South Dakota State names baseball coach

Reggie Christiansen has been hired as head coach at South Dakota State.

Christiansen takes over for Mark Ekeland, who resigned but will remain on the staff.

For the past two seasons, Christiansen has served as a volunteer assistant coach at Kansas, working with outfielders and hitters and serving as first-base coach. He spent the 2002 season as head coach at Menlo. In addition, Christiansen formerly was head coach at Ferndale (California) High School and guided the Eureka Falcons, an American Legion team.

A 1998 Menlo graduate, Christiansen earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and also was a third baseman for the Oaks.

Chief executive officers

Timothy J. Sullivan resigned as president at William and Mary, effective June 30, 2005 ... Charlotte President James H. Woodward announced plans to retire, effective at the end of the 2004-05 academic year ... Miguel A. Nevarez announced retirement plans as president at Texas-Pan American, effective in September.

Directors of athletics

Mount St. Vincent Athletics Director Chuck Mancuso retired after 23 years. Cathy Ingram, director of alumnae relations and development systems, was tabbed as acting athletics director ... New Jersey City's Mark Griffin resigned as associate director of athletics, compliance and eligibility officer and head track and field coach to become director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation at Rutgers-Newark. Griffin succeeds the late John Adams ... Doug Woolard, director of athletics at Saint Louis, was hired as director of athletics at South Florida. Saint Louis announced Cheryl L. Levick as Woolard's successor. Levick, a member of the NCAA Division I Management Council and former chair of the NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics, has been athletics director at Santa Clara for four years ... D'Youville named Mick B. Fallis as director of athletics to succeed Brian Miller. Fallis, who has been an assistant men's basketball coach at the school since 1999, also will serve as head men's basketball coach ... Jim Dyer was hired as director of athletics at Maine Maritime. For the past 22 years, Dyer has worked at Maine, most recently as assistant director of athletics ... Savannah State named Tony O'Neal as athletics director.

Senior woman administrators

Kim Lessard, head men's and women's swimming coach at Washington (Maryland), accepted additional responsibilities as senior woman administrator ... Midwestern State hired Venera Flores as senior woman administrator and head volleyball coach. Flores has been assistant athletics director, head softball coach and head volleyball coach at Dallas ... Bernard Baruch named Krishna Dass as senior woman administrator, compliance coordinator, head women's volleyball coach and director of fitness. Dass replaces interim head women's volleyball coach Jennifer Manicad, who will continue with the program as an assistant coach ... Noreen Morris was hired as senior woman administrator and associate athletics director for intercollegiate services at Northwestern. Morris, who succeeds Nancy Lyons, has been an associate commissioner at Conference USA.

Associate directors of athletics

Mount St. Vincent elevated Dave Genovese to associate athletics director. Genovese, who also will continue as head men's basketball coach, was an assistant director of athletics ... Jeff Compher was hired as executive associate athletics director at Washington. Compher has been director of athletics at Western Carolina ... Villanova promoted Rob Hagan to associate athletics director ... Mike Cragg was elevated to associate director of athletics at Duke ... Georgia selected Dave Muia as acting associate athletics director for external operations, Craig White as associate athletics director for sports and operations, and Claude Felton as associate athletics director for sports communications ... Rich Franchak was chosen as senior associate athletics director at Xavier.

