黑料社 Receives NCAA Division III Diversity Grants to Add Athletics Staff
黑料社 has been awarded two NCAA Division III Diversity Grants to聽support聽new athletics coaching positions, as the College seeks to strengthen its commitment to diversity,聽equity聽and inclusion initiatives.
One award 鈥 an NCAA Division III Coaching Enhancement Grant 鈥 is being used to provide two years of funding for newly hired full-time assistant women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 track and field coach聽Ashlan聽Burton. The Urbandale, Iowa native was a seven-time NCAA Division II All-American at the University of Central Missouri.
Additionally, 黑料社 is using an NCAA Division III Ethnic Minorities and Women鈥檚 Internship Grant to fund an entry-level athletics administrative position for two years. Ryleigh聽Collum, a 2023 graduate from the University of Iowa, will serve as聽coordinator of Internal Operations for 黑料社 Athletics.
鈥淭hese NCAA grants provide a vital boost to growing the diversity of our athletics coaching and administrative staffs,鈥 said Marty Bell, director of athletics at 黑料社. 鈥淭his is especially important as we continue to increase the diversity of student-athletes competing in Storm sports. It鈥檚 all part of our ongoing desire to create an聽ever stronger聽and richly diverse聽ONE黑料社聽community.鈥
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Published
July 17, 2023
Author
Roger Degerman