Well RSV and others interested, I am still stranded from this USA CAP
course so am doing a bit of catching up on the laptop. Found these notes I
took at the NCAA Men's Volleyball meeting during the AVCA Convention
this past December. There are good things
to share: Don Shondell chaired the meeting.
1. Brooklyn Polytechnic
2. Cal State San Bernadino
3. Western New England
4. Daniel Webster
5. Brooklyn College
With the addition of these 5, the NCAA varsity level has reached 70
teams for the first time is 2 decades.
For 1996, Mercyhurst College, with 7 more Newport, Messiah, Emerson,
Gannon, and others (2 in california in the area of Cal State San
Bernadino level) are comig in. The Grant committee is in strong
contact and the entire Northcoast Conference with 9 schools at the Div
3 level. Stumbling blocks are no division III championships and the ever
present equity situation. Carl Daniels of the NCAA said they are
waiting on restructuring of the NCAA but that until then only 4 teams,
all division I, will be in the finals. This restructuring is over 2 years
away, if it happens. The AVCA and other sponsors (Molten very
interested) might be able to create an NIVC for men so that there is a
Div III championship opportunity, currently there are about 50 schools
are at the Division III level. The event cannot be fully funded by the
AVCA but the organization would be contacted for keeping stats and
national ranking. The goal is self funding as a national event. The NAIA
may not exist as an organization it was mentioned, but there are 8
NAIA programs, some scholarshiped, will. Monies are not probable for
existing NAIA programs moving over to NCAA or unless conference or
national program. There is a moratiorium on adding NCAA schools at
this time, as a difficult unmanagable number of NAIA programs were
moving into NCAA Division III mostly .
For the first time ever at UCLA in 1996, the Men's Final Four will be
Thurs Sat with no 3rd place match. Final start time to be determined.
There is lots of talk about a Div III Championships but not until some
100 plus schools in the program could there really be an event.
NCAA Collegiate Grant program.
As known it is fighting for the dollars to give away. This past year the
Centennial, the SGMA monies were nt asked for so all $$ could go into
SGMA Volley across America program. The SGMA has granted $6 to $18
thousand. USAV also supports it, both adminisitratively and fiscally
with $6,000 and the AVCA gives half a grant. Ron Von Hagen has a
foundation that has given a grant or more over the past few years.
1996 is Olympic year/World Congress and USAV is very tight fiscally. The
SGMA will return to help out in 1996.
Regards
--
John Kessel
USA Volleyball Director of Programs
FIVB Technical Commission Secretary
1 Olympic Plaza // Colorado Springs, CO 80909
(719) 637-8300 // FAX (719) 597-6307
jkes...@usa-volleyball.org
http://volleyball.org/usav/jkessel.html