Assistant directors of athletics

Andy McNamara was chosen as assistant athletics director and Michael Spinner was selected as assistant athletics director for sports information at Mount St. Vincent. McNamara was assistant director of admissions and will retain responsibilities as head baseball coach. Spinner will continue as head women's lacrosse coach at the school, a position he has held since 2002 ... Colin McDonough was elevated to assistant athletics director for media relations at Northern Colorado. McDonough has been with the school since 2000 ... Longwood selected Barbara Dearing as assistant athletics director for business. Dearing spent two years as head softball coach at Presbyterian, and she most recently has been an assistant softball coach at Longwood ... Beth Washburn was named as assistant athletics director for tickets and marketing at Seton Hall to succeed Chris Colleary ... Gordon Finch was chosen as assistant athletics director for compliance at Villanova ... Northern Colorado named Kyle Holman as an assistant athletics director for marketing and promotions. Holman has been director of marketing for the Rocky Mountain Stampede, a two-week event that is the world's largest 4th of July rodeo and western celebration ... Tish Brewer was selected as assistant athletics director for academic support and student services. Brewer, who takes over for Chris Uchacz, was assistant athletics director for academics and senior woman administrator at Liberty from 2000 to 2002 ... Coppin State appointed Alecia Sheilds-Gadson as assistant director of athletics for student support services and   head women's cross country and track and field coach. Since 1998, Shields-Gadson has served as senior woman administrator and associate director of athletics at Alcorn State, where she also has worked as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach for the past 10 years ... Julie Ostermann resigned as an assistant athletics director at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi... Bridgeport promoted Analia Carcer to assistant director of athletics.

Coaches

Baseball -- Barry Davis accepted responsibilities as head coach at Rider ... East Carolina awarded a contract extension to head coach Randy Mazey through June 30, 2008 ... North Carolina-Asheville appointed Willie Stewart as interim head coach to replace Matt Myers, who was named as an assistant at Auburn. Stewart has been an assistant at North Carolina-Asheville for three years ... Robert Curran Jr. was promoted to head coach at Massachusetts-Dartmouth. Curran, an assistant with the program for 16 years, succeeds the retired Bruce Wheeler ... Wright State chose Rob Cooper as head coach ... Rob Sheppard was named as head coach at Seton Hall. Sheppard, an assistant coach with the program since 1995, served as interim head coach during the 2004 season ... Old Dominion appointed Jerry Meyers as head coach ... Dave Serrano was selected as head coach at UC Irvine. Serrano has spent the past eight years as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Cal State Fullerton ... Appalachian State chose Chris Pollard as head coach ... Scott Stricklin was appointed as head coach at Kent State ... Wentworth Institute named Steve Studley as head coach. Studley, who has been an assistant coach at Stonehill for the past four seasons, succeeds Tom Randolph ... South Dakota State tabbed Reggie Christiansen as head coach to replace Mark Ekeland. Christiansen, who formerly was head coach at Menlo in 2002, has been a volunteer assistant at Kansas for the past two seasons ... Tulane agreed to terms with head coach Rick Jones on a multiyear contract extension ... Joe Hindelang announced plans to retire as head coach at Penn State, effective August 25. In 14 years, Hindelang has guided the Nittany Lions to a 389-355-2 record, an appearance in the 2000 NCAA Super Regionals of the College World Series and the 1996 Big Ten Conference regular-season championship.

Baseball assistants -- Lin Outten and Eric Royer were named assistant coaches at Washington (Maryland). Outten will continue as head men's soccer coach at the school. Royer formerly was head coach at Allen Academy in Texas ... Casey Dunn was appointed as an assistant coach at Auburn ... Michael Beeman resigned as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Georgetown to become head coach at Loyola University in Louisiana ... Garrett Quinn was appointed as pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Stetson. For the past year, Quinn has been pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at Young Harris College ... Tulane signed associate head coach Mark Kingston to a multiyear contract extension ... Jackie Holt, David Brinkley and Chris Mayes resigned as assistants at South Carolina-Aiken. The school added Michael Holder and Mark Conner as assistant coaches ... Oklahoma chose Fred Corral as pitching coach.

Men's basketball -- Jimmy Collins, head coach at Illinois-Chicago, was awarded a three-year contract extension through the 2008-09 season. Collins has guided the Flames to a 131-109 record in eight years as head coach ... Louisiana-Lafayette released Glynn Cyprien as head coach ... Dan Peters stepped down as interim head coach at Cincinnati to become an assistant coach at Ohio State. Cincinnati chose Oscar Robertson, Hall of Famer and the school's all-time leader in points and rebounds, as interim head coach.

