McGee named equestrian coach at SDSU

South Dakota State has hired Megan McGee as head equestrian coach. The program is scheduled to begin co mpetition in the fall of 2005.

Since August 2003, McGee has worked as a consultant for the management firms of Ram Tap, Inc., and Montana Equestrian Events. Before that, she spent six years as head equestrian coach at Fresno State. McGee led the Bulldogs to six straight Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) appearances. She formerly was a teaching assistant at Morehead State and Cal Poly. In addition, she instructed the equestrian program at Portland State while also working at the Lake Oswego Hunt Club in Oregon.

McGee, who has officiated equestrian events throughout the nation, is a 1983 graduate of Cal Poly, where she earned a bachelor's degree in animal science.

Chief executive officer

Evelyn Lynch was appointed as president at St. Joseph (Connecticut). Lynch has been provost and vice-president for academic affairs at East Stroudsburg.

General

Director of athletics

Columbia chose M. Dianne Murphy as athletics director ... William Blazer was named as athletics director at Ohio Dominican ... Northern Colorado hired Jay Hinrichs as director of athletics. Hinrichs, who has been associate athletics director for facilities planning at Kansas, replaces Jim Fallis ... Brown named Joan Taylor as interim director of athletics and physical education ... Dan Coonan was hired as director of athletics and recreation at Santa Clara. Coonan has been executive associate athletics director at California.

Senior woman administrator

Pittsburgh-Greensburg hired Erica Exler as senior woman administrator, head softball coach and assistant women's volleyball coach. Exler has been a head softball coach at the high-school level for the past year.

Associate directors of athletics

Kent Ayer accepted responsibilities as associate athletics director at Middle Tennessee ... Southwestern elevated Ronda Seagraves to associate athletics director. Seagraves was an assistant athletics director ... Dan Simmons was promoted to associate athletics director at Drexel. Simmons most recently has served as an assistant athletics director and director of recreation ... Virginia chose Tomas Jimenez as associate athletics director for academic affairs. Jimenez has worked as an assistant athletics director for academics at Miami (Florida) since 1999 ... Jean Cornwall accepted responsibilities as associate athletics director at Montana ... Patty Epps was promoted to senior associate athletics director at Franklin & Marshall. Epps, who joined the Diplomats as an adjunct women's squash and tennis coach in 1978, most recently has been an associate athletics director and senior woman administrator.

Assistant directors of athletics

Southern New Hampshire elevated Chad L. Mason to assistant athletics director. Since 1998, Mason has been equipment/events manager at the school ... Charles Jackson was hired as an assistant athletics director at John Jay ... Bard promoted Christopher Wood to assistant athletics director for facilities and intramurals. Wood will retain responsibilities as head men's basketball coach ... David Sherwood was chosen as assistant athletics director for sports information and game operations at Wingate. Sherwood has been sports information director at the school for 19 years ... Megan Boone accepted responsibilities as assistant athletics director for compliance at Northern Colorado. Boone, who has been assistant athletics director for compliance and eligibility at New Mexico State, replaces Scott Abel ... Colgate chose Shondell Reed as an assistant athletics director and compliance coordinator ... Azure Davey was hired as an assistant athletics director at Cortland State. Davey was head women's soccer coach and head women's lacrosse coach at Utica from 2000 to 2002 and most recently completed a master of arts degree at Elmira ... Eastern Michigan tabbed Marie Scovron as an assistant athletics director for compliance ... Sherry Penner resigned as an assistant athletics director at North Dakota ... Oakland announced Denise McGee as assistant athletics director for marketing and Eric Stephan as assistant athletics director for operations. McGee has been assistant athletics director for operations at the school and Stephan was associate head men's basketball coach ... Jon McLamb was elevated to assistant athletics director for marketing, sponsorships and fund-raising at Agnes Scott. McLamb, who was head women's tennis coach and sports information director, has been with the school since November 2003.

