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THE NCATA 2011 and 2012 NCATA National Champions
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THE NCATA
Executive Cabinet Dr. Renee Baumgartner NCATA President
John Blake Executive Director
Nancy Post NCATA Vice President
Member Institutions*
* On Nov. 16, 2011, the NCATA announced the addition of Plymouth State and UMass-Dartmouth. Both teams begin competition during the 2012-13 season. Also joining will be Alderson-Broaddus College.
Baylor
Azusa Pacific
Head Coach: Karry Forsythe 2011 Record: 3-5 SID: David Kaye E-mail: david_kaye@baylor.edu
Head Coach: Colleen Kausrud 2011 Record: 3-5 SID: Joe Reinsch E-mail: jreinsch@apu.edu
Oregon
Head Coach: Felecia Mulkey 2011 Record: 8-1 SID: Cameron Harati E-mail: charati@uoregon.edu 2011 and 2012 NCATA National Champions
Fairmont State
Head Coach: Kristi Kiefer 2011 Record: 1-7 SID: Adam Zundell E-mail: azundell@fairmontstate.edu
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ABOUT THE NCATA Mission & Vision Mission • The mission of the NCATA is to bring the sport of Acrobatics and Tumbling to NCAA emerging sport status and towards a fully sanctioned NCAA championship sport. • The NCATA is committed to promoting Acrobatics and Tumbling, creating competitive opportunities for athletes, coaches and institutions with an emphasis on the value of responsibility, competitiveness, dedication, sportsmanship, and education at the collegiate level. Built on this foundation, the NCATA will foster the growth, development, and advancement of Acrobatics and Tumbling through refinement of all sport rules. • Rules focus on continued development and regulation of education and training, and the professional development of administrators, coaches, officials and athletes seeking collegiate or foundational exposure at the regional, national or international level. Vision • The vision of the NCATA is to be dedicated in the guidance, leadership and governance for the sport of Acrobatics and Tumbling at the collegiate level and eventually the developmental levels based on fair and safe competition while continuing to expand competitive opportunities for female student-athletes at the collegiate level.
Core Values • In addition to the standards of meeting varsity sport requirements, the NCATA is committed to the following values and beliefs. Athletic Administrator and Coach Led • The NCATA was founded by athletic directors, senior women’s administrators, and compliance officials. With heavy involvement from university legal departments as well as head coaches of participating member schools, this organization believes strongly in the commitment to collegiate athletics internally from athletic departments. Non-Profit Entity Governing Acrobatics and Tumbling • The NCATA is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit entity with the first and foremost purpose of emergence of women’s Acrobatics and Tumbling as an NCAA sport providing more athletic opportunities for collegiate female student-athletes. As a governing and policy-making entity, our focus is the safe emergence of Acrobatics and Tumbling. Regulated Skill Development • All athletes must have a solid foundation of basic skills in order to advance safely. Working with USA Gymnastics, Acrobatics and Tumbling has created a program with levels of skills (similar to USA Gymnastics skill and competitive levels 1-10) that include progressions and uses safety as the primary development factor. This method produces better athletes while keeping the athletes safer. Regulated Policy Changes • The NCATA is regulated by a set of non-profit Bylaws, Rules and Policies Manual, Risk Safety Management and a Code of Points for coaches, athletes, officials and administrators. Each rule change or policy directive is based on safety and development of the sport. Rule changes are initiated from an educated committee of university coaches and/or the top experts in USA Gymnastics. Background Screening & Professional Development • The NCATA, by working with USA Gymnastics, has 100% of its professional members background checked. The screening is equal to that required of the U.S. Olympic Committee. The National Center for Safety Initiatives (NCSI) provides the mandatory comprehensive criminal background-screening program for the USA Gymnastics and NCATA administered programs. In addition, professional members must complete safety and on-going training provided by USA Gymnastics and the NCATA. 2011 and 2012 NCATA National Champions
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NCATA COMPOSITE SCHEDULE 2013 Oregon Schedule F. 7
at Azusa Pacific
6:30 P.M.
M. 2
BAYLOR
2 P.M.
M. 16
FAIRMONT STATE
2 p.m.
M. 25
at Quinnipiac
6 p.m.
A. 2
AZUSA PACIFIC
7 p.m.
A. 6
at Baylor
TBA
A. 24-27 NCATA National Championships (Camden, Conn.) TBA ALL BOLD CAPS DENOTES HOME MATCH * Times are local to school
2013 Azusa Pacific Schedule
2013 Baylor Schedule
F. 7
OREGON
6:30 P.M.
