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The Appalachian Athletic Conference LADY BULLDOG BASKETBALL The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) is an ten-member conference sanctioned by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The league has members in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The AAC participates in Division II in men’s and women’s basketball and sponsors six men’s sports and six women’s sports. For men, the conference offers championships in: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer and tennis. For women, championships are awarded in: basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. In May of 2003, the AAC selected John Sullivan as its first-ever Commissioner. Prior to taking the post, Sullivan served as Montreat College’s athletic director for six years and was named AAC and NAIA Region XII Athletic Director of the Year in 2000. Member Schools Bluefield College .................... Bluefield, Va. Bryan College ......................... Dayton, Tenn. Covenant College ............ Lookout Mtn., Ga. King College ........................... Bristol, Tenn. Milligan College ................... Milligan, Tenn. Montreat College .................. Montreat, N.C. Tennessee Wesleyan College ..... Athens, Tenn. Union College ................... Barbourville, Ky. University of Virginia at Wise ............. Wise, Va. Virginia Intermont College .......... Bristol, Va. Union Tabbed as Preseason Favorite in 2008-09 Union College is the favorite to win the Appalachian Athletic Conference in 2008-09, according to the AAC Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Poll released Wednesday. The Lady Bulldogs posted a 25-9 overall record and went 15- 3 in league play in 2007-08 in winning a share of the regularseason championship. Union also has won the last two conference tournament championships. Union garnered six of the 10 first-place votes and tallied 96 total points. Milligan (Tenn.) College collected three first-place votes and 83 total points in coming in second. Rounding out the Top 5 are Covenant (Ga.) College, King (Tenn.) College and Tennessee Wesleyan College. King shared the regular-season conference title with Union in 2007-08 and advanced to the tournament championship game. Tennessee Wesleyan received the remaining first-place vote. Montreat (N.C.) College, Bryan (Tenn.) College, Bluefield (Va.) College, Virginia Intermont College and UVa-Wise make up the rest of the field. 16 • Union College
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics In searching for the NAIA’s place in the history of sports and higher education, several consistencies are revealed. Among them is the dedication to academic achievement above athletic excellence. Also apparent is the organization’s role as a trailblazer in providing equal opportunities for all student-athletes. Above all, there is an expectation of ethical behavior and a commitment to scholarship, sportsmanship and leadership. It is paradoxical that such a lasting, dynamic contribution to collegiate sports began with a mundane note in the first recorded history of the Association: “The first general session of the ‘Organizing Convention’ of the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) was held in the Phillips Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri, at 10 a.m., Sunday, March 10, 1940.” But the seed from which the NAIB sprouted was planted two blocks away at Municipal Auditorium. It was there in 1937 that a men’s basketball tournament tipped off which has become the longest continuous national collegiate tournament in any sport. Further, out of that small-college basketball tournament, and the NAIB, grew an Association that now includes more than 360 colleges and universi ties and conducts two dozen national championship events. The tournament was the brainchild of Emil S. Liston, Dr. James Naismith, Frank Cramer, and a group of Kansas City business leaders who wanted to provide Kansas City-area fans with exciting amateur competition and to provide a framework for small colleges and universities to determine a national basketball champion. The original eight-team tournament expanded to 32 teams in 1938 and suspended play only for World War II in 1944 before 16 teams were invited the following year and the field got back to full strength by 1946. Qualifying tournaments became mandatory at the district level in 1951. In 1948, the NAIB affirmed its commitment to equality by becoming the first national organization to offer intercollegiate postseason opportunities to black student-athletes. Unprecedented action was taken in 1953 when historically black institutions were voted into membership. One year previous to the inclusion of historically black institutions, another form of THE NAIA: A PROUD PAST, A DYNAMIC FUTURE expansion occurred. In 1952, as a result of the expressed desires of the member institutions, appropriate steps were taken by which the NAIB was transformed into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), and the first all-encompassing set of rules and standards was adopted. With the Association’s new name came the addition of national championships in golf, tennis and outdoor track and field. Football, cross country, baseball and swimming and diving were added to the championships calendar in 1956. Wrestling (1958), soccer (1959), bowling (1962-78), gymnastics (1964- 84), indoor track and field (1966) and men’s volleyball (1969-80) were added later. Another significant step occurred in 1957 when the Association’s headquarters moved from the campus of George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles to Kansas City to better serve the membership from a centralized location. Two major changes were made during the 1970s. An extensive study was completed in 1970 which paved the way for two divisions of football. In 1997, football was consolidated to one division again as the Football Coaches Association cited a narrowing gap between enrollment size and philosophy of the two divisions. In 1976, the men’s basketball tournament was moved from the confines of the Municipal Auditorium to Crosby Kemper Arena, also in Kansas City, marking the first time since 1937 that the tournament had been held in a different arena. The NAIA revolutionized national collegiate athletics with the establishment of athletics programs for women on August 1, 1980. Official notice on that date followed a mail vote by the membership on May 1 that supported becoming the first organization to offer collegiate athletics to both men and women. Championships for women began that year with basketball, cross country, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track and field, softball, tennis and volleyball. Soccer was added in 1984, and golf was included in 1995. Another important chapter in the history of the NAIA unfolded in 1992 when the Association voted to move its headquarters from Kansas City to Tulsa. On August 1, 1993, the NAIA opened its doors in Tulsa and began a new era. Moving with the national office was the Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship which had been held in Kansas City for 56 years. During the 1993 NAIA National Convention in Atlanta, the waves of change once again washed over the Association. The membership voted to institute affiliated conference and regional groupings and discontinue the use of district play as a means of qualification for national championships. Since 1937, the NAIA has administered programs and championships in proper balance with the overall educational experience. In 2000, the NAIA reaffirmed its purpose to enhance the character-building aspects of sport. Through Champions of Character, the NAIA seeks to create an environment in which every student-athlete, coach, official and spectator is committed to the true spirit of competition through five tenets: respect, integrity, responsibility, servant leadership and sportsmanship. Everything has come full circle. The NAIA relocated its National Office in July of 2001 to Olathe, Kansas, just miles from Gardner where the idea for the small-college basketball tournament gave rise to the NAIA. Now, nearly 65 years after that initial tournament, the NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship returned to Municipal Auditorium, the arena that was home to so many memories from 1937-74. In July of 2007, the National Office moved once again, but not too far from Olathe. The NAIA relocated its headquarters to downtown Kansas City, Mo., as it returned to its roots. WWW.UCBULLDOGS.COM Union College • 17
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