Men's basketball assistants -- Bernard Baruch appointed John Alesi as an assistant coach. During the 2003-04 season, Alesi served as a graduate assistant at Hofstra ... C.J. Cantil was selected as an assistant at Washington (Maryland). Cantil is a 2004 graduate of Hamilton, where he was a member of the men's basketball squad ... Olivet added Royce Samuels as an assistant coach. Samuels most recently was an assistant coach at Wisconsin-Stout ... Maryland hired Keith Booth as an assistant coach. Booth, who played professionally in the NBA, replaces Matt Kovarik ... Stanford added L.J. Hepp as an assistant coach ... Pat Durgin was selected as an assistant coach at Bentley ... Chris Mack and Monte Mathis were added as assistant coaches at Xavier. The school also promoted Marlo Mercurio to director of basketball administration ... Kevin Reynolds was tabbed as director of men's basketball operations at Penn State ... South Carolina-Aiken named Donnie Holland as a volunteer assistant coach ... Tennessee Tech hired Saul Smith as an assistant coach. Smith was an assistant at Kentucky last year ... Earl Grant was added an as assistant coach at Winthrop to replace Shaun Golden, who was named as head coach at Newberry. Grant was an assistant at Citadel ... Central (Iowa) named Nic Nelson and Joe Steinkamp as assistants. Nelson has been head boys' basketball coach at Ogden (Iowa) High School for two seasons and Steinkamp was a graduate assistant women's basketball coach at Loras last year.

Women's basketball -- Skidmore appointed Darren Bennett as head coach ... Belinda "Boe" Pearman resigned as head coach at Rhode Island. Pearman has guided the program since 1999 ... Robert Di Nardo was named as head coach at Concordia (New York) ... Keystone's Monica Thomas resigned after four seasons as head coach ... Jim Bolla was hired to replace the retired Vince Goo as head coach at Hawaii. Bolla formerly was head women's coach at UNLV for 14 seasons ... Tracy Dailey resigned as head coach at Westminster (Missouri).

Women's basketball assistants -- Santa Clara added Steve Drake as an assistant to succeed Trimeka Jackson ... Oklahoma selected Bill Pink as director of women's basketball operations ... Steve Drake was chosen as an assistant coach at Santa Clara ... South Carolina named Linda Hill-MacDonald as an assistant ... St. Francis (New York) tabbed Phil Merlino and Kelly Hall Barsky as assistant coaches ... Quentin Hillsman was appointed as an assistant coach at Alabama ... Georgia Southern selected Craig Kennedy as an assistant ... Dana Wynne was selected as an assistant at Seton Hall. Wynne has played professionally in the WNBA, ABL and in Europe ... Tennessee hired Dean Lockwood as an assistant to succeed Greg Brown. Lockwood formerly was an assistant men's coach with the Vols from 1986 to 1991 ... Duke added Shannon Perry as an assistant coach. Perry, who   takes over for Georgia Schweitzer, has been an assistant at Southern California ... Lander tabbed Stephanie Butler as an assistant coach ... Mississippi College announced Mechan Vanderpool as an assistant coach ... Mike Jewett was hired as an assistant coach at St. Cloud State to replace Lori Fish. Jewett has been head coach at Franklin since 2001 ... Lauren Rigney and Dan Burt were chosen as assistant coaches at Bucknell. For the past two years, Rigney has served as an assistant at Smith and Burt has spent three seasons as an assistant at North Carolina-Wilmington ... Northern Illinois named Colleen Mullen as director of women's basketball operations ... Tracy Bruno accepted responsibilities as an assistant at Hillsdale. Bruno formerly was an assistant at the school from 1998 to 2001.

Men's and women's cross country -- Kevin Lucas was chosen as head cross country and track and field coach at Heidelberg ... Olivet hired Todd Hibbs as head men's and women's cross country coach and head wrestling coach. Hibbs formerly was an assistant wrestling coach at Michigan State, and he also has been head wrestling coach and cross country coach at Wooster (Ohio) High School ... John Evans was promoted to head men's and women's cross country coach and co-head track and field coach at Brandeis. Evans, an assistant cross country and track coach for two years, served as acting head coach in 2003-04 ... Maribel Sanchez Souther was named as head women's coach at Dartmouth ... Craig Penney was named as head men's and women's coach at Shenandoah. Penney formerly was head men's and women's cross country coach and head women's track coach at Susquehanna.

