HARTSVILLE, S.C. _ A Coker student-athlete and the college’s accreditation liaison officer have been appointed to serve on NCAA Division II committees.
Katie McElveen, of Hartsville, a dual-sport athlete in volleyball and softball, has been appointed a member of the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Her term begins immediately and runs through the close of the January 2015 NCAA Convention.
McElveen will be representing Coker as well as Conference Carolinas.
Katie Flaherty, Coker’s accreditation liaison officer with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges and the College’s assistant athletic director in charge of NCAA compliance, has been named to the NCAA Division II Committee for Legislative Relief.
“We are very pleased to have both Dr. Flaherty and Katie representing Coker and Conference Carolinas on a national level," Coker Athletic Director Lynn Griffin said. "It is an honor to be a part of any NCAA Committee, and I know both of these women will be able to help make a real difference in the future of the NCAA and will represent the College and conference in a positive manner.”
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee consists of the 23 Division II multi-sport voting conferences, one representative of Division II independent institutions, and two at-large representatives.
“It’s a really great honor to be able to represent my school and my conference,” said McElveen, a sophomore. “I am very grateful for this opportunity and look forward to getting started. I want to represent our school and show the rest of the world what we’re all about.”
The Committee for Legislative Relief oversees requests by a school that, in cases when no other waiver process already has authority, seeks relief from applying a rule when extraordinary or extenuating circumstances warrant.
“I am very excited for the opportunity for national committee service,” said Flaherty. “I hope that my six years of experience leading the compliance efforts at Coker as well as my training in the sciences will allow me to be a valuable asset to the committee.”
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