I would anticipate a series of blanket waivers/emergency legislation from the NCAA regarding seasons of competition, eligibility, financial aid and other related matters for impacted sports going forward. Nothing will happen overnight. Remain calm/patient. All will be addressed.
Celebrating 12 years as head of compliance at
@IndStAthletics
! Thanks to my wife, Ina
@2Ready2Teach
, for the fun cupcakes!! Proud of what we have built here. Grateful for all the coaches, staff and compadres along the way! Here's to 12 more!
#MarchOn
If only our student athletes knew just how far we've come at
@IndStAthletics
in terms of strength, conditioning and nutrition! Proud to be a Tree!
#MarchOn
Today we say farewell and thank you to someone who has been instrumental in the resurgence of
@IndStAthletics
,
@KellenNorris
, our Director of Athletic Training.
We are better in every way thanks to you. Good luck, my friend! You will be missed!
The
@EIU_Panthers
Athletic Department has announced the hiring of Dr. Tonya Sawyer as the Panthers new Assistant AD for Compliance and SWA.
Sawyer will join the EIU staff in early March and has been at Indiana State for more than 10 years.
Release 👀⬇️
15 years in-still loving what I do! Forever grateful to be a Sycamore. Thanks to Ron Prettyman & ISU for giving me a shot!
To my wife, family, the coaches, staff, compadres & student athletes over the years, THANK YOU for helping us create a culture we can be proud of.
HUGE thank you to
@IndStBaseball
for coming out to help us finish the seat numbering at the
@IndStFB
stadium this a.m.!
Took 5 of us 3 hrs to do 672 seats yesterday. Took only 45 mins to do 588 today!
Thank you, Trees!!
#PowerInNumbers
Never easy saying goodbye, especially to someone I've worked with for 14 years.
Brian, it's been an honor and true pleasure working with you! Class act. Your contributions to
@IndStBaseball
are immeasurable.
You made me better at my job.
Good luck at
@MiamiOHBaseball
!!
Sitting here tonight, like many of my NCAA peers, strategizing ways we can remedy the cessation of NCAA spring sports championships and help our student athletes and coaches. Asking the public to give NCAA staff/members a chance to formulate workable solutions.
#InThisTogether
How it started. How it's going.
39 years with this beautiful woman as my bride! Is there a luckier boy in the world? No chance!
Happy anniversary, Ina Sue! I love you,
@2Ready2Teach
What an academic performance by our Sycamores this fall! 408 student athletes averaged a fall term GPA of 3.179 and an average cumulative GPA of 3.211!!
#MarchOn
Hard to believe...entering my 15th year at Indiana State this week. Has been a heck of a ride. Appreciate the opportunity that
@IndStAthletics
has given me. Proud of what we have accomplished over the years!
#MarchOn
#2007
#2010
#2021
Today, we keep our
@MVCsports
friends at
@UEvansville
in our hearts and minds as we honor those 29 souls lost 40 years ago today in a tragic plane crash involving the
@UEAthletics_MBB
team.
Help me in wishing my long time friend and indispensable partner in the compliance office, Dr. Tonya (Twitterless) Sawyer, a very happy birthday today. Simply one of the brightest, hard-working and dedicated people I know. So lucky to have her here.
Change is inevitable, expected or not. The mission remains the same. We stand steadfast, together, in support of
@AngieLansing
, our coaches, student athletes and each other, during this transitional period.
Your continued support is needed and appreciated, Sycamores.
Every March, good teams get left out of
#MarchMadness
.
May seem strange, but altho I'm disappointed, I'm grateful to our
@IndStBasketball
coaches/players for putting us back in the national conversation. We are an excellent team, w/out question.
Now, let's go win an NIT title!
Today marks 13 years 😳 for me at
@IndStAthletics
handling compliance. We've come a long way into many respects. Blessed to have worked with some terrific people and student athletes!
I have worked with hundreds of coaches in my career. I place my relationship with
@CoachLansing
right @ the top, along with the one I had with the late Coach McNichols. Learned a lot from/with him & appreciated his support, even when we butted heads. Thx, G. Love you, brother.
To know him was to love him.
If you have a minute, please send our dear Odie some love and prayers as we had to say goodbye to him this morning.
Our lives were blessed for so many years. Crushing loss, but his pain is over.
We ❤️ you, Odie Bubba.
The man, the myth, the legend! After not taking the recruiting exam for a couple years, guess who aced the 19-20 exam today... this guy ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
@John_Gartland
@IndStTrackField
💥💥👏👏👏
A colleague shared this today.
Coach: "I want to give a walk-on $3,000 in cost of attendance scholarship money this year."
Compliance: "Well, if you do that, it's countable athletic aid and counts against your team scholarship limits."
Coach: "But he's a walk-on!"
Compliance:
Nine years officially, but over 10 years with me in
@IndStAthletics
Compliance! Couldn't do what we do, and have done, without her!! Thank you and happy work anniversary, Tonya!!
#SimplyTheBest
#RockStar
Invest in your compliance and academic staff. Sadly, @ many schools, what we do is not appreciated or understood until a crisis occurs. Eligibility certification is no joke. I feel bad for all at FAMU.
Just spoke with Florida A&M head football coach Willie Simmons. There are twenty players that are ineligible, be it to academics or transfer eligibility.
He said only seven offensive lineman that can travel - that’s not enough to safely play a football game.
Couldn't be happier. Matthew is a class act. Has a solid vision for our future and is simply an all-around good guy and tremendous coach. Future is in terrific hands!
To all of my NCAA compliance compadres around the country, at all levels, who work daily, tirelessly and behind the scenes, I am proud and honored to be in this profession with you. Have a very good
#NationalComplianceOfficerDay
. You all deserve it!
Say a prayer or this guy. We call him "Crash." I found him laying in middle of street after being hit by car.
Owner stood in yard. Watched him suffering. After picking pup up and admonishing the owner, I took him to vet.
Good news so far. Send the vibes, please!
Calipari: UK has facial-recognition software on the baskets in the practice gym to track how many shots guys get up.
Toppin leads the team with 2,800 extra shots in three weeks. "He is living in the gym. Every player I've ever coached who lived in the gym had a breakthrough."
Worth noting:
@IndStFB
lost to this same team, South Dakota, 56-6 last year....56-6. The amazing transformation continues! Congrats, Trees!
#believe
#allin
#MarchOn
If you create a rule, and you have to issue a multitude of revisions, explanations, exceptions, carve-outs and clarifications, perhaps your rule was not well thought out? Asking for a few hundred friends.
#NCAA
Sycamore late-inning magic continues!
Five-run bottom of the eighth and Indiana State rallies past Iowa to remain undefeated in the Terre Haute Regional
#MarchOn
NIL cannot be used as an inducement to attend a specific school. And yet...the offers are happening right out in the open.
As originally shared by
@DarrenHeitner
and
@darrenrovell
.
Hope everyone gets out to the Gibson Track & Field Complex to support our
@IndStTrackField
Sycamores. The Gibson Invitational starts tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m.
#GoodLuckTrees
#MarchOn