Tuesday, November 4,1997
Sports
National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics
«r Press Release
Brevard College has announced
its intentions to become a member of
the National Association of Intercolle
giate Athletics (NAIA) begmning in the
fall of 1999. Brevard College has al
ready begun the academic transition
from a two-year to a four-year institu
tion, thus requiring the athletic pro
grams to leave the National Junior Col
lege Athletic Association (NJCAA) and
make the leap into the four-year com
petition.
“We believe that the NAIA
will be a very competitive association
for us,” says Brevard College Athletic
Director Dave Rinker. “Most of the
schools are quite comparable to
Brevard College in size, facilities, bud
gets, and in their commitment to inter
collegiate athletics.
The plan over the next two
years is to continue to compete as a two-
year athletic program, but to apply to
the NAIA for acceptance for provi
sional status in the summer of 1998.
This will mean that Brevard College
will have to abide by all the NAIA eli
gibility requirements and policies dur
ing the 1998/1999 academic year.
Therefore, recruiting as of now must
fall in line with the NAIA criteria.
Under NAIA criteria, all stu
dent athletes must meet two of the three
following requirements in order to be
eligible for athletics as ^a freshman:
1). Student/
athlete must be ranked in the top half
of their graduating class
2). Student/athlete
must have at least 860 on their SAT
3). Student/athlete
must have at least a 2.0 overall grade
point average
The above requirements will
prevent us from recmiting some stu
dent/athletes who have enrolled at
Brevard College in the past. This should
be offset due to the fact that, with the
College’s new four-year baccalaureate
curriculum, student athletes will remain
at the College for four (and in some
cases five) years. The higher minimum
standard will, however, raise even fur
ther the academic level of our student
athletes.
The College is still contacting
and gathering information in regard to
conference affiliations for a future alli
ance, but there are a number of com
petitive conferences that have shown
interest in Brevard College becoming
a member.
“We are committed to being
a member of both a national affiliation
and a conference affiliation that will
allow Brevard College to continue to
stress excellence in athletics in both the
areas of competiton and sportsman
ship,” says Rinker.
BC Men’s Soccer
by Sarah Carpenter
Brevard College men’s soccer has had their share of ups and downs
recently, but overall they are doing excellent. Through some misfortunate under
takings they went from 13 wins, 3 losses, and 3 ties to 8-8-1, and now then
record is 10-8-2. They were supposed to host the Regional 10 tournament, but
do to a misunderstanding Spartanburg hosted the game, and Brevard won with a
score of 1-0. The game went into a double overtime. Saturday, November 8, they
will be playing in the Southeastern Regionals in Dekalb Georgia. If they wm,
they will play in Nationals in Essex, New Jersey.
Recently a few players won outstanding awards in their region. Paul
Sackie received an award for “Player of the Year,” Jared Morton received an
award for “Best Mid-fielder,” D.J. Wayoro got the award for “Best Defensive
Player,” and Mike Abiodon Adeyemi received an award for the “Best Offensive
Player.”
Cross Country Heading to Nationals
by Amber Jefferies
The cross country team runs
an average of 10 miles a day. They
mn in the moming and in
the afternoon. The lady
tornadoes are ranked
sixth nationally and the
guys are ranked fourth. A
We have an awesome
coach and he works us
really hard, he is well re
spected,@ stated Kim
Schaper. The guys and
girls won first place for
the junior level at
Winthrop Invitational. The team is now
preparing for nationals as they have
been for the past twelve weeks. Kim
Schaper stated that A The girls should
come up in the top five for nationals
and the guys should be in the top three.
It is only four weeks away and we are
preparing for it now. Coach Dave
preparing for it now. Coach uave ^
Rinker works us hard but only good only do
will come out of it. The girls team hurts
because there are three girls injured and
only four girls are now runnmg. I thi^
that the girls team is do
ing better this year also
the guys team is good
and they can hold their
own. Coach Rinker is
determined to make us
the best we can be and
we are all working at
that.® The cross coun
try tornadoes are doing
a wonderful job this
year They are all doing great and are
ready to compete in this years nation
als which are held in Texas on Novem
ber 15. Sophomore Mark Osborn
agrees with Schaper. He stated that
The men’s team should perform we
at nationals, up until this pomt, we have
continued to get better, injuries are our