National Collegiate Athletic Association

The NCAA News Digest

October 27, 1997

MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS

All-time men's championships

Team Titles

Division I

1. Southern Cal -- 68

2. UCLA -- 61

3. Stanford -- 48

4. Oklahoma St. -- 42

5. Arkansas -- 29

Division II

1. Cal Poly SLO -- 20

2. Cal St. Bakersfield -- 19

3. Cal St. Northridge -- 18

4. Fla. Southern -- 17

5. Abilene Christian -- 15

5. UC Irvine -- 15

Division III

1. Kenyon -- 18

2. Wis.-La Crosse -- 15

3. Cal St. Stanislaus -- 14

4. Hobart -- 13

5. North Central -- 12

Individual Titles

Division I

1. Southern Cal -- 275

2. Michigan -- 223

3. Ohio St. -- 193

4. Stanford -- 184

5. UCLA -- 156

Division II

1. Cal St. Bakersfield -- 115

2. Oakland -- 109

3. Cal St. Northridge -- 101

4. Abilene Christian -- 96

5. St. Augustine's -- 86

Division III

1. Kenyon -- 137

2. Lincoln (Pa.) -- 56

3. UC San Diego -- 46

4. Johns Hopkins -- 44

5. Wis.-La Crosse -- 40

WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS

All-time women's championships

Team Titles

Division I -- 1. Stanford -- 22

2. LSU -- 19

3. North Caro. -- 17

4. Texas -- 16

5. UCLA -- 15

Division II

1. Abilene Christian -- 16

1. Cal Poly SLO -- 16

3. Cal St. Northridge -- 12

4. Adams St. -- 5

4. Cal Poly Pomona -- 5

4. North Dak. St. -- 5

4. Oakland -- 5

Division III

1. Col. of New Jersey -- 25

2. Kenyon -- 17

3. UC San Diego -- 13

3. Wis.-Oshkosh -- 13

5. Cortland St. -- 11

Individual Titles

Division I

1. Stanford -- 114

2. Florida -- 103

3. Texas -- 97

4. LSU -- 57

5. UCLA -- 42

Division II

1. Abilene Christian -- 78

2. Cal St. Northridge -- 62

3. Oakland -- 50

4. Cal Poly SLO -- 44

5. Alabama A&M -- 37

Division III

1. Kenyon -- 149

2. Chris. Newport -- 47

2. Williams -- 47

4. Cortland St. -- 32

5. UC San Diego -- 30

DIVISION I

Management Council sends legislation to Board of Directors

The Division I Management Council has sent legislation to the Division I Board of Directors that will permit a Division I-A football team to count, under certain circumstances, a victory against a I-AA opponent toward the six wins required for postseason bowl qualification. The legislation will be considered October 28 by the Board of Directors. If approved, it will become effective for the 1998 season.

The proposal stipulates that for the victory to count toward postseason qualification, the I-AA opponent must grant an average of at least 60 grants-in-aid over the preceding three-year period and that I-A programs may use a victory over a I-AA opponent to qualify for postseason competition only once every four years.

Among other things, the Management Council also discussed 1997 Convention Proposal No. 62, which would permit Division I student-athletes to earn up to the cost of attendance in employment earnings during the academic year. The group addressed several questions that will serve as guideposts in its ongoing examination.

A seven-person subcommittee was appointed to develop recommendations for review by the full Management Council.

Staff contact: Stephen R. Morgan.

NACWAA


Washington State's Saneholtz wins top NACWAA award

Marcia Saneholtz, senior associate athletics director at Washington State University, recently was selected as the National Administrator of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators.

Saneholtz served on the NACWAA Board of Directors and was president in 1991-92. She is chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Committee.

NACWAA also swore in new president Sharon Taylor, athletics director at Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, and elected Karol Kahrs of the University of Illinois, Champaign, as president-elect.

Staff contact: Janet M. Justus.

RESEARCH


Baseball, softball survey to be returned by November 1

The deadline is nearing for Division I institutions to return a survey to determine the interest in changing dates for the Division I baseball and softball championships.

The return deadline for the survey, which was mailed in early October, is November 1.

The action is related to 1997 Convention Proposal No. 129, which called for a study of moving the dates of both championships later by about three weeks.

Staff contact: Tricia Bork.

WOMAN OF THE YEAR


Georgia's Coole selected as winner of NCAA honor

Lisa Ann Coole, a record-setting swimmer at the University of Georgia, was named 1997 NCAA Woman of the Year October 19.