Coaches

Baseball ­ Hartford head coach Harvey Shapiro resigned ... Southwestern elevated Jim Shelton to head coach ... Robbie Wine was hired as head coach at Penn State. Wine, who succeeds the retired Joe Hindelang, has been an assistant coach at Oklahoma State for the past seven seasons ... Charleston Southern appointed Jason Murray as head coach ... Bob Todd, head coach at Ohio State, signed a five-year contract extension ... Tim Esmay resigned as head coach at Utah to become an assistant coach at Arizona State.

Baseball assistants ­ Sean Lyons was added as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois ... Carmen Carcone was selected as an assistant coach at Maryland ... Washington and Jefferson appointed Kelly Swiney as an assistant ... Jason Krug was named as an assistant coach at Southwestern ... Penn State selected Jason Bell as an assistant coach ... Manhattan appointed Mike Cole as an graduate assistant coach ... Greg Olsen accepted duties as an assistant coach at Memphis ... Jay Sullenger was elevated to first assistant coach and Travis Ebaugh was tabbed as second assistant at James Madison. Sullenger was second assistant with the program and Ebaugh has worked at ESPN for the past two years ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) added Jesse Woods as an assistant coach ... Florida Southern named Jim Tyrrell as an assistant coach to replace Mike Bell, who accepted similar duties at Tennessee. Tyrrell was pitching coach at Old Dominion ... Justin Meccage accepted responsibilities as an assistant coach at Texas-Pan American.

Men's basketball ­ Damaine Powell was hired as head coach at Cal State Dominguez Hills. For the past seven years, Powell has guided the program at Compton College ... Wisconsin-Green Bay awarded head coach Tod Kowalczyk a four-year contract. Kowalczyk has been in charge of the Phoenix for two years ... La Salle hired John Giannini as head coach to succeed Billy Hahn. Giannini has been head coach at Maine for eight seasons ... Maine selected Ted Woodward as head coach ... Steve Hawkins earned a contract extension through the 2009-10 season as head coach at Western Michigan. Hawkins has guided the Broncos since last season.

Men's basketball assistants ­ Newberry chose Tim Kaine as an assistant coach. Kaine has been head cross country coach and assistant men's basketball coach at Guilford ... Bill Reid and Dan Rickard were added as assistant coaches at Stony Brook ... Stephen F. Austin promoted Darren Kohne to second assistant coach. Kohne, who spent last season as third assistant, succeeds Rennie Bailey ... Hillsdale appointed Brooks Miller as an assistant coach ... Bowling Green chose LaMonta Stone as an assistant coach ... Clyde Vaughan resigned as an assistant coach at Connecticut ... Massachusetts appointed Craig Carter as director of basketball operations and appointed Jermaine Kimbrough as an assistant coach ... George Tuttle, who was top assistant at Southern Utah last season, was named as top assistant coach at UC San Diego. The school also promoted Sam Scholl to second assistant and elevated Nick Earnest, head team manager, to assistant coach. T.J. Brown, volunteer assistant manager last year, was promoted to head team manager ... Gerhard Sanchez was selected as an assistant coach at Rider ... Augustana (South Dakota) added Ryan Larsen as an assistant coach ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) appointed Mark Fierri and Al Pelissier as assistant coaches ... Hubie Smith was tabbed as an assistant at Lipscomb. Smith, who succeeds Malcolm Montgomery, has been director of basketball operations at Belmont and formerly was head boys' basketball coach and director of athletics at Bartlett (Tennessee) High School.

Women's basketball ­ Misericordia named Tom Griffith as interim head coach. For the past three seasons, Griffith has been an assistant men's basketball coach at the school ... Tiesha Grace was appointed as head coach at Ramapo ... Nakeeba Wauchope was hired as head coach at John Jay. Wauchope has been an assistant coach at Hostos Community College ... Franklin chose Kim Eiler as head coach. Eiler, who replaces Mike Jewett, formerly was head coach at Goshen for six years ... Scot Billey was hired as head women's basketball coach and head women's golf coach at Westminster (Missouri) ... Miami (Ohio) head coach Maria Fantanarosa was awarded a contract extension through 2009. Fantanarosa has led the program since the 1998-99 season ... Trish Roberts resigned as head coach at Stony Brook ... Case Western Reserve named Jacki Windon as head coach ... Tom Lochner was promoted to head coach at La Salle. Lochner, who takes over for John Miller, has been with the program for 17 seasons and has served as associate head coach since 1998.