F. 9
at Quinnipiac
TBA
F. 26
at Baylor
6:30 p.m.
F. 10
at Fairmont State
TBA
M. 13
FAIRMONT STATE/QUINNIPIAC
6:30 P.M.
F. 26
AZUSA PACIFIC
A. 2
at Oregon
6:30 p.m.
M. 2
at Oregon
A. 11
BAYLOR
6:30 P.M.
M. 10
QUINNIPIAC
A. 6
OREGON
A. 11
at Azusa Pacific
A. 24-27 NCATA National Championships (Camden, Conn.) TBA ALL BOLD CAPS DENOTES HOME MATCH
6:30 p.m. 2 p.m. 4:30 P.M. TBA 6:30 p.m.
A. 24-27 NCATA National Championships (Camden, Conn.) TBA
* Times are local to school
2013 Fairmont State Schedule F. 10
BAYLOR
M. 2
QUINNIPIAC
M. 13
at Azusa Pacific
M. 16 A. 6
2013 Quinnipiac Schedule TBA
F. 9
BAYLOR
12 P.M.
12 P.M.
M. 2
at Fairmont State
12 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
M. 10
at Baylor
at Oregon
2 p.m.
M. 13
at Azusa Pacific
12 p.m.
at Quinnipiac
6 p.m.
M. 25
OREGON
6 P.M.
A. 6
FAIRMONT STATE
6 P.M.
A. 24-27 NCATA National Championships (Camden, Conn.) TBA
7 p.m.
A. 24-27 NCATA National Championships (Camden, Conn.) TBA ALL BOLD CAPS DENOTES HOME MATCH * Times are local to school
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NCATA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Championship Format The NCATA National Championship is a single-elimination tournament. Teams must be from member universities in good standing with the NCATA. All regular season requirements must be met including, but not limited to, number of required meets, team membership, and coach professional membership. Qualification for Championship Championship Qualification Score (CQS) for All Around Championship Teams will be seeded for the NCATA Championship based on regular season results from each sanctioned meet. For the all-around championship, the CQS is calculated by averaging the four highest final scores earned during each event at NCATA sanctioned meets. Two out of the four scores earned have to be earned at NCATA away sanctioned meets. If a tie occurs the next highest score will be used to break the tie. The top two all around CQS scores will earn a bye for the first round at the Duration championship. The top six all around CQS scores qualify to compete at Wednesday-Travel Day the NCATA championship.
Championship Format
Saturday – Events finals – followed by National Championship Meet Event Finals Event finals will occur on Saturday morning prior to the national championship meet. Each heat will have four teams competing. Event Championship Qualification Score (ECQS) for Event Finals The four highest scores earned throughout the regular season (in each of the 4 skill events and the team event) at NCATA sanctioned meets will qualify for event finals at the championship. Student-athletes may not compete twice in the same heat during the event finals at the championship. One substitution to the originally qualifying group allowed for injury or a double qualifying athlete in the partner stunt, pyramid, tumbling and basket toss rounds is permissible. The group or individuals identified as receiving the highest score will be “Event Champion.” Reasons for the Event Finals
* Shows depth of talent for each team * Allows more than one specialist to contribute * Provides more criteria for naming tournament MVP and tournament Thursday- Practice in championship facilities, Welcome reception and regular season awards Banquet CQS will be calculated per event and a separate CQS will be calculated team for the Thursday all around score. * Provides an opportunity for individual groups to go to nationals - Round One, 2 meets even if their teams didn’t qualify Friday -Format Round Two, 2 meets Championship * Could be a source for director’s cup points upon recognition by the NCAA Saturday – Events finals – followed by National Championship Meet Thursday - Round One, 2 meets * Allows teams to comeback after early round elimination Friday -Tournament Round Two, 2 meetsBracket * Follows gymnastics and other individual sports models
Round One
Round One Round Two
# 6 Seed
# 3 Seed
Round Two
Winner
Winner
vs.
vs.
