The Emerging NCAA Championships
Episode #129
Posted On: October 14, 2024 By :
The NCAA is in a transformative era and that includes its championship landscape. Acrobatics and tumbling, equestrian, rugby, stunt, triathlon and women’s wrestling are working their way through the NCAA’s Emerging Sports for Women program with the hopes of gaining enough university participation to become NCAA championships — with some on the cusp of joining the ranks. In this recording from the TEAMS Conference & Expo held recently in Anaheim, the leaders of these efforts discuss where they are in the process and what destinations can do now to help build out other events leading up to a championship, including camps, clinics and combines.
The panelists for this episode:
Amy Haney, Director of STUNT (West, Mid-South, and Southeast), USA Cheer: Haney joined USA Cheer in 2020 as the director of college STUNT and now serves as the director of STUNT. She has held a seat on the board of the College STUNT Coaches Association and the College STUNT Rules Committee. Haney was previously director of spirit programs and head STUNT coach for Concordia University Irvine.
Amy Rusert, Executive Director, National Intercollegiate Rugby Association: Rusert has been the executive director for the National Intercollegiate Rugby Association since 2018. Her roles have included competition management, advocacy, outreach and event production. While on staff with USA Rugby in the late 1990s, Rusert initiated the NCAA Emerging Sports process for the sport of rugby.
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