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Because they preferred to stay in the MIAC, where their football rivalry with St. John's University is one of the most storied in the country, the Tommies took what's believed to be an unprecedented step of asking to move up two levels at once. "I think a lot of our schools within the Summit would say it's a positive to have a presence within the Twin Cities," Herbster said. The Summit League is supporting St. Thomas’s request for a waiver to bypass Division II. "The vote is the result of months of due diligence and extensive research including numerous campus visits, stakeholder meetings and data collection," Douple said. He also wants them to know they aren’t alone. "We continue to work diligently on our athletics strategic plan, not only for reclassification to Division I, but as part of Augustana University's 2030 Vision in which this is one of many goals. The NCAA requires a waiver to go directly from Division III to Division I without a stop at Division II. The Tommies were voted out of the MIAC in May and announced last month that they had been invited to join the Summit League. There’s always a lot of moving and shaking going on and I’m sure we’re not done with those conversations. In a radio interview with Bison 1660, Douple said the Tommies plan to join the Pioneer League in football. Mitchell Trubisky got benched. The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West, with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma. Douple and other league officials traveled to St. Paul several times in recent months to talk with Esten and St. Thomas President Julie Sullivan. "Joining the Summit League would be a unique and exciting opportunity for St. Thomas, allowing us to significantly expand our impact and reach," Sullivan said. All rights reserved. 'We have to do it': Inside Augustana's daunting drive to Division I, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Neither South Dakota athletic director David Herbster nor South Dakota State athletic director Justin Sell believe Friday's news has any bearing on Augustana's potential to join the Summit League if/when it makes the jump to Division I. Having Commissioner Douple and the Summit League support this, I think it’s been helpful for the NCAA to know, and for us, too.

“Our presidents and chancellors are all-in. Dwayne Haskins took a step backward. “I don’t think it’s relevant," Sell said. Reclassification rules currently require an advancing Division III school to spend three years as a provisional Division II member and have five years of good standing before applying for Division I acceptance. The 64 days spent in the NHL playoff bubble feel like six months to Barclay Goodrow. "We've been talking about membership ever since we've been in the league and I think it's something we'll continue to evaluate," he added. There's no clear sense about when the NCAA would decide on this, athletic director Phil Esten said, though the expectation is the university will receive word at some point during the current academic year. 65 in north metro, Shakopee Mdewakanton tribe applies to put 295 acres of its Scott County land into trust, Twins lose finale, but repeat as AL Central champs, Better effort, bitter outcome: Titans rally late for win as Vikings slip to 0-3, Wolves guard Malik Beasley arrested in Plymouth, Creator of gender-reveal fad now says parties need to stop, make the leap from Division III to Division I athletics. We are being extremely thorough in our work to be prepared to be a competitive member of a Division I conference.". As St. Thomas awaits its fate, Douple said he feels sympathy for its athletes, coaches and staff. St. Thomas is seeking permission from the NCAA to reclassify directly from D-III to D-I, which is not allowed under current rules. Rachel Blount is a sports reporter for the Star Tribune who covers a variety of topics, including the Olympics, Wild, college sports and horse racing. While Douple was in the Twin Cities to attend the Final Four in April, he heard the Tommies were in danger of being thrown out of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Following that process, the St. Thomas board of trustees voted to submit an application to the Summit League, which has since extended a formal invitation.

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