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Newsweek
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
Women's Golf Shafted Again as NAIA Forced to Apologize
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Golf is hard. Anyone who has played it can attest to that. However, it doesn't have to be as difficult as the first round of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Women's National Championship was. The organizers of the event, held at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti, Michigan, placed the fifth hole in the worst possible location. The decision was so unfortunate that the NAIA felt compelled to issue an apology. "We regret to confirm that an unfortunate situation occurred at the NAIA Women's Golf National Championship," the NAIA said in a statement. "The hole on No. 5 was incorrectly placed in a challenging position." "We take this matter seriously and have taken immediate steps to ensure this type of situation will not happen again. The NAIA is committed to the student-athlete experience." A general view of play on the the 16th green as darkness falls and the moon rises during the first round of the Chiquita Classic held at The Club at Longview on September 27, 2012... A general view of play on the the 16th green as darkness falls and the moon rises during the first round of the Chiquita Classic held at The Club at Longview on September 27, 2012 in Weddington, North Carolina. MoreThere have been numerous reports on social media of players scoring 8, 9, and 10 on that par-5 5th hole. Videos of players making putts with completely unpredictable trajectories have also gone viral. The issue was so widespread that even the legendary Phil Mickelson reacted with a post on X: I have a suggestion 🙋♂️ 😂😂 — Phil Mickelson (@PhilMickelson) May 14, 2025 You may recall that Mickelson encountered a similar problem during the 2018 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills and solved it in the most unconventional manner: by hitting his ball while it was still in motion. It's not like anyone expects a national championship to be a walk in the park. However, it doesn't have to be an unplayable tournament, as was the case two years ago at the NCAA Division III Women's National Championship. According to Brentley Romine of the Golf Channel, the fifth hole saw 90 double bogeys or worse, 47 bogeys, 15 pars, and only three birdies during the first round, which was suspended due to darkness. Really unfortunate situation happening at the @NAIA women's golf championship in MI The hole on #5 has caused serious issues. There has been multiple 10s, 9s, and 8s. A lot of teams scorecards look like the one below (And this girl handled it so well) — Monday Q Info (@acaseofthegolf1) May 13, 2025 Sharon Shan of SCAD Savannah leads the individual tournament with a 7-under score, four strokes ahead of Jessica Ng of British Columbia. British Columbia is in first place in the team tournament at 9-over, four strokes ahead of Marian (Indiana). Founded in 1940, the NAIA brings together small college athletic programs from the United States and Canada. The association currently has 237 member institutions and over 83,000 student-athletes, grouped into 21 conferences. This is not the first time something like this has happened in women's golf. In 2023, the women's DIII Championship had to be canceled after a similar situation played out. More Golf: PGA Championship: How Quail Hollow 3 Green Mile Holes Will Decide a Winner
Fox News
22-03-2025
- Fox News
College baseball player no longer enrolled at school after allegedly sucker-punching 84-year-old man
After his arrest for allegedly punching an 84-year-old man, a college baseball player is no longer enrolled at the school he played for. Owen Hayes, 21, was playing for the Master's University, a private non-denominational Christian university that competes in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), in Santa Clara late last month when he allegedly got into an altercation at a bar and hit the elderly man. Hayes turned himself in earlier this week to the Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station and was charged with felony assault likely to produce great bodily injury, with bail set at $50,000. The school confirmed to TMZ that Hayes is "no longer" enrolled there. "When violations occur, we follow established procedures to ensure appropriate action is decisively taken. We are thankful that such behavior is exceedingly rare among our students, who come to TMU because they desire to honor the Lord," the school continued. His profile page is also defunct on the school's athletics site. The alleged incident occurred at Doc's Inn on Feb. 27. Video obtained by TMZ Sports shows a group of young men surrounding the 84-year-old, before the elderly man is sucker-punched from behind. The alleged victim was reportedly knocked unconscious from the blow and hospitalized with a skull fracture and brain bleeding. Hayes was a corner infielder studying sports management at the school. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
DSU to host NAIA Tournament first and second round
