Division III Field Hockey Committee Duties & Responsibilities

COMMITTEE INFORMATION FOR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY SERVING ON NCAA COMMITTEES

NUMBER OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:  

• 6 (one from each of the six regions)

GENERAL DUTIES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

• Championship season, including selections:
• Serve as chairs of respective regional committees.
• Evaluate teams throughout the season.
• Participate on numerous regional and national conference calls.
• Assist other committee members with the selection of teams and creation of the bracket.
• Approve officials assignments.
• Staff selected first-round and second/third round games.
• Attend the Division III Field Hockey Championship.
• Nonchampionship season:
• Develop and review agenda items for annual meeting.
• Attend annual meeting.
• Set up regional advisory committees for the upcoming season.
• Participate on conference calls as needed.

CHAMPIONSHIP DATES AND GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES/NUMBER OF DAYS YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND:

• Attend selected first-round and second/third round championship games.  There are two first-round games (played on the Wednesday following championship selections) and four second/third round sites (played the Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday following the first-round games).  Committee members serve as the NCAA representative at these games.
• Attend the championship ? arriving Wednesday for semi-final games on Friday and the final on Saturday.

NUMBER OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS PER YEAR:

• Attend the annual committee meeting in January (four days ? typically the last week in January).
• The chair travels to Indianapolis for championship selection.
• The chair travels to the National Field Hockey Coaches? Association (two days during the first week of January).
• The chair travels annually to attend a site visit at the institution/city that will serve as the next championship host (two days ? typically in May).

NUMBER OF CONFERENCE CALLS PER YEAR:

• Committee members are required to participate on approximately five regional advisory calls and 6-8 national committee calls (weekly in October and November) prior to selection.  The regional calls are on Mondays and the national calls are on Wednesdays.
• The chair will moderate the participant call held the Monday prior to the championship semi-finals.

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