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NOVEMBER 20, 2025
composed by STEVE ULRICH
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🗞️ In Today’s Edition. Webster Named USILA Coach of Year. College WLX Coaches Consider Bold Moves. Latest NCAA DIII Graduation Rates Remain High.

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TOP STORY

1. Webster Named USILA Coach of Year

“It’s coaching award season in college lacrosse.

Dickinson’s Dave Webster was selected as the DIII Coach of the Year by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

Tufts’ Stephen Toomy was selected as DIII’s Most Outstanding Assistant Coach by the Intercollegiate Men’s Lacrosse Coaches Association.

Those coaches plus others will be honored ahead of December’s IMLCA Coaches Summit at a joint awards luncheon from both organizations.”

» Special Recognition. “Keith Bugbee, who retired after 42 years at Springfield, was honored with the Creators Award. It is bestowed to an IMLCA member for their achievements in the core areas of advocacy, leadership, education, honor, spirit, and service to the game of lacrosse.”

2. A Turning Point for Women’s Lacrosse? College Coaches Consider Bold Moves

“THINK BIG.

That’s the message awaiting more than 750 women’s lacrosse coaches at the annual IWLCA Convention this week in St. Pete Beach, Florida.

With growing national interest in women’s sports and women’s lacrosse set to make its Olympic debut in 2028, the college coaches association has called for bold thinking and even bolder leadership to capitalize on these tailwinds.”

» Field Awareness. “Much of convention will revolve around next steps following the Nov. 12 release of a 35-page white paper by CarrSports Consulting, which identified strategic priorities to unify and grow women’s lacrosse based on interviews and surveys of more than 1,000 stakeholders in the sport.”

» What’s Next. “CarrSports followed three tenets — grow the game, promote the sport and prioritize safe play — in proposing these five strategic priorities that the IWLCA will now consider how best to implement and in what timeline.”

» What They’re Saying. “This project gives us an opportunity to move the game forward, bring our whole coaches organization together and say, ‘Oh, yes, we do need some changes,’” North Carolina head coach Jenny Levy said. “Whether I agree with the solutions that we come up with or not, we know that the priorities and our principles are very simple and that it gives us a roadmap to follow. Maybe we have some differences of opinions, but it will push us forward into the future of our game, which I’m very passionate about.”

» Of Note. This year’s NCAA Division III women’s lacrosse championship drew attention not for the outstanding play, but the remote location. The IWLCA is continuing to work with the NCAA to improve these experiences for women’s teams. “It's not, ‘You need to do this.’ It’s, ‘How can we work together to make it better?’” IWLCA Executive Director Liz Robertshaw said of the collaboration.

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3. Latest NCAA DIII Graduation Rates Remain High

“The Division III Academic Success Rate data shows that the overall rate and many subgroups are at or near their highest-ever levels. The overall four-cohort rate remains at its all-time high of 88%.

Division III student-athletes continue to graduate at a higher level than their peers who are not student-athletes, according to the latest graduation rate data announced Wednesday.”

» Women Excelling. “All women's sports recorded a four-cohort graduation rate of 91% or better, with field hockey, rowing and swimming (96%) leading the way.”

4. Lightning Round

» Admissions. “It’s that getting into college is in fact becoming easier, with admissions offices trying to lure more applicants from a declining pool of 18-year-olds. They’re creating one-click applications, waiving application fees, offering admission to high school seniors who haven’t even applied and recruiting students after the traditional May 1 cutoff. Colleges overall now accept about 6 in 10 students who apply, federal data show.”

» Congress. “Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) has requested research from Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation regarding “tax implications associated with the future of college athletics.” She’s questioning whether athletic departments should be able to maintain their nonprofit status.”

» Probation. “Wittenberg University in Springfield’s accreditation status has been changed to “accredited on probation” due to ongoing financial concerns. “Probation is a public sanction that allows the institution a period of time to resolve the areas of concern,” the accrediting agency, the Higher Learning Commission, said in a statement to the public dated Nov. 6.”

5. Transactions

GENESEO - Named Ian Nash interim head men’s lacrosse coach

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