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The NCAA News - The NCAA RecordMay 27, 1996Calendar
Youngstown State selects swimming coachKristie Stacy, a 25-time all-American swimmer at tradition-rich Kenyon and most recently head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Baldwin-Wallace, has been hired to develop a women's swimming program at Youngstown State.Stacy will resurrect the Lady Penguin swim program, which was discontinued after the 1986-87 season. Youngstown State's women's swimming program, which will compete in Division I, produced more than 25 all-Americans from 1975 to 1987 in Division II competition. A two-time individual Division III champion at Kenyon, Stacy also was a member of 13 national-champion relay teams. She was Kenyon's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee in 1992. The first intercollegiate swimming competition for the Lady Penguins is scheduled for the 1996-97 academic year.
GENERAL
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Dan Ferritor announced his resignation as chancellor at Arkansas after 10 years in the office. He decided to return to the classroom to teach sociology.
FACULTY ATHLETICS Alabama law professor Gene Marsh appointed faculty athletics representative at the institution, replacing Culpepper Clark, who served in the position on an interim basis. Marsh has served in the law school since 1981 and is a frequent volunteer on athletics-related committees. DIRECTORS OF ATHLETICS Catawba sports information director and assistant athletics director for game operations Dennis Davidson promoted to athletics director. He replaces Tom Childress and reports to Childress, who as senior vice-president is responsible for development, admissions and athletics. Davidson joined Catawba in 1984 as director of public information and became SID in 1985, assistant to the AD in 1991 and assistant AD in 1993 ... Marshall awarded a three-year contract extension to Lee Moon. He has been at Marshall since 1988, and was associate AD at Kansas State before that ... Hiram football coach Bobby Thomas given additional duties as AD ... Westfield State selected Kenneth Magarian.
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS Lenoir-Rhyne appointed Jane Jenkins associate athletics director. She will retain her duties as chair of the healthful living and sports studies department. As associate AD, Jenkins will oversee all women's athletics, the health center, the cheerleading squad and the sports medicine program ... Bill Mecca, head men's basketball coach and assistant athletics director at Quinnipiac, promoted to associate AD. Mecca has been assistant AD and head coach for five years and has been at the college for 17 years ... Kimberly Keenan, head coach of men's and women's crew at Drew, hired as associate AD at Kutztown, effective July 15. A coach at Drew since 1994, Keenan also served as athletics business manager at the school for one year.
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Kevin Clark hired as assistant athletics director for business and finance at Saint Louis, replacing Anne McCoy, who resigned to become associate AD at Portland. Clark has been an accountant at the NCAA national office for five years ... Northern Michigan selected Leisa Rosen as assistant athletics director, replacing Anne James, who resigned to become head swimming coach at Arkansas. Rosen will retain her duties as assistant women's volleyball coach, a position she has held for two years ... Joe Hornaday promoted to assistant AD for public relations at Texas Tech. He was sports information director ... Ball State announced the resignation of Dave Garlow ... Iona appointed three assistant athletics directors: Linda Sagnelli, assistant AD for women's sports; Kara Baldwin, assistant AD for facilities; and Shawn Brennan, assistant AD for sports information. COACHES BASEBALL--Brian Arnold given additional duties as head baseball coach at Capital, succeeding Jeff Bricker, who resigned at the end of the season. Arnold joined the Capital staff in 1990 as head women's soccer coach and will retain those duties ... Tim Bechtold, assistant coach at University of the South (Sewanee) for two seasons, promoted to head coach. Bechtold replaces Robert Black, who resigned after five years to become director of athletics and head football