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By Michelle Brutlag Hosick
The NCAA News
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Conferences: Mountain West Conference member institutions are competing against each other outside athletics during the conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s second Rebuilding Lives Blood Drive Challenge. Each institution will collect blood donations campus-wide on one specific day in January or February. The institution that collects the most pints of blood will receive an award from Commissioner Craig Thompson during the conference’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments March 6-10. The defending champion is the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Milestones: Kent State University men’s basketball coach Jim Christian picked up his 100th career win with a 60-54 victory over Ball State University January 24. Christian is the second men’s basketball coach in Kent State history to reach 100 wins.
Sport sponsorship: The University of New Orleans released a strategic plan February 7 that calls for the addition of men’s and women’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, and softball within the next five years. The institution suspended nine of its 15 intercollegiate sports after Hurricane Katrina. The strategic plan offers two options, including one that would add the three programs and restore men’s and women’s tennis, women’s golf, and women’s cross country. A second, less expensive option would restore the tennis programs, women’s golf, women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country. Officials hope to generate enough funding to choose the first option. About $1 million more is needed for that choice.
Miscellaneous: The University of Wisconsin, Madison, celebrated Black History Month in February by updating its four-year-old Web site dedicated to celebrating the African-American pioneers who broke the color barriers in Wisconsin athletics. The site has new information and multimedia offerings, including several current student-athlete recordings of important moments in Badgers black history. New features are unveiled every Wednesday throughout February ... Sacred Heart University debuted its newest Pioneer mascot, Big Red, earlier this month. The previous mascot, Bucky, was retired in 2002. A group of students, including representatives from the Student Athletic Association and the Student Senate, created Big Red with assistance from Street Characters. The unveiling of the new mascot was celebrated with raffles and giveaways ... The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, sport management program honored Monmouth University and the University of Oklahoma with the annual College Turnkey PRISM (Professionalism, Results and Innovation in Sport Management) awards. The awards recognize colleges for managerial excellence in advancement and management of constituent relationships, student-athlete development, fund-raising and development strategies, innovative marketing, and employee development. The awards are also presented annually to professional organizations at both the major and minor league levels.
Milestones: Kent State University men’s basketball coach Jim Christian picked up his 100th career win with a 60-54 victory over Ball State University January 24. Christian is the second men’s basketball coach in Kent State history to reach 100 wins.
Sport sponsorship: The University of New Orleans released a strategic plan February 7 that calls for the addition of men’s and women’s soccer, men’s swimming and diving, and softball within the next five years. The institution suspended nine of its 15 intercollegiate sports after Hurricane Katrina. The strategic plan offers two options, including one that would add the three programs and restore men’s and women’s tennis, women’s golf, and women’s cross country. A second, less expensive option would restore the tennis programs, women’s golf, women’s track and field, and men’s and women’s cross country. Officials hope to generate enough funding to choose the first option. About $1 million more is needed for that choice.
Miscellaneous: The University of Wisconsin, Madison, celebrated Black History Month in February by updating its four-year-old Web site dedicated to celebrating the African-American pioneers who broke the color barriers in Wisconsin athletics. The site has new information and multimedia offerings, including several current student-athlete recordings of important moments in Badgers black history. New features are unveiled every Wednesday throughout February ... Sacred Heart University debuted its newest Pioneer mascot, Big Red, earlier this month. The previous mascot, Bucky, was retired in 2002. A group of students, including representatives from the Student Athletic Association and the Student Senate, created Big Red with assistance from Street Characters. The unveiling of the new mascot was celebrated with raffles and giveaways ... The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, sport management program honored Monmouth University and the University of Oklahoma with the annual College Turnkey PRISM (Professionalism, Results and Innovation in Sport Management) awards. The awards recognize colleges for managerial excellence in advancement and management of constituent relationships, student-athlete development, fund-raising and development strategies, innovative marketing, and employee development. The awards are also presented annually to professional organizations at both the major and minor league levels.
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