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NCAA Division II Streaming Expansion to Feature CIAA® Championship Sports

NCAA Division II Streaming Expansion to Feature CIAA® Championship Sports

CHARLOTTE, NC (October 16, 2025)  — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA®) celebrates the NCAA’s announcement that Division II team championships will be livestreamed free of charge beginning in 2025–26. The initiative, powered by Hudl and accessible through the NCAA Championships Pass app and NCAA.com, will provide unprecedented

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CIAA Remembers Historian and Longtime Media Member Fred Whitted

CIAA Remembers Historian and Longtime Media Member Fred Whitted

CHARLOTTE, NC (October 13, 2025) — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA®) joins the HBCU community in mourning the loss of Frederick O’Neal “Fred” Whitted, a respected historian, author, and longtime CIAA media member who passed away on October 3, 2025, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, at the age of 72.

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CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams Parker Named Nike Executive of the Year at Women Leaders in Sports National Convention

CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams Parker Named Nike Executive of the Year at Women Leaders in Sports National Convention

KANSAS CITY, MO (October 14, 2025) – Women Leaders in Sports (Women Leaders) announced its 2025 award recipients, recognizing exceptional women who are redefining leadership and shaping the future of the sports industry. Among those honored was Jacqie McWilliams Parker, Commissioner of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), who was named

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CIAA Announces 2025-26 Men's & Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams and Predicted Order of Finish

CIAA Announces 2025-26 Men's & Women's Basketball Preseason All-Conference Teams and Predicted Order of Finish

CHARLOTTE, NC (October 7, 2025) – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation’s oldest historically Black athletic conference, tipped off the 2025–26 basketball season at its annual Media Day in Baltimore, MD, unveiling the Predicted Orders of Finish and Preseason All-CIAA Teams for men’s and women’s

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CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams Parker Named Chair of NCAA Committee on Access, Opportunity and Impact at Inaugural Meeting

CIAA Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams Parker Named Chair of NCAA Committee on Access, Opportunity and Impact at Inaugural Meeting

CHARLOTTE, NC (October 3, 2025) – The NCAA Committee on Access, Opportunity and Impact (CAOI), chaired by Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Commissioner Jacqie McWilliams Parker, convened its first official meeting this week in Indianapolis. The 25-member Association-wide group, which includes representatives from across all three NCAA divisions, spent two days

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