2005 ODAC Spring Meeting
Action Items
Monday, May 23- Wednesday, May 25
·
Proposal to work with Jostens on the conference
agreement for championship rings. The contract should provide Jostens with the
opportunity to bid on championship rings at all ODAC schools, including a
clause that does not force schools to purchase championship ringS
from Jostens. In addition, Jostens will provide the conference with three
traveling Commissioner’s Cups along with additional help on various awards to
be determined at a later date. The contract will be drawn up and distributed to
the ADs prior to final approval. (APPROVED –
UNANIMOUS)
·
Proposal from the
committee to restrict charging for championships at on-campus final four
venues. (DENIED – REFER BACK TO CHAMPIONSHIPS COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER
DISCUSSION CONCERNING A FAIR EQUATION ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE FUNDS RECEIVED WHILE
CHARGING FOR ODAC CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY ON CAMPUS.)
Basketball Tournament
Formats:
The
committee recommended, following its discussions, proposal three. Proposal
three was moved first – it failed. Proposal two was moved and seconded – it
passed.
·
Format 2 – Maintain the current practice of all
eight-tournament teams playing games at the
·
Format 3 – Allows for the top four seeds in each sport to
host an ODAC Tournament quarterfinal game at home prior to the semifinals and
finals being played at the neutral
**Both
of these arrangements would be contingent on having a working contract with the
The report of the
championships and games committee was moved and APPROVED.
·
Discontinue the
process of allowing teams to split Saturday/Sunday doubleheaders and playing a
game on Monday. This process was allowed to continue for the 2005-06 season but
will be applied for the 2006-07 season and beyond. (APPROVED
– UNANIMOUS)
Women’s
Basketball:
·
The league
scheduling committee agreed to allow flexibility in the women’s schedule in
2005-06 allowing the coaches and administrators to work within the following
framework.
o
Last year’s
schedule started a two-year cycle with men’s and women’s basketball scheduled
together for combined travel. In some instances schools used the opportunity to
travel the men’s and women’s teams together – in other situations such travel
did not work for various reasons. Due to the combined initiative, the schedules
were overlapped and several problems occurred with both schedules along the
way. In an effort to make the two schedules more equitable --- the scheduling
committee suggests the following changes to the women’s schedule for the
2005-06 season.
o
Many of the
coaches expressed concern with the sat/sun/tues
format assigned to the women’s schedule. Last year this posed a problem with
teams playing sat/sun/tues/thurs. finding
a time for the NCAA mandated off-day. To help with that issue, the committee
suggests to the ADs the opportunity to move women’s
contests from Tuesday to Wednesday when possible. In the event two teams cannot
agree, the default will be Wednesday so long as the home team does not have
another game (men) previously scheduled at home that same mid-week date.
o
The committee also
suggested the flexibility of the teams to play Fri/Sat on doubleheaders or
Sat/Sun. In addition – in keeping with the men’s schedule – the committee
suggests allowing the women to break up the assigned back-to-back play with a
Friday-Sunday format. If the two/four teams in the mix cannot agree, the
default in this instance would be the originally scheduled dates – more than
likely – Saturday-Sunday back-to-back format of weekend play.
·
ALL WOMEN’S
BASKETBALL SUGGESTIONS WERE APPROVED.
Volleyball
·
Proposal to
discuss and settle on a volleyball schedule for 2006. One of the schedules
requires three weekend contests (preferred by the volleyball committee), while
the other provides the option to play four weekend contests. AFTER A MOTION TO
PULL FROM THE SCHEDULING REPORT AND VOTE SEPARATELY, THE BOARD APPROVED THE
COACHES’ PROPOSAL #1 – REMINDING THEM THAT A MOVE FROM A MID-WEEK MATCH TO A
WEEKEND DATE WOULD BE WELCOMED IF TWO SCHOOLS SO DESIRE.
·
Motion to approve
sportsmanship awards for all conference sports – allowing the sport committees
to set up the criteria for selection. In addition – allow for the naming rights
of such awards by recommendation of sport committees or the Board of Directors.
(APPROVED)
·
Motion to name the
Conference Overall Commissioner Cup after former ODAC Commissioner Dan Wooldridge. (APPROVED). The Men’s Cup and Women’s
Cup will remain unnamed with the option for additional recommendations to name
them in the future.
SPORTS
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Baseball
·
The 2006
Tournament will be held April 27-30.
·
Coaches Meeting:
To be held annually the second Tuesday after the Tournament
·
ODAC
only statistics will be used in determining the All-Conference Team
·
Require rainout
dates to be played on Sunday following Saturday scheduled conf. Doubleheaders
and following day of scheduled mid-week conference play.
·
Proposed during the Board meeting - Increase umpire fees for 2006 to be better in line
with adjacent conferences (New Fees for 2006 - $105 single, $210
doubleheader)
The coaches also discussed the possibility of playing a
three-game series against conference opponents in the future. Curt Kendall
surveyed the coaches and will distribute the information to the ADs following the meeting.
**
The baseball report, including the above recommendations was moved and APPROVED
as a whole.