Men's and women's cross country assistants -- M. Felipe Montoro accepted responsibilities as an assistant coach at Santa Clara.

Field hockey assistant -- Washington (Maryland) tabbed Erin Thomas as an assistant. Thomas is a 2004 graduate of the school and was a member of the school's field hockey team.

Football assistants -- Worcester Polytechnic added Jonathan Woods as outside linebackers coach, Jared Powers as running backs coach, Steve Meyer and Tim Sample as offensive line coaches and Michael Bernard as defensive line coach ... Bloomsburg added Tom Pajic as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks and receivers coach, Chet Henicle as defensive secondary coach and Ed T. Rush as part-time special teams and kicking coach ... Bob Kubiak was chosen as running backs coach and Eric Soulier was appointed as defensive line coach at Kalamazoo ... Bill Lacey was appointed as an assistant coach at Villanova ... James Madison selected J.C. Price as an assistant coach ... Western Illinois awarded defensive coordinator duties to Vince Okruch. For the past five seasons, Okruch has been an assistant coach at Colorado, most recently serving as defensive coordinator ... Rich McGeorge was tabbed as offensive line coach at North Carolina Central. McGeorge was running game coordinator and offensive line coach at Duke during the 2002 and 2003 seasons ... Southeast Missouri State tabbed Tim Billings as an offensive assistant coach ... Mike Dailey resigned as an assistant coach at Westminster (Missouri) ... Cornell College appointed Len Felton as assistant defensive backs coach ... Corey Wenger was named as offensive coordinator at Hamilton. During the 2003 season, Wenger worked as tight ends coach and assistant offensive line coach at Villanova ... Rensselaer appointed Chad Martinovich as an assistant coach ... Scott Weaver was selected as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan ... Southeastern Oklahoma named Bo Atterberry as defensive coordinator. Last season, Atterberry worked as secondary coach with the program.

Men's and women's golf -- Jim Taketa was chosen as head men's and women's coach at Jacksonville. Taketa, who has been ticket manager at the school for the past four years, takes over for the retired Mike Flemming ... Seton Hall tabbed Clay White as head men's coach ... John McMath was named as head coach at Mississippi College ... Indianapolis chose Ken Piepenbrink as head women's coach to succeed Kelli Tungate ... Jodee Schaben was tabbed as head women's coach at Central (Iowa). Schaben takes over for Greg Hoekstra, who resigned after five seasons in charge of the program ... Indiana tabbed Clint Wallman as head women's coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey -- Dave Hakstol was promoted to head men's coach at North Dakota to replace Dean Blais. Hakstol has worked as an assistant with the program for four years.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistants -- Connecticut named Brooke Whitney as an assistant women's coach ... Brad Berry was tabbed as associate head men's coach at North Dakota.

Men's and women's lacrosse -- St. Francis (Pennsylvania) selected Wylie Crisanti as head women's coach ... Siena named Brian Brecht as head men's coach.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants -- Washington (Maryland) added Stephen Berger as an assistant. Berger, a three-time all-American in lacrosse, is a 2004 graduate of the school ... Farmingdale State selected Mike Cardello as an assistant men's coach. The 2004 Hartwick graduate was a four-year member of the school's lacrosse team ... Jeff Roberts was named as an assistant men's coach at Vermont. Roberts has been co-offensive coordinator at Dartmouth ... T.W. Johnson was hired as top assistant men's coach at Hobart. Johnson, who takes over for Brian Rodgers, has been head coach at Limestone for the past three seasons.

Men's and women's rowing -- Joan O'Hara was hired as head women's coach at San Diego. For the past four years, O'Hara has worked as head coach at Wellesley ... Hamilton named Eric Summers as head men's and women's coach. Summers has guided the men's program at Colgate for the past two seasons.