coach at Texas Military Academy in San Antonio ... Jody Robinson, who guided the Loyola Marymount baseball program for five seasons, resigned effective June 30. Robinson compiled an overall record of 109-171. Shenandoah announced that the contract of head coach Tod Held will not be renewed. Held compiled a record of 122-135-7 in nine seasons at Shenandoah ... Trinity (Texas) announced the resignation of Scott Williams, who will pursue a master's degree in athletics administration. Williams joined the Trinity staff in 1994 as head track and field coach and assistant football coach. He coached the baseball team for one season ... Assistant coach Britt Bonneau promoted to head coach at Abilene Christian ... Steve Webber resigned at Georgia. MEN'S BASKETBALL--Virginia State appointed Ralph Traynham as head coach. He has been an assistant coach at North Carolina Central since 1991 ... Dave Leitao, head coach at Northeastern for the past two seasons, named associate head coach at Connecticut, where he is a former assistant ... Dave Manzer, former assistant coach at Dayton, named head coach at Messiah. MEN'S BASKETBALL ASSISTANTS--Cleveland State hired Mitch Buonaguro as assistant coach. Buonaguro has been an assistant at Texas A&M for five years and also has coached at Boston College and Villanova ... Tom Lewis and Jeff Estis hired as assistants at Long Beach State. Lewis, a 1990 Pepperdine graduate, has been an assistant high-school coach, and Estis has coached at Syracuse, Fairleigh Dickinson and Miami (Florida) ... Reggie Rankin appointed at Ohio ... Plattsburgh State hired Jay Crosier ... Brian Ayers hired as restricted-earnings coach at Vanderbilt. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL--Phil Stern appointed at Dowling. He was an assistant last year at Hofstra and also has coached at Concordia (New York) and at the high-school level ... Augsburg selected Lauri Ludeman as head coach effective in August She replaces interim cohead coaches Shelly Breen and Holly Houtakker. Ludeman, head coach at Itasca Community College for the past five seasons, was named Minnesota community college coach of the year in 1994. She also will be equipment manager for women's athletics and have administrative duties with the school's Women's Athletic Club ... Austin Peay State hired Susie Gardner as head coach ... Tina Martin hired at Delaware. WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ASSISTANTS--St. John's (New York) appointed Lamar Boutwell and Adriana Hillsman as assistant coaches. Boutwell was an assistant at Purdue last season and at Maine for the previous four years. Hillsman was an assistant at Auburn ... Checola Seals hired at Saint Louis. She was an assistant at West Alabama for the past two seasons ... Betsy Sloan-Meeks, head coach at Johnson County (Kansas ) Community College for four years, named assistant coach at Missouri-Kansas City. Meeks played at Kansas State from 1979 to 1983, setting school season and single-game records for assists as a three-year starter ... Joy Muller hired at Texas-San Antonio ... Hofstra announced the resignation of Tony Yandrisevitz ... Louisiana Tech promoted Kim Mulkey-Robertson from assistant coach to associate head coach ... Julie Plank and Kristen Becker hired at Vanderbilt. MEN'S AND WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY--Drew announced the resignation of head men's and women's coach Kimberly Keenan. Keenan will become associate director of athletics at Kutztown, effective July 15 ... John Carroll announced the retirement of Grover Jewett, who coached the women's team. He will be replaced by Kathy Lanese. FOOTBALL ASSISTANTS--Assistant coach Scott Williams of Trinity (Texas) resigned to pursue a master's degree in athletics administration. He has been an assistant coach since 1994 and also was head baseball coach last season. MEN'S GOLF--Terrance Stewart named at Lenoir-Rhyne after spending one year as a volunteer coach at the school. Stewart was four-year letter-winner at Lenoir-Rhyne and played professionally for two years ... Missouri-Rolla announced the retirement of A. C. "Bud" Mercier after 29 years as head coach. Mercier also was an assistant football coach for the Miners from 1967 to 1985 and was an assistant athletics director from 1972 to 1985. MEN'S ICE HOCKEY--Augsburg hired Mike Schwartz