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Shane Beamer opens up on revenue sharing with women’s sports

Shane Beamer knows he’s in a unique position as the football coach on a college campus that erected a statue for legendary South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, who’s won three NCAA national championships in the last decade. But as California district judge Claudia Wilken weighs a revised House v. NCAA settlement that will […]

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Shane Beamer knows he’s in a unique position as the football coach on a college campus that erected a statue for legendary South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, who’s won three NCAA national championships in the last decade. But as California district judge Claudia Wilken weighs a revised House v. NCAA settlement that will usher in revenue sharing between schools and student-athletes, the balance of power on the Gamecocks’ campus will now come with a price tag.

What those numbers ultimately look like will be up to the South Carolina administration, including new athletic director Jeremiah Donati. That said, according to the settlement’s proposed distribution model, Power Four football programs are expected to receive roughly 75-percent of approximately $20.5 million in rev-share money while women’s basketball is slotted to get 5-percent of that, or less than $500,000 annually based on that initial $20.5 million figure.

“Our situation is different because of Coach Staley, not every football coach shares a campus with a women’s basketball coach that has a statue, and she’s till coaching. … You realize the impact that she has on our university and our community, and we’re extremely close,” Beamer said last week in Greenville. “Ultimately those decisions are up to Jeremiah Donati and our administration. And I’m a team player, and coach Staley is a team player. She’s extremely supportive of what we’re doing football-wise, and I’m extremely supportive of what she’s doing basketball-wise. We try to help each other in so many ways, and that’s not going to change. And ultimately what it looks like, she understands the revenue that football brings in, not just at South Carolina but everywhere. She understands that, but she also wants to win championships too, and she’s a competitive person also.”

Despite that clear financial discrepency, Beamer knows however South Carolina’s revenue-sharing finances are ultimately split up amongst the sports, it’ll all be for the betterment of the entire Gamecocks athletic department at large.

“As far as having specific conversations (about revenue-sharing), no, but I think she’d say the same thing and I’m saying the same thing,” Beamer continued, “we all want South Carolina to be great in every sport, whether it be women’s basketball, men’s basketball with Lamont (Paris), baseball with Coach (Paul) Mainieri, women’s golf with Kalen (Anderson), you name it. The best thing is for all of us to be successful.”

Shane Beamer endorses Nick Saban as co-chair of commission on college sports

A week after Nick Saban introduced President Donald Trump at an Alabama commencement event, On3’s Pete Nakos reported the legendary coach would be part of a commission on college sports. Saban is expected to be a co-chair of the commission, along with Texas Tech Board of Regents chairman Cody Campbell.

Speaking with reporters this week, Shane Beamer expressed his support for Saban’s involvement. The South Carolina coach endorsed Trump’s expected decision to name him co-chair.

Beamer pointed out Saban’s stature in college football as one of the greatest to ever roam the sidelines and how that translates to the future of the game. While he didn’t know many specifics about Trump’s commission on college sports, Beamer said Saban would be one of his first calls about changing the current landscape.

“I don’t know enough about it. I think if you’re looking for anyone to spearhead change or be in a leadership position when it comes to college football going forward, he’s the first person that would come to mind from my standpoint,” Beamer said on the “Welcome Home Tour” in Greenville. “I know a lot of people would say the same. Don’t know enough about it, but all for it.”

Yahoo Sports first reported Trump’s plans to form a commission focused on college sports. The Athletic also added the president will be “very engaged” because of the national importance he sees in college athletics.

— On3’s Nick Schultz contributed to this report.



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132 SJC Student-Athletes Claim GNAC All-Academic Accolades

Story Links WINTHROP, Mass. — Winthrop, Mass. – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced its 2024-25 Academic All-Conference Team on Monday (June 16) afternoon. The list includes a 1,648 student-athletes, which eclipses a new league-high. In order to be eligible for academic all-conference, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA and […]

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WINTHROP, Mass. — Winthrop, Mass. – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced its 2024-25 Academic All-Conference Team on Monday (June 16) afternoon. The list includes a 1,648 student-athletes, which eclipses a new league-high.

In order to be eligible for academic all-conference, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.25 cumulative GPA and have completed second-year academic status. Student-athletes must also have competed in at least one of the conference’s 21 championship sports.

This the sixth year in a row that more than 1000 student-athletes have earned Academic All-Conference honors.

