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SEC Mission Statement

The SEC’s mission statement reflects the priorities of the league. "The purpose of the Southeastern Conference is to assist its member institutions in the maintenance of programs of intercollegiate athletics which are compatible with the highest standards of education and competitive sports."

The Standard of Excellence

The Southeastern Conference, with its storied 76-year history of athletic achievements and academic excellence, has built perhaps the greatest tradition of intercollegiate competition of any league in the country since its inception in 1933. The 2008-09 academic year was another season to remember for the SEC as conference teams captured five national titles and six national runner-up finishes. The SEC won consecutive national championships in football and gymnastics.

Since 1990, the SEC has won 131 national team championships for an average of nearly seven per year. Florida won the SEC’s first national title of the year with its win in the BCS National Championship Game in football. It is the third consecutive football national title. Georgia’s Gym Dogs won their fifth straight gymnastics championship. Auburn captured its eighth men’s swimming and diving national championship. Tennessee won its second national championship since 2005 year when the women’s indoor track & field squad won the national title. LSU won its sixth national championship in the sport of baseball.

Florida finished first among Southeastern Conference schools and third overall in the Director’s Cup final standings. Overall, the SEC finished in the top two in 10 of its 20 sponsored sports and in the top five in 13 of the 20 sports. Eight SEC teams participated in football postseason bowls with Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt winning the BCS National Title Game, Capital One, Liberty, Chick-fil-A, Cotton and Music City bowls, respectively. Three men’s basketball teams were invited to the NCAA Tournament and seven women’s basketball teams were also invited to the NCAA Tournament. The SEC had a eight teams advance to postseason play in baseball hosting four super regionals with Arkansas and LSU advancing to the College World Series. With 150 teams advancing to NCAA postseason competition, the SEC continued to solidify its place as the nation’s premier conference.

In addition to the four team championships, 53 SEC student-athletes garnered individual national championships, while 323 individuals were awarded with First-
Team All-American Honors. Student athletes around the league continued to excel in the classroom as well with more than 2,300 earning recognition on the SEC
Academic Honor Roll.

On the national all-sport level, the SEC placed nine teams in the top 40 of the NACDA Director’s Cup rankings. Florida led the league with a third place finish.
LSU placed ninth while Georgia was 18th; Tennessee finished 23rd, Arkansas 25th, Auburn 26th, Alabama 30th, Kentucky 34th and South Carolina 39th to round out the league’s top-40 finishes.

SEC Sports

A brief sport-by-sport summary of the 2007-08 year follows. Simply click on the desired sport for its description.

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	Baseball

	Georgia finished second in the College World Series and LSU finishing tied for seventh in Omaha. The SEC earned a record-tying nine NCAA Tournament selections (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Vanderbilt). Five teams advanced to the Regional Finals with Georgia and LSU advancing to the CWS. An SEC squad has now appeared in the College World Series 23 of the last 24 years. With a conference record of 20-9-1, Georgia won the SEC regular season title and LSU won the SEC Tournament Championship with a 8-2 win over Ole Miss. Georgia junior shortstop Gordon Beckham was selected 2008 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, fellow senior closer Joshua Fields was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Auburn first basemen Hunter Morris was named SEC Freshman of the Year by the league’s coaches. The coaches also tabbed Georgia skipper David Perno as SEC Coach of the Year. Beckham was also named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
	Men's Basketball

	The SEC sent six teams to the NCAA Tournament in 2008, including Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Tennessee advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, marking the 19th straight year the SEC had at least one team advance to the Sweet 16. The SEC also sent two teams to the NIT Tournament in 2008, including Florida and Ole Miss, with both teams advancing all the way to the national semifinals. The regular season saw Tennessee with its 14-2 conference record as the SEC regular-season champion. Georgia earned the NCAA Tournament automatic bid, winning the SEC Tournament Championship after the event was moved to Georgia Tech. Georgia joined Auburn and Arkansas as the only teams to have won four straight games in the SEC tournament. The Bulldogs were the first sixth seed (since expansion) to win the SEC Tournament. Kentucky’s Billy Gillispie and Tennessee’s Bruce Pearl shared SEC Coach of the Year honors. Vanderbilt’s Shan Foster was tabbed the SEC Player of the Year and Georgia’s Dave Bliss earned the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award. Florida’s Nick Calathes and Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson shared SEC Freshman of the Year honors and Mississippi State’s Jarvis Varnado was the unanimous selection for the SEC Defensive Player of the Year award. Tennessee’s J.P. Prince was the SEC’s Sixth Man of the Year.
	Women's Basketball

