The NCAA has selected the second class of athletics administrators to participate in the Leadership Institute for Ethnic Minority Males.

Now in its second year, the Institute is designed as a model for current athletics administrators to receive training and acquire skill sets necessary to advance to leadership roles in athletics. The program is the result of a recommendation from the NCAA Minority Opportunities and Interests Committee to address the shortage of senior-level ethnic minority males involved at the campus and conference levels.

The Leadership Institute will enhance job-related competencies in selected areas through the completion of four professional-development sessions, practical work experiences and a week-long intensive workshop. This year's program is based on a 12-month schedule as opposed to the 14-month schedule last year.

The first professional-development session -- Leadership and Administration -- will be conducted June 28-30 at the NCAA Conference Center in Indianapolis. The session focuses on shaping an organizational vision, managing change, strategic planing, and working with boards and committees.

Subsequent sessions on human resource management (August 9-12), finance and fund-raising (November 1-3), and booster, public and media relations (February 7-9, 2003) also will be held in Indianapolis. The week-long workshop is scheduled for June 23-27, 2003, and will focus on the practical implications of the workshop areas through review and discussion of case studies.

Rochelle Collins, NCAA director of professional development, said the first class of participants that will "graduate" this summer has set a high standard for subsequent classes to meet.

"The Institute is off to a tremendous start," Collins said. "The goals of the program are being met in that the participants are learning the competencies required to assume leadership roles at their institutions. The first class received the curriculum enthusiastically, and we expect the second class to do the same."

To be eligible for the Leadership Institute, staff members must be nominated from NCAA institutions and conferences. Upon selection, institutions and conferences must provide travel and lodging costs, and assist the staff member in completion of practical assignments that enhance the understanding and application of the content areas. Upon completion of the Institute, participants are eligible to apply for a $2,000 scholarship to defray costs incurred during the 12-month Institute period.

Nominations for the 2003-04 Leadership Institute will be solicited in January 2003.

NCAA Leadership Institute Class of 2002-03

Mark Alnutt, director of football operations University of Missouri, Columbia

Kevin B. Anderson, executive associate athletics director University of California, Berkeley

Troy Arthur, associate director of championships NCAA

Patrick Chun, director of annual giving Ohio State University

Anthony Q. Dean, assistant director of athletics University of Iowa

David Flores, compliance assistant University of New Mexico

Lonnie Folks, director of athletics operations Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Keith Grant, assistant director of athletics Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

Patrick Hairston, assistant commissioner Western Athletic Conference

Manny Hendrix, director of athletics relations University of Utah

Bryan L. Hicks, associate director for academic services University of Louisville

Charles McClinton Jr., associate director of athletics Union College (New York)

Joseph McIver, assistant athletics director for external operations Morgan State University

Kenneth O. Miles, director of academic support for football Syracuse University

Walter Moore Jr., academic advisor for athletics Grand Valley State University

Steven Neil, assistant director of event management/operations Miami University (Ohio)

Tony O'Neil, assistant athletics director for compliance Bethune-Cookman College

Darryl Pope, assistant athletics director/compliance California State University, Northridge

Kevin Porter, assistant director of athletics Univesity of Akron

Robert Raines, assistant athletics director for compliance/business Alcorn State University

Lee E. Reed, associate athletics director for internal affairs Eastern Michigan University

Frank Rhodes, manager, multimedia news NCAA

Dell D. Robinson, associate commissioner for legislation and compliance Mid-American Conference

George Smith, assistant athletics director for student-athlete development North Carolina Central University

Timothy Wise, director of athletics events University of Denver