INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC
COMMITTEE MEETING
ATTENDING: Charlie Bridgeford, Ron Brinkert, Lillian
Elsinga, Phil Harmeson, Susan Jeno, Donna Pearson, Betty Ralston,
Guest: Don Kojich
Recorder: Bev Hopman
Paul Todhunter called the
meeting to order at
Minutes: Charlie Bridgeford moved the minutes from the
Department Updates:
AD Tom Buning was out of town
at NCAA meetings so Associate AD Betty Ralston gave the departmental updates.
Personnel: Rich Glas, head men’s basketball coach, has
submitted his resignation. A nationwide
search for a new coach has begun. Screening
of applications will begin May 10.
Shannon O’Connor has resigned as the coach for the cheer and dance
teams. Amber Bruns,
his assistant, has accepted the position as the new head coach.
Sports: Tennis is ranked 2nd in the NCC
and will hear on April 27 if they have been selected as one of the teams to
advance to regional playoffs. Women’s
golf is currently ranked 1st in the region. The top two teams at the end of the season
will advance to the NCAA nationals.
Softball will be hosting the NCC tournament on May 5 and 6.
Student-Athletes/SAAC: Meghan Mutrie has
been awarded the Women’s WCHA post graduate scholarship. May 3, the Department of Athletics will be
hosting the Spring Championship Awards Program.
It will be held in the Memorial Union Ballroom beginning at
Super Gala: The Super Gala Dinner and Auction was held on
April 22. Lowell Schweigert said a
report on the funds raised should be ready on Tuesday, May 2.
Academics and
Compliance: 78 prospects have signed
National Letters of Intent. Approximately
90 new student-athletes are expected on campus in the fall of 2006, including
invited walk-ons. At this time all but 6
have been admitted. The minimum APR for
Division I is 925. Men’s hockey was at
918. The hockey coaches are working with
Betty Ralston to develop a plan to submit to the NCAA. She does not anticipate any loss of
scholarships.
Budget: As UND nears the end of the fiscal year,
several team budgets have been frozen.
Work is continuing on the 2006-2007 budget.
Old Business:
Team Schedules: 2006-2007 team schedules for men’s and
women’s hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, football, men’s and women’s
swimming, men’s cross country, volleyball, soccer and men’s golf were submitted
for approval. Lillian Elsinga moved the
schedules be approved as submitted. Ron
Brinkert seconded. Motion carried. Betty Ralston said spring sports schedules
were still being developed. The
committee agreed to approve additional schedules via an e-mail vote.
New Business:
Letterwinners: A list of letterwinners for women’s
basketball, women’s hockey, men’s track and field, baseball, tennis, softball
and women’s track and field as proposed by their head coaches was
submitted. Sue Jeno expressed concern
regarding the list from women’s hockey as to what criteria was used. Bev Hopman said she would send the list of
criteria to the IAC committee. Charlie
Bridgeford moved to approve the letterwinners as listed and to request
clarification from the women’s hockey program regarding the criteria used for
earning a letter. Lillian Elsinga
seconded. After some discussion, Ron
Brinkert called the question. The motion
carried with one dissenting vote. Since
concern was expressed regarding the women’s hockey program, Phil Harmeson recommended a “sense of the committee” be
reported to Tom Buning. Betty Ralston
was charged with discussing the issue with the Athletic Director. (**After a discussion with the head coach, a
new list of proposed women’s hockey letterwinners was sent out. An e-mail vote was held and the new list was
approved. The approved letterwinner list is attached.)
Reclassification Study: Paul Todhunter had received communications
from Ray Diez with questions regarding the DI/DII reclassification study. Many rumors have been circulating and
Ray Diez felt the IAC should
make certain they have the correct information when talking to outside
constituents. Sue Jeno is a member of the
reclassification study and said a meeting is set to go over the preliminary
draft on May 9. The final draft will be
forwarded to President Kupchella with no recommendation. The President will make the final
decision. Phil Harmeson introduced Don Kojich from University Relations. Mr. Kojich gave the
following information on the reclassification study. A 20 member task force was formed in mid
November. The task force was not charged
with making a recommendation to the President but was formed as a fact finding
committee examining the pros and cons of a move to Division I vs. remaining at
Division II. There are 8
sub-committees. The sub-committees are
Education, Support Services, Policies, Facilities, Constituents, Personnel,
Conference Affiliation, and Resources.
