Egner Selected Chair of NCAA Division III
Women�s Basketball Committee
Selection Sunday is an anxious day for most basketball coaches and it will
be double the anxiety for UW-Stevens Point women�s basketball coach
Shirley Egner the next two seasons.
Egner, who enters her 18th season as the Pointers� head coach, has been
selected as chair of the NCAA Division III women�s basketball committee
through September 2008.
Egner,
who has served on the committee for the past two seasons, was chosen for
the post at last week�s committee meeting in Indianapolis by the other
members of the eight-person group that oversees the national championship
tournament.
�This
is a tremendous honor and I�m thankful that the committee believes I�m
capable of leading,� said Egner, who replaces Springfield (Mass.) Athletic
Director Cathie Schweitzer. �We don�t have some of the challenges that the
Division I selection committee faces, but it will be a lot of work and it
will be a challenge to lead our constituency of coaches.�
In
fact, Division III women�s basketball is the largest NCAA-sponsored sport
with 423 schools supporting teams that were eligible for last season�s
national championship. Egner will oversee the national selection committee
that selects the teams and establishes the bracket for the national
tournament. She also serves as chair for the Central Region advisory
committee.
Egner
ranks second in Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history in
victories with a 291-152 career record, including six consecutive 20-win
seasons. |