Men's and women's rowing assistant -- Justin Smith was appointed as an assistant men's coach and Leona Dalton and Amy Levak were chosen as assistant women's coaches at Washington (Maryland). Smith, Dalton and Levak are 2004 graduates of the school.

Men's soccer assistants -- Seton Hall hired Gerson Echeverry as an assistant coach. Echeverry worked as a volunteer assistant with the program in 2003 ... Daniel Ridenhour was appointed as an assistant coach at Winthrop ... Mount St. Mary's named Kevin McMullen as an assistant coach to replace Tom Gosselin, who resigned to become head women's soccer coach at McDaniel.

Women's soccer -- Cindy Piper accepted responsibilities as head coach at Nicholls State.

Women's soccer assistants -- Washington (Maryland) tabbed Jamie Gluck as an assistant coach ... Jen Fried was tabbed as an assistant coach at Franklin & Marshall ... Goucher added Cristin Czubik as an assistant coach ... Texas chose Neil McGuire as an assistant coach.

Softball -- Louie Richardson was named as head softball coach and head volleyball coach at Washington (Maryland). Richardson was an assistant softball coach from 2000 to 2003 and served as an assistant volleyball coach from 2002 to 2003 at the school ... George Washington hired JoAnne Ferguson as head coach. For the past four years, Ferguson has worked as head coach at Kenyon ... Quincy appointed Kimberly Schuette as head coach. Since 2001, Schuette has been an assistant coach at San Jose State ... Jeanine Gunther accepted responsibilities as head coach at Rochester to succeed Kris Shanley, who became an assistant athletics director at the school, and interim head coach Michelle Andre. Gunther was head coach at East Stroudsburg from 2000 to 2002 and has been a volunteer assistant at Bloomsburg ... Loyola (Illinois) head coach Jamie Gillies resigned. During a two-year tenure, Gillies went 64-52, leading the Ramblers to the 2003 Horizon League regular-season title and an appearance in the 2004 conference championship game ... Bridgette Quimpo was named as full-time head softball coach and athletics academic advisor at New Jersey City. Quimpo led the team on a part-time basis last season ... Tulsa named Christy Connoyer as head coach ... Jason Porter was selected as head coach at Kalamazoo ... Phyllis Guedry resigned as head coach at Nicholls State. The school announced Jenny Parsons as interim head coach ... Francis Marion head coach Jack Byerley resigned. Byerley has led the program to a 73-26 record in two seasons ... Western Kentucky appointed Rachel Lawson as head coach. Lawson, who replaces Leslie Phelan, has been an assistant at Maryland for seven years ... Kathy Wilmot was   elevated to head coach at Hamilton. Wilmot has been an assistant at the school since 2000 ... Wisconsin-Green Bay's Susan Beeck resigned as head coach ... Scott Eastman resigned as head coach at McNeese State, effective August 31 ... Sunny Jones was added as head coach at Hillsdale. Jones has been an assistant coach and an interim head coach at Concordia University in Michigan.

Softball assistants -- Kristy Norton assumed responsibilities as an assistant coach at James Madison. Norton formerly was an assistant at North Carolina-Greensboro ... Mount Olive elevated student assistant Herbie MulQueen to assistant coach.

Synchronized swimming -- Stacy Leiker was named as head coach at Canisius. Leiker is a 2004 graduate of Alabama-Birmingham, where she was a four-year letter-winner on the synchronized swimming team.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistant -- Washington (Maryland) hired Jeb Beaver as an assistant coach.

Men's and women's tennis -- Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis tabbed J.R. Billman as head men's coach ... William May was hired as director of men's and women's tennis at Oneonta State. For the past three years, May has worked as head men's coach at Indiana Wesleyan ... Ken Graham, head men's coach at Fairleigh Dickinson, resigned after five years at the helm ... John Severance was appointed as head women's coach at Houston ... Palm Beach Atlantic's Chris Bizol resigned as head men's and women's coach ... Chris Young was hired as head women's coach at Wichita State. Young has been head men's and women's coach at Oklahoma Christian University since 2003 ... Dawn Buth was named as head women's coach at George Washington ... Methodist named Edward Luck as head men's coach ... Jack Thompson was hired as head men's coach at Wingate. Thompson, who succeeds Bill Cooper, was head men's and women's coach at Catawba.