MADISON, S.D. (DAKOTA STATE) — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and bracket for the 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds. The 64-team bracket will begin with the First and Second Rounds at host sites nationwide on March 14-15. The 2025 NAIA Second Round winners will meet in Sioux City, Iowa, at the NAIA Championship final site. The 44th annual championship occurs at the Tyson Events Center from March year's First Round field includes 35 automatic qualifiers and 29 at-large selections. Automatic berths were given to teams that either won their respective conference tournament title or regular season championships, finished runner-up at the conference tournament or were otherwise selected by the conference. The NAIA Women's Basketball national Selection Committee determined the at-large bids. The selection committee consists of one representative from each geographical area and six at-large members comprised of coaches and administrators from around the State (S.D.) was selected one of the hosts sites for the NAIA National Tournament for the second straight year. DSU received the North Star Athletic Association's automatic bid to the national tournament after winning the regular season and postseason tournament titles with an overall record of 24-4. Dakota State will be making their fifth straight trip to the NAIA National tournament, their 10th overall trip in program Trojans were placed in the Duer Quadrant as a No. 4 seed and will face future Frontier Conference's No. 13 seed Montana Tech (18-11 overall record), who received an at-large invitation. It was the second straight year that DSU was seeded No. 4 in the other pairings that will come to DSU Fieldhouse is No. 5 seed Governors State (Ill.) (26-5 overall record), who won the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC), and No. 12 seed Arizona Christian (25-5 overall record), who received an at-large game times will be announced Friday, stay tuned to the DSU Athletics website on or download the Trojan Nation fan app to stay up to date with athletics events and other Duer Quadrants pairings included: No. 1 Campbellsville (Ky.) vs. No. 16 Lourdes (Ohio) No. 8 Mobile (Ala.) vs. No. 9 Williams Baptist (Ark.) No. 3 Briar Cliff (Iowa) vs. No. 14 Spring Arbor (Mich.) No. 6 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) vs. No. 11 Columbia (Mo.) No. 2 MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) vs. No. 15 Kansas Wesleyan No. 7 Mid-America Christian (Okla.) vs. No. 10 Northwestern (Iowa) Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Independent
07-02-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Minnesota prep sports body says it will follow state law on transgender athletes, not Trump's order
Minnesota 's governing body for high school sports says it will follow state law — not President Donald Trump 's executive order — and continue to allow transgender athletes to compete in prep athletics. Associations in some other states signaled they also may defy the president's order, but others were taking a wait-and-see approach. The Minnesota organization said in an email to member schools Thursday that participation by and eligibility of transgender athletes is controlled by the Minnesota Human Rights Act, which contains protections for LGBTQ+ people, and the state constitution. 'The Minnesota State High School League, similar to other youth sports organizations, is subject to state anti-discrimination laws, which prohibit discrimination based on gender identity," the message said. "Therefore, students in Minnesota are allowed to participate consistent with their gender identity.' Trump signed the order on Wednesday, giving the federal government wide latitude to pull federal funding from entities that 'deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities' by allowing transgender athletes to participate. Legal challenges are expected. At the college level, the NCAA, in response to Trump's order, revised its transgender participation policy to limit women's sports to athletes assigned as female at birth. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, a governing body for smaller schools, effectively banned transgender athletes in 2023 from women's sports. The number of transgender athletes competing at the high school and college level is believed to be small but the topic became a campaign issue for Trump last year as he declared his intent to 'keep men out of women's sports." The California Interscholastic Federation said it complies with a state law that 'permits students to participate in school programs and activities, including athletic teams and competitions, consistent with the student's gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the student's records,' spokeswoman Rebecca Brutlag said in an email Friday. New Jersey policy notes that 'during gender-separated classes or athletic activities, all students must be allowed to participate in a manner consistent with their gender identity.' In Colorado, which has a number of trans-friendly laws, the High School Activities Association requires schools to 'perform a confidential evaluation to determine the gender assignment' for transgender athletes. The student and their parents must notify the school that the student's gender identity differs from the one they were assigned at birth. The New Mexico Activities Association said in a statement that its bylaws say 'participating students are required to compete in the gender listed on their original or amended birth certificate.' New Mexico allows anyone over age 18, or parents or guardians on behalf of minors, to change the gender on their birth certificates. The association said it will continue to comply with state law and its bylaws. The Illinois State High School Association said it was awaiting further guidance. The association said its policy on transgender athletes — it 'allows participation by students consistent with their gender identity subject to applicable federal and state laws' — continues to be adapted based on guidance from medical experts and state law. 