	Tennessee won its second straight and the SEC’s eighth NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship with a 64-48 victory over Stanford. The SEC had five teams earn bids to the NCAA Tournament in 2008 including, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The 2008 Women’s NIT saw four SEC teams participate including, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State and South Carolina, with Kentucky advancing to the quarterfinals. The 2008 NCAA Tournament was the 15th time in 16 seasons the SEC was represented at the Women’s Final Four. The SEC had two teams in the Final Four, which included Tennessee and LSU for their fifth straight appearance. LSU’s Sylvia Fowles was named SEC Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. Van Chancellor of LSU garnered SEC Coach of the Year honors, while Tennessee’s Angie Bjorklund was the SEC Freshman of the Year. Chelsea Chowning of Kentucky was the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Vanderbilt’s Jessica Mooney and LSU’s Allison Hightower shared Sixth Woman of the Year honors. LSU claimed the league title with a perfect 14-0 SEC record, while Tennessee won the SEC Tournament title.
	Men's Cross Country

	Alabama finished sixth at the NCAA Cross Country. The SEC sent two teams to compete in the NCAA Championships, with Arkansas finishing 23rd. Arkansas’ men captured their 17th straight SEC crown and their amazing 34th consecutive conference title, dating back to 17 straight Southwest Conference titles prior to joining the SEC in 1991. The Arkansas men placed four runners in the individual top 10 and each of its five scorers in the top 11 to claim its 35th consecutive conference title and its 19th SEC team crown in a row. Florida finished second with Alabama third and Tennessee fourth. Arkansas’ John McDonnell was named SEC Male Cross Country Coach of the Year. The award marked McDonnell’s 13th consecutive honor. Alabama’s Emmanuel Bor garnered Male Cross Country Athlete of the Year honors and teammate Andrew Kirwa was named Male Cross Country SEC Freshman of the Year.
	Women's Cross Country

	Florida finished 11th to lead the SEC at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Two other teams represented the SEC at the NCAA Championships with Arkansas finishing 13th and Georgia 22nd. Arkansas was crowned the SEC Champion. Georgia’s Sarah Madebach was named SEC Cross County Athlete of the Year while Arkansas’ Jillian Rosen took home SEC Freshman of the Year honors. Arkansas swept Coach of the Year honors in back-to-back seasons as Arkansas head coach Lance Harter earned SEC Female Cross Country Coach of the Year honors.
	Football

	LSU won the SEC’s seventeenth National Title with a 38-24 victory over Ohio State in the BCS National Championship Game. The SEC sent eight other teams to postseason bowl games in 2007-2008. The SEC drew a conference record 6.6 million fans to its games in 2007, the most by any conference in NCAA history. In 89 game dates, the SEC averaged 75,139 fans per game, which is also the best in NCAA history. The SEC had five teams ranked in the top 15 of the final Associated Press poll and five of the top 16 in the final USA Today coaches poll - the most of any conference. LSU and Georgia finished 1-2 in the final AP poll marking the first time the SEC has accomplished that feat and the first time for any conference since 1971. Florida won the SEC Championship game with a 38-28 victory over Arkansas. The SEC finished the bowl season with a 7-2 record. The seven wins are the most bowl victories by any conference in NCAA history. Florida’s Tim Tebow and Arkansas’ Darren McFadden represent the 12th and 13th National Player of the Year honored in SEC history. Tebow won the Maxwell and Heisman Trophies while McFadden won the Walter Camp Trophy. Mississippi State’s Sylvester Croom was named SEC Coach of the Year. Darren McFadden of Arkansas garnered SEC Offensive Player of the Year honors. LSU’s Glenn Dorsey was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and Kentucky’s Jacob Tamme earned SEC Student-Athlete of the Year honors. Felix Jones of Arkansas was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Year and Georgia’s Knowshon Moreno was named SEC Freshman of the Year. Alabama’s Andre Smith and Arkansas’ Jonathan Luigs shared the Jacobs Blocking Trophy.
	Men's Golf

