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The Division III Presidents Council has determined that it will deal primarily with those national issues in Division III athletics that prompt widespread concern among Division III chancellors or presidents.

Such legislative proposals developed by the Division III Management Council or by Division III committees reporting to it must be submitted to the Division III Presidents Council for review. They cannot be placed on the agenda for consideration at the Convention unless the Presidents Council agrees to sponsor them. Legislative proposals of an operational nature may be sponsored by the Management Council and placed on the agenda for consideration at the Convention.

The Division III Presidents Council has identified five proposals and one resolution that it believes are of particular interest to Division III chancellors or presidents and has included it in the Presidents Council grouping.

Proposals - Presidents Council Grouping

2026-1. Establish a Division III women's wrestling championship starting in 2027-28 academic year and a Division III Women's Wrestling Committee | sponsored by A-R-C, CCIW, MAC | Presidents Council supports

2026-2. Specify that a student-athlete would be charged with a season of eligibility if the student-athlete competes at any point during the traditional season | Atlantic East, Empire 8, Little East | PC opposes

2026-3. Resolution. Let it be resolved that the Division III Presidents Council recognize the importance of this concern and charge the governance structure with monitoring the changing landscape around Division I NIL and its impact on Division III. Therefore, let it further be resolved, that the governance structure develop strategies, policies and if warranted, propose legislative changes that would protect valid NIL opportunities consistent with the Division III philosophy | SCIAC | PC supports

2026-4. Reduce the required minimum percentage of in-region competition for championships eligibility from 70% to 50% for all sports except golf, which would stay at 25%, and tennis, which would maintain its 50% requirement; Further, to expand the official break exception to apply to any official institutional break and allow institutions hosting contests during another institution's break to also exempt the out-of-region contest even if that hosting institution is not in an institutional vacation period | C2C, CCS, SAA | PC supports

2026-5. Develop a formula to provide multiple automatic qualifiers to multisport conferences that have 12 or more core members that sponsor a sport. Specifically: (1) Once a conference reaches 12 or more core members sponsoring a sport, the conference will immediately receive a second automatic qualifier in that sport; (2) If a conference falls below 12 core members sponsoring a sport, the conference will immediately lose their second automatic qualifier in the sport; and (3) The method by which the conference determines its conference representatives is the responsibility of the conference and shall be declared and outlined at the time of the automatic-qualifier declaration | PAC, UEC | PC opposes

2026-6. Require an institution that is a core member of a conference to participate in the conference's automatic qualification (AQ) process for the sport(s) in which the institution sponsors. Failure to participate in the conference's defined AQ process (including declining participation in the conference's postseason tournament) in a particular sport will render that institution ineligible for NCAA championship selection (i.e. at-large selection) | Landmark, NCAC, SCIAC | PC supports

Coming Tomorrow. Proposals 7-17

Wednesday
Commissioners Association, 8 - 11:30 a.m.
Athletic Direct Report Professional Development, 8 - 3:30 p.m.
Education Session: Connecting With Generation Z, 8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
Presidents Council, 9:30 - Noon
Education Session: Building Campus-Wide Relationships For Athletics Success, 1 - 2 p.m.
Chancellors/Presidents Forum, 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Special Olympics Unified Sports Activity, 1:30 - 3 p.m.
Education Session: AI and Division III Athletic Departments, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
ADR reception, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
State of College Sports and NCAA Honors, 5 - 6:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
LGBTQ of the Year Award Celebration, 6:45 - 8:15 p.m.
DIII Student Social Mixer, 8:30 - 10 p.m.

“ The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared ready to deal another setback to transgender people and uphold state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams.

The court’s conservative majority, which has repeatedly ruled against transgender Americans in the past year, signaled during more than three hours of arguments it would rule the state bans don’t violate either the Constitution or the federal law known as Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in education.”

» Driving The News. “The legal fight is playing out against the backdrop of a broad effort by President Donald Trump to target transgender Americans, beginning on the first day of his second term and including the ouster of transgender people from the military and declaring that gender is immutable and determined at birth.”

» Court Awareness. “Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who coached his daughters in girls basketball, seemed concerned about a ruling that might undo the effects of Title IX, which has produced dramatic growth in girls and women’s sports. Kavanaugh called Title IX an “amazing” and “inspiring” success. Some girls and women might lose a medal in a competition with transgender athletes, which Kavanaugh called a harm “we can’t sweep aside.””

» Public Opinion. “The public generally is supportive of the limits. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in October 2025 found that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults “strongly” or “somewhat” favored requiring transgender children and teenagers to only compete on sports teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth, not the gender they identify with, while about 2 in 10 were “strongly” or “somewhat” opposed and about one-quarter did not have an opinion.”

“East Texas Baptist standout Graycee Mosley headlines a group of outstanding student-athletes named to the 2025 Academic All-America® DIII women's volleyball team as selected by the College Sports Communicators and announced Tuesday.

Mosley earns the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for Division III. The senior from Troy, Texas, Mosley holds a 4.00 cumulative GPA as a biochemistry major. The outside hitter earned her third consecutive CSC Academic All-America® honor, and second first team accolade. Mosley earned AVCA first team All-America honors for the second year in a row, and it was her third All-America honor overall. She as a four-time AVCA All-Region selection. Mosley finished the year fourth in the nation in total kills (532), 10th in kills per set (4.59) and 16th in total attacks (1,236).

The complete Division III team had a cumulative 3.88 GPA with seven team members maintaining a 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate studies.”

First Team

Simone Adam, Johns Hopkins, Sr., 3.76, Computer Science
Alyssa Dozier, Christopher Newport, Sr., 4.00, History and Political Science
Graycee Mosley, East Texas Baptist, Sr., 4.00, Biochemistry
Samantha Perlberg, UW-Oshkosh, Jr., 3.76, Marketing and Business Analytics
Helena Swaak, Johns Hopkins, Sr., 3.99, Public Health Studies
Madie Whitehead, Berry, Jr., 3.93, Exercise Science
Brielle Worley, Gallaudet, Jr., 3.98, Business Administration

» Basketball. “Keuka senior guard Lamar Lovelace and Washington and Lee senior center Mary Schleusner were named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association DIII National Players of the Week.

» Track and Field. Mary Washington senior sprinter Jacinto Jones II and St. Thomas sophomore sprinter Lexie Allred were named the USTFCCCA DIII National Athletes of the Week.

“Driving to visit a friend, a Philadelphia woman had time to mull her recent breakup. She thought about all the things her ex hated: spiders, moth-bitten sweaters, overly soft avocados. She typed them on her phone, as curses.

It became a flier: “Seeking: Experienced Witch to Curse My Ex.” She set up an email — for serious inquiries only.

And though it might seem a bit out of the ordinary, it’s part of a great tradition of cursing your ex that goes back to antiquity. Plus, it’s a way to regain a sense of power, experts say.”

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