ECU AD Jon Gilbert Discusses NCAA Eligibility Relief

“Every athletic director in the country is for the benefit of our student-athletes, I understand the decision and we are working through how to make the best decisions with each sports program of how we implement that. But I think in general it was a positive vote.” – ECU AD Jon Gilbert Since the NCAA spring […]

Ball State’s Cardinal Couriers Program Helping Others Amid Crisis

“Ball State is really coming from a community standpoint and paying it forward, that’s really part of our overall campus mission. This is what we’ve always embraced and our students and staff do that naturally, so I think in this particular circumstance it was second nature to say ‘this is the role we play.’” – […]

Mike Cragg on How St. John’s is Caring for Student-Athletes Following COVID-19 Outbreak

“After the cancellations by the NCAA, we quickly gathered our coaches and administrators and started the process of getting kids home, feeling that their safest place was to be at home.” – Mike Cragg, AD, St. John’s University St. John’s University announced Thursday that it has suspended all activities indefinitely amid the coronavirus outbreak. St. […]

Partners Come Together for adidas Marketing Summit

“It’s helpful to get a 30,000 feet perspective on all of the different things they are trying to do. Coming here, having everybody together, gaining better clarity on what’s happening, puts us in a better position to direct things.” Ayo Taylor-Dixon, the Senior Associate AD/External Operations at Georgia Tech is one of dozens of partners […]

Hockey League to be Reestablished as CCHA

“After extensive discussion and significant due diligence, it made sense to everyone involved to move in this direction. The name conveys the current geographic alignment of our members and the CCHA brand has a tremendous amount of equity and goodwill associated with it. What’s old is new again and we look forward to refreshing the […]

1-on-1 With America East Commissioner Amy Huchthausen

“It started out with a focus on the LGBTQ community, with You Can Play Nice, over the years we’ve expanded our diversity and inclusion to encompass all types of inclusion, including LGBTQ. That expansion was really driven by our student-athletes. We shifted the focus and really widened the focus of it, in large part given […]