The first stage of the study was fact finding, the second stage was
surveying the constituencies and the third stage will be the final report going
to the President on May 9. He reiterated
that the President will make the decision and that no decision has been to
date. Charlie Bridgeford asked if there
was a timeline or a specific date set for UND to make a decision. Don Kojich said
there is no set timeline for UND, but that both the NCC and the NCAA have
deadlines if UND were going to make the change for next year. Changing to Division I is a five year process
with the first year being an exploratory year.
Don Kojich said to help control the rumors it
is best if only a few people talk to the public regarding reclassification.
The meeting adjourned at
Women’s Basketball
– Gene Roebuck, Coach
Bagaason, Kayla Beck, Karla Boese, Kristi
Guinn, Danye
Kimbrough, Kierah Langen, Ashley Ledger, Whitney
Maffin, Kelsey Mahlum, Amy Roebuck, Cierra
Sannes, Val Werdell, Jenna
Women’s Hockey –
Shantel Rivard, Coach
Allen, Aynsley Allen, Christey Bowers, Samanth
Cecko, Laura Fingland,
Girtz, Anne Hanson, Casie Hasbargen, Amber
Hopps, Meghan Jaques, Melissa Kovacevich, Jessica
Motsko, Randi Mutrie,
Meghan
Wooster, Cara
Men’s Track and Field – Mike Grandall, Coach
Alexander, Donovan Carlson, Clark Cory, Zack
DeKrey, Lee Delmore, Patrick Fashant, Stephen
Fick Matt Gilson, Jonathan Green, Zach
Hansen, Thomas Haugan, Josh Hehling, Corey
Johnson, Eric Jones, Jeremy Josephson, David
Kjos, Rusty Litzinger, Matt Mahoney, Patrick
Moe, Erik Nordlund, Nathan Rygh, David
Sailer, Matt Schroeder, Jay Spitsberg, Richie
Stoltz,
Baseball – Kelvin Zieger, Coach
Beard, James Bodell, Ryan Burns, Tim
Casey, Pat Cooley, Sean Dehn, Aaron
Fairchild, Jason Fuller, Jason Gulsvig, Chris
Hendrickson, Ryan Heston, Darin Kringen, Alex
Lundeen, Mike Meissner, Nate Meyer, Tony
Randt, Cody Roller, Dana Sandman, Lucas
Schmidt, Scott Simonson, Matt Stanley, Bo
Wasiloski,
Tennis – Tom
Wynne, Coach
Bloomberg, Hana Callison, Emily Differding, Shauna
Folkert, Lindsey Hall, Christa Hoverstein, Katie
Sullivan, Erin
Softball – Tracy Marback, Coach
Carlo, Rori Carter, Felicia Champion (Landry), Melissa
Crane, Karen Hanson, Casie Hume, Sharla
Olson, Jasha Oswald, Carrie Petersen, Tara
Price (Holicky), Jess Puerling, Niclole Reid, Haley
Women’s Track and
Field – Dick Clay, Coach
Aune, Renee
Burgard, Michelle Ciofani, Leigh Clausnitzer, Jessica
Dahlstrom, Nikki Duerre, Rachelle Evans, Heidi
Fleck, Jessica Fossum, Erica Gefroh, Mandy
Gegelman, Lyndsy Hausauer, Lindsey Homstad, Suzy
Keithley, Kristy Klabo, Krista Landberg, Margaret
Lichter, Jessie Malone, Callie Nagel, Amanda
Putnam, Ashley Sackett, Veronica Zander, Heidi