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1. Mason To Serve As NADIIIAA President

The National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators (NADIIIAA) has announced its leadership team for 2023-24, led by President Angel Mason, director of athletics at Berry.

Mike Snyder (Pacific Lutheran), Laura Mooney (MCLA) and Kristofer Schnatz (Merchant Marine) were named vice presidents, while Kiki Jacobs (Roger Williams) stepped into the past president role.

At-Large board members include Donald Brooks (Macalester), Ryan Erwin (East Texas Baptist), Crystal Gibson (St. Mary’s, Md.), Dana Harmon (WPI), Matt Tanney (Wabash), and Kellen Wells-Mangold (UW-River Falls).

» What They’re Saying: “As we move into a new academic year, one of my goals as NADIIIAA President is to focus our organization's attention on building a strong, united future for Division III and our membership. One of the ways we have set the foundation for positive change is through a reimagined leadership structure. It will take all of us to move our organization and Division III athletics forward.” - Mason.

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COACHING
2. All-Time Winningest Soccer Coaches

Division III is blessed with quality soccer coaches - none more than Ohio Wesleyan men’s coach Jay Martin and William Smith women’s coach Aliceann Wilber who are among the nation’s winningest leaders all-time. 

Martin has the most all-time wins among collegiate men’s coaches with 749, while Wilber is first in DIII and second among all women’s college mentors with 626 victories.

A special tip of the cap goes to Maryville’s Pepe Fernandez, who coaches both the Scots’ men’s and women’s teams and 805 combined victories.

» Playing the Percentages: Messiah’s Scott Frey has the best winning percentage among all-time DIII women’s soccer coaches at 91.2% (457-29-33).

» The 300 Club: There are 16 active DIII men’s soccer and 23 active DIII women’s soccer coaches with more than 300 victories. Martin’s 749 wins is the most among all collegiate coaches. Wilber’s 626 wins is tops all-time in DIII and second among all collegiate coaches to North Carolina’s Anson Dorrance (921-86-45).

NIL
3. Cavale Steps Down From INFLCR

by Pete Nakos, On3.com

“Jim Cavale, INFLCR’s founder and chief executive, announced he is stepping down from his six-year role of building the name, image and likeness software platform.

Used by more than 200 Division I institutions and supporting nearly 90,000 athletes in building and managing their NIL businesses, the brand-building technology emerged as one of the most popular service providers in the last 25 months. INFLCR was acquired by Teamworks in October 2019 for an undisclosed amount.”

» Why It Matters: “The company pivoted recently to building local exchanges for institutions and providing software to NIL collectives. In recently released data, 76% of all payments in INFLCR have come from collectives.”

» What’s Next: “Multiple sources indicated to On3 in recent weeks that Cavale would be stepping down from his role for the Birmingham, Alabama-based business. Associate general manager Sean Kelly will be succeeding Cavale.”

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NEWS
4. Schweitzer, Hughes Honored

Women Leaders in College Sports (Women Leaders) announced its 2023 award recipients - Cathie Schweitzer, former Director of Athletics, Springfield College (Nike Lifetime Achievement Award); Kristin Hughes, Director of Athletics, Smith College (NCAA Division III Nike Executive of the Year)

The recipients will be recognized at the Women Leaders National Convention held in New Orleans from October 8-10.

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TRANSACTIONS
5. Comings and Goings

• ADRIAN - Ethan Hill named head esports coach

• ARCADIA - John Fimmano named interim head swimming coach

• BETHANY LUTHERAN - Adie Harstad named head tennis coach

• CENTRE - Ben Fuqua named head men’s golf coach

• EMMANUEL - Dion Gardner-Crichlow named head cross country/track and field coach

• KNOX - Lonnie Rinell named head volleyball coach

• MASSACHUSETTS-BOSTON - Tiffany Alford named director of community engagement and inclusive excellence

• METHODIST - Brian Slater named head track and field coach

• MOUNT SAINT MARY - Kaitlyn Greenberg named assistant athletic trainer

• RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE - Andrew McCarthy named sports information assistant

• ST. THOMAS - JeJuan French named assistant director of sports medicine

• SOUTHERN MAINE - Matt Pinchevsky named head men’s ice hockey coach

• TUFTS - Noel Wanner stepped down as director of rowing. George Munger named interim director of rowing. Lily Carbeck named interim head women’s rowing coach 

• UC SANTA CRUZ - Todd Kent retired as head women’s basketball coach. Monica Armstrong will serve as interim head coach

• VASSAR - Meredith Mesaris named head women’s basketball coach

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