DIII Strategic Plan

 

written by STEVE ULRICH your must-read briefing on what's driving the day in NCAA Division III   >> It's The Tuesday After Labor Day. It's real now. >> Today's Word Count: 531 plus pictures. >> Thanks for reading D3Playbook. Is your staff reading D3Playbook? Share the love and the info.   I know someone who would like D3Playbook TOP STORY 1.  DIII Strategic Plan Each year, the Division III Strategic Planning and Finance Committee updates and approves the division’s strategic plan and budget. This year, the committee updated the strategic plan to better reflect the division’s support of the student-athlete experience. The strategic plan begins with the Division III philosophy statement to establish the framework from which the division’s programs, resource allocations and regulatory decisions are made. It summarizes the division’s strategic priorities by outlining what must be accomplished in the current year of the budget triennium for the division to be successful. The plan also highlights all the programs and services offered for the division. The plan includes feedback provided through the membership survey conducted in February. The strategic plan is a living document that the committee updates and forwards to the Management and President Councils for approval before the start of each new budget cycle. >> Read More A MESSAGE FROM BLUEFRAME TECHNOLOGY     Did you know BlueFrame Technology has advanced integrations with top automated cameras like the Hudl Focus? Showcase your teams and student-athletes with BlueFrame’s full streaming service priced perfectly for D3 budgets….or use their Production Truck software to stream with your current provider. Step up your game this year and STREAM LIKE A PRO with BlueFrame. Learn more today! POLLS 2.  The Cru Tops Football Rankings Week No. 1 is in the books ... and the defending national champion made a statement to hold onto the top spot in this week's D3Football.com ranking. Mary Hardin-Baylor (25), 1-0 (d. Muhlenberg, 62-13) North Central, Ill., 0-0 Mount Union, 1-0 (d. Defiance, 65-0) Saint John's, 1-0 (d. UW-Whitewater, 24-10) Hardin-Simmons, 1-0 (d. Wayland Baptist, 79-14) UW-Whitewater, 0-1 (lost to Saint John's, 24-10) Linfield, 1-0 (d. Huntingdon, 41-34) Wheaton, Ill. 0-0 Trinity, Texas, 1-0 (d. Sul Ross State, 55-7) Johns Hopkins, 1-0 (d. Case Western Reserve, 54-14) >> Welcome to the Top 25: Susquehanna >> Ta Ta For Now: Birmingham-Southern >> Complete Poll A MESSAGE FROM CHI ALPHA SIGMA   Chi Alpha Sigma is the first, and only, national scholar-athlete society to honor those four-year collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition. Founded in 1996 and with over 300 active chapters nationwide, Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average. One institutional chapter membership will induct all eligible student-athletes each year and the student-athletes are recognized for life and never asked to pay any fees themselves. To start a chapter on your campus today, contact Kellen Wells-Mangold, Executive Director, at kellen@ncahs.org or visit chialphasigma.org for more information. GOLF (W) 3.  Eagles Top Preseason Poll   Defending Division III champion Emory is the preseason No. 1 entering the 2022-23 season as the WGCA released its first coaches' poll of the season.   Emory George Fox Methodist Carnegie Mellon Williams Pomona-Pitzer Redlands New York U. Centre Washington (Mo.) 11-15: Claremont-M-S, Amherst, Washington and Lee, Illinois Wesleyan, Denison 16-20: Rhodes, St. Catherine, Mary Hardin-Baylor, Trinity (Texas), Texas-Dallas 21-25: Berry, Gustavus Adolphus, Middlebury, Sewanee, UC Santa Cruz >> Complete Poll A MESSAGE FROM THE NEWSETTE Start your morning with The Newsette - a newsletter for women, written by women, about topics that are important to women. They break down trending topics in news, fashion, and lifestyle to keep you up to date but not weighed down. It’s like getting the news from your BFF.   Subscribe for free NEWS 4.  Lightning Round    News Coming up at 1:30 p.m. EDT today, the monthly Division III Webinar.   Sept. 6 – Division III championships updates.   Happy Birthday Do you know of someone celebrating an upcoming birthday? Drop us a line at D3Playbook@gmail.com. TRANSACTIONS 5.  Comings and Goings   AUGUSTANA - Lori Duncan named head softball coach BERRY - Jessica Strong named head softball coach BRIDGEWATER - Devin Young stepped down as director of strength and conditioning. Michael Tucker named director BROCKPORT - Caleb Garvey resigned as head wrestling coach CABRINI - Brad Kane named interim head golf coach CAIRN - Stephen Hogan named head men's lacrosse coach ELMIRA - Jake Bobrowski named head women's ice hockey coach LEHMAN - Manuel Bonilla named head women's volleyball coach MOUNT UNION - Dominic Perella named head men's lacrosse coach NICHOLS - Alex Gacek named head men's ice hockey coach OHIO WESLEYAN - Steve Runge named director of golf ROSE-HULMAN - Landon Bundy named assistant director for sports information SARAH LAWRENCE - Kaleigh Roop named head softball coach STEVENS - Allie McDavitt named assistant athletic director for sports medicine. Briana Wright and Jesse Heyburn named assistant athletic trainers HIGHLIGHTS 6. Plays of the Weekend 1 THING 7. Sports Just. Can't. Get. Enough. Of. This.   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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