UCR Seeks Public Comment On Proposal To Discontinue Men's Tennis And Initiate Women's Sand Volleyball
5/18/2012 5:09:00 PM | Men's Tennis, Women's Volleyball
Riverside—Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Brian Wickstrom seeks comment from the UC Riverside and broader community on a proposal to discontinue men’s tennis and start women’s sand volleyball. The proposal is driven by relative interest in the two sports, as well as enabling a re-direction of existing scarce resources to support increased student participation in intercollegiate athletics.
This proposed realignment of intercollegiate athletics programs would provide the opportunity for the department of intercollegiate athletics to properly fund sand volleyball, and re-direct other funding to more fully support other sports.
UC Riverside is an NCAA Division I institution and member of the Big West Conference, that currently sponsors 17 sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track & field (indoor and outdoor), and women’s volleyball.
On January 15, 2010, the NCAA approved the addition of sand volleyball to its list of emerging sports for women. The inaugural season tipped off on March 3, 2012 as Florida State squared off against Alabama Birmingham. There were 16 NCAA Division I institutions that competed in sand volleyball in 2012 with Pepperdine capturing the national championship.
Interested parties may submit written comments to AthleticsRFPC@ucr.edu. The 10-day comment period will end at 5 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012. A decision will be announced by the end of the first week in June.
For additional supplemental information, please click here.
This proposed realignment of intercollegiate athletics programs would provide the opportunity for the department of intercollegiate athletics to properly fund sand volleyball, and re-direct other funding to more fully support other sports.
UC Riverside is an NCAA Division I institution and member of the Big West Conference, that currently sponsors 17 sports: baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track & field (indoor and outdoor), and women’s volleyball.
On January 15, 2010, the NCAA approved the addition of sand volleyball to its list of emerging sports for women. The inaugural season tipped off on March 3, 2012 as Florida State squared off against Alabama Birmingham. There were 16 NCAA Division I institutions that competed in sand volleyball in 2012 with Pepperdine capturing the national championship.
Interested parties may submit written comments to AthleticsRFPC@ucr.edu. The 10-day comment period will end at 5 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012. A decision will be announced by the end of the first week in June.
For additional supplemental information, please click here.
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