as head men's ice hockey coach, replacing Ed Saugestad, who retired after 37 years as head coach. Schwartz is a 1983 Augsburg graduate and has coached in Italy. He also has been a scout for the NHL's San Jose Sharks. Schwartz spent the past four years as a high-school head coach and physical education instructor ... Mark McHale appointed at Suffolk to succeed Bill Burns, who resigned after six seasons. McHale, an assistant chief probation officer, has been head coach at Don Bosco High School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, since 1988. MEN'S AND WOMEN'S ROWING--Andrew Carter hired to coach men's and women's rowing at Vassar ... Bucknell announced the resignation of Jim King as men's and women's coach. MEN'S SOCCER--Brian Tompkins, who guided Wisconsin-Milwaukee to a 90-41-11 record in seven seasons, appointed men's coach at Yale. A native of England, Tompkins first came to the United States in 1980 as part of a summer exchange program to work with inner-city children. He eventually became an assistant boys' soccer coach at a Wisconsin high school before being hired at Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1987 as women's coach. He became men's coach at the school two years later MEN'S SOCCER ASSISTANT--Alan Dawson appointed at North Carolina. WOMEN'S SOCCER--North Carolina promoted assistant women's coach Paul Cairney to head coach. WOMEN'S SOFTBALL--Charles Gibson given additional duties as head women's softball coach at Capital, succeeding Wendy Figgins, who resigned at the end of the season. Gibson is a 1990 graduate of Capital and joined the staff as an assistant football coach for defensive backs in 1994. He will retain that position. WOMEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING--Karl Zueger, an assistant at Northern Michigan since 1992, named interim head women's swimming coach at the school, replacing Anne James. James, the most-victorious coach in the history of the Wildcat program, was named head women's coach at Arkansas. During 10 years at Northern Michigan, she led the team to a runner-up finish at the Division II women's championships in 1992 and a third-place finish this year. James also served as assistant athletics director at Northern Michigan ... Dartmouth announced the resignation of Betsy Mitchell, women's swimming coach. WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL--Lorie Nachtman, an assistant coach at South Dakota State, named head coach at North Dakota, succeeding Nancy Clark effective July 1. Nachtman was head coach at North Dakota State College of Science from 1993 to 1995. WRESTLING--Kent assistant coach Frank Romano promoted to head coach, replacing Ron Gray, who is retiring after 25 years as head coach but will stay on to assist Romano. Romano, a Kent assistant coach for 15 years, was the youngest inductee to the Ohio Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1988 after a successful wrestling career at Ohio State. WRESTLING ASSISTANT--Tony Reed appointed at Bloomsburg. STAFF FACILITIES COORDINATOR--Trinity (Texas) announced that sports information director Tony Ziner has been given additional duties as coordinator of athletics facilities. He will oversee the daily operations of the school's various facilities.
SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTORS--Chris Brown hired at Augsburg, replacing Dan Benson, who was appointed
news service/ SPORTS INFORMATION ASSISTANTS--Andrew Nemann named assistant sports information director at Creighton. He was SID at Brescia and earlier served as director of media/public relations at the Institute for International Sport at Rhode Island. SPORTS PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR--Kyle Coughlin, assistant publications director at Minnesota, hired as director of sports publications at Northwestern. He replaces Gina Nolan, who became associate director of external relations for the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern. Couglin joined the promotions staff in the women's athletics department at Minnesota in 1993. He has been assistant publications director since 1994. TICKET ASSISTANT--Ball State announced the resignation of Brian Moore as assistant ticket manager. He accepted a similar position at Akron. ASSOCIATIONS Todd Burnette hired as vice-president for corporate sales at U.S. Skiing.
