Stories sought to honor those lost in September 11 tragedy

Many people in intercollegiate athletics were deeply affected by the tragic events of September 11. Nearly every day in the weeks since then, The NCAA News staff has heard of either a missing former student-athlete or of some kind of charitable effort spearheaded by those in an athletics department.

The family of intercollegiate athletics quite clearly lost many valued members. It also seems clear that there were efforts to aid rescuers, to organize blood drives and to otherwise cheer the spirits of those who were suffering the most.

As the nation struggles to regain some sense of normalcy while also remembering the victims, the News would like to request your stories. We want to offer special coverage in an upcoming issue, but to do so, we need your assistance.

The News also would like to develop a list of those from the intercollegiate athletics community who were killed or lost in the attacks. For that list to be as complete as possible, we need the cooperation of member institutions and conferences.

We also would like to hear about fund-raisers, blood drives, vigils or other activities your student-athletes may have organized.

You may include color photographs of the events or the individuals, as appropriate.

If sending information about a former student-athlete, please include the individual's sport in college, place of employment and location on September 11.

Hall of fame honors NCAA's Jernstedt

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame recently announced that Thomas W. Jernstedt, NCAA senior vice-president, has been given one of the hall's most prestigious awards, the John Bunn Award for outstanding contribution to basketball.

The 29th recipient of the John Bunn Award, Jernstedt received his honor at this year's enshrinement ceremony October 5 at the Springfield Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Fastest feet score feat for Dickinson College

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Dickinson College women's soccer team scored two of the fastest consecutive goals in Division III women's soccer history.

Remarkably, the feat was accomplished by the same two student-athletes, junior Amy Montalbano and sophomore Alyssa Carlow.

In the September 8 game against Marymount University (Virginia), Carlow scored first, followed only 33 seconds later by Montalbano.

In a September 17 game against Susquehanna University, Montalbano scored first, followed only 31 seconds later by Carlow. That marked the 10th fastest interval for consecutive goals by the same team in Division III.

In that game, the Dickinson men scored a pair of goals in the 11th fastest time for Division III when Michael Quatrini scored, followed only 21 seconds later by Armando Mendoza.

Maybe it's the shoes.

-- Compiled by Kay Hawes

Number Crunching

Looking back

October 1995 -- The NCAA Presidents Commission Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct in Intercollegiate Athletics meets for the last time October 17, three weeks after delivering its report on sportsmanship to the Commission.

The report, based on an acknowledgement that sportsmanship in college sports is declining, emphasizes that the problem transcends all programs, regardless of size, and also notes that everybody involved in intercollegiate athletics has an obligation to behave ethically.

"A broad spectrum of activities affects the athletics program, including recruiting prospective student-athletes, compliance with academic standards and benefits provided to student-athletes," the report states.

"Unethical conduct is not limited to the most highly visible athletics programs; it occurs at institutions in all divisions of the Association. Ethical conduct by anyone associated with intercollegiate athletics -- student-athletes, coaches, officials, administrators, faculty members and fans -- must be emphasized as much as sportsmanship if intercollegiate athletics is to serve its proper role in higher education.

"Unfortunately, our society has tended to excuse unethical conduct in intercollegiate athletics by the rationalization that sports mirrors a society in which unethical conduct occurs in all of its components -- especially in business and government. This rationalization abandons the cherished tradition -- dating back to the ancient Olympics -- that sports are to be played by the rules."

(The NCAA News, October 30, 1995)