Cross Country
·
Coach-of-the-Year. Selected by a vote of the coaches at the
championship meet. Ballets will have
space for three selections with the 3 points awarded to the first choice nomination,
2 points awarded to the second nomination and one point for the third choice
nomination. Coaches must make a
selection for each blank. Ballets must
be filled out correctly in order to be counted in the voting process. The nomination with the highest number of
points is the winner.
·
Selected by a vote
of the coaches at the championship meet.
Ballets will have space for three selections with the 3 points awarded
to the first choice nomination, 2 points awarded to the second nomination and
one point for the third choice nomination.
Coaches must make a selection for each blank. Ballets must be filled out correctly in order
to be counted in the voting process. The
nomination with the highest number of points is the winner.
·
Both
recommendations and the report were APPROVED
Golf
·
Change the Conference
Tournament to a 54-hole event starting in 2007. (APPROVED 9Y, 0N, 3ABSTIN)–
PROVIDED THE TOURNAMENT CAN BE PLAYED WITHOUT MISSING MORE THAN TWO DAYS OF
CLASS – THIS NEEDS TO BE CLEAR WHEN LOOKING FOR A FACILITY IN 2007 AND BEYOND)
·
Commencing in
2006, eligible teams may enter up to five players in the Conference Tournament,
not six. APPROVED (9Y, 0N, 3ABSTIN)
·
The list of nine
endorsed tournaments is submitted for approval.
APPROVED 9Y, 0N, 3ABSTIN – WITH MENTION OF THE NUMBER ALLOWED – THE
COMMITTEE SHOULD REVIEW REDUCING THIS NUMBER AS MORE CONFERENCE MEMBERS PROVIDE
HOSTING OPPORTUNITIES.
o
Ted Keller (RMC)
o
Tom Kinder
Memorial (
o
Tom O’Briant (
o
o
VA State
Intercollegiate (VSGA)
o
Pine Needles
(Pfeiffer)
o
o
Shipbuilder’s
(NNAS)
o
Buck Leslie
(W&L)
·
Eliminate wording
in the Guidelines concerning Winter Rules. APPROVED 9Y, 0N, 3 ABSTIN
The
remainder of the report was moved and APPROVED
·
O.D.A.C. Men’s
Lacrosse Tournament expand it’s current format of the top 4 seeds from the
regular season to the top 6 seeds from the regular season. This proposal is contingent on the following
dates for 2006: Saturday / Sunday April
22 – 23 ends the O.D.A.C. regular season play.
The following weekend (Saturday / Sunday April 29 – 30) would be the
First Round of the Conference Tournament with the 3rd / 4th
seeds hosting the 5th / 6th seeds respectively. The winners of those 2 games would advance to
play the #’s 1 & 2 seeds on Tuesday / Wednesday May 2-3. On Saturday / Sunday May 6-7 the two winners
from the semi-final round would meet for the Conference Championship. All games would be at the site of the highest
seed. The #1 seed would play the winner
of the #4 / # 5 game in one semi-final while the #2
seed would play the winner of the #3 / #6 game in the other semi-final. DENIED – 1Y, 6N, 5ABSTIN.
·
Motion to prohibit
film exchange, verbal or written information on conference members to out of
conference opponents. APPROVED 7Y, 6 ABSTIN
·
Following the
defeat of the six-team tournament – allow the tournament to be played a week
later May 2-3 and 6-7 APPROVED 7Y, 6 ABSTIN.
The
remainder of the report was moved and APPROVED
Women’s
Lacrosse
·
Motion to move
conference tournament dates back one week. First round games on Tuesday and
Wednesday the 25th and 26th of April, and the semi-finals
on Saturday, April 29th with the finals coming on Sunday, April 30th.
Match conference tournament dates with ODAC Women’s Lacrosee
Sport Guidelines. Gives an additional week for rain-outs and make-up games from
earlier in the season. APPROVED 10Y, 0N, 3ABSTIN
·
To have
all-conference nominations and selections done by e-mail, completed by the
Friday before the conference semi-finals and finals weekend. Second Schwartz.
Coaches for each team have the ability to look and research players nominated
by other ODAC schools. APPROVED 10Y, 0N, 3ABSTIN
·
Board Meeting
motion - A motion was made from the floor to add a fee to the officials in the
women’s lacrosse semifinals and finals – not to exceed $510 per game. The
Committee is to create a list of eight officials to solicit for the tournament
with
o
There was much
discussion on the officials fees. In response, the ADs encouraged the officials
supervisor to continue to recruit and put in place a training system to
encourage and foster new officials. In addition – the Board will create and
officiating sub-committee to deal with such requests in the future
o
The following
was moved and seconded – Increase the women’s lacrosse game fee to $130 per
game maintaining the current travel policy of $15 if an official travels over
60 miles one-way. (APPROVED - 9Y, 0N, 4 ABSTIN)
The
remainder of the report was moved and APPROVED
Softball
·
The committee recommends that
the ODAC Tournament be expanded to include eight teams. (DENIED 2Y, 7N, 2
ABSTIN)
·
The committee
recommends that the ODAC Tournament be moved from the Moyer Complex and that it
be hosted at neutral sites on a rotational schedule. If there are not adequate
facilities elsewhere to move the tournament, the committee recommends the
The
remainder of the report was moved and APPROVED
Sports
Information Directors
·
There are no
formal recommendations. The report was APPROVED
·
Each member school
will meet each other during the season.
