NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship Committee Duties & Responsibilities

COMMITTEE INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY SERVING ON NCAA COMMITTEES

NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Five members
- Includes one position allocated for a man, one allocated for a woman and three unallocated.
- One member from each of the Divisions II and III Management Councils and one from each of the subdivisions in Division I (but not necessarily Management Council members).

GENERAL DUTIES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

The committee shall be responsible for planning and administering the Association?s Walter Byers Scholarship program for student-athletes who have distinguished themselves academically and athletically. More specifically each committee member is involved in:
Reviewing each scholarship application.
Choosing the six finalists (three males and three females).
Interviewing each finalist.
Choosing one male and one female Byers Scholar.
Suggesting changes to the application packet.

NUMBER OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS PER YEAR):

One meeting per year to interview the finalists and choose the Byers Scholars, usually in late April for two days out of the office.

NUMBER OF CONFERENCE CALLS PER YEAR:

One conference call per year in March for about an hour to choose the six finalists.