#10: West Virginia State AD Nate Burton will represent the Mountain East as one of 23 ADs selected from across the country to serve on the D2 ADA Board of Directors. (link) |
#9: Saginaw Valley State Deputy AD/SWA Angela Pohl has been appointed to the DII Championships Committee. (link) |
#8: Georgia Southwestern State selects former North Alabama (DI) Women’s Basketball HC Missy Tiber as its new HC. AD Mike Leeder said. "Coach Tiber came in and immediately connected with the women on our current roster, and her national recruiting contacts should allow us to remain nationally competitive going forward. […] Missy is a proven winner at the NCAA Division II level. We are looking forward to watching her come in and continue the upward trajectory our women's basketball program has been over the course of the past five seasons.” (link)
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#7: William Jewell removes the interim tag from AD/Men's Basketball HC Chris McCabe. McCabe will continue to lead the Cardinals on the hardwood and serve as Assoc. VP for Athletics Strategy and External Relations, with plans to name a Deputy AD to “support day-to-day operations and personnel.” President Elizabeth MacLeod Walls: “As Interim Athletics Director, Chris has led the Department with his characteristic calm leadership style, always evincing deep wisdom and integrity, and consistently privileging his commitment to a positive student-athlete experience at Jewell. He has gained the support of alumni, students, parents, and colleagues, proving that he is the right strategic leader to take Cardinal Athletics to the next level.” (link)
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#6: Missouri Western taps Eckerd Assoc. HC Ashton Feldhaus as its next Women’s Basketball HC. Griffons AD Andy Carter: “With the current wave of momentum in our women's basketball program, we were meticulous in our search for talent, fit and a proven winner. Ashton checks all the boxes. She is a rising star in the profession. Her maturity, knowledge, preparation and energy is contagious. She is a natural leader who understands the expectations.” Collegiate Consulting assisted with the search. (link)
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#5: Northwest Missouri State names Ottawa (AZ - NAIA) Men’s Basketball HC Matt Keeley as the next Bearcats’ HC. AD Andy Peterson: “I'm very confident in bringing Coach Keeley on board to lead our men's basketball program," Peterson said. "I've known him for a long time having scrimmaged, coached, and recruited against him over the years and know who he is as a person and a competitor. He will be an asset to our program, our department, our institution and our community. I can't wait to get started working with him in this next evolution of Bearcat men's basketball.” (link)
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#4: Cal State San Marcos AD Jennifer Milo will transition across campus after a dozen years leading the Cougars to become Special Assistant to the VP of Student Affairs, per The San Diego Union-Tribune's John Maffei. VP for Student Affairs Viridiana Diaz: “We’re going through a new strategic plan. We haven’t had a new strategic plan for 10 years, and there is a lot of work to be done. Jennifer’s skill set, her position, perfectly align with what we’re trying to do. She will support me. And I assure you, the decision to move over here was absolutely mutual.” Assoc. AD for Facilities and Operations Morod Shah will serve as Interim AD. Mammoth Sports Consulting will assist with the search for CSUSM's next AD. (link)
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#3: The latest Women’s Golf regional rankings have Henderson State, Findlay, Flagler and Dallas Baptist atop their respective regions. (link); Charleston, Central Oklahoma, Goldey-Beacom, Lee, North Georgia, Oklahoma Christian, Cal State Monterey Bay and Grand Valley State lead their respective regions in the newest Men’s Golf regional rankings. (link)
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#2: The initial regional rankings have been released for Men’s Lacrosse (link), Softball (link) and Men’s (link) and Women’s (link) Tennis.
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#1: The DII Management Council is supporting emergency legislation to eliminate the year-in-residence requirement for undergraduate four-year transfers and implement new academic standards, which will be reviewed by the DII Executive Board next week and would be effective immediately. The council also approved a two-year expedited membership process, a number of recruiting rule changes, $5.4M in budget requests from the DII Strategic Planning and Finance Committee, and will sponsor a 2025 NCAA Convention proposal to add Women’s Wrestling as a National Collegiate championship sport in 2026. On championships, the council approved an expanded Field Hockey selection process that would include three AQs and five at-large bids, three in the Atlantic region and two in the East region, and a new regional alignment for Womens’ Lacrosse. (link)
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