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NCAA News Archive - 2003
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| September 5-7 | Student-Athlete Leadership Academy | Atlanta |
| September 8-9 | Division I Women's Basketball Issues Committee | Indianapolis |
| September 10-12 | Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet | Indianapolis |
| September 10 | Division II Graduation-Rates Project Team | Indianapolis |
| September 14-15 | Division II Nominating Committee | Indianapolis |
| September 14-17 | Division II Championship Committee | Indianapolis |
LITIGATION
Supreme Court Justice upholds NCAA request for stay
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has upheld the NCAA's request for a stay of an earlier district court ruling against the "two-in-four rule" regarding participation in certified contests.
Stevens' ruling, issued August 27, upheld a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit that stayed a July 28 decision from U.S. District Judge Edmund A. Sargus Jr. and will keep the two-in-four rule in place while the case is heard on appeal.
In his July decision, Sargus granted the plaintiffs a permanent injunction that would prevent the NCAA from enforcing the rule allowing Division I institutions to participate in certified basketball contests no more than twice every four years.
Staff contact: Elsa Cole (ecole@ncaa.org).
GRADUATION RATES
Division I graduation rates surge with first Prop 16 class
Graduation rates for the entering class of 1996 show that student-athletes obtained degrees at a record rate.
The latest NCAA graduation-rates research indicates that student-athletes who enrolled in 1996 graduated at a rate of 62 percent. That figure not only is 2 percent higher than last year's all-time high, but 3 percent higher than the overall student body.
The 1996 class is the first to have gone through college under the eligibility standards known as Proposition 16. Prop 16, approved at the 1992 NCAA Convention, established a sliding scale index that combined high-school grade-point averages and standardized test scores to determine initial eligibility.
In addition to the overall increase, the 1996 class also graduated at higher rates by group than the 1995 cohort. Blacks in men's basketball made a significant jump -- from 35 percent in 1995 to 41 percent in 1996.
Staff contact: Todd Petr (tpetr@ncaa.org).
AWARDS
Division I institutions may buy additional postseason awards
The NCAA is offering institutions that participate in Division I championships competition (excluding men's and women's basketball) the opportunity to purchase additional championship awards for selected individuals beginning this year.
Order forms are available online at www.
ncaa.org under each sport's "Administration and Forms" section.
An institution may purchase awards (watches, mini-trophies or participant medallions) at the level to which its team advanced in the competition.
For example, if a team received mini-trophies, the institution can purchase only additional mini-trophies, not watches or participant medallions.
Staff contactS: Sharon Cessna (scessna@ncaa.org) and Denise Funkhouser (dfunkhouser@ncaa.org).
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