ETC.CORRECTIONS A story in the May 13 issue of The NCAA News incorrectly described the portions of a student-athlete's grant-in-aid package that are taxable. For a United States citizen, tax liability applies to gross income in excess of $6,400 (in 1995), plus the actual value of room and board (tuition, fees and books are not taxable). The minimum tax rate of 15 percent then would apply. Every foreign student-athlete is expected to file a tax return, and liability applies to gross income in excess of the personal exemption of $2,500 (in 1995), plus the actual value of room and board, as well as an additional exception/deduction afforded some countries through special agreements. The Internal Revenue Service expects institutions to withhold 14 percent of any taxable amount received by a foreign student-athlete. A story on a meeting of the NCAA Basketball Officiating Committee in the May 20 issue of The NCAA News reported the wrong date for a meeting where Divisions II and III basketball-playing conferences will be invited to send a representative to review officiating matters. The meeting will be September 14. A story on a meeting of the NCAA Wrestling Committee in the April 29 issue of the News failed to specify that regional allocations for the 1997 Division II Wrestling Championships are provisional, pending determination of sponsorship of the sport by Division II institutions in late September. The provisional allocations are: East region 22, Midwest 27, North Central 36, West 35 and South 20. A change in the number of institutions sponsoring the sport could result in revised allocations. DIRECTORY CHANGES
ACTIVE--American University: Nina Roscher (F) -- Professor of Chemistry, 202/ CONFERENCE--Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Brenda H. McCoy, interim commissioner. Old Dominion Conference: New area code is 540. Presidents' Athletic Conference: Timothy R. Thyreen, president. Mailing Address: Waynesburg College, St. Waynesburg, PA 15370 -- 412/852-3251, fax 412/627-3545. Southland Conference: Gregory Sankey, commissioner. AFFILIATED--Division I-A Athletics Directors Association: New address (Exec. Dir.) -- 34 Sunrise Point Road, Lake Wylie, SC 29710, 803/831-6700, fax 803/831-9200. PROVISIONAL--Christian Brothers University: Robert Brittingham (F) -- Professor of Business, 901/722-0489, Michelle York (SWA) -- Women's Volleyball/Softball Coach, 901/722-0375; La Roche College: Dan S. Soller (Acting AD).
NEW MEMBERS
The following organizations have been elected to conference membership, effective immediately. Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (Division II). Executive Officer: Robert DeFelice, commissioner. Mailing Address: Bentley College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02154 -- 617/891-2332, fax 617/891-2648. President: Roger Crosley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Members: Assumption College; Bentley College; Curry College; Nichols College; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sacred Heart University; Salve Regina University; Stonehill College; University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Western New England College; and Merrimack College. Great Lakes Football Conference (Division II). Executive Officer: Albert J. Shannon, president. Mailing Address: St. Joseph's College (Indiana), P.O. Box 869, Rensselaer, IN 47978 -- 219/866-6157, fax 219/866-6354. Secretary: Wesley Poling, Kentucky Wesleyan College. Members: Kentucky Wesleyan College, Quincy University, St. Joseph's College (Indiana). The following organizations have been elected to affiliated membership, effective immediately. Triple Crown Women's Intercollegiate Basketball Association: Margie McDonald, Western Athletic Conference, 9250 E. Castilla Ave., Suite 300, Denver, CO 80237 -- 303/799-9221 (P); Rene Portland, Pennsylvania State University, Women's Basketball Office, University Park, PA 16801 -- 814/863-2672 (Secretary); Brent Amick, 253 Linden Street, Suite 201, Fort Collins, CO 80524 -- 970/224-2502, Ext. 128 (Executive Director). United States Synchronized Swimming: Nancy Wightman, 18657 New York 22, Petersburg, NY 12138 -- 518/658-2278 (P); Sheila Wright, 2121 Springmeadow Drive, Holbrook, NY 11714 -- 516/472-4441 (Secretary); Debbie Hesse, 201 S. Capitol Avenue, Suite 510, Indianapolis, IN 46225 -- 317/237-5700 (Executive Director). The following have been elected to corresponding membership, effective immediately: Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges: 6059 S.W. Seville, Lake Grove, OR 97035 -- 503/636-5376. Tiffin University: 155 Miami Street, Tiffin, OH 44883 -- 419/447-6444. The following institution has been elected to provisional membership, effective September 1, 1996: Belmont University, Nashville, TN 37212-3757: William E. Troutt (P) -- 615/385-6793; M. Wayne Curry (F) -- Associate Professor of Behavioral Sciences, 615/385-6255; James A. Tillman (AD) -- Vice-President for Athletics, 615/386-4547. District 3, Division I-AAA.
