Hopkins Tops Fall Directors Cup Standings

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> Good Thursday Morning DIII. This will be our final Playbook for 2022. We'll return on Tuesday, Jan. 3. May you and your loved ones have a safe, happy and healthy New Year. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Is your staff reading D3Playbook? Make like Ted Lasso and make the extra pass.   Send my staff D3Playbook! TOP STORY 1. Hopkins Tops Fall Directors Cup Standings Johns Hopkins tops the standings after the completion of the fall season for the Learfield Directors Cup. The Blue Jays won national titles in women's cross country and soccer, while finishing second in field hockey to register 500.5 points. Williams was second with 443.5 points, posting a runner-up finish in men's soccer and a third-place finish in field hockey. MIT (348.0), Wartburg (308.0) and Christopher Newport (305.0) rounded out the top five. Johns Hopkins, 500.5 Williams, 443.5 MIT, 348 Wartburg, 308 Christopher Newport, 305 Carnegie Mellon, 302 Tufts, 291.5 Chicago, 289 Calvin, 272.5 Washington (Mo.), 252.5 >> Full Standings Conference Leaders AMCC: Alfred State, Mount Aloyisus, Pitt-Greensburg, 25.0 A-R-C: Wartburg, 308 ASC: Mary Hardin-Baylor, 133 AEC: Marywood, 57.5 CCIW: North Central (Ill.), 222 CCS: Covenant, Huntingdon, Piedmont, 25 CC: Johns Hopkins, 500.5 C2C: Christopher Newport, 305 CCC: Endicott, W. New England, 50 CSAC: Bryn Athyn, Cedar Crest, Rosemont, Wilson, 25 CUNYAC: Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, 25 E8: Utica, 53 GNAC: Johnson and Wales, 75 HCAC: Transylvania, 73 Landmark: Scranton, 171.5 LL: Ithaca, 202.5 LEC: Castleton, Keene State, Mass-Boston, Mass-Dartmouth, 25 MAC: Messiah, 235.5 MASCAC: Westfield State, 75 MIAA: Calvin, 272.5 MIAC: St. Olaf, 196 MWC: Lake Forest, 50 NACC: Aurora, 120 NCAC: Ohio Wesleyan, 75 NECC: Eastern Nazarene, Lesley, New England College, 25 NESCAC: Williams, 443.5 NEWMAC: MIT, 348 NJAC: Rowan, 240.5 NAC: Husson, Maine Maritime, SUNY Delhi, 25 NWC: George Fox, 115.5 OAC: John Carroll, 185 ODAC: Washington and Lee, 207 PAC: Bethany, Franciscan, Westminster, 25 SAA: Berry, 129 SCAC: Trinity (Texas), 207 SCIAC: Claremont-M-S, 191.5 Skyline: Manhattanville, Merchant Marine, Sarah Lawrence, 25 SLIAC: Greenville, 50 SUNYAC: Cortland, 189 UAA: Carnegie Mellon, 302 UMAC: Northwestern, 108 United East: Gallaudet, PSU Berks, PSU Harrisburg, SUNY Morrisville, 25 USA South: Brevard, Methodist, Southern Virginia, 25 WIAC: La Crosse, 219.5 >> Conference Standings A MESSAGE FROM HUDL/BLUEFRAME TECHNOLOGY   Ready to stream like a pro this season? With Hudl (formerly BlueFrame), powerful broadcasting tools meet the advanced capture capabilities of Hudl Focus, bringing your program unmatched opportunities to generate revenue and connect with your fans. Plus, you get the flexibility to select the streaming option that makes the most sense for your school. [Learn More] NCAA 2. Will Baker Return To Politics? by Alison Kuznitz, MassLive "Months before Gov. Charlie Baker was named the next president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the popular Republican leader had ruled out the possibility of running for president of the United States in 2024. But the governor’s unexpected career shift this March of managing complex issues among college athletic programs and student athletes doesn’t mean Baker is done with politics just yet." >> Court Awareness: "The opportunity started to make sense to Baker, a former basketball player at Harvard, as he could wield his political acumen and decision-making skills to tackle thorny issues at the NCAA, including regulations tied to name, image and likeness compensation for student athletes." >> Quotable: “I think he really feels called to this work,” Lauren Baker said. “It’s not like he’s driven to have another elected position, though it’s the work that he really enjoys. I wouldn’t be surprised if he stays engaged somehow in public service.” >> What They're Saying: “In this role in particular, the way I see it as this point is about being the convener and the collaborator of a very large organization that has a lot of points of view and seeking to find those places where people can come together, can agree, and can make a case generally to the public, to their student athletes, to their alumni and their fans about the best way to ensure that we don’t lose this jewel going forward,” Baker said." >> Continue Reading A MESSAGE FROM MORNING BREW   2.6 million people wake up to this newsletter every morning There's a reason over 2.6 million people start their day with Morning Brew - the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Business news doesn't have to be dry and dense...make your mornings more enjoyable, for free.   