The NCAA annually honors all athletics staff members and student-athletes who died during the past year. The memorial tribute is included in the Convention program, and that list is reprinted below. The NCAA News also publishes notification of deaths during the calendar year.

Institutional staff members associated with athletics

John K. Adams Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Newark

Norman "Yank" Albers -- University of South Carolina at Aiken

Chuck Anderson -- Florida Southern College

Dee Andros -- Oregon State University

Norman Auburn -- University of Akron

John Bachman -- Wartburg College

Jerry Bean -- Western Kentucky University

Lloyd Bertholf -- Illinois Wesleyan University

Jerry Bishop -- Lincoln Memorial University

Thomas Bonner -- Wayne State University (Michigan)

Jeff Boss -- Louisiana State University

Terry Bowen -- University of North Florida

Mel Brodt -- Bowling Green State University

Herb Brooks -- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Bill Cahill -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Joseph Cahill -- St. John's University (New York)

Pierce Callaham -- Virginia Union University

Ernie Calverley -- University of Rhode Island

Peter Carlesimo -- Fordham University

Ed Carroll -- University of California, Irvine

Joseph Castro -- Brown University

Tom Cavosie -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Peter Chapman -- Missouri Western State College

Clive Charles -- University of Portland

Hal Charnofsky -- California State University, Dominguez Hills

Mark Christensen -- University of California, Santa Cruz

William Cloney -- Northeastern University

Bonnie Cone -- University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Floyd Conley -- Norfolk State University

Michael Corbett -- Gannon University

Robert Cross -- Hunter College

Marilyn Day -- Otterbein College

John DeCamp -- Purdue University

Debbie DeMay -- University of Illinois

Robert "Duck" Dowell -- Pepperdine University

John Ebling -- Augustana College (Illinois)

Dick Fick -- University of Saint Francis

Charles Flynn -- University of Illinois

Dennis Fosdick -- Texas A&M University

Les Fowler -- University of Colorado, Boulder

James Fulton -- State University College at Brockport

Jim Fyffe -- Auburn University

Tom Gadd -- Bucknell University

Diane Geppi-Aikens -- Loyola College (Maryland)

Dee Gibson -- Western Kentucky University

Johnny Griffith -- University of Georgia

Bruce Harger -- Drury University

Ann Harrell -- Atlantic Coast Conference

Nanette Harvey -- University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

Basil Hayden -- University of Kentucky

Emmett Hendricks -- Louisiana Tech University

Ron Herr -- Marian College (Wisconsin)

S. Richardson Hill -- University of Alabama at Birmingham

Monty Howard -- University of Utah

John "Whack" Hyder -- Georgia Institute of Technology

Mike Jasper -- University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

Greg Johnson -- Stanford University

George Kelly -- University of Notre Dame

Glenn Kendall -- California State University, Chico

Clark Kerr -- University of California

Dan King -- Western Kentucky University

Costa Kittles -- Florida A&M University

Eric Kloiber -- Bernard M. Baruch College

David Knight -- University of North Carolina, Greensboro

William Koll -- Pennsylvania State University

Harold "Hal" Lahar -- Colgate University

William "Buck" Lai -- New York Institute of Technology and Long Island University

Glenn Leggett -- Grinnell College

Charles Lelas -- American International College

Dick Lewis -- University of California, Davis

Esther Livenstein -- University of Miami (Florida)

Franklin Loew -- Becker College

William Ludwig -- State University College at Fredonia

Helen Lutes -- Mansfield University

Robert Macholtz -- Anderson University (Indiana)

John "Henry" Marr -- Boston College

Jerry McKillop -- University of Illinois

Don McLaughlin -- University of San Francisco

Mike McLeod -- North Dakota State University

Arthur "Bud" Metheny -- Old Dominion University

Louis "Weenie" Miller -- Hampden-Sydney College

Clarence Moll -- Widener University

Joe Moore -- University of Notre Dame

Grover Murray -- Texas Tech University

Jim Myers -- Lake Superior State University

Minor Myers -- Illinois Wesleyan University

Edmund Narkrewicz -- College Misericordia

Quigg Newton -- University of Colorado, Boulder

Chuck Noe -- Virginia Military Institute

Joseph O'Brien -- Assumption College

Huntley Parker -- State University College at Brockport

Robert Parks -- Iowa State University

Donald Phelps -- Big 12 Conference

Don Phillips -- Shepherd College

Willa Player -- Bennett College

Dave Polansky -- City College of New York

Charlie Pond -- University of Illinois

Fred Raizk -- Wilmington College (Ohio)