Women's basketball assistants ­ Colgate selected Angie Zeuch as an assistant coach ... Matt Luneau was named as associate head coach at Syracuse ... Washington and Jefferson appointed Michelle Bielanski as an assistant coach ... Russell Sage announced Becky MacDonald as an assistant coach ... Dave Mergendahl was chosen as an assistant coach at Bard. Mergendahl formerly was an assistant at Columbia Greene Community College ... Nikki Davis accepted duties as an assistant coach at James Madison. Davis was head assistant coach at Columbus State last season ... Valparaiso tabbed Renee Turpa as director of women's basketball operations, Caroline McCombs as associate head coach and Erika Roudebush as an assistant coach ... Heather Cusick was named as director of women's basketball operations at Ball State ... Hofstra's Viveca Lof resigned as an assistant coach ... Blaine Patterson was chosen as an assistant coach at Illinois ... Maureen Smith and Ayesha Whitfield were added as assistants at Oakland. Smith formerly was an assistant at Southern Illinois and Whitfield has been head girls' basketball coach at Henry Ford (Michigan) High School ... Buffalo named Kim Coon as an administrative assistant for women's basketball. Coon has been an assistant at Colgate for three seasons ... Sara Esidore was tabbed as an assistant at Teikyo Post. Esidore was a 2004 graduate of Quinnipiac, where she was a four-year member of the women's basketball squad ... Keene State appointed Trevor Hansen as an assistant coach. For the past two years, Hansen has served as a sports information assistant at the school.

Men's and women's cross country ­ Michael Jackson was tabbed as head men's and women's cross country and track coach at Ramapo ... West Chester named Andy Huber as head men's and women's cross country and track and field coach ... Scott Smith accepted additional responsibilities as head men's and women's coach at Guilford. Smith will continue as an assistant women's basketball coach at the school ... South Carolina-Aiken selected David Lyle as head women's coach ... Matt Hayes was named as head women's coach at Lynchburg.

Men's and women's cross country assistants ­ Rich Romano was chosen as an assistant men's and women's coach at Pittsburgh-Greensburg ... Misericordia selected Dan Pszeniczny as an assistant coach ... Stephen Goff was hired as assistant cross country and track and field coach and coordinator of athletics event management at Trinity (Texas) ... Mary Banker was tabbed as an assistant men's and women's cross country and track and field coach at Chicago. Banker was an assistant track and field coach at Beloit in 2003 and most recently has been a part-time assistant with the program at Chicago.

Men's and women's fencing assistant ­ Temple chose Bradley Barker as an assistant coach.

Field hockey ­ Leslie LaFronz was appointed head field hockey coach and head women's lacrosse coach at Ramapo.

Field hockey assistants ­ Heather Koch and Stacie Gado were added as assistants at Goucher ... Misericordia tabbed Janelle Perlis as an assistant coach ... Emily Ruth was selected as an assistant coach at Stanford.

Football assistants ­ Newberry chose Mac Bryan as offensive line coach ... Mansfield named Scott Milanovich as an assistant coach ... Santes Beatty was appointed as wide receivers coach at Guilford. Beatty was director of African American affairs and multicultural services at the school from 1998 to 2004 ... Trinity (Connecticut) tabbed Jonathan Dupont as an assistant coach ... Kevin Bosworth, Roger Crawford, Brock McCullough, Kalvin Oliver and Fred Penciera were added as assistants at Shenandoah.