Check it out! Powered by Swapstack STUDENT VOICES 3.  Is A Lackluster Conference Penalizing Linfield Come Playoff Time? by JJ Anderson, Linfield Review "In my three years at Linfield, I have watched two football seasons thus far. And what I have witnessed on Saturdays at Maxwell Field has turned into a rendition of Groundhog’s Day.  The Linfield community joins together on Streak Street and inside Memorial Stadium to watch the Wildcats dismantle the visiting opponent by the time halftime rolls around. The starters are in for only about half of the game, the students leave their seats at halftime and tend to not return and the outcome is predictable nearly every time.  It’s not just the Northwest Conference that lacks real competition for the Wildcats, either – it’s a regional problem. In the most recent season, Linfield was the only West Coast school ranked in the D3football.com top 25." >> Through The Progression: "All of this got me thinking about other ways that Linfield football could expose itself to higher levels of competition and something dawned on me. A specific school in the NCAA Division I ranks has made having an independent football program a part of their image, their brand, and what the college football world associates with them. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish. What if Linfield, a NCAA Division III program, took up the Notre Dame route and went independent for football only?" >> Between The Lines: "Leaving a conference like the NWC which is composed of inferior football programs where games are most likely less competitive than practices, for a more cutthroat schedule where the outcome isn’t predictable, would put the precious “Streak” in danger, no doubt. If that were the case, maybe it would put some extra urgency into the football program earlier than the middle of November when the playoffs are already underway." >> Read More FOOTBALL 4.  Cliff Harris Award The Little Rock Touchdown Club and Wright Lindsey Jennings announced the finalists for the ninth annual Cliff Harris Award. The award is presented to the nation’s top small college defensive player representing more than 5,000 defensive players from almost 500 NCAA Division II, Division III and NAIA colleges and universities. An overall winner will be announced on December 30 and honored at the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s annual awards banquet on January 13, 2023 with featured speaker Joe Theismann. The winner will receive the $3,000 Cliff Harris Award trophy presented by Cliff Harris. Division III Finalists Keysean Amison, Trine Zachary Blackiston, Heidelberg Justin Blazek, UW-Platteville Michael Brown, UW-River Falls Paul Calvetti, MIT Ben Cooney, Claremont-M-S Joshua Cordero, Cortland Robert Coury, Carnegie Mellon Caleb Hamel, Trinity (Texas) Dan Lester, North Central (Ill.) Ryan Liszka, UW-Whitewater C.J. Mustain, Merchant Marine Mike Nobile, Delaware Valley Alexander Perkins, Millikin Korbyn Personett, Monmouth Will Pickren, Hampden-Sydney Luke Schuermann, Johns Hopkins Teone Sherrod, King's Brayden Thimons, Westminster (Pa.) Michael Wozniak, Saint John's >> Complete List NEWS 5.  Lightning Round    News Virginia Wesleyan announced the addition of men's volleyball as a varsity sport beginning in 2023-24   Happy Birthday Cake and candles for Jeremey Marks, athletic director/coach, Margaretville Central; Alex Linden, alum, Nebraska Wesleyan; Heather Macy, head basketball coach, Greensboro (Sat.); Heather Ross, head softball coach, WPI (Sat.); Tone Cockrell, assistant commissioner, CSAC (Mon.); our good friend Jim Seavey, retired SID (Mon.) and Kevin Lanke, assistant AD, Rose-Hulman. Do you know someone celebrating a birthday soon? Drop us a line at D3Playbook@gmail.com. TRANSACTIONS 6.  