NCAA News Archive - 2009
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Division II Rewind
The NCAA News
Following is a summary of Division II news from the week of March 16-20.
- Dell Robinson, who has been with the Division I Mid-American Conference for the last 10 years, has been appointed to succeed Tom Brown as commissioner of the Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, effective in June.
- Kutztown senior Steph Denlinger hit his 63rd career home run March 14 to break the NCAA Division II career record. The new mark was set on a three-run blast in the fourth inning of a 10-0 win over West Virginia State.
- The NCAA News was on hand to cover the fourth Division II National Championships Festival March 10-14 in Houston. The festival crowned champions in wrestling, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, and men’s and women’s indoor track and field.
- Missouri Southern AD Sallie Beard announced her retirement after 37 years in Division II athletics administration.