	Eleven SEC Men’s Golf teams advanced to postseason play with five making the NCAA Championships. Georgia finished tied for eighth, Florida 11th, Alabama 13th and both Auburn and Mississippi State tied for 16th. Arkansas, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina and Tennessee also competed in NCAA Regionals. Alabama won the 2008 SEC Men’s Golf Championship and senior Michael Thompson shot 8-under par to capture the individual championship. Alabama’s Thompson was named the SEC Men’s Golfer of the Year while teammate Joseph Sykora was named the SEC Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Alabama’s Jay Seawell was named the SEC Coach of the Year. Georgia’s Harris English won SEC Freshman of the Year honors.
	Women's Golf

	Nine SEC Women’s Golf teams advanced to the postseason with five making the NCAA Championships. Vanderbilt finished sixth to lead all SEC teams at the NCAA Championship. Georgia finished 8th, Auburn finished 9th, Tennessee was tied for 17th and Alabama finished 23rd. Arkansas, Florida, LSU and South Carolina participated in NCAA Regionals, as well. Florida won the 2008 SEC Women’s Golf Championship and Arkansas’ Stacy Lewis, the two-time NCAA national champion, took home the individual medalist honors. Florida’s Jill Briles-Hinton earned the SEC Coach of the Year honors. Arkansas’ Stacy Lewis earned both the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Golfer of the Year awards. Auburn’s Cydney Clanton garnered SEC Freshman of the Year.
	Gymnastics

	Georgia posted a score of 197.450 to win their fourth straight National Championship and nine overall. Florida finished fourth, LSU finished fifth, Alabama finished sixth and Arkansas was 10th at the Gymnastics Championships. 2008 marked the 24th consecutive year that the SEC placed at least two teams in the final top five and the 16th consecutive placing three in the top 10. LSU’s Susan Jackson won the vault title, while Georgia teammates Grace Taylor and Courtney McCool took home the balance beam and floor titles, respectively. Georgia Gym Dogs edged out Florida and Alabama in front of a record SEC Championship crowd of 9,022 at the Gwinnett Arena to claim their 16th SEC title. Auburn’s Lindsey Puckett and LSU’s Ashleigh Clare-Kearney shared SEC Gymnasts of the Year honors. Cassidy McComb of Georgia was named SEC Freshman of the Year and Florida’s Rebekah Zaiser was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Mark and Rene’ Cook of Arkansas, Jeff Thompson of Auburn and Georgia’s Suzanne Yoculan shared SEC Coach of the Year honors.
	Soccer

	Six teams, including Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee and South Carolina appeared in the 2007 NCAA Tournament, marking the 46th appearance by SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament. Both the Florida and the Tennessee saw the best success for the SEC advancing all the way to the third round. Florida was also the SEC Champion after posting a 9-2-0 regular-season mark and followed the regular season championship with winning the SEC Soccer Tournament Title. Florida’s Stacy Bishop was named MVP of the SEC Tournament. Georgia’s Patrick Baker was honored as the SEC Coach of the Year. Tennessee’s Kylee Rossi was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year. South Carolina’s Blakely Mattern was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year. Allison Harris of Arkansas earned the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and Kelli Corless of Georgia was the SEC Freshman of the Year.
	Softball

	Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State and Tennessee represented the league in the NCAA Tournament, with Alabama and Florida advancing to the Women’s College World Series. Florida finished their first appearance at the Women’s College World series with a 3-2 record and a third-place finish. The Gators finished the season with a 70-5 overall record, setting an NCAA record for most wins in a season. The Gators also won the second Southeastern Conference title in school history with a 27-1 record, the best record in the 12-year history of the conference. Florida also took its first SEC Tournament title. Alabama reached the semifinal round of the Women’s College World Series. It marked the highest finish in school history, surpassing four seventh-place finishes in 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2006. Alabama, Florida, and Georgia all advanced to the Super Regionals of the NCAA Tournament. Tennessee’s Tonya Callahan was named Player of the Year, while Florida’s Stacey Nelson earned Pitcher of the Year honors. The Gators head coach Tim Walton was named Coach of the Year and Alabama’s Kelsi Dunne and Jordan Praytor were named Freshmen of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year, respectively.
	Men's Swimming & Diving

	The Auburn men’s swim team finished fifth at the NCAA Championships. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and Tennessee all finished in the top 30. Auburn won its 12th straight SEC Championship and 14th in 15 years. Auburn’s Cesar Cielo was named SEC Men’s Swimmer of the Year and Diver of the Year was Georgia’s Chris Colwill. Taking home the Men’s Freshman Swimmer of the Year award Georgia’s Mark Dylla and the SEC Men’s Freshman Diver of the Year honor was awarded to LSU’s Michael Neubacher. Florida’s Kevin Nead earned his second straight Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor. Auburn’s Richard Quick earned his first SEC Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year honor and Auburn’s Jeff Shaffer also picked up his second consecutive SEC Men’s Diving Coach of the Year honor and third overall.
	Women's Swimming & Diving

	Auburn was the national runner-up at the NCAA Championship. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee all finished in the top 20 at the NCAA Championships. Auburn won its fifth SEC Championship. Tennessee’s Christine Magnuson was named SEC Women’s Swimmer of the Year while LSU’s Rachel Ware earned SEC Women’s Diver of the Year. Tennessee’s Aleksa Akerfelds was tabbed Women’s Freshman Swimmer of the Year. Kentucky’s Jessica Snowden claimed the corresponding award for a freshman diver. Florida’s Gregg Troy and Tennessee’s Matt Kredich shared Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year honors and LSU’s Doug Shaffer won Women’s Diving Coach of the Year. Tennessee’s Christine Magnuson and Auburn’s Kara Denby were honored as the Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
	Men's Tennis

	The University of Georgia won its second straight NCAA Tennis National Championship. Eight other teams represented the SEC, including Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The SEC has now had a team in the semifinals 15 of the last 16 years. Georgia won the SEC Championship and Ole Miss took home its second SEC Tournament title. Tennessee head coach Sam Winterbotham was named SEC Coach of the Year, Florida’s Greg Ouellette garnered SEC Player of the Year honors, Tennessee’s J.P. Smith was named SEC Freshman of the Year, while Arkansas’ Blake Strode and LSU’s Kevin Dessauer were named Co-Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
	Women's Tennis

	Nine SEC teams advanced to NCAA postseason action with Florida advancing to the semifinals and Georgia making the quarterfinals at the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships. The seven other SEC schools to join them in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Championships were Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Florida posted a perfect 11-0 record in league play to earn the SEC Championship. Georgia won its second straight SEC Tournament title. Arkansas head coach Michael Hegarty was named SEC Coach of the Year, Auburn’s Fani Chifchieva garnered SEC Player of the Year honors, Florida’s Julia Cohen was named SEC Freshman of the Year, while Arkansas’ Aurelija Miseviciute was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
	Men's Indoor Track & Field

