North Georgia Added to NCAA’ s CARE Concussion Study
INDIANAPOLIS | The University of North Georgia is one of nine schools that has been added to the largest-ever study of concussion in sport. The NCAA-Department of Defense Concussion Assessment, Research and Education Consortium study enters its third year this summer and now includes 30 institutions across the country. The nine new schools will begin baseline screening for all their student-athletes this summer.
More than 170 schools have inquired about taking part in the study.
All student-athletes at each of the participating institutions receive a comprehensive preseason evaluation for concussion and will be monitored in the event of an injury. Data collected at each school are evaluated by a team of researchers led by Steven Broglio, director of the University of Michigan’ s NeuroTrauma Research Laboratory; Michael McCrea, director of brain injury research at the Medical College of Wisconsin; and Tom McAllister, chair of the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry.
The researchers have collected more than 25 million data points from 16,000 student-athletes at the 21 institutions already participating. After adding nine new testing sites, researchers estimate that more than 25,000 student-athletes will take part over the course of the three-year study.
“ The important expansion of the CARE Consortium to include a diversity of Division I, Division II, Division III and historically black college and university participants further solidifies this study as a groundbreaking initiative,” said Brian Hainline, NCAA chief medical officer.“ It is a remarkable collaborative and inclusive effort.”
The NCAA and DOD have dedicated $ 30 million to the concussion study and an initiative to spur culture change regarding concussions. Participating schools receive a portion of that funding to cover the cost of carrying out the research. New Participants in the CARE Consortium Study Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania- Division II University of Chicago- Division III University of Miami( Florida)- Division I University of North Georgia- Division II University of Pennsylvania- Division I Temple University- Division I Wake Forest University- Division I Wilmington College( Ohio)- Division III Winston-Salem State University- Division II
PBC Sends Four to NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar
INDIANAPOLIS, IND – Four Peach Belt Conference graduate assistant coaches will participate in the NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar, which begins on Thursday at the NCAA national office in Indianapolis.
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All four are former student-athletes in the PBC who will be among the 200 selected from across the nation in all three NCAA Divisions to participate. Clayton State’ s Ciaran Lane and Ayrton Azcue, North Georgia’ s Emily Beusse and Armstrong State’ s Morgan Mitchell will spend three days at the seminar.
The Emerging Leaders Seminar provides educational and transitional programming for NCAA graduate assistants and interns who have shown a profound interest in pursuing a career in college sports. After attending, participants bring back to their schools industry knowledge, leadership awareness and a broadened perspective of intercollegiate athletics. Participants gain valuable insight that helps them structure the next steps for their careers.
During the 2016 seminar, participants will hear from industry leaders and experts, including: Meg Stevens, director of athletics, Averett University; Donald Remy, NCAA executive vice president, law, policy and governance; Devin Crosby, director of athletics, Lynn University; Erin McDermott, director of athletics, University of Chicago; Holly Sheilley, vice president of athletics, Transylvania University; and Scott Wiegandt, director of athletics, Bellarmine University. The participants also have the opportunity to explore the role of NCAA governance, including the differences among the divisions and the role of conference offices. Additionally, participants will split into small groups and work together to create an operations plan that simulates the application of group dynamics and understanding the holistic operations of an athletics department.
“ The Emerging Leaders Seminar is a wonderful opportunity for young professionals working in athletics to come to the national office, form a network of like-minded peers and develop knowledge of the college sports industry at all levels,” said Bernard Franklin, NCAA executive vice president of education and community engagement and chief inclusion officer.
Over the eight years of the program’ s existence, the Emerging Leaders Seminar has welcomed more than 1,000 athletics professionals to the NCAA national office for this engaging education and networking opportunity.
Azcue, who competed for the Lakers from 2009-13, is a two time NCAA Division II All-American( 2013), finished second in the nation at nationals and was an indoor track and field automatic qualifier and outdoor provisional qualifier as a senior. Meanwhile, Lane competed in two seasons each of cross country, indoor and outdoor track & field from 2012-14 after competing two years at Oklahoma City University.
Azcue has been a member of the coaching staff since the fall of 2013 while Lane joined the staff earlier this year after completing his career as a student-athlete.
Emily Beusse joined the North Georgia cross country program as a graduate assistant coach this past fall. As a student-athlete, Beusse captained the 2014 team to the school’ s first ever NCAA Division II National Championship appearance after a runner-up finish at both the Peach Belt Conference and Southeast Region meets. The Dawsonville,
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