This year’s impressive list marks the sixth consecutive year that more than 1,000 GNAC student-athletes have received selection, and (at least) the 17th straight year that the GNAC has had a conference-record total:

Saint Joseph’s has had at least 40 athletes honored in each of the institution’s 18 years as a member of the GNAC (2008 – 42, 2009 – 61, 2010 – 59, 2011 – 58, 2012 – 75, 2013 – 70, 2014 – 82, 2015 – 86, 2016 – 89; 2017 – 92, 2018 – 95, 2019 – 115, 2020 – 117, 2021 – 120, 2022 – 118, 2023 – 114, 2024 – 132, 2025 – 132; 1,658 total).

The Saint Joseph’s College men’s lacrosse program led the 2024-25 academic honorees with an impressive 18 student-athletes recognized. Baseball followed closely with 16 selections, while the field hockey and women’s soccer teams each featured 8 honorees. Women’s basketball and women’s lacrosse both landed 7 student-athletes on this year’s list. In total, 13 multi-sport Monks were also honored for their academic achievements across seasons.

The Monks’ group of 132 honorees features 84 repeat-honorees, including 28 who earned the award third time (***) and 56 for the second time (**) during their respective collegiate careers.

View the full list of the 132 Saint Joseph’s GNAC All-Academic Honorees here!

 

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Dartmouth Athletics Announces Thompson Arena Renovations

Story Links HANOVER, N.H.—Dartmouth’s Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation, Mike Harrity and Dartmouth College announce a project to renovate Dartmouth’s Rupert C. Thompson Arena, that will modernize locker rooms and team spaces, and benefit team building, student-athlete development, and future recruiting. Thompson Arena has been the home of […]

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HANOVER, N.H.—Dartmouth’s Haldeman Family Director of Athletics and Recreation, Mike Harrity and Dartmouth College announce a project to renovate Dartmouth’s Rupert C. Thompson Arena, that will modernize locker rooms and team spaces, and benefit team building, student-athlete development, and future recruiting.

Thompson Arena has been the home of Dartmouth men’s and women’s hockey since opening in 1975. The 11,050-square-foot renovation will provide both programs with new locker rooms, team lounges, sports medicine spaces, a weight room, a coaches’ suite, as well as a new donor and fan hospitality space on the concourse level.

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Over the last year, Dartmouth women’s hockey welcomed new head coach Maura Crowell, who brings a record of sustained success from the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). Crowell led UMD to three consecutive 20 plus win seasons and two NCAA Frozen Four appearances (2021, 2022). She was named the USCHO Division I Women’s Coach of the Year and the CCM/AHCA National Coach of the Year in 2016–17 and was a finalist for the CCM/AHCA award again in both 2021 and 2022. Her leadership signals a new chapter for Dartmouth women’s hockey, rooted in competitive excellence and academic achievement.

The men’s hockey program continues to thrive under Koenig Family Head Coach of Dartmouth Men’s Hockey, Reid Cashman. The program is coming off a historic 2024–25 season, returning to the Top 20 rankings and winning the Ivy League Championship outright for the first time since 1979–80. In addition, Cashman and his staff were named Ivy League coaching staff of the year in 2024-25, while Cashman was named Tim Taylor ECAC Coach of the Year previously for the 2023-24 season. This success reflects the program’s continued investment in holistic student-athlete development—combining elite performance with academic rigor.

“This renovation will create a modern space to facilitate individual student-athlete development and team cohesion both on and off the ice,” Harrity shared. “We’re able to provide our teams with this enhancement because of the tremendous support from our alumni, the college, and the athletics and recreation department.”

The Thompson Arena locker rooms were last renovated in the summer of 2016 with both the men’s and women’s locker rooms receiving improvements. Part of the 2016 renovation also saw updates to the playing surface including new dasher boards and glass and a new refrigeration system. 

Crowell is excited about the upgraded locker room, which will be among the best in Division I hockey. “An upgraded locker room is meaningful to our team because it will give us the ability to have more space and create a true hockey epicenter, which is important to our program. The upgraded stalls and design will put us among the best locker rooms in the nation.”

Cashman is looking forward to having a central hub for Dartmouth hockey. “One of the great positives from this renovation is that everything related to Dartmouth hockey will now be under the Thompson roof. Our new coaches’ suite will allow our coaches to have more integration with our student-athletes. The new locker rooms and lounges will give our student-athletes an unbelievable atmosphere to prepare on and off the ice.”

The project will be divided into three phases, with the final phase expected to be completed in the fall of 2026.

“Renovated facilities are great for the current student-athletes but also should enhance recruiting to grow our program. Thompson Arena is already an incredible rink but the decision to renovate is a testament to Dartmouth’s commitment to constant improvement in all areas,” Dartmouth women’s hockey player Izee Powell ’26 added. “This renovation will create a better training facility for our team which is an important signal that Dartmouth is investing in the student-athletes so that we can be the best we can possibly be. I’m really lucky to be a part of it and I can’t wait for the future success of Dartmouth women’s hockey.”

