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Susan Beasy Latto, slatto@d.umn.edu
315 Darland Administration Bldg.
1049 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
(218) 726-8830 Cell: (218) 348-5688
Fax: (218) 726-7413
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH
December 9, 2002
Contact:
Susan Beasy Latto, Director of UMD
Public Relations 218 726-8830
UMD Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin Appointed to NCAA Division II Presidents Council
UMD Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin has been appointed an at-large member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Presidents Council effective January 2003. The 13-member NCAA Presidents Council is made up of CEO's from Division II member colleges and universities and serves as the principal governing body for Division II athletics.
The Presidents Council oversees the Division II Management Council, which consists of 25 athletics administrators and faculty representatives from across the nation. NCAA legislation in Division II is considered and approved through a traditional one-school, one-vote process at the annual NCAA Convention. In this way, Division II institutions makes their own rules, independent of Division I and Division III.