#2 Seed
#1 Seed
#5 Seed
#4 Seed
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NCATA SANCTIONING
The National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association today (Sept. 2, 2010) announced its decision to sanction its events through USA Gymnastics, the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Additionally, in an effort toward greater alignment of its activities with the gymnastics community, the NCSTA is changing its name to the National Collegiate Acrobatics and Tumbling Association (NCATA). “USA Gymnastics is an established and respected governing body,” said John Blake, NCATA executive director. “We have made great strides as an organization and this developing sport. This serves as yet another catalyst for our expansion at the NCAA level, and provides the NCATA with an established protocol that supports our growth.” “This is a natural extension for USA Gymnastics to work with the NCATA,” said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. “This sport combines many of the skills taught throughout gymnastics disciplines and provides a whole new level of opportunity for our athletes.” USA Gymnastics is the non-profit, national governing body for gymnastics established in 1963. With more than 110,000 members, USA Gymnastics provides governance, training, development, education, growth and sport support for all of its disciplines, including men’s and women’s gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics and trampoline and tumbling. The purpose of a stunts and tumbling team is to compete on behalf of a university, 6-8 times per season in a head-to-head meet format against other collegiate stunts and tumbling teams. An NCSTA meet includes six rounds – compulsory, stunt, pyramid, basket toss, tumbling and team routine. The scoring system includes pre-determined difficulty values for each skill in each round of the events that allows for consistent scoring by the officials. The NCSTA’s unique meet format with standardized scoring, officiating, and safety provide clear separation from other related sports or activities. The NCATA is the collegiate association organizing the skill set of acrobatics and tumbling for women. With a goal of reaching NCAA emerging sport status, the current member institutions of the NCATA – Azusa Pacific University, Baylor University, Fairmont State University, University of Maryland, University of Oregon and Quinnipiac University – are excited about the possibilities of this new alliance. Teams range in size, with a maximum of 40 women. NCATA athletes and coaches will become members of USA Gymnastics and adhere to the rules and policies of the organization. “Many of our student-athletes come from the gymnastics community,” said Felecia Mulkey, head coach of the University of Oregon acrobatics and tumbling team. “This will be great for our development and the expansion of the sport at the collegiate level, creating new opportunities for female student-athletes.” The all-female acrobatics and tumbling teams are recognized and treated as fully sponsored sports at their respective institutions and are in full compliance with NCAA rules and regulations. The purpose of an acrobatics and tumbling team is to represent a university six to eight times each season in a head-to-head competitive format against other collegiate acrobatics and tumbling teams. An NCATA meet includes six rounds – compulsory, stunt, pyramid, basket toss, tumbling and a team routine. The scoring system includes pre-determined start difficulty values for each skill in each round for consistent scoring by officials. The NCATA’s unique meet format with standardized scoring, officiating, and safety provide clear separation from other related sports or activities.
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NCAA STATUS 2011 and 2012 NCATA National Champions
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NCAA EMERGING SPORTS CRITERIA Definition of an emerging sport: An emerging sport is a sport recognized by the NCAA that is intended to provide additional athletics opportunities to female student-athletes. Institutions are allowed to use emerging sports to help meet the NCAA minimum sportssponsorship requirements and also to meet the NCAA's minimum financial aid awards. Definition of a sport: For purposes of reviewing emerging sports for women proposals, a sport shall be defined as an institutional activity involving physical exertion with the purpose of competition versus other teams or individuals within a collegiate competition structure. Furthermore, sport includes regularly scheduled team and/or individual, head-to-head competition (at least five) within a defined competitive season(s); and standardized rules with rating/scoring systems ratified by official regulatory agencies and governing bodies. If an activity meets the definition of a sport, then a proposal and 10 commitment letters are submitted to the Committee on Women's Athletics (CWA). The proposal has to include documentation/supporting information that demonstrates that the sport meets the criteria received by the CWA when assessing the viability of the sport. The Criteria Addressed in the Proposal Must Include the Following: • There must be 20 or more varsity teams and/or competitive club teams that currently exist on college campuses in that sport. • Other data exists that demonstrates support for the sport. For example: o Collegiate recreation and intramural sponsorship. o High-school sport sponsorship. o Nonscholastic competitive programs. o Association and organization support. o U.S. Olympic Committee support (e.g., classified as an Olympic sport, National Governing Body support, grants). o Conference interest in sports sponsorship. o Coaches Association support. o Professional sports support. • There is a demonstrated understanding that once identified as an emerging sport, all NCAA institutions wishing to sponsor the sport at the varsity level must abide by all NCAA regulations, which include limits on playing and practice seasons, recruiting regulations and student-athlete eligibility. • Emerging-sport proposals must include information on general championship rules and format for the sport. In addition to the proposal, 10 letters of commitment must be submitted. The letters must be from 10 member institutions that sponsor or intend to sponsor the sport as an emerging sport and include the signatures of the president and the athletics director of those institutions. Additionally, the letters must be dated within one year of the submission of the proposal and letters. A sport that is removed from the list of emerging sports for women can seek reinstatement. At least twelve months must have passed since the effective date of removal from the list. The criteria for the proposal remain the same, except that 15 letters of commitment must be included and the proposal should explain why the circumstances for support of the proposal have changed since the sport’s removal from the list.