Comings and Goings   ALMA - John Greer stepped down as head men's soccer coach AUGUSTANA - Chad Flanders named head men's soccer coach BABSON - Mike Lynch promoted to associate vice president for athletics BUENA VISTA - Austin Dickinson named head football coach CARLETON - Alec Holcomb named head baseball coach ELMHURST - Mike Murray named head football coach HILBERT - Ted Egger named head football coach ILLINOIS COLLEGE - Dirk Doehring named interim head track and field coach SPRINGFIELD - Nicolas Keene named assistant football coach 1 THING 7.  Year of Wordle   In a year of cultural, generational and tech divides, Wordle helped bring the world together. After growing slowly at first, the puzzle's player count skyrocketed last December and January, Axios' Peter Allen Clark writes. By spring, everyone seemed to be playing. Public figures from Paul McCartney to Kamala Harris publicly shared scores and strategies. "Wordle became this lightweight way to check in with your friends and family and tell them that you loved them, without using big heavy words like 'I love you,'" the game's creator, Josh Wardle, said at a conference. Share this story.  Thanks for starting your day with us. Happy New Year. What did you think of today's newsletter? Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook

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Westra Heads Academic All-America Volleyball Team

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> Good Thursday Morning DIII. This will be our final Playbook before the holidays. We'll return on Thursday, December 29 for an update. May you and your loved ones have a safe, happy and healthy holiday. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Is your staff reading D3Playbook? Make like Ted Lasso and make the extra pass.   Send my staff D3Playbook! TOP STORY 1. Westra Heads Academic All-America Team   Calvin's Heidi Westra has been named the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division III women's volleyball by College Sports Communicators. The award goes along with her other accolades, including two-time first-team AVCA Division III All-American, 2021 Division III Player of the Year, two-time AVCA Great Lakes Region Player of the Year, two-time Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association MVP and three-time first-team All-MIAA. Westra, an outside hitter/right-side hitter from Clarendon Hills, Ill., posted 4.68 kills, 3.16 digs, 0.63 blocks, 0.47 aces and 5.48 points per set with a .305 hitting percentage this season. Westra, a three-time MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipient, compiled a 3.72 GPA studying economics and business marketing.   The NCAA Division III Academic All-America® team included five 4.0 students. The eight student-athletes on the first team compiled a 3.916 average GPA. First Team Sydnei Avery, Aurora Peyton Breissinger, Berry Emma Conrad, Muskingum Ottavia Personeni, MIT Emily Rapach, Berry Adriana Rodriguez, North Park Heidi Westra, Calvin Stella Yan, Carnegie Mellon >> Complete Team A MESSAGE FROM HUDL/BLUEFRAME TECHNOLOGY   Ready to stream like a pro this season? With Hudl (formerly BlueFrame), powerful broadcasting tools meet the advanced capture capabilities of Hudl Focus, bringing your program unmatched opportunities to generate revenue and connect with your fans. Plus, you get the flexibility to select the streaming option that makes the most sense for your school. [Learn More] WRESTLING 2. Former Brockport Coach Sues NCAA by Brian Sharp, WXXI News  |  photo by Colin Noftsier "Former SUNY Brockport wrestling coach Don Murray is suing the NCAA, claiming a shoddy investigation orchestrated by the college ended his 50-year career. Murray won five national titles and coached dozens of All-Americans before abruptly retiring last year. His departure came after the college temporarily suspended the wrestling program over alleged COVID policy violations, and a few months before the NCAA banned Murray from coaching for three years and placed the program on probation for violating rules around team practices." >> The Big Picture: "In an exhaustive, 40-page lawsuit, Murray ties all that to Athletic Director Eric Hart, who he claims had soured on him and the program. Hart and Vice President Kathryn Wilson wanted Murray out and the wrestling program dissolved, according to the suit." >> What's Next: "He is suing to lift his coaching suspension and for monetary damages." >> Keep Reading >> Lawsuit A MESSAGE FROM MORNING BREW   2.6 million people wake up to this newsletter every morning There's a reason over 2.6 million people start their day with Morning Brew - the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Business news doesn't have to be dry and dense...make your mornings more enjoyable, for free.   