Richard Regan -- Seton Hall University

Dave Reynolds -- Wesley College

Allen Richardson -- University of Hawaii, Manoa

Bob Rosencrans -- Wittenberg University

David Sandberg -- University of Pittsburgh

John Sanders -- Missouri Valley Conference

Matthew Schmauch -- Florida State University

Edsel Schweizer -- Luther College

Paul Scott -- Cornell College

Joel Segall -- Bernard M. Baruch College

Emanuel "Sonny" Senerchia -- Monmouth University

Charles Shain -- Connecticut College

James Shannon -- University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)

Otis Singletary -- University of Kentucky

Norm Sloan -- University of Florida

Ilrey Oliver Sparks -- University of Texas at Austin

Dan Stavely -- University of Colorado, Boulder

Louis Stephens -- University of Notre Dame

Buck Sydnor -- Western Kentucky University

Floyd Taylor -- Brigham Young University

Pete Taylor -- Iowa State University

John Toebben -- Northern Kentucky University

Joel Tomson -- Bard College

David Truman -- Mount Holyoke College

Jim Wacker -- Texas State University, San Marcos

W.T. Watson -- Southern Arkansas University

Fran Webster -- Westminster College (Pennsylvania)

Edward "Ned" West -- Atlantic Coast Conference

Edwina Whatley -- Pacific-10 Conference

Ron Whitson -- Transylvania University

Fred Whittingham -- University of Utah

George Williams -- American University

Donald Wilson -- Pittsburg State University

John "Woody" Woodman -- University of Texas at Austin

Catherine Wright -- Johnson C. Smith University

Hoover J. Wright -- Prairie View A&M University

Ned Wulk -- Arizona State University

Wendy Wyland-Van der Woude -- Rochester Institute of Technology

Student-athletes

Rodney Abercrombie -- California University of Pennsylvania

Ashlee Adams -- Bridgewater College (Virginia)

Jed Bedford -- Columbus State University

Robert Beeson -- Mars Hill College

Jackie Blanding -- Albany State University (Georgia)

Kyle Burnat -- Yale University

Justin Chapman -- Wayne State University (Michigan)

Charles Chiswick -- St. Andrews Presbyterian College

Patrick Dennehey -- Baylor University

Christine Dickerson -- University at Buffalo, the State University of New York

Kellen Dixon -- University of California, Riverside

Shana Eriksson -- California State University, Fresno

Patrick Feeney -- University of New Mexico

Sean Fenton -- Yale University

Jordon Fields -- Grand Valley State University

Shea Fitzgerald -- Northern Illinois University

Billy Gaines -- University of Pittsburgh

Nicholas Grass -- Yale University

Gregory Hennigar -- Pennsylvania State University

Stephen Hensor -- Oregon State University

Eric Hodgest -- Eastern New Mexico University

Lisa Hollis -- Georgian Court College

Christopher Hotchkiss -- Lebanon Valley College

Courtney Hubert -- Mississippi State University

David Kimani -- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Casey Kingman -- Franklin Pierce College

Francis Kipkuna -- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus

Drew Knipper -- Concordia University (Illinois)

Joanna Lowry -- Purdue University

Brendan MacDonald -- Norwich University

Elisabeth McCord -- Bard College

Theodis "Trey" McMiller -- Western Kentucky University

Nick Methot -- University of Vermont

Rachel Miller -- Rochester Institute of Technology

Jeff Monica -- Rhode Island College

Chelsey Morris -- Lebanon Valley College

Charles Ogbogu -- Thomas More College

Brian Ottney -- Michigan State University

Donnie Parsons -- South Dakota State University

Reggie Poyau -- Brandeis University

Christine Rathke -- University of Wisconsin, Parkside

Kyle Scott -- State University College at Brockport

Mike Sheldt -- University of Hawaii, Manoa

Obed Simwatka -- St. Andrews Presbyterian College

Chera Sommer -- Boise State University

Kathryn Stauffer -- Swarthmore College

Meghan Strathman -- Salve Regina University

Adam Wheatcroft -- James Madison University

Charles Williams -- Samford University

Joe Zaher -- Oregon State University