The Siena Heights University athletic department has reorganized administrative roles in the organization’s structure. Sue Syljebeck has dropped the interim tag in her title and became the Athletic Director as of January 1st, 2020. Women’s soccer head coach, Scott Oliver, has been promoted to the assistant athletic director in addition to his coaching role. The […]
Continue ReadingTommy Parsons, who starred for the Adrian College baseball team on the mound from 2015-18 and is currently in his third season in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, has been named to the D3baseball All-Decade First Team for the 2010s. The website made the announcement on Wednesday. Parsons is the only representative out of the MIAA. […]
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The University of Iowa is cutting four varsity sports programs after the 2020-21 academic year. The University said in a press release that the move is a direct result of the cancellation of the fall football season and the COVID-19 pandemic. Men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving will be discontinued, Iowa […]
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Otterbein University has published an open letter to the student athletes that attend the institution in light of the Ohio Athletic Conference’s decision to postpone all sports. Otterbein is a private university in Westerville, Ohio. According to their website, the institution offers 74 majors and 44 minors as well as eight graduate programs. The university was […]
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The Presidents Council of the Ohio Athletic Conference has postponed all NCAA intercollegiate athletics competition through December 31st, 2020. This move comes amidst continued concerns about COVID-19. The Conference said in a press release that they are “committed to moving NCAA intercollegiate competition to the spring, with various models being currently discussed.” While competition will not […]
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The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Council of Presidents has made the decision to play a conference-only schedule during the Fall 2020 sports season. The conference said in a press release that it will evaluate the feasibility of league competition on a sport-by-sport basis. Playing a conference-only schedule affords GLIAC members additional time to get […]
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NCAA President Mark Emmert has made a statement on the fall championships discussion. The decision is in regards to all 22 NCAA fall championships, which makes it more complicated. D-III has seen well more than half of schools elect not to play during the fall. Not nearly as many D-I schools have made that drastic of […]
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The NCAA Sport Science Institute has released the Resocialization of Collegiate Sport. The move and guidelines are intended to extend previous guidance and provide updated recommendations about the protection of athletes and prevention of community spread of COVID-19. The guidelines are designed to inform schools in responding appropriately based on their specific circumstances and in […]
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The Detroit Tigers may make an out of the norm pick with the first selection in the 2020 MLB draft: a first baseman. Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson is regarded not just as the top talent in the draft, but as the safest pick. Torkelson crushed 48 home runs his first two seasons at ASU. Prior […]
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The baseball program at Bowling Green State University has been eliminated, effectively immediately. The school made the announcement on Friday as part of their effort to shave $2 million off the department of athletics budget. The Toledo Blade indicated the cuts were at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The university as a whole […]
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Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University, has announced that the school is “impossible to sustain” and will be shutting down. The closure will be taking place after the spring 2020 semester ends. There are more than 1,250 students registered at Urbana. Franklin University’s efforts to stabilize the campus have met with some success in […]
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The NCAA has officially cancelled the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments. In addition, all winter and spring championships in other sports have been cancelled. First, the NCAA decided no fans would be allowed at NCAA Tournament games. Then came the cancellation of conference tournaments. The NCAA did not have much of a choice, given what […]
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