1. Role of NCAA Senior Woman Administrator (SWA). The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics (CWA) commends NCAA president Cedric Dempsey for hiring Judith M. Sweet to serve as NCAA vice-president for championships and SWA for the NCAA national office. Ms. Sweet discussed her responsibilities related to NCAA championships and her role as SWA, which is evolving. In order to provide assistance to the president in clarifying the role of the national office SWA, the CWA asked its Women's Advocacy Subcommittee to develop a list of recommendations to forward for consideration after the June meeting (e.g., SWA's role in helping to develop and implement a national office gender equity plan, etc.).

2. Homophobia. The CWA reviewed correspondence forwarded by the NCAA membership regarding the need for the Association to address homophobia in intercollegiate athletics to assist student-athletes, coaches and administrators. The committee learned that the education services group has requested a budget increase of $10,000 to support the Martina Navratilova Education Fund Homophobia Project to develop educational materials on the topic. Those educational materials will be available to institutions to address homophobia on campuses and will be included as a future component of the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. The issue also will be incorporated into the NCAA diversity training program.

3. 2001 NCAA Summit on Athletics Opportunities for Minority Women. The summit occurred February 28, and focused on expanding coaching opportunities for minority females. An update will be provided in July.

4. Emerging Sports. Four institutions recently forwarded correspondence to the NCAA expressing interest in identifying rugby as an emerging sport for women. The emerging sports guidelines require 10 institutions to submit the proper paperwork to the CWA for the sport to be classified as an emerging sport for women.

5. Washington, D.C. Title IX Education. In light of the new presidential administration and potential United States Department of Education nominees, the CWA is interested in securing assistance from Doris Dixon and partnering with the National Women's Law Center and the American Association of University Women to educate various Washington, D.C. constituencies about Title IX related issues.

6. NCAA Honors Dinners Speakers. The CWA shares the concern expressed by others regarding the lack of diversity in the speakers during the 2001 event. The CWA supports measures to ensure diversity in the selection of speakers at future events.

7. Rowing/Ice Hockey. The CWA commended the NCAA Division III membership's adoption of legislation to establish women's rowing and women's ice hockey as NCAA Division III championship sports in 2002.