Matt Fusco ’27 of the men’s hockey team is excited about all of the renovations. “The plans for the rink look unbelievable. We will have so many resources at our disposal, and everything we need will be right there for our whole team. This addition will be big and will help us separate from the rest of college hockey. Having all of the benefits of what Dartmouth offers its students plus the addition to the rink; it makes Dartmouth the place to be in college hockey.”

Phase one, which started in January 2025, focuses on adding to the building infrastructure of the arena.  Phase two focuses on the energy upgrades to the mechanical systems which is part of Dartmouth’s decarbonization effort to reach carbon-zero operations by 2050.

Phase three will complete the interior renovations and all site work upgrades with the completion anticipated in time for the start of the season in fall 2026.

Throughout the renovations, both Dartmouth men’s and women’s hockey will continue to call Thompson Arena home. Dartmouth Athletics and Recreation is grateful to campus leaders for their support in updating Thompson Arena for the first time in 50 years. Dartmouth hockey has benefitted from an energized alumni and fan base with millions of dollars in private support committed to this project. For more information on how you can make a transformational gift to the Thompson Arena renovation, contact Steve Maciejewski, Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development (steven.j.maciejewski@dartmouth.edu).

2025-26 season ticket deposits are now on sale, to secure your season ticket for 2025-26, click here for men’s hockey and click here for women’s hockey.




 



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MINNEAPOLIS – Sarah Martin has been invited to participate in the first-of-its-kind Women’s College Talent ID Camp, U.S. Soccer announced Monday. The camp will take place June 18–22 in Atlanta, home of the new Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center. Martin, a goalkeeper from Champlin, Minn., is one of 42 players selected. The […]

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MINNEAPOLIS – Sarah Martin has been invited to participate in the first-of-its-kind Women’s College Talent ID Camp, U.S. Soccer announced Monday. The camp will take place June 18–22 in Atlanta, home of the new Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center.

Martin, a goalkeeper from Champlin, Minn., is one of 42 players selected. The camp is part of U.S. Youth National Teams’ evolving scouting strategy aimed at increasing programming opportunities for college players with high potential, with the goal of expanding the U.S. under-18, under-19 and under-20 women’s national team player pools.

Last season, Martin started all 22 matches for the Golden Gophers in goal. She finished the year with 60 saves and a 0.714 goals-against average, ranking sixth all-time in Minnesota’s single-season records. She recorded seven shutouts, including three straight: at Illinois (Sept. 12), vs. North Dakota State (Sept. 15), and vs. Michigan (Sept. 19).

Martin is one of 14 Big Ten players selected and the only Minnesotan invited.



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UMaine hockey adds NHL draft pick from Canada with ‘blazing one-timer’

Another NHL draft pick is on the way to Orono. Carolina Hurricanes fifth-round draft choice (156th overall) Justin Poirier, who scored 122 goals in 181 regular season games over the last three seasons for Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, will be playing for the University of Maine this coming season. The […]

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Another NHL draft pick is on the way to Orono.

Carolina Hurricanes fifth-round draft choice (156th overall) Justin Poirier, who scored 122 goals in 181 regular season games over the last three seasons for Baie-Comeau Drakkar in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League, will be playing for the University of Maine this coming season.

The 5-foot-9, 183-pound Poirier scored 43 goals and added 37 assists in 58 games for Baie-Comeau Drakkar this past season after leading the league in goals in 2023-24 with 51. He also had 31 assists for 82 points in 68 games two years ago.

He led the league in playoff goals in 2023-24 with 18 in 17 games. He had nine playoff assists.

Poirier, who will turn 19 on Sept. 4, said there were a number of reasons behind his decision to come to UMaine.

“I liked the fact the guys were all friends with each other,” Poirier said about the Black Bears locker room.

He also liked that he was coming to a winning program and he was impressed with the renovations to the Alfond Arena.

UMaine won the Hockey East Tournament last season for the first time since 2004 and has reached the NCAA Tournament the last two years for the first time since the 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons.

UMaine is in the midst of a $50 million renovation to the 48-year-old arena.

“There’s going to be a lounge where you can have dinner and do your homework and that’s very cool,” said Poirier, who added that he liked the fact the rink was on campus and close to the classrooms and living facilities.

Poirier will be expected to help fill a scoring void left by the departure of players who scored exactly half of UMaine’s goals last season. Sixty-two of the 124 goals were scored by players who have departed.

