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SPRING 2008<br />
On the cover<br />
Whether playing in key or playing at<br />
the top of the key,Vanderbilt’s Shan<br />
Foster makes an impact. See page 35.<br />
Trevor Brown Jr. / nCAA PHoToS<br />
CONTENTS<br />
42Storybook Endings<br />
Great finishes can happen at any NCAA<br />
championship – from the biggest to the<br />
smallest. See how the most dramatic endings came to be.<br />
U P F R O N T<br />
[TIP-OFF]<br />
2 1,000 Words<br />
5 Message from the President<br />
6 Opinion and Editorial<br />
[NCAA NEWS]<br />
9 Membership Structure<br />
1 0 Academic Reform<br />
13 News Briefs<br />
14 Revenue and Expenses<br />
16 Gay Student-Athletes<br />
19 Great Records of the NCAA<br />
21 Visiting Author<br />
25 Puzzles and Quiz<br />
[FACES OFTHE NCAA]<br />
2 6 Profiles<br />
INSIDE THE ASSOCIATION<br />
[INTHE MEDIA]<br /><a title="Spring 2008 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=1"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=2"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=3"> SPRING 2008 On the cover Whether playing in key o</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=4"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=5"> 1,000 WORDS Dan Laurent of Wisconsin-La Crosse ce</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=6"> the ultimate goal is to wear a cap and gown. But </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=7"> TIP-OFF MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Our mis</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=8"> TIP-OFF COMMENTS A green example A</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=9"> TIP-OFF POINT OF VIEW “When you see</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=10"> CBS SPORTS PRESENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE NCAA® </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=11"> talks about membership struc- ture were at the fo</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=12"> NCAANEWS aCaDeMiC reForM apr long-term trends </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=13"> NCAANEWS Dii aMateUriSM revieW Legislation Com</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=14"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=15"> NCAANEWS neWS brieFS Compiled by David Pickle </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=16"> NCAANEWS revenUe anD expenSeS Same song, differ</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=17"> NCAANEWS nCaa footba</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=18"> NCAANEWS Gay StUDent-athLeteS a fearless examina</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=19"> NCAANEWS Through his research, which will</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=20"> NCAANEWS reSearCh Study probes time allotments</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=21"> Making a pitch Great reCorDS oF the nCaa Makin</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=22"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=23"> NCAANEWS viSitinG aUthor ‘the kindest cut’ by Ga</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=24"> NCAANEWS eDUCationaL experienCe Lock haven stu</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=25"> NCAANEWS Dii CoMMiSSionerS Conferences reach fo</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=26"> NCAANEWS teCh UpDate how to speak to the world </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=27"> NCAANEWS PuzzlES & quIz by Gary K. Johnson L o </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=28"> FACES TOHFEN CAA Profile: Nikki fraNke foiling r</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=29"> FACES OFTHE NCAA Nikki franke bio 4Graduated wit</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=30"> FACES OF THE NCAA </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=31"> FACES OFTHE NCAA Before all of tha</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=32"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=33"> FACES OFTHE NCAA “…You can be more than just a co</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=34"> The most valuable players are the ones who gradu</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=35"> FACES OFTHE NCAA Profile: CHristiNe PloNskY New</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=36"> FACES OF THE NCAA Jack Mcardle knows first-hand </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=37"> FACES OFTHE NCAA ON THE COvER Profile: sHaN foste</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=38"> 36 CHAMPION S P R I N G 2 0 0 8</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=39"> The rewards of academic advisement are great,</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=40"> hen academic-support staff members in athletics d</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=41"> Student-athlete week-long schedule Division </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=42"> “Universities have put in a lot more resources to</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=43"> cational attainment of our young people.When we w</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=44"> BY STORYBOOK GREG JOHNSON OUR TOP 10 MOST DR</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=45"> NGS 10 2003 National Collegiate Women’s Ice Hoc</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=46"> 10 MOST DRAMATIC FINISHES TOP dseilaednt.9’ Pl</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=47"> ‘I wished Samantha’s home run over</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=48"> TOP 10 MOST DRAMATIC FINISHES ‘It is a script t</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=49"> North Carolina State’s Lorenzo Charles jams the</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=50"> ‘The first day I felt like I could take my full</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=51"> ‘Don’t call me disabled. Call me national cham</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=52"> By Jack Copeland 50 CHAMPION S P R ING 20 08</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=53"> SPRING 2008 CHAMPION 51</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=54"> Late last October, the NCAA trucked millions of f</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=55"> the center’s staff interacts easily in an open wo</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=56"> eligibility </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=57"> here, because I’m still new, and trying to go to </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=58"> Watch the behind-the-scenes video online 56 </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=59"> sBceheindethse BY Marta Lawrence The sun just ca</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=60"> Director Pam Thomas has a resume that includes “D</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=61"> “When you hire actors,the banter between them…is </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=62"> Feeding them lines the shoe spot took more than 1</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=63"> FIGurE 1 FIGurE 2 FIGurE 3 FIGurE </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=64"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=65"> COMMENTARY New media, new issues M </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=66"> INTHE MEDIA NEW MEDIA Get on the same Web page</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=67"> INTHE MEDIA BOOK REVIEWS REvIEW Familiar names, </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=68"> 66 CHAMPION S P R I N G 2 0 0 8</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 69" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=69"> NCAA INSIDER SPOTLIGHT Borderline issue NBy G</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 70" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=70"> NCAA INSIDER TOP ISSuES Canada continued from pa</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 71" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=71"> NCAA INSIDER TOP ISSuES DI COmmITTee ON ACADemI</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 72" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=72"> NCAA INSIDER TOP ISSuES DIII STrATeGIC PLANNING</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 73" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=73"> NCAA INSIDER ASSOCIATION-WIDE NCAA INJury SurVe</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 74" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=74"> NCAA INSIDER ASSOCIATION-WIDE NCAA mINOrITy OPP</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 75" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=75"> NCAA INSIDER DIvISION I </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 76" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=76"> NCAA INSIDER DIvISION I Thi</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 77" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=77"> NCAA INSIDER DIvISION II DII CHAmPIONSHIPS COmm</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 78" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=78"> NCAA INSIDER DIvISION II DII BuDGeT AND FINANCe </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 79" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=79"> NCAA INSIDER DIvISION III </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 80" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=80"> NCAA INSIDER DIvISION III DIII meN’S BASkeTBALL </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 81" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=81"> NCAA INSIDER COMMITTEE CAlENDAR NCAA 2008 SeCOND-</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 82" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=82"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 83" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=83"> CHAMPIONSHIPS FEBRUARY-APRIL 8,2008 What do NC</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 84" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=84"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I/NATIONAL COLLEGIATE C </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 85" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=85"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I/NATIONAL COLLEGIATE n A</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 86" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=86"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I/NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Mari</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 87" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=87"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I/NATIONAL COLLEGIATE nAT</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 88" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=88"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I/NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Tiff</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 89" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=89"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION I/NATIONAL COLLEGIATE Bre</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 90" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=90"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION II D ivision</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 91" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=91"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION II D i i M E n ’ s i n </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 92" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=92"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION II Dii MEn’s BAsKETBALL </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 93" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=93"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION II D i i W o M E n ’ s </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 94" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=94"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION III T hey s</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 95" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=95"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION III Diii WREsTLing TEAM </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 96" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=96"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION III Diii WoMEn’s inDooR T</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 97" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=97"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION III Diii MEn’s sWiMMing A</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 98" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=98"> CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION III Diii MEn’s iCE HoCKE</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 99" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=99"> CALENDAR 2008 SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULE </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 100" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=100"> CALENDAR SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS Calendar continued</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 101" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=101"> CALENDAR SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 102" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=102"> Make a Smooth Transition. Career Advancement Ma</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 103" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=103"> announcinG: sandy steve she speaks for wrestling </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 104" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=104"> THE NCAA RECORD presidents continued from page </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 105" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=105"> THE NCAA RECORD capacity … Lori Kerans announc</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 106" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=106"> THE NCAA RECORD </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 107" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=107"> THE NCAA RECORD is the all-time Division I men</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 108" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=108"> THE NCAA RECORD coaches continued from page 105</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 109" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=109"> THE NCAA RECORD during the 2008-09 academic yea</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 110" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=110"> THE NCAA RECORD coaches continued from page 107</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 111" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=111"> THE NCAA RECORD “College sports lost a giant.</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 112" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=112"> THE NCAA RECORD deaths Former Kentucky </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 113" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=113"> THE NCAA RECORD State freshman baseball player </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 114" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=114"> LOOkING bACk the First televised GaMe ‘i thoug</a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 115" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=115"> </a>
<a title="Spring 2008 page 116" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/948fd7ab?page=116"> </a>