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NCAA EMERGING SPORTS HISTORY When the NCAA adopted the recommendations of its Gender-Equity Task Force in 1994, one of the recommendations was the creation of the list of emerging sports for women. Nine sports were on that first list. In the past 14 years, some have become championship sports, while others have been added to the list. NCAA bylaws require that emerging sports must gain championship status (minimum 40 varsity NCAA programs) within 10 years or show steady progress toward that goal to remain on the list. Institutions are allowed to use emerging sports to help meet the NCAA minimum sports-sponsorship requirements and minimum financial aid awards. Any sport, with proper, documented support, can self-identify as an emerging sport. In the years since the emerging-sports list was created, four have earned full-fledged championship status. Women’s rowing, which became a National Collegiate championship in 1997 and split into championships for each division in 2002, has seen the most growth — and had the longest time to see the impact of NCAA recognition. Women’s ice hockey and women’s water polo, which both earned NCAA championship status in the 2000-01 season, have experienced growth, too. Women’s bowling, a championship sport since 2003-04, is expected to see sponsorship numbers rise even higher in the upcoming season. Each of those sports has grown and succeeded uniquely. The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics is responsible for monitoring emerging-sport sponsorship and legislation. 1991: NCAA surveys its member institutions' expenditures for women's and men's athletics programs. Study results show undergraduate enrollment is about even (50/50), but male students constitute about 70 percent of the participants in intercollegiate athletics, their programs receive about 70 percent of athletics scholarship funds, 77 percent of operating budgets and 83 percent of recruiting funds. 1992: In response to the 1991 survey results, the NCAA Gender-Equity Task Force is established. 1993: The final report of the Gender-Equity Task Force is published. The Task Force recommends institutional standards and NCAA regulations to help achieve gender equity. Nine "emerging” sports (five team and four individual sports) are identified. 1994: The NCAA principle of gender equity is adopted at the NCAA Convention to create greater participation opportunities. 1994-95: Financial aid legislation and minimum contests and participants required for sports sponsorships applicable to emerging sports programs become effective. 1995-96: Amateurism legislation, seasons of competition legislation and awards and benefits legislation applicable to emerging sports programs become effective. 1996: A National Collegiate Championship for women's rowing is adopted at the NCAA Convention. Legislation to establish championships in emerging sports may be proposed during the second year in which 40 or more institutions sponsor the sport for two consecutive academic years. Financial aid legislation and minimum contest and participant requirements for some women's sports are revised for some emerging sports. 1996-97: Coaching limits and playing and practice legislation for emerging sports become effective. Institutions that sponsor an emerging sport must be in full compliance with all remaining NCAA legislation. [NOTE: Per NCAA Bylaw 14.01.6.2, the initial-, continuing- and general-eligibility legislation is only effective for student-athletes first entering the collegiate institution on or after August 1, 1996.] 1997: In April, the Council voted, effective August 1, 1997, to remove women's rowing from the list of emerging sports, inasmuch as the Association sponsored a national collegiate championship in that sport. 1998: Divisions I, II and III adopted noncontroversial legislation to identify equestrian as an emerging sport for women. However, the Division III Management Council decided to rescind equestrian as an emerging sport for women. 2000-01: Women’s ice hockey was removed from the list of emerging sports and the Association sponsored a national collegiate championship in that sport.
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2001-02: Division III established women’s ice hockey as a divisional championship. Division I and II still participate in a 2001-02: Division III established women’s ice hockey as a divisional championship. Division I and II still participate in a national collegiate championship. national collegiate championship.
2001-02: The women’s rowing national collegiate championship was reclassified and divisional championships were 2001-02: The women’s rowing national collegiate championship was reclassified and divisional championships were established for Divisions I, II and III. established for Divisions I, II and III.
2002-03: Rugby is added as an emerging sport for women in all three divisions.
2002-03: Rugby is added as an emerging sport for women in all three divisions.
