12/13/2012

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AVCA Division III General Meeting Notes

December 13, 2012

Official Notes:

• Perhaps an option to evaluate officials via assignor
• Work with Joan Powell to set up an evaluation tool for coaches with officials
• Officials must pass PAVO with 90% by 09/15 to be eligible for post season opportunities
• Ask assignors to go through PAVO for education - join both NCAA and PAVO
• Rule comparison sheets can be found on the PAVO website
• Goal of PAVO to increase the number of female officials
• Would like to see film clips from coaches of both good and bad plays

NCAA Rules Update:

• NCAA Rules Secretary - Anne Pufhal - anne.pufhal@marquette.edu
• Sarah Davis (Wooster) and Bonnie May (Smith) - Division III reps on the rules committee
• The new Libero jersey rules will be implemented starting in 2013

NCAA Update:

• 3500 attended the Championship match at Hope
• 14-15 - keeping sports in the same playing region area
• UAA only exception with 2 regions versus 6
• 70% in region requirement in order to be eligible for post season competition - may apply for a waiver if don't make the requirement
• Geographic regions counts toward 70% in region requirement
• Concerns about hurting people from hosting in the NCAA tournament (Emory with move to Mid Atlantic)
• If you have concerns about the impending changes please contact your conference commissioner prior to 01/28

Recruiting Calendar:

• Not necessarily is the goal to institute a recruiting calendar but to discuss the current feel regarding recruiting at Division III
• There will be a survey to fill out and a working group is in place that will meet at the annual convention in January
• Some coaches expressed concern about lack of flexibility if a true calendar were ever put in place
• Lots of diversity within Division III - some coach club for additional money and as a way to pay for recruiting
• Coach can control burn out
• Marci Sanders from UT Dallas is serving on this committee

Division III Awards Update:

• Concerns were raised this year about the number of players not represented from top teams
• Is it time to look at the system again?
• Playing ranked teams and stats should stand out versus non ranked teams stats
• All Americans should be the best players in the country
• Some kids will be missed if not playing ranked teams
• People on committee need to do their homework - who are our current member s, why isn't it posted, how often do people rotate off the committee
• Chair of each region must do their homework to advocate players
• Implement some sort of standardized reporting procedure: especially stats because students are still taking stats on the bench
• Need to keep consistency with reporting
• Instructions for committee members: new members are not sure of the process and need some guidance as to how to proceed
• How are we picking the National Coach of the Year?
• Is uploading video an option?
• How transparent do we want to be
• Some regions want top schools to be represented versus representation

Click here to access the NCAA DIII Women's Volleyball Committee 2012 Annual Report

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