Check it out! Powered by Swapstack FINANCES 3.  Western Connecticut In 'Crisis' by Trevor Ballantyne, Danbury News-Times "A new report describes Western Connecticut State University as an "institution in crisis," citing declining enrollment, a lack of identity and financial difficulties.  The 46-page document from a postsecondary education consultant urges the WSCU community to “act with a sense of urgency” to address these problems. The same consultant — the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems — issued an initial report in January 2022 that found the university faces  “serious financial challenges” and recommended the university review its programs and curricula, among other suggestions. Since then, former President John Clark resigned after he earned a vote of “no confidence” from faculty members furious over revelations that the state university’s reserve funds had been depleted by 99 percent." >> Reality Check: "Aside from recommendations to review certain majors and curriculum offerings, interim university president Paul Beran said he resonated with the proposal to decrease personnel expenditures by about $10 million and with the report's conclusions around a mismatch in the relationship between “who our students are and who we are serving versus how we are setup and established.” >> What They're Saying: “To me, the financial crisis is basically the result of three things: the decline in enrollment, which is happening everywhere, second is the lack of state funding — it has been flat for a long time — and third is really that we have many incompetent administrators,” Rotua Lumbantobing, a professor of economics and president of the WSCU chapter of the American Association of University Professors, said. >> Read More BASEBALL 4.  Gulls Top 2023 Preseason Poll Salisbury is the preseason No. 1 team in Division III baseball according to Collegiate Baseball magazine. The Sea Gulls outpointed LaGrange, Trinity (Texas) and Birmingham-Southern for the top spot in the 40-team listing. Top 15 Salisbury LaGrange Trinity (Texas) Birmingham-Southern Chapman UW-Whitewater Eastern Connecticut Marietta Baldwin Wallace Endicott Arcadia Rowan Webster Catholic Oswego State >> Complete Poll NEWS 5.  Lightning Round    News Former Eastern Connecticut State University men's soccer All-America forward Patrick Agyemang was drafted in the first round of the Major League Soccer (MLS) SuperDraft by Charlotte FC Wednesday evening. He played two seasons at ECSU before finishing his college career at Rhode Island.   Happy Birthday Cake and candles for our friend Karl Barkley, former basketball standout, Swarthmore; and Joe Pavlow, athletic director, Raritan Valley CC. Do you know someone celebrating a birthday soon? Drop us a line at D3Playbook@gmail.com. TRANSACTIONS 6.  Comings and Goings   DePAUW - Steven McCarthy named head men's soccer coach JOHN CARROLL - Michael Caris named assistant women's golf coach NICHOLS - Mickey Howe named assistant director of athletic communications SAINT MARY'S (Minn.) - John Pucci named head men's soccer coach WASHINGTON COLLEGE - Ryan Lawson named director of athletics communications and academic affairs 1 THING 7.  Thank You   As we enter this holiday season, I would like to say thank you to everyone who supports D3Playbook. Some of you contributed with donations - I am deeply grateful. Some of you contributed with news - always welcome. And many of you offered words of encouragement which got me through tough times. I would like to wish you and yours a safe, happy and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on December 29 and back to our regular schedule on January 3.  Thanks for starting your day with us. Merry Christmas. What did you think of today's newsletter? 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Academic All-America Football Team

