NCAA visits Wheaton as part of Division III New England campus tour
April 10, 2007
NORTON, MA--The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has designated Wheaton College as one of its four stops during a Division III New England campus tour this week. As part of its "On The Road" feature, the NCAA is introducing the Norton campus to its readers in the Double-A Zone, the official Web log of the NCAA, sharing the true story of intercollegiate athletics.
Josh Centor, the NCAA coordinator of new media communications who helped develop the Association's first official blog, will visit four campuses during the week, including New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) members Babson and Wellesley colleges. He is also scheduled to make a stop at his alma mater and former league member Brandeis University.
''More student-athletes and institutions compete in Division III than either of the other two divisions, so there's no question that intercollegiate athletics is just as important to those campuses as it is to the high-profile ones,'' Centor wrote on his blog earlier today. ''My goal is to provide everyone with a peek inside those campuses to help create a better understanding about what it means to be an NCAA student-athlete.''
Centor plans to spend time at different parts of campus in addition to interviewing several Wheaton representatives, including President Ronald Crutcher, Executive Director of Athletics Chad Yowell, and a handful of coaches and student-athletes, in order to give a flavor of the Wheaton experience. He also intends to attend and capture footage of the school's nationally-ranked baseball team's doubleheader at Sidell Stadium and the men's tennis team's conference match at Clark Tennis Courts that afternoon.
The NCAA's official blog, located at www.doubleazone.com, was launched in November 2005 and now reaches more than 40,000 unique visitors each month. On the blog are weekly discussions with NCAA President Myles Brand and a recently launched video news program called the 3-Minute Drill. The New England trip will be discussed with Brand, as well as on the 3-Minute Drill.