DEATHSTim Gullikson, half of a set of twins who excelled in tennis at Northern Illinois from 1970 to 1973, died of brain cancer May 3 at his home in Wheaton, Illinois. After his collegiate career, Gullikson played on the professional circuit, reaching Wimbledon in 1976. In 1983, with brother Tom, Gullikson reached the Wimbledon doubles final. Gullikson was coach for Pete Sampras when his illness was diagnosed.Donald Canfield, head football coach and professor of education at St. Olaf, died of cancer May 14 at his home in Northfield, Minnesota. Canfield played at St. Olaf in the early 1960s and returned to coach the program in 1991. He was head coach at Wartburg for 18 years and also served as football and wrestling coach at Valparaiso. --Compiled by Sally Huggins
POLLS
Division I Baseball
The USA Today/Baseball Weekly top 25 NCAA Division I baseball teams through May 12 as selected by the American
Baseball Coaches Association, with records in parentheses and points:
1. Wichita St. (47-7) 823
2. Southern Cal (38-13) 766
3. LSU (43-13) 759
4. Texas Tech (44-11) 658
5. Clemson (43-13) 645
6. Cal St. Fullerton (42-12) 643
7. Florida St. (43-13) 626
8. Florida (41-14) 614
9. Miami (Fla.) (41-11) 585
10. Alabama (40-16) 494
11. Cal St. Northridge (47-15) 477
12. Stanford (38-17) 452
13. Tennessee (40-16) 448
14. Ga. Southern (43-11) 367
15. Texas (36-20) 348
16. UNLV (43-15) 332
17. North Caro. St. (41-15) 280
18. South Fla. (41-15) 268
19. Missouri (37-15) 252
20. Arkansas (39-17) 162
21. South Ala. (38-15) 141
22. Long Beach St. (34-24) 128
23. Mississippi St. (36-20) 72
24. Oklahoma St. (36-19) 60
25. UCLA (32-23) 57
Division II Baseball
The Collegiate Baseball top 25 NCAA Division II baseball teams through May 13, with records in parentheses and
points:
1. Delta St. (48-6) 480
2. UC Riverside (43-12) 464
3. Columbus (41-10) 442
4. St. Joseph's (Ind.) (43-9) 432
5. Fla. Southern (43-12) 418
6. Central Mo. St. (40-10) 402
7. Kennesaw St. (41-16) 384
8. Lewis (45-14) 368
9. Mo.-St. Louis (34-7) 346
10. Ala.-Huntsville (37-16) 330
11. St. Leo (42-13) 326
12. Mercyhurst (36-6) 306
13. Abilene Christian (40-16) 288
14. New Haven (26-3) 268
15. Cal St. Dom. Hills (33-22) 254
16. Tampa (41-14) 242
17. Cal St. Chico (41-15) 230
18. Shippensburg (30-16) 196
19. Lincoln Memorial (36-17) 192
20. Southern Colo. (40-20) 182
21. North Ala. (37-11) 152
22. Mankato St. (35-16) 130
23. Wingate (31-16) 122
24. Mount Olive (37-7) 116
25. Merrimack (24-11) 95
Division I Women's Lacrosse
The Brine final top 15 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams through May 13 as listed by the Intercollegiate
Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association, with records:
1. Maryland, 17-0; 2. Loyola (Maryland), 14-1; 3. Virginia, 13-3; 4. Princeton, 13-2; 5. Penn State, 11-5; 6.
William and Mary, 10-7; 7. Georgetown, 12-3; 8. James Madison, 9-8; 9. Temple, 11-5; 10. Old Dominion, 8-7; 11.
Yale, 10-4; 12. Harvard, 8-6; 13. North Carolina, 12-4; 14. Lehigh, 14-3; 15. Brown, 10-5. |