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The NCAA site did not list Lowell or Merrimack. Is it possible that
they are Division II schools and not Division III schools?
--- Nonni Daly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You'll note, also, that this affects UMass Lowell and Merrimack
> -- both
> DIII in all sports excepting men's ice hockey. To add to earlier
> information,
> to be a DI school, the school must have 14 sports at the DI level,
> with
> scholarships and compliance with Title IX guidelines. Neither Lowell
> or Merrimack
> have this ...
> At Maine, the incoming students all must pass the same scrutiny
> in terms
> of adequate grades, SATs, TOEFLs and other entrance requirements.
> Dave, I
> hope that your comment about academic standards for admission doesn't
> lead people
> to believe that Maine waters those down for athletes -- it doesn't.
> I would like to point out, in addition, that the average
> student-athlete
> GPA is higher overall at Maine than the average student GPA and has
> been such
> for at least the last dozen years. In addition, for the past six
> years, fully
> one-third of the student-athletes at Maine have been awarded
> Scholar-Athlete
> status ... meaning that they had a 3.0 GPA or better for the calendar
> year
> preceding the awards.
>
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