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III >> Good Day Wednesday. On this day in 1891, the first game of basketball was played at what is now Springfield College. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Please refer a friend or two. Tell them what they are missing.   Sign me up for D3Playbook TOP STORY 1. Academic All-America Football Team   Ripon College running back Cormac Madigan has been selected as the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year award winner for Division III. Madigan led the Midwest Conference with 1,150 rushing and 1,491 all-purpose yards and scored 14 touchdowns, while earning the league's Elite 20 Award, which is presented to the student-athlete with the highest combined achievement in academics and athletics, this fall. Ten selections on the Academic All-America® Division III football teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The 25 honorees on the first team have an average GPA of 3.91, with the entire 50-man team combining for a collective 3.88 GPA. First Team QB-Liam Thompson, Wabash RB-Nicholas D'Ambrose, Chicago RB-Cormac Madigan, Ripon WR-Jeff Herbers, Central WR-Logan Tomlinson, Wesleyan TE-Emmett Turner, Johns Hopkins OL-Alex Bongers, UW-La Crosse OL-Alan Gorny, Johns Hopkins OL-Jeske Maples, North Central (Ill.) OL-Dustin Moss, Carnegie Mellon OL-Joe Mullin, Wabash K-Nicholas Bahamonde, Ithaca Dl-Ben Coyne, Carnegie Mellon DL-Alex Keith. Washington & Jefferson DL-Sante Parker Jr., Mary Hardin-Baylor DL-Bricker Thiel, John Carroll LB-Paul Calvetti, MIT LB-Robert Coury, Carnegie Mellon LB-Owen Grover, Wartburg DB-Ross Anderson, Johns Hopkins DB-Sam Bell, Wheaton DB-Caleb Brubaker, Salisbury DB-Matt Ulishney, Wooster P-Cody Harral, Hardin-Simmons ST-Michael Janis, Chicago >> Complete Team A MESSAGE FROM MORNING BREW   2.6 million people wake up to this newsletter every morning There's a reason over 2.6 million people start their day with Morning Brew - the daily email that delivers the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley. Business news doesn't have to be dry and dense...make your mornings more enjoyable, for free. Check it out! Powered by Swapstack SWIMMING 2.   Eagles, Owls Top CSCAA Polls   photo by A.J. Mast It's Emory and Kenyon at Nos. 1-2 in the latest CSCAA Division III swimming rankings. The Eagle men sit atop the men's poll, while the Owl women head the women's poll. The two programs' opposite numbers are also ranked second in their respective polls. Men Emory Kenyon Chicago MIT New York U. Washington (Mo.) Johns Hopkins Denison Carnegie Mellon TCNJ >> Complete Poll Women Kenyon Emory Denison Chicago New York U. MIT Williams Tufts Pomona-Pitzer Johns Hopkins >> Complete Poll   NEWS 3.   Senator Does Not See Antitrust Exemption For NCAA by Daniel Libit, Sportico "Former college football coach and current U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) told Sportico Monday that he does not foresee a federal bill passing the next Congress that would include an antitrust exemption for the NCAA. Tuberville and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) have been working since the summer on crafting narrow legislation that would try to create and regulate a national standard for college athlete NIL rights." >> Why It Matters: "The NCAA’s desire to gain an antitrust exemption has intensified in recent years, as college sports’ governing body has been bombarded with a succession of class-action lawsuits, culminating with the Supreme Court’s unanimous 2021 decision in NCAA v. Alston. That ruling, which paved the way for college athletes to receive additional “education-related” benefits, also made explicit that the association does not have a “judicially ordained immunity from the terms of the Sherman Act,” as Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote." >> What They're Saying: “I knew Mark Emmett very well and spoke with him a lot,” said Tuberville, who coached football at Mississippi, Texas Tech, Auburn and Cincinnati. “The problem the NCAA had is they were so vulnerable with lawsuits and couldn’t afford it. It was money going out the door, again and again. We can help to some point, but we don’t want to go overboard on antitrust and all those things.” >> Continue Reading A MESSAGE FROM THE GIST   Not your dad's sports news  FEATURE 4.   