Men's and women's golf ­ Joel DePagter, an assistant men's basketball coach at Lawrence, assumed additional duties as head men's golf coach at the school. DePagter takes over for Dave Ruhly, who will retain his post as head men's ice hockey coach ... Ashland hired Pam Leonard as head women's coach and Darrin Jones as head men's coach to replace Steve Paramore and Ben Cavey, respectively. Leonard has been head varsity boys' golf coach at Ashland (Ohio) High School for four years. Jones currently works as an assistant golf professional at the Country Club of Ashland ... Kevin Loftus was named as head men's coach at Adelphi to replace Walter Ostroske. Loftus is a May 2004 graduate of the school, where he was a four-year member of the men's golf team ... Robert Powelson was chosen as head men's coach at Pennsylvania ... McNeese named Todd Boudreaux as interim head men's coach ... Austin Peay selected Kirk Kayden as head men's coach ... Bowen Sargent accepted responsibilities as head men's coach at Virginia.

Men's and women's golf assistants ­ Brian McCants accepted responsibilities as an assistant men's coach and Douglas Wilkinson was selected as an assistant women's coach at Newberry ... Southwestern tabbed Carrie Franciscovic as an assistant men's and women's coach ... Dan Waeger was tabbed as an assistant men's and women's coach at Wagner ... Wofford appointed Angie Ridgeway as associate director of golf.

Men's and women's gymnastics ­ Southern Connecticut State named Jerry Nelson as head women's coach ... Fred Roethlisberger retired as head men's coach at Minnesota. The school appointed Russ Fystrom as interim head men's coach.

Men's and women's ice hockey assistant ­ Bobby Jay was named as an assistant men's coach at Harvard.

Men's and women's lacrosse ­ Limestone chose Chris Hasbrouck as head men's coach ... Paul Cantabene was hired as head men's lacrosse coach and intramurals director at Villa Julie. Since 2002, Cantabene has worked as an assistant coach at Maryland.

Men's and women's lacrosse assistants ­ Albany (New York) chose Lindsey Hart as an assistant women's coach ... Kevin Conry accepted duties as an assistant men's coach at Siena ... Penn State added Guy Van Arsdale as an assistant men's coach ... Goucher chose Pat Tracy as an assistant men's coach and Katie Trianor as an assistant women's coach ... Kevin Cassese accepted duties as an assistant men's coach at Stony Brook.

Rowing ­ Carma Gilcrist was tabbed as head coach at Roger Williams

Men's soccer ­ Saginaw Valley State chose Arthur Moody as interim head coach ... Cortland State named Dwight Hornibrook as interim head coach. From 1995 to 2003, Hornibrook, who takes over for Mike Middleton, worked as head coach at Houghton College ... Ramapo selected D.J. Pinton as interim head coach ... Tim Kronenwetter was appointed as head coach at Hilbert.

Men's soccer assistants ­ Pittsburgh-Greensburg hired Kirk Albrect as an assistant men's and women's coach. Albrect most recently has coached at the high-school level ... Gary Taylor was tabbed as an assistant coach at Bard ... Trinity (Texas) added Garcia-Prats as an assistant men's and women's coach ... Valparaiso named Roberto Giannini as an assistant ... Pete Huryk was chosen as an assistant coach at Goucher ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) added Matt Murphy as an assistant. Murphy formerly was top assistant with the school from 1999 to 2001 ... Kevin Chevalier was selected as an assistant coach at Keene State.

Women's soccer ­ Chris Freudig was named as head coach at Gwynedd Mercy ... Heidi Woodcock accepted responsibilities as interim head coach at Cortland State.

Women's soccer assistants ­ Washington and Jefferson selected Evan Himes as an assistant coach ... Pete Huryk was appointed as an assistant coach at Goucher ... Misericordia added Rachel Farley and Holly Sowcik as assistants ... Yvette Rogers was named as an assistant at Bard ... New Jersey Institute of Technology named Tiffany Williams as an assistant. Williams is a 2004 graduate of Rutgers, where she has been a student assistant coach for the past three seasons ... Wheaton (Massachusetts) selected Scott Dolan as an assistant coach ... Jennifer Perkins was added as an assistant at Oakland ... Shenandoah appointed Andrew Fahnstock and Benji Fahnstock as assistant coaches ... Emily Johnson was hired as an assistant coach at Guilford. Johnson has been an assistant coach at Greensboro for the past two seasons.