Men's and women's tennis assistant -- William and Mary hired Marcos Asse as an assistant men's coach.

Men's and women's track and field -- Pat Henry was hired as head coach at Texas A&M. Henry, who guided LSU's men's and women's track and field programs to 27 national championships in 17 seasons, succeeds the retired Ted Nelson ... Joe Tousignaut was hired as head men's and women's track and field coach and assistant football coach at Olivet. Tousignaut formerly was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach and assistant track and field coach at Saint Joseph's (Indiana) ... Chris Bayless was named as head track and field and cross country coach at Ursinus ... Cortland State chose Shawn Wilbourn as director of running and head men's and women's track and field coach. Wilbourn has worked as an assistant track and field coach at the school for the past two seasons ... LSU chose Dennis Shaver as head coach ... Hillsdale awarded additional duties to Bill Lundberg as head women's track and field coach. Lundberg will continue as head men's track and field coach at the school.

Men's and women's track and field assistants -- Len Klepack accepted duties as an assistant women's coach at Texas ... Hillsdale elevated Chris Weigandt and Jeff Forino to associate head coaches.

Men's and women's volleyball -- Skidmore named Darren Bennett as head women's coach ... Michelle Kim was elevated to head women's coach at Brandeis. Kim, who takes over for Sheryl Sousa, has been an assistant with the program since 1999 ... Niels Pedersen was selected as head men's coach at Quincy. Pedersen has been associate head coach at Mt. Carmel (Illinois) High School since 2001 ... Michelle DeSantis accepted responsibilities as head women's coach at Nova Southeastern ... Christopher Feliciano accepted additional responsibilities as head women's coach at New Jersey City. Feliciano, who also serves as head men's volleyball coach, replaces Ofelia Pancarician ... Quincy named Keith Rubio as head women's coach. Rubio has been associate head coach at Oregon for the past season ... Emily Verbridge, an assistant coach at St. Michael's for the past year, was promoted to head women's coach ... Cheryl Carlson was hired as head coach at Stetson. Carlson formerly was head coach and an assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth, where she has been director of community outreach, Life Skills coordinator and assistant compliance director for the past three years ... Bridgeport named Valerie Steen as head women's coach ... Ray Green was selected as head women's coach at Manhattan ... Westminster (Missouri) hired Michelle Parker as head coach. Most recently, Parker has taught and coached   volleyball at the high-school level.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants -- Quincy appointed Rhyen Staley as associate head men's coach. Staley was an assistant men's coach at Indiana/
Purdue-Fort Wayne ... Jared Penning was named as an assistant at Tusculum. Penning was a volunteer assistant and a student assistant at Northern Iowa ... Eric Viney was selected as an assistant women's coach at North Dakota State ... McNeese State tabbed Denise Kubena-Wyninger as an assistant coach.

Staff

Academic services assistant -- Jason Kelly was appointed as assistant director of academic services at Ohio.

Athletic trainers -- Palm Beach Atlantic selected Ben Cowin as athletic trainer ... North Carolina-Wilmington named Wes Brown as director of athletic training services ... Longwood elevated Chris Duncan to head athletic trainer. Duncan, an assistant athletic trainer at the school for the past two years, succeeds Amy Stephenson, who will continue as an assistant athletic trainer.

Assistant athletic trainers -- Matt Rowlett resigned as an assistant trainer at Westminster (Missouri) ... Georgia State appointed Doug Halverson as an assistant athletic trainer. For the past two years, Halverson has worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at North Carolina ... Tracy Poro was added as an assistant athletic trainer at Dartmouth ... Hillsdale added David Frisby as an assistant athletic trainer.

Business managers -- Loren Sanislo was chosen as athletics business manager at Seton Hall. Sanislo has been with the school since 1989 ... Duke elevated Luci Hill to business manager.