“That’s what I’m going to try to bring to the team, my offensive side. I’m going to keep shooting the puck and hope to score some goals,” said Poirier, who is from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec.

According to the Elite Prospects 2024 NHL Draft Guide, Poirier “drives all over the offensive zone in search of goals, positioning himself at the far-post for backdoor plays and jumping on rebounds in front of the net.”

Poirier “instinctively knows when and where a scoring chance will arise and how to seize them all,” according to that draft guide, which adds that he “can fire in the middle of steps on the rush, directly off passes with a catch-and-release motion or with a blazing one-timer.”

The incoming right wing knows there is going to be a significant adjustment and he is looking forward to it.

“I’ll be playing against older guys and bigger guys,” Poirier said. “In Major Junior, the players are 16-20 years old while in NCAA, they’re 18-to-25. So this will be way better for my development. I want to play in the NHL so I’m excited to make this jump.”

He intends to keep working on his strength in the offseason and he is also focusing on improving his quickness, especially in tight spaces. He wants to be able to get close to full speed in as few steps as possible.

“I want to become the best hockey player I can for the entire 200 feet. Hard work is the key to success,” said Poirier.

He noted that Orono will be a much shorter commute for his family compared to when he was playing for Baie-Comeau Drakkar, and they’re excited about coming to watch him play.

“It is five and a half hours to Orono while it was nine hours the last three years in juniors,” he pointed out.

His coming to UMaine is contingent upon him being accepted into the school and meeting NCAA eligibility requirements.



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Roesch Invited to U.S. Soccer Women's College Talent ID Camp

EVANSTON, Ill. – Sophomore forward Kennedy Roesch has been called up to U.S. Soccer’s inaugural Women’s College Talent ID Camp. Forty-two collegiate players will attend the camp in Atlanta from June 18-22. Camp Calling ?????????@KennedyRoesch has received an invitation to the inaugural @USYNT Women’s College Talent ID Camp! pic.twitter.com/IAqLEdxAZp — Northwestern Soccer (@NUWSoccer) June 16, […]

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Roesch Invited to U.S. Soccer Women's College Talent ID Camp

EVANSTON, Ill. – Sophomore forward Kennedy Roesch has been called up to U.S. Soccer’s inaugural Women’s College Talent ID Camp. Forty-two collegiate players will attend the camp in Atlanta from June 18-22.

During her rookie campaign in Evanston, Roesch led all Wildcats with six goals and 14 points. Roesch’s six goals marked the most by a Wildcat first-year since 2010 (Kate Allen). 

The camp is part of the growing U.S. Youth National Teams’ scouting strategy with the objective of increasing programming opportunities for college-specific players with high potential and therefore expanding the U.S. Under-18, Under-19 and Under-20 Women’s National Team player pools.

All of the field players invited to this camp have limited prior programming with the U.S. Soccer’s Youth National Teams. The camp will be a collaboration between the Talent ID staff, the U.S. Youth National Teams’ head coaches and USWNT staff.

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Guilford helps host the largest amateur games in North Carolina

The BODYARMOUR State Games, North Carolina’s largest amateur athletic competition, is underway in Greensboro, and Guilford College’s sporting venues will be busy and bringing in much-needed summer revenue. Hundreds of high school athletes in the sports of baseball, softball and soccer will be at Guilford over the next two weeks. Baseball teams are working out […]

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Guilford helps host the largest amateur games in North Carolina

The BODYARMOUR State Games, North Carolina’s largest amateur athletic competition, is underway in Greensboro, and Guilford College’s sporting venues will be busy and bringing in much-needed summer revenue.

Hundreds of high school athletes in the sports of baseball, softball and soccer will be at Guilford over the next two weeks.

Baseball teams are working out at Edgar H. McBane ’14 Field today ahead of team competitions at other sites locally later this week. More than 70 college and professional scouts are at today’s workouts.

Softball teams will hold gold, bronze and silver medal contests at Haworth Field Wednesday, June 25, and boys’ and girls’ soccer teams will participate in a showcase at Armfield Athletic Center June 28-29.

The games give some students and their parents a chance to see the College who don’t know much about Guilford. Just as important, the College benefits from the week-long field rentals.

“We’re certainly staying busy, which is great,” says Mike Boyd, Guilford’s Assistant Athletics Director for Facilities, Operations and Intramurals.

Mike says McBane Field has been used the past three weekends for travel baseball tournaments. At the same time, Ragan-Brown Field House has been home to basketball camps.

He says the College is doing a good job of using its resources to generate income. “We’re going to be pretty packed from June until July,” Mike says. “There’s something going on almost every weekend.”
 

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