Higher Ed Is A Land Of Dead-End Jobs   by Kevin R. McClure, Chronicle of Higher Education "My first full-time job in higher education was coordinating a global-studies living-learning program, and I loved it. That love propelled me to pour my time into the program, logging hours on nights and weekends. All those hours didn’t change a fundamental fact: It was a dead-end job. I was the third coordinator in five years, and my training consisted of a binder my predecessor left me. As the only full-time employee in an office on the outskirts of the organizational chart, I reported to an associate director who had no plans of leaving and whose experience and education placed that person several pay grades above me. It was early in 2009, and I was happy to have a job. But I couldn’t be expected to stand in the doorway of my career forever. At some point, I would want to grow and maybe even be considered for a promotion. Yet a career ladder was never discussed because there was none." >> The Bottom Line: "It’s hard to conclude anything other than that higher education has done a spectacularly bad job of managing talent. Campuses have evolved over centuries and dedicated resources to perfect the art and science of human development, while largely outsourcing or ignoring the professional growth and learning of their employees. Rather than draw upon their own experts to develop and retain workers, institutions let employees burn out, and then replace them." >> Reality Check: "A natural response to the call for more career pathways and professional development is to look to human-resources offices for fixes. The problem is that many of these offices are understaffed, forcing higher-education professionals to narrowly focus on technical details of employment." >> Worth Noting: "In a new era of worker empowerment, higher education needs to create better career pathways and step up as a world leader in harnessing the full potential of its employees. The good news is that colleges have everything they need to make it happen." >> Read More NEWS 5.   Lightning Round     Basketball Virginia Wesleyan's Omari Deveaux and Trine's Sidney Wagner were named the USBWA National Players of the Week    Soccer Former Stockton head men’s soccer coach Jeff Haines was honored by the NJAC Board of Athletic Administrators, as the board voted to name the NJAC Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year award after the national championship-winning mentor at its recent December meeting.   News Cabrini University laid off six full-time faculty, three of them tenured, as another step in its budget-cutting to help close a deficit. They represent 8.7% of Cabrini’s 69 full-time faculty. Of those laid off, two taught writing and narrative arts, two science, one math, and one visual and performing arts, a university spokesperson said. The Hodson Trust, Hood College's largest benefactor, is dissolving, the college announced this week. The trust, which has given to Hood regularly for nearly nine decades, has granted about $16 million to the school in the last five years alone.   Happy Birthday Cake and candles for Harlan Dodson, alum, Williams; Shirell Washington, student and track and field athlete, Virginia Wesleyan; Jay Daniels, head swimming coach, Puget Sound. Do you know someone celebrating a birthday soon? Drop us a line at D3Playbook@gmail.com. TRANSACTIONS 6.  Comings and Goings   AUSTIN - Tony Joe White named head football coach BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN - Anthony Colucci named head football coach HENDRIX - Sandy Burks named director of sports information JOHN CARROLL - Brooke McQuinn named assistant women's lacrosse coach KING'S - Katy Higinbothom named head women's lacrosse coach MARTIN LUTHER - Jeff Schone stepped down as head women's soccer coach MASS-BOSTON - Marcelo Cunha named equipment coordinator MORAVIAN - Christine Fox named assistant director of sports information ST. SCHOLASTICA - Austin Sommerfeld named assistant athletic director for strategic communications   Thanks for starting your day with us.  What did you think of today's newsletter?  Please invite your friends to sign up for D3Playbook

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