2004: Women’s bowling was removed from the list of emerging sports and the Association sponsored a national 2004: Women’s bowling was removed from the list of emerging sports and the Association sponsored a national collegiate championship in that sport. collegiate championship in that sport. 2009: Women’s archery, badminton, synchronized swimming and and teamteam handball removed fromfrom the the list of sports 2009: Women’s archery, badminton, synchronized swimming handball removed listemerging of emerging sports in allinthree NCAA divisions for lack of growth. all three NCAA divisions for lack of growth. 2010: SandSand volleyball added to the sports for women in Division I and II. II. 2010: volleyball added to list theof listemerging of emerging sports for women in Division I and
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Michael Gottfredson University President One Year at Oregon
Dr. Michael R. Gottfredson began his tenure as the University
of Oregon’s 17th president on Aug. 1, 2012. Previously, he was a professor of Criminology, Law, and Society and of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine, where he also served as the executive vice chancellor and provost since 2000. Gottfredson holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. from the State University of New York at Albany; and an A.B. from the University of California at Davis. His research and teaching specialties are the causes of crime and delinquency and the criminal justice process. He (with Travis Hirschi) is well known for the development of the selfcontrol theory of crime and delinquency and for the study of how these behaviors relate to age. The theory has stimulated a great deal of research and their description of how and why age relates to crime has become central to research, theory and policy about crime and delinquency. His work on victimization led to the development of the “lifestyle/opportunity” theory of criminal victimization, a prominent explanation for differential risks from crime. His systematic study (with Don Gottfredson) of how arrest, prosecution and sentencing decisions are made in criminal justice contributed to greater understanding of the use of discretion and to the widespread use of structured guidelines in the criminal law. In addition, he led a major expansion of the UC-Irvine infrastructure, blending state, campus and private support. He helped to create the California Institute for Telecommunications and Technology, including the construction of a $55 million research facility, and the new public law school. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Criminology and was the Andersen Consulting “Professor of the Year” in 1996 at the University of Arizona’s College of Business and Public Administration. Prior to joining UC-Irvine, Gottfredson served in several positions at the University of Arizona from 1985 to 2000, including interim senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, vice provost and vice president of Undergraduate Education. Other academic positions Gottfredson has held include associate professor at The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California, from 1983-1985; associate professor of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, from 1981 to 1983; assistant professor at the Graduate School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany from 1977 to 1979; and director of the Criminal Justice Research Center in Albany, New York, from 1976 to 1979. He is married to Karol Gottfredson, who was the coordinator of the Intern Teacher Credential Program at UC-Irvine. The Gottfredsons have one daughter, Katherine, a son, Bryan, and daughter-in-law, Meghan, and two young granddaughters. 2011 and 2012 NCATA National Champions
Rob Mullens Director of Athletics Two Years at Oregon
Since being named the University of Oregon’s 12th director of intercollegiate athletics on July 15, 2010, Rob Mullens has wasted little time in putting his own stamp on the continual success of the Ducks’ athletics department while being the beneficiary of one of the most successful eras in school history. Mullens arrived at Oregon from the University of Kentucky, where he served as deputy director of athletics and managed day-to-day operations of Kentucky’s 22-sport athletics department, with an annual operating budget of $79 million. His background is in accounting and auditing, and he promoted sound fiscal management and self-sufficiency at the University of Kentucky. During his total of eight years at Kentucky, the athletic department’s operating budget expanded by nearly 70 percent. Fundraising for the department hit record levels each of the past seven years prior to his departure. In his brief tenure in Eugene, he has implemented his philosophy of financial effiency while overseeing an $87.8 million budget for the coming year, in addition to enhancing the department’s model of self-sufficiency. He also was at the helm as the Ducks opened their spectacular Matthew Knight Arena, witnessed the football team thrive in the BCS National Championship game as one of the school’s 12 programs advancing to post-season play, and proudly watched as the school claimed national championships in women’s indoor track & field and acrobatics and tumbling. Off the field, Mullens was just as excited to witness an accumulated graduation rate of 74 percent among all of the Ducks’ student-athletes, a single-season best six first-team Capital One Academic All-Americans and 105 academic allconference honorees. Prior to being named deputy director of athletics at Kentucky in 2006, Mullens began as the university’s executive associate director of athletics in 2002. He served at the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2002, starting as assistant director of athletics for business and ultimately as executive senior associate director of athletics and chief of staff. The West Virginia native was senior athletics business manager at the University of Miami (Fla.) from 1994 to 1996, and prior to that he was an accountant/auditor at Ernst & Young in Raleigh, N.C. Mullens went to school at West Virginia University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in sport management. He and his wife, Jane, have two sons, Cooper and Tanner.
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