	The SEC sent eight teams to the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships with Arkansas, Florida, LSU and Tennessee all finishing in the top 10. The four other SEC teams that were represented included Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss and South Carolina. Arkansas’ claimed its 15th SEC indoor championship in 17 tries since entering the league in 1992. LSU’s John Kosgei claimed SEC Men’s Runner of the Year. Tennessee’s Jangy Addy of Tennessee was named the SEC Men’s Field Event Athlete of the Year. Arkansas’ Chris Bilbrew was tabbed as the SEC Men’s Freshman Runner of the Year. Kentucky’s Derrick Locke earned the SEC Men’s Freshman Field Event Athlete of the Year, while John McDonnell of Arkansas was named SEC Men’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year.
	Women's Indoor Track & Field

	The SEC had four teams finish in the top 15 at the NCAA Indoor Championships with LSU finishing National Runner-up followed by Florida, Tennessee, and Ole Miss finishing T8th, T8th, and 13th. Overall, eight SEC teams competed at the NCAAs, including Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and South Carolina. LSU claimed its first SEC Indoor Track and Field title since 1999. Brittany Reese of Ole Miss was tabbed as the SEC Women’s Field Event Athlete of the Year. Tennessee’s Annie Alexander was named SEC Women’s Freshman Field Event Athlete of the Year. LSU head coach Dennis Shaver was named SEC Women’s Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year. LSU’s Kelly Baptiste was named the SEC Women’s Runner of the Year and Tennessee’s Jeneba Tarmoh was tabbed SEC Women’s Freshman Runner of the Year.
	Men's Outdoor Track & Field

	Auburn and LSU were National Runner-ups at the NCAA Championships, posting 44 points each. The SEC sent eight other teams to the NCAA Championships including Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee finishing in the top-30. Alabama and Mississippi State also competed in the NCAAs. Arkansas won its 14th SEC Track Championship in the last 17 years. Arkansas’ John McDonnell garnered his 14th SEC Men’s Track and Field Coach of the Year honor in his last season. LSU’s Richard Thompson was named Men’s Runner of the Year. Auburn’s Cory Martin was named Field Athlete of the Year and Tennessee’s Jangy Addy was named Scholar Athlete of the Year. South Carolina’s Johnny Dutch was named Freshman Runner of the Year, while Tennessee’s Joseph Berry was named Freshman Field Athlete of the Year.
	Women's Outdoor Track & Field

	The SEC was well represented at the NCAA Championships with a total of nine teams including LSU’s National Championship finish. Of the other eight teams which the SEC sent, Florida (9th), Tennessee (T13th), Auburn (T15th), Ole Miss (T15th), Arkansas (T22nd) and South Carolina (T22nd all finished in the top-30 with Alabama and Georgia finishing tied for 31st and 60th, respectively. LSU won its second consecutive and 10th overall SEC Track Championship. LSU’s Dennis Shaver earned his second consecutive SEC Women’s Track and Field Coach of the Year award; while LSU’s Kelly Baptiste took home Runner of the Year Honors and Ole Miss’s Britney Reese was named Field Athlete of the Year. Florida’s Rebecca Lowe was named SEC Freshman Runner of the Year and Tennessee’s Annie Alexander was named Freshman Field Athlete of the Year. Tennessee’s Sarah Bowman was named Scholar Athletes of the Year.
	Volleyball

	The SEC sent five teams to the NCAA Tournament as Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, LSU and Ole Miss earned tournament berths. It marks the 18th straight year of sending at least two teams to NCAA postseason play. Florida advanced the furthest in the tournament but fell in the Regional Semifinals. Florida also claimed the regular-season and Eastern Division championships for the third straight season, as LSU was crowned Western Division Champions. Florida’s Angie McGinnis was named SEC Player of the Year, while Elena Martinez of LSU was named SEC Defensive Player of the Year. Tennessee’s Nikki Fowler was tabbed as the SEC Freshman of Year. Florida’s Mary Wise and Ole Miss’ Joe Getzin shared SEC Coach of the Year honors. Auburn claimed the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award with Rachel Shanks earning the honor.

Leadership - Mike Slive, Commissioner

From his early days as an athletic administrator to his current post as commissioner, Mike Slive has maintained an integral role in the ever-changing world of intercollegiate athletics. He was named the seventh commissioner of the Southeastern Conference on July 2, 2002. In March 2009, the SEC Presidents and Chancellors announced a contract extension for Slive through July 31, 2012.

