Ave Maria Continues NAIA Growth

Ave Maria University will become the fifth men’s and second new women’s launch swimming and diving for the 2021 season. The addition of varsity swimming teams to the University is part of a multi-faceted expansion of AMU's athletic operations, which includes the addition of four new

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NAIA, New ProgramsGreg Earhart
Bluefield State Adds Teams for 2021-22

Bluefield State University has become the first university to announce the addition of men's and women's swimming for the 2021-22 season. In doing so, the Big Blues become the second Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to sponsor swimming, joining Division I Howard University. The announcement brings the total of new teams established since 2016 to seventy-three.

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Hope is Not a Strategy

While descending from the backcountry on Sunday morning, my phone blew up. "Oh s$%t!" I thought before my alarm turned to anger "Who cuts their team on a SUNDAY?" Anger gave way to appreciation as I saw that Emma Sougstad, our social media manager, decided to let Instagram, Twitter and the Snapface know I had a birthday. That sense of appreciation yielded to apprehension as I read Emma's post and saw the words "Fearless Leader" next to my name.

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EditorialGreg Earhart
Coaches Ask NCAA to Delay Recruiting

The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association (CSCAA) is calling on the NCAA to limit recruiting in the upcoming year. In a letter to members of the NCAA’s Student-Athlete Experience Committee (SAEC) and Division I Council Coordination Committee (CCC), the association requested an extension of the current recruiting dead period until December and a prohibition on on-campus visits through March of 2021.

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