Softball ­ Indianapolis hired Missy Frost as head coach. Frost, who replaces Jackie Nebelsiek, has led the program at Wheeling Jesuit for the past three seasons ... Thomas Macera was appointed as head coach at Lynn ... Cal Poly tabbed Jenny Condon as head coach ... Brian Simmons was named as head coach at Old Westbury.

Softball assistants ­ Amy Herrington was named as an assistant coach at Appalachian State ... Towson tabbed Keri-Anne Boller as an assistant coach ... Washington and Jefferson selected Jennifer Patrick as an assistant coach ... Loyola (Illinois) chose Molly Sircher as an assistant coach. For the past two seasons, Sircher has been a head softball coach at the high-school level ... Marc Della Volpe was appointed as an assistant coach at Manhattan ... Heather Sargent and Angela Vecchione were added as assistants at Wheaton (Massachusetts).

Men's and women's swimming and diving ­ Nazareth's Rick Aronberg resigned as head men's and women's coach ... Wingate awarded head women's swimming coach Kirk Sanocki additional responsibilities as head men's swimming coach. The program is scheduled to begin varsity competition next fall ... Josh Collins was tabbed as head men's and women's coach at Arcadia ... Rochester head men's and women's swimming and diving coach Eric Stefanski resigned.

Men's and women's swimming and diving assistants ­ Steve Brandt was chosen as an assistant coach at Southwestern ... Wells hired Sandra Jones as an assistant swimming coach and assistant softball coach. Wells was a 2004 graduate of the school, where she competed in field hockey, swimming and softball ... Jason Weber was appointed as an assistant men's swimming coach and assistant aquatics director at Chicago. Most recently, Weber has been a sport partnership intern with the United States Olympic Committee.

Men's and women's tennis ­ Chris Potter was named as head men's coach at Pfeiffer ... Juniata selected Bobby Pennington as head men's and women's coach ... William Fickes accepted additional responsibilities as head men's tennis coach at Guilford to replace Tom Palombo, who will become director of the Quaker Club and retain duties as head men's basketball coach. Fickes will continue as an assistant men's basketball coach ... Katrina Nobles was appointed as head women's tennis coach and head women's lacrosse coach at Wells. Nobles has been an assistant coach at the school for the past two seasons ... Springfield named Jamie Morrell as head men's and women's coach. Morrell worked as an assistant men's coach at Amherst during the 2002 and 2003 seasons ... Arcadia hired Lak Sphabmixay as head men's and women's coach ... Jack Bondurant was chosen as head men's coach at Lincoln Memorial. Bondurant, who will continue as head women's coach at the school, succeeds the late Charles Poteat ... Ken Alrutz was selected as head men's and women's coach at Wesleyan (Connecticut). Most recently, Alrutz, who succeeds the retired Don Long, has been head men's and women's coach at Miami (Ohio) ... Wooster tabbed Lori Shulman as head women's tennis coach and assistant women's basketball coach. For the past two years, Shulman has been assisting the basketball, softball tennis and squash programs at Hamilton ... Larry Zerbe was appointed as head men's coach to replace Jack Thompson, who resigned. Zerbe has been an assistant men's coach at Albright.

Men's and women's tennis assistants ­ Heather McGowan was named as an assistant women's coach at Trinity (Texas) ... Virginia Tech named Jon Reeves as an assistant women's coach ... Davidson added Avi Kigel as an assistant women's coach ... Roger Williams hired Daniel Williford as an assistant men's and women's coach. Williford is a May 2004 graduate of Rochester, where he was a four-year letter-winner with the men's tennis squad ... Danielle Rautenberg was chosen as an assistant men's and women's coach at Wheaton (Massachusetts) ... Shenandoah selected Anne Stephenson as an assistant men's and women's coach ... Nicole Ptak was appointed as an assistant women's coach at Pennsylvania.

Men's and women's track and field ­ Dave Prevosti was named as head men's and women's coach at Geneseo State.

Men's and women's track and field assistants ­ Ohio Wesleyan chose Randi O'Reilly as an assistant track and field and cross country coach ... Kim McGreevy and Clive Terrelonge were added as assistant women's coaches at Connecticut ... Augustana (South Dakota) appointed Ty Heaton as an assistant men's and women's track and field coach and assistant men's and women's cross country coach ... Marc Mangiacotti was hired as an assistant men's and women's coach at Wheaton (Massachusetts). Mangiacotti has been an assistant cross country and track and field coach at Houston for the past three seasons.

Men's and women's volleyball ­ Southwestern hired Hannah Long as head women's coach ... Nicholas Zavalkov was named as head women's coach at John Jay. Zavalkov takes over for Mamdouh Hassan ... Polytechnic tabbed Greg DeMoustes as head men's and women's volleyball coach ... Old Westbury chose Marjahna Segers as head women's coach ... Shannon Steinwandel was named as head women's volleyball coach and facilities coordinator at Hilbert.

Men's and women's volleyball assistants ­ John Leighton was appointed as an assistant women's coach at Russell Sage. Last season, Leighton was an assistant women's coach at Union ... Misericordia selected Jennifer Jones as an assistant ... Roger Williams named Debbie Robertson as an assistant women's coach ... Amanda Cuiffo was tabbed as an assistant women's coach at Bentley ... Rutgers-Newark chose Mindy Mills as an assistant men's and women's coach ... Mississippi State selected Jozsef Forman and Jason Skoch as assistant women's coaches ... Cara Strzelczyk was hired as an assistant women's coach at New Jersey City ... Roger Williams chose Pam Heroux as an assistant women's coach. Heroux currently serves as director of admissions for Sacred Heart and has formerly coached at Salve Regina and Sacred Heart ... Alison Fields was appointed as an assistant women's coach at Oakland.

Men's and women's water polo ­ Patrick Beemer, head boys' and girls' water polo and swimming coach at Downey (California) High School for the past three years, was hired as head women's water polo coach at Wagner.

Wrestling assistants ­ Rich Moskowitz was hired as an assistant coach at Roger Williams ... Columbia chose Yero Washington as an assistant coach and named Scott Schatzman as a graduate assistant coach ... Mike Dixon was hired as an assistant coach at James Madison. Dixon spent last season as an assistant at Indianapolis.

Staff

Academic services ­ Artavias Thompkins was chosen as an academic advisor at Miami (Florida). Thompkins has been an intern with the school.

Athletic trainer ­ John Jay appointed Christina Swaby as head athletic trainer. Swaby has been head athletic trainer at Mount St. Vincent.

Assistant athletic trainers ­ Frank Pena was selected as an assistant athletic trainer at Trinity (Texas) ... Carthage tabbed Jake Dinauer as an assistant athletic trainer ... Damien Franolich was named as an assistant athletic trainer at New Jersey Institute of Technology ... Lora Stelzer was appointed as an assistant athletic trainer at Westminster (Missouri). Stelzer replaces Matt Rowlett ... Janet Panek was added as an assistant athletic trainer at Shenandoah.

Equipment manager ­ John Jay chose Ron Goss as equipment manager ... Jeff Kavosick was selected as equipment manager at Saint Rose. Since 2001, Kavosick has been equipment manager at Red Mountain (Arizona) High School.

Facilities assistants ­ Damian Pinton was tabbed as assistant coordinator of athletics facilities and resource management at Ramapo ... Southern New Hampshire appointed Matt Doggett to equipment/assistant facilities manager. Doggett is a 2003 graduate of the school, where he has spent the past year as an athletics department graduate assistant.

Intramurals assistant ­ Ramapo selected Jan Koslowsky as assistant intramurals director and assistant sports information director.

Marketing/promotions ­ Old Westbury appointed Jim Shevlin as special events coordinator. Shevlin has been strength and conditioning coach and assistant baseball coach at New York Institute of Technology for the past two years.

Recreation assistant ­ Drexel promoted Steve Koch to associate director of recreation.

Sports information ­ Erin Shackelford was announced as sports information director at Southwestern ... John Jay named Amy Rowland as sports information director. Rowland was head women's tennis coach and sports information director at Randolph-Macon ... John F. DeSio accepted duties as sports information director at Polytechnic ... Hendrix hired Jason Livernois as sports information director ... Ryan Dowd resigned after five years as sports information director at Quincy ... James W. Gover was hired as sports information director and compliance officer at Old Westbury. Most recently, Gover has been an assistant to the sports information director at Adelphi ... Chad Waller accepted responsibilities as director of athletics media relations and sports information at Northwest Missouri State. Waller has spent the past two years as an assistant sports information director at Bemidji State.

Sports information assistant ­ Alison Hischak accepted duties as assistant director of media relations at Albany (New York) ... Staten Island selected Kimberly DeRitter as intramurals coordinator and assistant sports information director ... Nick Nagel was chosen as an athletics communications intern at Bryant. Nagel is a 2004 graduate of St. John's (New York), where he was a student assistant in the athletics communications office ... Clemson selected Philip Sikes as an assistant sports information director ... Rebecca Vick was hired as assistant sports information director at Oakland.

Strength and conditioning ­ Ramapo appointed Robert Anderson as coordinator of strength and conditioning ... Matt Phelps was tabbed as strength and conditioning coach at Siena ... Pennsylvania named Jim Steel as strength and fitness manager.

Conferences

The Northeast Conference named Danielle Vento as an administrative intern ... America East Conference hired Amy Huchthausen as an assistant commissioner to succeed Tracy Shoemake. Huchthausen has been assistant director for compliance and governance at the Atlantic Coast Conference for the past two years ... Lindsey Rogers was appointed as assistant director of media relations at Conference USA.

National office

Michelle Brutlag Hosick and Greg Johnson were hired as assistant directors for The NCAA News. Brutlag Hosick formerly worked at the Evansville Courier & Press, and Johnson has been a sports writer at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Correction

A story on the Division III Men's and Women's Tennis Committee's summer meeting in the August 2 issue of The NCAA News contained incorrect information about a proposal the women's subcommittee is forwarding to the Division III Championships Committee. The correct version of the proposal is to change the current nine-point scoring system to a seven-point scoring system.

Reprimand

The NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Subcommittee has reprimanded Joey Scrivano, head women's tennis coach at Baylor University, for misconduct during the 2004 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships. Scrivano made inappropriate comments to the chair umpire of a singles match between a student-athlete from Baylor and a student-athlete from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.

Deaths

Long Island head men's and women's golf coach Lonnie Barton died of cancer August 29. He was 51. Barton guided the men's program to its first Northeast Conference title and its first appearance in the NCAA tournament last year. He twice earned conference coach of the year recognition for his work with the men's squad and also was honored as coach of the year as head women's coach in 2002.

Charles H. Zeanah, former football broadcaster for Alabama in the 1940s and for LSU in the 1950s, died of Parkinson's disease August 29. He was 80.

Former Northwestern State football student-athlete Kurt Rodriguez died August 20. He was 24. Rodriguez, a four-year starter, was a two-time all-Southland Conference linebacker. He finished his career ranked second in school history with 408 tackles and helped the Demons to NCAA Division I-AA playoff appearances in 2001 and 2002.

Teri Mathis Zenner, a former softball-student-athlete at Missouri Southern State, died August 17. Zenner, 26, was a pitcher and first baseman for the program from 1996 to 1999.

Former Baylor softball student-athlete Tori Birk Luke died August 13 from injuries sustained in a car accident. She was 27. Luke, a four-year member of the team at shortstop and second base, was a three-time academic all-Big 12 Conference selection. She completed her career with the Bears ranked second in doubles and assists and third in games played and started, home runs and total bases.

Billy Hobbs, a former football student-athlete at Texas A&M, died August 21. He was 57. Hobbs was a two-time all-American linebacker for the Aggies. The 1967 Southwest Conference defensive player of the year went on to play three seasons with the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.

Lincoln Memorial head men's tennis coach Charles Poteat died in July. Poteat joined the school in 1984 and led the program to six appearances in the NCAA men's tennis championships.

--Compiled by Leilana McKindra