"Commissioner Slive has been an absolutely great addition to our conference," said University

of Kentucky and Southeastern Conference President Dr. Lee T. Todd. "He is providing great

vision and directing the SEC to a new prominence in college athletics. I am thrilled we have

locked him in to lead our conference for years to come."

This academic year, the SEC will begin its landmark 15-year agreements with CBS and ESPN that will make the league the most widely distributed conference on television in the nation. These arrangements will also secure the financial health of the SEC and its member institutions for years to come.

Since Slive’s arrival at the SEC in 2002, he has developed initiatives designed to maintain and improve the SEC’s position as one of the top intercollegiate athletic conferences in the nation, both on and off the fields of play. These include:

• The SEC Task Force on Compliance and Enforcement issued its first report at the 2004 SEC Spring Meetings. The task force developed policies and procedures to assist league schools in NCAA and SEC compliance and enforcement matters.

• The SEC Academic Consortium was created in 2005 to increase academic cooperation across the league by linking the resources of the 12 member institutions.

• The SEC has created a partnership with The Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University to implement the Mentors in Violence Prevention Program at each of the 12 member institutions.

• The SEC annually distributes a database of names and biographies of every minority head and assistant football coach on the Division I level to every one of its schools and every conference in Division I.

• The SEC has initiated policies and procedures designed to foster sportsmanship and preventing inappropriate fan behavior.

"I am gratified that the Presidents and Chancellors have extended my contract and I am honored to serve as the Commissioner of the

Southeastern Conference," said Slive. "We have accomplished many of our goals since my arrival in 2002 and there will be new

challenges and goals to meet in the future. I look forward to these challenges as we continue to make the SEC one of the nation’s top

intercollegiate athletic conferences."

Athletic Administration Experience

1968-69 . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director of Athletics, Dartmouth College

1979-81 . . . . . . . . . Assistant Executive Director, Pacific-10 Conference

1981-83 . . . . . . . . . Director of Athletics, Cornell University

1991-95 . . . . . . . . . Commissioner, Great Midwest Conference

1995-2002 . . . . . . Commissioner, Conference USA

2002- . . . . . . . . . . . Commissioner, Southeastern Conference

Legal Experience

1969-77 . . . . . . . . Partner, Stebbins & Bradley, Hanover, N.H.

1972-77 . . . . . . . . Judge of Hanover, (N.H.) District Court

1977-79 . . . . . . . . Judicial Master & Clerk of Grafton County, (N.H.) Superior Court

1983-86 . . . . . . . . Founder, Law Offices of Michael L. Slive, Hanover, N.H.

1986-91 . . . . . . . . Partner, Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, Ill.

1990-91 . . . . . . . . Senior Partner and Founder, Slive-Glazier Sports Group, Chicago, Ill. & Kansas City, Mo.

Membership on Boards and Committees

Commission on Athletic Opportunity (Reviewing Title IX) (Appointed by President Bush on 6/28/02)

NCAA Management Council [1997-2004]

NCAA Management Council Subcommittee to Review Automatic Qualification

NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee (Chair) [1993-2002]

NCAA Football USA (Chair, Board of Directors) [1998-2003]

NCAA Division I Working Group to Study Basketball Issues [1998-99]

National Letter of Intent Steering Committee (Chair) [2002-08]

Collegiate Commissioners Association (President) [2001-03]

Division I-A Commissionrs (Chair) [1999-2001]

Sports Lawyers Association (Board of Directors) [1997-2001]

Board of Advisors / Marquette Sports Law Institute [1999-present)

Bowl Championship Series Coordinator (2006-08)

NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee (2004-09); Chair (2008-09)

Education

Dartmouth College (‘62) BA

University of Virginia Law School (‘65) Juris Doctor

Georgetown University Law Center (‘66) LLM

Family

Wife . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth

Daughter . . . . . . Anna

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