Nik Rule

🥍 The Heart Men's Lacrosse Conference Tournament will be back in action on Thursday, April 30 for the semifinal rounds. Hosted at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas!  #therightwaytoplay | #theheartswaytoplay

🥍 The Heart Women's Lacrosse Conference Tournament will be back in action on Thursday, April 30 for the semifinal rounds. Hosted at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas! #therightwaytoplay | #theheartswaytoplay

The 2026 Heart Baseball Conference Tournament bracket is set. ⚾️🔥 Presented by 516 Sports Capital, the tournament begins April 30 at Ozark Sports Complex in Ozark, Missouri. #TheRightWayToPlay #TheHeartsWayToPlay

Final day of the regular season in @TheHeartConf for Baseball & Softball. 8 teams qualify in each for the conference tournament. And with both brackets combined… only ONE of 16 seeds is locked in. Every game matters. Watch it all live on @UrbanEdgeTv. @NAIASB_ @NAIABall #TheRightWayToPlay #TheHeartsWayToPlay

𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨! 🥎 Congratulations to No. 8 nationally ranked Missouri Baptist University on securing the 2026 Heart Softball Regular Season title! The Spartans clinched the outright championship, earned the No. 1 seed in the Heart Conference Tournament, and secured an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round! Presented by @WinWonTech #HeartSB | #NAIASoftball | @playnaia | #NAIA | #WinningWithWinWon

Make no mistake… the athletic director job in college sports is among the most demanding in the entire business of sport.

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 - 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒! 🏆 Congratulations to the Park University Pirates on winning the 2026 Heart Men's Volleyball Conference tournament championship in a five-set thriller against Missouri Valley. Both teams have punched a ticket to the NAIA Men's Volleyball National Championship. 🗞️ tinyurl.com/ybaywjsj #TheRightWayToPlay | #TheHeartsWaytoPlay

An instant classic, right now, on @UrbanEdgeTv in @TheHeartConf Final for Men’s Volleyball… @MVCAthletics and @ParkPirates now into the 5th set. Tune in! #TheRightWayToPlay #TheHeartsWayToPlay

The Heart pledges to elevate the standard across conferences in the NAIA. ♥️ THAT’S The Right Way To Play. #therightwaytoplay #theheartswaytoplay

Top stories in today's NAIA.ticker: ➤ @NikRule talks conference leadership priorities ➤ @SCAD_SavSports AD Amanda Haverstick on process over results ➤ Southern Oregon's emergency funding ➤ Tons of HC moves Read about these stories & more: my.omeda.com/portal/report/…

20 D1 offers… chose NAIA for the RIGHT fit (not coming here). Respect to the HS & travel coaches for pushing fit over level. That’s how careers last. More of this. @NAIAWomensHoops

NEWS: @Warsaw_Tigers guard @JoslynBricker10, one of the state's top seniors, has flipped her commitment from #Butler to @IWUWildcats. "It was less about Butler and more about the current landscape of Division I basketball." More here: indystar.com/story/sports/h…

The next era of college athletics will reward: • Collaboration • Creativity • Authenticity Small colleges are built for all three. If we choose to lean into it.

𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙈𝙚𝙣'𝙨 𝙑𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙮𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨! 🏐 Congratulations to No. 2 nationally ranked Park University on securing the 2026 Heart men's volleyball regular season title! The Pirates will serve as the No. 1 seed in the Heart Conference Tournament! Presented by @WinWonTech  #NAIAMVB| @playnaia | #NAIA | #WinningWithWinWon

Every clock/scoreboard issue we ever had while I was an Athletic Director feels a lot less painful right now.

What we have is special in small college athletics. But “special” only matters if we’re willing to protect it, invest in it, and promote it.

Real people. Real feedback. Real impact. 🔥 The buzz is real. The impact is louder. Thank you for watching 🙏🏾

@GTuckerHoops @HD_DirtKing @HoopDirt Agreed

@HD_DirtKing @HoopDirt Not sure it will cut it in NAIA either

This one is causing some confusion. Charlie Henry is not out at Georgia Southern. GSU is starting NAIA athletics on their East Georgia campus. This is for the head coach there - it’s just poorly titled. A $40k salary wouldn’t cut it in the Sun Belt. higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?Jo…

Your ego is costing you opportunities smaller schools would maximize.