The scheduling matrix will maximize double-dual format yet be flexible
to allow some dual meets between conference members. This allows for conference expansion and
consideration of individual institution academic schedules. Every attempt will be made to have the
conference schedule for the following year available by the conference championship.
Any dual meet event format can be used.
Coaches who cannot reach agreement will use the 16-event program.
Institutions can choose to schedule home-away meets in the same academic
year. The meet scheduled through the
scheduling matrix is considered the “official” league meet. APPROVED
Men’s
Tennis
·
Seeds will be
treated differently for the coming year of 2006 (“floated” in the draw). See
details in the report. APPROVED
·
Players wear
school issued apparel, recognizing the limited budgets and needs for multiple
outfits for extended play in tennis. APPROVED
Track and Field
·
(New) Section II
–F #1: Mile performances may be converted to 1500m performances with multiplier
of .928.
·
(Replaces) Section II –F #1g: Minimum and
Maximum Field Sizes for 6 lane, 200 meter tracks.
·
800m: 9 athletes in the fast section
·
1500m: 12 athletes in the fast section
·
(New) Section II
–F #1: Minimum and Maximum Field Sizes for 6 lanes, 400 meter tracks.
·
800m: Top 9 entries will comprise the fast section of the
800m. An alley system will be used. (Two lanes make up one alley) There will be 3 runners per alley with three
allies total per section. Runners will
be required to stay in his/her assigned alley until the break point. Subsequent sections will follow the same
formula.
·
1500m: Top 12 entries will comprise the fast section of the
1500m. There will be 2 runners per lane
and all will be on the front row. If
there are 15 entries or fewer, the 13th-15th fastest
entries will be placed in a second row behind the top 12. If there are 16 entries or more, additional
sections will be added following the same formula
·
(Replaces) Section
III –C: Athlete-of-the-Meet. Selected by
a vote of the coaches at the championship meet.
Ballots will have space for three selections with the 3 points awarded
to the first choice nomination, 2 points awarded to the second nomination and
one point for the third choice nomination.
Coaches must make a selection for each blank. Ballots must be filled out correctly in order
to be counted in the voting process. The
nomination with the highest number of points is the winner.
·
(Replaces) Section
III –D: Coach-of-the-Year. Selected by a
vote of the coaches at the championship meet.
Ballots will have space for three selections with the 3 points awarded
to the first choice nomination, 2 points awarded to the second nomination and
one point for the third choice nomination.
Coaches must make a selection for each blank. Ballots must be filled out correctly in order
to be counted in the voting process. The
nomination with the highest number of points is the winner.
·
(Replaces) Section
III –E: Rookie-of-the-Year. Selected by
a vote of the coaches at the championship meet.
Ballots will have space for three selections with the 3 points awarded
to the first choice nomination, 2 points awarded to the second nomination and
one point for the third choice nomination.
Coaches must make a selection for each blank. Ballots must be filled out correctly in order
to be counted in the voting process. The
nomination with the highest number of points is the winner.
·
(Add) Section III
–F: Add the word “track” in order to keep format consistent. “The conference
will recognize both a track athlete of the week and a field athlete of the
week.”
·
(New) Section II
–C: Championship meet information should be sent out to conference schools four
weeks prior to the championship date.
·
Approve the site
for the 2006 Indoor Track Championships held at
THE
ENTIRE REPORT WAS MOVED AND APPROVED, INCLUDING THE MOVE TO
Voting for ODAC Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year
Washington and Lee’s Lindsay Hagerman and Paul McClure were named the
conference’s top scholar-athletes.
2004-05
Individual Sport-by-Sport Scholar-Athlete Winners
Sport Athlete
School
Fall
Field Hockey Jonelyn Denlinger EMU
Men’s Soccer Matt
Women’s Soccer Erin
Johnson LC
Volleyball Emily
Wolfing W&L
Football C.W.
Clemmons HSC
Men’s
Cross-Country Nathan
Johnson W&L
Women’s Cross-Country Kelly
Archibald LC
Winter
Men’s Basketball Clay
Michael BC
Women’s Basketball Megan
Silva RMC
Indoor Track & Field Nathan Johnson W&L
Women’s Indoor Track & Field Wendy Driver EMU
Riding Jennifer
Champagne HU
Swimming Erin
Ewalt RMC
Spring
Baseball Lucas
Jones LC
Softball Christy
Mays LC
Men’s Lacrosse A.J.
Tinklepaugh LC
Women’s
Lacrosse Kristen
Jehl VWC
Men’s Tennis Paul McClure W&L
Women’s Tennis Linsdsay Hagerman W&L
Men’s Track & Field Nathan
Johnson W&L
Women’s Track & Field Wendy
Driver EMU
Presentation of Commissioners Cup
Washington and Lee
captured all three Commissioner Cups – Men, Women and Overall.