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Ashleigh Jones (@ash_slayTheDay), Denison University (@DenisonU/@DenisonSports) Director of Athletics Communications, will be honored this June at #CSCUnite26 with a CSC Rising Star Award for the College Division! “I'm honored to join an elite list of Athletics Communications professionals that I've looked up to and tried to emulate throughout my career so far. Having such amazing mentors throughout my first seven years of my career has shaped how I approach problems, find solutions, and develop relationships with those across not only the industry but at my university. This award is an exclamation point to the work that I've done so far, and I'm excited to take this momentum and encourage my ever-growing network to push through the hard to get to the memorable moments.” Read the full feature: collegesportscommunicators.com/news/2026/4/14… @NCAADIII @NCAC

SCAC Adds Gallaudet as Football Affiliate; Retains Automatic Bid to NCAA Championships 📰 | scacsports.com/x/z7tp7

🏀 BREAKING: After 26 legendary years, @unwmbb Head Coach/Associate AD Tim Grosz is moving on to a new chapter. We thank @CoachGrosz for over a quarter century of leadership and memories at Northwestern! 🦅 #CompeteWithPurpose Story 🔽 unweagles.com/news/2026/4/16…

A new era for Saints Men’s Basketball. Help us welcome Head Coach Ben Davis to St. Scholastica! #SaintsRiseUp

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🗞 #D3Playbook Headlines. Management Council Meeting Recap. Gricius Headlines CSC Academic All-America Women’s Basketball Team. Keuka to Join Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. Huntingdon, Emory Hold Top Spots in Golf Rankings #d3hoops #d3golf #WhyD3

Jeremy Carlson named Deputy Director of Athletics centrecolonels.com/news/2026/4/15…

"will make its full transition to the AMCC during the 2027-28 academic year"

McMurry University Announces Addition of Gymnastics Program tinyurl.com/39dk29hc

🚨JOB POSTING🚨 SCIAC - Assistant Commissioner …center.collegesportscommunicators.com/jobs/22200398

Cal just laid off about two dozen staffers across marketing, communications, and creative services. They are replacing the entire external operation with something called "Strawberry Creek Studios," built around two objectives: revenue generation and authentic storytelling. This is not a Cal problem...this is the first wave. Cal is facing a $24.3 million shortfall. They owe $12 million a year in stadium debt. Their media rights money shrank when they moved to the ACC. And now they need to fund $20.5 million in annual athlete revenue sharing (Likely more) on top of all of it. The old org chart was not built for this. All of the functions operating as cost centers with no direct connection to revenue. That structure worked when TV deals and ticket sales covered the budget. It does not work when your athletes are paid and your expenses just jumped by eight figures overnight. Cal is not the last school that will go through this, they are one of the first. We are going to see athletic departments across the country restructure how they operate. Not because they want to, but because the math demands it. These are billion-dollar enterprises in some cases and they have been running on university department budgets with university department thinking. That era is over. The schools that get ahead of this will not wait until the shortfall forces their hand, they will look at every function inside their athletic department and ask one question: does this generate revenue, and if not, can it? Content is not a support function anymore, it is a revenue channel. Partnerships are not a sales team selling signage packages, they are commercial infrastructure. Alumni engagement is not a thank-you-for-donating email, it is a procurement network. The programs that restructure around revenue as the operating system, not an afterthought, will be the ones that come out on top. This is not a crisis, it is a market correction. College athletics is becoming a real business and the org charts need to catch up.

Updated DIII Women's Golf rankings as of 4/15/2026 powered by @Clippdscore. @D3Direct @D3golfguys Link to full rankings: scoreboard.clippd.com/rankings/leade… 1. @emorywgolf 2. @NYU_WGolf 3. @CMUTartanGolf 4. @ephwomensgolf 5. @AmherstMammoths 6. @SagehenGolf 7. @WASHUwGolf 8. @WLUGeneralsLead 9. @CMSAthenaGolf 10. @Redlands_WGOLF #collegegolf #golflife #golftwitter #clippdrankings #d3golfrankings #cgn

Updated DIII Men's Golf rankings as of 4/15/2026 powered by @Clippdscore. @D3Direct @D3golfguys Link to full rankings: scoreboard.clippd.com/rankings/leade… 1. @HCHawksSports 2. @CMUTartanGolf 3. @mumonarchs 4. @AthleticsCMS 5. @WLUGeneralsLead 6. @SewaneeMGolf 7. @EmoryGolf 8. @CRUMensGolf 9. @iwusports 10. @KenyonGolf #collegegolf #golflife #golftwitter #clippdrankings #d3golfrankings #cgn

Something for @NCAADIII to keep an eye on. These things have a way of trickling down

🗞 #D3Playbook Headlines. TPG Agrees to Buy Learfield in Deal Worth Roughly $2 Billion. Dopirak Headlines CSC Academic All-America Basketball Team. Big Red Rollin’. Marlins, Thunder 1-2 in Softball Rankings. 💸 Good Morning! Happy Tax Day #d3hoops #d3baseball #d3sb

D3 WBB Coaching News: The HC job at Westminster College (MO) is open. Talisha Washington spent the last 7 seasons leading the program, going 108-67. #d3hoops