| Ohio Tabs Turley as Associate AD for Compliance and Student Services |
| Posted: 9/24/2008 3:44:28 PM |
Ohio Tabs Turley as Associate AD for Compliance and Student Services Ilion, N.Y. native headed to Athens
Courtesy: Jason Corriher
Ohio Athletics
Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations
ATHENS, Ohio-Tricia Turley has been named Associate Athletics Director for Compliance and Student Services, Ohio Director of Athletics Jim Schaus announced Wednesday. Turley comes to Athens from the University of Massachusetts where she was Associate AD for Compliance for just over two and a half years.
Turley will oversee all compliance and student services, which include: NCAA rules compliance, academics, CHAMPS Life skills and community service. She will also assist with sport management.
"We are very excited to have Tricia join the Bobcat family," said Schaus. "She has exceptional experience in compliance, student services and sport management at top-level entities. Tricia has demonstrated quality leadership abilities and excellence in all of her responsibilities. This is a very critical area for our department and it is in great hands."
Turley was named the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance at UMass in December of 2005. She was responsible for overseeing and maintaining the compliance of all 23 intercollegiate athletic programs (approximately 700 student-athletes) within the Atlantic 10, CAA, Hockey East, ECAC and NCAA legislation. She was also responsible for program administration of women's basketball and softball as well as coordinating the department's strategic plan.
She came to UMass after a four-year stint at Northeastern where she served as the Senior Woman Administrator and Associate AD for Compliance and Enrollment Services. At Northeastern, Turley evaluated academic eligibility for over 550 student-athletes; educated student-athletes, coaches, staff and boosters regarding NCAA, America East Conference and Northeastern University rules, policies and procedures; served as a primary advisor for the Student Athlete Advisory Board and was the CHAMPS/Life Skills Coordinator. In 2003, she was elevated to the athletic department's Senior Woman Administrator position.
Along with her daily duties, Turley also represented Northeastern on the Executive Board of the Women's Basketball Foundation as part of the local organizing committee for the 2006 Women's Final Four which was held in Boston in April 2006.
Before coming to Northeastern in July 2001, Turley was an Enforcement Services Intern for the NCAA. Turley also served as an Operations/Scouting Intern for the Washington Redskins and a Labor Relations Intern for the National Football League Management Council.
Turley is a 1999 graduate of Cornell University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Industrial & Labor Relations.
Most recently, she earned a Master of Science degree in Leadership from Northeastern University.
Turley also recently completed the NCAA Fellows Leadership Development Program. She is a member of the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators and the National Association for Athletics Compliance. In 2005, she was honored with the All-American Football Foundation Associate Athletic Director Award.
She is a native of Ilion, N.Y. |
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| Ohio Announces 2008 Hall of Fame Class |
| Posted: 9/23/2008 12:32:48 PM |
Visscher, Ford, Thornton to be honored
Courtesy: Jason Corriher
Ohio Athletics
Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations
ATHENS, Ohio - The Kermit Blosser Ohio Athletics Hall of Fame will add three names to its list of honorees this fall. The 2008 class of Jackie Visscher (Conrad), Geno Ford and Jen Thornton (Morris) will be honored during homecoming weekend at the Ohio University Alumni Awards Gala and also be recognized at the Bobcats' football game.
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| Bobcats Fall to Central Michigan 31-28 |
| Posted: 9/13/2008 7:08:39 PM |
Jackson accounts for 413 total yards, a single-game school record
Courtesy: McKenna Maertens
Ohio University Athletics
ATHENS, Ohio – Junior quarterback Boo Jackson (Gardena, Calif.) exploded for a school single-game record 413 yards of total offense against Central Michigan on Saturday, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Chippewas as the Ohio University football team dropped a 31-28 decision at Peden Stadium.
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| Krauss Tabbed as Top MLB Prospect by Baseball America |
| Posted: 9/10/2008 12:43:04 PM |
Courtesy: Michael Weisman
Athletic Media Relations
Ohio University
Krauss Tabbed as Top MLB Prospect by Baseball America Ohio outfielder named 27th-best prospect in Cape Cod League
ATHENS, Ohio – Junior Marc Krauss (Deshler, Ohio) was chosen as the 27th-best Major League Baseball prospect to play in the 2008 Cape Cod Summer League by Baseball America Magazine. The magazine ranked the top 30 prospects in the talent-rich Cape Cod League, considered the premier collegiate baseba |
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| College Book Store, Inc. Launches T-Shirt Proceeds go to Dan Lowe Memorial Endowed Scholarship |
| Posted: 9/5/2008 12:53:48 PM |
Courtesy: Jason Corriher
Ohio Athletics
Assistant Athletics Director for Media Relations
ATHENS, Ohio-College Book Store, Inc. has launched a T-shirt campaign for this Saturday's football game at Ohio State that will see some of the proceeds go toward the Dan Lowe Memorial Endowed Scholarship.
The shirt has been immensely popular, generating a donation of more than $1,102 as of Thursday afternoon. The donation will be made to J.R. Blackburn, Ohio University's Director of Deve |
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| Northern Illinois Quarterback Chandler Harnish Named MAC MaleScholar Athlete of the Week |
| Posted: 9/5/2008 12:38:25 PM |
NIU’s Chandler Harnish Named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete Of The Week A Business Management major, Harnish passed for 326 yards and 2 TD’s in his debut
Courtesy: Matt Brendich
Associate Media Relations Director
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois - The Mid-American Conference announced on Thursday that Northern Illinois redshirt freshman quarterback Chandler Harnish (Blufton, Ind./Norwell) has been named the MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week for the period ending Au |
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