'We will continue to monitor any state legislation or federal guidance that impacts our policy here in Illinois and work with our Board of Directors to make sure that the IHSA and our member high schools remain in compliance with state and federal law,' Executive Director Craig Anderson said. The Michigan High School Athletic Association is also 'waiting for further clarification on potential conflicts' between the order and the state's civil rights act, spokesman Geoff Kimmerly said in an email. The longstanding policy of the Indianapolis-based National Federation of State High School Associations is to leave such decisions up to its state-level affiliates. 'The governance of transgender students' participation in high school athletics programs is handled on a state-by-state basis. In many cases, state governments have issued rulings on this issue," the policy states. "The NFHS does, however, support attempts by member state associations to establish policies that seek to offer competition for all students who wish to be involved in high school sports.' ___ Associated Press reporters Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California; Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Matt Brown in Billings, Montana; Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Corey Williams in Detroit contributed to this story.
Al Jazeera
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Trans women, girls barred from female sports under NCAA rule change
Transgender girls and women will no longer compete in female events at most college sporting events in the United States after a governing body's decision to bar athletes who were born male. The National Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for college sports in the US, said on Thursday that it would limit competition in girls' and women's sports to female-born athletes only. The NCAA's announcement comes after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order the previous day to deny funding to educational institutes that allow trans girls' and women to compete in female sports. 'The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes. We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today's student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions,' NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement. 'To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard.' Baker said the change reflected the body's commitment to 'protect, support and enhance the mental and physical health of student-athletes.' 'This national standard brings much needed clarity as we modernise college sports for today's student-athletes,' he said. The NCAA is by far the largest governing body for college sports in the US, with more than 500,000 student athletes competing in its events each year. Other major umbrella organisations, such as the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), oversee competitions with fewer than 100,000 annual competitors. Trans women's participation in sport has become a political lightning rod in the US, with advocates of LGBT rights calling for greater inclusion of trans athletes and critics arguing that their participation is unfair to girls and women. Opinion polls have pointed to growing public opposition to trans women competing against female-born athletes amid high-profile controversies involving the participation of athletes such as college swimmer Lia Thomas. Thomas, who was born male and began hormone-replacement therapy in her late teens, won the NCAA Division I national championship in 2022 before being barred from women's events by World Aquatics. Riley Gaines, a former college swimmer who has joined a lawsuit against the NCAA over its decision to allow Thomas to compete in female events, welcomed the sporting body's announcement. 'I can't even begin to tell you how vindicating it feels knowing no girl will ever have to experience what my teammates and I did,' Gaines said on X. Trump, who has signed four executive orders directed at trans people, repeatedly criticised efforts to further LGBTQ inclusion in sport and other areas of life during his election campaign. During a signing ceremony for his executive order on women's sport on Wednesday, Trump said his administration would not 'stand by and watch men beat and batter female athletes'. LGBTQ advocacy organisations widely condemned Trump's order as discriminatory and not based on facts. 'We've known this day was likely to occur for a long time, as this administration continues to pursue simple solutions to complex issues, often resulting in animus towards the most marginalized communities in our country,' Athlete Ally, which champions the inclusion of LGBTQI people in sport, said in a statement on Wednesday. 'Despite this executive order, we will continue to choose love, acceptance and curiosity with anyone interested in creating a future of sports where everyone belongs.'
