odorico resigned as assistant women's coach.

Wrestling -- Upper Iowa chose Heath Grimm as head coach to succeed Sam Barber ... Nebraska appointed Mark Manning as head coach.

STAFF

Administrative assistant -- New York Tech appointed Carmela Gandolfo as an administrative assistant.

Athletic training assistant -- Cornell assistant athletic trainer Glenn (Rick) LaFrance retired after 31 years.

Communications -- Brian Gunning was selected as assistant director of athletics communications at Syracuse.

Development -- Maureen Cooper was appointed as Hornet Athletic Foundation coordinator at Cal State Sacramento. Cooper most recently has been assistant director of championships at the Pacific-10 Conference.

Facilities -- James Massari was chosen as facilities supervisor at New York Tech.

Marketing and promotions -- Wendy McReynolds and Robert Zullo were chosen as assistant directors of sports marketing and promotions at Virginia Tech.

Media relations -- St. Lawrence named Kenneth Baker as associate director of media relations.

Sports information -- Mike Sanders was hired as sports information director at Goucher. Most recently Sanders has been sports editor for the Gettysburg Times ... Ramsey Baker resigned as sports information director at Jacksonville, effective, May 31 ... New York Tech added Dave Geringer as sports information director.

Sports information assistants -- Dartmouth named Mike King as assistant sports information director ... Duke promoted Joanna Sparkman to associate director of sports information.

CONFERENCES

The Old Dominion Athletic Conference named Gregg Bennett as men's basketball supervisor of officials.

ASSOCIATIONS

Reggie Minton was hired as assistant executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Minton has been an assistant at Air Force and head coach at Dartmouth and Air Force. He also has chaired the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee.

ETC.

CORRECTIONS

A chart depicting the number of international players on various teams' men's volleyball rosters that appeared in the February 14 issue of The NCAA News incorrectly specified players from Puerto Rico as international players. The information should have appeared in the following manner: Teams (with number of international players and countries from): Hawaii (4 -- Austria, Serbia, Greece, Israel); Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne (2 -- Cyprus); Southern California (1 -- Albania); Cal State Northridge (1 -- Germany); Pacific (California) (1 -- Croatia). Teams [with number of North American (non-continental U.S. players) and countries from]: Lewis (10 -- Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada); Penn State (3 --Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada); Ohio State (2 -- Puerto Rico); Indiana/Purdue-Fort Wayne (2 -- Puerto Rico); Ball State (2 -- Puerto Rico, Canada).

In the Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships results in the April 10 issue of The NCAA News, the standings in the 400-meter freestyle relay were listed incorrectly. The following are the correct place standings: 1. California (Matthew Macedo, Anthony Ervin, Bart Kizierowski, Lars Merseburg), 3:11.25; 2. Texas, 3:12.56; 3. Arizona, 3:13.18; 4. Stanford, 3:14.08; 5. Auburn, 3:15.31; 6. Minnesota, 3:15.93; 7. Southern California, 3:16.81; 8. Hawaii, 3:17.34. Consolation -- 9. Florida, 3:15.70, 10. Arizona St., 3:15.91; 11. Nebraska, 3:16.52; 12. Tennessee, 3:16.65; 13. Texas A&M, 3:16.89; 14. Georgia, 3:19.03; 15. Penn St., 3:19.87; 16. UNLV, 3:20.22.

NOTABLES

Marissa Irvin, a sophomore at Stanford, and Jeff Morrison, a junior at Florida, were selected as Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Players of the Month for April.

Barbara Hedges, director of athletics at Washington, was named as the winner of the Honda Award of Merit. This honor is presented to an individual who has made a significant and enduring contribution to women's college athletics. Hedges has been leading the athletics program at Washington since 1991. In 1996-97, Hedges was the first woman to serve as president of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, and in 1998 Hedges became the first woman to sit on the board of directors for the National Football Foundation.

The following individuals were selected as Intercollegiate Tennis Association NCAA Division II men's and women's tennis national award winners: Men -- Wilson/
ITA National Coach of the Year -- John Hansen, Valdosta State; ITA National Senior Player of the Year -- Marek Kolar, Northwood; ITA National Rookie of the Year -- Jan Tribler, Hawaii Pacific; ITA National Player to Watch -- Roul Bermudez, Ouachita Baptist; Tennis Magazine/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award -- Erik Friberg, Lander. Women -- Wilson/
ITA National Coach of the Year -- Ron Cox, Northeastern State; ITA National Senior Player of the Year -- Katerina Koldova, Lynn; ITA National Rookie of the Year -- Stephanie Kovacic, Armstrong Atlantic State; ITA National Player to Watch -- Tagifano So'onalole, Brigham Young-Hawaii; Tennis Magazine/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award -- Danielle Faretta, Bloomsburg.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association will induct the following six coaches and players into the ITA Collegiate Men's Tennis Hall of Fame: Coaches -- David Benjamin, Princeton; Brian Eisner, Michigan and Toledo; and John Hammill, Miami (Florida). Players -- Crawford Henry, Tulane; Mikael Pernfors, Georgia; and Henry W. Slocum, Jr., Yale. Slocum is being inducted posthumously.

Edwina Brown, a senior basketball guard/forward at Texas, was selected as winner of the 2000 Wade Trophy awarded in partnership with the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport, Women's Basketball Coaches Association and Pupule Sports. Brown, a sport management major, is one of three basketball players in school history to accumulate more than 1,500 points, 400 assists and 200 steals.

Arizona golfer Jenna Daniels was named as the Honda Award winner as the top woman collegiate athlete in her sport for 1999-00. Daniels, a senior, earned recognition as 2000 Pacific-10 Conference golfer of the year and as a first-team all-Pacific-10 selection for the third straight year.

DEATHS

Alabama assistant men's basketball coach Robert "Rah Rah" Scott died recently of stomach cancer. Scott, 42, had been an assistant with the program since 1998 and formerly was an assistant at Alabama-Birmingham for three seasons.

Irvin R. Schmid, former Springfield men's soccer coach, died May 2. He was 79. Schmid served as head coach of the men's program from 1948-62 and 1964-84, leading squads to appearances in the Division I national tournament in 1962 and 1963. Springfield teams also made appearances in the Division II national tournament in 1972, 1973 and 1974. During his tenure, Schmid also was assistant gymnastics, track and freshman lacrosse coach.

Steve Belko, former basketball coach and conference commissioner, died May 12 at the age of 84. He was head men's basketball coach at Idaho State (then Idaho State College) from 1951 to 1956. He also guided the Oregon men's basketball program from 1956 to 1971. Belko served as Big Sky Conference commissioner from 1977 to 1981.

Virginia Tech ticket manager Tom McNeer died May 2. McNeer was 60.

Former basketball coach Bill C. Musselman died May 5. Musselman served as head basketball coach at South Alabama, Minnesota and Ashland.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra