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<H3>Women's Coaches Academy adds successful 'dimension' </H3>
<P> <SPAN class=c1>The Women's Coaches Academy (WCA) took on a new project this summer with the addition of "Dimension 2," a second academy that allows continuing education and networking opportunities for WCA graduates. The program was developed at the request of many of the women who had attended earlier academies and wanted more opportunities, like Indiana State University's</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Julie Kropcheck</B></SPAN><SPAN class=c1>.</SPAN> </P>
<P class=c3>Kropcheck, who serves as head volleyball coach at Indiana State University, said attending the second incarnation of the WCA was a "no-brainer." </P>
<P class=c3><IMG hspace=10 src="file:///V:/NCAA%20News%20Photos/briefly%5B9%5D.jpg" align=right>"It was an easy decision," Kropcheck said. "Dimension 2 provided an opportunity for me to continue making more contacts, but also to continue developing as a coach." </P>
<P class=c3>The program, held in July 2005, covered a range of topics from marketing and community service to Title IX and mental toughness. </P>
<P class=c3>One of the most valuable aspects, according to Kropcheck, was the opportunity to expand her network and become more comfortable with the contacts she had made. She said she would encourage any female coach to take advantage of professional development opportunities, but especially WCA and Dimension 2 because of the relationships participants form and the bonds that are strengthened in Dimension 2. </P>
<P class=c3>"It was a life-altering, career-defining moment for a lot of individuals at the first academy, and Dimension 2 continued to enhance it. I can't recommend it enough, and I truly hope the NCAA grows and enhances it even more," she said. </P>
<P class=c3>Registration for the next Women's Coaches Academy began October 19. The academy will be in San Antonio December 12-16. </P>
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<H3><SPAN class=c1>Lewis and Clark College men's and women's basketball coaches</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Bob Gaillard</B></SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Juli Fulks</B></SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>recently took a shot at promoting basketball instruction and spreading goodwill to underpriviledged youth in Malaysia.</SPAN> </H3>
<P class=c3>The pair were part of a diplomatic team that traveled to Kuala Lumpur with "Understand the Game," a diplomacy exchange program administered through the Detlef Schrmpf Foundation and financed in part by the State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In addition to promoting basketball instruction and reaching out to less fortunate youth, the group also sought to spread understanding of the American culture and build future leaders and coaches in basketball in Malaysia that will promote the positive messages of sports diplomacy. </P>
<P class=s2_c3>The party, led by former NBA standout Schrmpf, conducted a regional coaches summit and multiple youth day camps, made public appearances at Malaysian hospitals and orphanages and participated in other community activities. Gaillard and Fulks were responsible for developing most of the basketball-related activities and administrating the coaches summit and youth camps. </P>
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<H3>Augustana athletes put summer session to work </H3>
<P class=c3>Four Augustana College (South Dakota) student-athletes spent 10 weeks this summer on campus focusing on life beyond the field of competition while completing important medical research funded by a federal grant. </P>
<P><SPAN class=c1>Soccer student-athlete</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Erin Seidel</B></SPAN><SPAN class=c1>, football student-athlete <B>Mitch Weber</B> and wrestlers <B>Cody Henriksen</B> and <B>Matt McDougall</B> were among 16 students who worked with faculty mentors on projects to combat breast cancer and ovarian cancer, kidney disease and heart disease.</SPAN> </P>
<P class=c3>Funds for the project that advances biomedical research throughout South Dakota are part of a $16.1 million Biomedical Research Infrastructure Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health to the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. As a partner school, Augustana will receive $2.6 million over five years. </P>
<P class=c3>Academic all-Americans Henriksen and McDougall aspire to become medical doctors. McDougall also serves as a North Central Conference representative on the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Weber, who earned honorable mention academic all-conference recognition, is a biology major and plans to become a dentist. Seidel earned academic all-NCC recognition in 2004 and was the league's soccer freshman of the year in 2003. </P>
<P class=s3_c4>-- Compiled by Leilana McKindra </P>
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<H3>Looking back </H3>
<P><SPAN class=c5><I><IMG align=right hspace=10 src="file:///V:/NCAA%20News%20Photos/looking%5B7%5D.jpg">Here's what was making NCAA news in October 1995:</I></SPAN> </P>
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<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>The NCAA Presidents Commission Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct in Intercollegiate Athletics says that sportsmanship and ethical conduct in college sports have deteriorated in recent years, and failure to deal with the situation could have serious consequences. The committee's report says all athletics stakeholders have a responsibility to maintain high ethical standards: "Ethical conduct by anyone associated with intercollegiate athletics -- student-athletes, coaches, officials, administrators, faculties and observers -- must be emphasized as much as sportsmanship if intercollegiate athletics is to serve its proper role in higher education."</SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>United States Olympic Committee Executive Director Richard D. Schultz says at a Senate subcommittee hearing regarding the Amateur Sports Act that his organization wants to work with the NCAA to enhance participation opportunities for student-athletes in Olympic sports. "The collegiate programs have been the primary source for our Olympic talent in many sports, and we must act swiftly to ensure these programs' longevity. We will team with the NCAA to bolster these programs, perhaps to start others, and to also provide opportunities for our Olympic athletes to use the superb training facilities that exist on our college campuses."</SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>Grambling State University football coach Eddie Robinson makes history by becoming the first collegiate coach to win 400 games. Victory No. 400 -- a 42-6 win over Mississippi Valley State University -- comes in Robinson's 53rd year at the school and gives him a career record of 400-145-15.</SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>The University of Richmond announces that all tickets for the 1995 Division I Men's Soccer Championship at 21,319-seat Richmond Stadium have been sold. It will be the largest crowd in men's soccer championship history.</SPAN></P>
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<H3>Women's Coaches Academy adds successful 'dimension' </H3>
<P> <SPAN class=c1>The Women's Coaches Academy (WCA) took on a new project this summer with the addition of "Dimension 2," a second academy that allows continuing education and networking opportunities for WCA graduates. The program was developed at the request of many of the women who had attended earlier academies and wanted more opportunities, like Indiana State University's</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Julie Kropcheck</B></SPAN><SPAN class=c1>.</SPAN> </P>
<P class=c3>Kropcheck, who serves as head volleyball coach at Indiana State University, said attending the second incarnation of the WCA was a "no-brainer." </P>
<P class=c3><IMG hspace=10 src="file:///V:/NCAA%20News%20Photos/briefly%5B9%5D.jpg" align=right>"It was an easy decision," Kropcheck said. "Dimension 2 provided an opportunity for me to continue making more contacts, but also to continue developing as a coach." </P>
<P class=c3>The program, held in July 2005, covered a range of topics from marketing and community service to Title IX and mental toughness. </P>
<P class=c3>One of the most valuable aspects, according to Kropcheck, was the opportunity to expand her network and become more comfortable with the contacts she had made. She said she would encourage any female coach to take advantage of professional development opportunities, but especially WCA and Dimension 2 because of the relationships participants form and the bonds that are strengthened in Dimension 2. </P>
<P class=c3>"It was a life-altering, career-defining moment for a lot of individuals at the first academy, and Dimension 2 continued to enhance it. I can't recommend it enough, and I truly hope the NCAA grows and enhances it even more," she said. </P>
<P class=c3>Registration for the next Women's Coaches Academy began October 19. The academy will be in San Antonio December 12-16. </P>
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<H3><SPAN class=c1>Lewis and Clark College men's and women's basketball coaches</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Bob Gaillard</B></SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>and</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Juli Fulks</B></SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>recently took a shot at promoting basketball instruction and spreading goodwill to underpriviledged youth in Malaysia.</SPAN> </H3>
<P class=c3>The pair were part of a diplomatic team that traveled to Kuala Lumpur with "Understand the Game," a diplomacy exchange program administered through the Detlef Schrmpf Foundation and financed in part by the State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. In addition to promoting basketball instruction and reaching out to less fortunate youth, the group also sought to spread understanding of the American culture and build future leaders and coaches in basketball in Malaysia that will promote the positive messages of sports diplomacy. </P>
<P class=s2_c3>The party, led by former NBA standout Schrmpf, conducted a regional coaches summit and multiple youth day camps, made public appearances at Malaysian hospitals and orphanages and participated in other community activities. Gaillard and Fulks were responsible for developing most of the basketball-related activities and administrating the coaches summit and youth camps. </P>
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<H3>Augustana athletes put summer session to work </H3>
<P class=c3>Four Augustana College (South Dakota) student-athletes spent 10 weeks this summer on campus focusing on life beyond the field of competition while completing important medical research funded by a federal grant. </P>
<P><SPAN class=c1>Soccer student-athlete</SPAN> <SPAN class=c2><B>Erin Seidel</B></SPAN><SPAN class=c1>, football student-athlete <B>Mitch Weber</B> and wrestlers <B>Cody Henriksen</B> and <B>Matt McDougall</B> were among 16 students who worked with faculty mentors on projects to combat breast cancer and ovarian cancer, kidney disease and heart disease.</SPAN> </P>
<P class=c3>Funds for the project that advances biomedical research throughout South Dakota are part of a $16.1 million Biomedical Research Infrastructure Grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health to the University of South Dakota School of Medicine. As a partner school, Augustana will receive $2.6 million over five years. </P>
<P class=c3>Academic all-Americans Henriksen and McDougall aspire to become medical doctors. McDougall also serves as a North Central Conference representative on the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Weber, who earned honorable mention academic all-conference recognition, is a biology major and plans to become a dentist. Seidel earned academic all-NCC recognition in 2004 and was the league's soccer freshman of the year in 2003. </P>
<P class=s3_c4>-- Compiled by Leilana McKindra </P>
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<H3>Number crunching </H3>
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<H3>Looking back </H3>
<P><SPAN class=c5><I><IMG align=right hspace=10 src="file:///V:/NCAA%20News%20Photos/looking%5B7%5D.jpg">Here's what was making NCAA news in October 1995:</I></SPAN> </P>
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<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>The NCAA Presidents Commission Committee on Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct in Intercollegiate Athletics says that sportsmanship and ethical conduct in college sports have deteriorated in recent years, and failure to deal with the situation could have serious consequences. The committee's report says all athletics stakeholders have a responsibility to maintain high ethical standards: "Ethical conduct by anyone associated with intercollegiate athletics -- student-athletes, coaches, officials, administrators, faculties and observers -- must be emphasized as much as sportsmanship if intercollegiate athletics is to serve its proper role in higher education."</SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>United States Olympic Committee Executive Director Richard D. Schultz says at a Senate subcommittee hearing regarding the Amateur Sports Act that his organization wants to work with the NCAA to enhance participation opportunities for student-athletes in Olympic sports. "The collegiate programs have been the primary source for our Olympic talent in many sports, and we must act swiftly to ensure these programs' longevity. We will team with the NCAA to bolster these programs, perhaps to start others, and to also provide opportunities for our Olympic athletes to use the superb training facilities that exist on our college campuses."</SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>Grambling State University football coach Eddie Robinson makes history by becoming the first collegiate coach to win 400 games. Victory No. 400 -- a 42-6 win over Mississippi Valley State University -- comes in Robinson's 53rd year at the school and gives him a career record of 400-145-15.</SPAN> </P>
<P><SPAN class=c6>*</SPAN> <SPAN class=c1>The University of Richmond announces that all tickets for the 1995 Division I Men's Soccer Championship at 21,319-seat Richmond Stadium have been sold. It will be the largest crowd in men's soccer championship history.</SPAN></P>
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