Development -- Doug Wright was hired as director of development at Wichita State. Wright has worked as group sales manager for the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority since July 2002.

Marketing/promotions -- Villanova named Brian Papson as director of marketing and special events ... Bart Smith was appointed as director of promotions at Duke. 

 Marketing/promotions assistants -- David Almodova was elevated to assistant director of promotions at Duke.

Recreation -- Villanova tabbed Lisa Melillo as coordinator of intramurals and recreation.

Sports information -- Earlham chose Don Tincher as sports information director.

Sports information assistants -- George Washington chose Mike Morrison as assistant sports information director ... Kyle Schwartz was promoted to athletics media relations coordinator at Northern Colorado. Schwartz has been with the school since 2002 ... Amanda Brickell was added as a graduate assistant in sports information at Barry ... Goucher chose Ben Flickinger as an assistant sports information director ... Brandon Parro was hired as associate sports information director. Parro has fulfilled the position on an interim basis since last September ... Derek Neal was hired as an assistant sports information director at Illinois. Neal has worked as an intern in the school's athletics public relations office for the past two years ... Robert Morris selected Ken Baker as an assistant sports information director ... Drew Lacy was named as assistant sports information at Angelo State. Lacy has been an athletics intern at Houston for the past year ... Andy Seeley and Scott Pettett were hired as assistant sports information directors at Utah. Seeley has been director of athletics media relations at Northwest Missouri State since 1997 and Pettett has worked as an assistant sports information director at Central Michigan since 2001.

Strength and conditioning -- Nick Juday accepted duties as strength and conditioning coordinator and assistant track and field coach at Olivet. Since 1998, Juday has worked as assistant strength and conditioning coach at Western Michigan.

Ticket operations -- Cleveland State named Mike Dolsak as coordinator of ticket sales, merchandising and promotions. Dolsak served as interim ticket manager at the school last year.

Ticket operations assistants -- Joe Garvey was appointed as a graduate assistant for ticket sales, merchandising and promotions at Cleveland State. Garvey has been an intern with the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics ... Andrew Zywicki was chosen as an assistant ticket manager for customer service at Illinois. For the past two years, Zywicki has served as a ticket office representative at Southern Mississippi.

Conferences

The Capital Athletic Conference named Mike Sanders as publicity director. Sanders also is sports information director at Goucher ... Chris Woolard was appointed as director of championships at Conference USA ... The Horizon League named Will Roleson as assistant commissioner for communications. Roleson has been sports information director at Kent State for five years and replaces Todd Starowitz.

Reprimands

The NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Committee has reprimanded two student-athletes from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania -- Kamar Samuels and Jorge Chapoy -- for unsportsmanlike behavior during the second-round game of the 2003 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship. The committee also has banned the East Stroudsburg men's soccer team and head coach Jerry Sheska from participation in the 2004 championship. Samuels struck an opposing player with the ball while the ball was out of play pending a throw-in. Samuels was shown a red card and ejected for violent conduct, but as he left the field he made physical contact with an official. Chapoy verbally dissented the official's ejection of Samuels, drawing a red card and an ejection from the official. Chapoy also made physical contact with an official before he left the field. The official suspended the match and play did not resume.

School name changes

Concord College has officially changed its name to Concord University, effective immediately ... Bethel College (Minnesota) has officially changed its name to Bethel University, effective immediately ... The University of South Carolina, Spartanburg, changed its name to the University of South Carolina Upstate, effective immediately.

Corrections

The last name of North Dakota State's interim men's sports information director, Jeff Schwartz, was misspelled in the July 5 issue of The NCAA Record. Schwartz serves as women's sports information director at the school.

Notables

Jered Weaver, pitcher for Long Beach State, was chosen as the 2004 recipient of the Golden Spikes Award presented to the nation's top amateur baseball player. Weaver, who also was named as the recipient of the inaugural Roger Clemens Award as the top pitcher in college baseball, closed the season with a 15-1 record, a 1.62 ERA and 213 strikeouts.

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